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 6, VESA (Xvesa.nlm). This driver provides graphics support for VESA 1.2 and higher compliant video controllers. Resolution for VESA video controllers is controller dependent.
NetWare 6 has XFree86 Xvesa 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 GUI Environment 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 to SVGA 800 x 600 256-color mode.
To learn how to configure your monitor for an accelerated video driver, see Configuring Your System for an Accelerated Video Driver .