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Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:09:56 +0200
From: tlaronde@polynum.com
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: [9fans] 16:9 display and freeze
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Hello,

Since my previous monitor died, I bought a new LCD one with 16:9 ratio,
running under X11 at 1600x900.

Nothing but the monitor has changed. The graphic card has not
changed, it is still a ATI Technologies Radeon 9200SE. My configuration
for Plan9 has not changed either for the video stuff (whether
800x600 or 1024x768, I will have to check; but the monitor "auto
adapts" so some discrepancy between what the monitor and the card
agree to use and the size of the software buffer is not impossible).

When testing a new get_mk_install.rc and compilation for kerTeX,
a couple of seconds after switching to scroll mode (for kerTeX
compilation) under Plan9 (native), the machine froze hard. I had
to cold reboot, since simply rebooting, the BIOS had problems:
something has been trashed.

Had anyone already encountered such behavior? Hints about the
"whodunit"? And a cure?

TIA
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        Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ polynum +dot+ com>
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