Re: [9fans] ATI video install problems

[Pat Hacker <pat.hacker@attbi.com>]

John
see http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/pchardware.html
The Xpert 98 is a good inexpensive card.

Good luck. The group here is very helpful so feel free to keep asking 
questions.
Pat

On Wednesday, March 13, 2002, at 02:05 AM, John E. Barham wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to install Plan9 on my Dell 4100 desktop (800 Mhz PIII, 128 
> MB
> RAM, Linksys EtherFast 10/100 NIC).  However, the installer complains 
> about
> my video card (16MB ATI Rage 128 Pro) not being found in some 
> database.  The
> plan.ini and vgainfo.txt files are attached.  If the card is not in fact
> supported, I'm willing by buy one (I've already bought the NIC for the
> occasion) and would appreciate inexpensive recommendations.  Thanks in
> advance for any advice on this problem.
>
> FWIW, if/when I get Plan9 installed, I'm especially interested in 
> playing
> around with Python and writing Plan9 extensions for Python.  What's the
> latest status on Python & Plan9?  I might be able to help w/ the port 
> having
> used Python a fair bit and being somewhat familiar w/ the internals...
>
> Cheers,
>
>     John Barham
>
> P.S.  I also have an HP Pavilion N5415 laptop.  Just of out of 
> curiosity, is
> anyone running Plan9 on that?
>
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