Re: Switching on/off 5V power to a USB port

On 4/3/12 5:26 PM, Ian Lepore wrote: On Tue, 2012-04-03 at 17:13 -0500, Ron McDowell wrote: I just got a little USB powered fan and it sure would be nice if I could have cron on my FreeBSD box turn it on or off at certain times by switching off the 5V line on a USB port. Anyone know how I can

Switching on/off 5V power to a USB port

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Re: Which tree for Powerbook G4?

On 3/4/12 9:47 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Ron McDowell wrote: Hi -current. I have a 12" Mac Powerbook G4 [1.5GHz] notebook that I want to put 9.0 on. Do I want releases/powerpc/powerpc/ or releases/powerpc/powerpc64 [or will both of them work]? T

Which tree for Powerbook G4?

Hi -current. I have a 12" Mac Powerbook G4 [1.5GHz] notebook that I want to put 9.0 on. Do I want releases/powerpc/powerpc/ or releases/powerpc/powerpc64 [or will both of them work]? Thanks! -- Ron McDowell San Antonio TX ___ freebsd-cu

i18n and shell scripts

I'm working on the new bsdconfig, and looking for some good examples of how to incorporate internationalization into the scripts. I'm not finding much love in this area. :-( Any pointers appreciated. -- Ron McDowell San Antonio TX _

My thoughts on "bsdconfig"

s program i18n-ready right from the start? Lot of work? Not worth the effort? Must have? Don't need? Thanks. -- Ron McDowell San Antonio TX ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current

Re: Removal of sysinstall from HEAD and lack of a post-install configuration tool

Lawrence Stewart wrote: On 12/27/11 16:13, Ron McDowell wrote: Doug Barton wrote: The story so far ... sysinstall was removed from HEAD in October. I (and others) objected on the basis that at this time there is no replacement for the post-install configuration role that sysinstall played

Re: Removal of sysinstall from HEAD and lack of a post-install configuration tool

was in a previous release without providing an equal-or-better alternative is a bad idea, and that needs to be considered more carefully in the future. So this is not just a +1 vote, it's a +90. -- Ron McDowell San Antonio TX ___ freebsd-current

Re: Can't install FreeBSD-amd64-9.0-RC2: "/mnt: out of inodes"

y generating default filesystem options, so I couldn't confirm this assumption. Thanks for the report, Ben Kaduk I see the same thing by creating 4gb filesystems for /usr/src and /usr/obj on a larger hard disk, which, IMO, _is_ a reasonable thing to do, and works fine on 8.2. -- Ro

/cdrom in /etc/fstab

Previous releases had a line in /etc/fstab for /cdrom. Please consider putting it back...it's just one more thing I have to remember to do post-install. -- Ron McDowell San Antonio TX ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list

9.0B1 Installer issues

cursor at the end of the line. B] Leave it at the beginning, but if anything but arrow keys are pressed [and you're at the beginning of the line], delete the text after the cursor. -- Ron McDowell San Antonio TX ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org

Re: Trying to install current from a memory stick and then a DVD and got a new and strange installer.

Nathan Whitehorn wrote: On 07/24/11 18:03, Ron McDowell wrote: Nathan Whitehorn wrote: On 07/24/11 16:29, eculp wrote: I have been hearing about a new installer but I obviously have not payed enough attention, I am afraid. I started running freebsd at 2.0 and never really had a problem with

Re: Trying to install current from a memory stick and then a DVD and got a new and strange installer.

d-running system to do everything from adding a user to changing a nameserver and more. -- Ron McDowell San Antonio TX ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"