Help! Cannot find a VESA driver...

I am trying to run a game in DOS at the MSDOS prompt. When you type
the execution command the programme fails to start with the following
message appearing:

"No VESA driver found"

How can this problem be rsolved and exactly what is a VESA driver?

Thanks!

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Seeker wrote:

I am trying to run a game in DOS at the MSDOS prompt. When you type
the execution command the programme fails to start with the following
message appearing:

"No VESA driver found"

How can this problem be rsolved and exactly what is a VESA driver?

Thanks!

'VESA', as I recall, is an acronym for 'Video Electronics Standard
Association'.

Are you running under Windows 95/98/ME or are you running under XP, 2000, or
NT ?

The 'NT-based' systems (2000, XP, NT) do not allow direct access to hardware
by user processes.
If you are using one of the DOS-based systems (95/98, ME) you might have to
change your video card.

It sounds as though the game software is trying to access a DOS-based video
card driver directly. A common attribute of DOS-based games and software
was the direct access to the PC hardware, often including direct access to
the hard disk and other devices.

win2K and the other NT-based systems require all driver and program access
to be mediated through the operating system.

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Ron n1zhi

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(Seeker) wrote in message . com...
I am trying to run a game in DOS at the MSDOS prompt. When you type
the execution command the programme fails to start with the following
message appearing:

"No VESA driver found"

How can this problem be rsolved and exactly what is a VESA driver?

Thanks!
Most new graphics cards have the vesa extension's in the BIOS. You
might try this driver on this web page
http://www.elys.com/software/vesa/

or follow the link to Scitech

what game are you trying to run and what graphics card do you have?

(jamotto) wrote in message . com...
(Seeker) wrote in message . com...
I am trying to run a game in DOS at the MSDOS prompt. When you type
the execution command the programme fails to start with the following
message appearing:

"No VESA driver found"

How can this problem be rsolved and exactly what is a VESA driver?

Thanks!
Most new graphics cards have the vesa extension's in the BIOS. You
might try this driver on this web page
http://www.elys.com/software/vesa/

or follow the link to Scitech

what game are you trying to run and what graphics card do you have?


Its probably a case of having to upgrade your graphics card. If this true then try
http://www.epinx.com/Components_and_...raphics_Cards/

(jamotto) wrote in message . com...
(Seeker) wrote in message . com...
I am trying to run a game in DOS at the MSDOS prompt. When you type
the execution command the programme fails to start with the following
message appearing:

"No VESA driver found"

How can this problem be rsolved and exactly what is a VESA driver?

Thanks!
Most new graphics cards have the vesa extension's in the BIOS. You
might try this driver on this web page
http://www.elys.com/software/vesa/

or follow the link to Scitech

what game are you trying to run and what graphics card do you have?



Its probably a case of having to upgrade your graphics card. If this
is the case you could try:
http://www.epinx.com/Components_and_...raphics_Cards/