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Customizing startup of the Graphical Environment

Using grey-scale monochrome monitors with the X server

Running startx with some grey-scale monitors (sometimes incorrectly called monochrome) causes the system to crash. If this happens, ensure that the console ports are properly configured. To configure your ports automatically at boot-up:

  1. As root, use an ASCII editor (such as vi) to open /etc/rc.d/8/userdef.

  2. Add the following lines:
       vidi v80x25 < /dev/tty01
       vidi v80x25 < /dev/tty02
       vidi v80x25 < /dev/tty03
       vidi v80x25 < /dev/tty04
       vidi v80x25 < /dev/tty05
       vidi v80x25 < /dev/tty06
       vidi v80x25 < /dev/tty07
       vidi v80x25 < /dev/tty08
       vidi v80x25 < /dev/tty09
       vidi v80x25 < /dev/tty10
       vidi v80x25 < /dev/tty11
       vidi v80x25 < /dev/tty12
       echo "Screen devices set to color mode ..."
    

  3. Save the file.

  4. Use shutdown(ADM) or init(M) to reboot your machine.

  5. Restart the X server.


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