evgainit(1M)


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:

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
tvga Tseng Labs
orvgani Orchid Designer, ProDesigner VGA (non-interlaced)
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

 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
 tvga        Tseng Labs
 orvgani     Orchid Designer, ProDesigner VGA (non-interlaced)
 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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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004