From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@9fans.net From: Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com> Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:58:01 +0000 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: 6e718e5a-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > 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.