Mode Selection

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## 4.9. Mode Selection

Now you get to tell the program which video modes you would like to be able to run.

The program will show you the common modes that should work with your card (some might not work with your monitor, but if you've correctly specified the monitor's sync rates, the X server will just ignore them when it runs).

You could just accept the settings as they are given, but you'll probably wish to reverse the order. For example, if you have a card with 1 Meg RAM, it will list the modes

> `

>     		"640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" for 8bpp

> `

Select `1` to change the settings for 8bpp and the type `432` to select the reverse order.

When you've select the modes, in the order you wish, select option `4` to continue.

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