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From: Joel Salomon <joelcsalomon@excite.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] ATI Xpert 98 video weirdness
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 10:39:36 +0000
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john e barham@hotmail.com (John E. Barham) wrote:
> Well, I bought an "ATI Xpert 98 AGP X2" video card and have managed to 
> install Plan9. FWIW, the chip itself says "RAGE Mobility-L" although 
> I'm using it in a Dell deskstop.
Sound like it was a 'white box' graphics card.  I have one of those, (
the same ATI XPERT 98 etc.) & I'm pretty satisfied with it.

> However, the display is messed up w/ left-hand side of the screen 
> repeated and the right side consequently falling off the right-hand side 
> of the screen.  Can I fiddle w/ VGADB to fix this?  Or do I have to 
> "upgrade" my video card yet again?
I had a similar problem for a time, it's more likely an improper
selection of monitor in plan9.ini than anything wrong with the video
card.  Does standard 640x480 work?

> Thanks in advance.
>     John

Hope this helps,
Joel