> > BIOS. I you do a *valid* switch and then BIOS tries to do the same and fails,
> > then there's something wrong with the BIOS, right? Solution - don't use BIOS
>
> Wrong - some cards you mut know the existing set up or you break on a change.
> You stick to the VESA bios you will be fine (so for your VESA bios Xserver
If it is possible at all to stick to the VESA BIOS only, then it should be
done - for the sake of compatibility. There should be an option, of course,
not to use the BIOS - but that's for the daring ones. After all the video BIOS
is also software that has access to the same parts of video hardware a driver
does, right? So when the external software driver does it right, it will work
right.
> > to set video modes at all. I doubt that any video BIOS does analysis of the
> > current video mode and acts accordingly.
>
> Wrong. In a sane world you would be correct, this is not a sane world I reget
> to inform you.
OK, you're right. But don't tell me you CAN'T bypass BIOS.
best wishes, marek
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