Re: [9fans] rio in cpu/auth server in vmware fusion 2.0

2009-01-02 Thread lucio
> but then, i can also run inferno natively on mac os x, right? only > thing i will be missing is a single screen in which i will have both > inferno and plan9. I don't use Inferno as much as I ought to, but whenever I have an Inferno screen open under Plan 9 I feel orphaned because my Plan 9 scre

Re: [9fans] rio in cpu/auth server in vmware fusion 2.0

2009-01-02 Thread Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
hi uriel, dont know why but actually inferno graphics on 9vx is slow as well. but then, i can also run inferno natively on mac os x, right? only thing i will be missing is a single screen in which i will have both inferno and plan9. thanks dharani On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Uriel wrote: >

Re: [9fans] rio in cpu/auth server in vmware fusion 2.0

2009-01-02 Thread lucio
> The strange thing with drawterm+inferno is that even video playback > over drawterm seems to work better than the painful redrawing of wm > apps. But inferno under drawterm seems superfluous to me. It can't be totally impractical to run inferno in parallel with drawterm on the same platform rat

Re: [9fans] rio in cpu/auth server in vmware fusion 2.0

2009-01-02 Thread Uriel
If you use 9vx as your terminal, you can run inferno/acme locally, which might improve things a bit, although it still leaves a lot to be desired. The strange thing with drawterm+inferno is that even video playback over drawterm seems to work better than the painful redrawing of wm apps. Perhaps

Re: [9fans] rio in cpu/auth server in vmware fusion 2.0

2009-01-02 Thread Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
hi jeff, after a couple of hiccups, i made my plan9 installation to become a cpu/auth server as well. i am also able to use graphics screen with 1280x768 resolution. the graphics screen is good enough for me so far. on the drawterm stuff, yes, i keep using it and it is pretty good. the only probl

Re: [9fans] vmware fusion - plan9 snarf issue

2009-01-02 Thread Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
hi anthony/russ, okay, this is what i see now: - with stand-alone kernel, i do see the snarf issue as i mentioned. - however, i completed the installation to make it auth/cpu server. i think i added a couple of devices in the config file, built the image and used it for booting as auth/cpu server

Re: [9fans] couple of scripts - specific tasks

2009-01-02 Thread Akshat Kumar
Oh, you're right -- I noticed Kill lingering around, a while back, but didn't look into it. chkill is more lazy than Kill it seems Thanks --- Begin Message --- > chkill is a kill(1) equivalent for processes being run by, i.e., none > -- to be used by hostowner > it made restarting httpd happen in

Re: [9fans] couple of scripts - specific tasks

2009-01-02 Thread Russ Cox
> chkill is a kill(1) equivalent for processes being run by, i.e., none > -- to be used by hostowner > it made restarting httpd happen in less keystrokes, and the excessive, > imitative, output is enthralling. looks like /bin/Kill. russ

[9fans] couple of scripts - specific tasks

2009-01-02 Thread Akshat Kumar
Largely useless scripts that'll perhaps save someone a few minutes or at least a few keystrokes -- they've been done with simplicity, not conciseness or efficiency, in mind. No usage info (fn) is provided. convo/fmt is to be used with "generic" IRC logs like the one produced by andrey's irc7 (wh