vbetool

run real-mode video BIOS code to alter hardware state

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/vbetool.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install vbetool
Ubuntu
apt-get install vbetool
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S vbetool
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install vbetool
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vbetool
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/vbetool

vbetool

run real-mode video BIOS code to alter hardware state

vbetool uses lrmi in order to run code from the video BIOS. Currently, it is able to alter DPMS states, save/restore video card state and attempt to initialize the video card from scratch.