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sindi keesan wrote:
> 
> Can you set up X so that it will display at more than 
> 640 resolution on an SVGA color monitor but also work 
> on a 9" mono VGA monitor?  

You will need to install two different Xservers -- one
for the VGA and one for the SVGA.  You will also need 
two matching /etc/XF86Config files.  A simple script 
could be used to switch between them.

> You mentioned something about the screen being larger 
> than the display.  

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Modes "640x480"
Virtual 800 600
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Makes the VGA screen as a window on an 800x600 screen.

> I presume I would have to be careful about refresh rates
> not being greater than the mono monitor could handle, 

The vertical and horizonal sync are set for the monitor
(the size of the virtual display has no effect on this).

> but it does not hurt the monitor to be plugged into a 
> card that does 1600 resolution or 16 million colors as 
> long as you don't tell it to put out the wrong output.

I don't think a hi-res Xserver will work with a VGA screen.
You will need to use the VGA16 Xserver (or perhaps the mono
Xserver).  It will probably work on your fancy video card,
but only when it outputs VGA.

Cheers,
Steven