Barco TransForm A series User Manual

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4. OperatingBarco – TransForm A - X Terminal – DOC-3265-2 – user's manual – Revision 09 – September-2006 _____________________________________________________ 4-584.8 Utilities4.8.1 Show wallinfo utilityThe X Server provides information about the hardware of the display wall and its setup. This information can berequested as follows:showwallinfo [-The following options are available:option argument valuemeaning-d 0,1 must be specified in two parts: hostname:displaynumber. For thehostname the name of the TRANS F ORM A or its IP must be specified. With thedisplaynumber the X Server is specified. 0 must be indicated for the display ofTRANS FORM A. 1 must be indicated for OSIRIS .-v 0,1,2The level of information can be selected. 1 is basic information, 2 is full information.Selecting 0 or omitting verbose provides just a very short description. Table 4-464.8.2 DDC utilityThe UGX GRAPHIC C ARD and the AGX GRAPHIC C ARD supports each the DDC standard. DDC stands for Display DataChannel. As a standard communication channel between a computer display and a host system it allows toautomatically detect the best setting for a DDC capable display by obtaining these parameters from the displayitself.If the connected display devices support the DDC standard, information of this graphic device can be requested asfollows:ddcinfoNo further options are required.ddcinfo can only be requested as long as the X server is not running.4.8.3 Boot loader utilityWhen booting an T RANS FORM A in eXtended safety mode a graphical menu appears to select the boot partition.See also section 3.3.2 Switching on. The boot loader utility helps to change this if wanted. Therefore change byusing cd to the directory:cd /opt/MMT2686/config/To switch on the graphical boot selection use:/opt/MMT2686/config/bootgraph onTo switch it off use:/opt/MMT2686/config/bootgraph off