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Subject: Re: [9fans] ati mach switch vga problem
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Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 13:15:24 -0700
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I'm able to boot up fine with plan9 boot disks. So, I was wondering if 
there were vga settings I could fool around with? since I know that the 
65mhz  generic monitor with 600x800 16bit settings of the boot disk 
works.

On Friday, March 21, 2003, at 12:09 PM, Russ Cox wrote:

>> Is there anyway to fix things?
>
> go back to the xpert98.  or buy an nvidia card.
> seriously.  i hate the mach64 series.
> they're awful to program.
>
> but if you're hell-bent on using it...
>
> let's assume you can boot without vga
> and compile a kernel.  (to boot without
> vga log in as none during the boot sequence.)
>
> there is a call:
>
> 	init_overlayclock(scr);
>
> in /sys/src/9/pc/vgamach64xx.c.
> comment it out.  i think that will
> make your problem go away.
>
>