Re: vesa mode

[lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 06:41:57PM +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:
> mybe someone can explain this: I am starting my debian system with the 
> parameter vga=791 (to switch into vesa mode)
> 
> Sometimes the computer (AMI-BIOS) does not do it correctly (stays in 640x480 
> then), but with a reset everything starts perfectly. What is the reason for 
> this behaviour?
> 
> On my amd64-system (Phoenix BIOS) this behaviour NEVER appeared. 
> 
> Is the reason for this the setting "VGA initialisation" ? In my BIOS it is set 
> to "AGP" as I am using an AGP-Graphicscard. Or is it just a timing problem?
> 
> Would be nice, if someone could give me some background information.

VESA support is a function of your video card, not your motherboard.
The video bios is responsible for it, not your motherboard bios.

-- 
Len Sorensen