From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:27:23 -0800 From: "Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_103236_11148111.1230121643329" References: Subject: Re: [9fans] rio startup fails in VMWare Fusion 2.0.0 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6ed7b612-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ------=_Part_103236_11148111.1230121643329 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline hi richard, thanks for the info. both 1280x768x8 and 1280x768x24 work for me. i am working on some (unrelated) issues, after which i will try more combinations. thanks dharani On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com> wrote: > > btw, what was your plan9.ini config? did it look like: > > > > vgasize=1280x800 > > monitor=macbook (or xga?, sorry i am not sure about this) > > Before changing vgadb, I had success with: > > vgasize=1280x768x24 > monitor=cinema > > > and, since we are in VM, does the native resolution really matter? my > > thinking was, basically VM provides memory space and the graphics driver > in > > guest OS thinks this is its frame buffer. when a draw happens, the guest > > OS's window gets updated. am i right or wrong? > > Sorry, I don't know the details. When you're not running fullscreen, there > is obviously no real connection between the actual screen resolution and > what > the vm is simulating. > > > ------=_Part_103236_11148111.1230121643329 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline hi richard,

thanks for the info. both 1280x768x8 and 1280x768x24 work for me. i am working on some (unrelated) issues, after which i will try more combinations.

thanks
dharani

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com> wrote:
> btw, what was your plan9.ini config? did it look like:
>
> vgasize=1280x800
> monitor=macbook (or xga?, sorry i am not sure about this)

Before changing vgadb, I had success with:

       vgasize=1280x768x24
       monitor=cinema

> and, since we are in VM, does the native resolution really matter? my
> thinking was, basically VM provides memory space and the graphics driver in
> guest OS thinks this is its frame buffer. when a draw happens, the guest
> OS's window gets updated. am i right or wrong?

Sorry, I don't know the details.  When you're not running fullscreen, there
is obviously no real connection between the actual screen resolution and what
the vm is simulating.



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