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.
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.