From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <526E239E-9DF8-4C8B-80A3-9A12B461D883@corpus-callosum.com> From: Jeff Sickel To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 5G77) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:32:39 -0500 References: Subject: Re: [9fans] rio startup fails in VMWare Fusion 2.0.0 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6c09675a-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 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