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From: Jan <j@margolius.co.uk>
To: "9fans@9fans.net" <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: [9fans] FW:  setting resolution; 9legacy ibm thinkpad t60.
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 15:23:28 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ECC7688C1DC5E14AB1A4E5C6BEF5004A1F2911FC@exch-mbx02.email.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16445445dd2957edb16014135049a6a8@brasstown.quanstro.net>

I'll give it a shot and report back.
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From: 9fans-bounces@9fans.net [9fans-bounces@9fans.net] on behalf of erik quanstrom [quanstro@quanstro.net]
Sent: 19 April 2014 15:54
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] setting resolution; 9legacy ibm thinkpad t60.

On Sat Apr 19 10:52:00 EDT 2014, j@margolius.co.uk wrote:

> when i boot 9legacy I set the resolution as 1024x768 then select
> [xga].  According to this page
> http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/setting_the_right_monitor_size/
> 1024x768 is a valid option for xga.  However rio fails to start and if
> I select the default resolution rio renders 3 black windows and the
> colours are inverted.  To view the text in anyone of the windows I
> have to select another one for the text to appear.  Any advice?

a depth needs to be specified as well, 1024x768x16, for example.
the inverted colors may be due to some draw problems that russ
fixed years ago, but may not be in 9legacy, i'm not sure.

- erik




      reply	other threads:[~2014-04-19 15:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-04-19 14:50 [9fans] " Jan
2014-04-19 14:54 ` erik quanstrom
2014-04-19 15:23   ` Jan [this message]

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