Re: [9fans] dual boot with grub2?

2010-09-09 Thread Jacob Todd
On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 09:32:09PM +0900, kokam...@hera.eonet.ne.jp wrote: > Is there anyone using grub2 for dual booting Plan9? > If there, please teach me how to set it up. > > Kenji > in /boot/grub/menu.lst: title Plan 9 rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 replace hd0,0 with the c

Re: [9fans] Buying a Guru Plug. Do I want/need the JTAG module too?

2010-09-09 Thread Skip Tavakkolian
yes; if you plan to change how it boots/what it boots or even to put a new linux on it. > I'd like to run it as a household control server, notwithstanding various > teething pains/devices. If I fail too badly, I can probably coerce Linux to > do what I need. > > Paul > > -- > I'm migrating my

[9fans] Buying a Guru Plug. Do I want/need the JTAG module too?

2010-09-09 Thread Paul Lalonde
I'd like to run it as a household control server, notwithstanding various teething pains/devices. If I fail too badly, I can probably coerce Linux to do what I need. Paul -- I'm migrating my email. plalo...@telus.net will soon be disconnected. Please use paul.a.lalo...@gmail.com from now on.

Re: [9fans] kfs bug

2010-09-09 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Sep 9 09:54:56 EDT 2010, fors...@terzarima.net wrote: > >Would I be right in thinking that 9p originally had 16 bit fids? If > >so, it suggests that no-one has used kfs in anger for a while. > > how are you using the kfs? just locally? > a plan 9 client normally re-used fids, so i'd have t

[9fans] email header screwup (and fix)

2010-09-09 Thread erik quanstrom
lately, i've been seeing email with gigantic headers. 120 header lines are not that uncommon. unfortunately upas has sometimes inserts a blank line about (but not exactly) 4k into the file. a bit of digging, upas/send was assuming that if yacc didn't stop at a blank line, one should be inserted.

[9fans] manumatic picture copy

2010-09-09 Thread erik quanstrom
i put a couple of scripts on sources that you may be able to bend to your own will /n/sources/contrib/quanstro/^(camera: cameracp mkthumb) these scripts automate three things, and facilliate a manumatic process for resetting cranky usb devices. 0. camera: starts a fat fs on the camera's

[9fans] docfonts problem

2010-09-09 Thread erik quanstrom
forwarded ... > I thought I had the typesetting correct, but I had not included the > macros.  When I do, it completely messes everything up -- like expanding > two words and having them type over each other (see attached). > > I'm running this on plan9port with the command: > >  9 troff -mpictu

Re: [9fans] anonymous pro -- a programming font

2010-09-09 Thread John Floren
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 3:56 PM, andrey mirtchovski wrote: > seems to fit nicely with acme and rio. looks better antialiased than > not. let me know if you want it in size 14, of use ttf2subf yourselves > if you like it: > > http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymouspro.html > > not a terribly go

Re: [9fans] kfs bug

2010-09-09 Thread rod
>a plan 9 client normally re-used fids, Ah right, thank you - I see that now. I have just tried native plan9 and, of course, it works fine. I was running 9vx earlier and it seems as if the fid increments each time. Rod

Re: [9fans] anonymous pro -- a programming font

2010-09-09 Thread Gabriel Díaz López de la Llave
On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 13:56:17 -0600, andrey mirtchovski wrote: > seems to fit nicely with acme and rio. looks better antialiased than > not. let me know if you want it in size 14, of use ttf2subf yourselves > if you like it: > > http://www.ms-studio.com/FontSales/anonymouspro.html > > not a terri

Re: [9fans] kfs bug

2010-09-09 Thread Charles Forsyth
>Would I be right in thinking that 9p originally had 16 bit fids? If >so, it suggests that no-one has used kfs in anger for a while. how are you using the kfs? just locally? a plan 9 client normally re-used fids, so i'd have thought you'd need to have >32767 active files, which most people probab

[9fans] kfs bug

2010-09-09 Thread rod
kfs works fine for a bit and then fails with an "out of files" error. It happens when the fid in a 9p message gets to a value greater than 32767. I think the "fid" field in struct File should be a 32-bit type rather than a short int. Would I be right in thinking that 9p originally had 16 bit f

[9fans] dual boot with grub2?

2010-09-09 Thread kokamoto
Is there anyone using grub2 for dual booting Plan9? If there, please teach me how to set it up. Kenji