[9fans] [GSoC] interesting in teaching Plan9 to speak mDNS

2013-04-24 Thread Woody K
Hi, all. I am K woody, a graduated student in ECE . I used to implement a DNS server and proxy on a linux-based system and I would like to make my own contributions to port these software to Plan 9. So I choose this task. First, I would like to introduce myself. I am a student of electronics & c

Re: [9fans] Deadline for applications to GSOC-13

2013-04-24 Thread a
Great! Happy to hear you're looking to apply. The deadline is next friday. You can find the full timeline here: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2013 There's a specific time on that page (with all the dates after the application period close, too). I'd encourage you (an

Re: [9fans] German USB keyboard on Raspberry Pi

2013-04-24 Thread Bakul Shah
On 24 Apr 2013 21:25:13 +0200 "Holger Sebert" wrote: > > I have tried it out: The driver says > "sc: e0 56" when pressing the "<"-key. This means a two char sequence: e0, 0x56 is stuffed into the kernel device kbin. Ultimately thsi will map to the value in kbtabesc1[0x56]. Now kbtabesc1 is tabl

Re: [9fans] Raspberry 9

2013-04-24 Thread Jeremy Jackins
An alternative to using a USB hub is to use a wireless keyboard/mouse combo, I use the standard Microsoft one and it works well. On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 6:24 AM, Michael Stevens wrote: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 05:48:15PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: >> > I've started trying this this week, and i

Re: [9fans] German USB keyboard on Raspberry Pi

2013-04-24 Thread Holger Sebert
Hi, Am 21.04.13 01:18, schrieb Bakul Shah: On 20 Apr 2013 22:08:00 +0200 "Holger Sebert" wrote: This phenomenon does not exist on a x86-based installation of Plan 9, so it seems specific to the Raspberry Pi. Strange Is the x86 installation on real hardware or under a VM? If the latter,

Re: [9fans] Raspberry 9

2013-04-24 Thread Michael Stevens
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 05:48:15PM -0400, erik quanstrom wrote: > > I've started trying this this week, and it works, but I get a lot of USB > > errors from my keyboard. However so far the keyboard works. > > use a powered hub. Tried this, seems to eliminate the runtime console errors, but I stil

Re: [9fans] Date woes

2013-04-24 Thread tlaronde
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 12:52:09PM +0200, tlaro...@polynum.com wrote: > are taking rtc but correcting it with the timezone (and perhaps the -L), Correction: if "-L", the userland parameter timezone is taken to correct the RTC value. It seems that there is a hiatus (the reason why it was precisely

Re: [9fans] [GSoC] sorry for the last email

2013-04-24 Thread Bruce Ellis
I had to get an import license for my Blit. It's very nice. I'm still not sure if I can dispose of it. It only lasted 15 years in Bondi heat/salt. Gsoc project: fix it - connect it to the bunny. Extra credit: find out if I can give it to you. brucee On 24 April 2013 20:20, Antonio Barrones wrot

Re: [9fans] Date woes

2013-04-24 Thread tlaronde
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 02:55:32PM -0700, Bakul Shah wrote: > > Finally if you are running Windows 7 *and* have a recent > hotfix 2800213 installed, you *can* use UTC in RTC by registry > entry RealTimeIsUniversal=1. Or so I am told! Finally, 20+ > years later, microsoft does the right thing when

Re: [9fans] [GSoC] sorry for the last email

2013-04-24 Thread lucio
> You can not travel to Cuba with your laptop if you have NetBSD installed. > I don't know the case of Plan9 but I guess it is similar, but I really > don't know. That is, if you're travelling from the USA, or a law-abiding US citizen. The law is an ass. Lucio.

Re: [9fans] [GSoC] sorry for the last email

2013-04-24 Thread Antonio Barrones
>> Politics... >> >"residents and/or nationals of Iran, Syria, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea >and Myanmar (Burma), with whom we are prohibited by U.S. law from >engaging in commerce, are ineligible to participate" > >http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013>>/help_pa

[9fans] Deadline for applications to GSOC-13

2013-04-24 Thread mahesh
Hi, My name is Mahesh R. Baheti and I am a third year undergraduate student of IT at Pune Institute Of Technology, Pune, India. I have a lot of interest in operating systems and posses good knowledge of it. I want to apply to plan9 for this years gsoc. Can anyone please tell me when is the deadl

Re: [9fans] Raspberry 9

2013-04-24 Thread Richard Miller
Plan 9 works just as well on the model A as on the model B, except for some problems with low-speed usb devices connected directly to the pi. If you use a hub it should be fine.

Re: [9fans] [GSOC] graphics projects

2013-04-24 Thread yy
On 24 April 2013 07:55, David Hoskin wrote: > Hello 9fans, > > I am interested in working on either of the graphics-related projects > suggested on the GSOC wiki page. > > Nice. > For the window system enhancements, my immediate idea would be to > implement title bars and dwm-style keyboard com