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authorKaleb Keithley <kaleb@freedesktop.org>2003-11-14 16:48:55 +0000
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+.\" $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/vesa/vesa.man,v 1.3 2001/12/17 20:52:34 dawes Exp $
+.\" shorthand for double quote that works everywhere.
+.ds q \N'34'
+.TH VESA __drivermansuffix__ __vendorversion__
+.SH NAME
+vesa \- Generic VESA video driver
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.B "Section \*qDevice\*q"
+.BI " Identifier \*q" devname \*q
+.B " Driver \*qvesa\*q"
+\ \ ...
+.B EndSection
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B vesa
+is an XFree86 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.
+.SH SUPPORTED HARDWARE
+The
+.B vesa
+driver supports most VESA-compatible video cards. There are some known
+exceptions, and those should be listed here.
+.SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS
+Please refer to XF86Config(__filemansuffix__) for general configuration
+details. This section only covers configuration details specific to this
+driver.
+.PP
+The driver auto-detects the presence of VESA-compatible hardware. The
+.B ChipSet
+name may optionally be specified in the config file
+.B \*qDevice\*q
+section, and will override the auto-detection:
+.PP
+.RS 4
+"vesa"
+.RE
+.PP
+The following driver
+.B Options
+are supported:
+.TP
+.BI "Option \*qShadowFB\*q \*q" boolean \*q
+Enable or disable use of the shadow framebuffer layer. Default: on.
+
+This option is recommended for performance reasons.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+XFree86(1), XF86Config(__filemansuffix__), xf86cfg(1), xf86config(1), Xserver(1), X(__miscmansuffix__)
+.SH AUTHORS
+Authors include: Paulo César Pereira de Andrade.