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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 11:57:56 +0200
From: gdiaz@online.ie
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Monitor + Screen size question
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hello,

i think you must edit plan9.ini and set vgasize var to your preference, t=
o do
that, you can do the following:

% 9fat:
% cd /n/9fat
% acme plan9.ini

then edit, and change the line vgasize=3D640x480x8 to other like=3D1024x7=
68x16

write changes, and reboot

to the second question, i suggest you read The use of the namespaces in p=
lan9
paper in /sys/doc or in the plan9 webpage docs section.

gabi.


Quoting jj <jj2042003@yahoo.com>:

> Hi,
>
> I am almost done with the plan9 install on my laptop. I still have
> couple of issues. I read the man pages, but without sucess. This is
> the place for help, so I  ask:
>
>   1. The rio window is way smaller than my actual laptop screen. I
> tried to change the file /env/vgasize, but the content will not
> change, at every restart, I still have 640x400x8. I also tried to run
>       % echo size 1024x768x8 r8b8g8 > vgactl
>      but this did not work.
>
>   2. I plan on attaching a screen to my laptop so I can use it more
> like a desktop, when I tried that earlier, rio would only appear on
> the laptop screen, but not the attached monitor. Is there a reason
> why? What is the file to edit? /env/monitor ?
>
> Also, I was really confused when I tried to change the content of
> /env/vgasize. I opened 2 terminals, changed the content of the file in
> terminal1, did cat and saw my changes, did cat on the same file in
> terminal2 and got the file as it was before my changes ? How come ? Is
> there a way to actually change the content of the /env/files using a
> text editor ?
>
> Sorry for all those confused newbie questions. The man pages are a
> pleasure to read by the way.
>
> Thanks.
>
>   jj
>