but sometimes you can: http://code.google.com/p/plan9front/issues/detail?id=163&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Milestone%20Owner%20Summary%20Subsystem
i would like to ask if it would be worthwile to make aux/vga able patch the bios using /lib/vgadb. this can be sometimes usefull to add additional modes that would otherwise be unaccessible. in this particular case a internal table in the vesa bios had a wrong entry for an offered mode. -- cinap
