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>> this report might change depending on what monitor is hooked up to
>> which port.
>> 
>> sl
> 
> Yeah it does change. IIRC it looks at the EDID and gives you modes based on that. Which is also why I think using the vga-to-dvi adapter doesn't work properly.

problem is, it's impossible to know what a given vesa bios will do. you can
just query it for modes and see what it says.

sl