Flooded with emails to root -- URGG

2008-09-25 Thread David Southwell
Hi

I am running postfix.

Am receiving a flood of  emails that appear to emanate from Servers who have 
received spam that has masqueraded [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the email source. 

Could anyone please suggest the best way of dealing with these. Please bear in 
mind I am not all that familiar with postfix so if anyone feels treating me 
like an idiot and spoonfeeding the actual command s to use I would be most 
appreciative  

I have just installed procmail but not yet activated it. (Incidentally I do 
have a number of virtual domains but the only one that seems to get flooded 
is the primary hostname.

There have also been numerous failed hacking attempts on to the system but as 
they keep trying to get in using services that are not actually running they 
have got nowhere (so far!!)

david
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Re: Flooded with emails to root -- URGG

2008-09-26 Thread David Southwell
On Thursday 25 September 2008 09:40:34 Chris Pratt wrote:
> On Sep 25, 2008, at 9:34 AM, David Southwell wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am running postfix.
> >
> > Am receiving a flood of  emails that appear to emanate from Servers
> > who have
> > received spam that has masqueraded [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the email source.
> >
> > Could anyone please suggest the best way of dealing with these.
> > Please bear in
> > mind I am not all that familiar with postfix so if anyone feels
> > treating me
> > like an idiot and spoonfeeding the actual command s to use I would
> > be most
> > appreciative 
>
> I have no idea what a command would be to stop receipt. Cutting off the
> original generation of the emails being spoofed is more to the point.
>
> You may want to look at SPF (openspf.org). If your domain is listed
> with an
> spf entry in DNS, you become less tempting as a domain to spoof. Over
> time, it will all but cease. Once you've created an SPF DNS record, many
> servers receiving mail spoofed for your domain will begin to drop it
> rather
> than backscatter emails back to your server.
>
> You should study the information on their site but in a nutshell, you
> create
> a TXT record in DNS that lists your servers IP as the only valid
> machine to
> send mail for your domain. This tells the others to drop emails from
> other
> IPs using your domain. It's relatively effective and painless.
>
Thank you

That really did the trick..

Within two hours the flood of backscatter (about 400 an hour) was virtually 
gone

That was great advice

David
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How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3 -

2009-09-29 Thread David Southwell
Hi

I installed bind96 without keeping base-bind and am now having problems with
some ports not compiling.

What is the simpliest way to restore the original system Base_Bind?

Thanks in advance

David

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RE: How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3

2009-09-29 Thread David Southwell

> 
> David Southwell пишет:
> > Hi
> >
> > I installed bind96 without keeping base-bind and am now having 
> > problems with some ports not compiling.
> >
> > What is the simpliest way to restore the original system Base_Bind?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > David
> >
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> -Original Message-
> From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of 
>  ?
> Sent: 29 September 2009 03:52
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3
> 
> 
> 
>  Исходное сообщение 
> Тема: Re: How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3 -
> Дата: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:51:00 +0400
> От:   Алексеев Александр 
> Кому: David Southwell 
> Ссылки:   
> 
> 
> 
> Please let me see the error messages that occur when you're 
> building ports.
> What means base-bind?
> 
> --
> Alexandr A Alexeev
> http://www.unixcommunity.net/ 

By base-bind I mean the version of bind that is included in freebsd 7.2
operating system which is a version earlier than the latest Bind96.

When installing bind96 and I did not keep base-bind.

Now multiple ports give the following type of problem -this is just one
example. 
___
gnome-vfs-2.24.1_1

compile stops with message:

===>  gnome-vfs-2.24.1_1 depends on shared library: pango-1.0.0 - found
gnome-vfs-2.24.1_1: bind installed with PORT_REPLACES_BASE_BIOND causes
build problems.
*** error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gnome-vfs
*** Error Code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gnome-vfs
_


Thanks

David

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RE: How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3

2009-09-30 Thread David Southwell
 

> -Original Message-
> From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of 
> da...@vizion2000.net
> Sent: 29 September 2009 13:06
> To: 'Frank Steinborn'
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3
> 
>  
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Frank 
> > Steinborn
> > Sent: 29 September 2009 11:47
> > To: David Southwell
> > Cc: ' ?'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> > Subject: Re: How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3
> > 
> > David Southwell wrote:
> > > By base-bind I mean the version of bind that is included 
> in freebsd
> > > 7.2 operating system which is a version earlier than the
> > latest Bind96.
> > > 
> > > When installing bind96 and I did not keep base-bind.
> > > 
> > > Now multiple ports give the following type of problem 
> -this is just 
> > > one example.
> > > ___
> > > gnome-vfs-2.24.1_1
> > > 
> > > compile stops with message:
> > > 
> > > ===>  gnome-vfs-2.24.1_1 depends on shared library: pango-1.0.0 - 
> > > found
> > > gnome-vfs-2.24.1_1: bind installed with PORT_REPLACES_BASE_BIOND 
> > > causes build problems.
> > > *** error code 1
> > > 
> > > Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gnome-vfs
> > > *** Error Code 1
> > > 
> > > Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gnome-vfs
> > > _
> > 
> > You should be able to restore the bind from base by using the 
> > install.sh script in /usr/src/contrib/bind9. Deinstall the 
> port first, 
> > though.
> > 
> ThanksI deinstalled the port and tried to run install-sh 
> 
> # sh install-sh
> and got the response:
> > install: no input file specified
> 
> Any chance you might make me a little wiser on how to use install-sh?\
> 
> Thanks
> 
> David
> 
Sorrty to ask again - but I really need to solve this problem asap.

Thanks in advance

David

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RE: Looking up libraries and header files

2009-10-01 Thread David Southwell
 

> -Original Message-
> From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Greg Larkin
> Sent: 01 October 2009 07:08
> To: da...@vizion2000.net
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Looking up libraries and header files
> 
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> da...@vizion2000.net wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > What is the simplest way to found out which port installs specific 
> > harder or library files?
> > 
> > ATM I do it through a google search on the file name and 
> usually find 
> > a clue.. but I suspect there ia better mousetrap!! 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > David
> > 
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> pkg_which will do what you want:
> 
> # pkg_which /usr/local/include/librsync.h [Updating the pkgdb 
>  in /var/db/pkg ... - 289 packages found 
> (-1 +1) (...). done]
> librsync-0.9.7_1
> #
> 
> Cheers,
> Greg
> - --
> Greg Larkin
Thanks Greg

U R on the ball as usual!
> 

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RE: Looking up libraries and header files

2009-10-01 Thread David Southwell
 

> -Original Message-
> From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Mak Kolybabi
> Sent: 01 October 2009 07:07
> To: da...@vizion2000.net
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Looking up libraries and header files
> 
> On 2009-10-01 06:59, da...@vizion2000.net wrote:
> > What is the simplest way to found out which port installs specific 
> > harder or library files?
> 
> pkg_info has a --which flag that tells you what package a 
> file came from:
> % pkg_info --which /usr/local/include/pcre.h 
> /usr/local/include/pcre.h was installed by package pcre-7.9
> 
> --
> Matthew Anthony Kolybabi (Mak)
> 
Thanks Mat

Now I have two solutions for the  price of one question

Brill!!
> 

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RE: Looking up libraries and header files

2009-10-01 Thread David Southwell
 

> -Original Message-
> From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of 
> David Southwell
> Sent: 01 October 2009 07:50
> To: 'Mak Kolybabi'
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: Looking up libraries and header files
> 
>  
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of 
> Mak Kolybabi
> > Sent: 01 October 2009 07:07
> > To: da...@vizion2000.net
> > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> > Subject: Re: Looking up libraries and header files
> > 
> > On 2009-10-01 06:59, da...@vizion2000.net wrote:
> > > What is the simplest way to found out which port installs 
> specific 
> > > harder or library files?
> > 
> > pkg_info has a --which flag that tells you what package a file came 
> > from:
> > % pkg_info --which /usr/local/include/pcre.h 
> /usr/local/include/pcre.h 
> > was installed by package pcre-7.9
> > 
> > --
> > Matthew Anthony Kolybabi (Mak)
> > 
> Thanks Mat
> 
> Now I have two solutions for the  price of one question
> 
> Brill!!
OK

One problem 

How about ports that are not installed?

Is there another route that will deal with stuff not on the system?

David
> 

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RE: Looking up libraries and header files

2009-10-01 Thread David Southwell
 

> -Original Message-
> From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robert Huff
> Sent: 01 October 2009 08:00
> To: David Southwell
> Cc: 'Mak Kolybabi'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: Looking up libraries and header files
> 
> 
> David Southwell writes:
> 
> >  One problem
> >  
> >  How about ports that are not installed?
> >  
> >  Is there another route that will deal with stuff not on the system?
> 
>   I'm not quite sure what you're asking here; perhaps you 
> could give a scenario?
>   The above methods only work for things that are 
> properly installed/registered with the ports(/packages) 
> system.  If you've installed something not from a port ... 
> you're on your own.
> 
> 
My scenario is a port is compiling but complains about the absense of a
header or a file from a port that has NOT been installed on the system. I
have had this a few times when essential source was in a port not listed as
a dependency.

What I am thinking of is a centrally maintained database of all header and
library files available to the port system. 

David
> 

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Apache server imap.so ssl_once_only_init error

2009-10-07 Thread David Southwell
Hi

Would anyone be willing to help me out of my misery - I need to solcve this 
one:
Thanks in advance

David


Apache22
server does not start

httpd-error.log reads:

[Wed Oct 07 16:03:17 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate is a CA certificate 
(BasicConstraints: CA == TRUE !?)
[Wed Oct 07 16:03:18 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate is a CA certificate 
(BasicConstraints: CA == TRUE !?)
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol 
"ssl_onceonlyinit"
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Re: Apache server imap.so ssl_once_only_init error

2009-10-07 Thread David Southwell

> Chuck Swiger wrote:
> > Hi--
> >
> > On Oct 7, 2009, at 8:11 AM, David Southwell wrote:
> >> [Wed Oct 07 16:03:17 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate is a CA
> >> certificate
> >> (BasicConstraints: CA == TRUE !?)
> >> [Wed Oct 07 16:03:18 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate is a CA
> >> certificate
> >> (BasicConstraints: CA == TRUE !?)
> >> /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined
> >> symbol
> >> "ssl_onceonlyinit"
> >
> > At a guess, you are trying to use self-signed certificates, and you
> > generated a CA certificate to sign them, but are trying to use that CA
> > cert directly instead of creating a new x.509 keypair, CSR, and signing
> > that with your CA cert or have a Verisign, enTrust, openca.org, etc.
> >
> > Regards,
> 
> I would guess that the imap.so symbol issue is what is causing Apache to
> die...
> 
> The certificate-related messages are warnings and should not make it fatal.
> 
> Markiyan.
> 

I am pretty sure that is the case. The imap  issue was around before I created 
the certificates. Here is a longer extract from the httpd-error.log

/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol 
"ssl_onceonlyinit"
[Wed Oct 07 13:58:39 2009] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: 
SSLSessionCache]
[Wed Oct 07 13:58:40 2009] [warn] module php5_module is already loaded, 
skipping
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol 
"ssl_onceonlyinit"
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol 
"ssl_onceonlyinit"
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol 
"ssl_onceonlyinit"
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol 
"ssl_onceonlyinit"
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol 
"ssl_onceonlyinit"
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol 
"ssl_onceonlyinit"
[Wed Oct 07 14:24:01 2009] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: 
SSLSessionCache]
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol 
"ssl_onceonlyinit"
[Wed Oct 07 14:28:32 2009] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: 
SSLSessionCache]
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol 
"ssl_onceonlyinit"
Checked
[Wed Oct 07 14:29:12 2009] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: 
SSLSessionCache]
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol 
"ssl_onceonlyinit"
[Wed Oct 07 15:54:47 2009] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: 
SSLSessionCache]
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol 
"ssl_onceonlyinit"
[Wed Oct 07 16:03:17 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate is a CA certificate 
(BasicConstraints: CA == TRUE !?)
[Wed Oct 07 16:03:18 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate is a CA certificate 
(BasicConstraints: CA == TRUE !?)
/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol 
"ssl_onceonlyinit"


From this you can see the Session Cache not figured problem went away after I 
created the certs but I am stioll left with the imap.so proble. which seems to 
be the cause of the fatal failure.

Dpoes anyone know how to fix that?

David
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Re: Apache server imap.so ssl_once_only_init error

2009-10-07 Thread David Southwell
> David Southwell writes:
> >  /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so:
> >  Undefined symbol "ssl_onceonlyinit"
> 
>   I look at this and ask (knowing very little about either) "is
> this a problem with Apache, or a problem with PHP?".
> 
> 
>   Robert huff
> 
I wish I darn well knew 

Right now I am doing a portupgrade -frR mail/php5-imap in the hope that might 
sort it -- but there is no intelligence behind the initiative 

David
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Re: Apache server imap.so ssl_once_only_init error

2009-10-07 Thread David Southwell
> Robert Huff wrote:
> > David Southwell writes:
> >>  /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so:
> >>  Undefined symbol "ssl_onceonlyinit"
> >
> > I look at this and ask (knowing very little about either) "is
> > this a problem with Apache, or a problem with PHP?".
> 
> Easy enough to see - comment out the imap.so module in
> /usr/local/etc/php/extensions.ini and see if Apache will start. If it does
> the problem is the imap module. A more generic way to drive this wedge is
>  to temporarily comment out the LoadModule php5_module line from
>  httpd.conf.
> 
> If it starts without this module it isn't Apache. Some PHP modules have
> dependencies in that they need the other modules loaded before they load.
> Try moving the imap.so line in extensions.ini to the bottom of the file so
> all the other crypt modules such as openssl, hash, mcrypt, etc are loaded
> first.
> 
> -Mike
> 
> 
> 
Mike you are right on the ball.

When I comment out the imap.so line in extensions.ini the server starts up 
normally. So now we have the culprit. That is after doing a portupgrade -frR 
mail/php5-imap.

The question is where do I go from here??

Thank you

David
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set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

2009-12-08 Thread David Southwell
Hi

Thanks in advance for any replies.

I am trying to set up a freebsd 7.2 p3 system to be able to print from
an hp laserjet 2200dn equipped with a built in 10/100 jetdirect 610N. The 
printer is also used by a number of MS$ systems on the same subnet as the 
server so I know the printer is working and configured to print both text and 
graphics and to use the double sided facility. I need to use similar 
facilities from the server.

On the windows XP systems the printer is identified by a port entry in the 
form "[my_device].[my_domain].[my_tld]:HP LaserJet 2200" in the printer 
properties. The HP JetDirect Configuration report includes the following info:

Model Number: J4169A
Firmware Version: L.20.24

Under TCP/IP we have:
Hostname: [mydevice]
Domain Name: [my_domain].[my_tld]
# The following all show correct entries:
Ip Address:
Subnet Mask:
Default Gateway:
DNS Server:



Despite reading the documentation I seem to be having difficulty setting up 
the printer from the server. So far I have not been able to get the beast to 
print-- I have scrapped all attempts at configuring the server and would 
appreciate some guidance before I trying again!!

Thanks 

David





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Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

2009-12-08 Thread David Southwell
> Hi David,
> 
> > Despite reading the documentation I seem to be having difficulty setting
> > up the printer from the server. So far I have not been able to get the
> > beast to print-- I have scrapped all attempts at configuring the server
> > and would appreciate some guidance before I trying again!!
> 
> Maybe you should tell us what facility you are trying to configure:
> configuring cups or lpd is not exactly the same same.
> 
> I have had success for many years, with many models of HP printers,
> through a Perl script, used as output filter for lpd, the script would
> connect to the printer on TCP port 9100.
> 
> Bests,
> 
> Olivier

Hi Olivier

Thanks for taking the time to come back to me.

I really do not mind which facility to use provided I get the results!!! 
. I do need to use as many of the printer features as possible.
I have  enable the following:
  IPP Printing : Enabled
  FTP Printing : Enabled
  LPD Printing : Enabled
  9100 Printing: Enabled
  SLP Config   : Enabled
  EWS Config   : Enabled

So I should be able to use a similar approach to you. Is the script readily 
available and what do I need to do to install and configure it?

Thanks again

David

David

 
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Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

2009-12-08 Thread David Southwell
>> On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 10:40:02 + David Southwell wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for any replies.
>> 
>> I am trying to set up a freebsd 7.2 p3 system to be able to print from
>> an hp laserjet 2200dn equipped with a built in 10/100 jetdirect 610N. The
>> printer is also used by a number of MS$ systems on the same subnet as the
>> server so I know the printer is working and configured to print both text
>>  and graphics and to use the double sided facility. I need to use similar
>>  facilities from the server.
>> 
>> On the windows XP systems the printer is identified by a port entry in the
>> form "[my_device].[my_domain].[my_tld]:HP LaserJet 2200" in the printer
>> properties. The HP JetDirect Configuration report includes the following
>>  info:
>> 
>> Model Number: J4169A
>> Firmware Version: L.20.24
>> 
>> Under TCP/IP we have:
>> Hostname: [mydevice]
>> Domain Name: [my_domain].[my_tld]
>> # The following all show correct entries:
>> Ip Address:
>> Subnet Mask:
>> Default Gateway:
>> DNS Server:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Despite reading the documentation I seem to be having difficulty setting up
>> the printer from the server. So far I have not been able to get the beast
>>  to print-- I have scrapped all attempts at configuring the server and
>>  would appreciate some guidance before I trying again!!
>> 
>
> Please, show your configuration files and diagnostic messages.
> 
Unfortunately as I said I have scrapped the configuration attempts and files 
and cleaned the logs ready for a new start...I felt it was a mess and the 
history had become part of the problem!! So I cleaned the decks and  am ready 
to start again !!
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Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

2009-12-08 Thread David Southwell
> David,
> 
> > So I should be able to use a similar approach to you. Is the script
> > readily available and what do I need to do to install and configure it?
> 
> I can share, but right now I have to go back home, I'll send it to you
> tomorrow.
> 
> If you simply:
> 
> telnet your.printer 9100
>  and type some text
> 
> you will get that text printed!
> 
> Olivier
> 
That worked
Thank you v much . I look forward to that

BTW Does the script handle raw PCL/postscript?

David
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Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

2009-12-08 Thread David Southwell
> David Southwell writes:
> >  I am trying to set up a freebsd 7.2 p3 system to be able to print
> >  from an hp laserjet 2200dn equipped with a built in 10/100
> >  jetdirect 610N. The printer is also used by a number of MS$
> >  systems on the same subnet as the server so I know the printer is
> >  working and configured to print both text and graphics and to use
> >  the double sided facility. I need to use similar facilities from
> >  the server.
> 
>   I recently used CUPS to connect to a LaserJet 6 series with a
> non HP (but supposedly HP-compatible) print server.  After some
> help, I entered "socket://" in the appropriate field
> ... and everything Just Works.
> 
> 
>   Robert Huff
> 
Hi Robert
Seasons greetings

Thanks v. much.

With help from Olivier Nicole I was able to telnet to the printer 9100 and 
text types got printed. My questions now are:

1. How do I manage to print single/double sided and determine the page 
orientation for different jobs?
2. How do I print images/ PCl /postscript.

Olivier has a script which he will be sending me tomorrow but I do not know 
whether that deals with those issues.

Warm regards

david

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Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

2009-12-08 Thread David Southwell
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:26 PM, David Southwell wrote:
> > > David Southwell writes:
> > > >  I am trying to set up a freebsd 7.2 p3 system to be able to print
> > > >  from an hp laserjet 2200dn equipped with a built in 10/100
> > > >  jetdirect 610N. The printer is also used by a number of MS$
> > > >  systems on the same subnet as the server so I know the printer is
> > > >  working and configured to print both text and graphics and to use
> > > >  the double sided facility. I need to use similar facilities from
> > > >  the server.
> > >
> > >   I recently used CUPS to connect to a LaserJet 6 series with a
> > > non HP (but supposedly HP-compatible) print server.  After some
> > > help, I entered "socket://" in the appropriate field
> > > ... and everything Just Works.
> > >
> > >
> > >   Robert Huff
> >
> > Hi Robert
> > Seasons greetings
> >
> > Thanks v. much.
> >
> > With help from Olivier Nicole I was able to telnet to the printer 9100
> > and text types got printed. My questions now are:
> >
> > 1. How do I manage to print single/double sided and determine the page
> > orientation for different jobs?
> > 2. How do I print images/ PCl /postscript.
> >
> > Olivier has a script which he will be sending me tomorrow but I do not
> > know whether that deals with those issues.
> 
> install CUPS.
> 
Installed and configured cups but cannot get the online login system to work. 
It refuses to accept username/password combination.

Here are the relevant lines in cupsd.conf:
# Show shared printers on the local network.
Browsing On
BrowseOrder allow,deny
BrowseAllow all
BrowseLocalProtocols CUPS

# Default authentication type, when authentication is required...
DefaultAuthType Basic

# Restrict access to the server...


Order Deny, Allow
Deny from All
Allow from 127.0.0.1
Allow from  62.49.197.50


# Restrict access to the admin pages...

AuthType Default
Require user @SYSTEM
  Order Deny, Allow
Deny from All
Allow from 127.0.0.1
Allow from  62.49.197.50


# Restrict access to configuration files...

  AuthType Default
  Require user @SYSTEM
Order Deny, Allow
Deny from All
Allow from 127.0.0.1
Allow from  62.49.197.50
  Order allow,deny



Relevant ports:
dns1# pkg_info |grep cups
cups-base-1.4.2_1   Common UNIX Printing System: Server
cups-client-1.4.2_1 Common UNIX Printing System: Library cups
cups-image-1.4.2_1  Common UNIX Printing System: Library cupsimage
cups-pdf-2.5.0  A virtual printer for CUPS to produce PDF files
cups-pstoraster-8.15.4_4 Postscript interpreter for CUPS printing to non-PS 
printers
cups-samba-6.0_2The Common UNIX Printing System:  MS Windows client 
drivers
cups-smb-backend-1.0_2 A CUPS backend for printing to Windows servers
gnome-cups-manager-0.31_10,1 Admistration tool for cups
gutenprint-cups-5.1.7_4 GutenPrint Printer Driver
libgnomecups-0.2.3_2,1 Support library for gnome cups admistration
py26-cups-1.9.46CUPS bindings for Python

> 
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CUPS & laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network - one remaining problem

2009-12-10 Thread David Southwell
Hi All

Thank you everyone for your help as a result of combined efforts I have 
finally succeeded in getting cups the server to communicate with the printer 
and print. 
HOWEVER!!

One minor niggling problem remains. I cannot communicate with the cups 
management interface on http://localhost:631 due to password authentication 
failure. I try logging in as 'root' with correct root password in the login 
dialogue.

I altered the loglevel to debug and the output is at the end of the email.

It seems as though the cupsd is not receiving the input (probably due to some 
config error on my part!). I have tried using a number of different browsers 
but get the same result.

Prior to testing I did:

dns1# lppasswd -g wheel -a root
The standard cups error log showed
cupsdAuthorize: pam_start() returned 4 (system error)!

So I raised the loglevel to debug and got the results shown further down.

All the configuration has been done manually.
I restarted cupsd with:

dns1# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd restart
Stopping cupsd.
Starting cupsd.

 The HP JetDirect Configuration report includes the following info:
___
Model Number: J4169A
Firmware Version: L.20.24

Under TCP/IP we have:
Hostname: [mydevice]
Domain Name: [my_domain].[my_tld]
# The following all show correct entries:
Ip Address:
Subnet Mask:
Default Gateway:
DNS Server:
__
End of jetDirect config info:


 The beast is printing.

Cups is running:

dns1# ps -aux |grep cupsd
root   40253  0.0  0.1 27956  5332  ??  Is1:01PM   0:00.02 
/usr/local/sbin/cupsd -C /usr/local/etc/cups/cupsd.conf

dns1# cat /usr/local/etc/cups/cupsd.conf
   
#   
   
# "$Id: cupsd.conf.in 8805 2009-08-31 16:34:06Z mike $" 
   
#   
   
# Sample configuration file for the CUPS scheduler.  See "man cupsd.conf" for 
a
# complete description of this file.
   
#   
   

# Log general information in error_log - change "warn" to "debug"
# for troubleshooting... 
LogLevel warn

# Administrator user group...
SystemGroup wheel


# Only listen for connections from the local machine.
Listen localhost:631 
Listen /var/run/cups.sock

# Show shared printers on the local network.
Browsing On 
BrowseOrder allow,deny  
BrowseAllow all 
BrowseLocalProtocols CUPS   

# Default authentication type, when authentication is required...
DefaultAuthType Basic

# Restrict access to the server...
  

Order Deny, Allow
Deny from All
Allow from 127.0.0.1
Allow from  62.49.197.50
 

# Restrict access to the admin pages...
  
AuthType Default   
Require user @SYSTEM   
  Order Deny, Allow
Deny from All  
Allow from 127.0.0.1   
Allow from  62.49.197.50   


# Restrict access to configuration files...
 
  AuthType Default 
  Require user @SYSTEM 
Order Deny, Allow  
Deny from All  
Allow from 127.0.0.1   
Allow from  62.49.197.50   
  Order allow,deny 


# Set the default printer/job policies...
 
  # Job-related operations must be done by the owner or an administrator...

Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM 
   
Order deny,allow
   

   

  # All administration operations require an administrator to authenticate...
  
AuthType Default  

Re: CUPS & laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network - one remaining problem

2009-12-10 Thread David Southwell
I have had a posting on the Cups list from Michael Sweet  
who has suggested the problem is something to do with my pam configuration.
Thanks in advance for further guidance:
> Thanks Michael - it looks as though you may have put your finger on the
> problem -- but I am not certain how to react to it!!! (see below)
> 
> > On Dec 10, 2009, at 5:34 AM, David Southwell wrote:
> > > Thanks to some help from people on one of the freebsd lists  I have
> > > finally succeeded in getting cups the server to communicate with the
> > > printer and print.
> > > HOWEVER!!
> > >
> > > One minor niggling problem remains. I still cannot communicate with the
> > > cups management interface on http://localhost:631 due to password
> > > authentication failure. So the title of this thread is still very
> > > relevant.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any help with the problem.
> > >
> > > To bring readers up to date:
> > >
> > > I try logging in as 'root' with correct root password in the login
> > > dialogue.
> > >
> > > I altered the loglevel to debug and the output is at the end of this
> > > post.
> > >
> > > It seems as though the cupsd is not receiving the input (probably due
> > > to some config error on my part!). I have tried using a number of
> > > different browsers but get the same result.
> > >
> > > Prior to testing I did:
> > >
> > > dns1# lppasswd -g wheel -a root
> > > The standard cups error log showed
> > > cupsdAuthorize: pam_start() returned 4 (system error)!
> >
> > OK, so you have a PAM configuration error most likely - check that the
> >  /etc/pam.d/cups file is consistent with the other PAM files in
> > /etc/pam.d (i.e. using the correct security modules...)
> 
> ahahahaha
> There is no /etc/pam.d/cups file !!
> 
> There is a
> /usr/local/etc/pam.d/cups
> 
> which has the following lines:
> auth  requiredpam_unknown.so nodelay
> account   requiredpam_unknown.so
> 
> Shown below is ls -l for each directory!
> 
> Wanted --- good model for pam.d/cups and where to put it!!! 
> 
> [NB This is a freebsd 7.2 p3 amd64 system with intel quad core.]
> dns1# ls -l /etc/pam.d/
> total 38
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  2907 May  1  2009 README
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   322 May  1  2009 atrun
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   199 May  1  2009 cron
> -rw-r--r--  2 root  wheel   547 May  1  2009 ftp
> -rw-r--r--  2 root  wheel   547 May  1  2009 ftpd
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   467 May  1  2009 gdm_disabled
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   365 May  1  2009 imap
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   467 May  1  2009 kde
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   374 May  1  2009 login
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   662 May  1  2009 other
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   319 May  1  2009 passwd
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   365 May  1  2009 pop3
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   328 May  1  2009 rsh
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   739 May  1  2009 sshd
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   380 May  1  2009 su
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   705 May  1  2009 system
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   754 May  1  2009 telnetd
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   532 May  1  2009 xdm
> 
> dns1# ls -l /usr/local/etc/pam.d
> total 16
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   69 Dec 10 09:19 cups
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  672 Dec  7 10:06 gdm
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   98 Nov 29 17:42 gnome-screensaver
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  135 Nov  4 22:09 polkit
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  135 Dec  2 09:00 polkit-1
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  399 Sep 27 18:20 sudo
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel  399 Sep 27 18:20 sudo.default
> -r--r--r--  1 root  wheel   98 Nov  5 03:22 xscreensaver
> 

Maybe someone who is versed in the intricacies of pam.d on freebsd 7.2 p3 
amd64 might be willing to point me in the right direction. 

Thanks

David
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Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD

2009-12-10 Thread David Southwell
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:21:26 +0100
> 
> Julian H. Stacey  replied:
> >> Fortuantely, I had no problem setting up a "black" FreeBSD box to
> >> preserve my sanity.
> >
> >A tip for those threatened with no BSD box at work:
> >FreeBSD runs fine _inside_ a box that looks like a multi sheet scanner.
> >OK, slow, but invisible to managers who require MS only.
> >
> >These scanners often lie abandoned in company junk rooms (& cheap
> >on web), as people know they used to need MS's abandoned NT (= Not
> >There) operating system.  Well they do ... until one installs BSD.
> >Credit to David M. who did the FreeBSD work. Pictures of hardware
> >to look for in junk rooms: http://www.berklix.com/scanjet/
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Julian
> 
> Out of pure morbid curiosity, would you please answer this question for
> me.
> 
> You work for a corporation that specifically requires the use of
> a specific OS, the OS itself is not material to this question. It also
> forbids the use of any unauthorized OS or equipment on the companies
> network. You decide to ignore their directives and eventually:
> 
> 1) Get caught
> 2) Cause a problem with the company's network, etc.
> 
> Now, when you get fired and possible charged with a crime, do you:
> 
> 1) Cry and bitch that they are being unfair?
> 2) Accept the fact that you deserved to be dismissed?
> 
> Where I use to work, two or three employees were fired each year
> because they thought they knew more than everyone else. They failed to
> realize that they were being compensated to do what they were told and
> not what they thought they should be doing. The bottom line is if they
> are not smart enough to follow company directives, they are certainly
> not capable of instigating their own protocol.
> 
most  lickers are not very smart either.
David
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Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD

2009-12-12 Thread David Southwell
> 2009/12/11 Kevin Oberman :
> >> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:49:42 +
> >> From: Matthew Seaman 
> >> Sender: owner-freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org
> >>
> >> Polytropon wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:42:36 -0600, "Sam Fourman Jr." 
 wrote:
> >> >> I have tried looking around and OpenBSD appears to be the undisputed
> >> >> #1 track record in terms of security and FreeBSD is #2 (I didn't
> >> >> count dragonflyBSD)
> >> >
> >> > VMS would be #0, then? :-)
> >>
> >> I dunno.  Haven't seen many MS-DOS exploits recently either...
> >
> > I'm sure that there are systems happily running MSDOS, but I bet not too
> > many are networked.
> >
> > I know that there is still a lot of VMS out there and that it has
> > remained a cash cow for HP. It lived on primarily in the banking and
> > financial sector, though I guess the use is dropping since HP recently
> > outsourced support to India and that lead to the retirement of the last
> > of the original VMS developers, Andy Goldstein.
> >
> > Also, the the end of TECO as Andy was responsible for porting it to
> > almost every platform DEC ever sold (RSX, RSTS, VMS, TOPS-10 and
> > TOPS-20, RT-11, and several others) and continued to maintain it until
> > his retirement. (Most readers of this list probably don't even remember
> > TECO.)
> >
> > And, for may years VMS had major network security problems, especially
> > the infamous default DECNET/DECNET account that lead to may compromises
> > and the second major network worm, Worms Against Nuclear Killers. (I
> > won't use the acronym so as not to offend our British readers. I found
> > out about that when the BBC interviewed me about it and I was told that
> > I could not utter the word.)
> 
> Wow, I didn't know your side don't use that word... I thought I knew
> about all the stereotypically British ones!
> 
> Do you guys have any curses or insults at all???
> 
> Chris
> 
I ran a radio show in the states - the language restrictions there 
ww were they strict!!

David
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syncache_timer: errors; What do they mean?

2010-01-11 Thread David Southwell
Here are some example entries in /var/log/messages (server ip address removed 
and replaced by [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] :

Can anyone please tell me what thses messages mean and what action (if any) I 
should be taking.
Thanks in advance for any replies
Jan 11 10:41:57 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63584 to 
[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting (1) 
SYN|ACK
Jan 11 10:42:01 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63429 to 
[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting (2) 
SYN|ACK
Jan 11 10:42:03 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63584 to 
[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting (2) 
SYN|ACK
Jan 11 10:42:13 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63429 to 
[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting (3) 
SYN|ACK
Jan 11 10:42:16 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63584 to 
[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting (3) 
SYN|ACK

David
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Re: syncache_timer: errors; What do they mean?

2010-01-11 Thread David Southwell
> David Southwell wrote:
> > Here are some example entries in /var/log/messages (server ip address
> > removed and replaced by [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] :
> >
> > Can anyone please tell me what thses messages mean and what action (if
> > any) I should be taking.
> > Thanks in advance for any replies
> > Jan 11 10:41:57 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63584 to
> > [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting
> > (1) SYN|ACK
> > Jan 11 10:42:01 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63429 to
> > [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting
> > (2) SYN|ACK
> > Jan 11 10:42:03 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63584 to
> > [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting
> > (2) SYN|ACK
> > Jan 11 10:42:13 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63429 to
> > [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting
> > (3) SYN|ACK
> > Jan 11 10:42:16 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63584 to
> > [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting
> > (3) SYN|ACK
> 
> What is happening is this: host 113.53.173.247 (which appears to be
> somewhere in Thailand) is trying to connect to port 25 on your machine.
> [I guess it's probably trying to spam you.]
> 
> Now, the very first packet sent to establish a TCP connection is known
> as the 'SYN' packet -- that's because it has the Syn bit set in the
> options bitmap.  That comes from the remote system (as  it is trying to
> connect to you.) Your machine is receiving that OK.
> 
> The next step is for your machine to respond, sending a SYNACK packet
> back to the remote machine (Yes: you guessed it: this has both the Syn
> and the Ack bits set in the packet options).  Your machine is sending
> these packets off OK, but here is where it is all going horribly wrong.
> 
> Your machine never receives the 3rd packet back from the originating
> machine -- which is just an ACK packet -- to say it received the response.
> So it logs the message you've seen and tries again.  After a certain
> number of retries, it will give up on the attempted connection, clear
> out any allocated memory and go back to a quiescent state just listening
> for new incoming connections.
> 
> Unless all three of these packets make it to and fro, the TCP connection
> has not been properly set up.  This process is described as the "Three
> way handshake" -- unless that succeeds do data can flow across the
>  connection, so if this is an attempt to spam you, it's going to be
>  singularly ineffective.
> 
> Chances are, you've run into a badly configured firewall, or a broken
> spam-bot, which is causing packets to disappear from the wire. It /might/
> possibly be an attempt to DoS you by filling up various kernel memory
> structures allocated to managing TCP connection state, but judging by the
> time chops on the log extract you've shown, the other side would need to
> be sending orders of magnitude more traffic in order to beeffective.
> 
> Given this is too low intensity to have much effect on your machine, you
> can simply do nothing and ignore the log messages: it will clear itself up
> given enough time.  Otherwise, a firewall rule to drop traffic from the
> offending source will help reduce the noise level.
> 
> On the vanishingly remote chance that this really is a valid SMTP peer of
> yours, you'ld need to contact them out of band and try and work out where
> the traffic is being blocked and what to do about it.
> 
>   Cheers,
> 
>   Matthew
Thanks Mathew -- very well described..even I can understand it 

I did not mention I am running freebsd 7.2 p3. I use sshguard and denyhosts 
and  blackhole. I have the:

sshd : PARANOID : deny

set in /etc/hosts.allow
and wonder if the above combination could somehow be connected with the 
messages.

I get some interesting messages sequences like this:

Jan 11 12:40:09 dns1 kernel: TCP: [200.199.44.147]:22093 to 
[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:139 tcpflags 0x18; tcp_do_segment: FIN_WAIT_1: 
Received 76 bytes of data after socket was closed, sending RST and removing 
tcpcb
Jan 11 12:40:11 dns1 kernel: TCP: [200.199.44.147]:22093 to 
[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:139 tcpflags 0x10; syncache_expand: Segment failed 
SYNCOOKIE authentication, segment rejected (probably spoofed)
Jan 11 12:40:11 dns1 kernel: TCP: [200.199.44.147]:22093 to 
[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:139 tcpflags 0x4; syncache_chkrst: Spurious RST without 
matching syncache entry (possibly syncookie only), segment ignored
Jan 11 12:40:14 dns1 kernel: TCP: [200.199.44.147]:9 to 
[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:445 tcpflags 0x2; tcp_input: Connection attempt to 
closed port

From what are clear spoofing "initiatives"

Thanks again

David

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Re: denying spam hosts ssh access - good idea?

2010-01-11 Thread David Southwell
> I'm thinking of denying ssh access to host from which
> I get brute force ssh attacks.
> 
> HOwever, I see in /etc/hosts.allow:
> 
> # Wrapping sshd(8) is not normally a good idea, but if you
> # need to do it, here's how
> #sshd : .evil.cracker.example.com : deny
> 
> Why is it not a good idea?
> 
> Also, apparently in older ssh there was DenyHosts option,
> but no longer in the current version.
> Is there a replacement for DenyHOsts?
> Or is there a good reason for such option not to be used?
> 
> many thanks
> anton
> 
I use denyhosts ( /usr/ports/security/denyhosts ) works well for me. I also 
use blackhole and sshguard

david
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Re: epson printers on amd64

2011-11-20 Thread David Southwell
On Saturday 19 November 2011 21:27:42 Warren Block wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Nov 2011, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
> > Warren Block  wrote:
> >> On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, David Southwell wrote:
> >>> Anyone up to date on how to do high quality printing with
> >>> epson inkjet printers (in my case r2400 and r2880) on amd64
> >>> systems.  print/pips* reports they require 386 and do not
> >>> compile on amd64.
> >> 
> >> print/gimp-gutenprint works pretty well from Gimp, although
> >> I have not figured out how to get consistent color and brightness.
> >> It supports both of those printers.
> > 
> > I'm sure I'm not alone in doubting that _any_ ink-spitter is likely to
> > produce "high quality printing" or "consistent color and brightness",
> > regardless of the host support used.  Those printers are designed to
> > be manufactured as inexpensively as possible so as to be sold at very
> > low prices, the profit being in the recurring ink sales.  "Cheap" and
> > "high quality" tend to be incompatible design goals.
> 
> (Sorry, I hadn't realized I was replying on -emulation, which is meant
> for computer emulation.  CCed to -questions on this reply.)
> 
> Quality color photos are the one area where inkjets really can do a good
> job.  Experimenting with cheap Epson R200 and R280 has shown that they
> can print better quality photos than local photo printing places.
> 
> Color and brightness are consistent until I print a different photo.
> Gutenprint saves the settings, it's just that they don't work
> the same with different photos.  Possibly this is due to my changing the
> wrong adjustments.
> 
> Oh, and I've only used Gutenprint on 32-bit systems so far.

To get high quality printing with good inkjet printeres like r2400 and r2880 
here are the main steps I follow:

1. Define the colour space (e.g adobe rgb 1998) to be used when the image is 
being captured.

2. Shoot using the correct white space setting for the scene.

3. Load onto the computer having first profiled your monitor.

4. Use your  preferred editing software (e.g. photoshop) using a defined 
working space colour profile e.g. adobe 1998 (I prefer prophoto which is  
32bit floating decimal point).

5. Convert the colour profile of the image to the working colour space.

6. Process the image.

7. When processing complete choose the paper for printing.

8. Make sure you have a suitable colour profile for that paper for your chosen 
printer.

9. Print using the appropriate paper profile.



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Re: epson printers on amd64

2011-11-20 Thread David Southwell
On Sunday 20 November 2011 01:33:53 David Southwell wrote:
> On Saturday 19 November 2011 21:27:42 Warren Block wrote:
> > On Sun, 20 Nov 2011, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
> > > Warren Block  wrote:
> > >> On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, David Southwell wrote:
> > >>> Anyone up to date on how to do high quality printing with
> > >>> epson inkjet printers (in my case r2400 and r2880) on amd64
> > >>> systems.  print/pips* reports they require 386 and do not
> > >>> compile on amd64.
> > >> 
> > >> print/gimp-gutenprint works pretty well from Gimp, although
> > >> I have not figured out how to get consistent color and brightness.
> > >> It supports both of those printers.
> > > 
> > > I'm sure I'm not alone in doubting that _any_ ink-spitter is likely to
> > > produce "high quality printing" or "consistent color and brightness",
> > > regardless of the host support used.  Those printers are designed to
> > > be manufactured as inexpensively as possible so as to be sold at very
> > > low prices, the profit being in the recurring ink sales.  "Cheap" and
> > > "high quality" tend to be incompatible design goals.
> > 
> > (Sorry, I hadn't realized I was replying on -emulation, which is meant
> > for computer emulation.  CCed to -questions on this reply.)
> > 
> > Quality color photos are the one area where inkjets really can do a good
> > job.  Experimenting with cheap Epson R200 and R280 has shown that they
> > can print better quality photos than local photo printing places.
> > 
> > Color and brightness are consistent until I print a different photo.
> > Gutenprint saves the settings, it's just that they don't work
> > the same with different photos.  Possibly this is due to my changing the
> > wrong adjustments.
> > 
> > Oh, and I've only used Gutenprint on 32-bit systems so far.
> 
> To get high quality printing with good inkjet printeres like r2400 and
> r2880 here are the main steps I follow:
> 
> 1. Define the colour space (e.g adobe rgb 1998) to be used when the image
> is being captured.
> 
> 2. Shoot using the correct white space setting for the scene.
> 
> 3. Load onto the computer having first profiled your monitor.
> 
> 4. Use your  preferred editing software (e.g. photoshop) using a defined
> working space colour profile e.g. adobe 1998 (I prefer prophoto which is
> 32bit floating decimal point).
> 
> 5. Convert the colour profile of the image to the working colour space.
> 
> 6. Process the image.
> 
> 7. When processing complete choose the paper for printing.
> 
> 8. Make sure you have a suitable colour profile for that paper for your
> chosen printer.
> 
> 9. Print using the appropriate paper profile.
> 
> 
> 
Sorry I should have mentioned that ghostscript are integrating colour 
profiling using icc profiles although the last time I checked there was no 
support for the kind of monitor profile creation devices such as those 
manufactured by datacolor which I use on I hate to say it MS$ systems. There 
is an interesting paper on Ghostscript Color Management to be found on 
www.artifex.com/Ghostscript_Color_Architecture.pdf

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Re: epson printers on amd64

2011-11-20 Thread David Southwell
On Sunday 20 November 2011 01:58:07 David Southwell wrote:
> On Sunday 20 November 2011 01:33:53 David Southwell wrote:
> > On Saturday 19 November 2011 21:27:42 Warren Block wrote:
> > > On Sun, 20 Nov 2011, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
> > > > Warren Block  wrote:
> > > >> On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, David Southwell wrote:
> > > >>> Anyone up to date on how to do high quality printing with
> > > >>> epson inkjet printers (in my case r2400 and r2880) on amd64
> > > >>> systems.  print/pips* reports they require 386 and do not
> > > >>> compile on amd64.
> > > >> 
> > > >> print/gimp-gutenprint works pretty well from Gimp, although
> > > >> I have not figured out how to get consistent color and brightness.
> > > >> It supports both of those printers.
> > > > 
> > > > I'm sure I'm not alone in doubting that _any_ ink-spitter is likely
> > > > to produce "high quality printing" or "consistent color and
> > > > brightness", regardless of the host support used.  Those printers
> > > > are designed to be manufactured as inexpensively as possible so as
> > > > to be sold at very low prices, the profit being in the recurring ink
> > > > sales.  "Cheap" and "high quality" tend to be incompatible design
> > > > goals.
> > > 
> > > (Sorry, I hadn't realized I was replying on -emulation, which is meant
> > > for computer emulation.  CCed to -questions on this reply.)
> > > 
> > > Quality color photos are the one area where inkjets really can do a
> > > good job.  Experimenting with cheap Epson R200 and R280 has shown that
> > > they can print better quality photos than local photo printing places.
> > > 
> > > Color and brightness are consistent until I print a different photo.
> > > Gutenprint saves the settings, it's just that they don't work
> > > the same with different photos.  Possibly this is due to my changing
> > > the wrong adjustments.
> > > 
> > > Oh, and I've only used Gutenprint on 32-bit systems so far.
> > 
> > To get high quality printing with good inkjet printeres like r2400 and
> > r2880 here are the main steps I follow:
> > 
> > 1. Define the colour space (e.g adobe rgb 1998) to be used when the image
> > is being captured.
> > 
> > 2. Shoot using the correct white space setting for the scene.
> > 
> > 3. Load onto the computer having first profiled your monitor.
> > 
> > 4. Use your  preferred editing software (e.g. photoshop) using a defined
> > working space colour profile e.g. adobe 1998 (I prefer prophoto which is
> > 32bit floating decimal point).
> > 
> > 5. Convert the colour profile of the image to the working colour space.
> > 
> > 6. Process the image.
> > 
> > 7. When processing complete choose the paper for printing.
> > 
> > 8. Make sure you have a suitable colour profile for that paper for your
> > chosen printer.
> > 
> > 9. Print using the appropriate paper profile.
> 
> Sorry I should have mentioned that ghostscript are integrating colour
> profiling using icc profiles although the last time I checked there was no
> support for the kind of monitor profile creation devices such as those
> manufactured by datacolor which I use on I hate to say it MS$ systems.
> There is an interesting paper on Ghostscript Color Management to be found
> on www.artifex.com/Ghostscript_Color_Architecture.pdf
> 
OK  thanks to you guys asking some questions I have found that 
graphics/lprof-devel
can support the creation of monitor and print profiles using Spyder 2 & Spyder 
3 from datacolor. I have been a bit lazy in following up my earlier interest 
in profiling monitors on freebsd 7.2 & 8.2 as I would like to reduce my 
reliance on MS$ and apple systems. It looks like I missed this one which is 
being compiled as I speak.

I will try forcing a compile of the 32bit code for the epson r2400 & r2880 
which I am told may compile on 64bit given some work. I will report back if I 
finish up with a viable system.

David
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Openfire weird start up problem

2013-02-17 Thread David Southwell

I am having trouble with openfire

I found after starting I could not connect to the server
Getting error
WARNING: no shebang line in COPYRIGHT

Here is the test sequence that shows the error:
# service openfire start
Starting openfire
#service openfire status
openfire is running as pid 9205

NOTE At this point it appears that openfire starts BUT immediately 
afterwards it must stop because a repeat status call gives:


#service openfire status
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/openfire: WARNING no shebang line in COPYRIGHT
openfire not running? (check /var/run/openfire.pid

Many thanks for any guidance

I have reported problem to maintainer but so far no response.
Thanks
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ssl problems

2010-10-07 Thread David Southwell

I have been having trouble with apache server which has ceased loading and 
other ports which have some dependency on openssl. I believe the problem may 
be due to some kind of ssl conflict but do not know how to recognise the cause 
or go about identifying and curing the problem.

System: freebsd 7.2 amd p3 generic quad core on intel

If I run ssl the response from the version shows 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007.

OpenSSL> version
OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007
Pkg _ info reports:

dns1# pkg_info -o '*ssl*'
Information for dsssl-docbook-modular-1.79_1,1:

Origin:
textproc/dsssl-docbook-modular

Information for linux-openssl-0.9.7f_2:

Origin:
security/linux-openssl

Information for openssl-1.0.0_2:

Origin:
security/openssl

Information for php5-openssl-5.3.3_2:

Origin:
security/php5-openssl

Information for py26-openssl-0.10:

Origin:
security/py-openssl

Information for qca-ossl-2.0.0.b3_4:

Origin:
security/qca-ossl

Attempting to load the apache server monitoring with ktrace:
dns1# ktrace /usr/local/sbin/apachectl start
Apache/2.2.16 mod_ssl/2.2.16 (Pass Phrase Dialog)
Some of your private key files are encrypted for security reasons.
In order to read them you have to provide the pass phrases.

Server www.vizion2000.net:443 (RSA)
Enter pass phrase:

OK: Pass Phrase Dialog successful.
dns1# kdump >ktrace_kdump_03
at the end of the kdump file I see the attempt to load fails as follows:
 12759 sh   RET   getrlimit 0
 12759 sh   CALL  setrlimit(RLIMIT_RSS,0x7fffdd20)
 12759 sh   RET   setrlimit 0
 12759 sh   CALL  getrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK,0x7fffddb0)
 12759 sh   RET   getrlimit 0
 12759 sh   CALL  setrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK,0x7fffddb0)
 12759 sh   RET   setrlimit 0
 12759 sh   CALL  getrlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC,0x7fffde40)
 12759 sh   RET   getrlimit 0
 12759 sh   CALL  setrlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC,0x7fffde40)
 12759 sh   RET   setrlimit 0
 12759 sh   CALL  getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE,0x7fffded0)
 12759 sh   RET   getrlimit 0
 12759 sh   CALL  setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE,0x7fffded0)
 12759 sh   RET   setrlimit 0
 12759 sh   CALL  getrlimit(RLIMIT_SBSIZE,0x7fffdf60)
 12759 sh   RET   getrlimit 0
 12759 sh   CALL  setrlimit(RLIMIT_SBSIZE,0x7fffdf60)
 12759 sh   RET   setrlimit 0
 12759 sh   CALL  getrlimit(RLIMIT_VMEM,0x7fffdff0)
 12759 sh   RET   getrlimit 0
 12759 sh   CALL  setrlimit(RLIMIT_VMEM,0x7fffdff0)
 12759 sh   RET   setrlimit 0
 12759 sh   CALL  dup2(0xb,0x1)
 12759 sh   RET   dup2 1
 12759 sh   CALL  close(0xb)
 12759 sh   RET   close 0
 12759 sh   CALL  dup2(0xc,0x2)
 12759 sh   RET   dup2 2
 12759 sh   CALL  close(0xc)
 12759 sh   RET   close 0
 12759 sh   CALL  getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE,0x7fffe260)
 12759 sh   RET   getrlimit 0
 12759 sh   CALL  setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE,0x7fffe260)
 12759 sh   RET   setrlimit 0
 12759 sh   CALL  read(0xa,0x5204c0,0x3ff)
 12759 sh   GIO   fd 10 read 380 bytes
   " is no longer supported.
echo Please edit httpd.conf to include the SSL configuration 
settings
echo and then use "apachectl start".
ERROR=2
;;
configtest)
$HTTPD -t
ERROR=$?
;;
status)
$LYNX $STATUSURL | awk ' /process$/ { print; exit } { print } '
;;
fullstatus)
$LYNX $STATUSURL
;;
*)
$HTTPD $ARGV
ERROR=$?
esac

exit $ERROR

   "
 12759 sh   RET   read 380/0x17c
 12759 sh   CALL  fork
 12759 sh   RET   fork 12762/0x31da
 12759 sh   CALL  getpgrp
 12759 sh   RET   getpgrp 12759/0x31d7
 12759 sh   CALL  wait4(0x,0x7fffe1cc,WUNTRACED,0)
 12759 sh   RET   wait4 12762/0x31da
 12759 sh   CALL  exit(0)

Please ask for further info.

Thanks in advance
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portupgrade command line option -f problem

2010-10-13 Thread David Southwell
Hi

man portupgrade advises:

-f
 --forceForce the upgrade of a package even if it is to be
a downgrade or just a reinstall of the same ver-
sion, or the port is held by user using the
HOLD_PKGS variable in pkgtools.conf.

In practice on freebsd 7.2 p3 amd generic I find that uptodate packages are 
excluded!
[Exclude up-to-date packages 
[done]

Whereas I wish to have all identified packages rebuilt even if they are shown 
as being up to date. This may be necessary if, for example, a change has been 
made to make.conf which affects ports might have an up to date version but 
were compiled prior to the changes in make.conf.

Unless I am mistaken it seems as though the -f option not produce results I 
expect after reading the man page.

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Re: portupgrade command line option -f problem

2010-10-13 Thread David Southwell
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:14:30 +0100
> 
> David Southwell  wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > man portupgrade advises:
> > -f
> > 
> >  --forceForce the upgrade of a package even if it
> > 
> > is to be a downgrade or just a reinstall of the same ver-
> > 
> > sion, or the port is held by user using
> > 
> > the HOLD_PKGS variable in pkgtools.conf.
> > 
> > In practice on freebsd 7.2 p3 amd generic I find that uptodate
> > packages are excluded!
> > [Exclude up-to-date packages 
> > [done]
> 
> I think it's misleading, in my experience it does then go on to
> reinstall the ports. If nothing gets rebuilt try specifying the full
> package name or the origin.

Tried that but no good - it still seems to goof up. I recall it used to work 
many versions ago but it may not have been picked up on a regression test.

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Re: portupgrade command line option -f problem

2010-10-14 Thread David Southwell
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:24:26 +0100
> 
> David Southwell  wrote:
> >  Tried that but no good - it still seems to goof up. I recall it used
> > 
> > to work many versions ago but it may not have been picked up on a
> > regression test.
> 
> It works for me. Which port is it failing on
portupgrade -frR apache22

does not rebuild apache modules

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Re: portupgrade command line option -f problem

2010-10-15 Thread David Southwell
> > On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:24:26 +0100
> > 
> > David Southwell  wrote:
> > >  Tried that but no good - it still seems to goof up. I recall it used
> > > 
> > > to work many versions ago but it may not have been picked up on a
> > > regression test.
> > 
> > It works for me. Which port is it failing on
> 
> portupgrade -frR apache22
> 
> does not rebuild apache modules
> 
> david
> 
Should have mentioned this is after  adding
WITH_OPENSSL_FROM_PORTS=yes
to make.conf.

This change requires a rebuild of apache modules.

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text wrapping console type size etc

2010-11-09 Thread David Southwell
Hi

How can one control output to the console. Using a console window on an X 
windows system with kde4 I find the output limited to a line of 179 chars 
which can be really inconvenient. Even when, for example:

# ps -aux >myfile
any chars beyond an apparent column limit of 179 are dropped and not 
transferred to the file.

How is the chars per line limit altered?
How does one enable console windows to wrap lines? 
How does one increase decrease type size for consoles?

Thanks in advance
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Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating

2010-12-27 Thread David Southwell
> On 12/27/10 01:05, Roland Smith wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 11:42:37PM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
> Something I'm missing here? A fix would be nice, I should be used
> to it though- ImageMagick _always_ has issues for me. I just
> thought it'd be nice to get it updated for once- it looked so
> close :)
> >>>   
> >>>   I'm getting something similar, have been for a couple of weeks:
> >>> ** Port marked as IGNORE: graphics/ImageMagick:
> >>>   OpenEXR requires threads. . Perl is non-threaded. Reinstall Perl with
> >>>   threads or undefine WITH_IMAGEMAGICK_PERL
> >>> 
> >>> ** Listing the failed packages (-:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed)
> >>> 
> >>>   - graphics/ImageMagick (marked as IGNORE)
> >>>   
> >>>   (Follow-ups redirected to ports@, or I tried to.)
> >> 
> >> Hmm. I'm not alone then. I'll do some poking then and see what comes
> >> up... :)
> >> 
> >> Any hints guys?
> > 
> > Try building ImageMagick without perl support. Works for me, with EXR,
> > but haven't tested with Djvu;
> > 
> >  cd /usr/ports/graphics/ImageMagick
> >  make config
> >  
> >   ┌──
> >   ──┐ │ Options for ImageMagick 6.6.5.10 
> >│ │
> >   ┌^(-)┐
> >   │
> >  
> >  ...
> >  
> >   │ │[X] IMAGEMAGICK_OPENEXR  OpenEXR support (needs threads)   
> >   │ │ │ │[X] IMAGEMAGICK_OPENMP   OpenMP for SMP (needs threads)
> >   │ │ │ │[ ] IMAGEMAGICK_PDF  PDF format support
> >   │ │ │ │[ ] IMAGEMAGICK_PERL Perl support  
> >   │ │
> >  
> >  ...
> > 
> > Roland
> 
> ImageMagick is already installed, so getting something to work is not a
> problem. Its updating it...
> 
> What concerns me is perl-threaded _is_ installed but it can't see it.
Do you have in:
etc/make.conf
PERL_THREADED=true
??

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Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating

2010-12-27 Thread David Southwell
> On 12/27/10 20:22, David Southwell wrote:
> > > On 12/27/10 01:05, Roland Smith wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 11:42:37PM +1000, Da Rock wrote:
> > > >>>> Something I'm missing here? A fix would be nice, I should be used
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> to it though- ImageMagick _always_ has issues for me. I just
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> thought it'd be nice to get it updated for once- it looked so
> > > >>>> 
> > > >>>> close :)
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> I'm getting something similar, have been for a couple of weeks:
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> ** Port marked as IGNORE: graphics/ImageMagick:
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> OpenEXR requires threads. . Perl is non-threaded. Reinstall Perl
> > 
> > with
> > 
> > > >>> threads or undefine WITH_IMAGEMAGICK_PERL
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> ** Listing the failed packages (-:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed)
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> - graphics/ImageMagick (marked as IGNORE)
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> 
> > > >>> (Follow-ups redirected to ports@, or I tried to.)
> > > >> 
> > > >> Hmm. I'm not alone then. I'll do some poking then and see what comes
> > > >> 
> > > >> up... :)
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> 
> > > >> Any hints guys?
> > > > 
> > > > Try building ImageMagick without perl support. Works for me, with
> > > > EXR,
> > > > 
> > > > but haven't tested with Djvu;
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > cd /usr/ports/graphics/ImageMagick
> > > > 
> > > > make config
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > ┌──
> > > > 
> > > > ──┐ │ Options for ImageMagick 6.6.5.10
> > > > 
> > > > │ │
> > > > 
> > > > ┌^(-)┐
> > > > 
> > > > │
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > ...
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > │ │[X] IMAGEMAGICK_OPENEXR OpenEXR support (needs threads)
> > > > 
> > > > │ │ │ │[X] IMAGEMAGICK_OPENMP OpenMP for SMP (needs threads)
> > > > 
> > > > │ │ │ │[ ] IMAGEMAGICK_PDF PDF format support
> > > > 
> > > > │ │ │ │[ ] IMAGEMAGICK_PERL Perl support
> > > > 
> > > > │ │
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > ...
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Roland
> > > 
> > > ImageMagick is already installed, so getting something to work is not a
> > > 
> > > problem. Its updating it...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > What concerns me is perl-threaded _is_ installed but it can't see it.
> > 
> > Do you have in:
> > 
> > etc/make.conf
> > 
> > PERL_THREADED=true
> 
> Perhaps I'm a little daft atm. Either way I want to be clear: Are you
> saying the define needs to be in the make.conf so that it will build
> correctly? It _does not_ actually look at what perl is installed?
> 
> IF that is the case, then wtf? Either ImageMagick should be checking the
> actual pkg installed, or the perl port should be defining this in the
> make.conf, right? Seeing as perl already makes a define in make.conf...
> 
> Meanwhile I'll check it out. Cheers
Yep you need that line in make.conf

Also are ALL your ports up to date?
I cannot remember when but there was a recent patch to fix the problem you 
describe. When you have that line in make.conf you may need to recompile perl 
and all ports that depend upon it.

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Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating

2010-12-27 Thread David Southwell
> > > > > What concerns me is perl-threaded _is_ installed but it can't see
> > > > > it.
> > > > 
> > > > Do you have in:
> > > > 
> > > > etc/make.conf
> > > > 
> > > > PERL_THREADED=true
> > > 
> > > Perhaps I'm a little daft atm. Either way I want to be clear: Are you
> > > saying the define needs to be in the make.conf so that it will build
> > > correctly? It _does not_ actually look at what perl is installed?
> > > 
> > > IF that is the case, then wtf? Either ImageMagick should be checking
> > > the actual pkg installed, or the perl port should be defining this in
> > > the make.conf, right? Seeing as perl already makes a define in
> > > make.conf...
> > > 
> > > Meanwhile I'll check it out. Cheers
> > 
> > Yep you need that line in make.conf
> 
> Who made this claim?  This is not some standard, user-configurable
> knob -- it is only used by 5 ports, and each of them assigns a value
> to it in the port Makefile.  It shouldn't be set in make.conf.  As for
> why it isn't working in Da Rock's case, he hasn't answered any of the
> questions I asked him earlier.
> 
> b.
I suggest you see an earlier thread on same topic [ImageMagick Upgrade 
Problem].
I also wonder if the OP's ports tree is up to date.

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Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating

2010-12-27 Thread David Southwell
> On 12/27/10, David Southwell  wrote:
> >> > > > > What concerns me is perl-threaded _is_ installed but it can't
> >> > > > > see it.
> >> > > > 
> >> > > > Do you have in:
> >> > > > 
> >> > > > etc/make.conf
> >> > > > 
> >> > > > PERL_THREADED=true
> >> > > 
> >> > > Perhaps I'm a little daft atm. Either way I want to be clear: Are
> >> > > you saying the define needs to be in the make.conf so that it will
> >> > > build correctly? It _does not_ actually look at what perl is
> >> > > installed?
> >> > > 
> >> > > IF that is the case, then wtf? Either ImageMagick should be checking
> >> > > the actual pkg installed, or the perl port should be defining this
> >> > > in the make.conf, right? Seeing as perl already makes a define in
> >> > > make.conf...
> >> > > 
> >> > > Meanwhile I'll check it out. Cheers
> >> > 
> >> > Yep you need that line in make.conf
> >> 
> >> Who made this claim?  This is not some standard, user-configurable
> >> knob -- it is only used by 5 ports, and each of them assigns a value
> >> to it in the port Makefile.  It shouldn't be set in make.conf.  As for
> >> why it isn't working in Da Rock's case, he hasn't answered any of the
> >> questions I asked him earlier.
> > 
> > I suggest you see an earlier thread on same topic [ImageMagick Upgrade
> > Problem].
> 
> That thread (I'm assuming you're referring to the one in Nov. on
> FreeBSD-ports) is no longer relevant after Doug's commit (which was
> announced in that thread):

That was why I wondered whether all the OP's ports are up to date. 
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/graphics/ImageMagick/Makefile.d
> iff?r1=1.313;r2=1.314
> 
> The suggestion that users set that variable was a temporary hack that
> should never have been needed, were it not for the earlier problems
> with the port, which have since been resolved (in part, anyway).
> PERL_THREADED should only be defined when it is used, and should
> record whether the perl port being used is threaded, and not some
> user-selected value.
> 
Agreed - but  following Doug's  commit I can vouch that the PERL_THREADED hack 
was still needed  for 7.2 p3 systems on amd64.

> The questions I originally asked were in:
> 
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2010-December/225501.h
> tml

The current thread did not make that clear.
> 
> (This thread is a little hard to follow because it's spread between
> two lists, -questions and -ports, with some replies not being sent to
> -ports.)
> 
> > I also wonder if the OP's ports tree is up to date.
> 
> That's a good question.  He mentioned that he was updating a lot of
> ports, so I'm assuming that it is, but it's something that he should
> check.
> 
His comments made me wonder :-;


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Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating

2010-12-28 Thread David Southwell
> On 12/27/10, David Southwell  wrote:
> >> On 12/27/10, David Southwell  wrote:
> > Agreed - but  following Doug's  commit I can vouch that the PERL_THREADED
> > hack
> > was still needed  for 7.2 p3 systems on amd64.
> 
> It shouldn't be needed.  Can you remove this definition from any
> locally-modified Makefiles, and provide the same information that was
> requested from Da Rock? (Why do I feel like a WWE announcer when I
> type that? ...)
> 
> b.
I do not want to rebuild WITHOUT_IMAGEMAGICK_PERL on a running system with 
active user access which needs perl.

Have you got the replies from Da Rock?

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Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating

2010-12-28 Thread David Southwell
> > On 12/27/10, David Southwell  wrote:
> > >> On 12/27/10, David Southwell  wrote:
> > > Agreed - but  following Doug's  commit I can vouch that the
> > > PERL_THREADED hack
> > > was still needed  for 7.2 p3 systems on amd64.
> > 
> > It shouldn't be needed.  Can you remove this definition from any
> > locally-modified Makefiles, and provide the same information that was
> > requested from Da Rock? (Why do I feel like a WWE announcer when I
> > type that? ...)
> > 
> > b.
> 
> I do not want to rebuild WITHOUT_IMAGEMAGICK_PERL on a running system with
> active user access which needs perl.
> 
> Have you got the replies from Da Rock?
> 
Before going any further I would suggest that Da Rock  be advised to update 
his ports tree followed by

# pkgdb -F
Fix any problems then. If there are any problems he cannot fix at this stage 
then report those. Then:

# portmaster -a or portupgrade -a


If he gets any failure which may possibly be linked to a Perl problem he 
should rebuild perl with upward and downward recursion. e.g
#portupgrade -rR lang/perl5.8

Until that is completed any other report could send us off on a wild goose 
chase.

My twopennorth

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Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating

2010-12-28 Thread David Southwell
> > > On 12/27/10, David Southwell  wrote:
> > > >> On 12/27/10, David Southwell  wrote:
> > > > Agreed - but  following Doug's  commit I can vouch that the
> > > > PERL_THREADED hack
> > > > was still needed  for 7.2 p3 systems on amd64.
> > > 
> > > It shouldn't be needed.  Can you remove this definition from any
> > > locally-modified Makefiles, and provide the same information that was
> > > requested from Da Rock? (Why do I feel like a WWE announcer when I
> > > type that? ...)
> > > 
> > > b.
> > 
> > I do not want to rebuild WITHOUT_IMAGEMAGICK_PERL on a running system
> > with active user access which needs perl.
> > 
> > Have you got the replies from Da Rock?
> 
> Before going any further I would suggest that Da Rock  be advised to update
> his ports tree followed by
> 
> # pkgdb -F
> Fix any problems then. If there are any problems he cannot fix at this
> stage then report those. Then:
> 
> # portmaster -a or portupgrade -a
> 
> 
> If he gets any failure which may possibly be linked to a Perl problem he
> should rebuild perl with upward and downward recursion. e.g
> #portupgrade -rR lang/perl5.8
> 
> Until that is completed any other report could send us off on a wild goose
> chase.
> 
> My twopennorth
> 
 I can do what you suggested when we have a report from Da Rock with his 
results from a system with thoroughly updated ports. My guess is that his 
probs will be solved by the above.

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devel/libsoup-2.32.2 Compile error _md5 problem

2011-01-19 Thread David Southwell

Thanks in advance for help with this one:

 File "/usr/local/bin/g-ir-scanner", line 43, in 
from giscanner.scannermain import scanner_main
  File "/usr/local/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/scannermain.py", line 
34, in 
from giscanner.dumper import compile_introspection_binary
  File "/usr/local/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/dumper.py", line 26, in 

from .gdumpparser import IntrospectionBinary
  File "/usr/local/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/gdumpparser.py", line 
30, in 
from .transformer import TransformerException
  File "/usr/local/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/transformer.py", line 
26, in 
from .cachestore import CacheStore
  File "/usr/local/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/cachestore.py", line 
24, in 
import hashlib
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py", line 136, in 
md5 = __get_builtin_constructor('md5')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py", line 63, in 
__get_builtin_constructor
import _md5
ImportError: No module named _md5
gmake[3]: *** [Soup-2.4.gir] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/ports/devel/libsoup/work/libsoup-2.32.2/libsoup'
gmake[2]: *** [all] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory 
`/usr/ports/devel/libsoup/work/libsoup-2.32.2/libsoup'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/libsoup/work/libsoup-2.32.2'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/devel/libsoup.
*** Error code 1
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Re: devel/libsoup-2.32.2 Compile error _md5 problem

2011-01-20 Thread David Southwell
> On 1/19/11 12:04 PM, David Southwell wrote:
> > Thanks in advance for help with this one:
> >  File "/usr/local/bin/g-ir-scanner", line 43, in 
> >  
> > from giscanner.scannermain import scanner_main
> 
> [...]
> 
> >   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py", line 136, in 
> >   
> > md5 = __get_builtin_constructor('md5')
> >   
> >   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py", line 63, in
> > 
> > __get_builtin_constructor
> > 
> > import _md5
> > 
> > ImportError: No module named _md5
> > gmake[3]: *** [Soup-2.4.gir] Error 1
> > gmake[3]: Leaving directory
> > `/usr/ports/devel/libsoup/work/libsoup-2.32.2/libsoup'
> > gmake[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> > gmake[2]: Leaving directory
> > `/usr/ports/devel/libsoup/work/libsoup-2.32.2/libsoup'
> > gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > gmake[1]: Leaving directory
> > `/usr/ports/devel/libsoup/work/libsoup-2.32.2' gmake: *** [all] Error 2
> > *** Error code 1
> > 
> > Stop in /usr/ports/devel/libsoup.
> > *** Error code 1
> > David
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> Is devel/gobject-introspection up to date?  Do you get this same error
> if you install devel/libsoup into a box without any ports installed on
> it.  You can easily set up a testbed by using a jail to do that.
> 
> If nothing else depends on gobject-introspection, you could always
> pkg_delete it and then restart the libsoup build.  It would be
> interesting to know if that eliminates the error or not.
> 
> Regards,
> Greg
deleted gobject-introspection
Got the similar error messages--

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "../tools/g-ir-scanner", line 43, in 
from giscanner.scannermain import scanner_main
  File "/usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/scannermain.py", line 34, in 
from giscanner.dumper import compile_introspection_binary
  File "/usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/dumper.py", line 26, in 
from .gdumpparser import IntrospectionBinary
  File "/usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/gdumpparser.py", line 30, in 
from .transformer import TransformerException
  File "/usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/transformer.py", line 26, in 
from .cachestore import CacheStore
  File "/usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/cachestore.py", line 24, in 
import hashlib
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py", line 136, in 
md5 = __get_builtin_constructor('md5')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py", line 63, in 
__get_builtin_constructor
import _md5
ImportError: No module named _md5
gmake[2]: *** [GLib-2.0.gir] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/gobject-
introspection/work/gobject-introspection-0.9.12/gir'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/gobject-
introspection/work/gobject-introspection-0.9.12'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/devel/libsoup.


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Re: devel/libsoup-2.32.2 Compile error _md5 problem

2011-01-21 Thread David Southwell
> On 1/20/11 5:39 PM, David Southwell wrote:
> [...]
> 
> > deleted gobject-introspection
> > Got the similar error messages--
> > 
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "../tools/g-ir-scanner", line 43, in 
> >   
> > from giscanner.scannermain import scanner_main
> >   
> >   File "/usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
> > 
> > introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/scannermain.py", line 34, in 
> > 
> > from giscanner.dumper import compile_introspection_binary
> >   
> >   File "/usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
> > 
> > introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/dumper.py", line 26, in 
> > 
> > from .gdumpparser import IntrospectionBinary
> >   
> >   File "/usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
> > 
> > introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/gdumpparser.py", line 30, in 
> > 
> > from .transformer import TransformerException
> >   
> >   File "/usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
> > 
> > introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/transformer.py", line 26, in 
> > 
> > from .cachestore import CacheStore
> >   
> >   File "/usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
> > 
> > introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/cachestore.py", line 24, in 
> > 
> > import hashlib
> >   
> >   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py", line 136, in 
> >   
> > md5 = __get_builtin_constructor('md5')
> >   
> >   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py", line 63, in
> > 
> > __get_builtin_constructor
> > 
> > import _md5
> > 
> > ImportError: No module named _md5
> > gmake[2]: *** [GLib-2.0.gir] Error 1
> > gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/gobject-
> > introspection/work/gobject-introspection-0.9.12/gir'
> > gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/gobject-
> > introspection/work/gobject-introspection-0.9.12'
> > gmake: *** [all] Error 2
> > *** Error code 1
> > 
> > Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection.
> > *** Error code 1
> > 
> > Stop in /usr/ports/devel/libsoup.
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> What is the output of the command "pkg_version -vL="?  Can you build
> libsoup successfully in a clean jail (no ports installed) with an
> up-to-date ports tree?
> 
> From what I've seen by Googling the error message "ImportError: No
> module named _md5", you likely have a broken Python 2.6 installation.
> Can you pkg_delete it and reinstall it as well, assuming you don't have
> a boatload of ports that depend on it?
> 
> Regards,
> Greg

Hi Greg

Thanks for the suggestion I also think it is something to do with python2.6 
which I have already rebuilt one. I am out of the office until Tuesday but will 
set the system on another complete rebuild of python before I leave.  The jail 
idea will have to wait until then.


Thanks
David
I will report back
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Ignorance and pth etc

2013-01-07 Thread David Southwell

Hi

I seem to be getting problems with some error messages which appear to 
indicate pth failures.


The system is
8.2-RELEASE GENERIC amd64 on Intel quad core.

I do not understand how pth threads are managed.
1. From ports I have installed
fpc-pthreads-2.6.0
libpthread-stubs-0.3_3
pth-2.0.7
2. I am totally ignorant of what is installed by the kernel or of how to 
check whether there are any conflicts in the system or the ports.

3. I want to install Jabber which seems to require pth-hard
4. The greatest concerns seem to be around Xorg with kde4 installed
5. Fundamentally I am concerned that something about thread management 
on this system is fouled up. For example kde4, following a recent 
upgrade,has taken to not loading.

Would someone be willing to enlighten me a little?
6. To show the my concerns are not without some foundation among the 
multiple error messages given when kde4 fails to load  there is the 
snippet shown below.


Many thanks for any advice

kded(2157)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to find an appropriate lock to guard the 
shared cache.  This *should* be essentially impossible. :(
kded(2157)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to perform initial setup, this system 
probably does not really support process-shared pthreads or semaphores, even 
though it claims otherwise.
kded(2157)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to unmap shared memory segment 0x8097a1000
kbuildsycoca4 running...
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. 
Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. 
Application may misbehave.
kglobalaccel(2164)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to find an appropriate lock to 
guard the shared cache.  This *should* be essentially impossible. :(
kglobalaccel(2164)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to perform initial setup, this 
system probably does not really support process-shared pthreads or semaphores, 
even though it claims otherwise.
kglobalaccel(2164)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to unmap shared memory segment 
0x8097b2000
kcminit(2166)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to find an appropriate lock to guard the 
shared cache.  This *should* be essentially impossible. :(
kcminit(2166)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to perform initial setup, this system 
probably does not really support process-shared pthreads or semaphores, even 
though it claims otherwise.
kcminit(2166)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to unmap shared memory segment 
0x8098ec000
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. 
Application may misbehave.
QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. 
Application may misbehave.



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Umass device problems

2007-07-16 Thread David Southwell
Hi

I originally posted the report below in April but so far noone has reported a 
fix.
Should I post this issue to another list? Alternatively maybe a PR is 
necessary.

I can stop repeated messages by placing a card in the umass devivce but when 
there is no card present there seems no way to stop them.

Thanks in advance

David Southwell



[EMAIL PROTECTED] /var/run]# camcontrol devlist
           at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0)
           at scbus0 target 0 lun 1 (pass1,da1)
---
From /var/log/messages:
Apr 18 03:27:03 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da1 -> 6
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 0 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status 
Error
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check 
Condition
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Medium not present
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da0 -> 6
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 20 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): CAM Status: SCSI Status 
Error
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): SCSI Status: Check 
Condition
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): NOT READY asc:3a,0
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Medium not present
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Unretryable error
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da1 -> 6
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Subversion --mod_dav_svn.so -

2007-08-12 Thread David Southwell
Hi

I am getting into problems compiling subversion with apache2.

subversion-1.4.4_1
apache-2.2.4_2

Could someone who is familier with subversion & apache please  confirm with me 
the configure and make command lines for both. 

I have what I believe to be the correct entries in httpd.conf:

LoadModule dav_module libexec/apache22/mod_dav.so
LoadModule dav_svn_module libexec/apache22/mod_dav_svn.so

Whatever I do not finish up with the required *so files after subversion is 
installed.

So
/usr/local/sbin/apachectl restart
reports:

httpd: Syntax error on line 88 of /usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf: Cannot 
load /usr/local/libexec/apache22/mod_dav_svn.so into server: Cannot 
open "/usr/local/libexec/apache22/mod_dav_svn.so"

An up to date locate database does not find mod_dav_svn.so on the system.
whereis reports:
svn path is
svn: /usr/local/bin/svn
httpd path is:
httpd: /usr/local/sbin/httpd

Other *.so modules are in
/usr/local/libexec/apache22
and loading correctly


Thanks in advance

david
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Re: Help Pleasee: How to check FreeBSD's system characterset? How to change it to UTF-8?

2007-08-12 Thread David Southwell
On Sunday 12 August 2007 08:04:58 VeeJay wrote:
>  Hello fellows
>
> How to check FreeBSD's system characterset?
>
> How to change it to UTF-8?
>
> I am unable to type a Ø Å Æ character
>
>
> Please help!

depending upon what you are doing one of the outputs from
#apropos utf8
may be helpful.

david
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Re: Subversion --mod_dav_svn.so -SOLVED

2007-08-12 Thread David Southwell
On Sunday 12 August 2007 05:24:19 David Southwell wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am getting into problems compiling subversion with apache2.
>
> subversion-1.4.4_1
> apache-2.2.4_2
>
> Could someone who is familier with subversion & apache please  confirm with
> me the configure and make command lines for both.
>
> I have what I believe to be the correct entries in httpd.conf:
>
> LoadModule dav_module libexec/apache22/mod_dav.so
> LoadModule dav_svn_module libexec/apache22/mod_dav_svn.so
>
> Whatever I do not finish up with the required *so files after subversion is
> installed.
>
> So
> /usr/local/sbin/apachectl restart
> reports:
>
> httpd: Syntax error on line 88 of /usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf:
> Cannot load /usr/local/libexec/apache22/mod_dav_svn.so into server: Cannot
> open "/usr/local/libexec/apache22/mod_dav_svn.so"
>
> An up to date locate database does not find mod_dav_svn.so on the system.
> whereis reports:
> svn path is
> svn: /usr/local/bin/svn
> httpd path is:
> httpd: /usr/local/sbin/httpd
>
> Other *.so modules are in
> /usr/local/libexec/apache22
> and loading correctly
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> david
OK Found it
# make -DWITH_MOD_DAV_SVN configure
#make -DWITH_MOD_DAV_SVN 
#make install
works


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New to Subversion: Authorization failure

2007-08-13 Thread David Southwell
Hi 
I am new to subversion and have hit a problem - if anyone feels like helping 
it would be much appreciated.

I have set up subversion to run with apache.
Versions:

apache-2.2.4_2 
subversion-1.4.4_1

I can connect remotely from a client to the server, using name|password 
combination so authentication appears to work fine but authorization is 
failing. 

This is a new repository as can be seen from the output of the 
svnlook. An initial import attempt from the client fails with the client 
reporting" RA Layer request failed"and "403 forbidden" error from the server.

Clearly I have something wrong in my authorization set up. Can anyone point me 
in the right direction?

I have chosen to use an SVNParentPath configuration for multiple repositories 
to exist under the same "root" with all repositories sharing the same 
AuthzSVNAccessFile. 
I have made all repository paths owner:group www:www

I have made no changes to the files created by the svnadmin create command.
 
1. Here are my entries in  hhtp.conf
# Modules include
LoadModule dav_module libexec/apache22/mod_dav.so
LoadModule dav_svn_module     libexec/apache22/mod_dav_svn.so
LoadModule authz_svn_module   libexec/apache22/mod_authz_svn.so
# Location entry:

        DAV svn
        SVNParentPath /usr2/svnhome
        SVNListParentPath on
# Access control Policy
        AuthzSVNAccessFile /usr/local/etc/apache22/Authz_svnhome

# try anonymous access first, resort to authentication
# if necessary
        
        Require valid-user
        AuthType Basic
        AuthName "Svn Repository"
        AuthUserFile /usr/local/etc/apache22/svn-auth-methusela_02
        

CustomLog       /usr/local/etc/apache22/svn_logfile "%t %u %{SVN-ACTION}e" 
env=SVN-ACTION       
#

2. My AuthzSVNAccessFile
#
AuthzSVNAccessFile /usr/local/etc/apache22/Authz_svnhome
[/]
* = r
[/usr2/svnhome]
* =r
[project_meth: /usr2/svnhome/project_meth]
david = rw
test = r
#

3. Output from svnlook
#
svnlook info /usr2/svnhome/project_meth

2007-08-13 03:09:11 -0700 (Mon, 13 Aug 2007)
0
#

4. http-error.log
#
httpd-error.log
[Mon Aug 13 09:30:04 2007] [error] [client 192.168.15.1] Access 
denied: 'david' MKACTIVITY project_meth:
#

5. svn_logfile
#
[13/Aug/2007:08:49:56 -0700] david list-dir '/'
[13/Aug/2007:08:51:47 -0700] david list-dir '/'
#

All help appreciated
Thanks in advance
david
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Re: Convince me, please!

2007-08-15 Thread David Southwell
On Wednesday 08 August 2007 23:20:28 Goltsios Theodore wrote:
> Well sorry if  I'm  getting annoying but I think you face the Unix
> world in the wrong manner. Well you expect to find something you are
> used to, or something like MS Win you only know. I advise that you
> should be more open minded, willing to read and spare time to get
> familiar to the Unix OSes that are around. But the advantages are and
> the power that these kind of systems offer, which is probably unlimited
> compared with the Windowz strict and limited way of operating. If you
> really don't want that kind of power (thus doing what you must faster,
> better and in a more efficient way) then you are in the wrong place. A
> good way to start solving all questions concerning the FreeBSD is its
> handbook or the perhaps the FAQ.
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/
>
> PS Try some googling or the freebsd official site for more resources.
> I'm sure all your questions will be satisfied.
>
> Theodoros Goltsios
> Kinetix Tele.com Support Center
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Tel. & Fax: +30 2310556134
> WWW: http://www.kinetix.gr/
>
> Latitude wrote:
> > I'm interested in changing over to FreeBSD from Windows, but I'll have
> > to say, you guys don't really present a forceful argument to Windows
> > users of how easy the switch may be.  I get knee-deep in FreeBSD jargon
> > the second I get to your webpage. I need to see an overwhelming argument
> > that FreeBSD is a perfectly acceptable alternative for home desktop
> > users who have previously known only Windows.
> >
> > For instance, if I download and install FreeBSD, will I instantly have a
> > desktop windowing environment that I can navigate in while I figure out
> > what's going on?  Will I have a browser and way to setup an internet
> > connection right off the bat?  How will I migrate files from other
> > operating systems?
> >
> > I understand you guys have been around for a while, but you don't seem
> > to understand the monumental "fear" involved in switching operating
> > systems.  You need to address those concerns head on from the start.  I
> > need to see several screenshots of apps that I can use as alternatives
> > to what I have.
> >
> > Help me (and yourselves) out.
I see where both sides in this argument are coming from.. basically a lack of 
understanding of the others point of view. As a user of multiple operating 
systems..Freebsd, Windows 98, 2000, XP and XP 64, Linux and apple I thought i 
might throw in a remark or two which is intended to help a newcomer to a 
freebsd world.

First lets think of the MS windows user. As a newcomer to a unix OS, such as 
freebsd, you are faced with two very large  sets of challenges or, as I would 
like you to think of it, educational opportunities. 

Because the vendor of the operating system is also the vendor of major 
applications, including its most commonly used browser, office applicatiions 
and compiler systems non-technically minded users do not easily have a clear 
grasp of the distinction between the  roles of  an OS and the role of 
applications. To use any Unix system effectively a clear and reasonably 
detailed understanding of the way applications interact with the operating 
system is essential.  

For its own commercial reasons Microoft are keen to blur that distinction 
in the minds of its users to maintain a false notion that only MS windows can 
fulfill its user's needs. 

Secondly because  MS windows operates in a commercial environment it fosters a 
dependency culture in which you pay for your OS, you pay for your 
applications and in return you EXPECT a level of support and therefore users 
are not encouraged to extend their capabilities beyond understanding the 
applications they use. 

In the freebsd world most applications and utilities  are there for installing 
without charge. The users include people who develop and everyone partakes in 
a foem of voluntary mutual support. It is a world in which expectation of 
support is anathema and in which a combination of striving for greater 
personal comeptency and voluntary sharing of knowledge and responsibility is 
the dominant ethos.

So if you plan a move to the unix be ready to learn to build a greater 
understanding of how the operating system works, how applications are 
installed and maintained and above all to realize your basic needs will not 
be fulfilled in the same way as they are fulfilled in MS windows and that 
that you will need to put in a lot of effort to understand how to benefit 
from the much greater opportunities provided by OS's such as Freebsd.

So your first first set of educational opportunities are to learn how 
reconstruct your expectations and to construct a set of relationships that 
will work for you in a unix world. 

The second set of educational opportunities are to study the practicalities. 
You need to decide the basic things you need to get on board freebsd. You 
need a bro

Re: Convince me, please!

2007-08-15 Thread David Southwell
On Wednesday 15 August 2007 03:14:09 David Southwell wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 August 2007 23:20:28 Goltsios Theodore wrote:
> > Well sorry if  I'm  getting annoying but I think you face the Unix
> > world in the wrong manner. Well you expect to find something you are
> > used to, or something like MS Win you only know. I advise that you
> > should be more open minded, willing to read and spare time to get
> > familiar to the Unix OSes that are around. But the advantages are and
> > the power that these kind of systems offer, which is probably unlimited
> > compared with the Windowz strict and limited way of operating. If you
> > really don't want that kind of power (thus doing what you must faster,
> > better and in a more efficient way) then you are in the wrong place. A
> > good way to start solving all questions concerning the FreeBSD is its
> > handbook or the perhaps the FAQ.
> >
> > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/
> >
> > PS Try some googling or the freebsd official site for more resources.
> > I'm sure all your questions will be satisfied.
> >
> > Theodoros Goltsios
> > Kinetix Tele.com Support Center
> > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Tel. & Fax: +30 2310556134
> > WWW: http://www.kinetix.gr/
> >
> > Latitude wrote:
> > > I'm interested in changing over to FreeBSD from Windows, but I'll have
> > > to say, you guys don't really present a forceful argument to Windows
> > > users of how easy the switch may be.  I get knee-deep in FreeBSD jargon
> > > the second I get to your webpage. I need to see an overwhelming
> > > argument that FreeBSD is a perfectly acceptable alternative for home
> > > desktop users who have previously known only Windows.
> > >
> > > For instance, if I download and install FreeBSD, will I instantly have
> > > a desktop windowing environment that I can navigate in while I figure
> > > out what's going on?  Will I have a browser and way to setup an
> > > internet connection right off the bat?  How will I migrate files from
> > > other operating systems?
> > >
> > > I understand you guys have been around for a while, but you don't seem
> > > to understand the monumental "fear" involved in switching operating
> > > systems.  You need to address those concerns head on from the start.  I
> > > need to see several screenshots of apps that I can use as alternatives
> > > to what I have.
> > >
> > > Help me (and yourselves) out.
>
> I see where both sides in this argument are coming from.. basically a lack
> of understanding of the others point of view. As a user of multiple
> operating systems..Freebsd, Windows 98, 2000, XP and XP 64, Linux and apple
> I thought i might throw in a remark or two which is intended to help a
> newcomer to a freebsd world.
>
> First lets think of the MS windows user. As a newcomer to a unix OS, such
> as freebsd, you are faced with two very large  sets of challenges or, as I
> would like you to think of it, educational opportunities.
>
> Because the vendor of the operating system 
I mean here in the MS windows operating system!
> is also the vendor of major 
> applications, including its most commonly used browser, office
> applicatiions and compiler systems non-technically minded users do not
> easily have a clear grasp of the distinction between the  roles of  an OS
> and the role of applications. To use any Unix system effectively a clear
> and reasonably detailed understanding of the way applications interact with
> the operating system is essential.
>
> For its own commercial reasons Microoft are keen to blur that
> distinction in the minds of its users to maintain a false notion that only
> MS windows can fulfill its user's needs.
>
> Secondly because  MS windows operates in a commercial environment it
> fosters a dependency culture in which you pay for your OS, you pay for your
> applications and in return you EXPECT a level of support and therefore
> users are not encouraged to extend their capabilities beyond understanding
> the applications they use.
>
> In the freebsd world most applications and utilities  are there for
> installing without charge. The users include people who develop and
> everyone partakes in a foem of voluntary mutual support. It is a world in
> which expectation of support is anathema and in which a combination of
> striving for greater personal comeptency and voluntary sharing of knowledge
> and responsibility is the dominant ethos.
>
> So if you plan a move to the unix be 

Re: Convince me, please!

2007-08-16 Thread David Southwell
On Wednesday 15 August 2007 12:39:17 Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> One of the best emails I've seen as a reply to a user coming from the
> Windows world.
>
> Many thanks for taking the time to write all this :-)
>
> - Giorgos
>
> On 2007-08-15 03:14, David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I see where both sides in this argument are coming from.. basically a
> > lack of understanding of the others point of view. As a user of
> > multiple operating systems..Freebsd, Windows 98, 2000, XP and XP 64,
> > Linux and apple I thought i might throw in a remark or two which is
> > intended to help a newcomer to a freebsd world.
> >
> > First lets think of the MS windows user. As a newcomer to a unix OS,
> > such as freebsd, you are faced with two very large  sets of challenges
> > or, as I would like you to think of it, educational opportunities.
> >
> > Because the vendor of the operating system is also the vendor of major
> > applications, including its most commonly used browser, office
> > applicatiions and compiler systems non-technically minded users do not
> > easily have a clear grasp of the distinction between the  roles of  an
> > OS and the role of applications. To use any Unix system effectively a
> > clear and reasonably detailed understanding of the way applications
> > interact with the operating system is essential.
> >
> > For its own commercial reasons Microoft are keen to blur that
> > distinction in the minds of its users to maintain a false notion that
> > only MS windows can fulfill its user's needs.
> >
> > Secondly because  MS windows operates in a commercial environment it
> > fosters a dependency culture in which you pay for your OS, you pay for
> > your applications and in return you EXPECT a level of support and
> > therefore users are not encouraged to extend their capabilities beyond
> > understanding the applications they use.
> >
> > In the freebsd world most applications and utilities  are there for
> > installing without charge. The users include people who develop and
> > everyone partakes in a foem of voluntary mutual support. It is a world
> > in which expectation of support is anathema and in which a combination
> > of striving for greater personal comeptency and voluntary sharing of
> > knowledge and responsibility is the dominant ethos.
> >
> > So if you plan a move to the unix be ready to learn to build a greater
> > understanding of how the operating system works, how applications are
> > installed and maintained and above all to realize your basic needs
> > will not be fulfilled in the same way as they are fulfilled in MS
> > windows and that that you will need to put in a lot of effort to
> > understand how to benefit from the much greater opportunities provided
> > by OS's such as Freebsd.
> >
> > So your first first set of educational opportunities are to learn how
> > reconstruct your expectations and to construct a set of relationships
> > that will work for you in a unix world.
> >
> > The second set of educational opportunities are to study the
> > practicalities.  You need to decide the basic things you need to get
> > on board freebsd. You need a browser.. that is no problem there are
> > many to choose from .. you need office tools well there is a complete
> > office suite. Whatever you need there will be a tool for you and the
> > choices are a rich but usually free!!. The draw back is being faced
> > with the challenge of learning how to choose.
> >
> > That is daunting challenge and those of us who are familiar with unix
> > system, and accustomed to communicating with other freebsd users, are
> > often guilty of failing to understand that people who come from an MS
> > Windows find the terse ways in which we tend to communicate to be
> > abrasive.
> >
> > My suggestion to you would be to proceed without risk. Dabble with
> > freebsd alongside your MSWindows system until you reach the point at
> > which you are ready or not (as the case may be) to change over
> > completely. You do not need the latest hardware to get started.
> > Freebsd is much less bloated and, in that respect, more efficient than
> > MS windows. Follow the instructions and play  with the system and see
> > where you want to go with it. Like countries all IT systems and
> > applications have their own language.  MS windows has its own language
> > !! Every territory has a language needed to discuss its inhabitants
> > understandings. If you use the pejorative term jargon to describe a
> > language you will need to l

subversion: Can't Creat Directory error

2007-08-23 Thread David Southwell
Hi

Using eclipse as an IDE with subclipse on a Ruby on Rails project I am 
getting the error

svn: Can't Create Directory  /long path   :The filename or Extsnion is too 
long

The svn server is on freebsd 6.1 with apache/webdav and the error is reported 
from a win XP x64 client on our local network.

Can onyone please guide me on how to deal with this problem?

Does anyone happen to know where this limitation is likely to be coming from 
and how it might be overcome?

Thanks in advance

David
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stdout -determining size of??

2007-09-22 Thread David Southwell
Hi

How is the the size of stdout controlled.

My query comes about because I had a shell running for ages with unlimited 
history and found it had gobbled uyp all the space available to stdout!!!

So I wonder how stdout is controlled!!

david
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Re: stdout -determining size of??

2007-09-24 Thread David Southwell
On Saturday 22 September 2007 12:00:41 Dan Nelson wrote:
> In the last episode (Sep 22), David Southwell said:
> > How is the the size of stdout controlled.
> >
> > My query comes about because I had a shell running for ages with
> > unlimited history and found it had gobbled uyp all the space available to
> > stdout!!!
>
> Could you provide the error message that made you think that stdout has
> a limit?  "stdout" could be anything: tty, socket, pipe, file, etc.  If
> you have redirected stdout from a script to a file, like "ls > ls.txt",
> then it's possible that you filled up a filesystem.

Here is what made me ask the question:
--
Weekly output report:

Cleaning up kernel database files:

Rebuilding locate database:
locate.code: stdout: No space left on device

Rebuilding whatis database:

-- End of weekly output --
___

After getting the message I dumped the history and locate.updatedb ran without 
any problem.

David
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Re: stdout -determining size of??

2007-09-24 Thread David Southwell
On Monday 24 September 2007 04:14:48 Erik Trulsson wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 04:09:56AM -0700, David Southwell wrote:
> > On Saturday 22 September 2007 12:00:41 Dan Nelson wrote:
> > > In the last episode (Sep 22), David Southwell said:
> > > > How is the the size of stdout controlled.
> > > >
> > > > My query comes about because I had a shell running for ages with
> > > > unlimited history and found it had gobbled uyp all the space
> > > > available to stdout!!!
> > >
> > > Could you provide the error message that made you think that stdout has
> > > a limit?  "stdout" could be anything: tty, socket, pipe, file, etc.  If
> > > you have redirected stdout from a script to a file, like "ls > ls.txt",
> > > then it's possible that you filled up a filesystem.
> >
> > Here is what made me ask the question:
> > --
> > Weekly output report:
> >
> > Cleaning up kernel database files:
> >
> > Rebuilding locate database:
> > locate.code: stdout: No space left on device
>
> Here stdout was almost certainly re-directed to some file on the disk.
> Unfortunately the disk was full.
>
> > Rebuilding whatis database:
> >
> > -- End of weekly output --
> > ___
> >
> > After getting the message I dumped the history and locate.updatedb ran
> > without any problem.
>
> The shells history is probably stored in a file on the disk.
> When you removed that file the space became available again.
>
>
> It looks like you simply filled up the filesystem.
> Nothing to do with 'the size of stdout'.

I understand but how can I manage this?

Do you happen to know how to configure  history storage? It looks as though I 
need to choose a filesystem where running run out of space is sufficiently 
improbable to be inconceivable!! The shell in question is an X Konsole.

Thanks again

David
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Re: var Filesystem Full Help

2007-04-03 Thread David Southwell
On Tuesday 03 April 2007 09:18:29 Sean Murphy wrote:
> I am getting these errors on my var filesystem but df -h shows there is
> plenty of space available.
>
> I am running FreeBSD 5.4
>
> muse2# df -h
> Filesystem   SizeUsed   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> /dev/amrd0s1a989M 56M854M 6%/
> devfs1.0K1.0K  0B   100%/dev
> /dev/amrd0s1e989M 32M878M 4%/tmp
> /dev/amrd0s1f9.5G4.2G4.6G48%/usr
> /dev/amrd0s1g245G9.4G216G 4%/usr/home
> /dev/amrd0s1d1.9G526M1.3G29%/var
>
> muse2# tail /var/log/messages
> Apr  3 09:00:44 muse2 kernel: pid 537 (mimedefang), uid 26 inumber
> 126291 on /var: filesystem full
> Apr  3 09:09:55 muse2 kernel: pid 52000 (httpd), uid 80 inumber 170037
> on /var: filesystem full
> Apr  3 09:12:59 muse2 kernel: pid 34758 (mimedefang), uid 26 inumber
> 127701 on /var: filesystem full
>
> I have restarted the mimdefang process but I get the same messages.
>
> What can I do?
take a look at /tmp
my guess is you havea number of ancient large files you need to either delete 
or transfer to somewhere else.

David


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Re: pop3 problems

2007-04-04 Thread David Southwell
On Wednesday 04 April 2007 08:57:51 David Southwell wrote:
> I am trying to get pop3 working on freebsd 6.1 but am having no success.
>
> mail ports installed:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/mail/imap-uw]# pkg_info |grep mail
> cclient-2004g,1 Mark Crispin's C-client mail access routines
> imap-uw-2004g_1,1   University of Washington IMAP4rev1/POP2/POP3 mail
> servers maildrop-2.0.2  Mail delivery agent (MDA) with filtering
> abilities postfix-2.3.8,1 A secure alternative to widely-used Sendmail
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/mail/imap-uw]#
>
>
> In inetd I have:
> pop2stream  tcp nowait  root/usr/local/libexec/ipop2d   ipop2d
> pop3stream  tcp nowait  root/usr/local/libexec/ipop3d   ipop3d
> imap4   stream  tcp nowait  root/usr/local/libexec/imapdimapd
> When connections are attempted there is no response from the server.
correction the above line should read:
When connections are attempted there is response from the server!!
>
> When an attempt is made to connect to pop3 the server is found, connection
> is made but there is a problem with password verification.
>
> Can anyone help me identify the problem. I have not been able to find a
> check list to help.
>
> How do I get logging information for pop3?
>
> Thanks david
>
>
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pop3 problems

2007-04-04 Thread David Southwell
I am trying to get pop3 working on freebsd 6.1 but am having no success.

mail ports installed:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/mail/imap-uw]# pkg_info |grep mail
cclient-2004g,1 Mark Crispin's C-client mail access routines
imap-uw-2004g_1,1   University of Washington IMAP4rev1/POP2/POP3 mail servers
maildrop-2.0.2  Mail delivery agent (MDA) with filtering abilities
postfix-2.3.8,1 A secure alternative to widely-used Sendmail
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/mail/imap-uw]# 


In inetd I have:
pop2stream  tcp nowait  root/usr/local/libexec/ipop2d   ipop2d
pop3stream  tcp nowait  root/usr/local/libexec/ipop3d   ipop3d
imap4   stream  tcp nowait  root/usr/local/libexec/imapdimapd
When connections are attempted there is no response from the server.

When an attempt is made to connect to pop3 the server is found, connection is 
made but there is a problem with password verification.

Can anyone help me identify the problem. I have not been able to find a check 
list to help. 

How do I get logging information for pop3?

Thanks david


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Re: pop3 problems

2007-04-04 Thread David Southwell
On Wednesday 04 April 2007 09:12:01 you wrote:
> On Mi, 04 Apr 2007 David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> > I am trying to get pop3 working on freebsd 6.1 but am having no success.
> >
> > mail ports installed:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/mail/imap-uw]# pkg_info |grep mail
> > cclient-2004g,1 Mark Crispin's C-client mail access routines
> > imap-uw-2004g_1,1   University of Washington IMAP4rev1/POP2/POP3 mail
> > servers maildrop-2.0.2  Mail delivery agent (MDA) with filtering
> > abilities postfix-2.3.8,1 A secure alternative to widely-used
> > Sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/mail/imap-uw]#
> >
> >
> > In inetd I have:
> > pop2stream  tcp nowait  root/usr/local/libexec/ipop2d  
> > ipop2d pop3stream  tcp nowait  root/usr/local/libexec/ipop3d 
> >  ipop3d imap4   stream  tcp nowait  root/usr/local/libexec/imapd 
> >   imapd When connections are attempted there is no response from the
> > server.
> >
> > When an attempt is made to connect to pop3 the server is found,
> > connection is made but there is a problem with password verification.
> >
> > Can anyone help me identify the problem. I have not been able to find a
> > check list to help.
> >
> > How do I get logging information for pop3?
> >
> > Thanks david
>
> The log messages are in /var/log/messages
Thanks for getting back to me -- its appreciated.

I had looked before posting -- but no messages from pop3 :-( -- nor any 
indication there was an attempt to connect.. do I need to change a config 
file somewhere?
>
> The problem could be that UW disables the LOGIN feature per default so
> only encrypted logins are accepted (should be Auth TLS in your clients).
> Another option is to use pop3s instead of pop3 - works fine with the
> UW daemons so far.

OK I'll try that and report back

Thanks

David


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Re: pop3 problems

2007-04-04 Thread David Southwell
On Wednesday 04 April 2007 09:29:13 Derek Ragona wrote:
> At 11:20 AM 4/4/2007, David Southwell wrote:
> >On Wednesday 04 April 2007 08:57:51 David Southwell wrote:
> > > I am trying to get pop3 working on freebsd 6.1 but am having no
> > > success.
> > >
> > > mail ports installed:
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/mail/imap-uw]# pkg_info |grep mail
> > > cclient-2004g,1 Mark Crispin's C-client mail access routines
> > > imap-uw-2004g_1,1   University of Washington IMAP4rev1/POP2/POP3 mail
> > > servers maildrop-2.0.2  Mail delivery agent (MDA) with filtering
> > > abilities postfix-2.3.8,1 A secure alternative to widely-used
> > > Sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/mail/imap-uw]#
> > >
> > >
> > > In inetd I have:
> > > pop2stream  tcp nowait  root/usr/local/libexec/ipop2d  
> > > ipop2d pop3stream  tcp nowait  root   
> > > /usr/local/libexec/ipop3d   ipop3d imap4   stream  tcp nowait  root
> > >/usr/local/libexec/imapdimapd When connections are attempted
> > > there is no response from the server.
> >
> >correction the above line should read:
> >When connections are attempted there is response from the server!!
> >
> > > When an attempt is made to connect to pop3 the server is found,
> > > connection is made but there is a problem with password verification.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help me identify the problem. I have not been able to find a
> > > check list to help.
> > >
> > > How do I get logging information for pop3?
> > >
> > > Thanks david
> > >
> > >

>
> Try telneting to that port while logged into that server.
>
>  -Derek\

Here is my response:

# telnet 127.0.0.1 110
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK POP3 localhost 2004.89 server ready

david
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Re: pop3 problems

2007-04-04 Thread David Southwell
On Wednesday 04 April 2007 09:12:01 Tommy Scheunemann wrote:
> On Mi, 04 Apr 2007 David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> > I am trying to get pop3 working on freebsd 6.1 but am having no success.
> >
> > mail ports installed:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/mail/imap-uw]# pkg_info |grep mail
> > cclient-2004g,1 Mark Crispin's C-client mail access routines
> > imap-uw-2004g_1,1   University of Washington IMAP4rev1/POP2/POP3 mail
> > servers maildrop-2.0.2  Mail delivery agent (MDA) with filtering
> > abilities postfix-2.3.8,1 A secure alternative to widely-used
> > Sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/mail/imap-uw]#
> >
> >
> > In inetd I have:
> > pop2stream  tcp nowait  root/usr/local/libexec/ipop2d  
> > ipop2d pop3stream  tcp nowait  root/usr/local/libexec/ipop3d 
> >  ipop3d imap4   stream  tcp nowait  root/usr/local/libexec/imapd 
> >   imapd When connections are attempted there is no response from the
> > server.
> >
> > When an attempt is made to connect to pop3 the server is found,
> > connection is made but there is a problem with password verification.
> >
> > Can anyone help me identify the problem. I have not been able to find a
> > check list to help.
> >
> > How do I get logging information for pop3?
> >
> > Thanks david
>
> The log messages are in /var/log/messages
>
> The problem could be that UW disables the LOGIN feature per default so
> only encrypted logins are accepted (should be Auth TLS in your clients).
> Another option is to use pop3s instead of pop3 - works fine with the
> UW daemons so far.
OK just to compicate matters -- how do I get pop3s??
there is no pop3s in libexec.. do I need to recompile?
Sorry to be so ignorant on this.

Thanks 
david
PS I did try a telnet which showed the popserver ready -
david

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Fwd: umass device produces errors /var/log/messages

2007-04-18 Thread David Southwell

--  Forwarded Message  --

Subject: umass device produces errors /var/log/messages
Date: Wednesday 18 April 2007
From: David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Some help would be appreciated:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] /var/run]# camcontrol devlist
   at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0)
   at scbus0 target 0 lun 1 (pass1,da1)
---
From /var/log/messages:
Apr 18 03:27:03 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da1 -> 6
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 0 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status 
Error
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check 
Condition
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Medium not present
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da0 -> 6
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 20 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): CAM Status: SCSI Status 
Error
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): SCSI Status: Check 
Condition
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): NOT READY asc:3a,0
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Medium not present
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Unretryable error
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da1 -> 6

Would anyone be kind enought to tell me how I stop the repeated error messages 
and have the device set-up to use?

Thanks in advance

Thanks in advance

David
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Re: Fwd: umass device produces errors /var/log/messages

2007-04-18 Thread David Southwell
I originally posted this in error to [EMAIL PROTECTED] where I have marked it 
as IGNORE. The question properly belongs here. 
On Wednesday 18 April 2007 03:35:22 David Southwell wrote:

>
> Some help would be appreciated:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /var/run]# camcontrol devlist
>at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0)
>at scbus0 target 0 lun 1 (pass1,da1)
> ---
> From /var/log/messages:
> Apr 18 03:27:03 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da1 -> 6
> Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25
> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI
> Status Error
> Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check
> Condition
> Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0
> Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Medium not present
> Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error
> Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da0 -> 6
> Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25
> 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): CAM Status: SCSI
> Status Error
> Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): SCSI Status: Check
> Condition
> Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): NOT READY asc:3a,0
> Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Medium not present
> Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Unretryable error
> Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da1 -> 6
>
> Would anyone be kind enought to tell me how I stop the repeated error
> messages and have the device set-up to use?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> David

>
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Make Options -- just checking

2007-04-19 Thread David Southwell
Just checking because I have become totally confused so please bear with me.

I have been getting apparently inconsistent problems with a build. 

In my current state of confusion I need  to double check the way in which 
options are given for make before delving deeper into the problem. if there 
is an option define as:

'--with-abc=def'

what is the correct command line?

#[correct command-line]

for
#make
& for
#make configure

david

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Digital signed mail- certificate issuing

2007-04-25 Thread David Southwell
Hi

Can anyone please tell me the simplest way I can issue my customers a means of 
digitally signing emails they transmit to us via our server. I need the 
chosen method to be compatible with most popular email clients and popular 
webmail services. 

Every customer has their identity and email addresses stored on our mysql 
database.

Essentially my target is , as far as possible, to ensure that emails 
purporting to come from my customers are indeed from them and noone else.

Running freebsd 6.1

postfix
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Re: Digital signed mail- certificate issuing

2007-04-25 Thread David Southwell
On Wednesday 25 April 2007 13:19:36 Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:
> On Apr 25, 2007, at 11:10 AM, David Southwell wrote:
> > Can anyone please tell me the simplest way I can issue my customers
> > a means of
> > digitally signing emails they transmit to us via our server. I need
> > the
> > chosen method to be compatible with most popular email clients and
> > popular
> > webmail services.
>
> As someone said, PGP and S/MIME are really the two choices.  Neither
> will be simple enough to go smoothly with all of your users,
> particular your webmail users.  Both involve understanding some
> apparently tricky concepts, although your users (but not you) can be
> spared from many of them.  Particularly if you wish to issue
> certificates (either client certificates or a self-signed server
> certificate) you need to develop a good understanding of how things
> are supposed to work.
>
> > Every customer has their identity and email addresses stored on our
> > mysql
> > database.
> >
> > Essentially my target is , as far as possible, to ensure that emails
> > purporting to come from my customers are indeed from them and noone
> > else.
>
> Do you need to know that it really is from such and such person, or
> can you get by with knowing that it really is from such and such
> email address?  If the latter will be enough, then you can use the
> same sort of confirmation mechanism that is used by mailing list
> management systems.  Simply require a response sent to a confirmation
> request sent to the email address you are trying to authenticate.
>
> Also, why does this have to be an email based system instead of a web
> based one?  
We need to cater for communications from ships at sea that are able to use  
slow wireless email systems but are not able to access the web.

Thanks
david

> For the latter users can authenticate with a simple 
> username and password.
>
> -j


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var/log/messages umass da0 >6 how to stop?

2007-04-26 Thread David Southwell

How do I stop these messages from umass devices.
Apr 18 03:27:03 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da1 -> 6
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 0 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status 
Error
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check 
Condition
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Medium not present
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da0 -> 6
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 20 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): CAM Status: SCSI Status 
Error
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): SCSI Status: Check 
Condition
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): NOT READY asc:3a,0
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Medium not present
Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Unretryable error

[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp]# camcontrol devlist
   at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0)
   at scbus0 target 0 lun 1 (pass1,da1)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp]# 

With no devices plugged I get these meesages at the rate of 1 every two 
seconds into /var/log/messages

Thanks in advance
david
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Re: var/log/messages umass da0 >6 how to stop?

2007-04-26 Thread David Southwell
On Thursday 26 April 2007 13:11:35 Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > How do I stop these messages from umass devices.
> > Apr 18 03:27:03 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da1 -> 6
> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB:
> > 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI
> > Status Error
> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check
> > Condition
> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0
> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Medium not present
> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error
> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da0 -> 6
> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): READ CAPACITY. CDB:
> > 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): CAM Status: SCSI
> > Status Error
> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): SCSI Status: Check
> > Condition
> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): NOT READY asc:3a,0
> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Medium not present
> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Unretryable error
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp]# camcontrol devlist
> >at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0)
> >at scbus0 target 0 lun 1 (pass1,da1)
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp]#
> >
> > With no devices plugged I get these meesages at the rate of 1 every two
> > seconds into /var/log/messages
>
> Is something polling those devices?
> Some kind of automounter?
> [Gnome and KDE seem to have their own automounters, running from user
> level...] ___

I do not know -- how can I find out?

If I put a 256M memory card in then messages for da0 stop..

david


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Re: var/log/messages umass da0 >6 how to stop?

2007-04-27 Thread David Southwell
On Thursday 26 April 2007 14:51:30 Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Thursday 26 April 2007 13:11:35 Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> >> David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> > How do I stop these messages from umass devices.
> >> > Apr 18 03:27:03 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da1 -> 6
> >> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ CAPACITY.
> >> > CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> >> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI
> >> > Status Error
> >> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status:
> >> > Check Condition
> >> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): NOT READY
> >> > asc:3a,0 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Medium
> >> > not present Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0):
> >> > Unretryable error Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da0 -> 6
> >> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): READ CAPACITY.
> >> > CDB: 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> >> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): CAM Status: SCSI
> >> > Status Error
> >> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): SCSI Status:
> >> > Check Condition
> >> > Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): NOT READY
> >> > asc:3a,0 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Medium
> >> > not present Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1):
> >> > Unretryable error
> >> >
> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp]# camcontrol devlist
> >> >at scbus0 target 0 lun 0
> >> > (pass0,da0)at scbus0 target 0 lun
> >> > 1 (pass1,da1) [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp]#
> >> >
> >> > With no devices plugged I get these meesages at the rate of 1 every
> >> > two seconds into /var/log/messages
> >>
> >> Is something polling those devices?
> >> Some kind of automounter?
> >> [Gnome and KDE seem to have their own automounters, running from user
> >> level...] ___
> >
> > I do not know -- how can I find out?
>
> Have you enabled amd(8)?
> Are you running Gnome or KDE?
> For example, I see that in Gnome, under the preferences menu, there is
> an option for whether to automatically mount removable media when
> inserted.  If you disable that and the messages go away, then we at
> least know what the trigger is.
>
> > If I put a 256M memory card in then messages for da0 stop..
>
> Good; that makes sense.

The problem is that although messages stop for da0 I cannot stop da1 AND I 
would really like to be able to control this without having to have memory 
cards et al in the devices at all times.

I have tried kde settings>peripherals>storage media and removed the tick box 
adjacent to
Enable medium application autostart after mount 
but that made no difference. The messages continue!!

There must be some other way..

Thnaks in advance to anyone who can tell me how to manage these devices 
properly

david


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Re: var/log/messages umass da0 >6 how to stop?

2007-04-27 Thread David Southwell
On Friday 27 April 2007 07:33:11 James Seward wrote:
> On 4/27/07, David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The problem is that although messages stop for da0 I cannot stop da1 AND
> > I would really like to be able to control this without having to have
> > memory cards et al in the devices at all times.
>
> I get this when I have my USB card reader plugged in (and empty). I'm
> pretty sure it's hal (via KDE) which is responsible for the polling in
> my case. My low-tech fix is to yank the USB cable out when I'm not
> using the reader :) If there was a way to stop it filling up my syslog
> though I'd love to know.
>
> /JMS

Umph -- glad I am not the only one with the problem. The difficulty in my case 
is that the media devices are built in to the front of the case so I cannot 
really unplu the usb without turning off the machine!!

There must be a solution. I wish I was a bit brighter!!

david
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Re: Problem with packages on 6.2

2007-06-08 Thread David Southwell
On Friday 08 June 2007 22:37:01 Steve Lake wrote:
>  Ok, I don't know if this is a problem with the ports setup I have
> on my Freebsd box or something else, but I thought I'd ask anyways.  I've
> got a machine with a fresh copy of 6.2 release on it.  Thought I'd be cute
> and install all the ports first and then go from there.  pkg_add -r xorg
> came up with an error that said the package couldn't be found in the
> "Latest" directory.  Ok, so I got the direct link to the package it
> referenced.  Can't be found by pkg_add, yet I can download it via a browser
> just fine.  So I dug around in the "ALL" directory instead and found the
> latest Xorg package.  Gave that to pkg_add and it found it, but then said
> it couldn't find any of the dependent packages.
>
>  It's the same story with every single package I try to add with
> pkg_add that's referenced from the packages directory for 6.2.  The error I
> keep getting is like this:
>
> Error: FTP Unable to get
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/xmms.
>tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access)
> pkg_add: unable to fetch
> 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/xmms
>.tbz' by URL
>
>  I've even grabbed my ports tree twice and rebuilt my kernel to 6.2
> stable and still no change.  Anyone have any idea why this isn't
> working?  And how do I, if possible, change the ftp location and path that
> pkg_add looks at so that it's using something other than the root
> ftp.freebsd.org server.  Maybe something like ftp3.freebsd.org or one of
> the lesser used ftp servers?
>
>  Thanks in advance for any answers you can give.  :)  Please reply
> directly to me as I'm not on this list right now.  (too much mail to sort
> through)
>
I may be off beam here but are you behind a firewall?
Do you need to use passive mode ftp.
A look at man pkg_add might help.

david

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Re: Xorg problem 6.9 >> 7.2

2007-06-08 Thread David Southwell
On Friday 08 June 2007 07:07:03 [LoN]Kamikaze wrote:
> Bernt Hansson wrote:
> > [LoN]Kamikaze wrote:
> >> Bernt Hansson wrote:
> >>> Hello
> >>>
> >>> I've upgraded Xorg to 7.2 on a 6.2-stable machine according to
> >>> UPDATING.
> >>>
> >>> If I'am trying startx as a normal user I get this error
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> AUDIT:  : pid X: client 1 rejected from local host (uid
> >>> 1001)
> >>>
> >>> Xlib: Connection to "0:0" refused by server
> >>> Xlib: No protocol specified
> >>>
> >>> Starting from root no problem.
> >>>
> >>> As a normal user /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 starts fine.
> >>>
> >>> I'm guessing it's a permissions problem, is it?
> >>
> >> I suggest you check all the pathnames in your xorg.conf, I had a similar
> >> problem and adjusting paths solved them.
> >
> > What paths did you have in mind? I regenerated the xorg.conf file after
> > upgrading.
>
> Setting
>
> ModulePath "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
>
> is the most important one.
I have just completed a portupgrade to 7.2 but have not yet restarted the 
server.  How do I "regenerate" xorg.conf?

Thanks in advance

david
 


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/etc/hosts.deniedssh

2010-01-18 Thread David Southwell
Examples from hosts.deniedssh
I seem to be on the receiving end of a concerted series of unsuccessful break 
in attacks on one of our systems. One small part of the attack has  resulted 
in over 2000 entries in our hosts.deniedssh file in less than 1 hour. 

I would be interested in any comments on the small example shown below and any 
advice.

Thanks in advance

David
r200-40-132-245.static.adinet.com.uy
mail.munisanmiguel.gob.pe
port-83-236-241-198.static.qsc.de
pd95b50ce.dip0.t-ipconnect.de
v32641.1blu.de
dubovik.net
r200-40-132-245.static.adinet.com.uy
mail.munisanmiguel.gob.pe
port-83-236-241-198.static.qsc.de
pd95b50ce.dip0.t-ipconnect.de
v32641.1blu.de
dubovik.net
r200-40-132-245.static.adinet.com.uy
mail.munisanmiguel.gob.pe
port-83-236-241-198.static.qsc.de
pd95b50ce.dip0.t-ipconnect.de
v32641.1blu.de
dubovik.net
r200-40-132-245.static.adinet.com.uy
mail.munisanmiguel.gob.pe
port-83-236-241-198.static.qsc.de
pd95b50ce.dip0.t-ipconnect.de
v32641.1blu.de
dubovik.net
r200-40-132-245.static.adinet.com.uy
mail.munisanmiguel.gob.pe
port-83-236-241-198.static.qsc.de
pd95b50ce.dip0.t-ipconnect.de
v32641.1blu.de
dubovik.net
r200-40-132-245.static.adinet.com.uy
mail.munisanmiguel.gob.pe
port-83-236-241-198.static.qsc.de
pd95b50ce.dip0.t-ipconnect.de
v32641.1blu.de
dubovik.net
r200-40-132-245.static.adinet.com.uy
mail.munisanmiguel.gob.pe
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Hi - identifying cause of crash - a how to please

2010-03-02 Thread David Southwell
Hi

I have a specific situation which causes a system crash on freebsd 7.2 p3 
amd64 on intel quad core.  Can someone teach me how to trace the cause? 

The crash is repeatable in the following circumstances:


(a) User logs in
(b) % startx
(c) kde4 loads and works the session
(d) user logs out x session terminates.
(e) user attempts to start a new x session with:
(f) % startx
(g) system crashes immediately

System requires rebooting to single user mode. Run fsck -y and then go 
multiuser. Whereupon the cycle can be repeated.


This event did not occur until kde was upgraded to kde 4.3.5.

The video card is a winfast PX7800GT providing openGL with dual DVI. The crash  
problem was not present before upgrading to 3.4.5 so whilst not ruling out the 
card I am not assuming it is the video card.

It would be helpful if the procedure could be identified clearly. I will post 
the results available on the web so someone who knows how to interpret them 
could take a look.

Finally should I be asking this question on another maillist?

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Re: "Expect" questions?

2010-03-02 Thread David Southwell
> What would be the right list for questions about "expect?"  When I
> upgraded from FreeBSD 4.x to 8.0, my "expect" script broke, and I
> cannot for the life of me see why.
> 
Odd though it may seem you might find the newsgroup:

comp.lang.tcl 

This is the place to go with expect questions. Tcl is the core language fro 
expect. Learn one you know the  other!!

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Re: Hi - identifying cause of crash - a how to please

2010-03-02 Thread David Southwell
> David Southwell wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a specific situation which causes a system crash on freebsd 7.2 p3
> > amd64 on intel quad core.  Can someone teach me how to trace the cause?
> >
> > The crash is repeatable in the following circumstances:
> >
> >
> > (a) User logs in
> > (b) % startx
> > (c) kde4 loads and works the session
> > (d) user logs out x session terminates.
> > (e) user attempts to start a new x session with:
> > (f) % startx
> > (g) system crashes immediately
> >
> > System requires rebooting to single user mode. Run fsck -y and then go
> > multiuser. Whereupon the cycle can be repeated.
> >
> >
> > This event did not occur until kde was upgraded to kde 4.3.5.
> >
> > The video card is a winfast PX7800GT providing openGL with dual DVI. The
> > crash problem was not present before upgrading to 3.4.5 so whilst not
> > ruling out the card I am not assuming it is the video card.
> >
> > It would be helpful if the procedure could be identified clearly. I will
> > post the results available on the web so someone who knows how to
> > interpret them could take a look.
> >
> > Finally should I be asking this question on another maillist?
> 
> This is a good place to start, and if someone knows a better spot it will
> probably be indicated. I can't give you an in depth response, but maybe
> something to start with. The Kernel Debugging section of the Developer's
> Handbook may serve as an introduction to a few basics:
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/
> 
> You can also start right away by examining the .xsession-errors file you
> will find in the users home directory. Also, in /var/log look for the
> Xorg.0.log and Xorg.0.log.old. After restarting from a crash, if you startx
> the first one will only contain info on that startup; the second one (.old)
> may contain some info on what happened at the time of the previous crash,
>  if it is indeed the X server crashing. Sometimes any errors to stdout may
>  appear in /var/log/messages.
> 
> Sometimes there may be informative error messages present which can be
> Googled, and other times nothing useful. The same with the .xsession-errors
> file - it usually contains information relevant to the applications which
> were running on top of X.
> 
> If you are running the nvidia driver and see some evidence that it may be
> responsible for the crash, you could try substituting the nv driver as a
> test. This might help isolate the problem to the nvidia driver. But where
>  to go from here is a good question. Sometimes if there is some problem wrt
>  the nvidia driver after some kind of upgrade doing a make, make deinstall,
>  and make reinstall of the nvidia driver port occasionally fixes something,
>  but this is a long shot.
> 
> Nvidia also has a web forum you might hunt around in. Also, if you are
>  doing startx to start KDE with a .xinitrc file in the users home dir (with
>  startkde in here), try it without so the default TWM window manager comes
>  up instead of KDE. Then do the restart test and see if it crashes.  This
>  is a good way to separate the problem from being X related and/or KDE
>  related.
> 
> -Mike
> 
Thanks mike
Will give all that a go.

Incidentally found no.xsession-errors in user's directory.


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What is Freebsd 7.2pX

2009-07-29 Thread David Southwell
Where is information about 7.2pX to be found on freebsd.org?

I am running freebsd 7.2 64 amd 

7.2-RELEASE #0: Fri May  1 07:18:07 UTC 2009 
r...@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

version on Intel quad core and was advised to upgrade to 7.2pX but have 
not found about such a version from the web site and a google search for 
freebsd 7.2pX produces no documents.

Thanks in advance

David


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cvs tag usage

2009-08-04 Thread David Southwell
I am confused about the usage of the tag for src.

I took a look at the web pages and found the following choices:

_7_BP
_7_2_BP
_7_2_0_RELEASE
_7_2

But could not find anything that told me where -p2 fits into this!!


# uname -a

7.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Jun 24 00:14:35 UTC 2009 
r...@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

To synchronize src do I use:

*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7_2
will this automatically track the latest version in 7_2  and therefore keep 
track with 7.2-RELEASE-p2 or later??

or
do I need to use something like:

*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7_2-p2

Where can I find some explanation on this?

Thanks in advance

David
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Re: cvs tag usage

2009-08-04 Thread David Southwell
> David Southwell wrote:
> > I am confused about the usage of the tag for src.
> >
> > I took a look at the web pages and found the following choices:
> >
> > _7_BP
> > _7_2_BP
> > _7_2_0_RELEASE
> > _7_2
> >
> > But could not find anything that told me where -p2 fits into this!!
> >
> >
> > # uname -a
> >
> > 7.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Jun 24 00:14:35 UTC 2009
> > r...@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
> >
> > To synchronize src do I use:
> >
> > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7_2
> > will this automatically track the latest version in 7_2  and therefore
> > keep track with 7.2-RELEASE-p2 or later??
>
> Yes. RELENG_7_2 is the security patched update of Release. The -p2 means
> there have been two security patches applied to the source code. The actual
> release (RELENG_7_2_0_RELEASE) is static and will never change. The only
> thing that changes with _7_2 is the addition/inclusion of the patches you
> see in the security announcements.
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
Thanks for being helpful.. it might be useful if these designations appeared 
somewhere in the documentation-- but I guess there is enough for people to 
do!!! From what you are saying using 
 *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7_2

will work for me

Thanks again

David

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Re: cvs tag usage

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:32 PM, b. f. wrote:
> >> He has _7_2_0_RELEASE, not RELENG_7_0_2_RELEASE.
> >
> > Well, neither actually.  :)   s/0_2/2_0/  .  But I inferred from the
> > context  -- it seemed obvious, particularly from what he wrote later
> > -- that he meant those choices as suffixes to RELENG, which he omitted
> > for the sake of brevity.  I assumed you also made this inference.
>
> Agreed, but IMHO, it's better to be precise and not assume too much. :-)
OK guys this has now reached the point where I am again confudes -- here is my 
original posting amended to ensure there is no ambiguity

I am confused about the usage of the tag for src.

I took a look at the web pages and found the following choices:

RELENG_7_BP
RELENG_7_2_BP
RELENG_7_2_0_RELEASE
RELENG_7_2

But could not find anything that told me where -p2 fits into this!!


# uname -a

7.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Jun 24 00:14:35 UTC 2009 
r...@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64

To synchronize src and keep up to date do I use:

*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7_2
will this automatically track the latest version in 7_2  and therefore keep 
track with 7.2-RELEASE-p2 or later??

or
do I need to use something like:

*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7_2-p2

or
something else!!

Where can I find some explanation on this?
Maybe something from this discussion could be added to the 
handbook/synching.html page so the choice of suffix for configuring cvsup 
could be made easier for those who are not familiar with the meaning of 
undocumented suffixing such as -p2 !!. 

Another could there possibly be some consistency between the output from uname 
-a and the suffixing used for synching of the src be practicable. Please do 
not bite my head off if it is not practical -- I acknowledge it is a question 
born of ignorance and confusion 

david

Thanks in advance

David
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Re: cvs tag usage

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:32 PM, b. f. wrote:
> >> He has _7_2_0_RELEASE, not RELENG_7_0_2_RELEASE.
> >
> > Well, neither actually.  :)   s/0_2/2_0/  .  But I inferred from the
> > context  -- it seemed obvious, particularly from what he wrote later
> > -- that he meant those choices as suffixes to RELENG, which he omitted
> > for the sake of brevity.  I assumed you also made this inference.
>
Glen

You hit the sweet spot!!

David

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Learning about Control of Optimization -- for dummies please

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
I have found http://docs.freebsd.org/info/gcc/gcc.ifo.Optimize_Options.html.

I am about to build a new kernel am starting to dig a bit deeper into things I 
have, until now, taken for granted.

The above link is very informative in technical terms about how to control 
optimization but I find it difficult to interpret the info in a way that tells 
me what might work best on my own system (Intel quad Core) with 8G of ram.

Current kernel is GENERIC but as I said I am going to build a new one.
# uname-a
FreeBSD dns1.vizion2000.net 7.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Jun 
24 00:14:35 UTC 2009 r...@amd64-
builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
 
Could anyone please point me in the right direction to achieve greater 
understanding of what optimizations may be most appropriate for compiling a 
kernel for my system. The docs are very good on the "how" but are not very 
helpful when it comes to solving the "what" "why" and "when" questions when 
the "who" is a dummy .

Thanks in advance

David
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Re: Learning about Control of Optimization -- for dummies please

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
>  On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:19:23 +0200 Roland Smith  
wrote:
> >On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 10:54:07AM +0100, David Southwell wrote:
> >> I have found
> >> http://docs.freebsd.org/info/gcc/gcc.info.Optimize_Options.html.
> >>
> >> I am about to build a new kernel am starting to dig a bit deeper into
> >> things I have, until now, taken for granted.
> >>
> >> The above link is very informative in technical terms about how to
> >> control optimization but I find it difficult to interpret the info in a
> >> way that tells me what might work best on my own system (Intel quad
> >> Core) with 8G of ram.
> >
> >The build system takes care of that, once you have set the correct
> >CPUTYPE in /etc/make.conf. For a quad-core, set CPUTYPE=nocona. See
> >make.conf(5), /usr/src/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk and
> >/usr/src/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk.
>
>  As I read the man page for [g]cc, though, setting -march=nocona (which
> is where the CPUTYPE information ends up in the cc commands) tells the
> compiler which base instruction set to use and which model of instruction
> scheduling to use, but to get the rest of the model-dependent features
> used, he would still need to add "-mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3" at a minimum
> for most other compilations, though these would not be advisable for kernel
> compilations.  I don't recall whether SSE4 instructions are in the Nocona/
> Merom/Kentfield chips or first appear in the Core i7 series.  I don't think
> the compiler versions available under FreeBSD support the SSE4
> instructions, though, so SSE4 doesn't matter anyway.
>
> >Additionally, compiler settings for building the kernel can be set with
> >COPTFLAGS in /etc/make.conf. Using anything other than -O or -O2 is
> >not guaranteed to work. If you don't know what you are doing, do not use
> >COPTFLAGS and stick with the defaults that the build system generates.
>
>  Right.  -O3 might royally screw a kernel in particular. :-)
>
>
>   Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
Thanks for add more useful info however would you mind elaborating a little 
more because I do not understand the implications.

should I have:
CPUTYPE=nocona 
in make.conf?
Do I need anything else in make.conf?

So far my draft make.conf has these entries:

CPUTYPE=nocona

CFLAGS= -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe

FORCE_MAKE_JOBS=true

Incidentally I am also puzzled because it appears necessary to use amd64 
GENERIC as my starting point when the cpu is actually Intel Quad Core!! 

I presume this means that in drafting a kernconf I need to refer to;

dns1# pwd
/usr/src/sys/amd64/conf
dns1# ls -l
total 44
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel 13 Jun 20  2005 .cvsignore
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel482 Apr 15 04:14 DEFAULTS
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  11968 Apr 15 04:14 GENERIC
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel818 Apr 15 04:14 GENERIC.hints
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   1036 Apr 15 04:14 MAC
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel132 Apr 15 04:14 Makefile
-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  20721 Apr 15 04:14 NOTES


It would be great if some logical consistency could be introduced into naming 
conventions!!! It would really help those of us who know little and make it a 
trifle easier to climb the greasy pole of knowledge 


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kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
Hi every one

My understanding is that one uses the amd64 for building a kernel for systems 
with Intel Quad Core processors.

It is helpful when naming conventions follow a logical strand. I mean why does 
freebsd use a single manufacturer's name to represent a genre? 

David 

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Re: Learning about Control of Optimization -- for dummies please

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> >>  On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:19:23 +0200 Roland Smith
>
> 
>
> wrote:
> >> >On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 10:54:07AM +0100, David Southwell wrote:
> >> >> I have found
> >> >> http://docs.freebsd.org/info/gcc/gcc.info.Optimize_Options.html.
> >> >>
> >> >> I am about to build a new kernel am starting to dig a bit deeper
>
> into
>
> >> >> things I have, until now, taken for granted.
> >> >>
> >> >> The above link is very informative in technical terms about how to
> >> >> control optimization but I find it difficult to interpret the info
>
> in a
>
> >> >> way that tells me what might work best on my own system (Intel
>
> quad
>
> >> >> Core) with 8G of ram.
> >> >
> >> >The build system takes care of that, once you have set the correct
> >> >CPUTYPE in /etc/make.conf. For a quad-core, set CPUTYPE=nocona. See
> >> >make.conf(5), /usr/src/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk and
> >> >/usr/src/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk.
> >>
> >>  As I read the man page for [g]cc, though, setting -march=nocona
>
> (which
>
> >> is where the CPUTYPE information ends up in the cc commands) tells
>
> the
>
> >> compiler which base instruction set to use and which model of
>
> instruction
>
> >> scheduling to use, but to get the rest of the model-dependent
>
> features
>
> >> used, he would still need to add "-mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3" at a
>
> minimum
>
> >> for most other compilations, though these would not be advisable for
>
> kernel
>
> >> compilations.  I don't recall whether SSE4 instructions are in the
>
> Nocona/
>
> >> Merom/Kentfield chips or first appear in the Core i7 series.  I don't
>
> think
>
> >> the compiler versions available under FreeBSD support the SSE4
> >> instructions, though, so SSE4 doesn't matter anyway.
> >>
> >> >Additionally, compiler settings for building the kernel can be set
>
> with
>
> >> >COPTFLAGS in /etc/make.conf. Using anything other than -O or -O2 is
> >> >not guaranteed to work. If you don't know what you are doing, do not
>
> use
>
> >> >COPTFLAGS and stick with the defaults that the build system
>
> generates.
>
> >>  Right.  -O3 might royally screw a kernel in particular. :-)
> >>
> >>
> >>   Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
> >
> >Thanks for add more useful info however would you mind elaborating a
>
> little
>
> >more because I do not understand the implications.
> >
> >should I have:
> >CPUTYPE=nocona
> >in make.conf?
> >Do I need anything else in make.conf?
> >
> >So far my draft make.conf has these entries:
> >
> >CPUTYPE=nocona
> >
> >CFLAGS= -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
> >
> >FORCE_MAKE_JOBS=true
> >
> >Incidentally I am also puzzled because it appears necessary to use
>
> amd64
>
> >GENERIC as my starting point when the cpu is actually Intel Quad Core!!
> >
> >
> >I presume this means that in drafting a kernconf I need to refer to;
> >
> >dns1# pwd
> >/usr/src/sys/amd64/conf
> >dns1# ls -l
> >total 44
> >-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel 13 Jun 20  2005 .cvsignore
> >-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel482 Apr 15 04:14 DEFAULTS
> >-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  11968 Apr 15 04:14 GENERIC
> >-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel818 Apr 15 04:14 GENERIC.hints
> >-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   1036 Apr 15 04:14 MAC
> >-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel132 Apr 15 04:14 Makefile
> >-rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  20721 Apr 15 04:14 NOTES
> >
> >
> >It would be great if some logical consistency could be introduced into
>
> naming
>
> >conventions!!! It would really help those of us who know little and
>
> make it a
>
> >trifle easier to climb the greasy pole of knowledge 
>
> It is logical.
> You use i386 on old amd processors also.
> The naming amd64 comes from the fact that AMD did come first with the 64
> bit processor.
> If Intel was the first it proberly would have a name like i386_64 or
> something like that.
>
> Nothing to worry about.
> If your Intel proccessor has 64 bit support use the AMD64 version
>
> It is just a name.
>
> About the make.conf the use of nocona is ok but put a ? mark ofter
> CPUTYPE
> Do not ask me why, people told me it is better, if i understand
> correctly 

Re: kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 02:14:49PM +0100, David Southwell wrote:
> > Hi every one
> >
> > My understanding is that one uses the amd64 for building a kernel for
> > systems with Intel Quad Core processors.
>
> That depends on if you installed the amd64 version of FreeBSD or the i386
> version.  The kernel should of course match the rest of the system.
> Intel's Quad Core processors (at least all the models they have released so
> far) supports both amd64 and i386.  (i386 being 32-bit, while amd64 is
> 64-bit.)
>
> > It is helpful when naming conventions follow a logical strand. I mean why
> > does freebsd use a single manufacturer's name to represent a genre?
>
> The amd64 architecture is called that because it was AMD who invented and
> created it and was for a while the only one using it and since AMD named
> the architecture AMD64 that was the name FreeBSD used too.  Later Intel
> also started using it (while using their own name(s) for it), but FreeBSD
> has stuck with the name amd64.  This is no more strange than calling the
> i386 architecture for i386 even if it runs on a whole lot of processors
> other than the original Intel 80386.

I would still be inclined to feel that although the naming convention can be 
historically justified it remains practically illogical!!! Naming conventions 
work well when they help people understand what they represent.  To illustrate 
my point at one time Britain referred as "the British Empire" but such a title 
would be laughable today!! 

There is enough for people to get their head around in understanding what is 
going on without adding additional levels of confusion because noone thought 
of future developments!!  However this is not an argument anyone is likely to 
get steamed up about -- however illogical it may be 

david
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Re: Learning about Control of Optimization -- for dummies please

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 02:02:05PM +0100, David Southwell wrote:
> > > >Additionally, compiler settings for building the kernel can be set
> > > > with COPTFLAGS in /etc/make.conf. Using anything other than -O or -O2
> > > > is not guaranteed to work. If you don't know what you are doing, do
> > > > not use COPTFLAGS and stick with the defaults that the build system
> > > > generates.
> > >
> > >  Right.  -O3 might royally screw a kernel in particular. :-)
> > >
> > >
> > >   Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
> >
> > Thanks for add more useful info however would you mind elaborating a
> > little more because I do not understand the implications.
> >
> > should I have:
> > CPUTYPE=nocona
> > in make.conf?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Do I need anything else in make.conf?
>
> If you are building a custom kernel, you can set the name of the kernel
> config there. E.g.:
>
> KERNCONF=FOO
>
> You should then put your kernel config in /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/FOO.
>
> > So far my draft make.conf has these entries:
> >
> > CPUTYPE=nocona
>
> OK.
>
> > CFLAGS= -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe
>
> CFLAGS are used for building userland programs. COPTFLAGS are used for
> building the kernel. I think that the values you've listed here are already
> the default, so they are superfluous really.
>
> > FORCE_MAKE_JOBS=true
>
> This is only for ports.
>
> > Incidentally I am also puzzled because it appears necessary to use amd64
> > GENERIC as my starting point when the cpu is actually Intel Quad Core!!
>
> This is a FAQ. AMD originated the 64-bit extensions to the x86
> architecture while intel was chasing the itanium pipedream. This
> extended architecture became known as x86_64 or amd64. After itanium
> became a dud, intel started making amd64 compatible chips as well,
> because the AMD chips had been hugely successfull.
>
> > I presume this means that in drafting a kernconf I need to refer to;
> >
> > dns1# pwd
> > /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf
> > dns1# ls -l
> > total 44
> > -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel 13 Jun 20  2005 .cvsignore
> > -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel482 Apr 15 04:14 DEFAULTS
>
> Some options were moved to a DEFAULT file that is automatically included
> in every kernel, so that people can't forget them. Formetting one of
> those can result in an unusable kernel.
>
> > -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  11968 Apr 15 04:14 GENERIC
> > -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel818 Apr 15 04:14 GENERIC.hints
> > -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   1036 Apr 15 04:14 MAC
> > -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel132 Apr 15 04:14 Makefile
> > -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  20721 Apr 15 04:14 NOTES
>
> NOTES contains extra options that aren't in the GENERIC kernel.
>
> > It would be great if some logical consistency could be introduced into
> > naming conventions!!! It would really help those of us who know little
> > and make it a trifle easier to climb the greasy pole of knowledge
> > 
>
> Just look at the beginning of each file. You'll find a description of
> that files purpose.
>
> You should base you kernel configuration on the GENERIC kernel. The
> first thing you need to do is change the "ident" line to match the
> filename. A kernel config FOO should include "ident FOO". Then remove
> devices and options that you don't need. If you don't know what a device
> or option is, leave it in. For devices, there is usually a manual
> page. E.g. if you see 'device em', you can get information about it with
> 'man em'.
>
> Look at the dmesg(8) output to see which devices you actually have.
>
> Roland
Roland

Thank you

I will be digging around  and try and make good use of yr advice

David
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Re: 7.2 CD won't boot

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:41 AM, John Nielsen. wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > My 7.2 Release Disc 1 won't boot.  I get the following and nothing more:
> >
> > CD Loader 1.2
> >
> > Building the boot loader arguments
> > Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found
> > Relocating the loader and the BTX
> >
> > I'm running on a Intel SE7501BR2, single Xeon, 2GB.  I have burned a
> > second CD and swapped the CD drive, cable and RAM, all to no avail.  I
> > have a RR1520 RAID controller, but removed that as well.  On-board SCSI
> > controller and serial ports have been disabled, too.  Nothing seems to
> > make a difference.
> >
> > What on earth could be going on?
>
> Can you verify if another machine boots the CD?  Could be a bad download.
>
> Could be a hardware incompatibility.
>
> Also, could you try disabling ACPI at boot?
I found the amd64 dvd download to be corrupt recently. So do check the 
download -- did you verify your download?

David
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Re: 7.2 CD won't boot

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:41 AM, John Nielsen. wrote:
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > My 7.2 Release Disc 1 won't boot.  I get the following and nothing
> > > more:
> > >
> > > CD Loader 1.2
> > >
> > > Building the boot loader arguments
> > > Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found
> > > Relocating the loader and the BTX
> > >
> > > I'm running on a Intel SE7501BR2, single Xeon, 2GB.  I have burned a
> > > second CD and swapped the CD drive, cable and RAM, all to no avail.  I
> > > have a RR1520 RAID controller, but removed that as well.  On-board SCSI
> > > controller and serial ports have been disabled, too.  Nothing seems to
> > > make a difference.
> > >
> > > What on earth could be going on?
> >
> > Can you verify if another machine boots the CD?  Could be a bad download.
> >
> > Could be a hardware incompatibility.
> >
> > Also, could you try disabling ACPI at boot?
>
> I found the amd64 dvd download to be corrupt recently. So do check the
> download -- did you verify your download?
>
> David
John 

My cc to you was bounced.

: host d.mx.mail.yahoo.com[68.142.202.247] said: 554
delivery error: dd This user doesn't have a yahoo.de account
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Re: help installing

2009-08-05 Thread David Southwell
> how can help me install free bsd
>
> I get loaded free bsd
> it said is loaded good
> Can not get xwindow to load or kde
>
> help
>
> use to opensuse the best for os
> ==
> J Lee Hughes K C 0 H W A 73
> =
> Do what you can every day!
> Learn what you can every day!
> Life is good!
> =

Welcome
Do you have another machine available with access to the internet.

If so use that one to go to http://www.freebsd.org
follow the links to documentation>handbook
you should find everything you need there.

Come back here if you get stuck

David M0TAU
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Re: kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core

2009-08-08 Thread David Southwell
> On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:14:49 +0100
>
> David Southwell  wrote:
> > Hi every one
> >
> > My understanding is that one uses the amd64 for building a kernel for
> > systems with Intel Quad Core processors.
> >
> > It is helpful when naming conventions follow a logical strand. I mean
> > why does freebsd use a single manufacturer's name to represent a
> > genre?
>
> The time to complain about that was when they put the "i" in i386.
Yep I tried to email intel to tell them using uucp on my unix system from a 
Sirius on an 8086 but intel were not on email at the time!!!

David

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Re: Firefox 3.5...

2009-08-26 Thread David Southwell
> 2009/8/26 Wayne Sierke :
> > On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 11:32 +0100, Peter Harrison wrote:
> >> I've Firefox 3.0.11,1 on my 7.2-release system at the moment. Anyone
> >> offer some advice on moving up to 3.5?
> >>
> >> Is it as simple as pkg_delete'ing 3.0 and then installing 3.5?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any thoughts.
> >
> > Should be, or if you use portupgrade:
> >
> > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-July/202568.htm
> >l
>
> 2nd'd.  portupgrade -o www/firefox35 firefox\* worked perfectly here.
yep it compiles fine on amd64 freebsd 7.2 p3. However when launched it asks 
for you to accept a cookie from some strange site. I denied the cookie 
permission and firefox35 immediately shut down. 

david
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"turn authentication on" -- a simple how to please!!

2009-09-07 Thread David Southwell
My mailserver uses postfix and has a number of virtual domains. I am getting 
the following difficulties on delivery of legitimate emails to remote 
addresses failing with a request to tun authentication on. I am comparatively 
new to managing mailservers. Could someone please tell me what I need to do. 
My searches on google seem to give me long explanations of what is meant to 
happen but I cannot find simple instructions on how to fulfill the 
requirements!!

dns1# fgrep abc /var/log/maillog
Sep  7 17:01:59 dns1 postfix/smtp[86489]: 179BE34D41D: 
to=, 
relay=mail.abc.org.uk[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25, delay=2.2, delays=2/0/0.15/0.03, 
dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (host mail.abc.org.uk[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] said: 550 
Please turn authentication on (in reply to RCPT TO command))
dns1#

Thanks in advance
david
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Managing bsdpan -- some advice please

2009-03-13 Thread David Southwell
Basically I do not know how to manage the bsdpan "ports".
On portupgrade -a I get long lists like the one below.
How are items "held"
How do I decide whether ort not to hold them.
Some advice would be appreciated.
I have searched for some guidance on the freebsd web site but not found any.

--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-B-Debug-1.10' because it is held by user (specify -f to 
force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-Exporter-5.62' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-constant-1.15' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-Text-Soundex-3.03' because it is held by user 
(specify -f to force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-File-Path-2.04' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-CPAN-1.9203' because it is held by user (specify -f to 
force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-SelfLoader-1.15' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-MailTools-2.03' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-libwww-perl-5.813' because it is held by user 
(specify -f to force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-Term-ReadLine-Perl-1.0302' because it is held by user 
(specify -f to force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-DB_File-1.817' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-IPC-SysV-2.00' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-ANSIColor-1.12' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-Thread-Semaphore-2.09' because it is held by user 
(specify -f to force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-B-Lint-1.11' because it is held by user (specify -f to 
force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-CPAN-1.9205' because it is held by user (specify -f to 
force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-Safe-2.16' because it is held by user (specify -f to 
force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-CPAN-1.9102' because it is held by user (specify -f to 
force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-Thread-Queue-2.11' because it is held by user 
(specify -f to force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-libnet-1.21' because it is held by user (specify -f to 
force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-Shell-0.72' because it is held by user (specify -f to 
force)
--->  Skipping 'textproc/p5-Text-Balanced' because it is held by user 
(specify -f to force)
--->  Skipping 'bsdpan-Term-Cap-1.12' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'databases/p5-DBD-mysql' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'devel/p5-IO' because it is held by user (specify -f to force)
--->  Skipping 'devel/p5-Devel-Symdump' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'devel/p5-Pod-Coverage' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'devel/p5-Filter' because it is held by user (specify -f to 
force)
--->  Skipping 'lang/p5-Switch' because it is held by user (specify -f to 
force)
--->  Skipping 'misc/p5-Array-Compare' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'textproc/p5-Pod-Simple' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'math/p5-Math-Complex' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'converters/p5-Encode' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'www/p5-CGI.pm' because it is held by user (specify -f to 
force)
--->  Skipping 'devel/p5-AutoLoader' because it is held by user (specify -f to 
force)
--->  Skipping 'devel/p5-Devel-PPPort' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)
--->  Skipping 'textproc/p5-podlators' because it is held by user (specify -f 
to force)

Thanks

David
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Re: Can I resume the perl upgrade?

2009-04-12 Thread David Southwell
On Saturday 11 April 2009 17:20:56 Chris Rees wrote:
> 2009/4/11 David Southwell :
> > On Friday 10 April 2009 11:43:33 kime...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> Paul Schmehl wrote:
> >> > --On Friday, April 10, 2009 11:17:00 -0500 Paul Schmehl
> >> >
> >> >  wrote:
> >> >> According to /usr/ports/UPDATING, if you want to upgrade to perl5.10,
> >> >> you do
> >> >> the following:
> >> >>
> >> >> Portupgrade users:
> >> >>     0) Fix pkgdb.db (for safety):
> >> >>         pkgdb -Ff
> >> >>
> >> >>     1) Reinstall perl with new 5.10:
> >> >>         portupgrade -o lang/perl5.10 -f perl-5.8.\*
> >> >>
> >> >>     2) Reinstall everything that depends on Perl:
> >> >>         portupgrade -fr perl
> >> >>
> >> >> My machine got rebooted right in the middle of step 3.  Is there a
> >> >> way to
> >> >> resume where I left off?  Or do I just start over?
> >> >
> >> > Let me rephrase.  I don't see a way in portupgrade to start over where
> >> > I left off.  However, pkg_info -R lang/perl* shows that all my ports
> >> > depend on 5.10 and no ports are still depending upon 5.8.  Is it safe
> >> > to assume that the reboot happened after portupgrade had finished?
> >>
> >> Nope. With this info you can assume that step 2/3 worked. Not the step
> >> 3/3. I dont know how to restart at the stage it was before reboot as I
> >> dont use portupgrade.
> >> Personnaly, as portmaster failed with some ports and abort the whole
> >> update process, I wrote a simple sh script which loop over the packages
> >> which need perl (got via the via pkg_info -R, need reordering
> >> thought...), exec portmaster ${PKG}, and keep a list of which reinstall
> >> succeed and which failed.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >
> > I hope it is not too far off topic but:
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how to fix this one:
> >
> > Stale dependency: bsdpan-Pod-Perldoc-3.15 -> perl-5.8.9_2 (lang/perl5.8):
> > can't convert nil into string
> >
> >
> > My update to 10 seems to be OK except for this..
> >
> > I cannot find its origin so do not know what to deinstall and reinstall
> >
> > It would also be great to get all bsdpan into the pkgdb with their
> > origins.. is there any way to do that?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > David
>
> Perhaps you should start a new thread.
>
> Chris

Tried that last week to no avail
So asmy question was vaguely on topic I had hoped someone might be able to 
contribute something useful!!

No such luck!!
Thank you for your contribution
most helpful
David
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Re: Can I resume the perl upgrade?

2009-04-14 Thread David Southwell
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 05:20:35 Ruben de Groot wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:05:50PM -0700, David Southwell typed:
> > On Saturday 11 April 2009 17:20:56 Chris Rees wrote:
> > > > I hope it is not too far off topic but:
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone tell me how to fix this one:
> > > >
> > > > Stale dependency: bsdpan-Pod-Perldoc-3.15 -> perl-5.8.9_2
> > > > (lang/perl5.8): can't convert nil into string
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > My update to 10 seems to be OK except for this..
> > > >
> > > > I cannot find its origin so do not know what to deinstall and
> > > > reinstall
> > > >
> > > > It would also be great to get all bsdpan into the pkgdb with their
> > > > origins.. is there any way to do that?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance
> > > >
> > > > David
> > >
> > > Perhaps you should start a new thread.
> > >
> > > Chris
> >
> > Tried that last week to no avail
> > So asmy question was vaguely on topic I had hoped someone might be able
> > to contribute something useful!!
>
> If you can send a reply-all to the list, you certainly can send a new
> question, can't you? Hijacking threads *is* considered rude/ignorant/dumb
> by some.
>
> That said, Pod::Perldoc seems to be part of perl-5.8.[8-9] on my systems,
> so unless you're doing some nonstandard things with this package, I suggest
> you just pkg_delete the bsdpan package and get on with it.
>
Hi Ruben

Sorry to get cross with you but it has been clear from your responses that you 
have not actually troubled to read the detail of what I posted. The origibnal 
posting refrred to the issue as being one that came as a result of doing 
something similar to the OP for the thread. There was a second part (relating 
to getting the info on bsdpan into the DB.

a. If you had read carefully you would have found that I have already tried:
posting another thread
b. I had already tried pkg_delete without success.
c. I had tried package_deinstall again without success.
d. I am totally puzzled why bsdpan-Pod_Perldoc should be showing a dependency 
on perl-5.8-9 when I have upgraded to 10. 

I will be very happy "to get on with it" when I know how to achieve that 
nirvana.

In the meantime those who get try to get picky without reading a thread 
carefully do tend to offeset the work of so many people who are friendly and 
helpful

Thanks in advance for positive contributions

david


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