* Re: [9fans] S3 ViRGE/DX?
@ 2000-07-19 16:19 ianb
2000-07-20 2:41 ` Eric Dorman
2000-07-20 9:17 ` Belldandy
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From: ianb @ 2000-07-19 16:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
We tried a DX. We got the graphics working easily, but the cursor didn't work
properly -- had 2 stripes about 100x300 pixels below it.
On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:07:10 -0400 owner-9fans@cse.psu.edu wrote:
>Belldandy <narumi@tpts5.seed.net.tw>
> My video card uses the S3 ViRGE/DX chipset. The hardware
> requirements for Plan9 says it supports ViRGE/GX, GX2, VX, and MX.
> I wonder if DX is compatible enough to work.
>
>I did have a DX card at one point and it worked. That was before various
>overhauls of the code so your mileage may vary.
>
>--jim
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* Re: [9fans] S3 ViRGE/DX?
2000-07-19 16:19 [9fans] S3 ViRGE/DX? ianb
@ 2000-07-20 2:41 ` Eric Dorman
2000-07-20 9:17 ` Belldandy
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From: Eric Dorman @ 2000-07-20 2:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
ianb wrote:
> We tried a DX. We got the graphics working easily, but the cursor didn't
work
> properly -- had 2 stripes about 100x300 pixels below it.
did you start with the Trio64 definition or Trio64V+? when i lied to
vga and told it my Trio64V2 was really a Trio64 an extremely similar
effect occured, where the two stripes were rectanges about 10px high
and ~30px wide. using Trio64V+ as a baseline made the problem
go away. [err, perhaps vice versa.. i'm away from Plan9 right now :<]
--eric
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* Re: [9fans] S3 ViRGE/DX?
2000-07-19 16:19 [9fans] S3 ViRGE/DX? ianb
2000-07-20 2:41 ` Eric Dorman
@ 2000-07-20 9:17 ` Belldandy
2000-07-20 9:38 ` Lucio De Re
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From: Belldandy @ 2000-07-20 9:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
I tried booting the install disk, and it didn't work(ended with a
% prompt), and it did show info about not finding the controller
in lib/vgadb.
Anyway, I'll probably have to wait before DX is supported.
ianb@cs.york.ac.uk wrote:
>
> We tried a DX. We got the graphics working easily, but the cursor didn't work
> properly -- had 2 stripes about 100x300 pixels below it.
>
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:07:10 -0400 owner-9fans@cse.psu.edu wrote:
> >Belldandy <narumi@tpts5.seed.net.tw>
> > My video card uses the S3 ViRGE/DX chipset. The hardware
> > requirements for Plan9 says it supports ViRGE/GX, GX2, VX, and MX.
> > I wonder if DX is compatible enough to work.
> >
> >I did have a DX card at one point and it worked. That was before various
> >overhauls of the code so your mileage may vary.
> >
> >--jim
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* Re: [9fans] S3 ViRGE/DX?
2000-07-20 9:17 ` Belldandy
@ 2000-07-20 9:38 ` Lucio De Re
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From: Lucio De Re @ 2000-07-20 9:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 09:17:09AM +0000, Belldandy wrote:
>
> I tried booting the install disk, and it didn't work(ended with a
> % prompt), and it did show info about not finding the controller
> in lib/vgadb.
>
The suggestion is to use it as a GX, with the funny cursor shape. It
worked adequately for installation purposes. The vertical bars are
non-destructive.
> Anyway, I'll probably have to wait before DX is supported.
>
I'll be keen to see that as well. I thought my Diamond Stealth was
quite a spiffy card, but it seems everyone has far more graphical
power than I ever thought I would need (32 Meg on the card?).
++L
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* Re: [9fans] S3 ViRGE/DX?
@ 2000-07-20 17:38 jmk
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From: jmk @ 2000-07-20 17:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
I found a DX card and fixed the cursor problem. The ID code for the DX
was wrong in both /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/virge.c and /sys/src/9/pc/vgas3.c.
In both, replace all instances of
case 0xE18A: /* ViRGE/[DG]X */
with
case 0xE101: /* ViRGE/[DG]X */
This fix will be in the next update.
--jim
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* Re: [9fans] S3 ViRGE/DX?
@ 2000-07-20 9:23 ianb
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From: ianb @ 2000-07-20 9:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
>> We tried a DX. We got the graphics working easily, but the cursor didn't
>> work
>did you start with the Trio64 definition or Trio64V+?
Can't remember. We tried quite a few different ones. In the end, it
was easier to change the card than to use ed. ;-)
Ian
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* Re: [9fans] S3 ViRGE/DX?
@ 2000-07-20 3:24 jmk
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From: jmk @ 2000-07-20 3:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
ianb wrote:
> We tried a DX. We got the graphics working easily, but the cursor didn't work
> properly -- had 2 stripes about 100x300 pixels below it.
As successive generations beat their heads bloody against the vagaries
of aux/vga an older card sometimes falls by the wayside. I'll see if I can find
a DX tomorrow and get the cursor working again. It might have been this one:
0xC00D8="#9-325 BIOS Version 2.18.08" # #9FX Reality 332
--jim
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* Re: [9fans] S3 ViRGE/DX?
@ 2000-07-19 16:07 jmk
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From: jmk @ 2000-07-19 16:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Belldandy <narumi@tpts5.seed.net.tw>
My video card uses the S3 ViRGE/DX chipset. The hardware
requirements for Plan9 says it supports ViRGE/GX, GX2, VX, and MX.
I wonder if DX is compatible enough to work.
I did have a DX card at one point and it worked. That was before various
overhauls of the code so your mileage may vary.
--jim
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* [9fans] S3 ViRGE/DX?
@ 2000-07-19 15:24 Belldandy
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From: Belldandy @ 2000-07-19 15:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
My video card uses the S3 ViRGE/DX chipset. The hardware
requirements for Plan9 says it supports ViRGE/GX, GX2, VX, and MX.
I wonder if DX is compatible enough to work.
Also, Plan9 video chipset support is quite scarce right now.....
Is anyone writing other drivers?
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