vesa(4)

NAME

   vesa - Generic VESA video driver

SYNOPSIS

   Section "Device"
     Identifier "devname"
     Driver "vesa"
     ...
   EndSection

DESCRIPTION

   vesa is an Xorg driver for generic VESA video cards.  It can drive most
   VESA-compatible video cards, but only makes use of the  basic  standard
   VESA core that is common to these cards.  The driver supports depths 8,
   15 16 and 24.

SUPPORTED HARDWARE

   The vesa driver supports most VESA-compatible video cards.   There  are
   some known exceptions, and those should be listed here.

CONFIGURATION DETAILS

   Please  refer  to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration details.  This
   section only covers configuration details specific to this driver.

   The driver auto-detects the presence of VESA-compatible hardware.   The
   ChipSet  name  may  optionally be specified in the config file "Device"
   section, and will override the auto-detection:

       "vesa"

   The following driver Options are supported:

   Option "ShadowFB" "boolean"
          Enable or disable use of the shadow framebuffer layer.  Default:
          on.

          This option is recommended for performance reasons.

   Option "ModeSetClearScreen" "boolean"
          Clear  the  screen on mode set. Some BIOSes seem to be broken in
          the sense that the newly set video mode is  bogus  if  they  are
          asked to clear the screen during mode setting. If you experience
          problems try to turn this option off. Default: on.

SEE ALSO

   Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7)

AUTHORS

   Authors include: Paulo Cesar Pereira de Andrade.

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