NAME

       vga_getmonitortype - returns the monitor type configured

SYNOPSIS

       #include <vga.h>

       int vga_getmonitortype(void);

DESCRIPTION

       This returns the monitor type configered in /etc/vga/libvga.config.  This function is really obsolete, as
       the  result  is of not much use to the application vga_getmodeinfo(3) and vga_hasmode(3) do already check
       the monitor type and there are more flexible ways to specify it too.

       The return value is one of:

       MON640_60
              31.5 KHz (standard VGA): does 640x480 in 60Hz vsync.
       MON800_56
              35.1 KHz (old SVGA): does 800x600 in 56Hz vsync.
       MON1024_43I
              35.5 KHz (low-end SVGA, 8514): does 1024x768 in 43Hz vsync interlaced.
       MON800_60
              37.9 KHz (SVGA): does 800x600 in 60Hz vsync.
       MON1024_60
              48.3 KHz (SVGA non-interlaced): does 1024x768 in 60Hz vsync, non-interlaced.
       MON1024_70
              56.0 KHz (SVGA high frequency): does 1024x768 in 70Hz vsync.
       MON1024_72
              does 1024x768 in 72Hz vsync or even better.

SEE ALSO

       svgalib(7),   vgagl(7),   libvga.config(5),   mousetest(6),   spin(6),    vga_init(3),    vga_setmode(3),
       vga_hasmode(3), vga_getmodeinfo(3)

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page  was  edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>. The exact source of the
       referenced function as well as of the original documentation is unknown.

       It  is  very  likely  that  both  are  at  least  to   some   extent   are   due   to   Harm   Hanemaayer
       <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.

       Occasionally  this  might  be wrong. I hereby asked to be excused by the original author and will happily
       accept any additions or corrections to this first version of the svgalib manual.

Svgalib (>= 1.2.11)                               27 July 1997                             vga_getmonitortype(3)