* Re: [9fans] ATI Xpert98 "OEM" Edition - doesn't work with Plan9
@ 2001-02-07 17:06 Russ Cox
2001-02-07 21:24 ` Keith Nash
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Russ Cox @ 2001-02-07 17:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans, k.j.nash
The Xpert98 should work; hopefully all that's
wrong is the recognition of the card for what it is.
After making the boot disk, edit a:\vgadb
and look for the section with all the Mach64
entries.
Add the marked line (without the >>>)
0xC0000-0xC0200="MACH64GB"
0xC0000-0xC0200="MACH64GM"
>>> 0xC0000-0xC0200="MACH64GR"
0xC0000-0xC0200="MACH64GZ"
and try booting again.
Russ
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* Re: [9fans] ATI Xpert98 "OEM" Edition - doesn't work with Plan9
2001-02-07 17:06 [9fans] ATI Xpert98 "OEM" Edition - doesn't work with Plan9 Russ Cox
@ 2001-02-07 21:24 ` Keith Nash
2001-02-08 0:40 ` [9fans] ATI Xpert98 "OEM" Edition Keith Nash
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Keith Nash @ 2001-02-07 21:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Thanks for the help - the installation is now one step forward. It tries to
switch to graphics, but then produces garbage. My monitor (a Dell M770,
Hsync 30-69 kHz, Vsync 48-160Hz) just says "Signal Out Of Range". I haven't
got a 'scope so I can't examine the signals. I notice that in the default
PLAN9.INI, the monitor is selected as "multisync75". In case this is the
problem, I tried changing this to "micron-17FGx", since the frequency range
for this monitor is stated in VGADB to lie within the range of my M770. No
difference. Any suggestions?
Best wishes,
Keith.
----- Original Message -----
From: Russ Cox <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; <k.j.nash@usa.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: [9fans] ATI Xpert98 "OEM" Edition - doesn't work with Plan9
> The Xpert98 should work; hopefully all that's
> wrong is the recognition of the card for what it is.
>
> After making the boot disk, edit a:\vgadb
> and look for the section with all the Mach64
> entries.
>
> Add the marked line (without the >>>)
>
> 0xC0000-0xC0200="MACH64GB"
> 0xC0000-0xC0200="MACH64GM"
> >>> 0xC0000-0xC0200="MACH64GR"
> 0xC0000-0xC0200="MACH64GZ"
>
> and try booting again.
>
> Russ
>
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* Re: [9fans] ATI Xpert98 "OEM" Edition
2001-02-07 21:24 ` Keith Nash
@ 2001-02-08 0:40 ` Keith Nash
2001-02-08 9:43 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Keith Nash @ 2001-02-08 0:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
This problem is now fixed. The card works with Charles Forsyth's modified
boot disk (see his earlier message for details).
> Thanks for the help - the installation is now one step forward. It tries
to
> switch to graphics, but then produces garbage. My monitor (a Dell M770,
> Hsync 30-69 kHz, Vsync 48-160Hz) just says "Signal Out Of Range". I
haven't
> got a 'scope so I can't examine the signals. I notice that in the default
> PLAN9.INI, the monitor is selected as "multisync75". In case this is the
> problem, I tried changing this to "micron-17FGx", since the frequency
range
> for this monitor is stated in VGADB to lie within the range of my M770.
No
> difference. Any suggestions?
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* Re: [9fans] ATI Xpert98 "OEM" Edition
2001-02-08 0:40 ` [9fans] ATI Xpert98 "OEM" Edition Keith Nash
@ 2001-02-08 9:43 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Douglas A. Gwyn @ 2001-02-08 9:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Keith Nash wrote:
> This problem is now fixed. The card works with Charles Forsyth's modified
> boot disk (see his earlier message for details).
Hm, since the symptoms resembled what I saw for the RAGE-128,
does that mean we can get the RAGE-128 to work now too?
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* Re: [9fans] ATI Xpert98 "OEM" Edition
@ 2001-02-08 8:38 forsyth
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: forsyth @ 2001-02-08 8:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
diff /n/dump/2001/0105/sys/src/9/pc/vgamach64xx.c /sys/src/9/pc/vgamach64xx.c
26a27
> ('G'<<8)|'R',
diff /n/dump/2001/0105/sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/mach64xx.c /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/mach64xx.c
423a424
> case ('G'<<8)|'R':
835a837
> case ('G'<<8)|'R':
and the line added to /lib/vgadb as russ noted:
0xC0000-0xC0200="MACH64GM"
>> 0xC0000-0xC0200="MACH64GR"
0xC0000-0xC0200="MACH64GZ"
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