From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:34:44 -0400 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <39da45e3f1f0da16264d7e30a0399958@ladd.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: <> References: <> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] VESA issue on VIA EPIA SN18000G Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7e0449ec-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > > VESA requires realmode. > > Thank you Erik, it was an oversight from my part. I was able to start rio > in 1024x768x8 and 1280x1024x8 using the VESA driver, however, the keyboard > was not working, and the pointer had no cursor. VESA also requires *nomp=1 in your plan9.ini. i have seen the pointer hosed, though. i haven't gone to the trouble of understanding vesa well enough to know why this is. you might also try 1280x1024x16. that mode works pretty well for me when other modes fail. - erik