* [9fans] problems with video card
@ 2005-07-28 17:56 Ezequiel Reyes
2005-07-28 20:33 ` Federico Benavento
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Ezequiel Reyes @ 2005-07-28 17:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Hi list, I am trying to install plan9 on a dell laptop, I downloaded the
floppy disk but my screen goes black when starting graphics, I tried
changing resolutions and color depht in the ini file and changed lcd instead
of xga, same thing. I have a NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go 32 MB, I searched to see
if there was support for this video card on plan9.
It seems there is an experimental video driver since 2004, but I don't know
if it is included in the floppy image (or at least in the latest CD). While
trying, I put a wrong identifier instead of xga and the floppy got to the
point of showing the shell prompt, so at least I know the main problem is
with the video card.
Is there support in plan9 for my video card? Is there something I can
configure somewhere to make it work at least in 800x600x8 ?
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* Re: [9fans] problems with video card
2005-07-28 17:56 [9fans] problems with video card Ezequiel Reyes
@ 2005-07-28 20:33 ` Federico Benavento
2005-08-02 14:30 ` Ezequiel Reyes
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From: Federico Benavento @ 2005-07-28 20:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
> configure somewhere to make it work at least in 800x600x8 ?
there is an iso image with generic vesa driver in:
http://9grid.de/plan9/plan9vesa.iso.bz2
this should work.
--
Federico G. Benavento
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* Re: [9fans] problems with video card
2005-07-28 20:33 ` Federico Benavento
@ 2005-08-02 14:30 ` Ezequiel Reyes
2005-08-02 14:34 ` Russ Cox
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Ezequiel Reyes @ 2005-08-02 14:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Hi, I downloaded the plan9vesa imagen and tried it, the error message is:
aux/vga: vgactlw: < type mach64xx: bad VGA control message "type mach64xx"
when botting from the CD with monitor: xga
then it falls back to text prompt. Any ideas?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Federico Benavento" <benavento@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [9fans] problems with video card
> configure somewhere to make it work at least in 800x600x8 ?
there is an iso image with generic vesa driver in:
http://9grid.de/plan9/plan9vesa.iso.bz2
this should work.
--
Federico G. Benavento
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* Re: [9fans] problems with video card
2005-08-02 14:30 ` Ezequiel Reyes
@ 2005-08-02 14:34 ` Russ Cox
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Russ Cox @ 2005-08-02 14:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
set monitor to vesa.
On 8/2/05, Ezequiel Reyes <ezequiel.reyes@newhotel.co.cu> wrote:
> Hi, I downloaded the plan9vesa imagen and tried it, the error message is:
>
> aux/vga: vgactlw: < type mach64xx: bad VGA control message "type mach64xx"
>
> when botting from the CD with monitor: xga
>
> then it falls back to text prompt. Any ideas?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Federico Benavento" <benavento@gmail.com>
> To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 1:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [9fans] problems with video card
>
>
> > configure somewhere to make it work at least in 800x600x8 ?
> there is an iso image with generic vesa driver in:
> http://9grid.de/plan9/plan9vesa.iso.bz2
>
> this should work.
> --
> Federico G. Benavento
>
>
>
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