Re: [9fans] Questions about plan9.
On Nov 4, 3:39 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pietro Gagliardi) wrote: > On Nov 4, 2008, at 8:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi, I just recently fell in love with plan9, it's a great operating > > system, However there are somethings I do not know how to do. > > > 1. How can I get internet through a ethernet cord?(I am not sure > > which ethernet card I have , but the computer I have is a Dell > > Dimension 1100.) > > Try > % ndb/dns -r > % ip/ipconfig > If that doesn't work, use the device manager on another system, such > as a Linux LiveCD, to find out the chip. > > > 2. Were can I get a good tutorial on the plan9 C compiler( I have > > already read: "How to use the plan9 C compiler" by Rob PIke.) > > I'll put a draft of one I'm making on sources later. > > PGP.sig > < 1KViewDownload Sorry, I forgot to plug in my ehternet cord hahah, but I used both of you commands, no error messages. So emmm I guess everything is working.
Re: [9fans] Questions about plan9.
On Nov 4, 3:39 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pietro Gagliardi) wrote: > On Nov 4, 2008, at 8:04 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi, I just recently fell in love with plan9, it's a great operating > > system, However there are somethings I do not know how to do. > > > 1. How can I get internet through a ethernet cord?(I am not sure > > which ethernet card I have , but the computer I have is a Dell > > Dimension 1100.) > > Try > % ndb/dns -r > % ip/ipconfig > If that doesn't work, use the device manager on another system, such > as a Linux LiveCD, to find out the chip. > > > 2. Were can I get a good tutorial on the plan9 C compiler( I have > > already read: "How to use the plan9 C compiler" by Rob PIke.) > > I'll put a draft of one I'm making on sources later. > > PGP.sig > < 1KViewDownload Thanks alot, for the help unfortunately when I use the command ndb/ dns -r it says "cant read my ip adress". Ill try a linux livecd. Thank you very much for the C tutorial though.
Re: [9fans] Questions about plan9.
Can somebody give me instructions on 1. How can I can configure mail? ( and do not just redirect me to the wiki page on it.) 2. How can I read newsgroups on plan9? Internet works and everything.
Re: [9fans] Questions about plan9.
On Nov 4, 7:06 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Raschke) wrote: > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Nolan Hamilton > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can somebody give me instructions on > > 1. How can I can configure mail? ( and do not just redirect me to the > > wiki page on it.) > > :-) > > Do you mean reading mail or setting up a mail server? For the former, > the easiest is to use Mail inside of Acme. Not sure if this is the > latest greatest way to do it, but this is how I've done it for the > past four years and a bit. > > In your lib/profile you will want to start upas/fs . > > You can then open a mailbox on a remote IMAP server like this for > example (this will use factotum to prompt for your password): > echo 'open /imap/your.imap.server/your.username local.box.name' > >/mail/fs/ctl > > And in Acme use "Mail local.box.name" to start the mail reader. > > > 2. How can I read newsgroups on plan9? > > Hmm, can't seem to get to the contrib stuff on sources just now, so > here's how I do News for myself:http://www.tombob.com/plan9/ > > Robby Thanks alot, people in comp.os.plan9 are much more polite then in comp.os.vms.
Re: [9fans] Questions about plan9.
On Nov 4, 7:27 am, Nolan Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 4, 7:06 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Raschke) wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Nolan Hamilton > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can somebody give me instructions on > > > 1. How can I can configure mail? ( and do not just redirect me to the > > > wiki page on it.) > > > :-) > > > Do you mean reading mail or setting up a mail server? For the former, > > the easiest is to use Mail inside of Acme. Not sure if this is the > > latest greatest way to do it, but this is how I've done it for the > > past four years and a bit. > > > In your lib/profile you will want to start upas/fs . > > > You can then open a mailbox on a remote IMAP server like this for > > example (this will use factotum to prompt for your password): > > echo 'open /imap/your.imap.server/your.username local.box.name' > > >/mail/fs/ctl > > > And in Acme use "Mail local.box.name" to start the mail reader. > > > > 2. How can I read newsgroups on plan9? > > > Hmm, can't seem to get to the contrib stuff on sources just now, so > > here's how I do News for myself:http://www.tombob.com/plan9/ > > > Robby > > Thanks alot, people in comp.os.plan9 are much more polite then in > comp.os.vms. It dosent work unfortunatley its probally something I did, can you really break each step down for me? Sorry!
[9fans] Problems with adding users.
Hi, I am trying to add a user. I run "Con -l /srv/fscons" at the prompt I add a user using uname. I add the user to sys, and then login with my new user I do run /sys/lib/newuser also. I try to run acme though and it says: "Cant create temp file: blah blah blah permission denied" How can I change this?
Re: [9fans] Problems with adding users.
Thanks for the help guys, everything works now.
[9fans] Help downloading Plan B using hget
Hello, I am a newcomer to plan 9. I current have Plan9 installed on my computer, and am trying to get Plan B. I use "hget http://lsub.org/ls/export/planb4e.tgz"; I just get a whole bunch of letters and numbers. Is this OK, or is there a problem becouse it keeps on doing this for a very long time. Also, once I have finished that, how do I save it to $home. -Nolan Hamilton
Re: [9fans] Help downloading Plan B using hget
Thanks I can use hget now, everything works fine.-Nolan Hamilton
[9fans] Books on plan 9
I was wondering if there are any books on plan 9. I mean that I can buy at a book store, not just a .pdf. I have already read nemo's textbook. -Nolan Hamilton
[9fans] How can I use alef?
Can people still use Alef?, if so how can I get my hands on it.
Re: [9fans] How can I use alef?
Thank you very much. On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Federico G. Benavento <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/extra/alef.tgz > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Nolan Hamilton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can people still use Alef?, if so how can I get my hands on it. > > > > -- > Federico G. Benavento > >
Re: [9fans] How can I use alef?
Sorry , how do I install it? On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Nolan Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Thank you very much. > > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Federico G. Benavento < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/extra/alef.tgz >> >> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:25 PM, Nolan Hamilton >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Can people still use Alef?, if so how can I get my hands on it. >> >> >> >> -- >> Federico G. Benavento >> >> >
Re: [9fans] How can I use alef?
this brings up another question of mine, how can I install Plan B? On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Federico G. Benavento <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I'd also check lucio's contrib which some stuff in > /n/sources/contrib/lucio/sys and > some .tgz which includes binaries in /n/sources/contrib/lucio/alef.tgz > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:48 AM, ron minnich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Nolan Hamilton > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sorry , how do I install it? > >> > > > > This is not the kind of system that comes with instructions. > > I started fumbling around something like this: > > term% tar xvzf alef.tgz > > term% cd sys/src > > term% ls > > term% cd alef > > term% ls > > term% mk all > > > > and you can see it goes wrong. Welcome to Adventure! > > > > ron > > > > > > > > -- > Federico G. Benavento > >
Re: [9fans] How can I use alef?
Can you really track fedex packages with plan b?
[9fans] How do I set passwords for users?
I created a user nhh, and would just like to know how to set a password for it. I tried "auth/changeuser nhh" and entered in all of the answers for each prompt. still no password after the user[nhh]: prompt.
[9fans] Can somebody tell me the EXACT commands I need to use for getting email on Plan9
Ok, I use gmail so my imap is: *imap.gmail.com*, and my smtp is: * smtp.gmail.com* . Can somebody tell me the exact commands to get mail on plan 9 Thanks
[9fans] How can I boot plan9 on my Compaq AlphaServer DS10L?
Well apparently plan9 runs on alpha, but I can not get plan9 to run on my DS10L. Can anyone help?
Re: [9fans] How can I boot plan9 on my Compaq AlphaServer DS10L?
So I take it that you cant use plan9 on a DS10L? If you can though please tell me.
