> On Jun 21, 2025, at 1:38 PM, Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > On Saturday, June 21st, 2025 at 4:38 AM, Jerome Shidel via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >>>> On Jun 21, 2025, at 4:10 AM, Thomas Desi via Freedos-user >>>> freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: >>> >>> ... >> Side note… There is a tool called LISTVESA on the Install media and on the >> repositories. >> If your video card supports VESA modes, you can use it to see what Graphics >> and Text modes >> are available. You could then use VMODE to switch one of those modes. VMODE >> will also display >> a simple list of VESA modes. However, it does not say if it is Graphics or >> Text and only provides >> the resolution. That may be good enough since text mode resolutions are >> columns & rows. >>> ... > > I honestly couldn't remember if my tool reports whether or not a given mode > is graphics or text, so I fired up the latest version (1.11) of ListVESA and > ran it. After displaying some general graphics card data, it will output a > table summarizing all the available modes; the "Type" column tells whether it > is a text or graphics mode. > > Additionally, it its breakdown of each individual mode, it will describe each > bit of the "Mode Attributes" word and, if bit 4 is set, will specify that > this is a graphics mode. If this is not listed, e.g. bit 4 is not set, it's a > text mode. > > Mercury > :)
It’s been a while since I have run it as well. I thought it also provided either number of colors or bits per pixel as well. I do recall it provided about a paragraph or so of information on each mode. > > > > Sent with Proton Mail secure email. > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
