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FQA INDEX | FQA 0 - Introduction To Plan 9 html | pdf | troff ACHTUNG! 9front dash1 manual is written by and for 9front users. Those who can do, those who can’t write and those who can’t write make ezines. — Sape Mullender ACHTUNG! Information provided by this document is UNOFFICIAL and may be outdated or just plain WRONG. Use your brain. NO REFUNDS. _sl’s info is incorrect. — anth_x ACHTUNG! 9front is absolutely and unalterably opposed to racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, nationalism, ethnocentrism, religious fundamentalism, and oppressive and coercive power structures of all kinds. Nobody wants 2 take the weight - The responsibility — Prince, Avalanche ACHTUNG! Don’t read too much into what you find here. Unless this publication states otherwise, masculine nouns and pronouns do not refer exclusively to men. — FM34-60 COUNTERINTELLIGENCE 0 - Introduction to Plan 9 0.1 - What is Plan 9? 0.1.1 - Plan 9 is not UNIX 0.1.1.1 - Plan 9 is not plan9port 0.1.1.2 - Plan 9 is not Inferno 0.1.2 - Plan 9 is not a product 0.1.3 - Plan 9 is not for you 0.2 - Why Plan 9? 0.2.1 - What do people like about Plan 9? 0.2.1.1 - What do you use Plan 9 for? 0.2.2 - What do people hate about Plan 9? 0.2.2.1 - What is not in Plan 9 0.2.3 - Why did Plan 9’s creators give up on Plan 9? 0.2.3.1 - Why did Plan 9’s users give up on Plan 9? 0.2.3.2 - Why did CIA give up on Plan 9? 0.2.3.3 - Why did Rob give up on releasing tracks by The Residents, Wire, Lou Reed, and Debby Harry on the Plan 9 CD-ROM? 0.2.4 - What is the deal with Plan 9’s weird license? 0.2.4.1 - Richard Stallman hates the Plan Nine license (circa 2000) 0.2.4.2 - Theo de Raadt hates the Plan 9 license (circa 2003) 0.2.4.3 - Everyone hates the Plan 9 license (circa 2014) 0.2.4.4 - PRAISE FOR 9FRONT’S BOLD ACTION, RE: LICENSING 0.2.4.5 - Everyone loves the Plan 9 license (circa 2021) 0.2.4.6 - Plan 9 is a registered trademark of SouthSuite Inc. 0.3 - Further Reading 0.3.1 - Plan 9 papers 0.3.2 - Man pages 0.3.3 - Web pages 0.3.4 - Books 1 - Introduction to 9front 1.1 - What is 9front? 1.1.1 - Cirno 1.2 - On what systems does 9front run? 1.3 - Why might I want to use 9front? 1.3.0 - Why might I not want to use 9front? 1.3.0.1 - Why did 9front stop making fun of Nazis? 1.3.1 - New Features 1.3.1.1 - New Programs 1.3.1.2 - New Hardware Support 1.4 - Is 9front really free? 1.5 - How can I help support 9front? 1.6 - Who maintains 9front? 1.7 - When is the next release of 9front? 1.8 - What is included with 9front? 1.9 - Can I use 9front as a desktop system? 1.10 - Why is/isn’t ProductX included? 1.11 - Fine, where can I get 9front? 1.11.1 - Mirrors 1.11.1.1 - 9front.iso 1.11.1.2 - git repository 2 - Getting to know 9front 2.1 - Web Pages 2.2 - Mailing Lists 2.2.1 - Mailing List Archives 2.2.1.1 - Unofficial Web Archives 2.2.2 - Other useful mailing lists 2.2.2.1 - Starfleet General Order 1 2.3 - Manual Pages 2.3.2 - How do I write my own manual page? 2.4 - Reporting Bugs 2.4.1 - Your bug report SUCKS 2.4.2 - How do I get more useful info for developers? 2.4.2.1 - Take a photo of the panic screen 2.4.2.2 - Make a stack trace of a crashed process 2.4.2.3 - Make a process snapshot 2.5 - Sending Fixes 2.5.1 - How do I write good patches? 2.5.2 - How do I send in my patches? 3 - Hardware 3.1 - Selecting Hardware 3.2 - Known Working Hardware 3.2.0 - Input Devices 3.2.0.1 - Mice 3.2.0.1.1 - IBM/Lenovo 3.2.0.2 - Keyboards 3.2.0.2.1 - IBM/Lenovo 3.2.0.2.2 - TEX Electronics 3.2.0.2.3 - MNT Research GmbH 3.2.1 - Audio 3.2.2 - Graphics 3.2.2.1 - AGP 3.2.2.2 - Integrated 3.2.2.3 - PCI Express 3.2.3 - Networking 3.2.3.1 - Ethernet 3.2.3.1.1 - Integrated 3.2.3.1.2 - USB 3.2.3.1.3 - PCMCIA 3.2.3.2 - WiFi 3.2.3.2.1 - Bridge (external) 3.2.3.2.2 - Mini-PCI 3.2.3.2.3 - Mini-PCI Express 3.2.3.2.3.1 - iwl 3.2.3.2.3.2 - wpi 3.2.3.2.3.3 - rt2860 3.2.3.2.4 - PCI 3.2.3.2.5 - PCMCIA 3.2.4 - Tablet Digitizers 3.2.4.1 - Serial 3.2.4.1.1 - Integrated 3.2.4.2 - USB 3.2.4.2.1 - Integrated 3.2.4.2.2 - External 3.2.5 - Desktop and Laptop Systems 3.3 - Virtual Machines 3.3.1 - Qemu 3.3.1.1 - Installation 3.3.1.1.1 - arm64 QCOW 3.3.1.2 - Post-Installation Booting 3.3.1.2.1 - Multiboot 3.3.1.4 - Networking 3.3.1.4.1 - Linux VDE 3.3.1.4.2 - OpenBSD TAP 3.3.1.4.3 - Windows TAP 3.3.1.4.4 - Linux TAP 3.3.1.5 - Audio 3.3.1.6 - Graphics 3.3.2 - Virtualbox 3.3.2.1 - Ethernet 3.3.2.2 - Audio 3.3.2.3 - Graphics 3.3.2.4 - Known Working Versions 3.3.3 - Virtio 3.3.4 - bhyve 4 - 9front Installation Guide 4.1 - Pre-installation Checklist 4.2 - Creating bootable 9front install media 4.2.1 - ISO image 4.2.1.1 - Creating on Plan 9 4.2.2 - USB drive 4.2.2.1 - Creating on Plan 9 4.2.2.2 - Creating on Linux 4.2.2.3 - Bootargs 4.3 - Performing a simple install 4.3.1 - boot 4.3.2 - bootargs 4.3.3 - user 4.3.4 - vgasize, monitor, mouseport 4.3.4.1 - Changing screen resolution 4.3.5 - inst/start 4.3.6 - configfs 4.3.6.1 - cwfs no-dump configuration 4.3.7 - partdisk 4.3.8 - prepdisk 4.3.9 - mountfs 4.3.10 - configdist 4.3.11 - confignet 4.3.11.1 - automatic 4.3.11.2 - manual 4.3.12 - mountdist 4.3.13 - copydist 4.3.14 - ndbsetup 4.3.15 - tzsetup 4.3.16 - bootsetup 4.3.17 - finish 4.4 - Encrypted Partitions 5 - Building the System from Source 5.1 - Why should I build my system from source? 5.2 - Building 9front from source 5.2.1 - Update sources 5.2.1.1 - hgrc 5.2.1.2 - git 5.2.2 - Building from source 5.2.2.1 - Cross compiling 5.3 - Building an ISO 5.4 - Common Problems when Compiling and Building 5.4.1 - Upgrading compilers 5.4.2 - Trouble upgrading the compilers 6 - Networking 6.1 - Before we go any further 6.2 - Network configuration 6.2.1 - Host name 6.2.2 - Identifying and setting up your network interfaces 6.2.2.1 - WiFi 6.2.2.1.1 - Interfaces 6.2.2.1.1.1 - wavelan 6.2.2.1.1.2 - wavelanpci 6.2.2.1.1.3 - iwl 6.2.2.1.1.4 - rt2860 6.2.2.1.1.5 - wpi 6.2.2.1.2 - WPA 6.2.2.1.3 - WiFi Roaming 6.2.2.1.4 - WiFi Debug 6.2.3 - IP address 6.2.4 - Default gateway 6.2.5 - DNS Resolution 6.2.5.1 - Caching DNS server 6.2.5.2 - DNS authoritative name server 6.2.5.2.1 - Troubleshooting DNS authoritative name server 6.2.6 - Network-wide configuration 6.2.7 - Activating the changes 6.2.7.1 - NIC 6.2.7.2 - cs 6.2.7.3 - dns 6.2.8 - Verifying network settings 6.2.8.1 - Checking routes 6.2.8.1.1 - Adding static routes 6.2.9 - Setting up your 9front box as a forwarding gateway 6.2.10 - Setting up aliases on an interface 6.3 - How do I filter and firewall with 9front? 6.4 - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) 6.4.1 - DHCP client 6.4.2 - DHCP server 6.5 - PPP 6.6 - Setting up a network bridge in 9front 6.7 - How do I boot from the network? 6.7.1 - How do I tcp boot? 6.7.1.1 - Passing arguments to ipconfig at the bootargs prompt 6.7.2 - How do I boot using PXE? 7 - System Management 7.1 - Plan 9 Services Overview 7.1.1 - What is the kernel? 7.1.2 - What is the file server? 7.1.3 - What is the auth server? 7.1.4 - What is the cpu server? 7.1.5 - What is a terminal? 7.2 - Kernel configuration and maintenance 7.2.1 - How do I mount the 9fat partition? 7.2.2 - How do I modify plan9.ini? 7.2.3 - Kernel configuration file 7.2.4 - Kernel drivers 7.2.5 - How do I install a new kernel? 7.3 - Fileserver configuration and maintenance 7.3.1 - Adding users 7.3.2 - Configuring nvram 7.3.3 - Setting up a listener for network connections 7.3.3.1 - Stop cwfs from allowing user none to attach without authentication 7.3.3.1.1 - notes on user none 7.3.4 - Mounting a file system from userspace 7.3.5 - dump 7.3.5.1 - manually trigger the dump 7.4 - Auth server configuration and maintenance 7.4.1 - Configuring an auth server 7.4.1.1 - Avoiding an ndb entry for the auth server 7.4.2 - Adding users 7.4.3 - secstored 7.4.3.1 - Adding users to secstore 7.4.3.2 - Converting from p9sk1 to dp9ik 7.5 - Cpu server configuration and maintenance 7.5.1 - Configuring a cpu server 7.6 - Terminal configuration and maintenance 7.6.1 - Configuring a terminal 7.6.2 - Configuring a Terminal to Accept cpu Connections 7.6.3 -...