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[sindi keesan <keesan2 AT cyberspace.org>]

> 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.

I will start with plain VGA then and learn to write scripts later.
Could I load the two servers with different xinit files?  (For instance
xvga and xsvga?)  

> 
> > You mentioned something about the screen being larger 
> > than the display.  
> 
> ---------------
> Modes "640x480"
> Virtual 800 600
> ---------------
> 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, 
> 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.

I should understand this better after doing the installation.
It might be more complicated on my dual-monitor system.  The mono Xserver
I think also does Hercules.  I have VT3 and VT4 set for Hercules.  Do I
always run X from VT1?  Is there some advantage of the mono over the
VGA16 Xserver?  The latter is working with SuSE on a mono VGA monitor.

It is handy to combine a 9" mono VGA and a 12" amber TTL monitor - they
both fit on the computer together.  

On the topic of Netscape and X:

xinit -e netscape did not load netscape, just the xterm window.