<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div><br>Thanks for clearing that up. Now how do I use those VESA modes? Do I do something like:
<br><br>Option "EnableVBEModes" "true" <br>
<br>in xorg.conf for this?<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>Yes, though I believe the parameter is "VBEModes" (although that may be a synonym). It'll go in the Device section for your videocard. This will cause the driver to define the detected VESA modes (the names will be listed in the Xorg log file). In my case, they were just WxH, so while I have no modelines defined, in my Screen section I have "640x480" listed as a valid mode.
<br><br>As for the log, you should see something like this:<br><br>(II) VIA(0): initializing int10<br>(II) VIA(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000<br>(II) VIA(0): VESA BIOS detected<br>(II) VIA(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0<br>
(II) VIA(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 65536 kB<br>(II) VIA(0): VESA VBE OEM: VIA P4N800 PRO<br><br>(II) VIA(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 1.0<br>(II) VIA(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: <br>(II) VIA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: <br>(II) VIA(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev:
<br>(II) VIA(0): Searching for matching VESA mode(s):<br>[...snip a bunch of stuff...]<br>Mode: 179 (1280x768)<br> ModeAttributes: 0x9f<br> WinAAttributes: 0x7<br> WinBAttributes: 0x0<br> WinGranularity: 64
<br>...<br><br>Brett.<br>