Re: [9fans] how to make hardware work?

[John Floren <slawmaster@gmail.com>]

At Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:23:37 -0500,
sergey.kish@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I've installed Plan 9 on my netbook. There are two things I can't leave
> without - internet and music.
>
> My system information collected in Linux and Plan 9, usb/ether output
> https://gist.github.com/782904
>
> Ethernet works ok, how to make PPP over USB?  I've found ppp(8),
> usb/ether and cinap_lenrek/usbether, zwansch/usbuart in contrib.
>
>     term% usb/ether -D
>     usb/ether: fsioproc pid 471
>     <- Tversion tag 65535 msize 8216 version '9P2000'
>     -> Rversion tag 65535 msize 8192 version '9P2000'
>     <- Tauth tag 4 afid 219 uname sergeykish aname
>     -> Rerror tag 4 ename permission denied
>     <- Tattach tag 4 fid 219 afid -1 uname sergeykish aname
>     -> Rattach tag 4 qid (0000000000000000 0 d)
>     usb/ether: startdevs: opening #0 [2]
>     usb/ether: [2]: can't open endpoint [2]: '[2]' file does not exist
>     usb/ether: no device found
>
> I have no idea what to do.

What exactly do you mean, PPP over USB? If ethernet works fine, why
not just plug into a wired connection to your local network?

> There is no /dev/audio, cat '#A' says hardware isn't soundblaster.

Sound support is extremely limited, unfortunately. There's some AC'97
drivers, and drivers for a few USB audio devices, but that's basically
it. If you have neither, you'll have to write the driver yourself.

>
> Not so important issues:
>
> * There is no plugged usb disk (which I use to boot)
> * I'd like to have wifi

Again, if it's not already supported, your options are basically
1. Buy a supported wifi card 2. Write your own driver.

I don't think we have WPA support, either, so take that into
consideration.

> * and accelerated graphics (it is hard to get poulsbo working even on Linux)
>
> How to make it work? Is there tutorials, books? Ruby, Python, JavaScript
> and Sh are my primary languages today. Used to program windows
> applications on C++ (shame on me).
>
>

The documentation is on the wiki, such as it is, and in the 9fans
archives. Working with Plan 9 as your desktop OS can be a challenge,
but it's also rewarding.

Good luck!

John