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+vbetool: vbetool (run real-mode video BIOS code to alter the hardware state)
+vbetool:
+vbetool: vbetool uses lrmi in order to run code from the video BIOS.
+vbetool: Currently, it is able to alter DPMS states, save/restore video card
+vbetool: state, and attempt to initialize the video card from scratch. It
+vbetool: exists primarily in order to increase the chances of successfully
+vbetool: recovering video state after an ACPI S3 suspend.
+vbetool:
+vbetool: Homepage: http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~mjg59/vbetool/
+vbetool: