[9fans] 9pucpudisk

[9fans] 9pucpudisk

[arisawa]

Hello,

Thanks for new release.

My PC with 9pccpudisk (latest kernel) cannot run rio.
This is because:
	ls '#i'
	ls: #i no frame buffer

By the way, /sys/src/9/pc/pccpu (both previous and latest)
does not support rio.
Is there any reason?

Kenji Arisawa
E-mail: arisawa@aichi-u.ac.jp

Re: [9fans] 9pucpudisk

[Douglas A. Gwyn]

Christopher Nielsen wrote:
> FYI, I have a builtin frame buffer on the motherboard. I've
> attempted to disable it through the BIOS setup, but I don't
> see anywhere to do so. My frame buffer is an ATI Xpert98.

There is almost certainly some menu item to disable the
built-in video support.  On the ASUS CUSL2 (which I highly
recommend) it's in Chip Configuration, Onboard VGA.  Also
under PCI configuration it has VGA BIOS Sequence which
determined which of AGP and PCI has precedence.

Re: [9fans] 9pucpudisk

[forsyth]

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this shows the importance of reading the message carefully
(on the odd times when it isn't `file does not exist'!)
oops.

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To: cse.psu.edu!9fans
Subject: Re: [9fans] 9pucpudisk
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 08:31:19 -0400
Message-ID: <20001018123121.7BA0E199EE@mail>

The
	ls: #i no frame buffer
error is likely due to no memory being reserved for the image arena
on cpuservers (see /sys/src/9/pc/main.c:/^confinit)

--jim

Re: [9fans] 9pucpudisk

[jmk]

The
	ls: #i no frame buffer
error is likely due to no memory being reserved for the image arena
on cpuservers (see /sys/src/9/pc/main.c:/^confinit)

--jim

Re: [9fans] 9pucpudisk

[Christopher Nielsen]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk wrote:

> add
>
> 	draw		screen vga vgax
> 	mouse		mouse
> 	vga
>
> to the dev section of the configuration file
> and add a suitable selection of the following
>
> 	vga3dfx		+cur
> 	vgaark2000pv	+cur
> 	vgabt485	=cur
> 	vgaclgd542x	+cur
> 	vgaclgd546x	+cur
> 	vgact65545	+cur
> 	vgacyber938x	+cur
> 	vgahiqvideo	+cur
> 	vgamach64xx	+cur
> 	vgamga2164w	+cur
> 	vganeomagic	+cur
> 	vgargb524	=cur
> 	vgas3		+cur vgasavage
> 	vgat2r4		+cur
> 	vgatvp3020	=cur
> 	vgatvp3026	=cur
>
> to the misc section

Yep. I have all that. Still no dice.

I'm not all that concerned about it, since as you pointed
out in your previous message, I'm not really interested in
having users logged in with display/mouse/keyboard on the
console of my auth server.

It was just a curiosity that I thought I'd test.

--
Christopher Nielsen
cnielsen@pobox.com

Re: [9fans] 9pucpudisk

[forsyth]

>>I'm having the same problem. I added my card to
>>/sys/src/9/pc/pccpudisk, but it still doesn't find the fram
>>buffer.

add

	draw		screen vga vgax
	mouse		mouse
	vga

to the dev section of the configuration file
and add a suitable selection of the following

	vga3dfx		+cur
	vgaark2000pv	+cur
	vgabt485	=cur
	vgaclgd542x	+cur
	vgaclgd546x	+cur
	vgact65545	+cur
	vgacyber938x	+cur
	vgahiqvideo	+cur
	vgamach64xx	+cur
	vgamga2164w	+cur
	vganeomagic	+cur
	vgargb524	=cur
	vgas3		+cur vgasavage
	vgat2r4		+cur
	vgatvp3020	=cur
	vgatvp3026	=cur

to the misc section

Re: [9fans] 9pucpudisk

[forsyth]

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cpu servers `normally' haven't a user logged in at a
full graphics display and keyboard, thus having #i just
wastes space.  (even so, you might like to run stats, i suppose.)

you can configure it by copying the appropriate bits from pc or pcdisk


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From: arisawa@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] 9pucpudisk
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:49:54 0900
Message-ID: <20001018035548.27A2E199DC@mail>

Hello,

Thanks for new release.

My PC with 9pccpudisk (latest kernel) cannot run rio.
This is because:
	ls '#i'
	ls: #i no frame buffer

By the way, /sys/src/9/pc/pccpu (both previous and latest)
does not support rio.
Is there any reason?

Kenji Arisawa
E-mail: arisawa@aichi-u.ac.jp

Re: [9fans] 9pucpudisk

[Christopher Nielsen]

On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Russ Cox wrote:

> You need to recompile pccpudisk and pccpu
> to list the video card you have.  Compare
> /sys/src/9/pc/pcdisk with /sys/src/9/pc/pccpudisk.

I'm having the same problem. I added my card to
/sys/src/9/pc/pccpudisk, but it still doesn't find the fram
buffer.

FYI, I have a builtin frame buffer on the motherboard. I've
attempted to disable it through the BIOS setup, but I don't
see anywhere to do so. My frame buffer is an ATI Xpert98.

Is the internal frame buffer causing the kernel to not
recognise the frame buffer in the PCI slot?

--
Christopher Nielsen
cnielsen@pobox.com

Re: [9fans] 9pucpudisk

[Russ Cox]

You need to recompile pccpudisk and pccpu
to list the video card you have.  Compare
/sys/src/9/pc/pcdisk with /sys/src/9/pc/pccpudisk.

Russ