Re: [9fans] Setting 9pi Start State / Drawterm to 9pi

[Shane Morris <edgecomberts@gmail.com>]

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Just to quickly hijack this thread, would this Python code work on Plan 9?

https://github.com/philsmd/vap11g

Many thanks!


On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Brian Vito <brian.vito2@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you, that's good to know. What instructions would you suggest I
> start with for setting up a full cpu + auth + fossil server or mounting
> the pi file system remotely with 9fs from Windows or Mac OS X?
>
> I'm not particularly interested in overclocking, but was curious how Plan
> 9 might respond if I were to play around with it a little.
>
> If you'll indulge two more quick questions, I would very much appreciate
> it. (1) Is there any support for the Edimax EW-7811Un USB-WiFi adaptor --
> or any other USB-WiFi adaptor? Or would an ethernet to WiFi adaptor be the
> only option? And (2), is it advisable or necessary to update the 9pi
> distribution's firmware files from
> https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/ at any time or from time to
> time?
>
> Once I figure out how to customize the startup to run my own acme.dump (I
> think some of the earlier answers will help me fix that) and anything else
> related to getting things set up that might be useful to other new users, I
> plan on posting easy instructions at http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/plan9/.
>
> Thanks, 𝔹
>
> On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 6:00 AM, <9fans-request@9fans.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 07:52:26 +0000
>>
>> From: Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com>
>> To: 9fans@9fans.net
>> Subject: Re: [9fans] Setting 9pi Start State / Drawterm to 9pi
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>> > So if I were to want to connect to my 9pi at home from my office, would
>> I
>> > have to make the 9pi into a cpu server?
>>
>> If you just want to use drawterm to connect, the reply you quoted shows a
>> simple way.  If you want to use more plan 9 capabilities, like mounting
>> the
>> pi file system remotely with 9fs, or connecting with a different user
>> name,
>> setting up a full cpu + auth + fossil server gives you that (and gives you
>> a chance to understand plan 9 more thoroughly).
>>
>> > Also, I was wondering if Plan 9 uses the Raspberry Pi's GPU. In other
>> > words, should I allocate the smallest amount of memory to the GPU (I
>> think
>> > 16 is the minimum) rather than the default of 64? And in that case, I
>> would
>> > also assume that overclocking the GPU wouldn't be of any benefit.
>>
>> The 9pi.img already sets gpu ram size to the minimum.  Plan 9 doesn't use
>> the gpu's accelerated graphics api, but the gpu is still doing some
>> low-level
>> functions behind the scenes.
>>
>> I wouldn't advise overclocking anything.  If you care that much about
>> speed,
>> why use a raspberry pi?
>>
>>

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