[9fans] Ati Xpert-128/AGP card..

[9fans] Ati Xpert-128/AGP card..

[Ish Rattan]

I just tried an ATI XPERT-128/AGP/16Mb  graphics card. Boot disk has
problems (debug is on):
...
aux/vga -vip 800x600x8
vga 44: sucicde: sys: fp: invalid fppc=0xc958 pc=0x0000c95a
sleep 2
aux/vga -l 800x600x8
aux/vga: mach64xx: vclk 40000000 out of range
...
rio: can't open display: initdisplay: /dev/draw/new: no frame buffer
..
%

Any ideas?
- ishwar

Re: [9fans] Ati Xpert-128/AGP card..

[Steve Kotsopoulos]

Ish Rattan wrote:
> I just tried an ATI XPERT-128/AGP/16Mb  graphics card. Boot disk has
> problems (debug is on):
> ...
> aux/vga -vip 800x600x8
> vga 44: sucicde: sys: fp: invalid fppc=0xc958 pc=0x0000c95a
> sleep 2
> aux/vga -l 800x600x8
> aux/vga: mach64xx: vclk 40000000 out of range
> ...
> 
> Any ideas?

I also tried an ATI Rage128 recently and ran into the same errors.
jmk replied that they don't support the 128 cards yet.

There is a RAGE128 entry in /lib/vgadb
Has that entry worked for _anyone_ out there ??

Re: [9fans] Ati Xpert-128/AGP card..

[Douglas A. Gwyn]

Ish Rattan wrote:
> I just tried an ATI XPERT-128/AGP/16Mb  graphics card.

The XPERT-128 uses the RAGE-128 chip, which is definitely not
supported by the current Plan9 ATI (MACH64) driver.  I replaced
mine with an XPERT-98 (getting hard to find in stores) which uses
the 3D RAGE PRO chip, which is supported.  (I'm hoping that
eventually someone will figure out how to drive the RAGE-128, so
we can again use our XPERT-128 cards, which are more useful in
certain non-Plan9 contexts -- such as automatic stereo goggle
support for Direct3D and OpenGL games on Windows via VRCaddy.
Lara Croft in binocular vision, wow!)