setmon details

Flags:

-x

"-x" tells setmon to make this the default video format, which will be loaded any time the graphics are restarted. This requires root access.
This must be used to load a format which is larger than the current size (X/Y dimensions) of the frame buffer.
Graphics can be restarted using /usr/gfx/stopgfx & /usr/gfx/startgfx, or the Vulcan death grip - Shift-Control-F12-KeypadSlash.

-n

"-n" tells setmon not to save the format permanently, but just to load it as the current video format.

-g

"-g" indicates that the video should be genlocked to an external source, connected to the graphics hardware's genlock-in. Not all systems support this.

-ppipenumber

"-p" is used on multi-pipe systems to indicate which graphics pipe to load with the format. Pipes are numbered starting at 0.

Typical formats include:

• 60hz - 1280 x 1024 at 60 Hz
• 72hz - 1280 x 1024 at 72 Hz
• ntsc - 645 x 486 at 30 Hz, interlaced
• hdtv
• str_rect - 1280 x 492 at 120 Hz ("old-style" interlaced stereo)

On Reality Engine, Impact, and Infinite Reality systems, formats are officially named in the form:

widthxheight_framerate