Terminal setup

Note: 3rd Ed. info, not updated to 4th Ed... yet.

Setup of standlone terminals is easy assuming you are running dhcp. Just setup the /lib/ndb/local file and plan9.ini (see examples below) and you should be all set. Things are a bit more complicated if you do not have a plan9 dhcp server, or if you wish to boot off of the fileserver.

If you are not using a dhcp server you will need to enter you ip address into /rc/bin/termrc. For example:

ip/ipconfig -g 128.165.147.254 ether /net/ether0 128.165.147.116 255.255.255.0

For details see the Network setup guide We generaly use dhcp for all our terminals as it makes things much easier.

For booting off the file server see our Fileserver configuration page .

IBM thinkpad T23 terminals

Fix...

IBM thinkpad T21 terminals

these machines need a modified /lib/vgadb to support the 1400x1050 screen. Add the follow in the "mode" section

# for the Thinkpad T21
include = 1400x1050
	defaultclock=108
	shb=1450 ehb=1500 ht=1999
	vrs=1058 vre=1070 vt=1150

and then enable 1400x1050 in the xga section:

#
# XGA (Laptop).
#
xga = 1024x768
	include=1024x768
# for the thinkpad t21
xga = 1400x1050
	include=1400x1050
xga
	alias=svga

in the Stealth/Savage section add a line like:

OxC0045="S3 Savage\IX BIOS Ver. 4.02.50" # IBM Thinkpad T21

this may need to be changed for different revisions of the video chip.

The plan9.ini (with multi config) for this machine is:

[menu]
menuitem=wired, Built in network adapter (il)
menuitem=wiredl, Built in network adapter (local)
menuitem=wireless, Wireless pcmcia (local)
menuitem=modem, Modem pcmcia (loacl)
menudefault=wired

[wired]
ether0=type=i82557
bootargs=il

[wiredl]
ether0=type=i82557
bootargs=local!#S/sdC0/fs

[wireless]
ether0=type=wavelan crypt=off irq=9
bootargs=local!#S/sdC0/fs

[modem]
serial0=type=com port=0x2e8 irq=9
bootargs=local!#S/sdC0/fs

[common]
debug=1
bootfile=sdC0!9fat!9pcdisk
cfs=#S/sdC0/cache
*nomp=1
distname=plan9
partition=new
monitor=xga
vgasize=1400x1050x8
mouseport=ps2

On the 3rd Ed. you may have to rebuild 9load to enable the multiconfig support.

Note it has a cfs cache file system for when it is booted off the fileserver. Here is the disk partition info:

# disk/prep /dev/sdC0/plan9
  9fat                  0 20482      (20482 sectors, 10.00 MB)
  empty             20482 20782      (300 sectors, 150.00 KB)
  fs                20782 11500000   (11479218 sectors, 5.47 GB)
  cache          11500000 12518737   (1018737 sectors, 497.43 MB)
  swap           12518737 12594897   (76160 sectors, 37.18 MB)

The built in network card is an Intel Pro100+ minipci card that is supported by the i82557 driver (even though IBM claims it is a 3com card)

IBM thinkpad 600E terminals

These work w/ plan9 straight out of the box, The only problem we had was that we had to make a small change to the e2ct driver to support the Linksys Etherfast PCM100 network card we used.

plan9.ini file:

	bootfile=sdC0!9fat!9pcdisk
	bootdisk=local!#S/sdC0/fs
	*nomp=1
	distname=plan9
	partition=new
	ether0=type=EC2T
	monitor=xga
	vgasize=1024x768x8
	mouseport=ps2

IBM thinkpad 570 terminals

These work w/ plan9 straight out of the box, The only problem we had was with the 3Com 3C562 ethernet card used in Blit. Adding an entry to the plan9.ini fixed this problem.

Blit plan9.ini file:

	bootfile=sdC0!9fat!9pcdisk
	bootdisk=local!#S/sdC0/fs
	*nomp=1
	distname=plan9
	partition=new
	ether0=type=3c562 ea=00A02460569E
	monitor=xga
	vgasize=1024x768x8
	mouseport=ps2

IBM thinkpad 560/560E terminals

These terminals need a modified vgadb entry to work with plan9.

plan9.ini file:

	bootfile=sdC0!9fat!9pcdisk
	bootdisk=local!#S/sdC0/fs
	*nomp=1
	distname=plan9
	partition=new
	ether0=type=EC2T
	monitor=vga
	vgasize=800x600x8
	mouseport=ps2

SP700 terminal

plan9.ini


bootfile=sd00!9fat!9pcdisk
bootdisk=local!#S/sd00/fs
distname=plan9
partition=new
scsi0=type=ncr53c8xx
ether0=type=ga620
monitor=p815
vgasize=1600x1200x8
mouseport=ps2
audio0=type=sb16
installurl=http://204.178.31.2/magic/9down/compressed/992879478.4ncv5r9nay92zi7fd5n5sdnwhvng9j2q

If you have a sound blaster 16 sound card, you can play mp3s and other stuff simply by changing a couple lines of plan9.ini. replace the audio0 line with:

      audio0=type=ess1688
      audio1=type=sb16 port=0x220 irq=5 dma=1

unfortunately, only soundblaster16 is supported, so everyone else is out of luck.

PPP config

A simple way to start a ppp connection by hand (based on a great posting by presotto@plan9.bell-labs.com on the 9fans mailing list):

ip/ppp -Pufb 115200 -p '#t'/eia000

and enter the modem commands by hand, using ctrl-m for a carriage return, e.g.

Connect to file system now, type ctrl-d when done.
...(Use the view or down arrow key to send a break)
...(Use ctrl-e to set even parity or ctrl-o for odd)
at 
OK
atdt6654114
 
CONNECT 115200
LANL-USR-1:Unauthorized Use Prohibited!
Username:118323
Password:
lanltoken: CRYPTOCard OK 118323
~\200}#\200!}!}!} }?}!}$}%\200}"}&\200\200\200\200}%}&Z}>\200V}'}"}(}"}1}$}%\200
}3}#} \200\200~

hit ctrl-d once you get a connection.

still need to get DNS setup w/ dialup...

problems: sometimes we get an:

        error: cpu spurious interrupt 47, last 9

during the connection which hangs the machine....

Wavelan Config

Basic steps to just get the Wavelan working:

We found that if you get messages on boot about using a shared interrupt your card might work, but the performance might be really bad. Switching irq's tell you find one where you don't get these warnings seems like a good idea. We used:

        ether0=type=wavelan crypt=off irq=9

Look in /net/ether0/0/ifstats for the network name (something like "First WaveLAN II SSID" by default. Use the AP Manager to set the same name in the base station.

To enable encryption use a plan9.ini line like:

        ether0=type=wavelan key1=your-key1 clear=off irq=9

addding a new user to a standalone terminal

add the a line to /adm/users like:

4:rminnich:rminnich:

run disk/kfscmd user to read the user database back into kfs and then run

        disk/kfscmd 'create /usr/rminnich rminnich rminnich 775 d'
        disk/kfscmd 'create /mail/box/rminnich rminnich upas 775 d'
        disk/kfscmd 'create /mail/box/rminnich/mbox rminnich upas 622 al'

Reboot the terminal, login and run:

        /sys/lib/newuser

Note rio will not start till you run this. You might want to copy /usr/glenda/lib/profile and /usr/glenda/bin/rc/riostart into your directory to get a more reasonable startup environment.

Last Modified: May 27 2002
dpx@acl.lanl.gov

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