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vga - Generic VGA video driver
Section "Device"
Identifier "devname"
Driver "vga"
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vga is an XFree86 driver for generic VGA video cards. It can
drive most VGA-compatible video cards, but only makes use of the basic standard
VGA core that is common to these cards. The driver supports depths 1, 4
and 8. All relevant visual types are supported at each depth. Multi-head
configurations are supported in combination with some other drivers, but
only when the vga driver is driving the primary head.
The
vga driver supports most VGA-compatible video cards. There are some known
exceptions, and those should be listed here.
Please
refer to XF86Config(5)
for general configuration details. This section
only covers configuration details specific to this driver.
The driver auto-detects
the presence of VGA-compatible hardware. The ChipSet name may optionally
be specified in the config file "Device" section, and will override the
auto-detection:
"generic"
The driver will only use 64k of video memory for
depth 1 and depth 8 operation, and 256k of video memory for depth 4 (this
is the standard VGA limit).
When operating at depth 8, only a single built-in
320x200 video mode is available. At other depths there is more flexibility
regarding mode choice.
The following driver Options are supported:
- Option
"ShadowFB" "boolean"
- Enable or disable use of the shadow framebuffer layer.
Default: off.
This option is recommended for performance reasons when
running at depths 1 and 4, especially when using modern PCI-based hardware.
It is required when using those depths in a multi-head configuration where
one or more of the other screens is operating at a different depth.
XFree86(1)
, XF86Config(5)
, xf86config(1)
, Xserver(1)
, X(7)
Authors
include: Marc La France, David Dawes, and Dirk Hohndel.
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