From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <32d987d50809231103m5fcbc055x4cc6a96b2f8d5d11@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:03:50 -0200 From: "Federico G. Benavento" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Subject: Re: [9fans] rio startup fails in VMWare Fusion 2.0.0 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 13261192-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 try "vesa" for monitor and play with different resolutions "aux/vga -m vesa -p" should give you some info. On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: > ...so I thought I'd upgrade to the latest and greatest Fusion release, but > things are even worse. > > If I boot from the iso, and select option '2' for the livecd option and > taking the defaults of ps2 mouse, 640x480x8 resolution and xga monitor, I > get the following error messages: > > aux/vga: vgactlw: : unknown vmware id 0740 > rio: can't open display: initdisplay /dev/draw/new: no frame buffer > init: rc exit status: rio 9: display open > > And then the boot sequence starts /bin/rc, and I get a 'term%' prompt. > > Is this also related to bit rotted vmware drivers? > > Cheers, > Gary > -- > Email me: gary@gnu.org ._(() > Read my blog: http://blog.azazil.net \' ) > And my other blog: http://www.machaxor.net =( \ > ...and my book: http://sources.redhat.com/autobook _(~_)' > > > -- Federico G. Benavento