.TH mode3 8 "11 Mar 1999" "Svgalib (>= 1.4.0)" "Svgalib User Manual" .SH NAME mode3 \- set a vesa mode. .SH SYNOPSIS .BI "mode3 [modenum] " .SH DESCRIPTION The video card is set to vesa mode .IR modenum (or 3 by default) using the (real mode) vesa bios calls. .SH BUGS Using this program is unsafe, and might (depending on the bios) result in a video card in a state that requires a hard reset to restore to normal, or even a hung computer.