From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 13:57:22 +0000 From: Wladimir Mutel Message-ID: <8idb8s$1oq8$2@pandora.alkar.net> References: <3948a500.11168068@news.arnhem.chello.nl> Subject: [9fans] Re: S3 775/325 Topicbox-Message-UUID: c134c99c-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Oscar Gala 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