From: Wladimir Mutel <mwg@alkar.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] Re: S3 775/325
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 13:57:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8idb8s$1oq8$2@pandora.alkar.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3948a500.11168068@news.arnhem.chello.nl>
Oscar Gala <proto@phatspace.org> wrote:
> I have a S3 Trio64 videocard with the 86C775 chipset and a S3 Virge
> with the 86C325 Chipset,
> but I can't get them to work with the Plan9 installation.
86c775/86c785 (Trio64V2) works. I just added such line (marked with
+) in /lib/vgadb (and before, in vgadb on boot diskette):
0xC0044="Phoenix S3 TRIO64 Enhanced VGA BIOS. Version 1.2-07"
+ 0xC004B="86C775/86C785"
link=vga
Try to find the same place and insert the same line.
> At firt I would get ascreen dump of the Bios Rom, and I made an entry
> in the vgadb, but then the installation got hung up in vga mode and I
Yes, I copied start address and identifying string exactly from
video bios dump I got first time.
> just saw the cursor blinking, but couldn't do anything.
> Does this mean the cards are not compatible with Plan9,
> or that I have to make a different entry in vgadb?
> And if that is the case, could someone help me with that?
Try my suggestion, hope it helps.
--
mwg@alkar.net
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-06-16 13:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-06-16 9:11 [9fans] " Oscar Gala
2000-06-16 13:57 ` Wladimir Mutel [this message]
2000-06-18 6:30 ` [9fans] " Eric Dorman
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