From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <200312081619.hB8GJ6Vp018110@fine1008.math.Princeton.EDU> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Monitor Trouble At 4th Edition Install Disk Bootup (Quick Fix: 3rd Edition Anywhere, Anyone?) In-reply-to: References: From: John Stalker Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 11:19:06 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 9cc79aa4-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > > > The monitor trouble are lots and lots of horizontal distortion at > > > install diskette bootup. You can see more than five copies of the > > > installation screen, all of them all set to go and very tempting. The > > > 3rd edition never caused this problem, and naturally I can't find any > > > copy I ever had of it. Monitor card is ATI Xpert98; it appears on the > > > Bell Labs "worked on 3rd edition, not tried on 4th" list in the > > > compatibility writeup. Thanks for the help! Quite a place here! > > > > Looks like an unsupported Rage, in this case it must be a later one. > > no, the xpert98 should be working. > perhaps you should try a different monitor setting > or a lower resolution to get going? I've installed 4th editiion plan9 with an Xpert98. Unfortunately that machine now has a different video card, so I can't easily use it for testing. I don't remember what resolution I used, but at least 600x800x8 was working. -- John Stalker Department of Mathematics Princeton University (609)258-6469