Re: C++ exceptions are broken in FreeBSD with gcc-compiled code?

2008-04-10 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
Oh, this mail reminds me... > >I am not able to reproduce the problem here; I will compile the > >updated sources tonight to check if that changes anything: ...that I forgot to report that I did a cvsup and rebuild the system (7.0-STABLE), tonight. That did not change anything: I am not able to

Re: C++ exceptions are broken in FreeBSD with gcc-compiled code?

2008-04-09 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> > It works fine for me too, using FreeBSD 6-stable and the built-in gcc > > 3.4.6 > > as well as with gcc 4.2.4 20080305 installed from ports. > > No need to use -pthreads in either case > > This means that this issue is STABLE-7.0 specific. I am not able to reproduce the problem here; I will

Re: [PATCH] newsyslog - don't compress first log file

2007-08-12 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> Ah -- well, then: by all means. I'm even more willing to test other > folks' work than I am to hack away at code. :-} > > And since I had tested my own Perl script, I think I should be able to > help out with this. :-) > > And "after Sunday" is not a problem at all: thank you! I tested the

Re: [PATCH] newsyslog - don't compress first log file

2007-08-11 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> We could extend the 'count' field to accept 'N+M'. N being the number of > plain log files and M the number of compressed ones. > > This would also negate the need for a new flag. It could also be done with a numerical flag "n" where n is a number that specifies the extension of the logfile up

Re: [PATCH] newsyslog - don't compress first log file

2007-08-11 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> How about using the flag "0" similar to that in newsyslog written by > Theodore Ts'o of MIT Project Athena: Sorry, I have to correct myself: The flag "0" appears in the enhanced version of newsyslog that is maintained by Greg A. Woods. Dirk ___ free

Re: [PATCH] newsyslog - don't compress first log file

2007-08-10 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> How about aditional flag ("X") to newsyslog, which don't compress first > log file? How about using the flag "0" similar to that in newsyslog written by Theodore Ts'o of MIT Project Athena: 0 The 0 flag means that the most recent archive of the log file (i.e. t

Re: cloning a FreeBSD HDD

2006-03-24 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
Hi, > This is my first day on the list so please pardon me if I am on the wrong > list and any mistakes I make. > > I would like to create a bootable clone of a HDD running BSD version 4.8. I > have experience of cloning linux machines successfully but understand that > freebsd is a little differ

Re: My wish list for 6.1

2005-12-21 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> > By the way, I tried to search the archive (doc@) for a possible > > earlier discussion of this subject but have a hard time to find proper > > words to search for... > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2005-October/009027.html Thanks! Well, seems as if some people's heads are

Re: My wish list for 6.1

2005-12-20 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> Yep, I really like this. The current mess is impossible to maintain > (and also impossible to read). Yesterday I tried to update the kernel > configuration chapter to cover 6.0, but I gave up since there are "do > this for 4.X, do that for 5.X, and maybe this too for 6.X" everywhere. Seems as

Re: My wish list for 6.1

2005-12-20 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> This is exactly the idea that I have been pimping to anyone who will > listen for the last three months or so. I also think that it is > advantageous for users who are using, say 4.2, to be able to find > documentation for 4.2 without having to interpret a nest of "if you have > 4.x do this, if

Re: My wish list for 6.1

2005-12-19 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> On Monday 19 December 2005 04:34, Dirk GOUDERS wrote: Well, I did not write the quoted text, but Scott Long did. Dirk ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send

Re: My wish list for 6.1

2005-12-19 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> 3. Full review and update of the install docs, handbook, FAQ, etc. > There are sections that are embarrassingly out of date (one section of > the handbook apparently states that we only support a single brand of > wifi cards). A co-worker of mine tried to install 6.0 using just the > handbook

Re: preferable way to control kernel module

2005-08-11 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> >>Shouldn't that be no problem if he sets the offset parameter to > >>SYSCALL_MODULE to NO_SYSCALL (get the next free offset)? > > > > > > But then you have to communicate the syscall number out to your userland > > applications somehow, and the applications have to know how to invoke a

Re: preferable way to control kernel module

2005-08-11 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> > Thank you for advise. But I wonder: what is wrong with syscall approach > > (via SYSCALL_MODULE macro)? > > I just haven't done one personally. I think there's also a lot more potenti > al > for collisions when trying to pick a syscall number versus picking a string > name for a sys

Re: Include files that depend on include files

2005-08-10 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> The above lines came from FreeBSD's /usr/include/sys/stat.h > > Note that it includes and not > > There are many other examples in the FreeBSD system includes, at > least once you get to the 5.x-series of FreeBSD. I don't remember > if we were doing that in the 4.x-series. In 4.x I

Re: Include files that depend on include files

2005-08-10 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> > Can you point me to a real-life example where such a mechanism is > > used? I'd like to have a closer look at it. > > /usr/include/sys/types.h :-) Thank you :-) Now, I found the comment in /usr/include/machine/ansi.h that also describes this mechanism. Thanks for all other answers, as

Re: Include files that depend on include files

2005-08-10 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> To get around this in user-space, we do things like create > /usr/include/sys/_types.h > > And then our include files include *that* file, and do not include > the standard . This file, in turn, does > not define any of the actual symbols. Let's say that some include > file needs to k

Re: Include files that depend on include files

2005-08-09 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> This is intentational. We try to avoid having headers bring in more > then absolutly required when included. I'm not sure what your second > question means. With my second question I wanted to ask if this intention is only for kernel level code or a general one. I am asking this, because

Include files that depend on include files

2005-08-09 Thread Dirk Gouders
Hello, I am currently playing with the KLD facility on a 4.11-STABLE system and noticed that there are some include files that need other files included before them, e.g. sys/module.h and sys/linker.h cannot be preprocessed/compiled without including other necessary files before them. Is that int

Re: Finding an illegal instruction in gnucash/guile

2005-08-06 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> gdb claims the problem is in libguile. I've tried rebuilding it with > different CPU and optimisation options (in case I've triggered a gcc > bug) but the SIGILL remains. > > I've had a look through google and not found anything relevant. > > Does anyone have any suggestions other than

Re: page fault in ugenpoll()

2005-05-20 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> The control endpoint /dev/ugen0 does not support polling. But > polling /dev/ugen0.X should work, where "X" is a number. > > "ugenpoll()" in "/sys/dev/usb/ugen.c" should have something like this added: > > if(control endpoint) return POLLNVAL; /* and not "return EIO;" */ > > Please f

Re: page fault in ugenpoll()

2005-05-19 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
Hello, just for completeness, I want to provide a simple program that causes a kernel panic when invoked with the argument /dev/ugen0: #include #include #include #include #include #include int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int fd; int nfd; char *path = argv[1]; struct poll

page fault in ugenpoll()

2005-05-19 Thread Dirk Gouders
Hello, on a machine FreeBSD karga.hank.home 4.11-STABLE FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE #2: Thu May 19 12:32:50 CEST 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/compile/KARGA i386 I am playing with a Cryptoflex e-gate USB token and get kernel panics when invoking a program openct-control to access it: Fatal

Re: 5.4-RELEASE: 3c905B-TX only works in promicuous mode

2005-05-16 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> Have you tried turning off RXCSUM? Sorry that I forgot to mention that I also tried to turn off RXCSUM as well as VLAN_MTU. Those changes also did not help. Dirk ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

5.4-RELEASE: 3c905B-TX only works in promicuous mode

2005-05-16 Thread Dirk Gouders
Hello, I installed 5.4-RELEASE on one of my machines and have the problem that my 3c905B-TX NIC seems to accept packets only when in promiscuous mode. (I first noticed, that everything works when tcpdump is running and then just used `ifconfig xl0 promisc' to get the NIC working) Sending packets

Re: More press

1999-09-13 Thread Dirk Gouders
> Dirk GOUDERS writes: > > Oh, sorry -- my "browse-url-at-mouse" function made > > > > http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/02c36562c23246242 c00.html > > > > of it... > > Netscape uses commans to separate parameter

Re: More press

1999-09-13 Thread Dirk Gouders
> Dirk GOUDERS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Oh, sorry -- my "browse-url-at-mouse" function made > > > > http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/02c36562c23246242 c00.html > > > > of it... > > Netscape use

Re: More press

1999-09-12 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> > > > > There is a short but sweet[1] article on ZDNet today regarding FreeBSD: > > > > > > http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2324624,00.html > > > > Hmm, can't find that sweet thing -- typo? > > Nope, it worked fine for me. Given how short it is, th

Re: More press

1999-09-12 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> > > > > There is a short but sweet[1] article on ZDNet today regarding FreeBSD: > > > > > > > > http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2324624,00.html > > > > Hmm, can't find that sweet thing -- typo? > > Nope, it worked fine for me. Given how short it i

Re: More press

1999-09-10 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> There is a short but sweet[1] article on ZDNet today regarding FreeBSD: > > http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2324624,00.html Hmm, can't find that sweet thing -- typo? Dirk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers"

Re: More press

1999-09-09 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
> There is a short but sweet[1] article on ZDNet today regarding FreeBSD: > > http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/screensavers/answerstips/story/0,3656,2324624,00.html Hmm, can't find that sweet thing -- typo? Dirk To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in

Re: SURVEY: Sound cards that work under FreeBSD

1999-07-26 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
Hi Warner, > : The only line I had to add to my kernel config file was: > : > : device pcm0 at isa? port ? tty irq 10 drq 1 flags 0x0 > : > : (This causes a message "pcm0 not found" to appear at boot time but > : just ignoring it seems to be o.k. - allthough I would prefer > : n

Re: SURVEY: Sound cards that work under FreeBSD

1999-07-26 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
Hi Warner, > : The only line I had to add to my kernel config file was: > : > : device pcm0 at isa? port ? tty irq 10 drq 1 flags 0x0 > : > : (This causes a message "pcm0 not found" to appear at boot time but > : just ignoring it seems to be o.k. - allthough I would prefer > :

Re: SURVEY: Sound cards that work under FreeBSD

1999-07-23 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
Here's the information about the sound card I am working with: > 1) The sound card make and model/chipset. Please be as specific as you can > with >board rev numbers if possible. Please include wether the card is ISA or > PCI. My sound card is a SBPCI128 by Creative Labs. > 2) FreeBS

Re: SURVEY: Sound cards that work under FreeBSD

1999-07-22 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
Here's the information about the sound card I am working with: > 1) The sound card make and model/chipset. Please be as specific as you can with >board rev numbers if possible. Please include wether the card is ISA or PCI. My sound card is a SBPCI128 by Creative Labs. > 2) FreeBSD versi

Re: [FreeBSD-net-jp 1746] [FYI] Adaptec AIC-6915 "Starfire" ethernet controller driver and plus question compaq presario dec et

1999-07-22 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
o.k., Bill, I'll try to translate it for you: > > 森田です。 My name is Morita. > > > > > > These are Adaptec's replacements for its older DEC 21x4x-based multiport > > > > このドライバーは無くなるのでしょうか?->DEC 21x4x-based > > no more supllyed ->DEC 21x4x-based Are thes

Re: [FreeBSD-net-jp 1746] [FYI] Adaptec AIC-6915 "Starfire" ethernet controller driver and plus question compaq presario dec et

1999-07-22 Thread Dirk GOUDERS
o.k., Bill, I'll try to translate it for you: > > 森田です。 My name is Morita. > > > > > > These are Adaptec's replacements for its older DEC 21x4x-based multiport > > > > このドライバーは無くなるのでしょうか?->DEC 21x4x-based > > no more supllyed ->DEC 21x4x-based Are the