* [9fans] booting... which video modes will be accepted?
@ 2007-05-26 12:42 Oliver Bandel
2007-05-26 13:47 ` Martin Neubauer
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From: Oliver Bandel @ 2007-05-26 12:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Hello,
I'm back to Plan9 and to this list, and have just tried to
oot the current image.
Booting worked.
I had to use the correct boot device.
Than also I have to change the local!#S/.../data to my device.
When I came to the point to select the video-resolution,
I found no working resolution.
I tried the default; it made crazy pictures on the screen.
Following the troubleshooting-description, I typed in the
correct resolution of the LCD: 1280x1024.
I tried with 1280x1024x8 and with 1280x1024.
Both didn't worked.
When using 1280x1024x8 I thought this should be available
as minimum color resolution. Maybe I have to type in
bigger values? The message was, that in /lib/vgadb
there is no matching entry.
What value could work?
TIA,
Oliver
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* Re: [9fans] booting... which video modes will be accepted?
2007-05-26 12:42 [9fans] booting... which video modes will be accepted? Oliver Bandel
@ 2007-05-26 13:47 ` Martin Neubauer
2007-05-26 13:51 ` Martin Neubauer
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From: Martin Neubauer @ 2007-05-26 13:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Try different monitor settings. For example the documentation of my laptop
claims it to have a xga display. However, I have to set monitor=versalx to
have correct graphics. Xga should be the right setting for lcd displays
though. In my experience colour depth never was an issue (impacts on
performance of bitmap-heavy programs, notablysome in bin/games, aside).
Martin
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* Re: [9fans] booting... which video modes will be accepted?
2007-05-26 12:42 [9fans] booting... which video modes will be accepted? Oliver Bandel
2007-05-26 13:47 ` Martin Neubauer
@ 2007-05-26 13:51 ` Martin Neubauer
2007-05-26 14:19 ` Oliver Bandel
2007-05-26 13:55 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-29 15:17 ` Oliver Bandel
3 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Martin Neubauer @ 2007-05-26 13:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Reading the original mail again, it looks like the graphics card is not
recognised. Have a look at
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Installation_troubleshooting/index.html
(and submit a patch when you have found the right setting for your card).
Martin
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* Re: [9fans] booting... which video modes will be accepted?
2007-05-26 12:42 [9fans] booting... which video modes will be accepted? Oliver Bandel
2007-05-26 13:47 ` Martin Neubauer
2007-05-26 13:51 ` Martin Neubauer
@ 2007-05-26 13:55 ` erik quanstrom
2007-05-29 15:17 ` Oliver Bandel
3 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: erik quanstrom @ 2007-05-26 13:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
what is your monitor setting? if you are using the vesa
standard, you can check for available modes by using
aux/vga -m vesa -p
some graphics cards don't work (well) in vesa mode.
some card only work in vesa mode.
so you will need to set your monitor environment
variable to try a non-vesa mode. it's difficult to
guess what would work on your hardware. a good
start may be 1280x1024, but it's difficult to guess.
- erik
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* Re: [9fans] booting... which video modes will be accepted?
2007-05-26 13:51 ` Martin Neubauer
@ 2007-05-26 14:19 ` Oliver Bandel
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From: Oliver Bandel @ 2007-05-26 14:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 03:51:34PM +0200, Martin Neubauer wrote:
> Reading the original mail again, it looks like the graphics card is not
> recognised. Have a look at
> http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Installation_troubleshooting/index.html
> (and submit a patch when you have found the right setting for your card).
>
[...]
So I have to to it again and again.
It would be fine, if there would be a loop for typing different things.
Or how can the setting be tried automatically?
What information to write into which file and which program to
start then?
Is there a rudimentary shell, in which I can type in a loop?
BTW: how to load different keyboard-settings?
Ciao,
Oliver
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* Re: [9fans] booting... which video modes will be accepted?
2007-05-26 12:42 [9fans] booting... which video modes will be accepted? Oliver Bandel
` (2 preceding siblings ...)
2007-05-26 13:55 ` erik quanstrom
@ 2007-05-29 15:17 ` Oliver Bandel
2007-05-29 16:45 ` Russ Cox
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From: Oliver Bandel @ 2007-05-29 15:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 02:42:37PM +0200, Oliver Bandel wrote:
[...]
> When using 1280x1024x8 I thought this should be available
> as minimum color resolution. Maybe I have to type in
> bigger values? The message was, that in /lib/vgadb
> there is no matching entry.
[...]
Someone, who can mail me the current /lib/vgadb?
So I can directly look inside and do it systematically.
--
Softwarepatente sind Produktpiraterie
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* Re: [9fans] booting... which video modes will be accepted?
2007-05-29 15:17 ` Oliver Bandel
@ 2007-05-29 16:45 ` Russ Cox
2007-05-29 18:30 ` Oliver Bandel
0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread
From: Russ Cox @ 2007-05-29 16:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
> Someone, who can mail me the current /lib/vgadb?
>
> So I can directly look inside and do it systematically.
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/plan9/lib/vgadb
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* Re: [9fans] booting... which video modes will be accepted?
2007-05-29 16:45 ` Russ Cox
@ 2007-05-29 18:30 ` Oliver Bandel
0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread
From: Oliver Bandel @ 2007-05-29 18:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 12:45:25PM -0400, Russ Cox wrote:
> > Someone, who can mail me the current /lib/vgadb?
> >
> > So I can directly look inside and do it systematically.
>
> http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/plan9/lib/vgadb
>
many thanks! :)
Ciao,
Oliver
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