From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 14:37:31 -0400
From: Michael Yockey myockey@news.ccit.arizona.edu
Subject: Plan9 boots, but no windowing system
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Hi you'all,

let me first say i think plan9 has alot of potential.

my problem is this:
after downloading and installing the 4 disk distribution, i rebooted and
typed (as in the documentation):
plan9\b
it boots alright, but it fails to start the windowing system.
it reports:
fs...time...
init: starting /bin/rc
/bin/dossrv 18: serving #s/dos
init: rc exit status: rc 8:false

init: starting /bin/rc
term%

is this a vga problem?  the machine is an 8mb AST 486sx/25 with
a cirrus logic graphics chip.  i have tried changing it to 640x480x1,
but that still doesn't help.

Mike

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