[9fans] Video Problem - ATI Rade 128

[9fans] Video Problem - ATI Rade 128

[Joseph Gaffney]

I'm trying to install Plan 9, and rio won't start.  Apparently, it can't
detect my ATI Rage 128 PCI.  Is there any way around this?  I can't find
another video card, and I'd like to get it up and running.  Any ideas?

[9fans] Re: Video Problem - ATI Rade 128

[Douglas A. Gwyn]

Joseph Gaffney wrote:
> I'm trying to install Plan 9, and rio won't start.  Apparently, it can't
> detect my ATI Rage 128 PCI.  Is there any way around this?  I can't find
> another video card, and I'd like to get it up and running.  Any ideas?

Alas, the Rage 128 is not supported.
*Some* ATI Xpert 98 products (probably not the "value" versions) work
fine.
I recently changed from Xpert 98 to Nvidia GeForce 2, which required
some
modification and rebuilding (but at least the driver was provided).

This whole PC video business is disgusting.  Xi Graphics sells an X
server
to replace the native Solaris x86 version, which supports a lot of cards
(including I think Rage 128) but not GeForce 2.  Everybody always claims
that what they haven't supported is due to not getting information out
of
the video card (or chip) manufacturer.  (SunSoft now supports the
XFree86
video drivers, via an add-on package, on Solaris x86, and thus they now
"support" more cards I care about than any other product that I know
of.)

Re: [9fans] Video Problem - ATI Rade 128

[nigel]

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It can't detect 128 bit ATi cards because it doesn't support them.
The way round it is to write a driver, but I guess this is not for you
at this stage.


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From: Joseph Gaffney <NOSPAMjgaffneyNOSPAM@nospambrookcabinetrynospam.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] Video Problem - ATI Rade 128
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:26:51 GMT
Message-ID: <viHs7.1426$c8.119800@news1.rdc1.nj.home.com>

I'm trying to install Plan 9, and rio won't start.  Apparently, it can't
detect my ATI Rage 128 PCI.  Is there any way around this?  I can't find
another video card, and I'd like to get it up and running.  Any ideas?