From: Uriel <uriell@binarydream.org>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] First Time Plan 9 User
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 05:33:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051004043359.GA24924@server4.lensbuddy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200510040354.j943sFhr087906@mail.cjb.net>
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For details see rio(1) and
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Using_rio/
uriel
On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 09:54:15PM -0600, email@thelaststop.cjb.net wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just started using Plan 9 and I've been having a lot of difficulty and I'm not sure why, but before I go on let me first mention that I'm running Plan 9 on the latest version of qemu on Mac OS X.
>
> So I installed it freshly from the plan9.iso.bz2 with all the default options. When I first boot up, I run as the none user. I wanted to create a rian user, so i did 'con /srv/fscons' and 'uname rian rian' then control-/ and 'q'.
>
> Then i did 'auth/changepass rian' entered my passwords and etc. but at the end i get "changepass: blah blah rian: invalid permissions" So I figured that i'd reboot the system and try logging in as rian without a password. Rio starts up, but just stays there and doesn't do anything (I can move the mouse though).
>
> This is all I've done, I didn't start a cpu server or anything else manually. I have a slight feeling that maybe Rio just stays empty because of a bad vga driver with qemu but I can't really be sure.
>
> I've looked at the wiki several times, but there doesn't seem to be any information about what to do after a fresh install from the default distribution. Any advice would be severely appreciated! I've been avid to use Plan 9 for some time now, and I hate the fact that I'm having a hard time getting started (I don't want a negative stimulus). Thanks!
> -rian
>
>
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2005-10-04 3:54 email
2005-10-04 4:33 ` Uriel [this message]
2005-10-04 7:58 ` Steve Simon
2005-10-04 8:33 ` Axel Belinfante
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