From: Jeff Sickel <jas@corpus-callosum.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] rio startup fails in VMWare Fusion 2.0.0
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:32:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <526E239E-9DF8-4C8B-80A3-9A12B461D883@corpus-callosum.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fd8b7ac944945f2bd8970c44634bdfa1@hamnavoe.com>
On Dec 22, 2008, at 8:39 AM, Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com> wrote:
>> vgasize: 640x480x8, monitor: xga - this combo works
>> vgasize: 1024x768x8, monitor: xga - this combo works
>>
>> i tried 1280x1024x8 and 1280x1024(?!). it seems to hang. no luck
>> with vesa
>> also.
>>
>> is anyone able to get any better resolution with vmware fusion in
>> mac (or
>> parallels for mac 4.0, if it works for plan9)?
>
> Native resolution on new macbook works with fusion. I added to /lib/
> vgadb:
>
> macbook=1280x800
> include=1152x768
>
> If resolution 1280x1024x8 doesn't work for you, it's worth trying
> other depths
> x16 x24 or x32.
I still recomend keeping the VMware Plan 9 instance as a console (text
only) and using drawterm to connect in--much more responsive and gives
clean access back to your host filesystem.
The docs on creating a stand alone cpu server help getting the
configuration to work.
-jas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-22 14:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-23 16:08 Gary V. Vaughan
2008-09-23 18:03 ` Federico G. Benavento
2008-09-24 3:25 ` Gary V. Vaughan
2008-09-24 3:30 ` erik quanstrom
2008-11-19 9:53 ` Richard Miller
2008-11-19 11:55 ` Rodolfo kix García
2008-12-14 8:25 ` Ben Calvert
2008-12-14 12:43 ` erik quanstrom
2008-12-14 23:16 ` Ben Calvert
2008-12-14 23:25 ` Ben Calvert
2008-12-22 11:30 ` Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
2008-12-22 13:39 ` Richard Miller
2008-12-22 14:32 ` Jeff Sickel [this message]
2008-12-23 0:15 ` Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
2008-12-23 4:13 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2008-12-23 11:14 ` Charles Forsyth
2008-12-24 12:46 ` Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
2008-12-23 0:05 ` Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
2008-12-23 19:58 ` Richard Miller
2008-12-24 12:27 ` Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
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