> > > i just went over to my crap computer in Dubai and tried my program and none of the graphic modes worked.

> > Find out why they didn't work and repair it.

> hmmm. good idea. so anyway i went to look at my code and some old vesa docs and OH MY GOD i can't believe how screwed up my code was and how in a million years it actually worked first time on my other computer when it's so randomly wrong. anyway i changed it and it still doesn't work so i give up. i'm going back to my old code. the vesa docs i used were explained so crappily, it didn't even tell me how long each piece of data in the structure was and i totally interpreted it wrong.

I think you looked at the wrong docs.
They worked fine (and still do) for me and many others years ago.