From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] Re: rage 2 driver
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 09:46:07 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D1CD533.66D4470A@null.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3d1c8409$1_6@news.teranews.com>
bigbinc wrote:
> Since my monitor only supports 640x480x8, I am thinking that the card
> or settings are set at a higher mode. How would I check that also.
Certainly, if you have told it to drive the monitor beyond its
capabilities you'll see strange artifacts and maybe some Magic
Smoke.
Check the plan9.ini file (in the installed Plan 9 filesystem, not
the diskette nor DOS C: partition). It specifies the resolution
to be used as well as the monitor type. This is explained in the
installation guide (last time I looked).
> Since plan9 works in vga mode, ...
Not last I heard. Maybe it's using CGA mode for console text.
Anyway, not bitmap graphics support in VGA mode. The reason was
said to be lack of software cursor (which VGA would require).
You can use Plan 9 in a rio-less (text) mode, but it won't be
very satisfying, e.g. no "acme" environment. The text-mode
editors are "ed" and "sam -d"; usually that's all you really
need to fix things so that rio can be run.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-01 9:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-06-28 8:52 [9fans] " bigbinc
2002-06-28 16:06 ` [9fans] " bigbinc
2002-07-01 9:46 ` Douglas A. Gwyn [this message]
2002-07-01 9:45 ` bigbinc
2002-07-02 8:53 ` bigbinc
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