From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <940a6dd4f911ff6515327d762b16032a@quintile.net> <20141022143421.Horde.lA0qduJNRyoJOITGHfkoZw2@ssl.eumx.net> <20141022151227.Horde.7cx4ibiyGb-dLXmuTxy7iw1@ssl.eumx.net> <36CA3B5D-8E9E-4816-9487-C038FC8C27C8@quintile.net> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:50:20 +0200 Message-ID: From: Mats Olsson To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] Setting up Mail in Acme on the Raspberry Pi. Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1ff191bc-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 I've deleted fortune now so it doesn't confuse or distract me. 2014-10-23 23:03 GMT+02:00, Winston Kodogo : > Well, to clarify, in the old days, if a Windows function call failed, you'd > call GetLastError to get a numerical error code, and FormatMessage to get a > string describing the error, So if the error code was 0, meaning that the > windows call succeeded, FormatMessage would return "The operation completed > successfully." Obviously that's completely stupid. > > On 24 October 2014 09:45, Winston Kodogo wrote: > >> Now I'm even more confused than normal. "cpu: can't dial: plan9.lanl.gov: >> The operation completed successfully." >> >> This is a Windows error message? >> >> On 23 October 2014 09:04, Quintile wrote: >> >>> I fear a gnu style recursive definition coming on... >>> >>> -Steve >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 22 Oct 2014, at 19:14, Skip Tavakkolian >>> wrote: >>> >>> i think this situation is more fortune-worthy than the fortune that >>> caused it. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Mats Olsson >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I kind of had a feeling it was that way because when installing again >>>> on another card, I got another message with this: If you think out >>>> loud you're about to get a lot of ememies; as the bottom line (don't >>>> remember the exact words). >>>> >>>> 2014-10-22 17:12 GMT+02:00, Kurt H Maier : >>>> > Quoting Charles Forsyth : >>>> > >>>> >> On 22 October 2014 15:34, Kurt H Maier wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >>> Quoting Mats Olsson : >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> cpu: can't dial: plan9.lanl.gov: The operation completed >>>> successfully. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> this exact error message is in the fortunes file. >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> oh well, that explains that: obviously the rio start-up on the pi >>>> >> runs >>>> >> fortunes, to aid debugging. >>>> > >>>> > That is precisely what is happening. The startup script Steve Simon >>>> sent >>>> > runs his logwin script, which looks like this: >>>> > >>>> > #!/bin/rc >>>> > >>>> > fortune >>>> > calendar -y >>>> > news >>>> > echo >>>> > >>>> > exec rc -i >>>> > >>>> > ...now compare Mats' output: >>>> > >>>> > cpu: can't dial: plan9.lanl.gov: The operation completed >>>> > successfully. >>>> > calendar: can't open /usr/glenda/lib/calendar: >>>> > '/usr/glenda/lib/calendar' does not exist >>>> > >>>> > khm >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>> >> >