> Nothing but the monitor has changed. The graphic card has not > changed, it is still a ATI Technologies Radeon 9200SE. My configuration > for Plan9 has not changed either for the video stuff (whether > 800x600 or 1024x768, I will have to check; but the monitor "auto > adapts" so some discrepancy between what the monitor and the card > agree to use and the size of the software buffer is not impossible). > > When testing a new get_mk_install.rc and compilation for kerTeX, > a couple of seconds after switching to scroll mode (for kerTeX > compilation) under Plan9 (native), the machine froze hard. I had > to cold reboot, since simply rebooting, the BIOS had problems: > something has been trashed. > > Had anyone already encountered such behavior? Hints about the > "whodunit"? And a cure?
no. i used a 16:9 monitor for a short while. no ill effects. other than an ugly picture. - erik