Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: won't recognize the USB mouse

2014-02-27 Thread Grant Mather
This probably won't help, but what happened when I installed Plan 9 onto my Raspberry Pi, is the mouse worked but not the keyboard. So I ended up going to store and buying the cheapest keyboard that I could find. I plugged in the keyboard and it worked. It wasn't a power issue because Linux worked

Re: [9fans] 9atom Boot Error

2014-02-27 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Feb 27 16:07:12 EST 2014, edgecombe...@gmail.com wrote: > Quick question Erik - is it ok to just "dd" that uncompressed file to a > flash stick on my Macbook? unless there's something magic about mac flash sticks, i do the same thing to test. except with plan 9. - erik

Re: [9fans] 9atom Boot Error

2014-02-27 Thread Shane Morris
Quick question Erik - is it ok to just "dd" that uncompressed file to a flash stick on my Macbook? Many thanks! On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 7:55 AM, Shane Morris wrote: > Thanks Erik, I'll try that tonight, let you know how it goes. > > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 7:52 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: > >>

Re: [9fans] 9atom Boot Error

2014-02-27 Thread Shane Morris
Thanks Erik, I'll try that tonight, let you know how it goes. On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 7:52 AM, erik quanstrom wrote: > On Thu Feb 27 15:35:31 EST 2014, edgecombe...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Hello 9fans, > > > > Tried installing 9atom on a dual core Pentium that worked with 9front, > and > > got

Re: [9fans] 9atom Boot Error

2014-02-27 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Feb 27 15:35:31 EST 2014, edgecombe...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello 9fans, > > Tried installing 9atom on a dual core Pentium that worked with 9front, and > got this error in the screenshot after I had installed. Any clues on where > I'd gone wrong would be great! looks like you used an older

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: won't recognize the USB mouse

2014-02-27 Thread Bakul Shah
On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:01:39 +0530 Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrot= > e: > > > > On Feb 27, 2014, at 9:05 AM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan > wrote: > > > >> I tried a USB hub (not a powered one though) and it hangs after > >> printing th

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: won't recognize the USB mouse

2014-02-27 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > > On Feb 27, 2014, at 9:05 AM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan > wrote: > >> I tried a USB hub (not a powered one though) and it hangs after >> printing the following lines: > > Always use a powered hub with the Pi – it can't supply bugger a

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: won't recognize the USB mouse

2014-02-27 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
On Feb 27, 2014, at 9:05 AM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan wrote: > I tried a USB hub (not a powered one though) and it hangs after > printing the following lines: Always use a powered hub with the Pi – it can't supply bugger all for power out its USB ports. signature.asc Description: Message

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: won't recognize the USB mouse

2014-02-27 Thread Steve Simon
FWIW I have a Dell keyboard (kb1421), and an IBM/Lenovo mouse (m-u0013-o) and they work fine on my Pi. You are connecting them directly to the PI aren't you? - if you want to use a USB hub it must be a powered one it seems - the Pi can supply very little current on its USB interface. -Steve

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: won't recognize the USB mouse

2014-02-27 Thread erik quanstrom
> I tried a USB hub (not a powered one though) and it hangs after > printing the following lines: i'd recommend using a powered hub. - erik

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: won't recognize the USB mouse

2014-02-27 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan > wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:49 PM, Richard Miller <9f...@hamnavoe.com> wrote: But my USB mouse won't get recognized by Plan9. I tried two different >>>

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: won't recognize the USB mouse

2014-02-27 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan wrote: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:49 PM, Richard Miller <9f...@hamnavoe.com> wrote: >>> But my USB mouse won't get recognized by Plan9. I tried two different >>> USB mouse and both of them didn't talk to plan9. Is there a way I can >>>

Re: [9fans] Raspberry Pi: won't recognize the USB mouse

2014-02-27 Thread Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan
On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 10:49 PM, Richard Miller <9f...@hamnavoe.com> wrote: >> But my USB mouse won't get recognized by Plan9. I tried two different >> USB mouse and both of them didn't talk to plan9. Is there a way I can >> see any logs in the kernel (like the /var/log/kern.log in the linux >> ke

[9fans] 9atom install

2014-02-27 Thread erik quanstrom
i forgot to mention the location! http://ftp.9atom.org/other/+usbinstamd64.bz2 i'd like to hear this is working for people, then i'll move it to the standard location. http://ftp.9atom.org/other/usbinstamd64.bz2 newftp.9atom.org has been dropped from dns. that was a transitio

Re: [9fans] IEEE floats

2014-02-27 Thread erik quanstrom
> if you use the original declaration syntax of 40 years ago, > float must be promoted to double because the caller won't know the type, > but the ANSI declarator syntax that everyone ought to be using allows > the distinction between float and double to be maintained, and it is. > compare > > voi

Re: [9fans] IEEE floats

2014-02-27 Thread Charles Forsyth
On 27 February 2014 12:09, erik quanstrom wrote: > did they abolish the rule that float is promoted to double > on function call? or is this the equivalent of char fu(char) vs > int fu(int). > if you use the original declaration syntax of 40 years ago, float must be promoted to double because t

Re: [9fans] IEEE floats

2014-02-27 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Feb 27 06:54:22 EST 2014, st...@quintile.net wrote: > Porting stuff from the net (under ape) which wants to use IEEE floats. > i.e. ieee754_float32_t, powf(), fabsf() and log10f(). > > I could map these to plan9 floats and call the double version > of the transient functions, but is there a

[9fans] IEEE floats

2014-02-27 Thread Steve Simon
Porting stuff from the net (under ape) which wants to use IEEE floats. i.e. ieee754_float32_t, powf(), fabsf() and log10f(). I could map these to plan9 floats and call the double version of the transient functions, but is there a better solution? -Steve

[9fans] bootes in the news

2014-02-27 Thread erik quanstrom
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