vga_reset(8)

vga_reset8

Reset video graphic board

Usage

vga_reset

Overview

Call real mode c000:0003, which should be the video card's initialization routine. Should work in some cases when mode3 fails to restore text mode.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 3.1–6.0
  2. 7

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.

Author

This manual page was written by Guillem Jover <[email protected]>.

From svgalib-bin 1:1.4.3-33 in Debian 7 (Wheezy). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.