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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Parallels mysteriously loosing /dev/draw
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 22:30:12 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <59840ac72fee7795cffb894ded4e3acf@brasstown.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C4DB9532-EF62-46C8-B53B-FAE235C10FD3@orthanc.ca>

On Mon Oct 14 20:58:07 EDT 2013, lyndon@orthanc.ca wrote:
> "You are at Witt's End ..."
>
> Well, I am.  Parallels 8.0.18608.  Mac OS 10.8.5.  Plan 9 from roughly
> August 30.  9pcf kernel running flawlessly in a 2560x1440x32 full
> screen window, for weeks.
>
> Two days ago, I boot the VM and it (9pcf) decides there is no longer a
> frame buffer.  It worked fine the day before.  I haven't touched any
> of the Plan9 binaries or kernels, nor have I (knowingly) updated
> Parallels.  I did do the Mac OS 10.8.4 -> 10.8.5 update recently, but
> I am positive this worked after the OS upgrade.
>
> I have had this happen before with Parallels, and have never been able
> to discover the underlying cause.  And it is driving me completely
> fscking insane.  Someone please tell me I am not the only one being
> inflicted with this.  Or better yet, come exorcise the bad bloody
> hardware karma I am suffering!  I don't deserve this ...

does pci output show a vga device?

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-15  2:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-15  0:38 Lyndon Nerenberg
2013-10-15  2:30 ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2013-10-15  2:35   ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2013-10-15  2:38     ` erik quanstrom
2013-10-15 20:31       ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2013-10-15 20:36         ` erik quanstrom
2013-10-16  1:22           ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2013-10-16  1:33             ` erik quanstrom
2013-10-16  1:37               ` Lyndon Nerenberg
2013-10-16  1:39                 ` erik quanstrom
2013-10-16  1:44                   ` Lyndon Nerenberg

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