From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Taj Khattra <taj.khattra@pobox.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] vmware video
Message-ID: <20020429221852.A1416@localhost.telus.net>
References: <a31ae3a9522ffb72f5d464179dcf0632@plan9.bell-labs.com> <200204292013.g3TKDir14406@bach.leonora.org>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i
In-Reply-To: <200204292013.g3TKDir14406@bach.leonora.org>; from vladimir@acm.org on Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 01:13:44PM -0700
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 22:18:52 -0700
Topicbox-Message-UUID: 810c6a4e-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025

On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 01:13:44PM -0700, Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote:
>
> Arrrgh! I've tried
>
>   640x480x8
>   1280x1024x8  [no entry in /lib/vgadb]
>   1024x768x8
>
> and the value that was set in plan9.ini in vmware.tar.bz2 originally,
>
>   1024x768x16
>
> with my X server set to 16 bpp and 24 bpp and I still get the same
> display: windows/frames, pastel colors, but no text. My current X screen
> is 1600x1200x24.
>

have you tried setting your X to 1024x768x16 ?

-taj