Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install

Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install

[Michael Hughes]

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

Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install

[Russ Cox]

> 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

Whoops, run "ramfs" before running ed.
Sorry.

Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install

[Michael Hughes]

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

Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install

[Russ Cox]

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

Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install

[Michael Hughes]

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

[9fans] Help with Plan9 Install

[Michael Hughes]

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

Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install

[Russ Cox]

> 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

Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install

[Russ Cox]

> ed /rc/bin/termrc
> /vga
> a
> echo hwaccel off >/dev/vgactl
> .
> w
> q
> fshalt

when you're in ed, running /vga isn't enough.
use
  /aux.vga
to find the line that runs aux/vga.
then add the other line after it.

i apologize for dragging you through ed
if you haven't used it before.

russ

Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install

[Richard Miller]

> i apologize for dragging you through ed
> if you haven't used it before.

Everyone should know how to use ed.  It's a basic lifesaving skill,
like the Heimlich manoeuvre.

-- Richard

Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install

[matt]

agreed

I finally climed that hurdle at the 9con watching over a shoulder "oh, that's it, that's easy"

now I can say "well, at least it's not edlin"

I wonder what happened that Microsoft/IBM never "got" regular expressions
It wasn't until version 5 of vbscript that MCSEs got the abysmal Regex Active-X control

m

Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install

[Nicholas Waples]

 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.

Re: [9fans] Help with Plan9 Install

[ron minnich]

anybody doing dual-monitor with any nvidia on plan 9?
ron