Re: [9fans] Bare minimum vga support?

Re: [9fans] Bare minimum vga support?

[rsc]

  Has anyone got an idea what lines I can add to vgadb to get plain
  VGA and thereby at least get the install done?

``Plain VGA'' is not 8 bits per pixel and thus doesn't work
too well with Plan 9 at present.  Plan 9 also depends on
a hardware cursor.

The Vita Nuova folk hinted here earlier about more generic
support via the VGA BIOS.  It might be worth waiting for
their release to see what happens, if you aren't in the mood
to add support for your card.

Russ

Re: [9fans] Bare minimum vga support?

[forsyth]

>>However, surely every PC at least does some minimal VGA without
>>loading special drivers (or am I wrong about that?).

`minimal VGA' is often more `minimal' than you might think.
when we have a spare moment at Vita we'll try to do something
using our VESA BIOS interfacing code, but we haven't had a chance yet.
we'll put it up for ftp when we do.   if it looks as though we won't have
time we'll make it available for someone else to have a go.
we're having trouble finding suitable cards here as well.

[9fans] Bare minimum vga support?

[peter_a_harris]

Hi
I have a Trident TGUI9440 video card, which is not in vgadb, so I am
a bit stuck.

However, surely every PC at least does some minimal VGA without
loading special drivers (or am I wrong about that?).

Has anyone got an idea what lines I can add to vgadb to get plain
VGA and thereby at least get the install done?

Or should I wait a few years for Plan9 to start appearing on
magazine cover discs? ;-)

Thanks




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