From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 16:07:37 +0530 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] dual boot Topicbox-Message-UUID: f138c5b6-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 3:19 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: >> It proceeded to show me a list of resolutions (8 different options). >> Since my monitor has the highest resolution of 1920x1080, I selected >> that. Next it asked for "image depth[no default]" where I typed in 16. >> But it kept looking there, whatever I keyed in. If I proceed with "no >> default", I see that the PLAN9.INI file in the 9fat partition (which I >> mounted with 9fat: command) has the resolution set as "1920x1080xno >> default". So, after installation, I got dropped into a text console, >> probably because of this error. > > yes, sorry about this. there is a bug in the script. fortunately you were > smart enough to fix things. Where does the installer script live? > a proper screensize looks like XxYxD where X,Y is the screen size in > pixels, and D is the bit depth. i use 1600x1200x16. I set it to 1280x768x16. My monitor/VGA Controller resolutions seem to be missing from the /lib/vgadb perhaps? Erik, thanks for putting together and maintaining 9atom. Without it and your help, I wouldn't be running a Plan9 system today. I will do my best in terms of bug reports and code to give back to the project. -- Ramakrishnan