[9fans] My Plan9 setup notes

[9fans] My Plan9 setup notes

[Georg Lehner]

Hello!

I'm used to document OS setup stuff for future use, and to do this in
a public accessible place, here you can find the first results:

  http://www.magma.com.ni/moin/Plan9Tutorial

If there is interest I'll be glad to share this, contribute it to the
Plan9 wiki or whatever.

Since I'm not a native writer, you'll find errors and weird wording
and phrasing, I'm happy about any feedback.

Regards,

        Jorge-León

Re: [9fans] My Plan9 setup notes

[Federico Benavento]

hola,

good work! I think this will be very handy for newcomers.

congrats!

On 11/22/06, Georg Lehner <jorge-plan9@magma.com.ni> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I'm used to document OS setup stuff for future use, and to do this in
> a public accessible place, here you can find the first results:
>
>   http://www.magma.com.ni/moin/Plan9Tutorial
>
> If there is interest I'll be glad to share this, contribute it to the
> Plan9 wiki or whatever.
>
> Since I'm not a native writer, you'll find errors and weird wording
> and phrasing, I'm happy about any feedback.
>
> Regards,
>
>         Jorge-León
>


-- 
Federico G. Benavento

Re: [9fans] My Plan9 setup notes

[Yosyp Bin Laden]

Wow, nice tutorial. First thing tomorrow I'm doing this exact setup.
Do write more :-), and if you ever need something to write about write
on setting up the email (client?).

Re: [9fans] My Plan9 setup notes

[prem]

Woila, good write up.
As a newbie i also found difficulty in installing inferno on plan9.
the inferno's install.pdf is not comprehensive enough ( like your
install notes)

-Prem


Georg Lehner wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I'm used to document OS setup stuff for future use, and to do this in
> a public accessible place, here you can find the first results:
>
>   http://www.magma.com.ni/moin/Plan9Tutorial
>
> If there is interest I'll be glad to share this, contribute it to the
> Plan9 wiki or whatever.
>
> Since I'm not a native writer, you'll find errors and weird wording
> and phrasing, I'm happy about any feedback.
> 
> Regards,
> 
>         Jorge-León

[9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)

[lucio]

> As a newbie i also found difficulty in installing inferno on plan9.
> the inferno's install.pdf is not comprehensive enough ( like your
> install notes)

Let me grab my chance right here.  I get:

	term% emu
	; wm/wm
	attachwindow: cannot handle window depth specifier    x8r8g8b8
	wmlib: can't allocate Display: initdisplay: /dev/draw/new: '/usr/inferno/dev/draw' file does not exist
	;

and I can't imagine where to start attacking this problem.
Suggestions?

++L

Re: [9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)

[Charles Forsyth]

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use the win.c i sent you many weeks ago?

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From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:11:22 +0200
Message-ID: <1edd1884eccd810284b311c506cf9a8f@proxima.alt.za>

> As a newbie i also found difficulty in installing inferno on plan9.
> the inferno's install.pdf is not comprehensive enough ( like your
> install notes)

Let me grab my chance right here.  I get:

	term% emu
	; wm/wm
	attachwindow: cannot handle window depth specifier    x8r8g8b8
	wmlib: can't allocate Display: initdisplay: /dev/draw/new: '/usr/inferno/dev/draw' file does not exist
	;

and I can't imagine where to start attacking this problem.
Suggestions?

++L

Re: [9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)

[lucio]

> use the win.c i sent you many weeks ago?

Yes.  That message got resurrected by rebooting my mail exchanger after
it failed and, seemingly, after its mail queue sweeper had died
undetected a while back.

My apologies to all who may have been inconvenienced in any way.

++L

[9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)

[lucio]

I haven't seen this, please excuse the re-post:

From: lucio
Date: Thu Nov 23 19:11:22 SAT 2006
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)

> As a newbie i also found difficulty in installing inferno on plan9.
> the inferno's install.pdf is not comprehensive enough ( like your
> install notes)

Let me grab my chance right here.  I get:

	term% emu
	; wm/wm
	attachwindow: cannot handle window depth specifier    x8r8g8b8
	wmlib: can't allocate Display: initdisplay: /dev/draw/new: '/usr/inferno/dev/draw' file does not exist
	;

and I can't imagine where to start attacking this problem.
Suggestions?

++L

Re: [9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)

[Bruce Ellis]

Installation of OzInferno is easier ... one file, no dumb install shield.
But of course it doesn't exist. Ha ha ...

brucee

On 11/26/06, lucio@proxima.alt.za <lucio@proxima.alt.za> wrote:
> I haven't seen this, please excuse the re-post:
>
> From: lucio
> Date: Thu Nov 23 19:11:22 SAT 2006
> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
> Subject: [9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)
>
> > As a newbie i also found difficulty in installing inferno on plan9.
> > the inferno's install.pdf is not comprehensive enough ( like your
> > install notes)
>
> Let me grab my chance right here.  I get:
>
>        term% emu
>        ; wm/wm
>        attachwindow: cannot handle window depth specifier    x8r8g8b8
>        wmlib: can't allocate Display: initdisplay: /dev/draw/new: '/usr/inferno/dev/draw' file does not exist
>        ;
>
> and I can't imagine where to start attacking this problem.
> Suggestions?
>
> ++L
>
>

Re: [9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)

[Bruce Ellis]

sorry, i mis-read ... for Plan9 it's almost zero effort.

cpu% emu
Inferno Oz Beta [Cotopriz] main (pid=5116) interp
Initialize Dis: #U/boot.dis
stash$ ps
       1        1     brucee    release     4K     0:00.0 Sh[$Sys]
       4        4     brucee        alt    12K     0:00.0 Boot
       5        1     brucee    release     3K     0:00.0 FsLib[$Sys]
       6        1     brucee       recv     8K     0:00.0 SrvFS
       7        1     brucee    release     3K     0:00.0 FsLib[$Sys]
       8        1     brucee       recv     8K     0:00.0 SrvFS
      12        1     brucee    release     3K     0:00.0 FsLib[$Sys]
      13        1     brucee       recv    17K     0:00.0 MemFS
      14        1     brucee      ready     2K     0:00.0 Ps[$Sys]
stash$

On 11/26/06, Bruce Ellis <bruce.ellis@gmail.com> wrote:
> Installation of OzInferno is easier ... one file, no dumb install shield.
> But of course it doesn't exist. Ha ha ...
>
> brucee
>
> On 11/26/06, lucio@proxima.alt.za <lucio@proxima.alt.za> wrote:
> > I haven't seen this, please excuse the re-post:
> >
> > From: lucio
> > Date: Thu Nov 23 19:11:22 SAT 2006
> > To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
> > Subject: [9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)
> >
> > > As a newbie i also found difficulty in installing inferno on plan9.
> > > the inferno's install.pdf is not comprehensive enough ( like your
> > > install notes)
> >
> > Let me grab my chance right here.  I get:
> >
> >        term% emu
> >        ; wm/wm
> >        attachwindow: cannot handle window depth specifier    x8r8g8b8
> >        wmlib: can't allocate Display: initdisplay: /dev/draw/new: '/usr/inferno/dev/draw' file does not exist
> >        ;
> >
> > and I can't imagine where to start attacking this problem.
> > Suggestions?
> >
> > ++L
> >
> >
>

Re: [9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)

[Joel Salomon]

> Installation of OzInferno is easier ... one file, no dumb install shield.
> But of course it doesn't exist. Ha ha ...

Which marketing or legal department's people need to have their toes
held to the fire to enable the release of OzInferno?

--Joel

Re: [9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)

[Federico Benavento]

hah

On 11/26/06, Joel Salomon <joelcsalomon@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Installation of OzInferno is easier ... one file, no dumb install shield.
> > But of course it doesn't exist. Ha ha ...
>
> Which marketing or legal department's people need to have their toes
> held to the fire to enable the release of OzInferno?
>
> --Joel
>


--
Federico G. Benavento

Re: [9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)

[Russ Cox]

> Suggestions?

Try using vgasize=...x16 or ...x24 instead of ...x32 in plan9.ini.

Russ

Re: [9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)

[Lucio De Re]

> Try using vgasize=...x16 or ...x24 instead of ...x32 in plan9.ini.

Sounds good, but I think I tried that.  Of course, I'd be 1300 km and
three weeks away from being able to try it again.

I do like forsyth's answer better :-)

++L

Re: [9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)

[Chad Dougherty]

Lucio De Re wrote:
>> Try using vgasize=...x16 or ...x24 instead of ...x32 in plan9.ini.
>

for what it's worth, i'm seeing this as well.  the plan 9 is current and
the inferno is 20060303.

neither x16 or x24 fixed the problem.

Re: [9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)

[Charles Forsyth]

> 	term% emu
> 	; wm/wm
> 	attachwindow: cannot handle window depth specifier    x8r8g8b8
> 	wmlib: can't allocate Display: initdisplay: /dev/draw/new: '/usr/inferno/dev/draw' file does not exist

how old is it?  i'm fairly sure that was an artifact of some ancient code
that did little but get in the way, which i removed a little while ago

Re: [9fans] Inferno under Plan 9 (Was: My Plan9 setup notes)

[Lucio De Re]

> how old is it?  i'm fairly sure that was an artifact of some ancient code
> that did little but get in the way, which i removed a little while ago

March 3rd, 2006, if memory serves.  I haven't been aware of any later
release.  Then again, I keep falling off the Inferno mailing list, so
I gave up on that one.

++L