From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <0db1aa5e3e2837dde4d17ada2a39ae0e@9fs.org> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] nvidia VGA cards supported From: nigel@9fs.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-aihegwypuuwkttyjqlhfcgbwlm" Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 09:53:13 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: bd0b562c-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-aihegwypuuwkttyjqlhfcgbwlm Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I didn't respond because I couldn't give a "definite answer". There are no definite answers with vgas. Oh alright I'll try. A good range of Nvidia cards right up to Geforce 4s may work, or can be made to work by altering vgadb, or tweaking code. You will need to check the archives, as there are several semi-independent efforts at improving support. The fundamental problems are 1. acceleration may or may not work 2. depths > 8 may not work 3. snow may appear on the screen 4. laptop screens using Geforce Gos won't work This is all down to a partial but incomplete port of the Xfree86 4 driver. It is believed that a complete port will make the vast majority of cards work. In particular, there is some "memory access optimisation" code in there which is missing from the Plan 9 version, and could easily account for most of these problems (except 4). As I say, check the archives. There has been a lot of traffic on the subject. As a summary, you have a good chance of getting most cards to work acceptably in 8 bit depth, except laptops. There you are; definitive, if not really definite. Nigel --upas-aihegwypuuwkttyjqlhfcgbwlm Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from 9fs.org ([192.168.100.103]) by 9fs.org; Fri Jun 28 09:44:18 BST 2002 Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by 9fs.org; Fri Jun 28 09:44:18 BST 2002 Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.4.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id A462519991; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 04:44:12 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: from granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp (granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp [157.16.101.69]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with SMTP id 016F019980 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 04:43:41 -0400 (EDT) To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] nvidia VGA cards supported From: okamoto@granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-ddvtdwuxmgttutajexzswvaocd" Message-Id: <20020628084342.016F019980@mail.cse.psu.edu> Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:42:44 +0900 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-ddvtdwuxmgttutajexzswvaocd Content-Disposition: inline Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It depends on your boot floppy's file, called vgadb. The part of nvidia card of mine is as follows: ctlr 0xC00A2="NVIDIA TNT2 Model 64 BIOS V2.05.13 " # NVIDIA TNT Model 64 0xC0108="AOpen MX200 VGA BIOS Version 1.00-143N" # AOpen MX200 Geforce2 0xC0108="NVIDIA GeForce2 MX-200 VGA BIOS" # Prographics GeForce2 MX-200 0xC00CB="ASUS AGP-V7100 VGA BIOS Version 3.11.00.04" # ASUS GeForce2MX 0xC0074="NV" # GeForce 3 link=vga ctlr=nvidia linear=1 hwgc=nvidiahwgc You can edit that file before booting the system by some editer on Unix or windows. Kenji --because none responds this :-) --upas-ddvtdwuxmgttutajexzswvaocd Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Received: from granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp ([192.168.1.3]) by diabase; Fri Jun 28 16:41:49 JST 2002 Received: from elmo.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp (elmo.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp [157.16.103.2]) by granite.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA13841 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:31:41 +0900 Received: from mail.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.4.6]) by elmo.cias.osakafu-u.ac.jp (8.9.3/3.7W-02040219) with ESMTP id QAA14124 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:42:27 +0900 (JST) Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.30.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 24B151999B; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 03:42:15 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: from diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr (diogenis.ceid.upatras.gr [150.140.141.181]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with SMTP id 5476619992 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 03:41:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 17849 invoked by uid 1556); 28 Jun 2002 07:38:54 -0000 From: Anastasopoulos S To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [9fans] nvidia VGA cards supported Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 10:38:54 +0300 (EET DST) Hi I am upgrading my PC and since i don't want to 'miss' plan9, exactly which nvidia cards are supported? The hardware requirements page says there is good support only for savage4 an riva TNT2. Also in the same page there is a note that GeForce in not supported but in this list some report that it worked fine on GeForce2 MX. Can someone give a definite answer? Thanks Spyros --upas-ddvtdwuxmgttutajexzswvaocd-- --upas-aihegwypuuwkttyjqlhfcgbwlm--