mode3(8vga)

mode38vga

Set a vesa mode.

Part of mode3(8).

Usage

mode3 [modenum]

Overview

The video card is set to vesa mode modenum (or 3 by default) using the (real mode) vesa bios calls.

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato).

  1. 2.2–3.0

Bugs

Using this program is unsafe, and might (depending on the bios) result in a video card in a state that requires a hard reset to restore to normal, or even a hung computer.

From svgalib-bin 1:1.4.3-7 in Debian 3.0 (Woody). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.