Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

[Erik Quanstrom]

I'd guess the kernel doesn't have that device built in.

- erik


Murray Colpman <muzerakascooby@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I'm an absolute beginner to Plan 9, I just installed it on my Raspberry
>Pi for fun to have a see what it's all about. I understand this being a
>very new build there are likely to be some issues, so do know that I'm
>not holding my not-so-smooth experience against Plan 9 ;)
>
>After a lot of wrangling with getting it compatible with my custom boot
>menu (actually a very hacky Linux binary that shoves the necessary
>config files into the Raspberry Pi boot partition and reboots, each OS
>having to manually put the boot menu config files back in place on
>boot), helped by some very nice people in #plan9 on Freenode, I now move
>onto the other problems.
>
>The biggest one for me, being a Dvorak user, is that I cannot get the
>keyboard layouts working. I'm starting to form a vague idea in my head
>about how Plan 9 is working, but I probably have a lot of things wrong,
>so do bear with me.
>
>When I run the kbmap program, attempting to set a map flashes up an
>error about not being able to find /dev/kbmap. Looking at the manpages,
>it seems that /dev/kbmap is supposed to be brought in with bind -a
>'#kappa' /dev (with kappa obviously replaced with the actual kappa
>letter). I did snarf the kappa from the manpage, and I also tried typing
>it on the keyboard in various ways (compose, *, k for instance), so I
>don't think that the issue is that I'm unable to type kappa correctly.
>Anyway, when I run this bind command, I get "bind: #kappa: unknown
>device in # filename" (again, kappa replaced with the actual kappa).
>
>
>Any ideas?
>
>
>Thanks a lot,
>Murray Colpman.
>
>

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

[Murray Colpman]

Thanks. Is it likely to be in some form of module, then (does Plan 9
have those?) that I have to manually load, or would I have to recompile
the whole kernel to get it?

In /sys/src/9/port/ there is a devkbmap.c so presumably I would want to
make sure that file gets compiled in. If I will need to recompile the
kernel, is /sys/src/9/port actually the source for the kernel that is
included in the distribution? How do I configure the kernel to include
this part?

Thanks,
Murray Colpman.

On 03/12/12 00:57, Erik Quanstrom wrote:
> I'd guess the kernel doesn't have that device built in.
>
> - erik
>
>
> Murray Colpman <muzerakascooby@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm an absolute beginner to Plan 9, I just installed it on my Raspberry
>> Pi for fun to have a see what it's all about. I understand this being a
>> very new build there are likely to be some issues, so do know that I'm
>> not holding my not-so-smooth experience against Plan 9 ;)
>>
>> After a lot of wrangling with getting it compatible with my custom boot
>> menu (actually a very hacky Linux binary that shoves the necessary
>> config files into the Raspberry Pi boot partition and reboots, each OS
>> having to manually put the boot menu config files back in place on
>> boot), helped by some very nice people in #plan9 on Freenode, I now move
>> onto the other problems.
>>
>> The biggest one for me, being a Dvorak user, is that I cannot get the
>> keyboard layouts working. I'm starting to form a vague idea in my head
>> about how Plan 9 is working, but I probably have a lot of things wrong,
>> so do bear with me.
>>
>> When I run the kbmap program, attempting to set a map flashes up an
>> error about not being able to find /dev/kbmap. Looking at the manpages,
>> it seems that /dev/kbmap is supposed to be brought in with bind -a
>> '#kappa' /dev (with kappa obviously replaced with the actual kappa
>> letter). I did snarf the kappa from the manpage, and I also tried typing
>> it on the keyboard in various ways (compose, *, k for instance), so I
>> don't think that the issue is that I'm unable to type kappa correctly.
>> Anyway, when I run this bind command, I get "bind: #kappa: unknown
>> device in # filename" (again, kappa replaced with the actual kappa).
>>
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>> Murray Colpman.
>>
>>

[9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

[Murray Colpman]

Hi all,

I'm an absolute beginner to Plan 9, I just installed it on my Raspberry
Pi for fun to have a see what it's all about. I understand this being a
very new build there are likely to be some issues, so do know that I'm
not holding my not-so-smooth experience against Plan 9 ;)

After a lot of wrangling with getting it compatible with my custom boot
menu (actually a very hacky Linux binary that shoves the necessary
config files into the Raspberry Pi boot partition and reboots, each OS
having to manually put the boot menu config files back in place on
boot), helped by some very nice people in #plan9 on Freenode, I now move
onto the other problems.

The biggest one for me, being a Dvorak user, is that I cannot get the
keyboard layouts working. I'm starting to form a vague idea in my head
about how Plan 9 is working, but I probably have a lot of things wrong,
so do bear with me.

When I run the kbmap program, attempting to set a map flashes up an
error about not being able to find /dev/kbmap. Looking at the manpages,
it seems that /dev/kbmap is supposed to be brought in with bind -a
'#kappa' /dev (with kappa obviously replaced with the actual kappa
letter). I did snarf the kappa from the manpage, and I also tried typing
it on the keyboard in various ways (compose, *, k for instance), so I
don't think that the issue is that I'm unable to type kappa correctly.
Anyway, when I run this bind command, I get "bind: #kappa: unknown
device in # filename" (again, kappa replaced with the actual kappa).


Any ideas?


Thanks a lot,
Murray Colpman.

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

[Bakul Shah]

On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:45:29 GMT Murray Colpman <muzerakascooby@gmail.com>  wrote:
> When I run the kbmap program, attempting to set a map flashes up an
> error about not being able to find /dev/kbmap. Looking at the manpages,
> it seems that /dev/kbmap is supposed to be brought in with bind -a
> '#kappa' /dev (with kappa obviously replaced with the actual kappa
> letter). I did snarf the kappa from the manpage, and I also tried typing
> it on the keyboard in various ways (compose, *, k for instance), so I
> don't think that the issue is that I'm unable to type kappa correctly.
> Anyway, when I run this bind command, I get "bind: #kappa: unknown
> device in # filename" (again, kappa replaced with the actual kappa).

You need to compile the driver in.  Add
	kbmap
to the dev section in config file /sys/src/9/bcm/pi.  mk and
then copy 9pi to the dos partition.

	dossrv -f /dev/sdM0/dos
	mount -c /sv/dos /n/dos
	cp /sys/src/9/bcm/9pi /n/dos/9pi
	fshalt

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

[Murray Colpman]

On 03/12/12 01:08, Bakul Shah wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:45:29 GMT Murray Colpman <muzerakascooby@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> When I run the kbmap program, attempting to set a map flashes up an
>> error about not being able to find /dev/kbmap. Looking at the manpages,
>> it seems that /dev/kbmap is supposed to be brought in with bind -a
>> '#kappa' /dev (with kappa obviously replaced with the actual kappa
>> letter). I did snarf the kappa from the manpage, and I also tried typing
>> it on the keyboard in various ways (compose, *, k for instance), so I
>> don't think that the issue is that I'm unable to type kappa correctly.
>> Anyway, when I run this bind command, I get "bind: #kappa: unknown
>> device in # filename" (again, kappa replaced with the actual kappa).
>
> You need to compile the driver in.  Add
> 	kbmap
> to the dev section in config file /sys/src/9/bcm/pi.  mk and
> then copy 9pi to the dos partition.
>
> 	dossrv -f /dev/sdM0/dos
> 	mount -c /sv/dos /n/dos
> 	cp /sys/src/9/bcm/9pi /n/dos/9pi
> 	fshalt
>
Thank you very much for the instructions!

Just tried it, kbmap now works perfectly, and I have now set the
keyboard map in my lib/profile. It all works :D - now I just have to
hack together a UK Dvorak - the map files look easy enough to fiddle
with. I'll do this tomorrow as I should really be sleeping now, though.

Thanks a lot!
Murray Colpman.

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

[Christopher Wilson]

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I seem to remember that there is already a dvorak key map somewhere in Plan
9. I was able to just use it.
On Dec 2, 2012 7:34 PM, "Murray Colpman" <muzerakascooby@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 03/12/12 01:08, Bakul Shah wrote:
> > On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:45:29 GMT Murray Colpman <
> muzerakascooby@gmail.com>  wrote:
> >> When I run the kbmap program, attempting to set a map flashes up an
> >> error about not being able to find /dev/kbmap. Looking at the manpages,
> >> it seems that /dev/kbmap is supposed to be brought in with bind -a
> >> '#kappa' /dev (with kappa obviously replaced with the actual kappa
> >> letter). I did snarf the kappa from the manpage, and I also tried typing
> >> it on the keyboard in various ways (compose, *, k for instance), so I
> >> don't think that the issue is that I'm unable to type kappa correctly.
> >> Anyway, when I run this bind command, I get "bind: #kappa: unknown
> >> device in # filename" (again, kappa replaced with the actual kappa).
> >
> > You need to compile the driver in.  Add
> >       kbmap
> > to the dev section in config file /sys/src/9/bcm/pi.  mk and
> > then copy 9pi to the dos partition.
> >
> >       dossrv -f /dev/sdM0/dos
> >       mount -c /sv/dos /n/dos
> >       cp /sys/src/9/bcm/9pi /n/dos/9pi
> >       fshalt
> >
> Thank you very much for the instructions!
>
> Just tried it, kbmap now works perfectly, and I have now set the
> keyboard map in my lib/profile. It all works :D - now I just have to
> hack together a UK Dvorak - the map files look easy enough to fiddle
> with. I'll do this tomorrow as I should really be sleeping now, though.
>
> Thanks a lot!
> Murray Colpman.
>
>

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Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

[Richard Miller]

Sorry, I'll add kbmap to the standard config file.

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

[Murray Colpman]

On 03/12/12 09:42, Richard Miller wrote:
> Sorry, I'll add kbmap to the standard config file.
>
>
Thanks a lot! Very nice work with the image, by the way. Do you have
some sort of site where I would be able to find out when you upload new
images? Or do you post to this list? All I could find are pages by
others linking to the image on your space on the Bell Labs site.

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

[Richard Miller]

> Do you have
> some sort of site where I would be able to find out when you upload new
> images?

Nothing formal - you can check the modified date of the image file in
/n/sources/contrib/miller to see if it's changed.  The official install
and update mechanism for Plan 9 at present is a bit x86 dependent.
Eventually I hope arm systems in general will become more integrated.

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

[Chris Wilson]

On Dec 3, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Richard Miller wrote:

>> Do you have
>> some sort of site where I would be able to find out when you upload new
>> images?
>
> Nothing formal - you can check the modified date of the image file in
> /n/sources/contrib/miller to see if it's changed.  The official install
> and update mechanism for Plan 9 at present is a bit x86 dependent.
> Eventually I hope arm systems in general will become more integrated.

If there is anything that myself, fairly noobish that I am, can do to help,
let me know. Great work on the Pi image! I've been loving it.

--
chris

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

[Bakul Shah]

On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:38:09 CST Chris Wilson <christopher.j.wilson@gmail.com>  wrote:
> On Dec 3, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Richard Miller wrote:
>
> >> Do you have
> >> some sort of site where I would be able to find out when you upload new
> >> images?
> >
> > Nothing formal - you can check the modified date of the image file in
> > /n/sources/contrib/miller to see if it's changed.  The official install
> > and update mechanism for Plan 9 at present is a bit x86 dependent.
> > Eventually I hope arm systems in general will become more integrated.
>
> If there is anything that myself, fairly noobish that I am, can do to help,
> let me know. Great work on the Pi image! I've been loving it.

Not sure this is for newbies but...

contrib/* doesn't distinguish between archs.  One suggestion
is to enhance contrib/*. Probably best for the contrib author
to do this (or provide directions) but I am thinking something
along these lines:

- when installing or pulling changes, build things locally if
  $objtype specific binaries don't exist in the package.  And
  don't pull binaries for other archs (unless explicitly asked
  for).

- when creating or pushing changes, try to push binaries for
  all the archs locallly (cross) compiled.

- when listing don't show packages known to be broken for
  $objtype arch. Probably best to add config/broken and
  config/fixed.

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

[erik quanstrom]

> contrib/* doesn't distinguish between archs.  One suggestion
> is to enhance contrib/*. Probably best for the contrib author
> to do this (or provide directions) but I am thinking something
> along these lines:
>
> - when installing or pulling changes, build things locally if
>   $objtype specific binaries don't exist in the package.  And
>   don't pull binaries for other archs (unless explicitly asked
>   for).
>
> - when creating or pushing changes, try to push binaries for
>   all the archs locallly (cross) compiled.
>
> - when listing don't show packages known to be broken for
>   $objtype arch. Probably best to add config/broken and
>   config/fixed.

sure, that works.  i'd almost rather have an install script
that does the building for you.  but for now i've updated
all my contrib packages to include 386/amd64/arm.

- erik

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

[Christian Neukirchen]

9fans@hamnavoe.com (Richard Miller) writes:

> Sorry, I'll add kbmap to the standard config file.

Do you plan to provide a pull-able version of your tree?

--
Christian Neukirchen  <chneukirchen@gmail.com>  http://chneukirchen.org

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

[Richard Miller]

> Do you plan to provide a pull-able version of your tree?

The bcm2835 kernel may go into the standard distribution eventually
(as /sys/src/9/bcm).  Replica/pull is a bit problematic at present
because the arm binaries aren't being built on sources, and the
default /dist/replica/network will pull in all the 386 binaries
which you might not want.

I think pull will need to be a bit more parameterised so you can
choose which binaries to update.  It's not just $objtype, because
a server might want to hold binaries for different clients.  It
would help if replica/applylog had a -x (exclude) parameter.

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: keyboard layout

[Christian Neukirchen]

9fans@hamnavoe.com (Richard Miller) writes:

>> Do you plan to provide a pull-able version of your tree?
>
> The bcm2835 kernel may go into the standard distribution eventually
> (as /sys/src/9/bcm).  Replica/pull is a bit problematic at present
> because the arm binaries aren't being built on sources, and the
> default /dist/replica/network will pull in all the 386 binaries
> which you might not want.

The SD card is big enough, so I don't worry about that.
I understand that I have to build the stuff myself, then.

> I think pull will need to be a bit more parameterised so you can
> choose which binaries to update.  It's not just $objtype, because
> a server might want to hold binaries for different clients.  It
> would help if replica/applylog had a -x (exclude) parameter.
--
Christian Neukirchen  <chneukirchen@gmail.com>  http://chneukirchen.org