Instead of supporting specific chipsets, Novell supports the VESA BIOS extensions that allow abstraction away from the hardware. JVM provides one physical driver that works with NetWare 5.1 and NetWare 6, VESA (xfsvga.nlm). This driver provides graphics support for basic VGA video controllers and for VESA 1.2 and 2.0 compliant video controllers. Support is limited to 256 colors for VESA compliant video controllers. Resolution for VESA video controllers is controller dependent.
NetWare 5.1 and NetWare 6 have XFree86 SVGA as the default Xserver. XFree86 supports VESA 1.2 through 3.0. NetWare also includes Xi Graphic's Accelerated-X as an alternative Xserver, which supports over 540 specific video cards.
JVM currently supports the following video controllers:
640 x 480 256-colors
800 x 600 256-colors (assuming mode is supported)
1024 x 768 256-colors (assuming mode is supported)
VESA 1.x and 2.x support covers a large percentage of recently manufactured controllers and provides nonaccelerated support for additional hardware modes.
640 x 480 256-colors
800 x 600 256-colors (assuming mode is supported)
1024 x 768 256-colors (assuming mode is supported)
See Configuring XServer Using the XSetup Utility for instructions on accessing the video card tab in the Desktop Menu to view a complete list of supported controllers.
NOTE: During the install, NetWare GUI boots in SVGA 640 x 480 256-color mode.
To learn how to configure your monitor for an accelerated video driver, see Configuring Your Monitor for an Accelerated Video Driver.