Re: [9fans] The cons file and consolefs

2012-10-25 Thread erik quanstrom
> > ... how did i not find this solution? probably because i wasn't familiar with > what the perms should be. it's 100% reproducible, anyway, i'll go pester > p9p-dev. many smart people i know actively avoid knowing the details of ill-conceived and archic technology. :-) - erik

Re: [9fans] The cons file and consolefs

2012-10-25 Thread Ethan Grammatikidis
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:09:39 -0400 erik quanstrom wrote: > > By the way, if you run p9p acme on Linux as root, don't use win. The > > pty subsystem crashes or something; you have to reboot before you can > > open any X term. :D > > just change the permissions on /dev/ptmx back to g+w. in fact

Re: [9fans] The cons file and consolefs

2012-10-25 Thread erik quanstrom
> By the way, if you run p9p acme on Linux as root, don't use win. The > pty subsystem crashes or something; you have to reboot before you can > open any X term. :D just change the permissions on /dev/ptmx back to g+w. in fact, since you have a case narrowed down, it might be easy to find & fix

Re: [9fans] The cons file and consolefs

2012-10-25 Thread Ethan Grammatikidis
On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:47:15 +1200 Andy Elvey wrote: > Hi all - > I've just been looking at the docs for cons and consolefs. I am just > **blown away** by how cleanly and elegantly keyboard input is handled in > Plan 9! There seems to be *none* of the - um - "less than optimal", to > put it

[9fans] The cons file and consolefs

2012-08-24 Thread Andy Elvey
Hi all - I've just been looking at the docs for cons and consolefs. I am just **blown away** by how cleanly and elegantly keyboard input is handled in Plan 9! There seems to be *none* of the - um - "less than optimal", to put it mildly - approach of Linux, with its termios and friends. There