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--- xvesa [2026/09/05 04:32] – created neonix
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-Xvesa is a display server for the X Window System Protocol Version 11 that works only on x86_32 Linux. It use video BIOS in VM86 mode. Supports only 4:3 resolution.
+**Xvesa** is a display server for the X Window System Protocol Version 11 that works only on x86_32 Linux. It use video BIOS in VM86 mode. Supports only 4:3 resolution.
+It contains unaccelerated display driver that will support any card with a VESA, VGA or even EGA BIOS (VESA 1.1 is the earliest supported version; VESA 2.0 will give better performance). Except for the display driver, the Xvesa server is identical to Xfbdev.
 x86_64 users could use Xfbdev with vesafb kernel driver.
-Supports only 4:3 resolution.
+Xvesa doesn't use configuration file like Xorg.
+  Xvesa -display :0
+  Xvesa -screen 640x480x32
+  Xvesa -shadow
+  Xvesa -listmodes
+  Xvesa -mode 0x0117
+  Xvesa -force
+  Xvesa -videoTest
+Shortkeys:
+  Ctrl-Alt+Backspace - close Xserver
+  Ctrl+Alt+F1
+  * doesn't support DPMS
+  * doesn't support devices with Hercules Graphics Card chipsets
+  * supports only 60 hz refresh rate
+  * only supports Latin-1 keyboard keymaps
+  https://www.irif.fr/~jch/software/kdrive.html
+  https://github.com/tinycorelinux/tinyx/