evgainit(1M)                                            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 keyboard(7)] 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:

                   Any card that doesn't have extended VGA capability (that
                   is, 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




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      evgainit(1M)                                            evgainit(1M)


          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
          pvga1024    Paradise 1024

            The command can only be run with appropriate privilege.

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

                  evgainit stbga

            This command can be run automatically from the inittab file
            [see inittab(4)] or can be run by a user with appropriate
            privilege after each system reboot.

      REFERENCES
            console(7), inittab(4), keyboard(7)
























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