From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4AC38470.5080500@maht0x0r.net> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:16:48 +0100 From: matt User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20060326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <20090930082306.GD5045@nipl.net> <3e1162e60909300745y4cd63102x8f861d34876fe4b4@mail.gmail.com> <20090930163010.f1377795.eekee57@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <20090930163010.f1377795.eekee57@fastmail.fm> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] 9vx is really excellent, link it on the bell-labs pages? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 79dbcdea-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 I've had "/bin/rc: not found" twice from Qemu with clean shutdowns I run it in with -snapshot now and do manual commits (or rather, I did before I went to back to dedicated hardware) My drawterm also pops out of existence sometimes when I'm using Acme. If I restart it and open the same file, the same thing happens. If I open a difference file for a while and go back it works fine. I can't fathom how to reproduce it so I've never reported it and hope it is somehow Linux' fault. It also crashes with an assert in X11 code one in ten times at startup [but not when you do while() drawterm ... && sleep 1] (tip don't do that if you like your X session as I just found out !) >On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:45:17 -0700 >David Leimbach wrote: > > > >>I think it's officially a port of Plan 9's kernel to the vx32 stuff, so it's >>not precisely the same as running a Plan 9 box natively, or in another >>emulator, but it is indeed quite a feat, and "close enough" that most people >>won't notice. >>Personally, I'd love to be able to completely replace drawterm with 9vx, but >>for some reason I still have a little trouble with that setup (in fact I've >>not finished setting up my CPUFSAUTH server yet, so really I'm the reason >>for that). >> >> > >Running 9vx instances as Plan 9 terminals fits better with the Plan 9 >way than running Drawterm, aye. :) I'd like to but I use Rio's hold >feature for making quick notes all the time, notes which I need to >have around for a few days. I don't think I'll be using 9vx for >terminal work until at least 6 months after I hear the last word about >it crashing. > >Now 9vx for CPU work; that's another matter. That could very well >work better for me than my present QEmu-based CPU server, perhaps with >a QEmu-based file server. OTOH I'd still need a QEmu-based terminal >server sort of wierd thing to use with drawterm, which leaves me >pondering the port assignments if not the overall logic of the >setup.... Hmm! :) > >Anyway, I think 9vx is a great thing too, despite the occasional >crash. As someone posted a week or two ago it even works well for >testing many kernel changes, having minimal boot-up time. As to >changing the Plan 9 homepage, that may be a difficult matter. The >wiki seems largely kept up to date, but the homepage and recommended >reading not so much. > > > >>Another interesting project would be an Inferno based drawterm :-)... but >>I'd be lying if I said I had any time for that kind of fun. >> >> > > >