From 53bc9c90fed82c0bab644acdc30114fe3a390652 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kaleb Keithley Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 16:48:55 +0000 Subject: Initial revision --- man/vesa.man | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/vesa.man (limited to 'man') diff --git a/man/vesa.man b/man/vesa.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5a9dfd5 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/vesa.man @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +.\" $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. -- cgit v1.2.1