Re: [9fans] Newbie questions.

[mike <mhtexcollins@austin.rr.com>]

   From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
#	   I am having some fun, but I have some very basic questions that ar#e
#	   prolly documented somewhere.  Feel free to point me at em.  I am #hoping
#	   to put together some newbie HOWTOs or something.

 #  Please do; see http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9

I have been to the wiki.  How does one access it from a plan9 box.

#   Why don't ether packets show in the sysload graph or do they mostly,
#   just not here.  Is it possible to have that graph on my desktop and if
#   so, how?

Is the little syslog thingie just "con" with the proper flags?

#	   Why doesn't <ctl> d work all the time?  I always have to delete a# ping
#	   and some others in a rc.


#   Nigel answered this briefly; if the program is reading standard
#   input then ctl-d marks end-of-file.  Programs that don't prompt
#   for input don't care about ctl-d.  On the other hand, delete is like
#   ctl-c in Windows/Linux.  It sends an interrupt to the program.

OK.  I have been doing that right.

#	   Is there some tests for my keyboard and mouse to make sure they w#ork

#	   corectly?  (I suspect that is why acme doesn't work properly.)

#   What's there to test?  What's not working properly?
#   We have occasional mouse problems; keyboard problems
#   are not as common.

    It was the mouse.  Button #2 was not working.  I am happily using acme now. I got worried about keyboards from the large "French keyboard" thread.

#	   How does everyone else partition the drive and why?

#   I partition the drive the way disk/fdisk -a suggests:
#   you need a little space for the 9fat boot partition, perhaps
#   some space for swap, and the rest can go to the file system.

So, no "Data" partitions for isos and backups and things?
Or a seperate partition for /usr for upgrades or reinstalls?

Thanks

PS  "If you're using Acme, just edit the text and Put the
document back."

Help on how to get this would be great. I know how to put.  I would then feel like I am getting some work done in Plan9.

I know,  man acme.  But it seems the most complicated of all the man pages. Just a few small tips.  Like how to get a file into acme without closing and restarting it.  I assume I need to do that to get to the wiki.  Or do I just start acme pointing at the wiki?

Thanks again.

#   Russ



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