From: Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] vesa success list
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 15:40:44 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ee9e417a0511121240l71cd2a9ap13ce63d36f74fd1a@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051112201930.GB5222@server4.lensbuddy.com>
> Note also that I'm using the 'bootable' option of the CD, which I hope
> has the same kernel as the installer.(Now tested the installer with
> identical results).
It's a different kernel but the same drivers. What differs is
how the kernels goes about attaching to the root file system.
The vesa blank screen is mostly undebuggable.
Some cards just aren't going to work with our
vesa implementation.
You should be able to get the neomagic driver working though.
The source is in /sys/src/9/pc/vganeomagic.c and
/sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/neomagic.c. It's probably just a register
or two being set wrong. There are some with Offset or
Center in their names. I'd try those first. I'd also try
the native LCD resolution at 8bpp and then move on
to higher depths and higher resolutions (in that order).
Russ
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-12 20:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-11 21:24 Russ Cox
2005-11-12 19:48 ` Uriel
2005-11-12 20:15 ` Russ Cox
2005-11-12 20:19 ` Uriel
2005-11-12 20:40 ` Russ Cox [this message]
2005-11-12 22:58 ` LiteStar numnums
2005-11-13 0:05 ` erik quanstrom
2005-11-13 0:34 ` Vester Thacker
2005-11-13 22:23 ` Dave Eckhardt
2005-11-14 3:01 ` erik quanstrom
2005-11-14 4:25 ` jmk
2005-11-14 12:14 ` [9fans] " jalih
2005-11-23 20:22 ` andrey mirtchovski
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