[9fans] ATI video install problems

["John E. Barham" <john@jbarham.com>]

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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