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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
From: "Vladimir G. Ivanovic" <vladimir@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] vmware video
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 09:44:51 +0000
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[Apologoes if this is a duplicate message; I didn't see the original
make it to
the news group.

Unfortunately, me too...

Switching X to 16 bpp didn't help. I still get a 1024x768 screen with
windows/frames,
but no text, no mouse/keyboard and strange lines in the windows/frames.
(My X screen is
1600x1200 @ 16 or 24 bpp.)

I checked (and saved) my vmware log file, and I didn't see anything unusual.

I'm running Win2K guest on Linux host successfully.

I've appended my config file if that's of any use.

Any suggestions on how to proceed to identify the problem?

Thanks.

-- Vladimir


Taj Khattra wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 11:09:43PM +0200, paurea@gsyc.escet.urjc.es wrote:
>
>>1024x768 and 24bpp doesn't work for me.
>>
>> --
>
>
> 1024x768 and 16bpp works for me (vmware-3.1, redhat 7.2 w/nvidia drivers)
>
> -taj

#!/usr/bin/vmware
config.version = 6
virtualHW.version = 2
displayName = "Plan 9 from Bell Labs"

# CD-ROM
ide1:0.present = TRUE
ide1:0.fileName = /dev/cdrom1
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
ide1:0.startConnected = FALSE

# Virtual hard disk on primary master
ide0:0.present = TRUE
ide0:0.fileName = /mnt/archives/plan9/disk.vmdk
ide0:0.deviceType = ata-hardDisk
ide0:0.mode = persistent
ide0:0.writethrough = FALSE

# Floppy
floppy0.present = "TRUE"
floppy0.fileName = /dev/fd0
floppy0.startConnected = FALSE

# Networked through shared IP address
ethernet0.present = TRUE
ethernet0.connectionType = nat

# Memory size
memsize = 128

# Nvram
nvram = other.nvram

# Log file
log.fileName = plan9.log

# Hints
guestOS = other