Re: [9fans] How to mange cwfs on 9front?

2011-12-08 Thread stephen wiley
On Dec 8, 2011, at 6:26 AM, kokam...@hera.eonet.ne.jp wrote: >> error messages are: >> ehci 0xe000: port 5 didn't reset after 500ms: sts 0x1101t1data > > I now know even this error, the usb device is working. :-) > > The diskless terminal machine's floppy drive is also recongnized > properl

Re: [9fans] nice terminal...

2012-03-20 Thread Stephen Wiley
I've been thinking about this for a while as well (I don't have one yet though... so I haven't gone far beyond thinking) On Mar 20, 2012, at 1:32 PM, Calvin Morrison wrote: > 1. Broadcom drivers that are more locked down than Mr. Manson. > There is a RiscOS port, perhaps that has something...

Re: [9fans] Plan 9 keyboard and mouse

2012-04-24 Thread Stephen Wiley
On Apr 24, 2012, at 5:30 AM, Yaroslav wrote: >> I have a question about keyboard and mouse interaction in the OS that >> relates to fast keys available for the windows. Do any exist for use of say >> windows switching, closing or any other operations for menus within plan 9? > > The fast keys ar

Re: [9fans] new pc bootstraps

2012-05-11 Thread Stephen Wiley
On May 10, 2012, at 7:30 PM, ge...@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote: > New PC bootstraps and manual pages will be arriving > on sources soon. Highlights include amd64 booting, > using kernel device drivers, better CD booting, and > the ability to run on a wider range of machines. > See the upcoming man

Re: [9fans] Heresy alert

2012-05-31 Thread Stephen Wiley
On May 31, 2012, at 11:01 AM, Calvin Morrison wrote: > It is better to ask forgiveness than permission - > Unless it's from a lawyer! :D

Re: [9fans] Heresy alert, Zerox -> Clone

2012-06-02 Thread Stephen Wiley
On Jun 2, 2012, at 9:12 PM, Ethan Grammatikidis wrote: > ... > > On a related note, what is the point of multi-file editors? I can see > their use with a primitive OS, but given ed and a shell with loops... > well I'd like to see what remains easier in a multi-file editor. > > -- > This is obvi

Re: [9fans] Mini PCs

2012-06-14 Thread Stephen Wiley
open source and there is a tool that let's you boot arbitrary images over usb on it :). I plan to give porting plan9 to that a shot at some point (in my "free time" :S) --Stephen Wiley swwi...@gmail.com

Re: [9fans] Show/edit acme snarf buffer

2012-06-29 Thread Stephen Wiley
Brian Vito wrote: > Using either/both acme under Plan 9 and/or Mac OS X via plan9port, is > there a "file" that can be opened in acme that displays the current > contents of the acme snarf buffer? If so, is there a way to have that > window automatically update when the snarf buffer changes? Basic

Re: [9fans] Plan9 in VirtualBox mouse keys 2 & 3 are reversed?

2012-07-19 Thread Stephen Wiley
To get around this I (and at least a few other people) draw term into virtualbox (this way you get clipboard and host filesystem sharing too) drawterm uses the modifier keys as mouse buttons so you get chording and everything! To serve cpu from plan9 in virtual box see "draw term to your termina

Re: [9fans] off-topic: why linux lost the desktop

2012-10-18 Thread Stephen Wiley
On Oct 18, 2012, at 5:03 AM, Balwinder S Dheeman wrote: > On 10/18/2012 01:35 AM, Christoph Lohmann wrote: >> Greetings comrades. >> >> On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:05:08 +0200 Aharon Robbins wrote: >>> This says a lot, rather nicely: >>> >>> http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2012/Aug-29.html >>>

Re: [9fans] Fwd:

2013-01-15 Thread Stephen Wiley
Page can render images. Inline images are for pomp aristocrats with lots of spare bandwidth laying around. --Stephen On Jan 15, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:58:59AM -0500, erik quanstrom wrote: >> On Tue Jan 15 11:47:31 EST 2013, mve...@gmail.com wrote: >>>

Re: [9fans] unix rsa-key with passphrase vs. p9(p)

2013-03-08 Thread Stephen Wiley
or if you're hot air balloon to the cloud breaks On Mar 8, 2013, at 6:27 PM, hiro wrote: > what if that cloud machine breaks, you have to drive out to get the > keys to all your machines back? >