Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver

["Richard Greenblott" <reggreen@ne.mediaone.net>]

Ok. I still can not get this to work...
One problem I have is that I can not rebuild software for Plan9 until I can
load Plan9 (catch 22).
I don't have a Plan9 system to build from...

I have copied 9PCFLOP to the floppy and modified Vgadb on the same floppy as
stated in my last posting.
Is there anything else I can do? paurea@dei.inf.uc3m.es  did say he had to
rebuild the software to make it work.
Is the posted files at http://members.optusnet.com.au/~nwaples/ Ok to use or
do I need to rebuild them for my Video Board?

Sorry for sounding like a broken record.....

Thanks for any help you can give...

Rick G.



----- Original Message -----
From: <paurea@dei.inf.uc3m.es>
Newsgroups: comp.os.plan9
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver


> Richard Greenblott writes:
>  > From: "Richard Greenblott" <reggreen@ne.mediaone.net>
>  > Subject: Re: [9fans] Nvidia video driver
>  > Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 23:11:34 -0400
>  >
>  > Hi:
>  >
>  >    Thanks you for the binaries. But I still am having problems with my
>  > Display driver.
>  > When I boot it stops with and unknown controller "nvidia" error.
>  >
> I had the same problem as you, and it was that I hadn't modified
> /sys/src/cmd/vga/data.c. The steps to follow are:
>
>
> I have:
> Copied the vganvidia.c supplied to /sys/src/9/pc
>
> Added  vganvidia +cur to pcdisk
>
> Compiled 9pcdisk.gz
>
> Copied it to an installation disk.
>
>
> Copied the nvidia.c supplied to /sys/src/cmd/vga
>
> Added nvidia.$O\ to the mkfile of vga
>
> Added extern Ctlr nvidia; and
>
> extern Ctlr nvidiahwgc; to vgadb.h
>
> and extern Ctlr nvidia; to vga.h
>
> Compiled it. Installed it.
> An added an entry in vgadb for my
> card: (yours differs)
>
> ctlr 0xC0072 "Diamond Viper 550"
>      ctlr nvidia
>      ctlr nvidiahwgc
>      link=vga
>
> add a pair of entries in the array in data.c
> similar to the ones of the other drivers.
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