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.B bind #v /dev
-.B /dev/vgabios
.B /dev/vgactl
.B /dev/vgaovl
.B /dev/vgaovlctl
This is usually performed by
.IR vga (8).
.PP
-.B Vgabios
-provides read-only access to the low 640kB of memory,
-where the VGA and other BIOS ROMs are located.
-.PP
Writing strings to
.B vgactl
configures the VGA device.
Set the type of VGA controller being used.
.I Ctlr
is one of
+.BR 3dfx ,
.BR ark200pv ,
.BR clgd542x ,
.BR clgd546x ,
.BR ct65545 ,
.BR cyber938x ,
+.BR et4000 ,
+.BR geode ,
.BR hiqvideo ,
+.BR i81x ,
+.BR igfx ,
.BR mach64xx ,
.BR mga2164w ,
+.BR mga4xx ,
.BR neomagic ,
.BR nvidia ,
+.BR radeon ,
.BR s3 ,
+.BR t2r4
and
-.BR t2r4 .
+.BR vmware .
.IP
Note that this list does not indicate the full set of VGA chips
supported. For example,
Set the type of hardware graphics cursor being used.
.I Gc
is one of
+.BR soft ,
+.BR 3dfxhwgc ,
.BR ark200pvhwgc ,
.BR bt485hwgc ,
.BR clgd542xhwgc ,
.BR clgd546xhwgc ,
.BR ct65545hwgc ,
.BR cyber938xhwgc ,
+.BR et4000hwgc ,
+.BR geodehwgc ,
.BR hiqvideohwgc ,
-.BR mach64xxhwgc ,
+.BR i81xhwgc ,
+.BR igfxhwgc ,
.BR mga2164whwgc ,
+.BR mach64xxhwgc ,
.BR neomagichwgc ,
.BR nvidiahwgc ,
+.BR radeonhwgc ,
.BR rgb524hwgc ,
.BR s3hwgc ,
.BR t2r4hwgc ,
.BR tvp3020hwgc ,
+.BR tvp3026hwgc
and
-.BR tvp3026hwgc .
+.BR vmwarehwgc .
A value of
.B off
disables the cursor.
-There is no software cursor.
.TP
.BI palettedepth " d"
Set the number of bits of precision used by the
or
.BR 8 .
.TP
-.B blank
-Blank the screen.
-This consists of setting the hardware
-color map to all black as well as, on some controllers, setting the
-VGA hsync and vsync signals so as to turn off
-VESA DPMS-compliant monitors.
-The screen also blanks after 30 minutes of inactivity.
-The screen can be unblanked by moving the mouse.
-.TP
-.BI blanktime " minutes"
-Set the timeout before the
-screen blanks; the default is 30 minutes.
-If
-.I minutes
-is zero, blanking is disabled.
-.TP
.BI hwaccel " mode"
Depending on whether
.I mode
.BR off ,
enable or disable the use of DPMS blanking
(see
-.B blank
-above).
+.IR mouse (3)).
.TP
.BI linear " size align"
Use a linear screen aperture of size