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Here is the basic reason why I'm asking:
I have a Radeon 9500 Pro. While it SHOULD be supported by the open-source "ati" driver, it isn't; my computer kernel panics as soon as anything is loaded, and it has ALWAYS done that (for the year and 2 months I've been using Linux). The fglrx drivers in Arch broke around 8.9 so I switched to Ubuntu 7.10 because those were the last fglrx that let me get to the desktop without a kernel panic (8.04 and 8.10 both kernel panic with "ati" and "fglrx" drivers). Well, the thing is, I don't want to use 7.10 because it has old software. I'd like to use newer software, but it isn't easy to do with Ubuntu if I don't want to break something or whatever.
I want to switch back to Arch, but "ati" drivers kernel panic (like always) and as of 8.11, fglrx doesn't support my video card (this is official from Ati). Vesa works fine, but the problem is the colors look terrible. I think it only uses 16 bit when I use vesa... it seems to support 1280x1024 okay (which is my monitors native resolution), but if the colors are crap it doesn't matter.
So, in summary, can I configure vesa to use 1280x1024 resolution and 24 bit color depth? I don't need 3d acceleration, I use my computer for coding (cs major), internet, and watching movies. Can vesa support those things okay or am I basically stuck with Ubuntu 7.10 until I can get a new computer (god knows when)?
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The answer to your post is likely to be fund in the listings given in xorg.conf which lists every vesa mode therein.
Your post is not entirely specific but the modes given in vesa xorg listings are complete.
AFAIK vesa is fully capable altho perhaps not accel capable.
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