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From: bituman <bituman@enerla.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] gotoxy and friends..
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Claudio Leite wrote:
> * bituman (bituman@enerla.net) wrote:
>
>> Hi there!
>> is gotoxy and clearscreen and friends available somewhere in plan9?
>> int10h wont work i guess : )
>> i'd like a function to get (maybe set?) rows on screen, coloumns on
>> screen, gotoxy, and cleaning the screen.
>> And no on my laptop i cant make the gui work.. im stuck to console..
>>
>
> Doubtful. The Plan 9 console isn't made for general use a la DOS or
> Linux. It doesn't have an interrupt key, for example, among other
> things. Your best bet is to keep trying with the GUI, as that's the way
> it's intended to work. Maybe somebody here can help you with that
> instead.
>
> -Claudio
>
just did a:
aux/vga -pv for starters, it doesnt say  "controller not in ./vgadb",
instead it recognizes the nvidia geforce 3 card in my laptop..
in a tutorial i found i should try  aux/vga -lpv next.. now here comes
my problem : )
when booting up plan9, i either select defualt values for mouse
resolution and monitor type (ps2,640x480x8 ... ) and get a blank black
screen,
or i set some idiotic value for either monitor or resolution (like
tretretre) and in that case aux/vga -lpv will try tretretre@640x480x1,
and will fail miserably. it still recognizes the nvidia card tough.
windows simply says i have a default monitor with 1024x768x32
any help welcome : )