Re: [9fans] ken cc for linux

2015-03-11 Thread Quintile
awl compiles under APE with a little work. someone, sorry I have forgotten who, did Stirling work a few years ago and got many Linux tools ported - to support 3rd party stuff. to my chagrin I never managed to get avn to work on top of this. the code was in Google code I think, his porting inst

Re: [9fans] leak(1)

2015-03-06 Thread Quintile
I think that's it. thanks. obvious when you know of course😄 Steve > On 6 Mar 2015, at 09:44, cinap_len...@felloff.net wrote: > > are you trying to debug a ape program? ape programs do not > use the plan9 pool allocator. > > -- > cinap

Re: [9fans] r-pi usbotg error

2015-02-18 Thread Quintile
I use a standard dell keyboard with my b, not b+, and never had a problem. > On 18 Feb 2015, at 16:48, Steven Stallion wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan >> wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Rubén Berenguel >> wrote: >> > Sounds like the keybo

Re: [9fans] telnet to port (and webfs debug)

2015-02-12 Thread Quintile
I have s feeling that get is a script that accesses webfs, and maybe the 9front mothers does the same. are you running webfs? -Steve > On 12 Feb 2015, at 11:02, Giacomo Tesio wrote: > > Hi, I'm having an hard time to debug a problem with http clients in > plan9/qemu (actually 9front, but I

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi 2 Model B

2015-02-05 Thread Quintile
ooo! I think we are about to start using zinq's in a new project... I have gotta try it 😄 -Steve > On 5 Feb 2015, at 19:42, cinap_len...@felloff.net wrote: > > aiju build a computer arround the xilinx zynq-7000 (dualcore arm > cortex A9 with fpga): > > http://aiju.de/electronics/aijuboard

Re: [9fans] wstat and atomic directory change

2015-02-03 Thread Quintile
the control file idea is a neat way of doing atomic moves. this has been discussed before, my summary is its not something you need often to justify the pain of trying to implement it correctly - the directory locking has to be done with care to ensure it is all deadlock free. I do, very rarely

Re: [9fans] endianess and 3rd party libraries

2015-01-29 Thread Quintile
perfect, Thanks Erik, you'r a star. -Steve > On 29 Jan 2015, at 16:17, erik quanstrom wrote: > >> On Thu Jan 29 07:47:49 PST 2015, st...@quintile.net wrote: >> I have some very un-plan9 3rd party libraries which rely on a >> #define to do byte swapping for endianess. >> >> Anyone have a n

Re: [9fans] protection against resource exhaustion

2015-01-28 Thread Quintile
I always thought the best solution for a university system, is to implement the fair share scheduler. thus people can use any resource the want on an idle machine, but a saturated machine splits its load based on rules. I had this experience when I managed a cray (YMP-El only) and it worked per

Re: [9fans] ahci and intel gbe

2015-01-27 Thread Quintile
what motherboard and model did you use. it would be good to buy something known to work. I am afraid have had less success with 9atom on old hardware. Steve > On 28 Jan 2015, at 05:43, erik quanstrom wrote: > > i'm quite happy to report that this new haswell hardware worked the first time

Re: [9fans] runebase breaking libs build

2015-01-20 Thread Quintile
there are a few subdirectories that need to be created when you build the amd64 code for the first time. maybe it would be nice to have a /sys/lib/newobjtype script to help, but if you just: cd /sys/src objtype=amd64 mk install and create the directories as needed you should be ok -Steve

Re: [9fans] 8c assembler syntax

2015-01-09 Thread Quintile
thanks so erik and cinap, it's so hard to see what IS there rather than what you know should be there. -Steve

Re: [9fans] I don't understand utf8 (it seems)

2015-01-06 Thread Quintile
indeed, Czech jazz, excellent station. I have restarted on my (plan9) internet radio... 😄 -Steve > On 6 Jan 2015, at 19:57, Matěj Cepl wrote: > >> On 2015-01-05, 21:52 GMT, Steve Simon wrote: >> I am trying to parse a stream from a tcp connection. >> >> I think the data is utf8, here is a

Re: [9fans] I don't understand utf8 (it seems)

2015-01-05 Thread Quintile
ok, I understand, what I thought was UTF8 is in fact latin1. thanks. that makes sense. -Steve > On 5 Jan 2015, at 22:05, erik quanstrom wrote: > >> On Mon Jan 5 13:48:47 PST 2015, st...@quintile.net wrote: >> I am trying to parse a stream from a tcp connection. >> >> I think the data is

[9fans] 2nd ed on eBay

2014-12-29 Thread Quintile
I think the seller has misunderstood the value of old releases, but he may take a more sensible offer if someone is interested in history. I have a copy. http://www.ebay.com/itm/221646988320 -Steve

Re: [9fans] Installing Go in Plan 9 on the Raspberry Pi.

2014-12-24 Thread Quintile
mount the usb partition using the command "usb:" Note, the : is part of the command's name. it prints the path to the mounted directory. merry Christmas one and all. -Steve > On 24 Dec 2014, at 15:38, Mats Olsson wrote: > > Thanks David! > > Have to think a little about how to make this

Re: [9fans] DigiLand DL701Q quad core tablet

2014-12-19 Thread Quintile
well, kernel binaries are different for terminals and cpu servers, but these are built from the same source code. in reality the kernel is the same modulo some drivers and one variable ( e.g. no vga in cpu servers). -Steve > On 19 Dec 2014, at 03:15, da Tyga wrote: > > Plan9 kernel is m

Re: [9fans] FUSE on Plan9

2014-12-12 Thread Quintile
there is a WebDAV client in my contribution adds, which sits on top of webfs. steve > On 12 Dec 2014, at 10:49, Jens Staal wrote: > > This might not be popular among most Plan9 users, but I started thinking > about > the possibility of FUSE on Plan9 after seeing the FUSE on WebDAV [1] pro

Re: [9fans] upas/nedmail quoting after htmlfmt

2014-12-08 Thread Quintile
I have a suspicion it has to do with which version you read. generally emails are sent with two multiparts, text and html. perhaps you need to reply to the text version. failing that you could try running | htmlfmt | sed 's/^/> /' if this is a common problem for you you could write a scr

Re: [9fans] 9 Atom - installation troubles

2014-12-06 Thread Quintile
by submission do you jest mean a different port? did you try adding a port to the SMTP attribute in your /lib/nab/local smtp=host!987 -Steve On 6 Dec 2014, at 09:09, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: >> I can't be certain but looks like proxima.alt.za delegates >> actual email delivery to turo-s

Re: [9fans] dbus fun ;-)

2014-12-05 Thread Quintile
> ipx? no, fraid not. some files where generated by kernel drivers, others where just named pipes. > On 5 Dec 2014, at 16:59, Joseph Stewart wrote: > > Steve... LOVE IT! > BTW, which "virtual file" system did you use on embedded Linux? LIBIXP? > >> On Thu,

Re: [9fans] dbus fun ;-)

2014-12-04 Thread Quintile
I looked at dbus for an embedded Linux project at work a few years ago, I ran screaming. I convinced them to use an ascii protocol through a virtual file. much nicer. -Steve > On 4 Dec 2014, at 15:15, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult > wrote: > > > > http://gentooexperimental.org/~pat

Re: [9fans] Do Plan9Port's lib9 and libbio work on Windows?

2014-11-29 Thread Quintile
yes there is pf9 for windows, which is a port of p9p. I have also been working on my own port for years, more orientated towards using a windows box as a cup server. shout if you want that. Steve > On 29 Nov 2014, at 00:54, Ryan Gonzalez wrote: > > I Google'd it, but I didn't find anythi

Re: [9fans] running plan9 : an ideal setup?

2014-11-19 Thread Quintile
I have 500gb hard disks, mirrored, for fossil and venti. I take ephemeral snapshots every 15 mins, kept for 7 days, and nightly archival snapshots kept forever. this has been running for just over 10 years. though not continuously😄 I have the same setup at wok and at home Steve > On 19 Nov

Re: [9fans] Print Screen?

2014-11-08 Thread Quintile
your job, add this to http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Tip_o'_the_day/index.html I thought it was there. -Steve > On 8 Nov 2014, at 19:23, andrey mirtchovski wrote: > > topng < /dev/screen > /tmp/screenshot.png > >> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Mats Olsson wrote: >> Hi Y'all

Re: [9fans] Error booting with a new user.

2014-11-07 Thread Quintile
the first time you login as a new user you need to run the newuser script, I think it is /sys/lib/newuser (no plan9 to hand) check the plan9 wiki -Steve > On 7 Nov 2014, at 12:17, Mats Olsson wrote: > > Hi again! > > Actually it seems to be a cosmetic error but anyway I'd like to get it

Re: [9fans] Raspberry PI - SPI screen

2014-11-05 Thread Quintile
meant to say, latest gossip the timorous that either evertz or Cisco may be negotiating to buy quantel and snell... interesting times -Steve On 3 Nov 2014, at 09:11, Richard Miller <9f...@hamnavoe.com> wrote: >> a small lcd with touch input and the same footprint as an rpi has other >> us

Re: [9fans] Setting up Mail in Acme on the Raspberry Pi.

2014-10-31 Thread Quintile
sorry for the delay, it's 1/2 term and I have kids to entertain. the (*) would print as a carriage return if your font had the character. I am on my phone here so no manuals , but I wonder if gmail objects to plain passwords over an unencrypted link? I think SMTP has a flag to force tls on, and

Re: [9fans] Setting up Mail in Acme on the Raspberry Pi.

2014-10-22 Thread Quintile
I fear a gnu style recursive definition coming on... -Steve > On 22 Oct 2014, at 19:14, Skip Tavakkolian wrote: > > i think this situation is more fortune-worthy than the fortune that caused it. > > >> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Mats Olsson wrote: >> I kind of had a feeling it was

Re: [9fans] Setting up Mail in Acme on the Raspberry Pi.

2014-10-20 Thread Quintile
FYI I'm Steve😄 I think some misunderstanding lib/riostart refers to a file in the lib directory in your home dir, as Rio is started in your home did. /lib/riostart is a different file. when rc(1) searches for command it does not strip the leading path like sh(1) does, so you can run commands lik

Re: [9fans] Setting up Mail in Acme on the Raspberry Pi.

2014-10-12 Thread Quintile
I'm not acme-ist, but a Sam-ite. to send mail I use the mail program, and thus marshal. to read it I use faces and thus nedmail > On 12 Oct 2014, at 14:04, Mats Olsson wrote: > > Hi Quinti! > Do you have mail configured in Acme? If so, how did you make it work? > >

Re: [9fans] Setting up Mail in Acme on the Raspberry Pi.

2014-10-12 Thread Quintile
lan 9 on the Raspberry Pi. > >> On 10/11/14, Quintile wrote: >> look at the plan9 wiki at bell labs. >> >> http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/plan_9_wiki/ >> >> -Steve >> >> >>> On 11 Oct 2014, at 13:27, Mats Olsson

Re: [9fans] DNS/DHCP/AUTH with Raspberry Pi?

2014-10-11 Thread Quintile
if you really want to use plan9 as your internet gateway you could set up PPP between plan9 and Linux, though I have never tried this. > On 11 Oct 2014, at 20:54, Anthony Sorace wrote: > > >> On Oct 11, 2014, at 15:35 , brank...@hushmail.com wrote: >> >> It might be silly, but how about th

Re: [9fans] Setting up Mail in Acme on the Raspberry Pi.

2014-10-11 Thread Quintile
look at the plan9 wiki at bell labs. http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/plan_9_wiki/ -Steve > On 11 Oct 2014, at 13:27, Mats Olsson wrote: > > I have searched the web but can't find an answer. Any help highly > appreciated since I really want to use Plan9 on Raspberry Pi.

Re: [9fans] DNS/DHCP/AUTH with Raspberry Pi?

2014-10-10 Thread Quintile
> cec(1) oops, yep, that's the one. On 10 Oct 2014, at 22:08, erik quanstrom wrote: >> you could use erik's con Ethernet console driver so you can configure it >> from another plan system, or even dial into the pi and connect back in via >> con. > > cec(1), which is implemented in 9atom.

Re: [9fans] DNS/DHCP/AUTH with Raspberry Pi?

2014-10-10 Thread Quintile
sounds like an excellent idea, only one pain, the auth server uses the console for its config you could use erik's con Ethernet console driver so you can configure it from another plan system, or even dial into the pi and connect back in via con. this is not referred though, ideally you should

Re: [9fans] [TV14RD] teathing problems

2014-10-06 Thread Quintile
hell, sorry for the noise. as my old teacher used to say: "cut and paste have a lot to answer for" -Steve > On 6 Oct 2014, at 17:44, cinap_len...@felloff.net wrote: > > whatever you do... DONT CALL CENTRAL SERVICES! > > -- > cinap