VESA(4) (xf86-video-vesa 2.5.0) VESA(4)
NAME
vesa - Generic VESA video driver
SYNOPSIS
Section 34Device34
Identifier 34devname34
Driver 34vesa34
...
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 34Device34 section, and will override the
auto-detection:
"vesa"
The following driver Options are supported:
Option 34ShadowFB34 34boolean34
Enable or disable use of the shadow framebuffer layer.
Default: on.
This option is recommended for performance reasons.
Option 34ModeSetClearScreen34 34boolean34
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
Page 1 X Version 11 (printed 5/24/22)
VESA(4) (xf86-video-vesa 2.5.0) VESA(4)
Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7)
AUTHORS
Authors include: Paulo Ce'sar Pereira de Andrade.
Page 2 X Version 11 (printed 5/24/22)