{
    "name": "vesa(4)",
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "vesa",
    "section": "4",
    "url": "/phpMan.php/man/vesa/4/json",
    "generated": "2026-05-27T16:07:32Z",
    "synopsis": "",
    "sections": [
        {
            "name": "NAME",
            "level": 1,
            "content": "vesa - Generic VESA video driver\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        {
            "name": "SYNOPSIS",
            "level": 1,
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "Section \"Device\"",
                    "level": 2,
                    "content": "Identifier \"devname\"\nDriver \"vesa\"\n..."
                },
                {
                    "name": "EndSection",
                    "level": 2,
                    "content": ""
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "DESCRIPTION",
            "level": 1,
            "content": "vesa is an Xorg driver for generic VESA video cards.  It can drive most VESA-compatible video\ncards, but only makes use of the basic standard VESA core that is common to these cards.  The\ndriver supports depths 8, 15 16 and 24.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "SUPPORTED HARDWARE",
                    "level": 2,
                    "content": "The  vesa driver supports most VESA-compatible video cards.  There are some known exceptions,\nand those should be listed here.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "CONFIGURATION DETAILS",
                    "level": 2,
                    "content": "Please refer to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration details.   This  section  only  covers\nconfiguration details specific to this driver.\n\nThe  driver  auto-detects the presence of VESA-compatible hardware.  The ChipSet name may op‐\ntionally be specified in the config file \"Device\" section, and will override the  auto-detec‐\ntion:\n\n\"vesa\"\n\nThe following driver Options are supported:\n\nOption \"ShadowFB\" \"boolean\"\nEnable or disable use of the shadow framebuffer layer.  Default: on.\n\nThis option is recommended for performance reasons.\n\nOption \"ModeSetClearScreen\" \"boolean\"\nClear  the  screen  on  mode  set. Some BIOSes seem to be broken in the sense that the\nnewly set video mode is bogus if they are asked to clear the screen during  mode  set‐\nting. If you experience problems try to turn this option off. Default: on.\n\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "SEE ALSO",
                    "level": 2,
                    "content": "Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7)\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "AUTHORS",
            "level": 1,
            "content": "Authors include: Paulo Ce´sar Pereira de Andrade.\n\n\n\nX Version 11                            xf86-video-vesa 2.5.0                                VESA(4)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    ]
}