From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 21:46:28 -0400 From: ISHWAR RATTAN To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: rio In-Reply-To: <20060503142505.16514.qmail@webmaild.fe1.aruba.it> Message-ID: References: <20060503142505.16514.qmail@webmaild.fe1.aruba.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Topicbox-Message-UUID: 4ce6410c-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Sometibe back there was a suggestion to switch off hardware accel in vga device and start rio, do not remember the details, search old posts.. -ishwar On Wed, 3 May 2006, Sha0lin wrote: > Federico G. Benavento writes: >>> I have installed a plan9 in a linux-vmware, >>> now when i boot the system, rio doesn't work: >>> rio: can't open display: initdisplay: /dev/draw/new no frame buffer >>> draw directory doesn't exist, how can i generate it? >> >> update /sys/src/9/pc/vgavmware.c and /sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/vmware.c >> to support newer vmware versions. >> The last time I used vmware worked fine, but it was 4.5. >> or you could use qemu instead. >> Federico G. Benavento > > Under vmware: > during installation the graphic mode works ok, > when i use live cd graphic mode works but not ok, > when i have installed the plan9, rio doesn't start, and i have to work in the > text mode shell. > regards >