I've deleted fortune now so it doesn't confuse or distract me.
2014-10-23 23:03 GMT+02:00, Winston Kodogo <kod...@gmail.com>:
> Well, to clarify, in the old days, if a Windows function call failed, you'd
> call GetLastError to get a numerical error code, and FormatMessage to get a
> string describing the error, So if the error code was 0, meaning that the
> windows call succeeded, FormatMessage would return "The operation completed
> successfully." Obviously that's completely stupid.
>
> On 24 October 2014 09:45, Winston Kodogo <kod...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Now I'm even more confused than normal. "cpu: can't dial: plan9.lanl.gov:
>> The operation completed successfully."
>>
>> This is a Windows error message?
>>
>> On 23 October 2014 09:04, Quintile <st...@quintile.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I fear a gnu style recursive definition coming on...
>>>
>>> -Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 22 Oct 2014, at 19:14, Skip Tavakkolian <skip.tavakkol...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> i think this situation is more fortune-worthy than the fortune that
>>> caused it.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Mats Olsson <plan9....@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I kind of had a feeling it was that way because when installing again
>>>> on another card, I got another message with this: If you think out
>>>> loud you're about to get a lot of ememies; as the bottom line (don't
>>>> remember the exact words).
>>>>
>>>> 2014-10-22 17:12 GMT+02:00, Kurt H Maier <k...@sciops.net>:
>>>> > Quoting Charles Forsyth <charles.fors...@gmail.com>:
>>>> >
>>>> >> On 22 October 2014 15:34, Kurt H Maier <k...@sciops.net> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>> Quoting Mats Olsson <plan9....@gmail.com>:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> cpu: can't dial: plan9.lanl.gov: The operation completed
>>>> successfully.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> this exact error message is in the fortunes file.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> oh well, that explains that: obviously the rio start-up on the pi
>>>> >> runs
>>>> >> fortunes, to aid debugging.
>>>> >
>>>> > That is precisely what is happening. The startup script Steve Simon
>>>> sent
>>>> > runs his logwin script, which looks like this:
>>>> >
>>>> > #!/bin/rc
>>>> >
>>>> > fortune
>>>> > calendar -y
>>>> > news
>>>> > echo
>>>> >
>>>> > exec rc -i
>>>> >
>>>> > ...now compare Mats' output:
>>>> >
>>>> > cpu: can't dial: plan9.lanl.gov: The operation completed
>>>> > successfully.
>>>> > calendar: can't open /usr/glenda/lib/calendar:
>>>> > '/usr/glenda/lib/calendar' does not exist
>>>> >
>>>> > khm
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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