From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <283f5df10510101248t577453beydd1e5d45f1f4f934@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:48:41 -0400 From: LiteStar numnums To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] vga neomagic 256AV on external display... In-Reply-To: <200510101848.j9AImMC09095@zamenhof.cs.utwente.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_10194_21756551.1128973721966" References: <200510101848.j9AImMC09095@zamenhof.cs.utwente.nl> Cc: Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl Topicbox-Message-UUID: 99408036-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ------=_Part_10194_21756551.1128973721966 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I just finished a client's machine of the exact same category (Toshiba Tecr= a 8k) with the same problems (on both WinXP & 2k with the suggested & my attempted drivers). I didn't find any useful method of getting around it, s= o I was simply happy & having the stupid thing work. On 10/10/05, Axel Belinfante wrote: > > sorry, vga time for me. I'm no good at that (so far). > > I'm trying to get a neomagic 256AV (in a toshiba tecra 8000) > to display on the external vga. > I'm having mixed results - the good thing is: > the results I get make me happy, but... > I am just wondering if it might be easy to become even more happy... > (to get the 'onderste uit de kan' as we say in dutch :-) > > when I use 1024x768x16 I get good image on internal lcd > when I then toggle to external display, it is fine too. > (with 1024x768x8 internal is ok, but external not: > it displays a bit too much (some 'noise' appears 'outside' > the normal rio background) and it is relatively dark, > with thin more bright lines between the characters on the screen) > > so, with 1024x768x16 I'm essentially happy, except: > still in 1024x768x16 mode on external vga: > when I now toggle to both (external + internal), it stops being nice: > top half of the screen gets a 'white overlay', > when I play more, it changes once more and it looks like the > size is somehow wrong, because pieces that belong next to each other > (e.g. the lines/pixels of the b3 menu) get drawn far away from each other= . > > > essentially I'm just curious, and hoping: > does this sound like a 'known problem', with a 'standard' fix? > (if not, I'll just continue to be happy and avoid toggling between > display modes too much) > > I did find special, disabled, code for this chip in /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga. > Enabling it did make a difference in 1024x768x8 mode but was not perfect. > > Axel. > -- The subject of this essay (the Myth of Sisyphus) is precisely this relationship between the absurd and suicide, the exact degree to which suicide is a solution to the absurd. The principle can be established that for a man who does not cheat, what he believes to be true must determine his action. Belief in the absurdity of existence must then dictate his conduct. It is legitimate to wonder, clearly and without false pathos, whether a conclusion of this importance requires forsaking as rapidly possiblean imcompre- hensible condition. I am speaking, of course, of men inclined to be in harmony with themselves. << Albert Camus>> ------=_Part_10194_21756551.1128973721966 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I just finished a client's machine of the exact same category (Toshiba Tecra 8k) with the same problems (on both WinXP & 2k with the suggested & my attempted drivers). I didn't find any useful method of getting around it, so I was simply happy & having the stupid thing work.

On 10/10/05, Axel Belinfante <Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl> wrote: sorry, vga time for me. I'm no good at that (so far).

I'm trying to = get a neomagic 256AV (in a toshiba tecra 8000)
to display on the externa= l vga.
I'm having mixed results - the good thing is:
the results I ge= t make me happy, but...
I am just wondering if it might be easy to become even more happy...(to get the 'onderste uit de kan' as we say in dutch :-)

when I use= 1024x768x16 I get good image on internal lcd
when I then toggle to exte= rnal display, it is fine too.
(with 1024x768x8 internal is ok, but external not:
it displays a bi= t too much (some 'noise' appears 'outside'
the normal rio background) a= nd it is relatively dark,
with thin more bright lines between the chara= cters on the screen)

so, with 1024x768x16 I'm essentially happy, except:
still in 102= 4x768x16 mode on external vga:
when I now toggle to both (external + int= ernal), it stops being nice:
top half of the screen gets a 'white overla= y',
when I play more, it changes once more and it looks like the
size is= somehow wrong, because pieces that belong next to each other
(e.g. the = lines/pixels of the b3 menu) get drawn far away from each other.


essentially I'm just curious, and hoping:
does this sound like a 'kn= own problem', with a 'standard' fix?
(if not, I'll just continue to be h= appy and avoid toggling between
display modes too much)

I did fi= nd special, disabled, code for this chip in /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga.
Enabling it did make a difference in 1024x768x8 mode but was not perfec= t.

Axel.



--
The = subject of this essay (the Myth of Sisyphus) is precisely
this relations= hip between the absurd and suicide, the exact
degree to which suicide is a solution to the absurd. The
principle = can be established that for a man who does not cheat,
what he believes t= o be true must determine his action.
Belief in the absurdity of existenc= e must then dictate his
conduct. It is legitimate to wonder, clearly and without
false patho= s, whether a conclusion of this importance
requires forsaking as rapidly= possiblean imcompre-
hensible condition. I am speaking, of course, of m= en
inclined to be in harmony with themselves.
  << Albe= rt Camus>> ------=_Part_10194_21756551.1128973721966--