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  • From: Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>
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  • Subject: [BL] Re: xvesa arguments found
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 07:43:44 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, russ loroville wrote:

> I find this interesting about Xvesa in a write-up about it at:
> http://gnu.kookel.org/ftp/XFree86/WWW/htdocs/current/Xvesa.1.html

This is the same thing (in html) as the man page that you get when you
install Xvesa.

>
> Run at your own risk.
>
> Options
>
> In addition to the normal KDrive server's options (see Xkdrive(1) ), Xvesa
> accepts the following command line switches:
>
> -mode n
> specifies the VESA video mode to use. If mode n is not supported by your
> BIOS and hardware, Xvesa will fail, hang your system, or cause your
> monitor to explode; you are on your own. This option overrides any -screen
> options
>
> I like the part that says your monitor "Might explode"!
>
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