Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues

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Subject: Re: Dell R440 with Debian 10.7.0 Display Issues
From: Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2021 11:20:21 -0500
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On Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 10:00 AM didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

The Debian installer in graphic mode seems to rely on a VESA/VGA driver
rather than a driver dedicated to the hardware detected?
on my laptop, I just booted an USB Debian 10 installer key and it was
the vga16fb module that was loaded

That was my understanding also. Lowest common-denominator is the reason I believe.

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