From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 08:28:46 -0400 From: presotto@plan9.att.com presotto@plan9.att.com Subject: Plan9 boots, but no windowing system Topicbox-Message-UUID: 25fb76ec-eac8-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 Message-ID: <19950923122846.qwZNKv_gYzuCU2TPM7hGF9olo5FPSIZ30HRDH_lB874@z> It does indeed sound like you're in VGA hell. The only way I can see you getting the message "init: rc exit status: rc 8:false" after dossrv started was if none's startup script, /usr/none/lib/profile, ran without VGA being set up. If you have a color monitor and are still in the green on black CGA mode, that's it. To be sure, once you get the prompt (after the error), type % cat '#v/vgactl' The output will have the line 'type: cga' if'n it's vga. I don't understand 640x480x1 not working. Make sure in C:\plan9\plan9.ini that vgasize=640x480x1 monitor=vga Also, make sure you avoid config.sys & autoexec.bat when you boot (by hitting F5 when booting if DOS version 6 or better or by booting off of a DOS floppy) to make sure DOS isn't setting the VGA to some mode we can't get out of. If this still doesn't work, mail jmk and/or me and we'll take this off line. ------ original message follows ------ >>From cse.psu.edu!9fans-outgoing-owner Sat Sep 23 01:26:30 EDT 1995 Received: by colossus.cse.psu.edu id <78376>; Sat, 23 Sep 1995 01:14:07 -0400 Received: from goggins.bath.ac.uk ([138.38.32.13]) by colossus.cse.psu.edu with SMTP id <78385>; Sat, 23 Sep 1995 00:36:40 -0400 Received: from bath.ac.uk (actually host solomon.bath.ac.uk) by goggins.bath.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Fri, 22 Sep 1995 22:45:16 +0100 Original-Received: from GATEWAY by bath.ac.uk with netnews for 9fans@bath.ac.uk (9fans@cse.psu.edu) PP-warning: Illegal Received field on preceding line To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 14:37:31 -0400 From: Michael Yockey Message-ID: <43uvpb$1164@news.ccit.arizona.edu> Organization: The University of Arizona Subject: Plan9 boots, but no windowing system Source-Info: From (or Sender) name not authenticated. Sender: owner-9fans@cse.psu.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu 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 -- Mike Yockey myockey@ece.arizona.edu UNIX System Administrator Electrical and Computer Engineering Department The University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona page me: page_mike@vanzandt.amd.com "Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change." *** This message contains a minimum of 15% post-consumer electrons. ***