* Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install
@ 2004-05-26 2:43 Michael Hughes
2004-05-26 3:00 ` Russ Cox
0 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Michael Hughes @ 2004-05-26 2:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
I hope I didn't bite off more than I can chew !
I seem to be messing something up!
I navigated to /rc/bin
and typed
% termrc
and a bunch of tests lines scroll down the screen
the I go to
% cd aux
and just type this ?
% vga
% echo hwaccel off >/dev/vgactl
but when I type
% .
I get a usage error
and if I type
% w
I get another error saying it's not a directory
Thanks,
Michael
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* Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install
2004-05-26 2:43 [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install Michael Hughes
@ 2004-05-26 3:00 ` Russ Cox
0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Russ Cox @ 2004-05-26 3:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
I don't think you were looking at what I typed
when you did this. Boot and log in as none,
which leaves you at a text % prompt (none doesn't
get vga by default, for exactly this kind of thing). Run
ed /rc/bin/termrc
This will start the editor ed, editing /rc/bin/termrc,
which will print a number on a line by itself. Type
/aux.vga
This will move to the line that starts aux/vga. It will print
something like " aux/vga -m $monitor -l $vgasize".
Then type
a
echo hwaccel off >/dev/vgactl
.
which will add the line "echo hwaccel off >/dev/vgactl"
after the line you're currently looking at.
Then type
w
q
which will write the file and quit the editor.
You should be back at a % prompt. Run
fshalt
to make sure the changes are on disk, and
then you can reboot and log in as glenda.
Russ
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* Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install
@ 2004-05-26 4:47 Michael Hughes
2004-05-26 5:06 ` Russ Cox
0 siblings, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Michael Hughes @ 2004-05-26 4:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
Russ,
I think see one problem that has snarled me.
When I type exactly as you said, after logging in as none.
I get this in reply
?TMP
%
of note This is the line before the text prompt after finishing logging in
init: starting /bin/rc
%
Thanks,
Michael
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* Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install
@ 2004-05-26 2:27 Michael Hughes
0 siblings, 0 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Michael Hughes @ 2004-05-26 2:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
I'll give that a try and see how it goes..
thanks
I've experience navigating my way thru DOS,
but am not sure on everything here
I'll try to follow as you mentioned.
Thanks,
Michael
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* [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install
@ 2004-05-25 23:55 Michael Hughes
2004-05-26 0:01 ` Russ Cox
2004-05-26 13:15 ` Nicholas Waples
0 siblings, 2 replies; 12+ messages in thread
From: Michael Hughes @ 2004-05-25 23:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 9fans
I keep getting dumped to a screen printing out stuff like
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 80170B26
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 80170B5C
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 80170BAF
dossrv: serving #s/dos
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 8017094E
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 8017097B
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 8017094E
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 8017097B
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 8017094E
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 8017097B
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 8017094E
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 8017097B
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 8017094E
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 8017097B
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 8017094E
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 8017097B
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 8017094E
fifo stat 0 scrio e6000000 scr 802b2028 pc 8017097B
and so on ??
I'm not sure what info to give about the install/hardware.
I'll wait for somebody clever to point to what information is pertinent.
MsJuLiE
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* Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install
2004-05-25 23:55 Michael Hughes
@ 2004-05-26 0:01 ` Russ Cox
2004-05-26 0:02 ` Russ Cox
2004-05-26 13:15 ` Nicholas Waples
1 sibling, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Russ Cox @ 2004-05-26 0:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
> I keep getting dumped to a screen printing out stuff like
This happens during an install, or after you've installed
and are logging in for the first time? If the latter,
try logging in as none, which will not start vga.
Then type
ed /rc/bin/termrc
/vga
a
echo hwaccel off >/dev/vgactl
.
w
q
fshalt
and reboot and log in as glenda.
The problem is that the video driver is trying
to use hardware acceleration to speed things
up, but it apparently doesn't support your card.
We should make the driver turn off hardware
acceleration after the first message is printed.
Russ
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* Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install
2004-05-25 23:55 Michael Hughes
2004-05-26 0:01 ` Russ Cox
@ 2004-05-26 13:15 ` Nicholas Waples
2004-05-26 15:22 ` ron minnich
1 sibling, 1 reply; 12+ messages in thread
From: Nicholas Waples @ 2004-05-26 13:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs
The nvidia driver (both aux/vga & kernel) was updated recently. These
changes were incompatible with the old one. Unless both the kernel &
aux/vga are recompiled at the same time then these sorts of errors can
happen with the hardware accelleration.
I noticed that aux/vga was updated recently on sources, but the kernel
still seems old. So maybe the latest install image used had an
incompatible aux/vga & kernel combination.
Nick.
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