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Notes for the VESA driver:
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The driver's autodetection is disabled by default, so in order to use it,
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the line
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chipset VESA
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must be added to the config file (usually /etc/vga/libvga.config).
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The error:
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Int 0x10 is not in rom (xxxx:xxxx)
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is usually caused by running linux using loadlin, after loading a dos tsr
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that changes the int 10 vector, or after windows 95, that does the same
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thing. The solution, is either to use lilo, or run loadlin after a clean
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dos boot.
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There is a new config file option that affects the vesa driver:
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VesaText
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If this option is used, the driver sets 80x25 text mode (using vesa bios)
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before setting any standard vga mode.
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This option was added in order to enable standard vga modes with the vesa
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driver on Matrox Millenium, but now it has the following effect:
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(read in a fixed width font)
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chipset with VesaText without VesaText
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CL-GD5446 works leaves a messy font when
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returning to text mode
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Riva 128 does not restore works
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previous used text
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font, but reverts to
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ROM font.
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Matrox
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Millenium works does not set standard vga
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modes properly.
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A list of cards known to work with the VESA driver is:
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* Riva128 (both on a STBV128 and a Viper330)
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* RivaTNT
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* Matrox Millenium 2
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* Matrox Mystique
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* Matrox Productiva G100
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* Matrox Millenium G200
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* Neomagic Magicgraph 128XD (in a Dell Inspiron laptop)
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* S3 375 Virge/DX ( A "Trident Video Excel 3D Accelerator" )
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* S3 Trio3D
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* Cirrus Logic GD5446
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* Rendition V1000 - Only modes up to 800x600 seem to work
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* ATI Expression+ PC2TV 2MB (RageII chipset) - tested only modes up
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to 800x600 resolution
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* i740 (Diamond Stealth G460)
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* Voodoo Banshee
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* Alliance Technology AT24
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Please note that some of this cards have also failed to work in some
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cases, so it is _very_ configuration dependent.
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For Matrox cards, the advice is to upgrade to the latest bios from Matrox.
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