---
name: "some_modes"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "videogen"
version: "0.33-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/some_modes"
---

# some\_modes(1)

generate common Modelines for Xorg and fbset

## NAME

some\_modes - generate common Modelines for Xorg and fbset

## SYNOPSIS

**some\_modes**

## DESCRIPTION

**some\_modes** is a wrapper for [**videogen**(1)](/videogen/1.md). It interactively asks the user for monitor parameters. Then it prints commonly-used mode lines for use with Xorg (or its predecessor, XFree86) and fbset.

## FILES

The file *~/.videogen* is used to store the user's input between invocations.

## SEE ALSO

[videogen(1)](/videogen/1.md), [Xorg(1)](/Xorg/1.md), [xorg.conf(5)](/xorg.conf/5.md), [xvidtune(1)](/xvidtune/1.md)

## AUTHOR

Szabolcs Rumi \<szrumi\_at\_axelero\_dot\_hu\>

## COPYING

GNU General Public License Version 2 (found in /usr/share/common-licenses on Debian systems)