Averatec 3250H1-01 (problem: S3G UniChrome Graphics)
If anyone has this laptop or know how to solve this problem, please reply. This laptop has a S3G UniChrome Graphics which I havent been able to configure. Please help! :) -- Al __ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Missing tiff-3.6.1_1
I tried this a couple of days ago, and I similarly got the missing tiff-3.6.1_1 error as it was no where to be found in the ftp site. I had installed FreeBSD 5.3 and the ports collection from a CD onto a new machine. I got that error afterwards when I tried to build from ports samba3, IIRC. cvsup-ing the ports collection eliminated those errors. On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 02:57:54PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 10:59:24AM -0500, Christopher Kearns wrote: > > After installing freeBSD 5.3 on my system, many packages will not > > install. I get an error message that says Warning: tiff-3.6.1_1 is a > > required package but was not found. What do I need to do? > > First tell us exactly what commands you are trying to run and the > exact errors you receive. > > Kris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
aac/fxp system instability
Hi, I'm running two Intel (fxp) NICs in a Dell PowerEdge 2650 destined for use as a firewall/mail filter etc. I got these because the re & bge drivers didn't support ALTQ, which we need. Problem is, when I run ifconfig on one of the fxp cards, the aac driver hangs and the system crashes. Complains something about a NMI_SECONDARY_ATU_ERROR, then increasingly long timeouts, while system hangs. I'm running FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p5. Erm, oh dear... ;) -AL. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Help getting connected
Ok, I have built the ndis and if_ndis as described in the handbook. I have brought the interface up with: ifconfig ndis0 up ssid NAME wepmode on wepkey KEY It seens fine, except my IP address still shows up as 0.0.0.0. Also, I have to use DHCP. How would I bring the two NDIS modules at boot time, and set the ssid and wep key also using DHCP to get my IP address. I did create a file named /etc/resolv.conf with the following data: domain comcast.net nameserver x.x.x.x nameserver x.x.x.x What am I missing? ADjr __ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
xmms etc (under freebsd 5)
gentlemen: tried to install xmms and all the suff related on my pc (for kde)... failed during installation: even after (-f)orcing pkg_add -> perl (previous release in tbz) and Xfree***. maybe it's of some help. alex = things take time... __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
setting log_arp_movements to 0 at boot time
My message log gets flooded by arp movement notices, but I'm able to turn off these messages using the following command: sysctl net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_movements=0 I read somewhere that I can add this line in my /boot/loader.conf file to keep it set at boot time: net.link.ether.inet.log_arp_movements: 0 But that doesn't seem to work. Any ideas? I'm running 5.4-RELEASE-p9 -Al ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
4.9 floppy install help
i have Award Modular BIOS v 4.41 PG (c) 1984-96 (cd-rom Bootable), Pent 133Mhz 1.2 Gig and 32 Megs 3com nic. no mouse. i downloaded 4.9 in 2 .iso images and setup some floppies for booting. the Kern.flp disk executes fine and asks for Mfsroot.flp. but this disks returns zf_read unexpected EOF and prompts a shutdown or reboot. I made the disks with rawrite on a Win Me Toshiba laptop. can someone shed some light on this? Thanks , Al _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/bcomm&pgmarket=en-ca&RU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
gray network and ipfw2
hi all
i have freebsd 4.8 installed and i use ipfw2 with the rules
#!/bin/sh
fwcmd=/sbin/ipfw
${fwcmd} -f flush
#!/bin/sh
ipfw='/sbin/ipfw'
$ipfw -f flush
$ipfw add divert natd all from any to any via ppp0
$ipfw add allow log all from any to any
my local ethernet card has 192.168.133.7 ip address
and my ppp0 interface has 217.15.x.x ip address.
when i tried to connect to 195.54.192.44:21 from my local box i got the lines
Accept TCP 172.16.202.106:4802 195.54.192.44:21 out via ppp0
Accept TCP 195.54.192.44:21 172.16.202.106:4802 in via ppp0
and so on.
as i know 172.16.0.0 are gray addresses and i haven't got any 172.16.x.x networks
in my environment.
Could anybody tell me what 172.16.202.106:4802 does in my log file.
Thanks
vanyushenkov al
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Re: Who is anyone using for consulting or support?
Derek Ragona wrote: I am working with a firm here in the Chicago area and they are interested in using FreeBSD, but would like to know of other outside support resources. I have checked the links on the FreeBSD.org website but have not gotten much response from firms on that list, which seems to be out of date. So if you know of a firm that offers support and consulting on FreeBSD in the continental US, please post back. Thanks. -Derek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aloha Derek, Thats a "funny" request for FreeBSD. I have used it for years and outside of hardware issues (which were non FreeBSD issues) it just works. I was unfortunately involved with the install of a M$ system recently doing "network cable" trouble shooting for the company. The problems they had were all Microsoft running Msql data base and it took 4 weeks and 2 outside support companies to resolve these issues. If they have previously used M$ and a data base I could see why they would expect that outside support would be necessary. You may find some independent sysadmins on this list who could help you with any issues you may have. Having seen your answers on this list I would think you could handle most situations you may encounter. I wish you success. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: man -t odd page size
Valentin Bud wrote: hello, what do you know about this site: http://www.metricamerica.com/. i don't remember where i have read that America is going to apply the SI (ess eye) unit system. so things are going to change maybe even the A4 papersize. a good day, v #... Aloha, The Metric System has been a legal measure in the United States since the 1860's. There is nothing to stop anybody legally from using it. In many places in the country both are used. Tue US Military uses Metric. The film and Video industry for example. Here in Hawaii the population is very diverse and most people have come from Metric countries. If you have to ever work on maintaining equipment, mechanical or electronic, here in the US, both tool sizes are a must. I had to replace a storage battery yesterday on a clients Japanese Fork Lift and the fasteners were all metric except for one battery terminal clamp. I think the choice by locale for FreeBSD is an excellent solution. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Where are Lock Order Reversals
Aloha, Loading a FreeBSD 8 Current I get Lock Order Reversals. There used to be a site for looking into them. What do we do now? ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Is KDE4 usable on FreeBSD?
Yuri wrote: Wojciech Puchar wrote: it's SLOW and resource hungry - giving nothing else than a good look. that's why i compare it to windoze. and why you need "desktop" (whatever it means) at all? You need desktop for Unix (Linux) to be adopted by simple users. Also GUI makes life much easier even for advanced users. I don't want to deal command lines/config files for mundane things like finding and setting up wireless networks, playing CDs/DVDs, etc. GUI integrated with desktop would make this much less time consuming. just window manager is enough, try fvwm2 maybe icewm maybe other etc. not really enough. Unfortunately open source is pretty much a failure when it comes to GUI and desktop. Any kind of GUI, look at ddd for example. Untested development-stage software (like kde4) is being released to the public for some reason. Yuri ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ### Aloha, Try XFCE 3 or 4 for an excellent OS window manager. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 7.1-BETA2 installation on ASUS P4S8X fails BIG MEDIUM ERROR
Julien Cigar wrote: I've this problem too on almost all my machines. The only solution I've found is to disable DMA (atapi_dma), but then performances are very poor (and I'm still unable to burn a CD/DVD) On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 16:03 +0100, Christoph Kukulies wrote: Hi, don't know whether it's the CDROM drive (a Creative 52x mx) or the motherboard (ASUS P4S8X) or what. Anyway, I tried to install a recent version of FreeBSD (7.1-BETA2) and the installation hangs right in the boot process of the installation CD disc1. I see acd0: FAILURE - READ BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for xpt_config run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 120 seconds for xpt_config run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 180 seconds for xpt_config and so on. Any clues? -- Christoph Kukulies ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Aloha, I have had similiar happen on 7 and 8 Freebsd installs recently. If you install using safe mode it will work. Then in /boot/loader.conf #boot/loader.conf hw.ata.ata-dma=0 hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 This makes the HD and CD to work for me after the install. The error that comes up when you burn a CD seems to be bogus as I have used the CD's with out error for installing on other boxes. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 7.1-BETA2 installation on ASUS P4S8X fails BIG MEDIUM ERROR
Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 08:13:34AM -1000, Al Plant wrote: Julien Cigar wrote: I've this problem too on almost all my machines. The only solution I've found is to disable DMA (atapi_dma), but then performances are very poor (and I'm still unable to burn a CD/DVD) On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 16:03 +0100, Christoph Kukulies wrote: Hi, don't know whether it's the CDROM drive (a Creative 52x mx) or the motherboard (ASUS P4S8X) or what. Anyway, I tried to install a recent version of FreeBSD (7.1-BETA2) and the installation hangs right in the boot process of the installation CD disc1. I see acd0: FAILURE - READ BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for xpt_config run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 120 seconds for xpt_config run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 180 seconds for xpt_config and so on. Any clues? -- Christoph Kukulies ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Aloha, I have had similiar happen on 7 and 8 Freebsd installs recently. If you install using safe mode it will work. Then in /boot/loader.conf #boot/loader.conf hw.ata.ata-dma=0 hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 There is no hw.ata.ata-dma tunable. I think you mean hw.ata.ata_dma (note: underscore, not hyphen). If you really are using hw.ata.ata-dma, it does nothing. :-) Also folks, please remember that "ATA DMA" is for hard disks, and "ATAPI DMA" is for ATAPI devices (CD/DVD drives). Error messages from xpt_* functions are from by the ATAPI-to-CAM emulation layer (think: SCSI emulation for ATAPI devices), but are likely signs of underlying compatibility problems between the CD/DVD drive and FreeBSD, and not the fault of atapicam(4). I'm not sure if there's a loader hint to disable xpt. The error that comes up when you burn a CD seems to be bogus as I have used the CD's with out error for installing on other boxes. The "READ BIG MEDIUM ERROR" often indicates that the CD/DVD drive does not support a specific read operation mode; some CD/DVD manufacturers don't implement this command for various reasons. Aloha Jeremy, Thanks for catching the - vs _ . I hear you, but I have to do the hw settings like above or the servers wont boot they stick at a db> or mountroot> error I think the 7 and 8 series OS are looking for SATA and dont like the IDE drives I use. I know the atapi setting is for CD's and These are brand new DVD/CD RW burners fwiw. A month or so back there were several people on line complaining about this. Maybe one of the FreeBSD comitters will have a look and see if something is wrong. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 7.1-BETA2 installation on ASUS P4S8X fails BIG MEDIUM ERROR
Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 12:46:43PM -1000, Al Plant wrote: Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 08:13:34AM -1000, Al Plant wrote: Julien Cigar wrote: I've this problem too on almost all my machines. The only solution I've found is to disable DMA (atapi_dma), but then performances are very poor (and I'm still unable to burn a CD/DVD) On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 16:03 +0100, Christoph Kukulies wrote: Hi, don't know whether it's the CDROM drive (a Creative 52x mx) or the motherboard (ASUS P4S8X) or what. Anyway, I tried to install a recent version of FreeBSD (7.1-BETA2) and the installation hangs right in the boot process of the installation CD disc1. I see acd0: FAILURE - READ BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x11 ascq=0x00 run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for xpt_config run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 120 seconds for xpt_config run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 180 seconds for xpt_config and so on. Any clues? -- Christoph Kukulies ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Aloha, I have had similiar happen on 7 and 8 Freebsd installs recently. If you install using safe mode it will work. Then in /boot/loader.conf #boot/loader.conf hw.ata.ata-dma=0 hw.ata.atapi_dma=0 There is no hw.ata.ata-dma tunable. I think you mean hw.ata.ata_dma (note: underscore, not hyphen). If you really are using hw.ata.ata-dma, it does nothing. :-) Also folks, please remember that "ATA DMA" is for hard disks, and "ATAPI DMA" is for ATAPI devices (CD/DVD drives). Error messages from xpt_* functions are from by the ATAPI-to-CAM emulation layer (think: SCSI emulation for ATAPI devices), but are likely signs of underlying compatibility problems between the CD/DVD drive and FreeBSD, and not the fault of atapicam(4). I'm not sure if there's a loader hint to disable xpt. The error that comes up when you burn a CD seems to be bogus as I have used the CD's with out error for installing on other boxes. The "READ BIG MEDIUM ERROR" often indicates that the CD/DVD drive does not support a specific read operation mode; some CD/DVD manufacturers don't implement this command for various reasons. Aloha Jeremy, Thanks for catching the - vs _ . I hear you, but I have to do the hw settings like above or the servers wont boot they stick at a db> or mountroot> Those are two very different things. A db> prompt indicates you're hitting a kernel panic, while a mountroot> prompt indicates the OS can't find your root filesystem. I think the 7 and 8 series OS are looking for SATA and dont like the IDE drives I use. I understand, but what I'm saying is that "hw.ata.ata-dma=0" (note the hyphen) is not fixing/solving anything, because it contains a typo. I know the atapi setting is for CD's and These are brand new DVD/CD RW burners fwiw. A month or so back there were several people on line complaining about this. Maybe one of the FreeBSD comitters will have a look and see if something is wrong. The "I get dropped to a mountroot prompt" problem has been reported many times, and so far there haven't been any indications what causes it to happen for people. _ Aloha Jeremy, The - was not in the installs. I typed it correctly in the several cases where it was used. It will be interesting to see if anybody can find a solution to these issues. I am not a coder just a long time user of FreeBSD, (since 3.*) I think it was. It is such a rock solid system that most of us are curious when something like this happens and its hard to find out why. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: recommendation word processer for xfce
FBSD1 wrote: Looking for word processer that runs on xfce and can output document in ms/word format. Thanks for your help. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Aloha, I use ABIword from ports. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: RTL8168/8111 Not Being Assigned to Interface
hamtilla wrote: I'm running 7.0-RELEASE-i386 on Jetway's NC92-N230 mainboard. The board has one integrated RTL8168/8111 gigabit NIC as well as an expansion board with three RTL8168/8111 NICs. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:0:0: class=0x02 card=0x816810ec chip=0x816810ec rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' device = 'RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC' class = network subclass = ethernet [EMAIL PROTECTED]:2:4:0: class=0x02 card=0x10ec16f3 chip=0x816710ec rev=0x10 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' device = 'RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC' class = network subclass = ethernet [EMAIL PROTECTED]:2:6:0: class=0x02 card=0x10ec16f3 chip=0x816710ec rev=0x10 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' device = 'RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC' class = network subclass = ethernet [EMAIL PROTECTED]:2:7:0: class=0x02 card=0x10ec16f3 chip=0x816710ec rev=0x10 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' device = 'RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC' class = network subclass = ethernet Why would the three NICs work while the onboard NIC does not? I would imagine the same driver services both controllers. Do I need to assign an interface to the device somehow? Thank you! Aloha, I use the same PCI cards in a number of servers. All work fine. But on board ones are only 100 so I dont use them. However I notice that the on board nic in your case uses a different chipset: chip=0x816810ec is onboard. chip=0x816710ec is slot pci's. I dont know what this means in respect to operation problems though. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD FTP server error
Yuri wrote: When I try to log on to FTP I get this error: $ ftp ftp.freebsd.org Trying 204.152.184.73... Connected to ftp.freebsd.org. 500 OOPS: vsftpd: not found: directory given in 'secure_chroot_dir':/usr/local/share/vsftpd/empty Yuri ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Aloha Yuri and List, I just tried FTP from Hawaii and the link is dead. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Command line not saving in 8*
Aloha, Anybody have a cure for the root or users not being able to save the command line commands in csh/tcsh over a power off? On two machines I used for testing that have run other versions of FreeBSD with no issues I can't save the history as a user or root tcsh shell if shutdown -h or shutdown -r is used. You can exit the csh and tcsh and log back in and it is saved. This happens with the all 8.0 BETA*. This does not happen with the 7.2 p1 that Manolis distributes. Any Ideas what to look for? There has to be something different done with 8* that kills off the command line history. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
No History after shutdown -h on FBSD 8 or 9
Aloha, Is there a reason the history no longer stays in memory on FreeBSD 8 & 9? Reko Turja sent me a work around for a reboot: shutdown -r +1 logout or shutdown -h +1 logout Both of the above work to save the history in a tcsh shell. We used to be able to use: shutdown -h now Is this not going to be possible from FreeBSD 8 onward? Thanks... ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: mkisofs error
Warren Block wrote: On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Warren Block wrote: My data backups to DVD use mkisofs to build ISO9660 DVDs like so: mkisofs -J -joliet-long -r -hide-rr-moved -graft-points dir1 dir2 dir3 and then piped into cdrecord. However, I found a problem with one file that casts some doubt on the whole process. The file is named img_0185-6x4crop.jpg and is 3,309,906 bytes. On the hard drive, it reads fine. The filename is present on the DVD, but the file always gives a read error: # file img_0185-6x4crop.jpg img_0185-6x4crop.jpg: ERROR: cannot read `img_0185-6x4crop.jpg' (Input/output error) It's not a one-time error; every DVD always has the same problem. What is going wrong? A poison filename? Following up: growisofs with the same parameters has no problems with that file. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Aloha Warren, Manolis Kiagias pointed me to growisofs a while ago and I have had no problems making dvd's since from the command line. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Force installation of dependencies
Warren Liddell wrote: Adam Vande More wrote: On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Warren Liddell <mailto:shin...@maydias.com>> wrote: is there a command that when comnpiling a certain pkg will tell it to forcefully re-do every single dependcy for that particular pkg ? Judging from the topics of your recent posts, I assume you're not using a port managment tools to handling installing and upgrading your applications. Become familar with portmaster or portupgrade, you'll save yourself a lot of headache. -- Adam Vande More i use portupgrade .. but atm im getting no options or solutions to my problem .. so im trying to think of radical ways an means of solving it .. re-installing all dependencies of this pkg im hoping will solve my issue ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Aloha, I installed: portsnap fetch extract -to get rid of this issue of dependencies. Once you have portsnap installed you can subsequently use: portsnap fetch update. Manolis Kiagias has suggested this to several of us on the list and it works for me. Good luck. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: breakthru, maybe....
Gary Kline wrote: On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 02:09:50PM +0200, Ross Cameron wrote: On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 6:00 AM, Gary Kline wrote: On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 04:44:42PM -0700, Kurt Buff wrote: On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 16:08, Gary Kline wrote: On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:02:37PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:48:46 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: so: what is the URL to download the 8.0-PRE freebsd? ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/ ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/ wait, i thought the duo core is 64bits. still 32? This: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/ is indeed 64bit. Yes! but i bought the *Intel* 2-duo-core or whatever; not the AMD (aDvanced micro Devices) chip. Are these both bit by bit == ?? i mean, exactly--software-wise, the same?? thanks. gary ps i knew the amd was an intel clone on the 32-bit level; not sure about the 64-bit chips... . Intel licensed the AMD64 instruction set and they call it Intel 64 in their chips. Most free UNIX-like systems call the x86_64 releases AMD64 because thats the correct name for the instruction set. Well, I was just a bit behind the times; like four or five years. But thanks to several wiki articles, that's resolved. Nutshell is that I just finished burning the bootonly.iso. Now, if the power holds and I get the 8.0-RC2 running on the Dell, there's hope. And for my next trick: I'm ordering a UPS. It is only for the DNS server and firefall (pfSense). I'll either refurb the current computer or buy a newer 32-bit for the firewall. I'd like suggestions on which UPS to buy. Figuring the Dell Duo and a standard Intel box, would 250w be a good enough SWAG? gary -- "Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Alva Edison Inventor of 1093 patents, including: The light bulb, phonogram and motion pictures. Aloha Gary, If that used computer place has UPS get a couple and get new batteries for them if they are not refurbished. I got 2 used free beacuse the batteries were dead and took out the small batteries and installed the standard 100 amp hour batteries to back up 6 servers 2 years ago. I too was having up to 10 hour power outages.Now the backup will go for at least 10 hours with no line power. We had a 6 hour outage last fall and the system kept right on working. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Linux-realplayer missing from ports
Aloha, I am trying to get Linux-RealPlayer to install from updated ports collection on a FreeBSD 9 desktop box. (Xorg and www etc all installed fine on this test box.) Error says it cannot be found in our ports collection. Is there a way to locate the maintainer? This port is missing some components. Or can it be down loaded into distfiles? If so from where? Or has this been replaced by something else to play audio in ports. I would be glad to try any port for playing audio from web or files that is known to work. Thanks ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Linux-realplayer missing from ports
Frank Shute wrote: On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 03:16:09PM -1000, Al Plant wrote: Aloha, I am trying to get Linux-RealPlayer to install from updated ports collection on a FreeBSD 9 desktop box. (Xorg and www etc all installed fine on this test box.) Error says it cannot be found in our ports collection. Is there a way to locate the maintainer? This port is missing some components. Or can it be down loaded into distfiles? If so from where? Or has this been replaced by something else to play audio in ports. I would be glad to try any port for playing audio from web or files that is known to work. Thanks /usr/ports/multimedia/linux-realplayer on my box. I guess you're using portupgrade; sometimes it can't find ports without using wildcards. Regards, ### Yes Frank, That's what should work. But it doesnt. There is a false old version in the port on the server. This is apparently a known issue as there are two (2) PR's with this issue reported in the last few days. If someone on our list knows the maintainer I think it could be corrected easily. It may be an upgrade that failed to take as the two versions are 2004 and 2007 is what I think should be there now. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Linux-realplayer missing from ports
Boris Samorodov wrote: On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:16:09 -1000 Al Plant wrote: I am trying to get Linux-RealPlayer to install from updated ports collection on a FreeBSD 9 desktop box. (Xorg and www etc all installed fine on this test box.) Error says it cannot be found in our ports collection. Please, show the exact command you use and the error you get. Is there a way to locate the maintainer? This port is missing some components. Or can it be down loaded into distfiles? If so from where? Or has this been replaced by something else to play audio in ports. I would be glad to try any port for playing audio from web or files that is known to work. Don't think so: - % whereis linux-realplayer linux-realplayer: /usr/ports/multimedia/linux-realplayer - Aloha Boris, The error is "not found" on server for the 2007 version. The above line is what should work. But it doesnt. There is a false old version in the port list from the update on the server. This is apparently a known issue as there are two (2) PR's with this issue reported in the last few days. If someone on our list knows the maintainer I think it could be corrected easily. It may be an upgrade that failed to take as the two versions are 2004 and 2007. I think 2007 should be there now. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: stuff and even more problems.... [ to mostly the hard core ]
Gary Kline wrote: hey guys, my last e-troubles happened a few months ago, or several weeks ago, when my old KVM unit began flaking out. the one computer buddy i have in the seattle area suggested i order a 4-port iogear. i did and he installed it. it was .LT. sixty bux and next-to-worthless given my disability.[*] altho i did type down the conversation between iogear and my friend, i'll spare you. nutshell: they refused to swap and upgrade for something i could more readily use. --i'll post the entire story on my freebsd pages in time. my new/used dell inspiron-530 is here. it is installed to as far as i can install it. trouble is that i see on the dell screen "Keyboard failure" and a message to press F2 to setup. the kvm has the old ps2 plugs and no adaptors to USB. i have the dell kybd here, come to think of it, but i'm waaay the hell beyond achy to get down and muck around and test. what's your best guess, folks? the computer parts stores around here have largely shut down ...but if ordering an adaptor or two will fix things, i'll do it. any thoughts on this? i think i would need at least 547 pain meds to get back down there and plug in the kyboard; i might drowse off gary [*] gotta type CTRL-ALT-Shift at just the right keyrate (+/- 0.0001s:) to change ports. Aloha Gary, Radio Shack has a converter from PS2 to usb for stuff like that. I bought a kit of converters from Home Depot her in Honolulu for the same purpose. The KVM switch I have in the server room is PS2 but has little switches on the front that change the mouse , monitor and keyboard with a light pressure. Even a pencil with an eraser on it could be used to change from one of any of eight ports. Send me a picture of the setup you have and I'll see if I can figure out a way to work it for you. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: hp 10-in mini?
Gary Kline wrote: gang, I rarely glance at any come-on advertisement, but I just got one by amazon that has a $380 HP Mini 10" computer for $200. I want to use something about this size for my type-and-speech computer. I'm thinking more of the ASUS 9" notebook. What are people's thoughts on this? (Yes, this is still an attempt to drive sales in a bad downturn. etc. Still, altho these tiny computers many be manufactured in the same plant by the same corporation, it may not make any difference.) anybody on-list who cares to share? gary Aloha Gary, I have one running Ubuntu Linux on the HD. It works ok on a wired or wireless network with a Fixed IP. The automatic gui for setting up the network failed to work and stay where it was set so I wrote the file myself using a fixed IP etc. I also run FreeBSD 7.2 on it on a plug in flash drive using Manolis DVD copy. I paid $400. with extra battery and memory. Haven't set up the wireless for use with Coffee Shop wan yet. Tech support for the mini is from India and I know more than they do about Linux and haven't used Linux in years. The Mini has had no problems except the touch pad is usless. Touching the pad is a click or several same as the buttons.) I found out that by touching the light above it turns it off so you can use a wireless mouse which works well. HP Tech support did not know how to disable the touchpad. A terminal is brought up by alt/f2. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: hp 10-in mini?
Doug Poland wrote: On Nov 23, 2009, at 16:54, Gary Kline wrote: gang, I rarely glance at any come-on advertisement, but I just got one by amazon that has a $380 HP Mini 10" computer for $200. I want to use something about this size for my type-and-speech computer. I'm thinking more of the ASUS 9" notebook. What are people's thoughts on this? (Yes, this is still an attempt to drive sales in a bad downturn. etc. Still, altho these tiny computers many be manufactured in the same plant by the same corporation, it may not make any difference.) anybody on-list who cares to share? gary My wife has one of these running XP. I've booted and run both 7.1-RELEASE and 8.0-RC2 from external USB. It's a nice little piece of hardware. Unfortunately, the wireless chipset was not recognized. I did not pursue it any further.___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Aloha, The chipset is a Broadcom and I think there maybe a driver now. BCM4312 is the one in mine. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: hp 10-in mini?
Gary Kline wrote:
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 05:34:04PM -1000, Al Plant wrote:
Gary Kline wrote:
Aloha Gary,
I have one running Ubuntu Linux on the HD. It works ok on a wired or
wireless network with a Fixed IP. The automatic gui for setting up the
network failed to work and stay where it was set so I wrote the file
myself using a fixed IP etc. I also run FreeBSD 7.2 on it on a plug in
flash drive using Manolis DVD copy. I paid $400. with extra battery and
memory.
I may have-to spring for one of these puppies -- with optical
and mouse. At least two medicos are interested in my ideas...
[Still, half-price upped my buy_now flag:)
Haven't set up the wireless for use with Coffee Shop wan yet.
Tech support for the mini is from India and I know more than they do
about Linux and haven't used Linux in years.
The Mini has had no problems except the touch pad is usless. Touching
the pad is a click or several same as the buttons.) I found out that by
touching the light above it turns it off so you can use a wireless mouse
which works well. HP Tech support did not know how to disable the
touchpad. A terminal is brought up by alt/f2.
What kind? xterm, konsole, or the gnome flavor? I prefer
something with a solid cursor; the Gnome blinks ... and I'm
too lazy to dig into the code to see where to off the
blinking. this is getting interestinger and interestinger.
aloha, al.
~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740
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+ http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* +
< email: n...@hdk5.net >
"All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
The Ubuntu is based on Debian Linux and is only the base system. I use
xterm and the browser and the files we created ourselves for storing
info. The GUI is a HP thing and I dont like it. It has too many photo
features and other things we dont need since my wife has a dedicated Box
she uses for photos and videos. Our mini is for using while traveling
and keeping up with finances while were on the go etc.
~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740
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+ http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* +
< email: n...@hdk5.net >
"All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
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Re: [Solved] Having problems burning a DVD
James Phillips wrote: Hello, After making two coasters with a graphical CD burning program using Ubuntu, I decided to try using FreeBSD: I want to start backing up to DVD anyway. After some searching I learned I missed some details in the handbook on the first and second reads such as: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-dvds.html "The program growisofs(1) will be used to perform DVD recording. This command is part of the dvd+rw-tools utilities (sysutils/dvd+rw-tools). The dvd+rw-tools support all DVD media types." I had hard time finding the non-existent growisofs package! "These tools use the SCSI subsystem to access to the devices, therefore the ATAPI/CAM support must be added to your kernel. If your burner uses the USB interface this addition is useless, and you should read the Section 18.5 for more details on USB devices configuration." Using the atapicd driver generated the following error message: :-( unable to CAMGETPASSTHRU for /dev/acd0: Inappropriate ioctl for device After the command: $ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/acd0=8.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso before you ask: MD5 (8.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso) = 5336cd827991e4d4cff6d73c4a5ca105 Release announcement: 5336cd827991e4d4cff6d73c4a5ca105 I tried playing with /etc/devfs.conf as suggested by Predrag Punosevac $ id uid=1002(backup) gid=1002(backup) groups=1002(backup),5(operator),1003(Share) $ cat /etc/devfs.conf |sed 's/#.*//g' linkcd0 cdrom linkcd0 dvd linkcd0 rdvd own cdrom root:operator own dvd root:operator own rdvdroot:operator permcd0 0660 permcdrom 0660 permdvd 0660 permrdvd0660 permxpt00660 permpass0 0660 -> that sed command was stolen from a script expecting ->originally used device acd0 (until enabling atapicam) $ cat /boot/loader.conf acpi_load="no" apm_load="yes" atapicam_load="yes" #ata_load="yes"# enabled by default scbus_load="yes" cd_load="yes" pass_load="yes" atapicd_load="no" #hw.ata.atapi_dma="1" # enabled by default With the atapicam driver I was able to somehow get growisofs to go through the motions of burning the DVD, even have a kernel message from GEOM reading the BSD label: $ tail /var/log/messages Dec 3 20:00:00 dusty newsyslog[833]: logfile turned over due to size>100K Dec 3 20:00:28 dusty kernel: GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider acd0t01 is iso9660/FreeBSD_Install. but can't read the disk to verify it: $ dd if=/dev/cd0 bs=2048 | md5 996592+0 records in 996592+0 records out 2041020416 bytes transferred in 1292.388284 secs (1579263 bytes/sec) 19b087536234b316b64232ba6b1c1799 Umm. Nevermind. I added the block size so nobody would try suggesting it has an effect :P previous error: $ dd if=/dev/cd0 | md5 dd: /dev/cd0: Invalid argument 0+0 records in 0+0 records out 0 bytes transferred in 0.000721 secs (0 bytes/sec) d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e I noticed that the hash does not match the ISO file. Is that normal for DVDs? For CD images I often get the md5 hash to match. The man page for atapicam(4) warns: "atapicam and ATAPI-specific target drivers (acd(4), ast(4), and afd(4)) can be configured in the same kernel. Simultaneous access to the same device through the SCSI generic drivers and the ATAPI-specific drivers may cause problems and is strongly discouraged." Is there anything special I should do to try to disable the atapicd driver? I don't think my 'atapicd_load="no"' line in /boot/loader.conf has much of an effect. Regards, James Phillips __ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Aloha JP, This is what I use on FreeBSD from the command line to burn DVD's. I have used it on FreeBSD 8* for a while. (Simple and it works.)- ## dvdburner.doc DVD+R burner Setup and operation From sysutils/dvd+rw-tools Intall the DVD port # growisofs ( used the following from all the suggestions and it worked with Manolis DVD p1 7.2) 1st> Put hw.ata.atapi_dma="1" in the /boot/loader.conf 2nd> Put apticam_load="YES" in the /boot/loader.conf (That 2nd 18.7.2 instruction is not clear in the Handbook section and should be added.) Then> Run # growisofs -dvd-compat -Z dev/cd0=/usr/home/alp/FreeBSD_7/7.2-RELEASE-p1-i386-disc1.iso (all on one line) Then> Use cd0 as a DVD burner and make the DVD-R I tested the DVD on a spare box and it installed just fine. ## ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii
Where's Snapshots and pub.allbsd.org
Aloha, Anybody on the FreeBSD list know what has happened to the snapshots that have not been available on FreeBSD.org since last Sept.? Also what happened to pub.allbsd.org snapshots? Are there new URL's for current and daily snapshots to test? ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Gnome desktop for 5 y/o
Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:24:36 +0100, ocean wrote: also for the old computer i would recommend xfce or, since you say they only need a few programs, you could go with just Xorg + feh for the background + xfwm or openbox + a light taskbar and a nice dock-bar (wbar or simdock) were you will only put the applications they need to run. An alternative would be IcecWM: Easily configurable menu, good window managing, no bloat. But I can second XFCE, too. Maybe you want to run XFCE 3 which has some look & feel of CDE, is easily configurable and very fast. (I use it on a 300 MHz P2 with similar requirements as you mentioned, but without any "Flash"). There's a nice dock-like application for X which is used by the FreeSBIE live system CD. I've got no FreeSBIE at hand, nor can I remember the application's name, but I think this would be interesting to you, too. Like Poly I too use XFCE 3 on all my FreeBSD desktops. Its light and fast and anyone can learn it quickly. I have Gnome on a Linux HP netbook and it is a lot slower. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: 8.0 installation doesn't contain X distributions
stly positive.
The main advantage is access to all packages. If you know what you
want, and which categories they live in, it's great; an hour or so
picking and away you go (modulo failures with this FTP site or that).
There still exist people with slow net connections and older, slower
kit for whom building everything from source would be very tedious.
The main disadvantage is - access to all packages :) In the case of X,
you and I, developers and most people here know to hunt for the Xorg
meta-port. But the naive or new installer knows of no such thing, and
could beat around in the huge lists of X software for ages, wondering
what's required and what's not to get a desktop going.
True. So I guess we really need a "Your first FreeBSD Desktop" article
to point to for first time installers.
X is just tip of the iceberg here, consider these:
- How to setup xorg.conf, hal?
- What packages do I need for {GNOME,KDE,XFCE,You-Name-It-WM}?
- What is .xinitrc? How am I going to setup my login manager?
- Where is bash? Why are my locale settings wrong?
- Got into X finally, why isn't my flash drive automounted?
- ...
All this info and more is available in the Handbook, but it is not
intended to be read as a sequential setup guide. There are far more
discouraging things even after you get X installed.
The previous basic setup menus in sysinstall for X were not only useful;
I suspect that they are virtually essential for someone, say, coming
from Debian or Ubuntu or such, wanting to try FreeBSD on their system,
or the genuine first-time installer of FreeBSD. sysinstall used to
assume as little prior knowledge or need to pre-read the Handbook and/or
FAQ or follow the lists as possible. Now it's seeming much more firmly
targeted at the already experienced user, and I feel that's regressive.
cheers, Ian
Quite frankly, I don't believe sysinstall has gotten any worse. But
there are so many easy installers out there for 5 minute setups, that
more and more users already come with the fixed mindset "it will install
in 5 minutes, I won't have to read anything" which clearly won't work.
But I believe PC-BSD fills the gap for them and it is getting better all
the time.
Apologies for the long post :)
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Aloha ,
I have used the FreeBSD 7.* cd/dvd since Manolis put up the site for
them. I have had no issues that were not controllable by configuration.
His versions just work. You can also add your favorite wm by selecting
it from ports.
On the other hand with a Ubuntu HP Mini I could not install wireless
automatically the way the GUI tries to do it. I had to make my own
network file to over ride interferrng wireless from the military
installations 1 Km from my house. I think Ubuntu must select the
strongest signals and my netgear wireless didnt show up below strong
military net signal.
Manual settings work fine.
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How to uninstall a flash port.
Aloha Gurus, I installed the Linux flash9 port on a new 7.0 box to work with SeaMonkey and it dies when it reaches flash using sites. How can I de-install this port with out causing problems to other programs? I cant find it in the handbook how to's. Im I missing something? Thanks... ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: How to uninstall a flash port.
Eduardo Cerejo wrote: I installed the Linux flash9 port on a new 7.0 box to work with SeaMonkey and it dies when it reaches flash using sites. How can I de-install this port with out causing problems to other programs? I cant find it in the handbook how to's. Im I missing something? Thanks... by the way you can use linux-flash7 instead and if you are using the native FreeBSD firefox and not linux-firefox you have to install and use nspluginwrapper or else it will not work, your second alternative is gnash which works natively with firefox. To use nspluginwrapper you would have to run this after the install. nspluginwrapper -i /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so remember for the linux plugins to embed on the native firefox they need some kind of wrapper. Flashplugin9 will not work with native firefox or linux-firefox and I think it's because the linux emulator uses an old version of linux so we have to wait until it changes to a more current version. Aloha Eduardo, If I am running linux-seamonkey port is the concept the same to get it to work? Which wrapper? FYI: I have followed the list questions on this issue. So I tried first to use flashplugin7 and some websites want 9 or they wont work. The sites say you have to use 9. Thanks for the help. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: RTL8111C driver for FBSD7
Manolis Kiagias wrote: Da Rock wrote: On Fri, 2008-04-18 at 10:11 +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Da Rock wrote: Hey, hey... I made a boo boo and ordered a unit with this nic onboard (truthfully, I never thought I'd have any trouble since I had done this before). Loaded 7 and couldn't find the nic. A little investigation found that the nic was the above, and a little further found that there was no support for it in the hcl's. Now I do find it hard to believe there is no way around this- I found a driver for FBSD4.5-6, is there one for 6.2 or higher? Or will this one work? Anyone know how to install it? The driver is only a c and a h file- Makefile is an empty file, and the readme tells me to rebuild the kernel after removing rl and re in the conf. Then I build the driver, and kldload it. Any idea why I'd have to rebuild the kernel? Cheers guys I've seen this driver too (I've investigated for a friend who bought a similar motherboard that otherwise works with 7). The readme describes two "methods" of installation but the first one simply does not apply (there is no modules directory in the download). I have not tried the second method (looks reasonable though). Removing the rl and re from the kernel will remove the built-in support (it could conflict with the new driver) and create a module for the new driver. Note that you are also asked to replace the files in the FreeBSD src directories. In fact it is better to build as a module - building it into the kernel may well leave you with an unbootable kernel if it is not compatible. As I said, I have not done this (my friend will be running Linux on this box) but as more and more recent mobos seem to use this NIC - and I may be buying one- if you are willing to give it a try, I will be interested in the results. Well I just tried it- I put this out there for some feedback mainly- the kernel rebuild is to remove the old rl and re drivers completely, and the build for the driver is for a module. Unfortunately the result is a failure: compatibility issues or some sort (argument warnings, not enough args, invalid variables and functions). My question is will I find something to work for 7? If not, will it work on 6.2 or 6.3 (it only says 6 in the readme's)? I hope realtek releases a driver for 7. I would not want to go back to 6.X for this. I have a 6.3 server, and can give it a try - as far as compiling the module, not actually using it, I don't have the NIC. I will post the results later today. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" I have replaced 8111c. Use Tealtek 8169 1000.pci cards on FreeBSD 7/8 I saw reports on this list about 8111c being a bad nic. So I changed and the 8169 is really great. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Hangup on USB mass device
Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Tuesday, April 22, 2008 15:42:47 + Sébastien Morand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, thanks for the answer, I'm sorry for the little information I send. FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE kernel GENERIC on i386. I don't see anything in the message, but I'm not sure where to look at for crashdump. My computer is either hanging up for ever, I can't move mouse or use keyboard anymore, juste reset, or hang up a few seconds and reboot by it self. Please don't top post. I too am having a problem with umass on 7.0-STABLE. Not quite the same as yours, but similar. During reboots, the umass device cases the kernel to core dump and the system reboots. If I unplug the drive and wait for the system to come up to a login prompt, I can login, plug in the drive, watch it's detection and then mount it with no problem. Dont' know what the problem is, but other problems with umass have been reported on the STABLE list as well. I've recompiled my kernel six times now. The umass device has gone from unmountable to stable in the OS but still fails during boot. Aloha, FWIW: I have had several FreeBSD boxes from 4.11 to 7* that wont boot with the usb device in the slot, but work just fine if you boot first than insert the usb device. In my case the device is a flash/thumb drive for backing up files. I never figured out why so I just leave them unpluged during a reboot. Maybe it tries to boot from the usb drive which is not bootable so it just hangs in my case. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Mystery Hardware Error
David M. Patronis wrote: When I burn a data cd using the burncd utility, I get this error at the end of the session: acd0: FAILURE-READ_BIG HARDWARE ERROR asc=0x3e ascq=0x2 When I burn a second disc, there is no error message, and I've yet to have a bad burn. In fact I'm getting quality superior to that I was able to produce using Windows or Linux. What does the error mean, should I be concerned, and if so, what steps should I take to resolve the problem? David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Aloha list, I am getting the same error on FreeBSD 7 RELEASE and 8. Current as David is. CD's work fine. Anybody know what this is? -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: advice needed regarding OS & Hardware.
Wojciech Puchar wrote: to the 4.8-R if your things work fine - keep as is don't change both software and hardware. For a commercial use server 1) Which version do you recommend, shall I go for 7.0-R ? or 6.3-R. 6.3 2) Hosting company hardware is * Single Intel E6300 CORE 2 DUO 1.86Ghz /1066MHz FSB /2MB L2 Cache* 2GB DDR2 RAM* 2x 250GB/7200 RPM Serial ATA Drives - Hot Swap; RAID1* 3Ware 8006-2LP SATA RAID Controller* 2 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports Any of the above parts incompatabile with FreeBSD, or it has any bug ? check what ethernet ports are. other should work fine. They didnot mention the brand of ethernet ports if it's realteks, marvell etc. you will have a problems ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Aloha. From my own experience: Realtek pci 1000 8169 re0 work fine and are stable. The TrendNet brand has corrected the previous issues with the on board cards. These 8169 cards are plug in pci that work fine (not on board). ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Is the list down?
I have not seen any action in 2 days. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Is the list down?
Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, On Friday 17 February 2012 08:49:37 Da Rock wrote: On 02/17/12 11:21, Al Plant wrote: I have not seen any action in 2 days. There's been plenty of action in the last 2 days. Maybe check your mail server logs for errors? I noticed the same thing. The missing mails arrived all meanwhile over night. Mails from other sources have been received normally during this period of time. Things like this happen once in a while. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Aloha Eric, My missing mail finally come down the pipe over night too. Strange but it has happened before. Thanks for your support. Where are you located? Here in Hawaii we have military installations that suck up band with for certain projects that have in the past interfered with email flow.. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Some questions about Link Aggregation and Failover
I use LACP .But when i have done ,the link aggregation only can do Failover .It cann't increase the speed. What is the problem?Detailed configuration as follows in the BSD9.0 /etc/rc.conf hostname="bbc04" ifconfig_bce2="up" ifconfig_bce3="up" ifconfig_bce4="up" ifconfig_bce5="up" ifconfig_bce6="up" ifconfig_bce7="up" cloned_interfaces="lagg0" ifconfig_lagg0="laggproto loadbalance laggport bce2 laggport bce3 laggport bce4 laggport bce5 laggport bce6 laggport bce7" ipv4_addrs_lagg0="172.16.60.64/16" defaultrouter="172.16.0.1" sshd_enable="YES" pureftpd_enable="YES" # Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable dumpdev="NO" the Cisco 3750 configure interface range gigabitEthernet 1/0/1-6 channel-proto lacp channel-group 1 mode active interface range gigabitEthernet 1/0/13-18 channel-proto lacp channel-group 2 mode active ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: What happened to FreeBSD.org DNS earlier today?
Matthew Seaman wrote: On 10/03/2012 23:41, Da Rock wrote: On 03/11/12 07:01, Mark Felder wrote: On 10.03.2012 14:43, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: Earlier today, for a period of about 30-45 minutes or so, any attempt to connect to www.freebsd.org was yielding failed hostname lookups. Did anyone else notice this? Any word on what was causing it? I have to admit, it was rather startling at first. Do you have any further details? What are you using for DNS servers, or are you doing lookups yourself? Actually, around the same time others were reporting another site (not fbsd, which I could access easily) was broken. So maybe a dark cloud passed over? ;) No -- you were not imagining things. The DNS for freebsd.org was temporarily broken. It was that most impossible to remove of causes: human error. Cheers, Matthew Aloha, Ah, To Bad Matthew, I was going to ask if it was the pesky Solar flares. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: oops, now: bsd question: how to record a tv stream?
Gary Kline wrote: guys, i made the mistake that conrad did when replying. i could make e excuse liked only getting five hours sleep, etc, bujt i wont. here us a FBSD qauestion how can i capture any tv stream---or radio stream for later replay? or is that illegal, too? gray Aloha, Most Public Radio stations have the programs in podcast form from their websites. I have had TV stations send me dvd's of broadcasts that my Wife has been on here in Hawaii. I think asking the media will get you results. Many of us on the FreeBSD questions list seem to have writing backgrounds and are interested in Joseph Campbell and his developments in writing and storytelling audio and video process. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: 9.0 spontaneously reboots
Matthew Seaman wrote: On 12/03/2012 14:07, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote: What should I blame now? Is it some programming error or should I continue with testing/changing motherboard and cpu? Instability that appears spontaneously (and especially if it persists across system updates) is almost always caused by hardware problems. So, yes, carry on swapping out components until you can isolate where the problem is. Some common hardware problems which might result in the problems you've seen: * PSU going flakey. If you have the right measuring equipment, this is pretty easy to detect by looking at the output voltages -- if they've drifted out of spec, or if you've got mains frequency jitter leaking through then its no wonder your system crashes. * Similarly, if the crashing is associated with system load, (particularly at startup, when things are happening like disks spinning up) this can indicate a power supply fading under load. That can happen due to age, or because you've been adding extra hardware and haven't considered the power requirements. * The other reason for crashing under load is overheating. Sometimes this can be cured easily by cleaning dust out of vents and heat-sinks. Check too for fans either seized or running slowly. * You may need to clean off any old heat-sink compound and re-apply a fresh layer, especially if you've taken CPU coolers off at some point. * There's also the old capacitor problem: electrolytic capacitors have a failure mode that generates some positive pressure inside them. This is detectable by the end of the capacitor being bowed out, rather than slightly concave. (Generally this means a new motherboard, although I've heard of people being able to solder in replacements successfully.) Other than that, try disconnecting and reconnecting peripherals like disks or DVDs and so forth in various combinations to test if that improves system stability. One faulty component can knock the whole machine over. Cheers, Matthew Aloha, Have seen the problems Matthew is addressing here in Hawaii. And if your equipment is in a non climate controlled room check for corrosion on the board or any plugins. Clean all the cabled and components that can be removed. (No air-con in my systems here in Hawaii and humidity is around 60-70% normally so we have to clean and put teflon on contacts about 2 times a year.) Corrosion is worse if your on the ocean or brackish river. Happy hunting. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Access to Time Warner cable network
Da Rock wrote: On 04/01/12 10:52, Fbsd8 wrote: Da Rock wrote: On 04/01/12 09:52, Fbsd8 wrote: Just purchased an account on the northern Ohio Time Warner cable system. Having problem connecting to their service. Seems their dhcp server has an ip address of 10.2.0.1 which is not public routable. I know my Freebsd 8.2 box functions because it worked fine under att service which I just left for Time Warner service. MY xp laptop works fine with time warner. I can see that during the connection hand shake they first issue ip addresses 192.168.x.x then end up with real public routable ip address for dns and my ip address. Just the dhcp ip is 10.2.0.1. XP seems to handle this connection hand shake ok. Does any one have any suggestions on how to get Freebsd 8.2 working under TW? Have you got a firewall or something else blocking dhcp from communicating? What does ifconfig say? No firewall running and NIC status is "no carrier" Actually I asked what the output of ifconfig was, but it looks like your cable is not connected (or wifi- hard to tell without output. It preempts many questions). Try `ifconfig up`, check the cable, etc. FreeBSD should be responding just like Winblows here, but your network isn't connected for whatever reason that will probably be clearer when we know what ifconfig looks like. Hence dhcp will not work in these circumstances, at least until you connect your network... :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Aloha, Make sure your connection to Road Runner or TW is set for DHCP. And make sure you can ping your NIC card and like Da Rock says see whats up with iconfig. If there is a switch on the line make sure it is plugged in. I have one customer I work for that lost his signal from TW Roadrunner and they had to come out to replace some link to a failed splitter on the house connection. Here in Hawaii we have a bad corrosion problem from the salt air. TW also needs the electric service to work here as well. Did they come to your location and run a test to their equipment? My neighbor had a recent cable outage of an existing cable on our block that was too low and a moving van hit it. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U
Anton Shterenlikht wrote: On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 01:33:58PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:50:26 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U My daughter is doing a touch typing course that presumes MS Word. So far she was fine with pico, but now they want the kids to practice CTRL/B (bold), CTRL/I (italic), CTRL/U (underline). She really needs to use these particular combinations because that is how the on-line assessment tool is set out. I use nothing but vi, so have no clue which, if any, editor from ports/editors will have these particular combinations implemented. Please recommend one, preferably as simple and as small as possible. Sorry *NO* 'text editor' has those capabilities, let alone has them on those key sequences. Those are 'word processor' functions. word processor' software is required. I know, I know.. I don't know why in a touchtyping course you need to teach kids this, but.. Anyway, abiword seems to do what I need. Let me know if there's anything lighter. Many thanks Aloha I use abiword and send files in "word" or "text" to my wifes Windows box for her to use as needed. abiword translates to the MS format if you daughter has to turn in a file for an assignment. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Omega Zip Drives on FreeBSD 8.*
Aloha, I need to get an old parallel Omega Zip drive to work on a freeBSD 8.* to transfer some archives to new media. I have a problem with getting the OS to read the Omega Zip drive so it can be seen in dmesg to manually set the id correctly in /etc/fstab Flash drives and floppies show up but not Parallel Omegas. My wifes MS machine has no parallel input and my several FreeBSD boxes do but wont find the hardware. I used to use Omega Zip under FreeBSD 4.11. Thought these had been transferred years ago but they were only found recently. Any suggestions appreciated. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Omega Zip Drives on FreeBSD 8.*
Adam Vande More wrote: On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Al Plant <mailto:n...@hdk5.net>> wrote: I need to get an old parallel Omega Zip drive to work on a freeBSD 8.* to transfer some archives to new media. I have a problem with getting the OS to read the Omega Zip drive so it can be seen in dmesg to manually set the id correctly in /etc/fstab Flash drives and floppies show up but not Parallel Omegas. My wifes MS machine has no parallel input and my several FreeBSD boxes do but wont find the hardware. I used to use Omega Zip under FreeBSD 4.11. Thought these had been transferred years ago but they were only found recently. Any suggestions appreciated. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/zip-drive/article.html Also at /boot/kernel/vpo.ko -- Adam Vande More ### Thanks Adam, I read the article and made a clean physical install and I now see the vpo driver and the Omega Zip device in the dmesg as da0. I have it in the /etc/fstab file as da0s4 (which should work) I still can't access the drive or the contents but at least it shows up now. Something to work with. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Omega Zip Drives on FreeBSD 8.*
Thomas Mueller wrote: from Mike Jeays : I am amazed anyone still has a working Zip drive! Both mine suffered from the click of death some years ago, round about when 4.11 was current. I would get any data off them and onto a CD/DVD as soon as possible. For me, they would make nice museum exhibits, but that's it. I never suffered the click of death as such, but my Zip drives (100 and 250, both SCSI) died in other ways. Zip 100 drive, and also SyQuest SyJet drive, got to where they would just eject the disk a few seconds after insertion. Zip 250 disk remained semi-functional after July 2001, the "semi" being that the Zip drive would not recognize a change of cartridge except by rebooting the computer, old directories would be kept. This happened with Linux, DOS and OS/2 Warp 4, so it was a hardware issue. I installed FreeDOS to a Zip 250 disk on an old computer (1995): took a bit over five hours because Zip disks are slow: glorified floppies. SCSI was Trantor T130B, apparently supported by NetBSD but not FreeBSD >= 3.0. My last chance to try to install NetBSD 4.0.1 on a Zip 250 was stopped when that old computer wouldn't power up, and with other things going/gone bad, that computer was clearly not worth the time, effort and cost of repair. So it went to the cyber waste recycling center, including the Zip drives and disks, and the SyJet drive and disks. I haven't used USB sticks as long as floppies or Iomega Zip, but USB sticks and hard drives look much better so far than Iomega Zip or floppies. If I ever tried to install FreeBSD 8.x by copying the distribution files to floppies, no way would I be able to get enough good floppy copies with no better than 20% probability of success on each diskette image. I believe Iomega discontinued the parallel-port Zip drive, subsequently the SCSI Zip drive, and the USB and ATAPI Zip drives were the last to be discontinued. Tom ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" # Thanks Of the 4 I had to play with one literally fell apart one scsi card is throwing errors. The one I finally got working is an old IDE on a FreeBSD 10 box that I experiment with. This should work fine to archive the Omega disks we found. Again thanks for heading me on the right path. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Omega Zip Drives on FreeBSD 8.*
Thomas Mueller wrote: from Al Plant : Thanks Of the 4 I had to play with one literally fell apart one scsi card is throwing errors. The one I finally got working is an old IDE on a FreeBSD 10 box that I experiment with. This should work fine to archive the Omega disks we found. Again thanks for heading me on the right path. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 What fell apart? Was it the Iomega Zip drive, the disk, or the scsi card? I assume Omega is a typo or memory lapse for what should be Iomega? IDE has given way on modern motherboards in favor of SATA, but current OSes would still have IDE/ATAPI support. You might still be advised to backup or transfer the data on Zip disks to CDs, DVDs or USB sticks or hard drives. Remember, Zip disks are just glorified floppies. Tom ## Aloha, Iomega yes. Button on front of one unit that released the disks played fell inside when pushed and the plastic cover fell off the top. Dried out from age probably. We are going to put the diles on to flash drive and then onto cd's and DVD's as many files are .jpg or artwork video etc. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Omega Zip Drives on FreeBSD 8.*
Wojciech Puchar wrote: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" I am amazed anyone still has a working Zip drive! I have 250MB zipdrive and 100MB disks. all works properly over USB ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Aloha Woj, How did you get the drive to work with USB? By a hardware adapter? I read there is a USB to ide on the market. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
allBSD Japan servers ?
Aloha, Anybody know what happened to the http; or ftp servers for allbsd.org japan? Did the Tsumnami put them down? ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: allBSD Japan servers ?
Bruce Cran wrote: On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:59:19 -1000 Al Plant wrote: Anybody know what happened to the http; or ftp servers for allbsd.org japan? Did the Tsumnami put them down? The machine's there but is refusing connections: ping6 pub.allbsd.org PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2a01:348:0:15:5d59:5c40:0:1 --> 2001:2f0:104:e001::34 16 bytes from 2001:2f0:104:e001::34, icmp_seq=0 hlim=48 time=269.213 ms 16 bytes from 2001:2f0:104:e001::34, icmp_seq=1 hlim=48 time=268.705 ms 16 bytes from 2001:2f0:104:e001::34, icmp_seq=2 Aloha Bruce, OK. Thats what I got. I have relatives and friends living in Osaka and Tokyo and they tell me things are really a mess. Hope those guys are OK. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: allBSD Japan servers ?
Kouichiro Iwao wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 08:59:19AM -1000, Al Plant wrote: >> Aloha, >> >> Anybody know what happened to the http; or ftp servers for allbsd.org >> japan? Did the Tsumnami put them down? > > allbsd.org is hosted by Tokyo University of Science. Probably, servers > are still there but down due to lack of electricity. Numbers of power > plants are damaged by earthquake. > > We provide just a portsnap server, portsnap.club.kyutech.ac.jp. Consider > using it instead of allbsd's if you want. > Aloha, Thanks for the message. I hope you all have better days soon. Thanks... ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Easiest desktop BSD distro
Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:56:14 -0700, Chip Camden wrote: Quoth Polytropon on Wednesday, 30 March 2011: T: (a deep sigh while rolling his eyes) No, that's not the fuel, that's the tachometer. It is supposed to point at zero if the car is not started. The fuel indicator is usually to the left and smaller that the tachometer, and it should have E written upon it, then a semicircle, then F. And on a VW, it doesn't say "E" and "F" -- it says "0/1" and "1/1". That's okay - as long as it doesn't say "1/0" which would cause the operating system of the car to crash, and you have to send the onboard computer unit to VW Germany in order to get it replaced. :-) Aloha Poly, Your replies are the funniest ever on the list. Make me smile. Have a great day. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: am i back up....???
Bruce Cran wrote: On 02/04/2011 21:54, David Chanters wrote: You could have just sent yourself an email. But yes, here you are. I was going to suggest Gary should have used the freebsd-test mailing list but then I realised it's been broken since May last year. ##3 Aloha Bruce, Recently I've sent tests to a couple of our subscribers that I know personally since the tests never came back. Thanks for the heads up as to why. Any chance of getting it fixed? ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: allBSD Japan servers ?
Ross Cameron wrote: works just fine here (im in south africa) so maybe a routing issue ??? "Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Alva Edison Inventor of 1093 patents, including: The light bulb, phonogram and motion pictures. 2011/3/28 Al Plant Kouichiro Iwao wrote: On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 08:59:19AM -1000, Al Plant wrote: Aloha, Anybody know what happened to the http; or ftp servers for allbsd.org japan? Did the Tsumnami put them down? allbsd.org is hosted by Tokyo University of Science. Probably, servers are still there but down due to lack of electricity. Numbers of power plants are damaged by earthquake. We provide just a portsnap server, portsnap.club.kyutech.ac.jp. Consider using it instead of allbsd's if you want. Aloha, Thanks for the message. I hope you all have better days soon. Thanks... ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to " freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Aloha List, Yes: I think the allBSD servers came up the end of last week. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: monthly iso snapshot
Subbsd wrote: Hi ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/ - i see only February here. Monthly builds is broken? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Aloha: Our University Tech's in Japan are back on line after the outage and have a current selection of daily snapshots for most platforms. Speeds are fine. (at least to here in Hawaii from Japan for download) USE this: ftp://pub.allbsd.org/pub/ ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
FreeBSD Questions off line?
Aloha, I havent seen any FreeBSD questions on line for 2 days. Any body have any knowledge about this? ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Long Day's Journey into
Gary Kline wrote: Well, people, It's been a long, long century. I've been down for 5 days. Couldn't understand _why_ I couldn't ping anywhere [expect the Server itself]. Finally, tho, it became more and more likely that my FreeBSD was fine ... even tho I kept stripping the most likely problem points. My large 16-port LinkSys router was either *it* or it was some kind of bug unknown to geekdom. After a friend bought me a new (and tiny) 8-port switch, yes! I could ping everywhere. I'm still bringing back the dozens of things I removed from ethic. And testing new ideas. But I have a general question: have any of you wizards who run your own domains or otherwise use a switch [or hub] *ever* had it just-quit?! It is solid-state. Yes, the box is within my feet/foot reach. I have accidently kicked it i suppose, but still. After wandering in the wilderness for 5 days, <>, dunno. gary PS: yes, this is a serious question. 1) I like things-Cisco, and LinkSys. I just bought this switch about 2.5 years ago, so I really am looking for feedback. PPS: Another question to ask about upgrading is next. ### Switches are weird like Chad says... I have had an 1000/100 Linksys, and a less than year old Netgear 1000/000 switch die in my shed in the last year. No one could kick them in a rack out there and Netgear replaced the dead one no questions asked. So Now I have 2 Netgear units working. AND I NOW HAVE A SPARE. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Alternative windowmanagers
Christian Barthel wrote: Hello, I read on slashdot that Linus Torvalds moved from Gnome 2.3x to Xfce. It seems that he isn't thrilled by xfce, but it's far better than Gnome3. As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big mistake. And there are also rumors that Gnome will be Linux only. Maybe, we will never see Gnome3 under FreeBSD, but this is not a tragedy :) I am not very interested in eyecandy: I want a stable and fast wm (less memory and cpu, quick access to important places), different workspaces, and it should be configurable with ordinary files. Of course, It must run under FreeBSD. I sniffed into AfterStep, fvwm2 and fluxbox (I don't want to use KDE). I think, fluxbox is a nice wm and for my future, it will be the default wm for me. It's also very fast and easy to configure. Are there any other window manager worth looking? What is your window manager? ### Aloha... I have used xfce3 since it came out years ago and it is sparce and fast with nothing unnecessary that you cant kill off. Very functional and no clutter or eye candy. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: How to turn off screen blanking
Aryeh Friedman wrote: I have a kiosk system I am almost done building and the last snag is attempting to make it so idle time (no keyboard or mouse attached) does not blank the screen. I have already tried the following: vidcontrol -S off disabling acpi and apmd from the kernel config enabling dpms via the kernel config and then running xset -dpms Any other ideas? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Aloha Aryeh, In my shed the three generic servers are headless and all will show video on demand using a kvm switch. I had to set the bios show no errors on the boxes to make this work. There are not new by any means but may give you an idea what to try. I believe these are hardware settings. - ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: new to os
Lars Eighner wrote: On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, scott mcclellan wrote: I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm going through a midlife crisis). Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to gravitate back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past for me 30 years - on a TRS-80). I know remember extremely little of OS vernacular. The main problem with DOS is lack of applications. If it was not so, I would be running it myself. You might, for example, still have your copy of WP 5 -- I do. But printers that work with the printer drivers are now museum pieces. There are work-arounds for this sort of thing -- including the hobby of maintaining ancient hardware -- but as for a working machine to do anything practical, there are stumbling blocks like this at every turn. Am I biting off more than I can chew, or is there a OS commands for dummies out there, or does FreeBSD have such a critter that one can go through. Of course there are still many old DOS tutorials online in various archives and some games and stuff. But now you are asking about FreeBSD, I think. One of the virtues of all of the unix-like systems (the BSDs and Linuxices) is that there are many maintained command-line applications, and the basic stuff is well-domuented with the online manual (man command). These applications are very similar from one BSD or Linux system to another, and are often compiled from the same source code. They all have true multiprocessing so you can switch from one command line environment (virtual terminal) to another with a keystroke. They are a little short of command-line (launched) graphics programs (viewers, paint, etc.) but they have a choice of GUIs, some of which are very lightweight, when you have to have graphics, and you can switch between the GUI and a command line virtual terminal with a keystroke. I'll pour through the FAQ and got hrough the online manuals for now. But it all seems greek. Can someone point me in a diresction to degreek this stuff for me. No ONE thing comes to mind. There are some web versions of the man command online, which is a good place to start. But the best thing seems to me is to find some disk space and make a small installation. Start by running #man man and go from there. Aloha Lars, You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can read them for transfer to a contemporary program? -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: new to os
per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Lars Eighner wrote: You might, for example, still have your copy of WP 5 -- I do. But printers that work with the printer drivers are now museum pieces ... With the notable exception of PostScript printers. WP5 probably had a driver for the Apple LaserWriter, and -- while actual LaserWriters from that era are in the museum category -- the output from a LaserWriter driver will usually work on newer PostScript printers. ___ Aloha all: Thanks for the many helpful suggestions for WP5 (was ancestor of WP 7 - 8 I think). I'll have plenty ideas to try. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Is questions mail down?
I havent recieve any FreeBSD questions Sunday Monday tuesday. No nov reminder either. Is the service broken? -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
How to remove ACPI from boot ?
Aloha, I have a box that wont shut down with ACPI setting activated. Anyone point me to a how to on keeping ACPI from being set to on at boot. Thanks . ## Please copy me directly as I cant get messages on the list for some reason. Any one know who I can email about whats blocking the FreeBSD list? ## ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: How to remove ACPI from boot ?
Patrick Lamaiziere wrote: Le Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:11:19 -1000, Al Plant a écrit : Aloha, Bonjour, I have a box that wont shut down with ACPI setting activated. Anyone point me to a how to on keeping ACPI from being set to on at boot. in /boot/loader.conf hint.acpi.0.disabled=1 man acpi (DISABLING ACPI) Regards. Aloha, That worked. Merci ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Printer issue on FreeBSD
Aloha Gurus... I had a a print server power supply burn out and took the HD and motherboard board with it. The box I replaced it with took the install of Manolis 8.0 Release DVD ok for the base and I used portsnap to bring apfilter on board. Thats all there is on it. /etc hosts lists all boxes that were served by the old box (see below) and I am using the same server IP 192.168.1.50. /etc/ hosts.lpd host.hdk5.net 192.168.1.50 host2.intra.net 192.168.1.23 host3.intra .net 192.168.1.35 wireless_host. 192.168.1.2 (linux laptop not on printer but on the lan) The FreeBSD worked fine on the box that burned up. Printer is HP laserjet1100 Settings in /etc/printcap (on the server) lp|ljet4q|ljet4d... :lp/dev/lpt0:\ :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet4q:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/ljet4q/log:/ :af=/var/spool/lpd/let4q/acct:\ :mx=:#0\ :sh: This all prints ok test from the server using command line lpr -P ljet4q /etc/rc.conf This does not work from any other hosts on the lan as it used to on the old server. (not working from xorg or text from command line on the hosts on the line to be clear.) I can ping from box to box and can use ftp to print from the server by sending a text file to it from the other hosts on the lan. Any help appreciated. Thanks. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Happy New Year to FreeBSD members...
Aloha! Wishing all our listers a happy and prosperous new year. Thanks for your help. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
End of: FreeBSD Kernel Internals Documentation
Lyubomir Grigorov wrote: Mainly to Jerry and Chad, but anyone contributing to the flame and OT fest, How I feel whenever I see people argue on the internet http://i.imgur.com/biopQ.gif -- Lyubomir Grigorov (bgalakazam) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Well said Lyubomir, How true. The graphic just keeps on going and no one wins. Aloha, ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable?
Chris wrote: Can't speak for the 64 bit but the I386 does. As for a DVD, look for that at the release. Chris Sent from my HTC. - Reply message - From: "Drew Tomlinson" Date: Wed, Jan 4, 2012 9:23 pm Subject: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable? To: "FreeBSD Questions" I downloaded FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso <ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso> and burned the image to CD. However the CD does not boot. Just wanted to confirm that it is supposed to be bootable. Also, is there a DVD version? I don't have many CDs around my house but plenty of DVDs. :) Thanks, Drew <ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso> ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions Aloha Drew, I made a DVD of i386 10.0 and it works fine too. Haven't tried the 64. Even the new install screen worked the first time for me. Amazing. Da guys did a good job. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable?
Drew Tomlinson wrote: On 1/4/2012 8:01 PM, R Skinner wrote: On 01/05/12 13:23, Drew Tomlinson wrote: I downloaded FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso <ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/9.0/FreeBSD-9.0-RC3-amd64-disc1.iso> and burned the image to CD. However the CD does not boot. Just wanted to confirm that it is supposed to be bootable. Also, is there a DVD version? I don't have many CDs around my house but plenty of DVDs. :) Hi Drew, and welcome to FreeBSD. How did you 'burn' the disc? As an iso image (in Windows) you can open any burning program and tell it to burn it as is; you don't need to extract any contents. This is the usual problem if it won't boot. I used the Windows image burning tool on the one that didn't work. However I tried on another PC that had Nero Burning ROM. That one worked. Now I just wish the boot disk had an apparent way to enable ssh so I could install from another PC while browsing the web. [snip] Thanks, Drew I accessed the sshd from the new install screen as an option when I loaded it on the test box. I had to set up the lan manually to first get it up. Then you should be able to use ssh. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: FBSD-9.0-RC3 Disk 1 ISO Bootable?
per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Al Plant wrote: I accessed the sshd from the new install screen as an option when I loaded it on the test box. I had to set up the lan manually to first get it up. Then you should be able to use ssh. I take it you either arranged for ssh to accept a direct root login, or added a non-root username. Does the new installer do one of these automatically, or is there more manual configuration involved? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Aloha, BSD Installer asks if you want to install sshd and click yes. Later you can go to another box on the lan and use the user account to ssh into the new box and su to root. This feature has been on the installs for a while. I used it on sysinstall on 7.*. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: 9.0-RELEASE amd64 Bricked My Hard Drive
Waitman Gobble wrote: On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:21 AM, Bill Tillman wrote: I had been running a similar computer with Windows XP with it. The drive was working fine a few moments before I did the install. I have a utility to test hard drives which boots from CD but like I said, when this drive is on a cable connected to any machine, booting is a non-option. I have an old IDE controller but it's ISA and I have not ISA slots on this computer. Looks like I may have to try the USB drive boot option to get on with this rescue. Weirdness.. ok, i was wondering - you said you installed an old drive to check it out, and I was thinking hmm 80gb, maybe setting on the shelf for a decade :) I do recall having a similar issue with a drive, but it was years and years ago- my memory hazed, and not necessarily (probably not) related to FreeBSD install. If you aren't getting POST then it sounds hardware related to me. Good Luck, Waitman ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Aloha, I had this happen with using [Cable Select] on an 80G ISA drive jumper and after I switched to [Master] it worked fine. In any case it does sound like hardware. Try switching the cable. It may be broken. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Dumb down a Netgear Smart Switch
Aloha, Anybody on our list who can tell me how to set a Netgear GS108T 8 Port Smart Switch (Gigabit) to pass thru to a modem under FreeBSD. I have 2 other (non Smart) ones working with FreeBSD just fine in my rack and need to have the new one connect with a DSL modem on a static address. The instructions they sent me along with the switch that was a replacement for a non smart one at no charge is the type for using a DHCP service on Microsoft. (I cant complain about the up grade but its over kill for my purpose. Any help would be appreciated. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Power switch not working
Polytropon wrote:
On Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:51:58 -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
I'll be attending to those thing, but for now I'd just like to know
why, when I do "shutdown -h now" and then let the system come down to
the point where it says "Press any key to reboot" pressing the power
switch at that point no longer causes the system to actually power down.
If fact it does nothing.
This is to be expected. When you press the power switch, a
signal will be sent to the OS which causes a "custom action",
which in most cases is to shutdown the system and then power
it off. This is what "shutdown -p now" does.
When you use "shutdown -h now" the system will be shut down.
When you _then_ press the button, there's nothing left to
act. Your only choice is to hold the button for about 4 seconds
which will cause a "hardware switch-off".
Just a question: Why don't you simply press the button from
out of a "safe" system state (e. g. when you've logged out)?
It will cause the "ACPI message system" to tell the OS to
shut down and power off - which you seem to intend.
For example, I've programmed Ctrl+Alt+Moon on my Sun USB keyboard
to exactly perform that action. But I can press the button
at any time to have the same operation performed.
I'm guessing that this relates to some BIOS setting that I need to diddle,
but which one? Something to do with ACPI?
Usually the BIOS settings are okay for the normal case: to
send the "shutdown + poweroff signal". However, you can select
the other variant, "immediately power off" ("forced power off")
in the CMOS setup. Pressing the button, even with a running OS,
will then switch the machine off, no matter in which state it is.
I'm ignorant about this stuff. Guidance would be appreciated. Thanks.
In the past, this kind of operation has been performed via APM.
When APM has been fully supported, it was abolished and replaced
by ACPI. At the time ACPI is fully working, standard-compliant
and supported among all the many vendors, it will be obsoleted
by something different, probably UEFI, and the fun restarts. :-)
P.S. I *did* hook up the case power switch correctly. It does do the
Right Thing when I'm just in the BIOS.
This is also to be expected: In the BIOS, and _any_ stage prior
to loading the OS, there will be only one thing the button can
do: power the system off immediately.
But running FreeBSD seems to
cause it (the case power switch) to be ignored.
Check the BIOS settings, the switch should be programmed to
something like "soft power-off", it's "the other thing" to
whatever caption has been chosen for "immediately power
off" (forced by the 4 second press).
When in FreeBSD, pressing the button should shutdown the
system and then power it off. Allow this process few seconds
to work. You can easily examine if it's working properly
when you have a look at the system messages on ttyv0.
I cannot remember the correct messages because I'm too lazy
to press this switch when Ctrl+Alt+Moon is so much more
comfortable - thank you, Sun Microsystems. :-)
If this does _not_ happen, the BIOS setting makes the button
send the wrong "message" (maybe "sleep" or some other strange
ACPI stuff).
##
Aloha .. Poly and Ron,
FYI:
I have a box with FreeBSD 10.* on it for testing networks and gateways.
It fails to shutdown by pressing the power button after the 4 seconds
the screen fills with junk codes and the only way to turn the unit off
is by the power switch on the power supply or pulling the plug. With
FreeBSD 8 or below on this box you could shutdown from the 4 second
power switch function as expected.
I wouldn't use this box in a production setting.
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Witness on FreeBSD 10.*
Aloha, Is there a way of turning off the witness feature on the FreeBSD Current 10.* I want to use a stripped down version as a test firewall with pf. Thanks for any help. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Witness on FreeBSD 10.*
Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, On Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:43:51 -1000 Al Plant wrote: Aloha, Is there a way of turning off the witness feature on the FreeBSD Current 10.* I want to use a stripped down version as a test firewall with pf. you must take this out of your kernel configuration: options WITNESS # Enable checks to detect deadlocks and cycles options WITNESS_SKIPSPIN# Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed Ok, the formatting is different in the configuration file. Erich Thanks for any help. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Erich, Thanks for the information. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Test
Ping . Pong ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Max top end computer for Freebsd to run on
James wrote: Several modest servers applied well will take you further than one big iron—and for less cost. James I agree. I have witnessed the benefit of what you say. Putting your faith in one big server can be a problem if the box fails, especially hardware failure. Keeping a spare server in a rack that can be switched in to service quickly can save you if one dies. Time (waiting for parts), most failures are hardware if your running FreeBSD. Even most Linux boxes. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Setup HP Laserjet 1120m over network with LPD
Warren Block wrote: On Tue, 6 Aug 2013, Juris Kaminskis wrote: after several trials and errors and reading through FreeBSD handbook I am at dead end on how to proceed further, hope someone can guide me. Are you sure about that model number? I can't find specs for a Laserjet 1120M. There is a Laserjet M1120. It's a Winprinter. The file entries are confusing and use some non-base programs. You may be mixing the base system's lpr/lpd with the CUPS versions of the same names from ports. For plain lpr/lpd, I have this article: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Aloha, I, like Warren , think your entry is too comlpicated and I have a very old HP 1100 LaserJet that works on lpr using apsfilter from ports. I have only 5 lines in my printcap file. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Network Question
Eugene wrote: Hi Daniel, The easiest way is to check the LAN Config (or similar) page of the router. They usually allow one to specify fixed IP and hostname for the DHCP clients based on the MAC addresses. Best wishes Eugene -Original Message- From: Daniel Nang Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:16 PM To: Adam Vande More Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network Question That was easier than I thought. My initial approach already looked something like this, except that for the ip address I always put the machine's name as in: machine1# ssh u...@machine2.example.com which results in ssh: Could not resolve hostname machine2.example.com: hostname nor servname provided, or not known I think the problem here lies with the /etc/hosts file where machine1 and machine2 have to be registered respectively. The thing here is that the ip isn't static which makes this approach somewhat difficult to realize. Got it. Thanks. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 2:51 AM, Adam Vande More wrote: On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Daniel Nang wrote: Hello, I have two computers, both running FreeBSD, accessing the web via DHCP from the router. The setup looks like this: Internet | | | machine1.example.com --- Router --- machine.2.example.com - DHCP -- DHCP - Both computers can access the internet with no problems. So far so good... My question is, if I can simultaneously have the computers access the net as in the given picture and also let them communicate with each other e.g. via ssh? machine1# ssh `ip of machine2` -- Adam Vande More ___ # Aloha, For many years I have 8 Freebsd boxes behind a PF firewall on a static labeled lan. Only one public address feeds the lan. All the boxes can work the internet and can ssh. I found that easier than dhcp. :) ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Network Question
Daniel Nang wrote: Aloha, Sounds like an interesting setup. Do you have one machine acting as a gateway? On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 2:28 AM, Al Plant <mailto:n...@hdk5.net>> wrote: Eugene wrote: Hi Daniel, The easiest way is to check the LAN Config (or similar) page of the router. They usually allow one to specify fixed IP and hostname for the DHCP clients based on the MAC addresses. Best wishes Eugene -Original Message- From: Daniel Nang Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:16 PM To: Adam Vande More Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Network Question That was easier than I thought. My initial approach already looked something like this, except that for the ip address I always put the machine's name as in: machine1# ssh u...@machine2.example.com <mailto:u...@machine2.example.com> which results in ssh: Could not resolve hostname machine2.example.com <http://machine2.example.com>: hostname nor servname provided, or not known I think the problem here lies with the /etc/hosts file where machine1 and machine2 have to be registered respectively. The thing here is that the ip isn't static which makes this approach somewhat difficult to realize. Got it. Thanks. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 2:51 AM, Adam Vande More mailto:amvandem...@gmail.com>>wrote: On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Daniel Nang mailto:daniel.nan...@gmail.com>>__wrote: Hello, I have two computers, both running FreeBSD, accessing the web via DHCP from the router. The setup looks like this: Internet | | | machine1.example.com <http://machine1.example.com> --- Router --- machine.2.example.com <http://machine.2.example.com> - DHCP - - DHCP - Both computers can access the internet with no problems. So far so good... My question is, if I can simultaneously have the computers access the net as in the given picture and also let them communicate with each other e.g. via ssh? machine1# ssh `ip of machine2` -- Adam Vande More _ # Aloha, For many years I have 8 Freebsd boxes behind a PF firewall on a static labeled lan. Only one public address feeds the lan. All the boxes can work the internet and can ssh. I found that easier than dhcp. :) ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net <mailto:n...@hdk5.net> > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol Aloha, I have a gateway separate on an old box running a Freesco floppy disk. I have many old boxes here and they still work. A couple can run Up to FreeBSD 10. No gui needed as they are for firewall and servers and the like. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Freebsd support in Adelaide wanted
Danny Beger wrote: I have a small law firm in Adelaide and I am looking to engage someone to build / purchase a new server to replace my current server which runs v6 freebsd. Can you recommend anyone? Regards _ _ Danny Beger | Beger & Co Lawyers p: 8362 6400 | f: 8362 3555 www.beger.com.au Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Aloha, I believe Greg Lehey is in Australia. g...@freebsd.org I have seen several others on the list at different times too. AL ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + < email: n...@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Older versions of FreeBSD
Hello: I am looking for older versions of FreeBSD. Any version 3.5.1 to 4.4. Is it possible to still download these versions? If not can it still be purchased on CD? Thank you for any information that you may be able to provide. Regards, Al ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
configure options when using port php5-extensions
How does one install a module with the following equivalent configurations using the port php5-extensions? ./configure --with-unixODBC=shared,/usr/local/easysoft/unixODBC ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
php5-extensions meta-port help
I posted this last week, but given the lack of response, I'm hoping it was merely overlooked due to the flood of other posts to this list. I'd like to continue using the php5-extensions meta port to add modules to my php install. In this instance, I need php to link to a different set of odbc libraries instead of the standard unixODBC port's. If I were to manually compile from source, I would add the following argument to my ./configure command: --with-unixODBC=shared,/usr/local/easysoft/unixODBC Now, how would I do the same thing within the context of the php5-extensions meta-port implementation? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. -Al ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: md5
Compare md5 sums: $ md5 file1 file2 file3 > checksum.md5 $ md5 file1 file2 file3 | diff checksum.md5 - On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 10:29:39PM -0500, Matt Kosht wrote: > Is there a simple way to compare the md5 checksum of a file, to a file > that contains possibly more than one md5 checksum entry in it? Kind > of like mdsum -c does? -- You can get a lot farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone. -- Al Capone ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: One-line global string replace in all files with sed (or awk?)
> A few years ago, I'm sure I came across a one-line way of replacing > every occurence of one string with another in an entire directory of > files (potentially including all subdirectories as well). I think it > used sed or awk. Now I can't find it. The examples on the Web are all > multiline scripts or programs, but I'm sure I saw a way to do it all on > just one line. > > Can anyone tell me how to do this? Try this. Global search and replace, with backup: # find . -type f | xargs sed -i.bak "s/oldtext/newtext/g" -- Kids can get a free PlayStation 2! http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0104/ps2.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
FreeBSD Documentation and DocBook SGML
I'm learning about the FreeBSD documentation, and have read the primer at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/ and have a question. http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/sgml.html states: "The Documentation Project is trying to use SGML as the standard method of representing the documentation." DocBook has been defined using both SGML and XML (a subset of SGML). My question is: Why does the FreeBSD Documentation Project prefer SGML to XML? _ Get a FREE online virus check for your PC here, from McAfee. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
FreeBSD zip drive install
Configuring a zip drive. I have a FreeBSD 4.4 box that works fine with Zip drives. I have another 4.4 that I can't get to configure the /zip drive. I am now building the box using 4.9 and can't get the zip drive to work on it either. snd module installs and works fine BTW on all three boxes. The error messages I get are /dev/da0s4 Device not configured. and trying to unload the kernel module to reload it gives the same message. da0* shows up under /dev when you cd /dev Is there another way to assure that the detection is being made? I see an error under dmesg now: vpo0 vpo0 EPP mode (seems OK.) BUT: vpo0: VPO error/time out (5) shows just before the last line of the dmesg file. Any idea what I should be looking for? I am doing this vpo install from old notes and I can't figure out what's causing the configuration failure. I also tried entering /etc/fstab parameters same as the other box that works. /dev/da0s4 /zip msdos rw,noauto 0 0 This IS the problem. The 3 da0 entries that show up on the 4.4 box dmesg that works do not show up on the other 2 boxes. da0 at vpo0 bus0 target6 lun0 da0 : (iomega zip) da0 : 96mb Any of you FreeBSD guys know how to cure this? Aloha! Al Plant - Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com Providing FAST DSL Service for $28.00 /mo. Member Small Business Hawaii. Running FreeBSD 4.5 UNIX & Caldera Linux 2.4 & RedHat 7.2 Support OPEN SOURCE in Business Computing. Phone 808-622-0043 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Debugger for XSLT ?
I'm learning XSLT and thought a debugger might be helpful. Are there any tools in ports to debug or single-step through XSLT transforms? _ Let the new MSN Premium Internet Software make the most of your high-speed experience. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=byoa/prem&ST=1 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Debugger for XSLT ?
> I'm learning XSLT and thought a debugger might be helpful. > > Are there any tools in ports to debug or single-step through > XSLT transforms? Most XSLT processors include debug flags that generate verbose output. Which processor are you using? I've been using the xalan-c port. _ Check out the new MSN 9 Dial-up fast & reliable Internet access with prime features! http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=dialup/home&ST=1 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Solution to "Zip drive failed to install".
Solution to failed ZIP drive install The BIOs setting was the fault. I cleared it by disabling the BIOs internal motherboard settings and installing a printer card that I set to run at IRQ 7 - 0278 . This brought up the zip drive with no problem. Then I removed the card and reset the internal motherboard back to IRQ 7 and 0378. This brought up the zip drive with no problem. I did set also the BIOs to EPP. My original problem. > > I have a FreeBSD 4.4 box that works fine with Zip drives. I have > another > 4.4 that I can't get to configure the /zip drive. > > I am now building another box using 4.9 and can't get the zip drive > to > work on it either. > snd module installs and works fine BTW on all three boxes. > > The error messages I get are /dev/da0s4 Device not configured. > and trying to unload the kernel module to reload it gives the same > message. > > I am doing this vpo install from old notes and I can't figure out > what's causing the configuration failure. > I also tried entering /etc/fstab parameters same as the other box > that > works. > /dev/da0s4 /zip msdos rw,noauto 0 0 > > Suggestions appreciated or point me clearer to a How To. I looked on > the > FreeBSD.org and that section is what I follow. > > Thanks. -- Aloha! Al Plant - Webmaster http://hawaiidakine.com Providing FAST DSL Service for $28.00 /mo. Member Small Business Hawaii. Running FreeBSD 4.5 UNIX & Caldera Linux 2.4 & RedHat 7.2 Support OPEN SOURCE in Business Computing. Phone 808-622-0043 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Diagnosing periodic reboot?
On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 10:04:15AM -0700, David Kurtz wrote: > My hobby FreeBSD box has started to reboot at semi-regular intervals, > and I can't figure out why. Check the battery in your uninterruptable power supply. What happens when you unplug it from the wall? -- "If the ends don't justify the means, what does? -- Robert Moses ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Linux move to FreeBSD
On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 04:36:49PM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >Blah... Ted, you're among the easiest troll bait I've seen, and I've seen the whole spectrum of trollees. -- "If the ends don't justify the means, what does? -- Robert Moses ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I have found a pc on the side curb
> a pentium 133mhz with freebsd. I was woundering if there was away around the > login: admin password: * Of course: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW Congratulations on finding a PC by the roadside! -- "If the ends don't justify the means, what does? -- Robert Moses ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Advice: "The Right" authentication method
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 12:37:09PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 11:53:40AM +0100, Andy Holyer wrote: > > I'm working on writing the "Control Panel" scripts which subscribers to > > our ISP will use to set up their eMail accounts and web space. > > > > Here's the Server spec: > > > > FreeBSD-Current; > > Perl 5.6.1, no problem installing any needed modules; > > Apache 2; > > I'm keeping ordinary customers off the machine, so I run Postfix and > > Cyus and use sasl2 for customer passwords. I'd like to use these ID to > > arrange access to the control panel system. > > > > I'm stuck at the very start of my design process. I have two tasks to > > do: > > > > Verify that users have supplied the correct password; and let the perl > > scripts know who that visitor is, so that we can select the correct > > accounts to show. > > > > Do I use SASL directly? or LDAP? or do I implement an Apache module to > > handle access and let Apache do the work? > > > > I want to do "The right thing" - that is, the most general and correct > > thing possible, I've got years of experience in perl scripting, but at > > the moment I wandering around in a twisty litte maze of standards, all > > different. > > > > Clue, please? > > You're basically writing a web application. For which you need access > control. You've got two choices: either use the HTTP basic or HTTP > digest auth mechanisms built into HTTP, and supported by Apache, or > (and this is by far the most popular choice) write your own > authentication mechanism as part of your application[1]. > > The second choice gives you a lot more flexibility about how you > customise things and how you make the login screen look, which is > probably why it's more popular. You can also arrange things to avoid > sending passwords across the net in cleartext if you're cunning > enough. > > However you do it, the authentication process is essentially that the > client sends you two pieces of information: their username (ie. who > they claim to be) and some form of secret. The secret is usually a > password, but it can be something more complicated like an Opie > one-time password or whatever. Then in your application you compare > the secret to your stored version of it, and if they match you believe > that the client is who they say they are and that they should have > access. Of course, you don't want to keep the secret values lying > around in plain text: the standard Unix response to all that is to > generate a password hash using DES or MD5 to store, and to try and > recreate that hash using the password supplied by the user. > > That's where SASL comes in: instead of having to code up all that > stuff your self, SASL is a library of authentication methods that you > can just plug into your application. > > Yes, you will need some sort of user account database -- often > implemented using a RDBMS, but could with little extra effort be made > to operate against an LDAP or RADIUS server. Or whatever the database > type you're already using for your Postfix+Cyrus setup. > > There are several examples of doing this sort of thing within the > ports system -- most are written in PHP, but check out devel/bugzilla > and www/rt3 for perl based examples. > > Cheers, > > Matthew I'd be grateful if someone would point out some examples of SASL authentication using PHP in the ports. I've searched through the ports, but had no luck finding any. -- Wager at the Golden Plate Casino! http://www.landoverbaptist.org/news0502/goldenplate.html ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
