Cut/Paste with USB mouse inoperative

[Carmel]

I just switched from a regular mouse to a USB mouse wireless mouse.
The mouse works fine except that the cut/paste middle button feature is
inoperative. The scroll feature works correctly though. I removed all
references to 'mouse' in the /etc/rc.conf file and rebooted; however,
nothing changed.

I then tried to change mouse port from the default:

moused_port="/dev/psm0" to moused_port="/dev/usm0"

That did no help either. Is there anyway to get this to work?

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Re: Cut/Paste with USB mouse inoperative

[Carmel]

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:03:25 +0100
Polytropon Polytropon  replied:

>On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:33:46 -0500, Carmel 
>wrote:
>> I just switched from a regular mouse to a USB mouse wireless mouse.
>> The mouse works fine except that the cut/paste middle button feature
>> is inoperative. The scroll feature works correctly though. I removed
>> all references to 'mouse' in the /etc/rc.conf file and rebooted;
>> however, nothing changed.
>
>have you first tried the obvious workaround for nonstandard
>mice with "not three" buttons, i. e. pressing the left and
>the right button together to emulate the middle button? If
>this works, there seems to be some misconfiguration.

Negative, it does not work.

>I'm not using wheel mice (nor am I using cordless mice),
>so I cant help much. I'm using the middle mouse button
>for cut / paste (click), and for the vertical scroll
>functionality (press + move).
>
>> I then tried to change mouse port from the default:
>> 
>> moused_port="/dev/psm0" to moused_port="/dev/usm0"
>> 
>> That did no help either.
>
>USB mice don't need to be setup via moused, as far as I
>remember. Just comment out the moused_* entries in the
>/etc/rc.conf file.
>
>> Is there anyway to get this to work?
>
>You could try to set it explicitely in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
>
>Section "InputDevice"
>Identifier  "Mouse0"
>Driver  "mouse"
>Option  "Device""/dev/sysmouse"
>Option  "Protocol"  "Auto"
>Option  "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
>Option  "Emulate3Buttons"
>Option  "EmulateWheel"
>Option  "EmulateWheelButton""2"
>EndSection
>
>The buttons are 1 and 3 for left and right, 2 should be
>the middle one, 4 and 5 are up / down of the wheel. You
>can always use the xev program to check what actually
>happens when you use the different mouse buttons.

'X' has nothing to do with it. It fails to work both in and out of 'X'.
With the old mouse it worked fine.

>If you're relying on HAL and DBUS, well, ... :-) I think
>there must be some kind of workaround to make things work
>again with HAL that worked before with X, such as special
>settings for mice.

Way more trouble than it is worth. I might just go back to the old
mouse. Strangely enough, the new mouse works perfectly under Windows so
I know it is not broken.

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Re: Cut/Paste with USB mouse inoperative

[Carmel]

On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:38:27 +0100
Polytropon Polytropon  replied:

>On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:13:12 -0500, Carmel 
>wrote:
>> 'X' has nothing to do with it. It fails to work both in and out of
>> 'X'. With the old mouse it worked fine.
>
>The moused program offers a diagnostics mode:
>
>   # moused -f -d -p /dev/ums0

Well, the results of that test does not exactly exhilarate me.

# moused -f -d -p /dev/ums0
moused: unable to open /dev/ums0: Device busy

>Maybe you can try this and see what really happens when you
>press the buttons? The -i option is interesting, too.
>
>> Way more trouble than it is worth. I might just go back to the old
>> mouse. Strangely enough, the new mouse works perfectly under Windows
>> so I know it is not broken.
>
>If it does work there, but not in FreeBSD, it might have a
>strangely constructed firmware which justifies the statement
>that it is "broken by design"... :-)

A common problem in today's society. It reminds me of an old adage:

Just like with unexploded bombs, Blame is best dealt with by passing it
as quickly as possible to someone else.

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Re: Cut/Paste with USB mouse inoperative

[Carmel]

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:37:04 +0100
Polytropon Polytropon  replied:

>> Well, the results of that test does not exactly exhilarate me.
>> 
>> # moused -f -d -p /dev/ums0
>> moused: unable to open /dev/ums0: Device busy  
>
>Seems that there's already a moused running. Use "ps ax" to
>find it PID and simply kill it. I had to do the same to
>check. Afterwards, enabling moused again is possible.

'moused' was running. I have no idea why though. I did not start it.
Anyway, I killed it, confirmed it was dead, and then ran the command:

moused -f -d -p /dev/ums0

It failed again with a 'device busy' message.

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'X' vs. 'Mouse'

[Carmel]

Honestly, did the 'X' developers go out of their way to break mouse,
and to a lesser degree, keyboard support when upgrading? This forum has
been riddled with questions on why their hardware (mouse) has stopped
working and how to get it working again. If Microsoft had pulled a
bone-headed stunt like this, they would be chastised; however, hardly a
word has been uttered regarding the poor choices made by the 'X'
development team. I question whether they actually tested this product
prior to releasing it. I have been following a few forums besides this
one and they all report the same problem. I realize that 'HAL' has
something to do with this situation also. Perhaps if all the concerned
parties would get their acts together this sort of fiasco would not
continually happen.

It is really hard to push the merits of an operating system when you
have to give detailed instructions to the potential end user on how to
get a "mouse" to work, when all they have to do in a Win32 based system
is plug it in. I really cannot fathom a seven year old having to modify
an XML document to facilitate their playing a "How to Spell" CD,
assuming that they could even get the CD operational.


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Re: 'X' vs. 'Mouse'

[Carmel]

On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:48:36 -0700 (MST)
Warren Block  replied:

>On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Carmel wrote:
>
>> Honestly, did the 'X' developers go out of their way to break mouse,
>> and to a lesser degree, keyboard support when upgrading?
>
>No, they were trying to upgrade a very old, static system (X11) to 
>support their users.  One thing that had been lacking was any support 
>for hotplugging input devices.  To implement that, they used HAL, 
>because basically it's the only thing available.

Correct me if I am wrong; however, I believe I read that 'HAL' is dead.
Further work on it is not going to happen. If that is correct, are we
to expect another fiasco when its replacement comes online.

>So now we have a combination of several unfortunate things:
>
>* Users are used to an X11 that has been unchanged for years.
>* At the same time, xorg users and developers want new features.
>* The only way to support some of the features is with new software,
>and
>   HAL was the only thing out there that ran on multiple systems and
>   supported hotplug detection.
>* HAL is totally unlike X and uses XML config files.
>* Most xorg development takes place on Linux, where HAL is more common
>   than on FreeBSD.
>* There are only a couple of FreeBSD developers actively working on
>the huge
>   and complicated job of porting and supporting xorg.
>* The first port of xorg-server with HAL support on FreeBSD had a bug.
>   The bug workaround is still being applied by users, long after the
> bug was fixed, and sometimes--but not always!--it unfixes things.
>
>So add all this confusion together, and you end up where we are now.
>I suspect it seems worse than it really is, since the current xorg
>will run on a lot of systems without an xorg.conf at all.
>
>> This forum has been riddled with questions on why their hardware 
>> (mouse) has stopped working and how to get it working again. If 
>> Microsoft had pulled a bone-headed stunt like this, they would be 
>> chastised; however, hardly a word has been uttered regarding the
>> poor choices made by the 'X' development team.
>
>The other side of that argument is that Microsoft has supported 
>hotplugging input devices for more than a decade.

I have often wondered what the delay in developing hot-plugging in
non-win32 systems was. Worse, HAL requiring the creation of of XML files
sort of defeats the entire concept of 'plug & play'.

>> I question whether they actually tested this product prior to 
>> releasing it. I have been following a few forums besides this one
>> and they all report the same problem. I realize that 'HAL' has
>> something to do with this situation also. Perhaps if all the
>> concerned parties would get their acts together this sort of fiasco
>> would not continually happen.
>
>You could go to the xorg mailing lists at freedesktop.org and set them 
>straight.  They might cheerfully offer to refund your money.

I think you are being overly glib regarding this problem. I stand by my
original statement that the parties involved should have tested the
final product more thoroughly. As a side note, I officiate youth league
sport's programs in my spare time. I don't get paid either. Still, I
would never do a crap job just because I was not being financially
compensated for my efforts.


>You could also offer to help development or testing, either to the 
>FreeBSD developers or xorg.

I have beta tested applications in the past. I was not aware that Xorg
was releasing beta products aimed at FreeBSD. I was under the
impression that offerings from Xorg were only ported to FreeBSD after
they were released to Linux users.

>> It is really hard to push the merits of an operating system when you
>> have to give detailed instructions to the potential end user on how
>> to get a "mouse" to work, when all they have to do in a Win32 based
>> system is plug it in.
>
>xorg is not FreeBSD, but if you're looking for an integrated GUI 
>operating system based on FreeBSD, PC-BSD seems to be well-regarded.

I never meant to infer that FreeBSD == xorg.

>> I really cannot fathom a seven year old having to modify
>> an XML document to facilitate their playing a "How to Spell" CD,
>> assuming that they could even get the CD operational.
>
>Normally you'd start by finding out whether they prefer vi or emacs.

Absolutely; anything but OO.

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mounting shares on WinXP machine as unprivileged user

[Carmel]

FreeBSD-7.2

I have created a folder named: 'laptop' in my home directory. I also
have Samba up and running. I want to mount a share on the laptop which
is running WinXP.

When I run the following command:

mount_smbfs -N //u...@comp-name/share /usr/home/user/laptop

or just

mount -N //u...@comp-name/share /usr/home/user/laptop

I receive this error message:

mount_smbfs: can not setup kernel iconv table (ISO8859-1:tolower): syserr = 
Operation not permitted

The ~/.nsmbrc file is correctly populated as is the /etc/fstab file.

I can make a successful connection if I run the command as root;
however, I do not want to do that.

Connections via the WinXP laptop work flawlessly as do the connections
via the FreeBSD machine if executed with root privileges.

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Problem with GPA

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When starting GPA from xfce4, I find numerous keys that I never placed
there. I am sure, because this is a fresh installation. Furthermore, it
is impossible for me to remove them. The following three links show
screen captures of what I am experiencing.

http://imagebin.ca/view/tFZKiY.html
http://imagebin.ca/view/9KQrIzgi.html
http://imagebin.ca/view/QcRONo4O.html

I tried to delete all GPG2 related programs, etc. and did fresh
installs of all of them; however, the problem persists. Since I am not
sure where GPA is getting these keys from, I don't know how to remove
them.

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Wireless USB adapter

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FreeBSD-7.2

I have a Linksys Wireless-N USB Network Adapter, model: WUSB600N that I
am trying to get installed.

When I insert the USB adapter this message appears in /var/messages:

Dec 24 14:30:22 scorpio kernel: ugen0:  on uhub1

Dec 24 14:30:22 scorpio root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x1737 product 0x0071 
bus uhub1

I used 'ndisgen' to create the driver and then loaded it via 'kldload'.
That is as far as I can get. I cannot bring the interface up. I have
read the 'wireless' setup guide on FreeBSD; however, I am not getting
very far with it.

If someone else here has used that device, I would appreciate seeing
their configuration.

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Re: Wireless USB adapter

[Carmel]

On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:29:20 +0100
Paul B Mahol  replied:

>Argh, sorry but 7.2 doesnt have NDIS usb support. You need FreeBSD 8.0

I have been reading up on this. So I assume that it is not possible to
get this adapter working under FreeBSD-7.2 then. Is there a native
driver for this adapter under 8.0 or will I need to build the driver
from the Windows driver?

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Labeling a USB drive

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I have FreeBSD-7.2 installed. I also have several USB Flash drives that
I use. I was using the following to partition and format the drives.

# fdisk -I /dev/da4
# bsdlabel -w /dev/da4

Now, that appears to work correctly. I would also like to "name" the
drive. I cannot find any command that will allow me to do so. I can do
it in Windows; however, I then have a choice of only fat, fat32 or NTFS
for the disk.

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Accessing Computer

[Carmel]

Assume three computers.

Computer 1 runs Windows with Putty installed
Computer 2 & 3 run FreeBSD

Computer 1 runs Putty and creates a key that is installed on computer 2.
Computer 2 has a key that is installed on computer 3.

If someone were to use computer 1 via Putty to access computer 2, would
they then be able to access computer 3? If so, how could I prevent it
from happening?

I am not good at explaining things, so I hope you understand what I am 
referring to.

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Re: Accessing Computer

[Carmel]

On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 08:12:28 -0500 Bill Moran  
articulated:

> In response to Carmel :
> 
> > Assume three computers.
> > 
> > Computer 1 runs Windows with Putty installed
> > Computer 2 & 3 run FreeBSD
> > 
> > Computer 1 runs Putty and creates a key that is installed on computer 2.
> > Computer 2 has a key that is installed on computer 3.
> > 
> > If someone were to use computer 1 via Putty to access computer 2, would
> > they then be able to access computer 3? If so, how could I prevent it
> > from happening?
> 
> You could prevent ssh connections from 2 -> 3 on port 22 via firewall.

I  am not sure if I am following you correctly. I frequently access
computer 3 from computer 2. If I block port 22 I will have to use
another on, correct? If I do enable another one, what is to prevent a
user on computer 1 from accessing computer 2 and then on to computer 3?

What I want to accomplish is making it impossible to access computer 3
from other than computer 2 and then only if computer two is not being
used as a slave from computer 1, or any other computer for that matter.

Probably what I want cannot be implemented; however, I thought I would
ask anyway.

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Re: Accessing Computer

[Carmel]

On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:05:45 + Daniel Grant  
articulated:

> I would suggest protecting your keys with a passphrase, then the key 
> alone is not enough to gain access to the machines.
> 
> Simply put - in order for someone to access computer 3 from computer 2, 
> would be for computer 3 to have computer 2's public key.  So if computer 
> 2's private key can be accessed from computer 1, then yes access to 
> computer 3 could be granted.

That is what I have considered doing. The problem is that I will have to
remember the password. I tend to use different passwords for different
things. I therefore have a bad habit of forgetting the password. In any
case, I will probably be forced to go that route thought.

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Re: Accessing Computer

[Carmel]

On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 14:58:23 +0100 Pieter de Goeje  
articulated:

> You might want to take a look at ssh-agent. I think PuTTY has an equivalent. 
> It lets you do remote logins without putting your key(s) everywhere. I've not 
> yet tried this myself, but I plan on testing it sometime.

I use agent.  All that agent does is cache your password so you do not
have to re-enter it each time you make a connection.

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Re: Accessing Computer

[Carmel]

On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:13:52 -0500 Lowell Gilbert 
 articulated:

> Carmel  writes:
> 
> > On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 14:58:23 +0100 Pieter de Goeje 
> >  articulated:
> >
> >> You might want to take a look at ssh-agent. I think PuTTY has an 
> >> equivalent. 
> >> It lets you do remote logins without putting your key(s) everywhere. I've 
> >> not 
> >> yet tried this myself, but I plan on testing it sometime.
> >
> > I use agent.  All that agent does is cache your password so you do not
> > have to re-enter it each time you make a connection.
> 
> The agent can be forwarded with the connection.  
> In your case, it would remove the need for a second key on the second machine.

I was not aware of that. I will have to read up on how to accomplish it.

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Re: Accessing Computer

[Carmel]

On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:13:34 + Matthew Seaman 
 articulated:

> You just put the public key from Computer 1 in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on
> both the machines (Computer 2, Computer 3) where you want access.  You'll
> have to use 'ssh-keygen -i -f filename'  to convert the pubkey from the SSH2 
> format Putty uses to the OpenSSH format FreeBSD uses, and you need to be 
> careful to make the authorized_keys file writable only by the account UID.  
> You 
> can prepend the line in the authorized_keys files with from="hostname" to 
> only 
> permit access from a specific host if you like.  See the section 
> 'AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT' in sshd(8) for details.  You don't need to
> install any private keys on Computer 2 or Computer 3.
> 
> Then when you load the key into the agent, be sure and check the 'Forward
> the Agent' tickbox.   Similarly, when you connect from computer 2 to computer
> 3 just add '-A' to the ssh command line, as in: 'ssh -A computer3' -- this 
> achieves the same agent forwarding under OpenSSH.  Computer 3 will ask
> computer 2 for authentication, and computer 2 will relay this request back to
> computer 1 where there is access to your private key.  You can hop through a
> large number of machines this way, and so long as you keep forwarding the 
> agent
> it should all work.

Thank you very much. I had no idea that was possible.

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Problem with updated SAMBA & NTP

[Carmel]

FreeBSD-8.2 STABLE
samba34-3.4.14

A recent update os samba is now forcing me to enable "winbindd" or else
samba will not start. I have no idea why I need it enabled or how to
eliminate it and yet still get samba to start.

Now, when booting up "ntp" reports this error:

Updating motd:.
Starting ntpd.
Starting ddclient.
Starting cupsd.
Mar  7 17:03:24 scorpio ntpd_initres[1205]: host name not found: 
0.us.pool.ntp.org
Mar  7 17:03:24 scorpio ntpd_initres[1205]: couldn't resolve 
`0.us.pool.ntp.org', giving up on it
Mar  7 17:03:24 scorpio ntpd_initres[1205]: host name not found: 
1.us.pool.ntp.org
Mar  7 17:03:24 scorpio ntpd_initres[1205]: couldn't resolve 
`1.us.pool.ntp.org', giving up on it
Mar  7 17:03:24 scorpio ntpd_initres[1205]: host name not found: 
2.us.pool.ntp.org
Mar  7 17:03:24 scorpio ntpd_initres[1205]: couldn't resolve 
`2.us.pool.ntp.org', giving up on it
Mar  7 17:03:24 scorpio ntpd_initres[1205]: host name not found: 
3.us.pool.ntp.org
Mar  7 17:03:24 scorpio ntpd_initres[1205]: couldn't resolve 
`3.us.pool.ntp.org', giving up on it

These do resolve when I checked with "dig".

These are the entries in the "ntp.conf" file:

server 0.us.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9
server 1.us.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9
server 2.us.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9
server 3.us.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9

Now it gets more interesting. Although samba claims that it is running,
I cannot connect to if from any Windows machines unless I manually stop
and restart it. This just does not make any sense.

I am at a loss as to where to start looking. Everything worked fine
until two days ago.

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Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

[Carmel]

Presently, I have three HD TVs, two Samsung and one Sony. On these TVs
there is a menu where I can access remote devices to access music or
videos. By marking the folders "shared" in Windows, these folders are
available on these TVs. I have found no way to accomplish the same
thing with my FreeBSD-8.2 PC. Simply using Samba and creating a shared
music or video directory does not work. I contacted Samsung and they
told me that they do not support architecture other than Microsoft & MAC
and that I should contact whoever wrote the OS I am working with for
assistance. I didn't bother with Sony since I assume I would have only
gotten the same response.

If anyone understands what I am talking about and has a feasible
solution I would love to hear. I had considered either mapping a drive
in Windows that pointed to the FreeBSD share or creating a link to it.
I would prefer not to have to go that route however, even if it did
work.

I probably should add that this entire system is wireless with the
exception of the FreeBSD machine that is hard wired to the wireless
router.

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Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

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On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:59:45 -0500
Adam Vande More articulated:

> Are you sure these devices aren't trying to connect to a DLNA
> server?  Such need can be met by net/mediatomb or other port.

A couple of people have replied to this thread. The Samba shares are
configured correctly and are visible on my Windows based PCs. I have no
idea if the TVs are using DLNA. I never had to configure anything,
other than sharing the folders, on my Microsoft PCs, so am I to assume
that DLNA is always available on that OS? Anyway, I will try your
suggestion.

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Failed to create sink input: too many inputs per sink.

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FreeBSD-8.2 STABLE

In the /var/log/messages log file, I have noticed the follow error
message:

Mar 13 07:25:01 savage pulseaudio[11763]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink 
input: too many inputs per sink.

Similar messages are dispersed throughout the log. I never noticed
these before and I do check out the "messages" file on a semi-regular
basis.

Is there something wrong here or can I safely disregard the message?


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Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

[Carmel]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:26:43 +
Arthur Chance articulated:

> On 03/13/12 19:54, Carmel wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:59:45 -0500
> > Adam Vande More articulated:
> >
> >> Are you sure these devices aren't trying to connect to a DLNA
> >> server?  Such need can be met by net/mediatomb or other port.
> >
> > A couple of people have replied to this thread. The Samba shares are
> > configured correctly and are visible on my Windows based PCs. I
> > have no idea if the TVs are using DLNA. I never had to configure
> > anything, other than sharing the folders, on my Microsoft PCs, so
> > am I to assume that DLNA is always available on that OS? Anyway, I
> > will try your suggestion.
> 
> I have a Sony networked TV, and it definitely needs a DLNA server and
> is very picky about what formats are served. I'm not a Windows user
> but I have the impression Home or Home Premium versions of Vista/Win7
> have DLNA support built in.
> 
> Alexander Leidinger has written a couple of blog posts on getting
> Sony TVs working with FBSD. Take a look at this and the related posts:
> 
> http://www.leidinger.net/blog/2011/09/15/sony-bravia-tv-dlna-formats/

I did some checking. Win7, all versions, have support built into it.
Apparently Vista and WinXP were updated with support via the Microsoft
Update system. I have to admit, that does make for a very "user
friendly" environment. Obviously Microsoft anticipated user needs quite
successfully. I have several friends who have integrated their TVs with
their home PC quite successfully and painlessly.

I am still studying how to make FreeBSD similarly "user friendly".
Thanks for the link.

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Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV

[Carmel]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:45:36 +0100
Polytropon articulated:

> //* OFFLIST
> 
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 06:39:08 -0400, Carmel wrote:
> > Obviously Microsoft anticipated user needs quite
> > successfully. I have several friends who have integrated their TVs
> > with their home PC quite successfully and painlessly.
> 
> This has changed with the upcoming version of their "Windows".
> Check out this video and have a good laugh.
> 
> http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/a-real-user-proves-windows-8-fails-on-the-desktop-20120312/
> 
> ;-)

Ah yes, your basic FUD rubbish. Win8 has not even been released. Many
of the features are still in a state of flux. Complaining about
something in an unreleased version of Windows is like complaining that
FreeBSD-10 is a failure because (you fill in the blank). When it is
released, then proper comparisons can be made.

BTW, I read on another blog by a typical MS Hater that he hated the
new interface because the mouse was no longer usable in the system. It
turns out the "genius" was not aware of how to enable or disable the
mouse. And yes, the "idiot" is a charter member of "slashdot". Go
figure ...

In addition, I really do not appreciate your trolling.

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How to handle postgresql82-client vulnerability

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I am working on an older machine that has "postgresql-client-8.2.23"
installed. I have the following information regarding the program:

$ pkg_info -R postgresql-client-8.2.23
Information for postgresql-client-8.2.23:

Required by:
koffice-kde4-2.3.3_7
postgresql-libpqxx-3.0.2

Attempting to build the program produces this error:

===>  postgresql-client-8.2.23 is forbidden: Vulnerable 
http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1377/.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/databases/postgresql82-client.

I cannot find anything in the UPDATING or MOVED files that details how
to deal with this. Would something like:

portupgrade -o databases/postgresql90-client postgresql82-client

be the proper way to handle this problem? Would I then have to rebuild
koffice-kde4-2.3.3_7 and postgresql-libpqxx-3.0.2 to insure that everything 
works correctly?

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problem with dhclient after update to FreeBSD-8.3

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I just updated my system to "FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE #0" from version 8.2. I
was getting warning messages regarding "webcamd" at boot-up; however, I
got them fixed (I think) I loaded: cuse4bsd_load="YES" in the
loader.conf file and placed: webcamd_enable="YES" in the rc.conf file.
I had never used it before; however, I am assuming that the 8.3 version
somehow requires it.

I am still receiving an error message regarding "dhclient". This is an
snippet of the screen logging at boot-up:

nfe0: link state changed to DOWN
Starting dhclient.
nfe0: no link nfe0: link state changed to UP
 got link
DHCPREQUEST on nfe0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1
bound to 192.168.1.101 -- renewal in 43200 seconds.
Starting Network: lo0 nfe0.
lo0: flags=8049 metric 0 mtu 16384
options=3
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00
nd6 options=3
nfe0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500
options=82008
ether 00:19:21:5d:34:de
inet 192.168.1.101 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX )
status: active
add net :::0.0.0.0: gateway ::1
add net ::0.0.0.0: gateway ::1nfe0: link state changed to DOWN

Starting devd.
Starting webcamd.
Attached ugen1.3[0] to cuse unit -1
Starting webcamd.
Attached ugen1.3[1] to cuse unit -1
Starting webcamd.
Attached ugen1.3[2] to cuse unit -1
Starting ums0 moused.
Starting webcamd.
Attached ugen1.4[0] to cuse unit -1
Starting webcamd.
Attached ugen1.4[1] to cuse unit -1
dhclient already running? (pid=435).


"dhclient" is listed as starting at the beginning of the log and again
at the end. I never had this happen when using FreeBSD-8.2. I am still
confused as to why "devd" wants to start "webcamd"

All I guess I really have to get corrected is the "dhclient" thing,
assuming it is a real problem and just not some useless noise.

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Re: problem with dhclient after update to FreeBSD-8.3

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On Sun, 6 May 2012 04:25:52 -0600 (MDT)
Warren Block articulated:

>On Sun, 6 May 2012, Matthew Seaman wrote:
>> On 05/05/2012 19:30, Carmel wrote:
>
>>> All I guess I really have to get corrected is the "dhclient" thing,
>>> assuming it is a real problem and just not some useless noise.
>>
>> The 'dhclient already running' message is untidy, but harmless.  It's
>> the rc system refusing to start a duplicate dhclient process on some
>> interface.  As your network interface is via a PCI  device, I can't
>> see why devd would think it should try and restart dhclient for it.
>
>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=165477 may be relevant. 
>It's on 9-stable, I haven't compared with 8.3.

Warren, I posted an addendum to that PR to indicate that the behavior
is also occurring on "8.3" systems as well. Do you think it would be
prudent to open a new PR with my info since it concerns FreeBSD-8.3
STABLE and not the "9.0" branch? I was also wondering if anyone other
than myself is seeing this phenomenon on the "8.3" version.

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Re: problem with dhclient after update to FreeBSD-8.3

[Carmel]

On Sun, 06 May 2012 10:48:31 +0100
Matthew Seaman articulated:

>On 05/05/2012 19:30, Carmel wrote:
>> I just updated my system to "FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE #0" from version
>> 8.2. I was getting warning messages regarding "webcamd" at boot-up;
>> however, I got them fixed (I think) I loaded: cuse4bsd_load="YES" in
>> the loader.conf file and placed: webcamd_enable="YES" in the rc.conf
>> file. I had never used it before; however, I am assuming that the
>> 8.3 version somehow requires it.
>
>What's happening is that 8.3 has introduced more comprehensive support
>for a wider range of USB devices.  It's just picking up on the presence
>of a webcam now and suggesting software that could manage it.
>
>You don't need to enable the webcam at all: the kernel will recognise
>it as a webcam from its built-in identifying codes, but unless you
>enable some software to deal with it, it won't be able to do anything.

While that may well be true, it does clutter up the boot-up process
with a lot of sinister if only benign looking warning messages. There
should be a way to silence them or at least make the warning message
less sinister looking. Something like: "webcamd present but not
enabled" like is done for other devices.

>This usually shows up with USB ethernet devices suddenly appearing and
>cluttering up ifconfig(8) output -- unlike webcams, ethernet interfaces
>generally do have kernel level support automatically enabled.  devd
>will try and run dhclient on the interface to configure it, which I
>guess is where your extra dhclent invocation is coming from. It is
>possible to turn this behaviour off by adding something like:
>
>   hint.usb.0.disabled=1
>
>into /boot/loader.conf but this is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut,
>as that turns off that usb bus entirely.  (Warning: This may well have
>deleterious effects on your ability to use a keyboard or mouse with the
>system: use cautiously.  Also, change that '0' to the appropriate bus
>number if you need to)

I think I will skip the sledgehammer technique for now. Thanks for the
suggestion though.  :)

>> "dhclient" is listed as starting at the beginning of the log and
>> again at the end. I never had this happen when using FreeBSD-8.2. I
>> am still confused as to why "devd" wants to start "webcamd"
>
>devd only wants to start webcamd because you've installed the webcamd
>software including /usr/local/etc/devd/webcamd.conf  If you pkg_delete
>the webcamd stuff and then restart devd, it won't try starting up
>webcamd any more.

I don't think removing it is really an option:

pkg_info -R webcamd-3.5.0.2
Information for webcamd-3.5.0.2:

Required by:
gstreamer-plugins-all-1.3.0.10.1_12
gstreamer-plugins-v4l2-0.10.30,3
kde-4.7.4_1
kde-workspace-4.7.4_1
kdeartwork-4.7.4_1
kdenetwork-4.7.4_2
kdeplasma-addons-4.7.4_1
kdetoys-4.7.4_1
kdeutils-4.7.4_2
phonon-gstreamer-4.5.1
qt4-4.7.4
qt4-qtconfig-4.7.4

Interestingly enough, I never had "webcamd" initiated in
the /etc/rc.conf file and never received a warning message about it
having to be initialized until the update to FreeBSD-8.3. I am not sure
if this should be considered a BUG or what. It doesn't appear that any
of the software that requires it to be installed also require it to be
running at boot-up. I don't even know who, if anyone, I should report
this behavior to.

>> All I guess I really have to get corrected is the "dhclient" thing,
>> assuming it is a real problem and just not some useless noise.
>
>The 'dhclient already running' message is untidy, but harmless.  It's
>the rc system refusing to start a duplicate dhclient process on some
>interface.  As your network interface is via a PCI  device, I can't see
>why devd would think it should try and restart dhclient for it.

There does appear to be a PR listed against this behavior as noted in
Warren's post on this thread.
<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=165477>

Thanks for your assistance Matthew.

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kernel configuration file

[Carmel]

In the "Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/amd64", if I do
not have a floppy drive, is it safe to comment out this entry?

# Floppy drives
device  fdc

Are there any other entries that I could eliminate if I do not have a
floppy drive?

Also, according the the "webcamd" documentation, I need to have this in
the loader.conf file.

webcamd requires the cuse4bsd(3) kernel module. To load the driver as a
module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

cuse4bsd_load="YES"

Is there a way that I can simply compile it into the kernel? Would a:

device  cuse4bsd# Required by webcamd

entry in the kernel file work? I cannot find any documentation on that.

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Re: kernel configuration file

[Carmel]

On Sun, 6 May 2012 08:08:31 -0500 (CDT)
Robert Bonomi articulated:

>Carmel  wrote;
>>
>> In the "Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/amd64", if I do
>> not have a floppy drive, is it safe to comment out this entry?
>>
>> # Floppy drives
>> device  fdc
>
>Definitely, "yes".
>>
>> Are there any other entries that I could eliminate if I do not have a
>> floppy drive?
>
>   device atapifd
>
>obviouly.  :)

Thanks, I had not noticed that one.

>> Also, according the the "webcamd" documentation, I need to have this
>> in the loader.conf file.
>>
>> webcamd requires the cuse4bsd(3) kernel module. To load the driver
>> as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
>>
>> cuse4bsd_load="YES"
>>
>> Is there a way that I can simply compile it into the kernel? Would a:
>>
>> device   cuse4bsd# Required by webcamd
>>
>> entry in the kernel file work? I cannot find any documentation on
>> that.
>
>The simplest approach for this is 'try it and find out'.  
>
>If you use the "traditional" kernel-huild 'Configure/make depend/make'
>sequence, to rebuild the kernel -only-,  its a matter of one minute or
>so on a _slow_ (486-class) machine.
>
>you'll either get a Configure error, a linker error, or it 'just
>works'.

OK, now you lost me. I use the following basic sequence:

make buildworld
make buildkernel KERNCONF=CARMEL
make installkernel KERNCONF=CARMEL
make installworld

I am sorry, but I am not fully comprehending what commands you want me
to enter.

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Re: kernel configuration file

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On Sun, 06 May 2012 14:58:39 +0100
Matthew Seaman articulated:

>cuse4bsd is a third party module.  This means that the sources aren't
>available as part of the base system, so making work as compiled-in
>code in the kernel will require you to create patches for your kernel
>source tree.  Not impossible, but not trivial either.  I don't know if
>hps@ has any plans to import it into the base system (I doubt it
>though), but it would only appear a few releases down the line even if
>he did.

Thanks Matthew, that answered my question. It would seem that importing
that module in the base system would be a wise idea; however, that
decision is not mine to make.

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Video not view-able

[Carmel]

I have been visiting several sites lately in which the video content
was not view-able.

Example:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/05/republicans-get-in-my-vagina-kate-beckinsale_n_1484918.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false
 

There is a video there that displays perfectly in MS Windows in either
IE8 or 9 and Firefox. However, under FreeBSD-8.3 with the latest
version of Firefox all I get is a black box. No controls to click,
etcetera. This sort of thing happens way to frequently on way to many
sites. It cannot be a simple "blame Microsoft" thing since these sites
work under Firefox when used in MS Windows.

Does anyone have a possible solution?

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Re: Video not view-able

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On Tue, 8 May 2012 21:14:23 +0100
RW articulated:

>On Tue, 8 May 2012 15:09:26 -0400
>Carmel wrote:
>
>> I have been visiting several sites lately in which the video content
>> was not view-able.
>> 
>> Example:
>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/05/republicans-get-in-my-vagina-kate-beckinsale_n_1484918.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false
>>  
>> 
>> There is a video there that displays perfectly in MS Windows in
>> either IE8 or 9 and Firefox. However, under FreeBSD-8.3 with the
>> latest version of Firefox all I get is a black box. No controls to
>> click, etcetera. This sort of thing happens way to frequently on way
>> to many sites. It cannot be a simple "blame Microsoft" thing since
>> these sites work under Firefox when used in MS Windows.
>
>I know this isn't what you want to hear, but it works just fine for me.
>
>It's a bit anecdotal, but I've had fewer problems with flash video
>since upgrading to modern hardware a year ago. 

Define "modern hardware". The Windows machine is actually older then
the FreeBSD one.

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Problem with npviewer.bin

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I am continuing to have a problem with certain "flash" videos not
displaying with Firefox on FreeBSD-8.3.

I have discovered numerous messages like this in the system log file.

May 10 07:59:04 scorpio kernel: linux: pid 96942 (npviewer.bin): syscall pipe2 
not implemented

I have also discovered: npviewer.bin.core files in my HOME directory.

Is there something that I can do to correct this problem?

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Problem with SSL ans "net/sendemail"

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Error message:

invalid SSL_version specified at 
/usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14.2/IO/Socket/SSL.pm line 308

This is generated by the "sendEmail" program. The "net/sendemail" port
compiled with SSL support.

make showconfig
===> The following configuration options are available for sendEmail-1.56:
 SSL=on "Enable SSL support"


This was working fine until today. This all started after a reboot of
the system.

ssh -V
OpenSSH_5.4p1_hpn13v11 FreeBSD-20100308, OpenSSL 0.9.8q 2 Dec 2010

openssl version
OpenSSL 1.0.1a 19 Apr 2012

It appears I have two different versions of OpenSSL installed. I
deliberately installed the newer version and placed this in the
"/etc/make.conf" file:

WITH_OPENSSL_PORT=yes

I have no idea what happened or how to correct this problem. I tried
rebuilding Perl and the two ports listed in the "sendemail" port and
the "sendemail" port itself without a satisfactory result.

By the way, I noticed that "OpenSSH 6.0" was released April 22, 2012.
Are there any plans to get that into the ports system, or better yet,
replace the aging base system?

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pulseaudio error message

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The message log on my machine is filling up with this error message:

Jun  6 11:36:55 raven pulseaudio[6440]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink 
input: too many inputs per sink.
Jun  6 11:36:58 raven pulseaudio[6440]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink 
input: too many inputs per sink.
Jun  6 11:59:54 raven pulseaudio[6440]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink 
input: too many inputs per sink.
Jun  6 12:00:04 raven pulseaudio[6440]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink 
input: too many inputs per sink.
Jun  6 12:00:04 raven pulseaudio[6440]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink 
input: too many inputs per sink.

Sometimes only one or two lines are written and at others it is four or
five lines. Can anyone tell me exactly what is transpiring here?

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"npviewer" error

[Carmel]

I am running FreeBSD-8.3 STABLE amd64. I continually see this error
message in the "/var/log/messages" file:

(npviewer.bin): syscall pipe2 not implemented

The program crashes continually also. I have tried doing an R&R without
favorable results. Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be
or where I should escalate the problem to?

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GUI for "gpart"

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I have heard, although I never personally saw it, a GUI for "gpart" I
heard that there exists one for Linux. Is there any comparable one for
FreeBSD and comparable with KDE?

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Format a USB flash drive using gpart

[Carmel]

This is probably a dumb question, but does gpart even work on a USB
flash drive? I have not been able to figure out how to do it. I want to
erase the entire drive and format it for a FreeBSD UFS2 file system.

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Re: Format a USB flash drive using gpart

[Carmel]

On Sat, 7 Jul 2012 20:36:36 -0600 (MDT)
Warren Block articulated:

> On Sat, 7 Jul 2012, Carmel wrote:
> 
> > This is probably a dumb question, but does gpart even work on a USB
> > flash drive? I have not been able to figure out how to do it. I
> > want to erase the entire drive and format it for a FreeBSD UFS2
> > file system.
> 
> Yes, gpart will work with pretty much any storage device.
> 
> If you want the drive to be bootable, it needs boot blocks.  This is 
> easier with GPT than MBR.  For an 8G drive:
> 
> # gpart create -s gpt da0
> # gpart add -t freebsd-boot -s 512k da0
> # gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 da0
> # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -b 1M -s 7G da0
> # gpart add -t freebsd-swap da0
> # newfs -U /dev/da0p2

Thanks Warren, you win the prize for the most detailed answer.
Polytropon gave me the easiest answer if I just want to use the drive
as a simple storage device; however, if at some point I actually want
to go beyond that your answer is what I would require.

Interestingly enough, I searched through the man pages and FreeBSD help
but never came across anything that specifically addressed flash drive.
Perhaps I was just not looking hard enough.

Perhaps, and I know that this will offend some purists, but a nice GUI
that would do what your instructions detail above would be helpful.
There is no way that I am going to remember all of those instructions in
six months time. Just my 2¢.

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Updating OpenSSH

[Carmel]

I was just wondering about the version of SSH used on FreeBSD.

According to the OpenSSH page:

OpenSSH 5.8/5.8p1 released February 4, 2011 [contains security fix]

Now, according to my system, FreeBSD-8.2, I have this version:

OpenSSH_5.4p1 FreeBSD-20100308, OpenSSL 0.9.8q 2 Dec 2010

# openssl version
OpenSSL 1.0.0d 8 Feb 2011

So why is an older version shown? Also, when does the FreeBSD
team intend to update the system OpenSSH version?

I have the following notation in my /etc/make.conf file:

WITH_OPENSSL_PORT=yes

Should I have something else also? I have FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE installed.

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Re: Updating OpenSSH

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On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:35:09 +
Matthew Seaman  articulated:

> On 16/03/2011 13:38, Carmel wrote:
> > I was just wondering about the version of SSH used on FreeBSD.
> > 
> > According to the OpenSSH page:
> > 
> > OpenSSH 5.8/5.8p1 released February 4, 2011 [contains security fix]
> > 
> > Now, according to my system, FreeBSD-8.2, I have this version:
> > 
> > OpenSSH_5.4p1 FreeBSD-20100308, OpenSSL 0.9.8q 2 Dec 2010
> > 
> > # openssl version
> > OpenSSL 1.0.0d 8 Feb 2011
> > 
> > So why is an older version shown? Also, when does the FreeBSD
> > team intend to update the system OpenSSH version?
> > 
> > I have the following notation in my /etc/make.conf file:
> > 
> > WITH_OPENSSL_PORT=yes
> > 
> > Should I have something else also? I have FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE
> > installed.
> > 
> 
> The version of OpenSSH shipped with any release of the OS is
> exceedingly unlikely to be updated within the lifetime of that
> release.  Not unless there was a killer problem, and it turned out
> easier to update the whole shebang rather than just patching the
> problem.
> 
> Why wasn't OpenSSH updated in stable/8 before 8.2-RELEASE? Good
> question.  I don't actually know.  It's quite possible that no one had
> sufficient spare cycles to do the work required, and that the changes
> between 5.4 and 5.8 were not sufficiently compelling for anyone to
> make the time.

OK, then does that mean that the latest version will be used in the
still not released 9 version of FreeBSD?

> As for security vulnerabilities: did you check on the OpenSSH site?
> The vulnerability fixed in 5.8 (information leak in signed SSH keys)
> only applies to versions 5.6 and 5.7 -- that's because the whole
> 'signed key' thing isn't in version 5.4 at all.

No, all I did was check for the current version.

> I can tell you that the FreeBSD Security Team is extremely efficient
> and would have had patches and security advisories out for this
> problem within a matter of hours of the OpenSSH announcement *if it
> had been relevant*.

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Re: Updating OpenSSH

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On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:32:48 -0700
Chuck Swiger  articulated:

> On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Carmel wrote:
> > OK, then does that mean that the latest version will be used in the
> > still not released 9 version of FreeBSD?
> 
> Currently, no-- TRUNK has:
> 
>   
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/crypto/openssh/version.h
> 
> Revision 1.41: download - view: text, markup, annotated - select for
> diffs Thu Nov 11 11:46:19 2010 UTC (4 months ago) by des
> Branches: MAIN
> CVS tags: HEAD
> Diff to: previous 1.40: preferred, colored
> Changes since revision 1.40: +3 -3 lines
> SVN rev 215116 on 2010-11-11 11:46:19Z by des
> 
> Upgrade to OpenSSH 5.6p1.

Out of some sort of morbid curiosity, why would the FreeBSD developers
not update to the latest version? It appears to be stable and I have not
seen anything to state otherwise. There are apparently, (obviously)
differences between the latest and the version presently used in
FreeBSD and I assume the proposed one for the 9.x branch. Mathew
alluded to that. In any case, since 9.x is not due out for a while, it
would appear to me me anyways that now would be a good time to consider
making the switch.

Just my 2¢.

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Re: Updating OpenSSH

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On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:46:44 +
krad  articulated:

[snip]

> a combination of time and limited resources I guess. If it bugs you
> that much why dont you volunteer yourself to maintain it, i'm sure
> that if you dont feel competent enough at present, people will help
> and mentor you

It is part of the base system. I don't know if it has a true
maintainer. In any case, I would need commit privileges which I
don't and never expect to have and have no desire to acquire..

It would be nice if the powers that be would elaborate on this simple
inquiry; however, I feel that is not likely to happen.

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Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

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I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a
"Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router"
<http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId122703236VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm?icid=meet-series-e4200-image-btn&src2=meet-eseries-e4200-image-btn>?

I know that FreeBSD probably does not support its wireless functions as
it employs 802.11n wireless technology; however, other than that
does anyone have any first hand knowledge of this unit?

I have a rather old Linksys "WRT150N Wireless" that I am considering
replacing with something more robust.

I have a mixture of both Windows and FreeBSD machines. I can use the
windows PCs to get the router configured, etcetera and use them and
the printer via a wireless connection. The FreeBSD units will have to
be connected directly unfortunately.

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Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

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On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 17:00:43 +0300
Odhiambo Washington  articulated:

> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 15:54, Carmel  wrote:
> 
> > I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a
> > "Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router"
> > <
> > http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId122703236VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm?icid=meet-series-e4200-image-btn&src2=meet-eseries-e4200-image-btn
> > >?
> >
> > I know that FreeBSD probably does not support its wireless
> > functions as it employs 802.11n wireless technology; however, other
> > than that does anyone have any first hand knowledge of this unit?
> >
> > I have a rather old Linksys "WRT150N Wireless" that I am considering
> > replacing with something more robust.
> >
> > I have a mixture of both Windows and FreeBSD machines. I can use the
> > windows PCs to get the router configured, etcetera and use them and
> > the printer via a wireless connection. The FreeBSD units will have
> > to be connected directly unfortunately.
> >
> >
> Look at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.2R/hardware.html#WLAN
> 
> If you identify a WiFi card on that list and install it on your
> FreeBSD box, then you can connect with wireless!

Odhiambo, please don't CC me. I don't need multiple copies of the same
post.

If you look carefully at that list, which by the way I have done
previously, their are scant few "802.11n" wireless cards listed. The
few that might work appear to be lower end units. I have Linksys
WMP300N units installed in my older PCs. The newer units will have the
Linksys WMP600N installed. They are not listed on the URL listed above.
At least one of my Laptops has a Intel Centrino Wireless-N1030, 1x2 bgn
(2.4GHz) + Bluetooth device installed. I am not even sure if that is
supported, although at the present time I don't require it since it
runs Windows-7.

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Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

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On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 17:19:16 -0500
Bryan H.  articulated:

> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Odhiambo Washington
>  wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 17:32, Carmel  wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 17:00:43 +0300
> >> Odhiambo Washington  articulated:
> >>
> >> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 15:54, Carmel 
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a
> >> > > "Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router"
> >> > > <
> >> > >
> >> http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId122703236VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm?icid=meet-series-e4200-image-btn&src2=meet-eseries-e4200-image-btn
> >> > > >?
> >> > >
> >> > > I know that FreeBSD probably does not support its wireless
> >> > > functions as it employs 802.11n wireless technology; however,
> >> > > other than that does anyone have any first hand knowledge of
> >> > > this unit?
> >> > >
> >> > > I have a rather old Linksys "WRT150N Wireless" that I am
> >> > > considering replacing with something more robust.
> >> > >
> >> > > I have a mixture of both Windows and FreeBSD machines. I can
> >> > > use the windows PCs to get the router configured, etcetera and
> >> > > use them and the printer via a wireless connection. The
> >> > > FreeBSD units will have to be connected directly unfortunately.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > Look at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.2R/hardware.html#WLAN
> >> >
> >> > If you identify a WiFi card on that list and install it on your
> >> > FreeBSD box, then you can connect with wireless!
> >>
> >> Odhiambo, please don't CC me. I don't need multiple copies of the
> >> same post.
> >>
> >
> > Sorry. I hit reply-all and it CCed you.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> If you look carefully at that list, which by the way I have done
> >> previously, their are scant few "802.11n" wireless cards listed.
> >> The few that might work appear to be lower end units. I have
> >> Linksys WMP300N units installed in my older PCs. The newer units
> >> will have the Linksys WMP600N installed. They are not listed on
> >> the URL listed above.
> >>
> >
> > If it is not listed, there is no guarantee.
> >
> >
> >> At least one of my Laptops has a Intel Centrino Wireless-N1030,
> >> 1x2 bgn (2.4GHz) + Bluetooth device installed. I am not even sure
> >> if that is supported, although at the present time I don't require
> >> it since it runs Windows-7.
> >>
> >
> > You can get the Live DVD and test that quite easily.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> 
> If you're just looking for a new router, I would highly recommend the
> Linksys WRT160NL.  I got mine refurbished from Cisco's store[1], and
> flashed it with dd-wrt[2] (which was incredibly easy, just search for
> the router in dd-wrt's "router database", and follow the directions),
> and I'm very satisfied with the performance.
> 
> Perhaps my only complaint is that the wired ports are not gigabit.
> Not a major problem for me at the moment, but it may be a deal-breaker
> for you.
> 
> 
> [1]
> http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/outlet/Routers/linksys-WRT160NL-RM-Wirelessn_stcVVproductId89001910VVcatId543906VVviewprod.htm
> 
> [2] http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index

What do you gain by flashing it? I did not see anything specific
mentioned. This would also undoubtedly void any guarantee on the unit
I presume.

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Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

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On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 07:56:00 +0300
Odhiambo Washington  articulated:

> It may void the warranty yes, but dd-wrt has more features than stock
> firmware.

That is like saying "A" is better than "B" without divulging any
specific information. It is just a hollow statement. Either point me to
the specific documentation explaining the differences in detail or
explain them to me yourself.

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Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

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On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:03:57 +0300
Odhiambo Washington  articulated:

> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 13:55, Carmel  wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 07:56:00 +0300
> > Odhiambo Washington  articulated:
> >
> > > It may void the warranty yes, but dd-wrt has more features than
> > > stock firmware.
> >
> > That is like saying "A" is better than "B" without divulging any
> > specific information. It is just a hollow statement. Either point
> > me to the specific documentation explaining the differences in
> > detail or explain them to me yourself.
> >
> >
> I did not know I needed a spoon to feed someone, but anyway, the main
> details are at http://dd-wrt.com/site/content/about
> The finer details are only visible once you look at what you can do
> with factory firmware, then flash your router with dd-wrt and
> compare. FYI, you can always revert to factory firmware if dd-wrt
> does not please you.

That seems like a lot of work for a potential zero gain. I really don't
see any purpose is taking the time and a perfectly good router out of
commission to just experiment. Based on the simple concept of, "If it
ain't broke, don't fix it", I think I will leave it alone.

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Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router

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On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:51:41 +0100
Arthur Chance  articulated:

> On 04/07/11 15:32, Carmel wrote:
> > Odhiambo, please don't CC me. I don't need multiple copies of the
> > same post.
> 
> CCing the original poster is standard etiquette on FreeBSD mailing 
> lists. Most lists are open to anybody to mail to without being signed 
> up, so when replying there's no way of knowing whether or not the 
> questioner will see a reply that only goes to the list. This is 
> especially true of freebsd-questions.

1) I have posted several times on this list and only received CC's on
two of them that I can recall. Obviously your standard is not so
standard.

2) I placed a very clear notice at the bottom of my post(s). Many
people would consider that a clue as to my desire to receive multiple
copies of the same document.

3) Perhaps it is only me; however, most of the major lists that I
employ all require a registration by the poster prior to being allowed
to post.

4) I have seen several posts where the OP requested to be CC'd because
they were not registered members of the list. Obviously, they were
aware of the necessity of being CC'd or reading the archives in order
to review any posts to their request. Now, is someone is just so plain
stupid that they are not aware of that simple fact, then they are too
stupid to be posting to begin with.

5) If you noticed, I asked Odhiambo very nicely not to include me in a
CC. I am sure he meant well; however, the inevitable destruction of
electrons in the transmission of the superfluous document could have
been avoided.

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Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

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On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:11:52 -0600
Chad Perrin  articulated:

> On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote:
> > 
> > section 8.6 starts:
> > 
> >  start quote 
> > Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender
> > and to FreeBSD-questions.
> >  end quote 
> 
> I, for one, am glad this does not happen more often.  I really do
> *not* need a bunch of duplicates cluttering up my inbox.  I have yet
> to see anyone complain of not receiving a CC in addition to the mail
> from the list.
> 
> I consider "not cluttering up the inboxes of people subscribed to the
> list" a "good reason to do otherwise".

Chad, it is common sense thinking like that, that will inevitable get
you chastised.

By the way, did you notice I directed a polite, one sentence directive
towards Odhiambo. Suddenly, every buttinsky crawls out of the woodwork,
sans any factual input on my original post and hijacks this thread
championing their own views on replying to posts. I have no problem
with that as long as they start a new thread, being sure to CC each
other and thereby waste their time discussing it among themselves. To
hijack another thread displays no only their lack of basic posting
etiquette, but their narcissism.

It is a shame when individuals like, but not limited to, Maciej
Milewski, Chuck Swiger, Bryan H. and even Odhiambo contribute useful
information only to be over shadowed by those other morons.

Absolutely pathetic.

I was going to CC all those who argued so feverishly in favor of the
protocol, but then common sense and plain decency got the better of me.

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Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)

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On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:50:52 -0600
Chad Perrin  articulated:

> On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 11:15:11PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 01:11:52PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
> > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > section 8.6 starts:
> > > > 
> > > >  start quote 
> > > > Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the
> > > > sender and to FreeBSD-questions.
> > > >  end quote 
> > > 
> > > I, for one, am glad this does not happen more often.  I really do
> > > *not* need a bunch of duplicates cluttering up my inbox.  I have
> > > yet to see anyone complain of not receiving a CC in addition to
> > > the mail from the list.
> > > 
> > > I consider "not cluttering up the inboxes of people subscribed to
> > > the list" a "good reason to do otherwise".
> > 
> > You seem to miss one crucial fact:  Not all the people who write to
> > this list are subscribed to it.  They will not see any replies
> > directed only to the list.  It is for their benefit that that rule
> > exists.
> 
> You seem to fail to realize that it's possible to CC someone who
> isn't on the list, but not CC someone who *is* on the list.  That
> would be why people who aren't members of the list say thinks like
> "please CC me", while people who are members occasionally say "please
> don't send duplicates to me".

The solution to this problem is so obvious that I am amazed that no one
has proposed it. Simply require the poster to be subscribed to the
list. Other high quality lists, such as but not limited to Postfix have
that requirement in place. If a potential poster is either too stupid
or too lazy to subscribe then that is their problem. For the record, I
have subscribed to lists before simple to post one question. Upon
receiving an answer, I terminated my subscription. I did not feel the
least bit inconvenienced.

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Why are "*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_8 " identical on both stable & standard supfiles

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Just a quick question. Why are these lines identical "*default
release=cvs tag=RELENG_8" in both the standard-supfile and the
stable-supfile on a FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 system? Shouldn't they be
different, and if so, exactly what?

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1-ClickWeather for Firefox fails under Firefox-5

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I just updated to the new Firefox-5 browser. Unfortunately, the
1-ClickWeather for Firefox (Weather Channel) fails. I tried to remove
and re-install the add-on but the results were the same.

This is the error message:

[Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520012
(NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) [nsIFileInputStream.init]"  nsresult:
"0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)"  location: "JS frame ::
chrome://1clickweather/content/js/utils/filemanager.js ::
 :: line 233"  data: no]

Apparently, this add-on works fine under MAC, Linux and Microsoft so
the only this I can think of is that the problem lies with FreeBSD. I
have FreeBSD-8.2/amd64 installed. Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Problem with web video

[Carmel]

I have been fighting a losing battle trying to get video to display
with Firefox. I just updated to the latest version 5;however, it still
does not work. This is on a FreeBSD-8.2 system.

As an example, the following URL does not display the video or even the
portion where one would usually click on to start the video.

http://front.moveon.org/bill-maher-if-our-policy-is-yeehaw-jesus-takes-the-wheel-were-dead-already/

This site works fine with IE-9 & Windows 7, so I know it does work. As
far as I can tell, I have all of the required packages installed.

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Firefox consistently inconsistent in the playing of videos

[Carmel]

I am trying to figure out why some video files play fine while others
simply do not work at all. This would be the latest example:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-11-2011/lactate-intolerance

It works fine on a Windows machine with IE (no surprise there);
however, using Firefox 6.0 on FreeBSD-8.2 it simply will not work. Some
other videos from the same site do work correctly though.

This phenomena has happened to me several times on several different
sites. I have contacted a few sites to see if I could get some
assistance. I was informed by the few who bothered to reply that they
test their material against IE and Firefox run under Windows. One
responder informed me that testing against non-windows architecture was
not a viable option due to the extreme fragmentation of the
non-windows community.

Anyway, I was hoping that perhaps someone might have a working solution
for this predicament.

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Possible obsolete entries in /etc/make.conf

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A while ago, at least a year or more I would guess, I saw something
about placing a couple of entries in the "/etc/make.conf" file to
correct a problem with "Firefox". I am currently using Firefox-6.0.1 on
FreeBSD-8.2. These are the entries I am wondering about:

WITH_MOZILLA=firefox
WITH_GECKO=libxul

Are they still relevant, or can I just remove them. Honestly, I do not
remember exactly what they do anymore, anyway.

Thanks!

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KVM switch with FreeBSD-8.2

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I am thinking of using a "TRENDnet 2-Port DVI USB KVM Switch Kit with
Audio TK-214i" with a FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 PC and a Windows 7 machine. I
presently have a Samsung 24" digital monitor and a Logitech S510
cordless keyboard & mouse combination. The keyboard, mouse and monitor
presently work fine on FreeBSD.

I am wondering if anyone has any personal experience with using KVM
switches with FreeBSD and what that experience might be. I would really
like to integrate these two PC into using just one common monitor,
etcetera mostly due to space considerations.

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Re: KVM switch with FreeBSD-8.2

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On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:28:42 -0400 (EDT)
Daniel Feenberg articulated:

> The problem I have heard of relates to "what happens if the machine
> boots with the KVM switched to another machine?" The KVM may need to
> pretend there is a keyboard connected at that point. You certainly
> can't tell by looking at the box, but the Trendnet TK-407 I have
> (which is a 4-port USB KVM from the vendor you mention) works fine
> with FreeBSD and Windows. We haven't tested the mouse in FreeBSD.
> Since any USB KVM would be fairly recent, you might just want to take
> a chance.

There is a Windows configuration utility that can be used to setup the
switch. The way I figure it, if I cannot get it to work satisfactory, I
can always return it.

Does your switch work when "X" is not loaded? I have not been able to
get a satisfactory answer regarding that. Someone mentioned that "X"
has to be loaded first. That would definitely be a deal breaker.

Thanks for your feedback.

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Using RPM to extract file

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I am attempting to obtain a PPD file for a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer.
According to this URL:
<http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html>,
I can download a file from:
<http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-9560CDW>
for this printer. Unfortunately, the file is only available in either
"RPM" or "DEB" format. I cannot figure out how to extract the "PPD"
from "RPM" file. I have read "man rpm"; however, I am still confused. I
tried following the instruction given on the site for extracting the
files; however, that only issued a warning about an incorrect operating
system.

Perhaps someone has some advice on how to go about this. I contacted
Brother in regards to this but they said they only support Windows
(obviously), Linux and Debian. According to them, support for other
operating systems in not being considered presently due to a lack of
consumer demand and the overhead involved.

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Re: Using RPM to extract file

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On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:43:51 +0200
kron24 articulated:

> On 2011/09/21 13:17, Carmel wrote:
> > I am attempting to obtain a PPD file for a Brother MFC-9560CDW
> > printer. According to this URL:
> > <http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html>,
> > I can download a file from:
> > <http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-9560CDW>
> > for this printer. Unfortunately, the file is only available in
> > either "RPM" or "DEB" format. I cannot figure out how to extract
> > the "PPD" from "RPM" file. I have read "man rpm"; however, I am
> > still confused. I tried following the instruction given on the site
> > for extracting the files; however, that only issued a warning about
> > an incorrect operating system.
> 
> First use rpm2cpio of archivers/rpm to get a cpio package.
> Then continue with standard cpio(1).

Using "rpm2cpio" was easy enough; however, I just cannot figure out
how to get "cpio" to extract just the one file I want. Either it just
hangs or issues an error message. The man page is just about useless.
No useful example is given. 

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Re: Using RPM to extract file

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On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:58:08 +0200
Vaclav Kadlcik articulated:

> On 2011/09/21 18:19, Carmel wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:43:51 +0200
> > kron24 articulated:
> >
> >> On 2011/09/21 13:17, Carmel wrote:
> >>> I am attempting to obtain a PPD file for a Brother MFC-9560CDW
> >>> printer. According to this URL:
> >>> <http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html>,
> >>> I can download a file from:
> >>> <http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-9560CDW>
> >>> for this printer. Unfortunately, the file is only available in
> >>> either "RPM" or "DEB" format. I cannot figure out how to extract
> >>> the "PPD" from "RPM" file. I have read "man rpm"; however, I am
> >>> still confused. I tried following the instruction given on the
> >>> site for extracting the files; however, that only issued a
> >>> warning about an incorrect operating system.
> >>
> >> First use rpm2cpio of archivers/rpm to get a cpio package.
> >> Then continue with standard cpio(1).
> >
> > Using "rpm2cpio" was easy enough; however, I just cannot figure out
> > how to get "cpio" to extract just the one file I want. Either it
> > just hangs or issues an error message. The man page is just about
> > useless. No useful example is given.
> >
> 
> $ rpm2cpio  ./usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc9560cdw/cupswrapper/brcupsconfpt1
> ./usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc9560cdw/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfc9560cdw
> ./usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc9560cdw/cupswrapper/mfc9560cdw.ppd
> 85 blocks

I found a nearly identical example while Googling right after I posted.
It would be nice if a simple example like that were included n the
"man" page.

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Support for "Brother" products

[Carmel]

I just got a reply back from a representative from Brother
International. I had inquired about the available of device drivers for
FreeBSD for their products. They currently fully support Windows, Linux
and Debian. He informed me himself that he is a *nix user and
understands my concerns. However, as in any business that intends to
turn a profit they have to cater to known markets. While supporting
*BSD is something they have been considering, they felt that there is
just not enough interest in their products to make it a win-win
situation. He thanked me for my inquiry and told me that if other
FreeBSD users would contact him with requests for drivers suitable for
FreeBSD they would seriously consider it.

Therefore, if anyone is interested in contacting him, this is the
e-mail address: 

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Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.Avahi': timed out

[Carmel]

I have recently discovered the follow notations in my
"/var/log/messages" log:

Sep 28 07:25:56 scorpio dbus[5772]: [system] Activating service 
name='org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit' (using servicehelper)
Sep 28 07:25:56 scorpio dbus[5772]: [system] Activating service 
name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' (using servicehelper)
Sep 28 07:25:57 scorpio dbus[5772]: [system] Successfully activated service 
'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1'
Sep 28 07:25:57 scorpio dbus[5772]: [system] Successfully activated service 
'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit'
Sep 28 07:25:58 scorpio kernel: ipfw: limit 20 reached on entry 1800
Sep 28 07:28:02 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: module.c: module-detect is 
deprecated: Please use module-udev-detect instead of module-detect!
Sep 28 07:28:02 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp0' doesn't 
support full duplex
Sep 28 07:28:03 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp1' doesn't 
support full duplex
Sep 28 07:28:03 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp2' doesn't 
support full duplex
Sep 28 07:28:03 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp3' doesn't 
support full duplex
Sep 28 07:28:03 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp6' doesn't 
support full duplex
Sep 28 07:28:07 scorpio pulseaudio[6352]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Sep 28 07:28:11 scorpio dbus[5772]: [system] Failed to activate service 
'org.freedesktop.Avahi': timed out

The one that I am interested in is the last on. It never appeared
before. I have tried several "cold" reboots but the same message
appears. It must have started after a recent updating of the ports;
however, I am not sure exactly when. It appears to be affecting Postfix
as Postfix is running much slower than it previously did.

I am open to any suggestions. I tried Googling; however, I could not
find any help associated this this message.

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Printing using CUPS

[Carmel]

I am in the process of setting up a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer on a
FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 machine. It is a network printer and works fine with
the Windows machines on the network. Not so much with the FreeBSD
machine.

CUPS detects the printer:

Description:Brother MFC-9560CDW
Location:   Local Printer
Driver: Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS (color, 2-sided printing)
Connection: lpd://BRW0022587025CB/BINARY_P1
Defaults:   job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided

However, the connection does not work correctly. I changed it
to:lpd://192.168.1.100/BINARY_P1 and I can print a "self text page"
from CUPS. However, I cannot print a "test page" from within CUPS, nor
can I print anything from any other application.

I have perused the log files without any success. This limited printing
has got me totally baffled. I am open to suggestions as to what to try
next.

If there are any CUPS experts out there, please feel free to contact me
off-list if you prefer.

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Re: Printing using CUPS

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On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 06:59:42 +0200
Matthias Apitz articulated:

> El día Friday, September 30, 2011 a las 04:57:14PM -0400, Carmel
> escribió:
> 
> > I am in the process of setting up a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer on a
> > FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 machine. It is a network printer and works fine
> > with the Windows machines on the network. Not so much with the
> > FreeBSD machine.
> > 
> > CUPS detects the printer:
> > 
> > Description:Brother MFC-9560CDW
> > Location:   Local Printer
> > Driver: Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS (color, 2-sided printing)
> > Connection: lpd://BRW0022587025CB/BINARY_P1
> > Defaults:   job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in
> > sides=one-sided
> > 
> > However, the connection does not work correctly. I changed it
> > to:lpd://192.168.1.100/BINARY_P1 and I can print a "self text page"
> > from CUPS. However, I cannot print a "test page" from within CUPS,
> > nor can I print anything from any other application.
> > 
> > I have perused the log files without any success. This limited
> > printing has got me totally baffled. I am open to suggestions as to
> > what to try next.
> 
> While configuring the printer in CUPS, have you used some PPD file?
> If so, check the PPD file which filter it will use.
> 
> Set also the LogLevel to 'debug' in cupsd.conf, print a text file and
> check the messages in CUPS' log file.

This is the beginning of the *.ppd file:

*%
*%  Copyright(C) 2010 Brother Industries, Ltd.
*%  "Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS"
*% 

*% General Information Keywords 
*FormatVersion: "4.3"
*FileVersion: "1.1.3"
*LanguageVersion: English
*LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1
*PCFileName: "MFC9560W.PPD"
*Manufacturer: "Brother"
*Product: "(MFC-9560CDW)"
*1284DeviceID: "MFG:Brother;MDL:MFC-9560CDW"
*cupsVersion: 1.1
*cupsManualCopies: false
*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 brlpdwrappermfc9560cdw"
*cupsModelNumber: 4
*ModelName: "Brother MFC-9560CDW"
*ShortNickName: "MFC-9560CDW"
*NickName: "Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS"
*PSVersion: "(3010.106) 3"

There is no "brlpdwrappermfc9560cdw" file located on this unit if that
is what you are looking for.

This has really got me stumped. 

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Re: Printing using CUPS

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On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 14:19:15 +0200
Matthias Apitz articulated:

> El día Saturday, October 01, 2011 a las 08:08:59AM -0400, Carmel
> escribió:
> 
> > This is the beginning of the *.ppd file:
> > 
> > *%
> > *%  Copyright(C) 2010 Brother Industries, Ltd.
> > *%  "Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS"
> > *% 
> > 
> > *% General Information Keywords 
> > *FormatVersion: "4.3"
> > *FileVersion: "1.1.3"
> > *LanguageVersion: English
> > *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1
> > *PCFileName: "MFC9560W.PPD"
> > *Manufacturer: "Brother"
> > *Product: "(MFC-9560CDW)"
> > *1284DeviceID: "MFG:Brother;MDL:MFC-9560CDW"
> > *cupsVersion: 1.1
> > *cupsManualCopies: false
> > *cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0
> > brlpdwrappermfc9560cdw" *cupsModelNumber: 4
> > *ModelName: "Brother MFC-9560CDW"
> > *ShortNickName: "MFC-9560CDW"
> > *NickName: "Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS"
> > *PSVersion: "(3010.106) 3"
> > 
> > There is no "brlpdwrappermfc9560cdw" file located on this unit if
> > that is what you are looking for.
> > 
> > This has really got me stumped. 
> 
> Delete the printer in CUPS and configure it as "Generic Postscript"
> (without using the PPD file); it should work;

It works, but only as a generic B/W printer. The problem seems to be in
the "cupswrappermfc9560cdw" file i got when I downloaded the Debian
drivers. That paths are all different and I am not really experienced
enough to figure out the scripting to change it to work correctly.

Maybe I can hire someone to modify the script to point to the correct
locations for the files involved.

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Problem with Samba

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I probably should be asking this on the Samba forum; however, I thought
I would start here.

A few days ago the Samba shares on my FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 machine stopped
showing up on my Windows machines. All of them to be precise. I removed
all of the old Samba logs after having shut it down and then restarted
it. This error message is being printed in the "log.nmdb" file:

[2011/10/08 12:30:30,  0] nmbd/nmbd_mynames.c:35(my_name_register_failed)
  my_name_register_failed: Failed to register my name SCORPIO<20> on subnet 
192.168.1.101.
[2011/10/08 12:30:30,  0] nmbd/nmbd_namelistdb.c:307(standard_fail_register)
  standard_fail_register: Failed to register/refresh name SCORPIO<20> on subnet 
192.168.1.101
[2011/10/08 12:30:30,  0] nmbd/nmbd_mynames.c:35(my_name_register_failed)
  my_name_register_failed: Failed to register my name SCORPIO<03> on subnet 
192.168.1.101.
[2011/10/08 12:30:30,  0] nmbd/nmbd_namelistdb.c:307(standard_fail_register)
  standard_fail_register: Failed to register/refresh name SCORPIO<03> on subnet 
192.168.1.101
[2011/10/08 12:30:30,  0] nmbd/nmbd_mynames.c:35(my_name_register_failed)
  my_name_register_failed: Failed to register my name SCORPIO<00> on subnet 
192.168.1.101.
[2011/10/08 12:30:30,  0] nmbd/nmbd_namelistdb.c:307(standard_fail_register)
  standard_fail_register: Failed to register/refresh name SCORPIO<00> on subnet 
192.168.1.101


This only started a few days ago. I do need to get this network back up
however.

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Re: Problem with Samba (SOLVED)

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I discover the problem. A soon to be "former" employee decided to
change the name of the router to the same name as the FreeBSD server.
Why, I do not know. Once I discovered this, I reverted the name to its
original state, rebooted the router and all is well.

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Problems after updating KDE

[Carmel]

I have had numerous problems after updating to the latest KDE
version. For starters, I lost my desktop and only had a blank (black)
screen when starting up. I did manage to figure out how to correct
that, but numerous other problems exist.

For starters:

1) The (ALT)+(TAB) key no longer works. It doesn't switch between
applications or anything.

2) I lost my desktop configuration completely. I have tried to restore
it but I cannot find a way to add a URL shortcut to the desktop. There
is no option in the menu, or at least none that I can find.

3) I use to use a (CTRL)(ALT)(V) combination to activate the "klipper"
clipboard. That no longer works. In fact, virtually all of my shortcut
keys have vanished.

To the best of my knowledge I followed the directions in the UPDATINg
file correctly. "Portmaster" bombed out twice so I had to resort to
using "portupgrade" to complete the task. This command always fails:

ortmaster -o net/linphone-base ortp

With this error:


===>  linphone-base-3.2.1_1,1 conflicts with installed package(s): 
  ortp-0.13.0_1


So I guess I will have to delete both packages and start over. I am
just not sure which package to delete.

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pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring

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After attempting to use "portmaster" to update the KDE port, I am
receiving repeated error messages when running the command:

pkg_version -vIL=

The error message:

pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring

I am at a lost as to how to correct this problem.

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Re: pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring

[Carmel]

On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:58:45 +0200
Johan Hendriks articulated:

> Carmel schreef:
> > After attempting to use "portmaster" to update the KDE port, I am
> > receiving repeated error messages when running the command:
> >
> > pkg_version -vIL=
> >
> > The error message:
> >
> > pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument),
> > ignoring
> >
> > I am at a lost as to how to correct this problem.
> >
> run portmaster --check-depends.
> You will find the dependencies that no longer exist.

I did that but it failed to correct the problem. I am now running
"pkgdb -L". When it completes I will see if the problem still
exists.

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Configuring IPFW

[Carmel]

I am attempting to set up a firewall using IPFW with a stateful
behavior.

While I have investigated how to set up these rules, I have run into
conflicting opinions as to whether to all or deny "established"
behavior.

EXAMPLE: (preceded by a "checkstate" rule)

allow tcp from any to any established


Some documentation states that it should be denied and others say it
should be allowed. Neither has given me a convincing reason to follow
either scenario or any real documentation either for that fact.

If possible, could someone with some real firewall knowledge and
familiarity with IPFW please give me some advice.

Thanks!

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Status of linuxprinting.org

[Carmel]

Does anyone know if this site: <http://www.linuxprinting.org/> is down
permanently? I has been off line for several weeks now.

The friendly message greets a visitor to that site:

***
* This site is down for maintenance. We will be restoring service *
* shortly. Thank you for your patience.   *
* *
* The Linux Foundation*
***

That message has been in place for quite some time now. I was hoping to
find a specific printer driver there.


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Re: nautilus build failure

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On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:36:54 -0500
Michael Scheidell articulated:

> 
> 
> On 1/26/12 2:55 PM, Carmel wrote:
> > FreeBSD-8.2 amd64
> >
> > I am unable to build nautilus. The build ends with this error
> > message:
> >
> > grep: /usr/local/lib/libxcb-aux.la: No such file or directory
> > sed: /usr/local/lib/libxcb-aux.la: No such file or directory
> > gnome-libtool: link: `/usr/local/lib/libxcb-aux.la' is not a valid
> > libtool archive gmake[2]: *** [libeel-2.la] Error 1
> > gmake[2]: Leaving directory
> > `/usr/ports/x11-fm/nautilus/work/nautilus-2.32.2.1/eel' gmake[1]:
> > *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory
> > `/usr/ports/x11-fm/nautilus/work/nautilus-2.32.2.1' gmake: ***
> > [all] Error 2 *** Error code 1
> >
> works here, amd64, 8.2
> 
> gmake[1]: Entering directory
> `/work/a/ports/x11-fm/nautilus/work/nautilus-2.32.2.1/libnautilus-extension'
> gmake[2]: Entering directory
> `/work/a/ports/x11-fm/nautilus/work/nautilus-2.32.2.1/libnautilus-extension'
> test -z "/usr/local/lib" || .././install-sh -c -d
> "/usr/local/lib" /bin/sh /work/a/ports/x11-fm/nautilus/work/gnome-libtool
> --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g wheel
> libnautilus-extension.la '/usr/local/lib' gnome-libtool:
> install: /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g
> wheel .libs/libnautilus-extension.so.1 
> /usr/local/lib/libnautilus-extension.so.1
> gnome-libtool: install: (cd /usr/local/lib&&  { ln -s -f
> libnautilus-extension.so.1 libnautilus-extension.so || { rm -f
> libnautilus-extension.so&&  ln -s libnautilus-extension.so.1
> libnautilus-extension.so; }; }) gnome-libtool: install:
> (cd /usr/local/lib&&  { ln -s -f libnautilus-extension.so.1
> libnautilus-extension.so || { rm -f libnautilus-extension.so&&  ln -s
> libnautilus-extension.so.1 libnautilus-extension.so; }; })
> gnome-libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g
> wheel .libs/libnautilus-extension.lai /usr/local/lib/libnautilus-extension.la
> gnome-libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c -o root -g
> wheel .libs/libnautilus-extension.a /usr/local/lib/libnautilus-extension.a
> gnome-libtool: install: chmod
> 644 /usr/local/lib/libnautilus-extension.a gnome-libtool: install:
> ranlib /usr/local/lib/libnautilus-extension.a test -z
> "/usr/local/share/gir-1.0/" || .././install-sh -c -d
> "/usr/local/share/gir-1.0/"
> 
> 
> clean your portstree, (portclean -C)
> 
> make sure you don't have odd things in make.conf

I just ran "portclean -C" and then updated the ports tree, and deleted
all old files in "/usr/ports/distfiles". I then attempted to build the
port again. The exact same thing happened again. I checked, and the
"/usr/local/lib/libxcb-aux.la" file does not exist on this system and I
have no idea where to find and install it. The system "make.conf" file
is clean of any funkiness.

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Unable to build "DOC" ports

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A=1 -DHAVE_LIBM=1 -DHAVE_LIBINTL=1  errormsg.c
gcc -c -g -O2 -Wall -pedantic -I./../../lib  -I/usr/local/include -I.  
-DHAVE_LIBKPATHSEA=1 -DHAVE_LIBM=1 -DHAVE_LIBINTL=1  filesrch.c
filesrch.c:39: error: conflicting types for 'kpathsea_version_string'
/usr/local/include/kpathsea/version.h:24: error: previous declaration of 
'kpathsea_version_string' was here
gmake: *** [filesrch.o] Error 1
*** Error code 2

Stop in /usr/ports/print/freetype-tools.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/print/latex-cjk.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/chinese/docproj.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/chinese/docproj.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/textproc/docproj.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/misc/freebsd-doc-en.

All of the "doc" ports end similarly. Obviously I am doing something
wrong. How do I go about rectifying it?

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slapd failing to start after update

[Carmel]

I ran portupgrade last night to upgrade my ports. It upgraded both
openldap24-server and openldap24-client. Now, the server refuses to
start. Upon reboot, I get this message: "slapd failed to start". I went
to the rc.d directory and tried to start it manually, but that failed
also.

I do not know where the log file, if one even exists, is so I might be
able to find out what the problem is. I tried to manually deinstall and
reinstall both ports and it went off without a hitch so I assume that
they are properly installed.

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Re: slapd failing to start after update

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On Sat, 24 Aug 2013 06:05:02 -0400
Carmel articulated:

> I ran portupgrade last night to upgrade my ports. It upgraded both
> openldap24-server and openldap24-client. Now, the server refuses to
> start. Upon reboot, I get this message: "slapd failed to start". I
> went to the rc.d directory and tried to start it manually, but that
> failed also.
> 
> I do not know where the log file, if one even exists, is so I might be
> able to find out what the problem is. I tried to manually deinstall
> and reinstall both ports and it went off without a hitch so I assume
> that they are properly installed.

Never mind, I found the problem. For the second time in the past
several months, the database had become corrupt when I updated it via
portupgrade. I discovered it when I ran this command:

/usr/local/libexec/slapd -Tt

I guess it was a good thing that I had a recent backup.

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Updating texlive-base with portupgrade fails (sort of)

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Using "portupgrade-devel-20130718,3" installed from the ports system,
attempting to update "texlive-base" always ends like this:

--->  Build of print/texlive-base ended at: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 15:25:25 -0400 
(consumed 00:11:57)
--->  Updating dependency info
--->  Modifying /var/db/pkg/texlive-full-20120701/+CONTENTS
--->  Upgrade of print/texlive-base ended at: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 15:25:28 -0400 
(consumed 00:12:00)
--->  Session ended at: Sun, 25 Aug 2013 15:25:28 -0400 (consumed 00:12:19)
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/pkgtools/pkgtools.rb:828: stack level too 
deep (SystemStackError)

I have attempted to reboot the system and then start the update
process; however it doesn't make any difference. Even though it appears
as if the port has been updated, when I run "pkgdb -aFv", I am greeted
with this:

[...]
Checking texlive-base-20120701_7
Checking texlive-full-20120701
Stale dependency: texlive-full-20120701 -> texlive-base-20120701_8 
(print/texlive-base):
Disclose depends for texlive-full-20120701
--->  Modifying /var/db/pkg/texlive-full-20120701/+CONTENTS
Fixed. (-> texlive-base-20120701_7)
[...]

This is the only package that "portupgrade" seems to be chocking on. I
used "portupgrade" to initially install the complete "texlive" package,
so I am not sure why it is suddenly have problems.

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pkg_create: corrupted record for package

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When running portmaster, I have run into this problem with a few ports:

===>>> Creating a backup package for old version kdeartwork-4.10.5
pkg_create: corrupted record for package kdeartwork-4.10.5 (pkgdep line without 
argument), ignoring
pkg_delete: corrupted record for package kdeartwork-4.10.5 (pkgdep line without 
argument), ignoring

I have tried rebuilding the port several times, but the problem still
remains. The ports with this problem are, when using pkg_version:

pkg_version: corrupted record for package kactivitymanagerd-4.10.5 (pkgdep line 
without argument), ignoring
pkg_version: corrupted record for package kalzium-4.10.5 (pkgdep line without 
argument), ignoring
pkg_version: corrupted record for package kde-workspace-4.10.5 (pkgdep line 
without argument), ignoring
pkg_version: corrupted record for package kdenetwork-4.10.5 (pkgdep line 
without argument), ignoring
pkg_version: corrupted record for package kdeplasma-addons-4.10.5 (pkgdep line 
without argument), ignoring
pkg_version: corrupted record for package kdetoys-4.10.5 (pkgdep line without 
argument), ignoring

I have not found a way to eliminate this problem and Google apparently
has not been of much help either. I am open to suggestions.

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Re: pkg_create: corrupted record for package

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On Sun, 15 Sep 2013 16:56:20 +0200
Alexandre articulated:

> Have you tried this?
> # portmaster --check-depends

Yes, it ran to completion but fixed nothing.

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Voice Mail required QuickTime

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I have a voice mail account with Time Warner Cable. I can access the
account from my home telephone, Windows PC, etcetera, but not from my
FreeBSD machine. This error message pops up when I try to play the
recording on the web site:

To play audio online, you must have QuickTime Player installed.

How can I make this work from my FreeBSD machine?

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Error messages when booting up machine and starting KDE

[Carmel]

I have observed these messages being written to the system log when
initially booting up the machine and then starting KDE.

Oct  6 08:16:09 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Activating service 
name='org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit' (using servicehelper)
Oct  6 08:16:09 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Activating service 
name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' (using servicehelper)
Oct  6 08:16:09 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Successfully activated service 
'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1'
Oct  6 08:16:09 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Successfully activated service 
'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit'
Oct  6 08:16:09 scorpio console-kit-daemon[5917]: WARNING: kvm_getenvv failed: 
Oct  6 08:17:32 scorpio console-kit-daemon[5917]: WARNING: Error waiting for 
native console 1 activation: Device not configured
Oct  6 08:18:13 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Activating service 
name='org.freedesktop.UPower' (using servicehelper)
Oct  6 08:18:13 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Successfully activated service 
'org.freedesktop.UPower'
Oct  6 08:18:14 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Activating service 
name='org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' (using servicehelper)
Oct  6 08:18:14 scorpio org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper: QDBusConnection: 
system D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may 
misbehave.
Oct  6 08:18:14 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Successfully activated service 
'org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper'
Oct  6 08:18:20 scorpio kernel: pid 6286 (kwin_opengl_test), uid 1001: exited 
on signal 11 (core dumped)
Oct  6 08:18:40 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Activating service 
name='org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' (using servicehelper)
Oct  6 08:18:40 scorpio org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper: QDBusConnection: 
system D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may 
misbehave.
Oct  6 08:18:40 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Successfully activated service 
'org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper'
Oct  6 08:18:46 scorpio dbus[5896]: [system] Failed to activate service 
'org.freedesktop.Avahi': timed out
Oct  6 08:18:55 scorpio pulseaudio[6346]: module.c: module-detect is 
deprecated: Please use module-udev-detect instead of module-detect!
Oct  6 08:18:55 scorpio pulseaudio[6346]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp0' doesn't 
support full duplex
Oct  6 08:18:55 scorpio pulseaudio[6346]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp1' doesn't 
support full duplex
Oct  6 08:18:55 scorpio pulseaudio[6346]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp2' doesn't 
support full duplex
Oct  6 08:18:55 scorpio pulseaudio[6346]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp3' doesn't 
support full duplex
Oct  6 08:18:55 scorpio pulseaudio[6346]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp6' doesn't 
support full duplex
Oct  6 08:18:56 scorpio pulseaudio[6352]: pid.c: Daemon already running.

I am particularly interested in the two "WARNING" messages (5 & 6); the
"core dump" (item 12); the "timed out" (item 16) and the last one,
although that one appears to be harmless. Is there something I should
be doing to correct these apparent problems?

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APC BE750G Power Saving Battery Back-UPS

[Carmel]

I have the opportunity to replace an aging UPS with a new APC BE750G
Power Saving Battery Back-UPS one. My question is if anyone here has
ever used this device under FreeBSD. APC does not have, or at least I
couldn't find any, software for a FreeBSD system. Without the software,
the unit is basically useless.

I Googled and found an old message regarding FreeBSD and a similar UPS
<http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-October/062543.html>
dated 10/2004. Are those issues still relevant? According to
<http://www.apcupsd.com/manual/#freebsd> I need to insure that this is
a "SmartUPS" The unit I am looking at does not qualify.

I might add that my present unit is connected to a Windows machine. I
intend to replace that one and hook up both PCs to it.

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IPFW firewall and TCP ports

[Carmel]

While perusing my Apache httpd-error.log, I noticed a large number of
attempts to access my phpmyadmin directory, as well as a few less know
others. Most of these probes originated from China. Since I have no
legitimate business dealing with that region, I decided to create a
table in my IPFW firewall to block them. This is an example:


## IPFW Firewall Rules

# Set rules command prefix
cmd="ipfw -q add"

# public interface name of NIC facing the public Internet
pif="nfe0"  

# Lets start by listing known bad IP addresses and blocking them. We
# will put them into a table for easier handling.

ipfw -q table 1 add 60.0.0.0/8
ipfw -q table 1 add 61.0.0.0/8

$cmd set 1 deny log all from table\(1\) to any in via $pif

The above is the first entry in my "rules" file. I know that IPFW is
working since I have blocked other ports for other services and it has
worked correctly.

The problem is that these IPs are not being blocked. I continue to see
them listed in the httpd-error.log. I have rebooted my machine and
therefore am quite certain that these rules are being loaded.

The problem is that I probably do not understand how to properly block
an IP or range of IPs from accessing my web server correctly. I would
really appreciate any assistance.

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Re: Which OS for notebook

[Carmel]

On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 01:44:17 +0200
Gonzalo Nemmi  articulated:

> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 6:11 AM, Leandro F Silva
>  wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > Which OS are you using on your notebook, FreeBSD / Linux or MAC ?
> > Also, can you tell us the hardware, Sony / HP etc..
> >
> > Thank you !
> 
> Linux Mandriva 2010 on my notebook (Dell 1318) and Mandriva 2010.1 on
> my netbook (Compaq mini CQ10-120LA) ...
> 
> I need ACPI to work as expected and no BSD can give me that, and the
> same goes for wireless cards support .. forget bout bluetotth ...
> besides, dumping a Linux .iso image in a USB stick to give it a go on
> my notebook/netbook to try it out before installing was incredibly
> more easy than doing so with BSD images as most major Linux
> distributions provide Win/Linux GUI tools to do so (The Mandriva tool
> will ask you to select an .iso image and a USB ... point, click, you
> are done ... Fedoras tool will even allow you to create a a separate
> partition on the same USB device to store your files should you choose
> not to install the OS).
> 
> Linux (as much as I don´t like it) is years ahead of BSD´s in that
> regards ...
> 
> And, oh yeah .. native UTF-8 tty´s and KVM make a huge difference.
> 
> FreeBSD has been relegated to my desktop (which I have come to use
> only ocassionally, and servers).
> 
> Best Regards
> Gonzalo Nemmi

I have been tooling around with FreeBSD for a year or so now and I find
it incredible that there is virtually no support for modern hardware;
i.e., drivers for 'N' protocol devices. That one factor alone, and there
are others, precludes me from seriously thinking about installing
FreeBSD on a new laptop. The one PC that I have FreeBSD installed on is
connected via Ethernet cable to my LAN. Once that PC is replaced by
year's end with a more powerful, and wireless enabled unit, I am afraid
my experiment with FreeBSD will come to a close. At present it
certainly will not support the wireless card installed, and I am not
even sure if it will support all of the other hardware either.

I realize that at this point someone will inevitably chime in and play
the "blame the manufacturers" whine. If that were factually correct,
then no one else would be able to supply drivers and support for
hardware that FreeBSD has left orphaned.

The bottom line is that FreeBSD, if it is to continue to be considered
a viable alternative operating system, must stay current in today's
market. Many posts that I have viewed on other forums seem to feel that
FreeBSD is sadly, whether do to bad choices such as those related to GPL
licenses, or failure to properly gage today's market trends, is slipping
into an abyss.

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Re: Unable to access CDROM device to play music

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On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:01:02 -0500
Nikolai Wendorf  articulated:

> All,
> 
> I was getting exactly this same error following a fresh 8.1 load
> 
> Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG ILLEGAL
> REQUEST asc=0x64 ascq=0x00 Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel:
> (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 Sep 25
> 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI Status
> Error Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): SCSI status:
> Check Condition Sep 25 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): SCSI
> sense: ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (Illegal mode for this track) Sep 25
> 07:51:22 cyborg kernel: (cd0:ata1:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back
> 
> the solution was explained in the gnome install FAQ - here is a clip
> - the devfs.conf changes fixed the problem.
> 
> To figure out which CD/DVD drive you will be using, run the following 
> command as root:
> 
> # camcontrol devlist
> 
> 
> Your output will look similar to the following:
> 
>at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (cd0,pass0)
> 
> 
> The devices in parentheses at the end are important. You must make
> sure the /dev entries for those devices are writable by the users
> that will be using brasero, totem, rhythmbox, or sound-juicer. In
> addition to those devices, /dev/xpt* must also be writable to your
> brasero, totem, rhythmbox, and sound-juicer users. The
> following /etc/devfs.conf configuration will achieve the desired
> results given the above devlist:
> 
> permcd0 0666
> permxpt00666
> permpass0   0666

I made those modifications a long time ago without success.

# camcontrol devlist
 at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,cd0)
   at scbus2 target 0 lun 0 (pass1,da0)
   at scbus2 target 0 lun 1 (pass2,da1)
   at scbus2 target 0 lun 2 (pass3,da2)
   at scbus2 target 0 lun 3 (pass4,da3)

# cat /etc/devfs.conf



permcd0 0666
permacd00666
permxpt00666
perm    pass0   0666
permpass1   0666
permpass2   0666
permpass3   0666
permpass4   0666


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PCRE

[Carmel]

I have used Regexbuddy <http://www.regexbuddy.com/perl.html>
successfully under Windows. Is there a comparable tool available in
the ports system? I have not been able to locate one.

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Re: fsck on FAT32 filesystem?

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On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:15:17 +0200 (CEST)
Wojciech Puchar articulated:

> >  1) There's a _reason_ the gov't requires hard drives with anthing
> > higher than 'somewhat' classified data on them to be =physically=
> > destroyed before leving the secure area.
> 
> no. for modern hard drives it was already proved that
> 
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk bs=1m
> 
> is enough to make data unreadable.
> 
> for very old drives it may not

Would you be so kind as to point out the proof of that statement?
Please provide an address or location where the documentation
supporting that statement can be found. By the way, "NOT READABLE" is
not equal to "UNRECOVERABLE".

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Re: fsck on FAT32 filesystem?

[Carmel]

On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:49:50 +0200 (CEST)
Wojciech Puchar articulated:

> > Otherwise, you may run the danger of building a wall around
> > yourself.
> 
> everyone should judge by his/her own brain which opinions are right.
> 
> Actually in every moment i try to encourage EVERYONE to turn on
> his/her brain that we all have but rarely use.
> 
> To be ever able to use ones brain properly all "widely known truth", 
> "standard practices" etc.. should be forgotten at least for a moment.

Citation needed & examples please.

> Mantras are always against clear thinking and understanding.

I don't think you understand the meaning of the word "mantras".
 
> The most important repeated mantra i am righting is that FreeBSD (or
> any Free unix) should be "easier to newbies".

Citation needed.

> This already killed linux long time ago, NetBSD too, and going to
> kill FreeBSD.

Really, I must have missed the funeral.
 
> Most of "newbies" are not the ones that are likely to learn anything.
> They want click-click interface to install and run something so they
> can add "FreeBSD knowledge" to their CV.

That statement goes beyond stupid. At some point, everyone is a
"newbie". If your statement is to be taken at face value, then the
majority of new users would, according to you, never bother to learn
anything. You might want to try and back that up with some verifiable
facts. Furthermore, in regards to your "click-click interface"
statement, the Ubuntu operating system is gaining traction everyday.
Everyone is not locked into the c.1990's.

> They can do ONLY harm to FreeBSD.

Citation needed.

> Some get hired and results in problems described in thread "Help
> solving the sysadm's nightmare" for the man hired after them..
>  
> > While it is not a case here, I have seen few people on other lists
> > to do the same just because they were not able to comprehend a
> > topic discussed, and in frustration they killfiled the person
> > involved.

I have witnessed your posts on Dovecot being ridiculed as nothing more
than TROLLing.

> it's still nothing wrong to add a rule to redirect someones (mine)
> mail to /dev/null, but the way they do this:
> 
> - showing whole world they do this
> - showing whole world their .procmailrc (so happy they finally learnt
> procmail?)
> - performing personal attacks every time they disagree.

"procmail" -- really? While everyone is free to use what ever solution
they find advantageous, I would certainly not recommend "procmail".
Procmail is widely used on Unix-based systems and stable, but no longer
maintained. Many users have switched to maildrop. Personally, I prefer
"sieve" with Dovecot. Just a personal preference and yet far more
robust.

> Doesn't look like serious people's behavior.

Your actions mimic that of a TROLL. You make blanket statements sans any
verifiable proof or documentation; i.e. "dd" being the ultimate disk
recovery utility or its ability to absolutely, positively erase any HD
without any possibility of it being recovered.

I can understand why informed users might block you. I think I will be
following their lead. It seems that you have managed to annoy,
infuriate and offend users on at least two lists, this one and Dovecot,
and I am sure several others as well. At least you have a perfect
batting average.

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OFF TOPIC -- Latex Question

[Carmel]

I know this doesn't belong here; however I was hoping someone could
give me a quick answer.

I have a document I am writing, actually a new set of By Laws for an
organization. The format should be as shown here:

Article I
  Name

Bla-bla

section 1

section 2

Article II
  Members


And so on. I can accomplish this easily in MS Word; however, I have not
been able to find a way to make Latex use "Article" as opposed to
"Chapter" in its heading. I have to use "Article" I have Googled for
over a day without success. I find it very strange that Latex doesn't
have an "\article" definition like "\section" and "\chapter". Is there
any way to do this or am I stuck with MS Word. BTW, I did investigate
the "titlesec" package, but I did not see a way to accomplish it.

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Re: OFF TOPIC -- Latex Question

[Carmel]

On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:08:47 +0400
Boris Samorodov articulated:

> 20.11.2012 00:02, Carmel пишет:
> 
> > I know this doesn't belong here; however I was hoping someone could
> > give me a quick answer.
> > 
> > I have a document I am writing, actually a new set of By Laws for an
> > organization. The format should be as shown here:
> > 
> > Article I
> >   Name
> > 
> > Bla-bla
> > 
> > section 1
> > 
> > section 2
> > 
> > Article II
> >   Members
> 
> \renewcommand{\chaptername}{Article}
> \renewcommand{\thechapter}{\Roman{chapter}}

Thank you. I tried "thechapter" and "\chapter". It never occurred to me
to use "\chaptername". I couldn't find any documentation on it either,
although I was certain that it could be done. I am surprised that there
is not a fixed style for that in  Latex. "Article" is commonly used in
legal documents.

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Re: OFF TOPIC -- Latex Question

[Carmel]

On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 11:48:01 -1000
Open Slate articulated:


> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Boris Samorodov 
> wrote:
> 
> > 20.11.2012 00:02, Carmel пишет:
> >
> > > I know this doesn't belong here; however I was hoping someone
> > > could give me a quick answer.
> > >
> > > I have a document I am writing, actually a new set of By Laws for
> > > an organization. The format should be as shown here:
> > >
> > >   Article I
> > > Name
> > >
> > > Bla-bla
> > >
> > > section 1
> > >
> > > section 2
> > >
> > >   Article II
> > > Members
> >
> > \renewcommand{\chaptername}{Article}
> > \renewcommand{\thechapter}{\Roman{chapter}}
> 
> This sort of worked for me, but still had problems. 1) my Latex starts
> chapters on a new page, which may or may not fit the bill. 2) In Lyx
> the chapter command wants a title; I could not get just Article I.
> I'm sure both of these are fixable, Latex can do virtually anything.

Use this to suppress the one chapter per page occurrence.

\usepackage{etoolbox}

\makeatletter

\patchcmd{\chapter}{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi}{}{}{}
\makeatother

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SMS application

[Carmel]

Can anyone recommend a good SMS application that works on FreeBSD? I
have used several different ones on MS Windows; however, I cannot find
one that works on FreeBSD. There doesn't appear to be a fully
functional one in the ports system either, although I might have missed
it.

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KDE Mouse Themes

[Carmel]

I have KDE version 4.8.4 (4.8.4) installed on a FreeBSD-8.3 system. I
have tried reading through the KDE documentation; however, I cannot
find the setting on my system to change the mouse theme(s). According
to the KDE documentation, the settings tab that should exist under
"settings" does not. Is there some special package I have to install to
get this ability? I cannot seem to find anything that specifically
relates to this problem in the ports tree. I can do this so easily in
an MS Windows environment, yet now I am just wasting time trying to do
something that should be simple and intuitive.

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Re: KDE Mouse Themes

[Carmel]

On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 08:09:10 -0600
ajtiM articulated:

> Do you have:
> 
> System Settings - Input Devices - and there are Keyboard, Mouse and
> Remote control.

Yes, and there is suppose to be a "themes" setting according to the KDE
documentation; however, there is none. I have checked under every item
setting in "system settings" for one.
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Starting with ZFS on fresh install

[Carmel]

I have a spare amd64 PC that I want to install FreeBSD 9.x on. I want
it to utilize ZFS right from the start. There are two HD's in the PC.
One will handle the "/var" partition and the other everything else. The
last FBSD installer I used was on the 7.x branch. Does the new
installer in the 9.x branch handle that automatically?

Would it be advantageous to run something like FreeDOS to remove the
existing partition information, etcetera and then reformat the dives?
They are currently formatted in Microsoft's NTFS format.

Also, for the 9.1 branch, I read that I have to run:

# /usr/sbin/pkg
To bootstrap the system. I also need to place:
WITH_PKGNG= yes
in the /etc/rc.conf file.

I am slightly confused with the this:

Existing FreeBSD installations require conversion of the pkg_install
package database to the new format. To convert the package database,
run:

# pkg2ng

This step is not required for new installations that do not have
third-party software installed.

If when I do the initial installation and include Bash for instance,
does that mean I have to run that command? What happens if I run it
and it is not actually required?

Thanks!

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Regular Expression Editor

[Carmel]

I am looking for a RegExp editor. I have one that I have used under
Windows; however, it will not obviously work on FreeBSD. What I need is
one that I can write the expression in and then have it test the
expression for both syntax and against example text that I enter. I
have not been able to locate a FOSS solution for that although there are
numerous commercial products available.

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Re: Regular Expression Editor

[Carmel]

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:38:41 -0800
Randal L. Schwartz  replied:

>You need to be specific about the kind of regex.  While most regexp
>engines have common things like . and * and ^ and $, the meanings may
>vary a bit, and the more exotic things are certainly going to vary.
>
>(For example, despite the name, "Perl Compatible [sic] Regular
>Expressions" are *not* Perl compatible.)
>
>What tool are you using your regexes with?

OK, I was using RegExp Buddy  on a Windows
machine. I would like to find something similar to it for a FreeBSD
environment. The expressions I create are used primarily with 'sieve'
in conjunction with Dovecot. I am also thinking of possibly creating a
few for use with Postfix.

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Re: Regular Expression Editor

[Carmel]

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:22:13 -0600
Dan Nelson  articulated:

>Have you tried running regexbuddy under Wine?  For a small program
>like that it should work pretty well.

I have no desire to use 'wine'. It would probably be a lot easier and
simpler to simply use it on the Windows machine. I had thought that
since RegExp are probably more commonly used on non-win32 machines that
I would be able to locate a similar FOSS.

Thanks anyway!

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Force use of latest version of Apache

[Carmel]

As a relatively new user of FreeBSD, I am confused about what to put in
the '/etc/make.conf' file to force the use of Apache22+.

I was thinking that perhaps:

APACHE_PORT=www/apache22

might be correct.

I was reading the bsd.apache.mk file and noticed that several older
settings were depreciated. I have the latest version of Apache
installed and I want to insure that I don't inadvertently end up with
several different versions, or an older version installed.

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