From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:13:55 -0800 From: Skip Tavakkolian <9nut@9netics.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] rio startup fails in VMWare Fusion 2.0.0 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 6d676be2-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 if you setup dedicated machines for cpu+auth and fs, then booting a pc kernel on a vmware and booting from fs works very well as a term. > hi jeff, > > i agree. somewhere down the line, i will probably stick to this method. > > but my problem is i use inferno and acme in inferno a lot. to the extent i > tested so far, drawterm, 9vx are all so slow in updating inferno screen (i > think it becomes a matter of screen area updates all the time instead of any > optimized updates like in case of, say, a rio text window). since i use > inferno a lot in plan9 and since the lag is very noticeable, i am just > trying to find out a way. > > btw, is there any opportunity for optimization in draw operations that will > help? or it is already optimized? is it possible to lower the no of bits per > pixel in inferno and will it lead to any gain in performance? > > thanks > dharani > > > I still recomend keeping the VMware Plan 9 instance as a console (text only) >> and using drawterm to connect in--much more responsive and gives clean >> access back to your host filesystem. >> >> The docs on creating a stand alone cpu server help getting the >> configuration to work. >> >> -jas >> >> >>