JL> vesa one is vesa 1, i.e. vbe, afaik, so it works in lots of places
JL> where vesafb doesn't.
Just to be pedantic: Xvesa does work on anything that has either VBE
1.2 or later, or a VGA BIOS, or an EGA BIOS. (It has been tested on a
plain EGA chipset by a friendly sysadmin from Sverdlovsk.)
Xvesa can also switch modes, which is useful if you've only got
monochrome modes in the higher resolutions.
JL> even on some twisted videoboards that don't even work with their
JL> original (windows) dirvers.
As far as I am aware, Xvesa should work on any Intel machine you'll
find except if it has an original Hercules chipset.
(We have never seen a VBE earlier than 1.2, but if you've got one and
are willing to do the testing, I'll be glad to write the code. CGA,
anyone?)
Juliusz
