> I tried dozens of modes, from 640x480 to 1280x1024, using > 8-bit to 32-bit of colors, and no one seems to work.
Can you say more about what you are doing to try a given configuration? At first glance it doesn't seem like there is a native Plan 9 driver for your graphics chip, so if the VESA driver doesn't work you might pursue getting a data sheet and seeing if it looks enough like some other chip. Dave Eckhardt