[9fans] Booting plan9 OS

[9fans] Booting plan9 OS

[Nicolas Couture]

Hi,

I've came across plan9's page at bell-labs and I must say it's really
interesting. I readed some of the documentation but it didn't really
help me out.

here's my problem:
--- snip ---
* aux/vga: vgactlw: <type vga>: bad VGA control message "type vga"
* rio: can't open display: initdisplay: /dev/draw/new: no frame buffer
--- snip ---
this is the last thing I see before I get a % prompt in text mode.

In the documentation I can see:
"If the kernel doesn't switch into VGA mode but continues to run in CGA
 mode, along with a complaint along the lines of "no frame buffer" and a
 shell prompt (%), the system doesn't recognize your video card at all.
 This could also happen with the Matrox G400, because right now it is
 not included on the installation disk. Correction will be soon
 available."

I have an ATI Mach64 SGRAM BIOS 3.043 on an AST Bravo lc 5200m.
Something is confusing me : in the supported_pc_hardware section I can
see: "Chipsets tested with the current release:
      * ATI Mach64xx..."

Any help/hint/feedback will be apreciated.

Thanks,
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Re: [9fans] Booting plan9 OS

[Russ Cox]

There is now a file called vgainfo.txt on your boot floppy.
Please send it.

Re: [9fans] Booting plan9 OS

[Nicolas Couture]

Le sam 25/01/2003 à 15:21, Russ Cox a écrit :
> There is now a file called vgainfo.txt on your boot floppy.
> Please send it.

I posted a previous message with attached document, I think it has been
blocked.

vgainfo.txt:
---snip---
aux/vga: controller not in /lib/vgadb
0xC0000 55 AA 40 EB 7B F4 4C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
U.@.{.L.........
0xC0010 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 44 01 00 00 00 00 49 42 
........D.....IB
0xC0020 4D 00 D4 7A 00 64 4C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
M..z.dL.........
0xC0030 20 37 36 31 32 39 35 35 32 30 FF FF D0 59 25 D9  
761295520...Y%.
0xC0040 33 3F 00 3C 00 00 00 00 F4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 
3?.<............
0xC0050 31 39 39 37 2F 30 31 2F 32 32 20 31 35 3A 35 38  1997/01/22
15:58
0xC0060 00 00 00 00 E9 45 51 00 E9 3A 51 00 E9 8E 12 00 
.....EQ..:Q.....
0xC0070 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF D0 59 25 D9 
.............Y%.
0xC0080 E9 D9 00 0D 0A 41 54 49 20 4D 41 43 48 36 34 20  .....ATI MACH64
0xC0090 53 47 52 41 4D 20 42 49 4F 53 20 33 2E 30 34 33  SGRAM BIOS
3.043
0xC00A0 0D 0A 00 28 43 29 20 31 39 38 38 2D 39 37 2C 20  ...(C) 1988-97,
0xC00B0 41 54 49 20 54 65 63 68 6E 6F 6C 6F 67 69 65 73  ATI
Technologies
0xC00C0 20 49 6E 63 2E 42 4B 33 2E 38 2E 31 2F 33 2E 30  
Inc.BK3.8.1/3.0
0xC00D0 34 33 20 67 74 67 70 31 6A 2E 62 20 36 20 00 4D  43 gtgp1j.b 6
.M
0xC00E0 41 43 48 36 34 56 55 50 43 49 4D 54 53 47 55 3F 
ACH64VUPCIMTSGU?
0xC00F0 00 00 46 00 00 A0 03 2B EC 02 00 00 00 19 0F 80 
..F....+........
main->snarf
vga->snarf
vga->dump
vga misc             67
vga feature          00
vga sequencer        03 00 03 00 02
vga crt              5F 4F 50 82 55 81 BF 1F - 00 4F 0D 0E 00 00 05 F0
                     9C 8E 8F 28 1F 96 B9 A3 - FF
vga graphics         00 00 00 00 00 10 0E 00 - FF
vga attribute        00 01 02 03 04 05 14 07 - 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F
                     0C 00 0F 08 00
vga virtual         0 0
vga panning         off
vga apz                     0
vga linear                  0

vmf 25175000 vmdf 0 vf1 0 vbw 0
vga->init
dbdumpmode
type=vga, size=640x480x1
frequency=25175000
x=640 (0x280), y=480 (0x1E0), z=1 (0x1)
ht=800 (0x320), shb=664 (0x298), ehb=760 (0x2F8)
shs=664 (0x298), ehs=760 (0x2F8)
vt=525 (0x20D), vrs=491 (0x1EB), vre=493 (0x1ED)
hsync=0, vsync=0, interlace=0
vga->dump
vga flag             Fdump|Finit|Fsnarf
vga misc             E3
vga feature          00
vga sequencer        03 01 0F 00 06
vga crt              5F 4F 52 9F 53 1F20B 3E - 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 00
                    1EB 2D1DF 28 001EB1EC C3 -7FF
vga graphics         00 00 00 00 00 00 05 0F - FF
vga attribute        00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 - 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
                     01 FF 0F 00 00
vga virtual         640 480
vga panning         off
vga apz                     0
vga linear                  0

main->exits
--- snip---


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Nicolas Couture
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Re: [9fans] Booting plan9 OS

[Russ Cox]

Find the section of vgadb that looks like:

ctlr
	vid=0x1002 did=0x4354		# CT
	vid=0x1002 did=0x4742		# GB
	vid=0x1002 did=0x474D		# GM
	vid=0x1002 did=0x4750		# GP
	vid=0x1002 did=0x4752		# GR
	vid=0x1002 did=0x4756		# GV
	vid=0x1002 did=0x475A		# GZ
	vid=0x1002 did=0x4C42		# LB
	vid=0x1002 did=0x4C49		# LI
	vid=0x1002 did=0x4C4D		# LM
	vid=0x1002 did=0x4C50		# LP
	vid=0x1002 did=0x5654		# VT
	vid=0x1002 did=0x5656		# VV

and try adding

	vid=0x1002 did=0x5655		# VU

to the list.  The Mach64 series is very finicky,
so it's not a sure thing that this will work, but
there's a chance.  If you still get a % prompt, 
send pci.txt too.

Russ

Re: [9fans] Booting plan9 OS

[Russ Cox]

Try editing vgadb to add the line

	vid=0x1002 did=0x5655		# VU

to the block you posted.  Then boot the floppy
disk again.  Perhaps vga will work.

Russ

Re: [9fans] Booting plan9 OS

[Nicolas Couture]

Yes, sorry for posting useless vgadb part, I misunderstood.
I tried to add vid=0x1002 did=0x5655 betwen the vid=* did=0x5654 and
0x5656. I still have the same error.

Your help is really much apreciated.
Thanks alot.

[9fans] telnet problem

[Conor Williams]

hi
im getting a problem telnetting into my auth server -
% telnet 10.5.1.18
connected to tcp!10.5.1.18!telnet on /net/tcp/0
user: bootes
authentication failure: auth server protocol botch

my cpu command works fine - ne one know how to
fix this?
tx
will551

Re: [9fans] telnet problem

[Russ Cox]

your auth server does not know how to contact itself.
run auth/debug on the auth server and it should confirm this.

Re: [9fans] telnet problem

[Conor Williams]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 750 bytes --]

Russ
I dont have that program on my computer...
Heres my /lib/ndb/local file - if you could cast an eye
over it I would appreciate it...

--

your auth server does not know how to contact itself.
run auth/debug on the auth server and it should confirm this.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Conor Williams" <connorwilliamsie@aol.com>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 9:33 AM
Subject: [9fans] telnet problem


> hi
> im getting a problem telnetting into my auth server -
> % telnet 10.5.1.18
> connected to tcp!10.5.1.18!telnet on /net/tcp/0
> user: bootes
> authentication failure: auth server protocol botch
>
> my cpu command works fine - ne one know how to
> fix this?
> tx
> will551
>
>

[-- Attachment #2: local --]
[-- Type: application/octet-stream, Size: 764 bytes --]

database=
	file=/lib/ndb/local
	file=/lib/ndb/common

ip=10.5.1.19 sys=india19 ether=0000938444f1
	proto=il
	auth=india18
	authdom=india18
	dom=india19.home.net
	dns=10.5.1.18
	cpu=india18
	fs=10.5.1.18
	ipgw=10.5.1.15
	ipmask=255.255.255.0	
	ipsubmask=255.255.255.0

ip=10.5.1.18 sys=india18 ether=00051c0c9431
	proto=il
	auth=india18
	authdom=india18
	dom=india18.home.net
	cpu=india18
	fs=india18
	ipgw=10.5.1.15
	dns=10.5.1.18
	ipmask=255.255.255.0
	ipsubmask=255.255.255.0


ip=10.5.1.12 sys=india12 ether=000093842a1f
	proto=il
	auth=india18
	authdom=india18
	dom=india12.home.net
	cpu=india18
	fs=india18
	ipgw=10.5.1.15
	ipmask=255.255.255.0
	dns=10.5.1.18
	ipsubmask=255.255.255.0

auth=india18 authdom=india18

Re: [9fans] telnet problem

[Russ Cox]

Your /lib/ndb/local file looks okay.  I'm not sure
exactly what's wrong.  You really need to run
auth/debug on the auth server.

	hget http://pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~rsc/debug.gz |gunzip >/bin/auth/debug
	auth/debug

Russ

Re: [9fans] telnet problem

[Conor Williams]

thanks Russ
got the problem fixed which was easily spotted
after running debug - I was missing a dom=home.net
line so I put it on the same line as the auth and authdom
line at the bottom...
one thing - that url is a link to the binary not the gziped binary!
so a
mv debug.gz debug
did the trick

got my printer setup the other day. a:
bind -a '#'L2 /dev
found the right parallel port configuration
and I changed the devices file to
include a gs!laserjet line and set the spooler
to nospool - that transparent gs incorporation is
very powerful - I can now print postscript with
lp.

l8r
Conor

----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [9fans] telnet problem


> Your /lib/ndb/local file looks okay.  I'm not sure
> exactly what's wrong.  You really need to run
> auth/debug on the auth server.
>
>     hget http://pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~rsc/debug.gz |gunzip >/bin/auth/debug
>     auth/debug
>
> Russ
>
>

Re: [9fans] Booting plan9 OS

[Nicolas Couture]

I almost attached vgadb in the lastest post since there's a refference
to it in vgainfo.txt ;) 

There we go:

vgadb:
--- snip ---
ctlr
        vid=0x1002 did=0x4354           # CT
        vid=0x1002 did=0x4742           # GB
        vid=0x1002 did=0x474D           # GM
        vid=0x1002 did=0x4750           # GP
        vid=0x1002 did=0x4752           # GR
        vid=0x1002 did=0x4756           # GV
        vid=0x1002 did=0x475A           # GZ
        vid=0x1002 did=0x4C42           # LB
        vid=0x1002 did=0x4C49           # LI
        vid=0x1002 did=0x4C4D           # LM
        vid=0x1002 did=0x4C50           # LP
        vid=0x1002 did=0x5654           # VT
        vid=0x1002 did=0x5656           # VV
--- snip ---

[+]

pci.txt:
--- snip ---
0.0.0:  06.00.00 8086/7100   0
0.1.0:  06.01.00 8086/7110   0
0.1.1:  01.01.80 8086/7111   0 4:0000ff41 16
0.1.2:  0c.03.00 8086/7112   0 4:00000001 32
0.1.3:  06.80.00 8086/7113   0
0.2.0:  03.00.00 1002/5655   0 0:fd000000 16777216 1:0000e801 256
2:ff000000 4096
0.9.0:  02.00.00 10ec/8139  11 0:0000ec01 256 1:ff204c00 256
--- snip ---

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Nicolas Couture
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