Method and system for setting display resolution
First Claim
1. A method of setting the resolution of a display to which a computing device with a graphical windowing server displays, comprising:
- running the graphical windowing server with a digital connection enabled between the display and a graphics adapter for the display;
querying the display with the digital connection for display modes supported by the display;
receiving returned mode data, said mode data being indicative of one or more predefined display modes supported by the display;
shutting down the graphical windowing server;
selecting a modeline from a plurality of modelines for the display according to the returned mode data and a desired resolution, wherein each modeline is associated with one of the predefined display modes supported by the display;
running the graphical windowing server with the digital connection disabled and the selected modeline; and
loading a graphics specification corresponding to the resolution indicated by the predefined modeline.
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Abstract
A computing system with a graphical windowing server displaying to a display, and a method for setting the resolution of a display to which a computing device displays. The method comprises running a graphical windowing server with a digital connection enabled between the display and a graphics adapter for the display, querying the display with the digital connection for display modes supported by the display, receiving returned mode data, the mode data being indicative of one or more display modes supported by the display, shutting down the graphical windowing server, composing a modeline for the display according to the returned mode data and a desired resolution, running the graphical windowing server with the digital connection disabled and the modeline, and loading a graphics specification corresponding to the resolution indicated by the modeline.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of setting the resolution of a display to which a computing device with a graphical windowing server displays, comprising:
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running the graphical windowing server with a digital connection enabled between the display and a graphics adapter for the display; querying the display with the digital connection for display modes supported by the display; receiving returned mode data, said mode data being indicative of one or more predefined display modes supported by the display; shutting down the graphical windowing server; selecting a modeline from a plurality of modelines for the display according to the returned mode data and a desired resolution, wherein each modeline is associated with one of the predefined display modes supported by the display; running the graphical windowing server with the digital connection disabled and the selected modeline; and loading a graphics specification corresponding to the resolution indicated by the predefined modeline. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computing system with a graphical windowing server displaying to a display, the computing system arranged to:
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run the graphical windowing server with a digital connection enabled between the display and a graphics adapter for the display; query the display with the digital connection for display modes supported by the display; receive returned mode data, said mode data being indicative of one or more predefined display modes supported by the display; shut down the graphical windowing server; select a modeline from a plurality of modelines for the display according to the returned mode data and a desired resolution, wherein each modeline is associated with one of the predefined display modes supported by the display; run the graphical windowing server with the digital connection disabled and the new selected modeline; and load a graphics specification corresponding to the resolution indicated by the new predefined modeline. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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