From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 15:40:44 -0500 From: Russ Cox To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] vesa success list In-Reply-To: <20051112201930.GB5222@server4.lensbuddy.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <20051112194824.GA5222@server4.lensbuddy.com> <20051112201930.GB5222@server4.lensbuddy.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: ac218420-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > 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