evgainit(1M)                     UNIX System V                     evgainit(1M)


NAME
      evgainit - Extended VGA keyboard/display driver initialization

SYNOPSIS
      evgainit card-type

DESCRIPTION
      evgainit is used to initialize the keyboard/display driver (see the
      keyboard(7) manual page) if extended VGA graphics modes are being used on
      certain video cards.

      The keyboard/display driver provides the interface to the video card.
      evgainit informs the keyboard/display driver which video card is
      installed and should be rerun each time the system is booted.

      In many cases the keyboard/display driver can determine which card is
      being used and therefore this command need not be run.  For example, you
      don't need to run evgainit for the following cards:

     AT&T VDC 400, VDC 600, or VDC 750.
     Any card that doesn't have extended VGA capability (i.e. 800x600 pixels).
     Any card that is only VGA (640x480 pixels) or EGA (640x350 pixels).
     Any extended VGA cards (listed below) that will not be set to graphics
     modes with resolutions greater than 640x480 pixels.

      evgainit must be run, however, for the following cards before attempting
      to use resolutions greater than 640x480 pixels.  The following list shows
      the card-type argument value that should be used for each video card:
         card-type                       Video Card(s)
         __________________________________________________________________
         vega        Video 7 800x600, Video 7 VEGA VGA Adaptor
         stbga       STB VGA Extra/EM, Extra/EM-16
         sigma/h     SIGMA VGA/H
         pvga1a      Paradise PVGA1A
         dell        Dell VGA
         vram        Video 7 VRAM VGA
         orvga       Orchid Designer VGA, Designer 800 VGA, ProDesigner VGA
         orvgani     Orchid Designer, ProDesigner VGA (non-interlaced)
         tvga        Tseng Labs
         tvgani      Tseng Labs (non-interlaced)
         gvga        Genoa Super VGA
         pega        Paradise PEGA2
         gega        Genoa EGA
         fastwrite   Video 7 FastWrite VGA
         won         ATI VGA Wonder
      The command can only be run with super user privileges.

EXAMPLES
      For an STB Extra/EM-16 video card, evgainit should be invoked as:





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          evgainit stb

      This command could be run automatically from the inittab file (see the
      inittab(4) manual page) or could be run by super user after each system
      reboot.

SEE ALSO
      keyboard(7), console(7), inittab(4).
      "Video Interface" in the Integrated Software Developer's Guide.













































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