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VGA(4)							VGA(4)

NAME
       vga - Generic VGA video driver

SYNOPSIS
       Section "Device"
	 Identifier "devname"
	 Driver "vga"
	 ...
       EndSection

DESCRIPTION
       vga  is an XFree86 driver for generic VGA video cards.  It
       can drive most VGA-compatible video cards, but only  makes
       use of the basic standard VGA core that is common to these
       cards.  The driver supports depths 1, 4 and 8.  All  rele-
       vant visual types are supported at each depth.  Multi-head
       configurations are  supported  in  combination  with  some
       other drivers, but only when the vga driver is driving the
       primary head.

SUPPORTED HARDWARE
       The vga driver supports most VGA-compatible  video  cards.
       There  are  some known	exceptions,  and  those should be
       listed here.

CONFIGURATION DETAILS
       Please refer to XF86Config(5)  for  general  configuration
       details. This	section only covers configuration details
       specific to this driver.

       The driver auto-detects	the  presence  of  VGA-compatible
       hardware.  The ChipSet name may optionally be specified in
       the config file "Device" section, and  will  override  the
       auto-detection:

	   "generic"

       The  driver  will only use 64k of video memory for depth 1
       and depth 8 operation, and 256k of video memory for  depth
       4 (this is the standard VGA limit).

       When  operating at depth 8, only a single built-in 320x200
       video mode is available. At other depths	 there	is  more
       flexibility regarding mode choice.

       The following driver Options are supported:

       Option "ShadowFB" "boolean"
	      Enable  or  disable  use	of the shadow framebuffer
	      layer.  See shadowfb(4)  for  further  information.
	      Default: off.

	      This  option is recommended for performance reasons
	      when running at depths 1	and  4, especially  when

XFree86			Version 4.0.2				1

VGA(4)							VGA(4)

	      using  modern  PCI-based	hardware.  It is required
	      when using those depths in a multi-head  configura-
	      tion  where  one	or  more  of the other screens is
	      operating at a different depth.

SEE ALSO
       XFree86(1), XF86Config(5), xf86config(1), Xserver(1), X(7)

AUTHORS
       Authors	include:  Marc	La  France, David Dawes, and Dirk
       Hohndel.

XFree86			Version 4.0.2				2

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