Re: wifi limited to 180KBps

2005-04-29 Thread Tomas Quintero
On 4/29/05, Chris Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I have installed a Netgear 802.11b (MA311) PCI card into my freebsd box > but I can't get it to transfer data faster than 180KBps in either > direction. I have tried the card in 2 freebsd boxes one running 5.1 > Release and t

problem with xfree86 configuration

2005-04-29 Thread Roldán
hello list; i have a problem configuring xf86 in my pc, i have a Intel Desktop Board D915GAG, that have a Intel 915G Chipset, a Intel High Definition Audio subsystem using the Realtek ALC860 audio codec and a Intel® GMA900 onboard graphics subsystem, also i have a hp 7500 monitor. can anybody te

Re: pcaudio device

2005-04-29 Thread Juha Saarinen
On 4/30/05, Steven Friedrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Somewhere, I found out about /dev/pcaudio. I can cat a .wav file to it and > it > comes out of the PC speaker. I thought I learned this from kernel config > files, i.e., LINT or NOTES. I even went to onlamp.com and >

Re: Moving /var

2005-04-29 Thread Christian Hiris
On Saturday 30 April 2005 01:59:01, Lisa Casey wrote: > Hi, > > I could have sworn I've seen some info on moving var onto it's own hard > drive but I vcan't seem to find it now. > > Would anyone happen to know a url? > > Thanks, > > Lisa http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.

pcaudio device

2005-04-29 Thread Steven Friedrich
Somewhere, I found out about /dev/pcaudio. I can cat a .wav file to it and it comes out of the PC speaker. I thought I learned this from kernel config files, i.e., LINT or NOTES. I even went to onlamp.com and looked at some old articles by Dru. Anyway, on 4.11, this works fine. But on my 5.

wifi limited to 180KBps

2005-04-29 Thread Chris Richards
Hi Everyone, I have installed a Netgear 802.11b (MA311) PCI card into my freebsd box but I can't get it to transfer data faster than 180KBps in either direction. I have tried the card in 2 freebsd boxes one running 5.1 Release and the other 5.4 Stable, no difference. I also ran trafshow on wi0 and

Re: help w/ Dell PowerEdge sc420

2005-04-29 Thread Andy W. Clements
On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 11:33 -0700, Tom Lord wrote: > I'm trying to bring FreeBSD up on a Dell PowerEdge sc420. > > The machine has a built-in (on the motherboard) Ethernet engine > described as "Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adaptor". The > BIOS screens accessible during booting don't prov

Re: php5-extensions & php5-cli

2005-04-29 Thread Gavin Cameron
Thanks... I'll try the plain on php5 port rather than php5-cli or mod_php5. Ta Gavin On 4/30/05, Odhiambo Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Gavin Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20050429 17:22]: wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Is there anyway using the p

RE: FreeBSD mailing list reverse DNS problem

2005-04-29 Thread Ihsan Junaidi Ibrahim
Hi all, I was equally stumped by the problem as well. After trying so many solutions, for some reasons, which I'm not too sure was when I asked my ISP to increase the TTL information from 1 hour (1H) to 1 day (1D), it immediately worked. I no longer have problems sending mails to this list (incl

Moving /var

2005-04-29 Thread Lisa Casey
Hi, I could have sworn I've seen some info on moving var onto it's own hard drive but I vcan't seem to find it now. Would anyone happen to know a url? Thanks, Lisa -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.3 - Release

Re: "The Complete FreeBSD": errata and addenda

2005-04-29 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Friday, 29 April 2005 at 14:02:00 -0400, Darrel wrote: > On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> The trouble with books is that you can't update them the way you can a web >> page >> or any other online documentation. The result is that most leading edge >> computer books are out of date al

Re: groff alternative?

2005-04-29 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Peter Jeremy wrote: On Fri, 2005-Apr-29 00:55:41 +0100, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: Since no-one had a sensible answer, why not try a version of original nroff from say 4.3BSD. Hunting around, I found this: http://www.tuhs.org/. Hopefully the most used macros will have stayed the same. Actuall

Re: Ports update gone badly wrong

2005-04-29 Thread Björn König
Mike Jeays wrote: [...] I updated a few of the ports, including Evolution and Firefox, and had trouble with missing libraries, such as libgthread .. 400 having been rename to ..600.. [...] The update of Gnome from 2.8 to 2.10 entailed updates of some libraries, e.g. accessibility/atk and devel/

Re: help w/ Dell PowerEdge sc420

2005-04-29 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Tom Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am competent to rebuild the kernel if there is some config file > I ought to tweak although it's been a few years since I've done so -- > so hints about that process, if necessary, would be appreciated. Hard to say; it's not like you gave any information

Re: Ports update gone badly wrong

2005-04-29 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 04:37:10PM -0400, Mike Jeays wrote: > I think I have made a horrendeous mess of my workstation. I have been > running 5.3 with no problem, and then I tried to csvup the ports files, > using the following section in ports-supfile. Note I didn't change the > release tag! I

Re: Constant updating pkgdb

2005-04-29 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 04:12:46PM -0400, Steven Friedrich wrote: > Every time I execute portversion, it updates the pkgdb. It didn't used to do > that. Yes; see discussion on ports@ > And bdb1_btree STILL seems to be broke. I keep falling back to bdb1_hash. This shouldn't be the case. Make

RE: Ports update gone badly wrong

2005-04-29 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think I have made a horrendeous mess of my workstation. I have been > running 5.3 with no problem, and then I tried to csvup the ports > files, using the following section in ports-supfile. Note I didn't > change the release tag! That shouldn't have been a problem.

Re: help w/ Dell PowerEdge sc420

2005-04-29 Thread Andras Kende
> > I'm trying to bring FreeBSD up on a Dell PowerEdge sc420. > > The machine has a built-in (on the motherboard) Ethernet engine > described as "Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adaptor". The > BIOS screens accessible during booting don't provide much by > way of additional useful information,

Re: Qpopper & SSL TLS problem

2005-04-29 Thread Chuck Robey
Clifton Royston wrote: On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 11:25:51AM +0200, Dominik Epple wrote: BSD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Do you know any other POP server that supports SSL / TLS ? University of Washington IMAP Daemon comes with a pop daemon that supports SSL. There are certainly others, but this one I

Ports update gone badly wrong

2005-04-29 Thread Mike Jeays
I think I have made a horrendeous mess of my workstation. I have been running 5.3 with no problem, and then I tried to csvup the ports files, using the following section in ports-supfile. Note I didn't change the release tag! I updated a few of the ports, including Evolution and Firefox, and had

Re: PHP 4.3.11 core dumps

2005-04-29 Thread Björn König
Mike Oliveri wrote: I recently upgraded to PHP 4.3.11 from Ports on my 4.9-RELEASE system, and I'm suddenly having troubles running PHP. Whether we're talking a web app or running from a command line, I get core dump errors. Specifically: su-2.05b# php -i Bus error (core dumped) Hello, comment o

Constant updating pkgdb

2005-04-29 Thread Steven Friedrich
Every time I execute portversion, it updates the pkgdb. It didn't used to do that. And bdb1_btree STILL seems to be broke. I keep falling back to bdb1_hash. -- FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freeb

Generic Session-Limiting firewall rule.

2005-04-29 Thread Dan Mahoney, System Admin
Is there any way to do session limiting in ipfw? I can limit connections between any specific src and dst easy...what I'd like to do is just (either by some standard I don't get, or dynamic rules) limit between ANY given hosts Does anyone know a way of doing this? -Dan Mahoney -- "It doesn't m

Re: longest uptime

2005-04-29 Thread Clifton Royston
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 04:49:33AM +0200, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Joshua Tinnin writes: > > > An long-unpatched FreeBSD install on a DMZ server makes me a bit > > more edgy than knowing the uptime will reset to zero when it's rebooted > > after updating. > > Is FreeBSD so insecure that it must

Re: Qpopper & SSL TLS problem

2005-04-29 Thread Clifton Royston
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 11:25:51AM +0200, Dominik Epple wrote: > BSD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Do you know any other POP server that supports SSL / TLS ? > > University of Washington IMAP Daemon comes with a pop daemon that > supports SSL. There are certainly others, but this one I use mysel

RE: 3ware rebuild problems fixed

2005-04-29 Thread Robert Covell
Just wanted to second this approach. Wish I would have seen your original post, went through this exact same thing on a 7506-4LP. Rebuild went when fsck was followed by filling up the disk. -Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Staro

RE: FreeBSD mailing list reverse DNS problem

2005-04-29 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --On Friday, April 29, 2005 03:14:36 AM -0700 Ihsan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I've checked and rechecked with internal and external >> name servers which allow foreign queries that my IP is >> resolvable to anggerik.meltechsystems.net (dig -x >> 202.71.100.92) bu

build break in latest libusb

2005-04-29 Thread Steven Friedrich
creating testlibusb if g++33 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H-I..-O -pipe -MT descriptor_test.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/descriptor_test.Tpo" -c -o descriptor_test.o descriptor_test.cpp; then mv -f ".deps/descriptor_test.Tpo" ".deps/descriptor_test.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/descriptor_test.Tpo"; exit 1; fi /bin/

UPDATE -- Re: PHP 4.3.11 core dumps

2005-04-29 Thread Mike Oliveri
> I recently upgraded to PHP 4.3.11 from Ports on my 4.9-RELEASE system, > and I'm suddenly having troubles running PHP. Whether we're talking a > web app or running from a command line, I get core dump errors. > Specifically: > > su-2.05b# php -i > Bus error (core dumped) > > And in /var/log/mes

build break in latest libxine

2005-04-29 Thread Steven Friedrich
Here's the output: input_rip.c: In function `rip_plugin_read': input_rip.c:160: syntax error before `PRIdMAX' input_rip.c: In function `rip_plugin_read_block': input_rip.c:289: syntax error before `PRIdMAX' input_rip.c: In function `rip_plugin_seek': input_rip.c:395: syntax error before `PRIdMAX' i

[Fixed] Re: Getting CUPS to use hpijs

2005-04-29 Thread Jon Drews
On 4/29/05, Lars Eighner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know what all I did to get my (different) hp printer > working, but everything got much better after I installed > foomatic. That fixed it Lars: I installed /usr/ports/print/foomatic-filters. Then I went to /usr/local/etc/rc.d and di

Mailorder vendors (was Re: Does FreeBSD work with "SB Live" and "GeForce"?)

2005-04-29 Thread Clifton Royston
> Also, if anybody knows of a good online store, please let me > know. I found a website called "tigerdirect.com". Am I > tossing the dice? anybody dealt with this place? TigerDirect has been around for at least 12 years, and has offered poor value, often shoddy parts, and (I

help w/ Dell PowerEdge sc420

2005-04-29 Thread Tom Lord
I'm trying to bring FreeBSD up on a Dell PowerEdge sc420. The machine has a built-in (on the motherboard) Ethernet engine described as "Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Adaptor". The BIOS screens accessible during booting don't provide much by way of additional useful information, afaict. I

Re: Does FreeBSD work with "SB Live" and "GeForce"?

2005-04-29 Thread Gary Kline
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 07:49:54PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 11:59:17AM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:45:56 -0700 > > Gary Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Folks, > > > > > > I'm looking at doing a build-your-own desktop/tower sys

Re: Does FreeBSD work with "SB Live" and "GeForce"?

2005-04-29 Thread Gary Kline
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 11:59:17AM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:45:56 -0700 > Gary Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Folks, > > > > I'm looking at doing a build-your-own desktop/tower system. > > It's an Intel 2.9GHz motherboard with builtin graphics and >

Re: "The Complete FreeBSD": errata and addenda

2005-04-29 Thread Darrel
On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Greg Lehey wrote: The trouble with books is that you can't update them the way you can a web page or any other online documentation. The result is that most leading edge computer books are out of date almost before they are printed. 5.3 is my first FreeBSD operating system. I

Re: Getting CUPS to use hpijs

2005-04-29 Thread Lars Eighner
On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Jon Drews wrote: 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Sun Apr 24 Ports I have installed: cups-base-1.1.23.0_3 cups-lpr-1.1.23.0 cups-pstoraster-7.07_3 cups-lpr-1.1.23.0 hpijs-1.7.1 Printer: HP Deskjet 3740 Hi: I can't get my HP3740 Deskjet to print using CUPS. I installed cups fro

Re: Does FreeBSD work with "SB Live" and "GeForce"?

2005-04-29 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 11:59:17AM -0500, Jacob S wrote: > On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:45:56 -0700 > Gary Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Folks, > > > > I'm looking at doing a build-your-own desktop/tower system. > > It's an Intel 2.9GHz motherboard with builtin graphics and >

3ware rebuild problems fixed

2005-04-29 Thread Matt Staroscik
I solved my own problem a while back and neglected to post my solution. I hate it when people do that to me. :) My original post is here: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2004-November/064038.html The summary is simply this: when rebuilding a mirror on a 3ware 7000-2, the reb

PHP 4.3.11 core dumps

2005-04-29 Thread Mike Oliveri
I recently upgraded to PHP 4.3.11 from Ports on my 4.9-RELEASE system, and I'm suddenly having troubles running PHP. Whether we're talking a web app or running from a command line, I get core dump errors. Specifically: su-2.05b# php -i Bus error (core dumped) And in /var/log/messages when accessi

Re: Does FreeBSD work with "SB Live" and "GeForce"?

2005-04-29 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:45:56 -0700 > Gary Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Folks, > > > > I'm looking at doing a build-your-own desktop/tower system. > > It's an Intel 2.9GHz motherboard with builtin graphics and > > sound. But to be on the safe side I just want s

Getting CUPS to use hpijs

2005-04-29 Thread Jon Drews
5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Sun Apr 24 Ports I have installed: cups-base-1.1.23.0_3 cups-lpr-1.1.23.0 cups-pstoraster-7.07_3 cups-lpr-1.1.23.0 hpijs-1.7.1 Printer: HP Deskjet 3740 Hi: I can't get my HP3740 Deskjet to print using CUPS. I installed cups from ports. I also installed print /

Re: FreeBSD mailing list reverse DNS problem

2005-04-29 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Friday, April 29, 2005 03:14:36 AM -0700 Ihsan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've checked and rechecked with internal and external name servers which allow foreign queries that my IP is resolvable to anggerik.meltechsystems.net (dig -x 202.71.100.92) but somehow FreeBSD servers couldn't get the

"The Complete FreeBSD": errata and addenda

2005-04-29 Thread Greg Lehey
The trouble with books is that you can't update them the way you can a web page or any other online documentation. The result is that most leading edge computer books are out of date almost before they are printed. Unfortunately, The Complete FreeBSD, published by O'Reilly, is no exception. Inev

How to get best results from FreeBSD-questions

2005-04-29 Thread Greg Lehey
How to get the best results from FreeBSD questions. === Last update $Date: 2004/09/19 02:40:48 $ This is a regular posting to the FreeBSD questions mailing list. If you got it in answer to a message you sent, it means that the sender thinks that a

Re: Does FreeBSD work with "SB Live" and "GeForce"?

2005-04-29 Thread Jacob S
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:45:56 -0700 Gary Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Folks, > > I'm looking at doing a build-your-own desktop/tower system. > It's an Intel 2.9GHz motherboard with builtin graphics and > sound. But to be on the safe side I just want stuff to >

Re: Does FreeBSD work with "SB Live" and "GeForce"?

2005-04-29 Thread Don Tyson
> Do you knpw if CDW has a build-to-order page? --These guys > have been around since before the Flood; I've never heard > anything about them until your email. So thanks. > > gary Sorry, I don't know that. But it shouldn't be hard to find out on their Web page, www.cd

Re: NovaNet

2005-04-29 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Apr 29), Damian Sobieralski said: > I've got a question about backup software. I recently started a new > position and they already bought a backup package called "NovaNet" > > http://www.network-backup.com/datasheets/overview.html I'm pretty sure NovaStor resells Yosemit

NovaNet

2005-04-29 Thread Damian Sobieralski
I've got a question about backup software. I recently started a new position and they already bought a backup package called "NovaNet" http://www.network-backup.com/datasheets/overview.html I looked at the installation guide and notice they mentioned FreeBSD 4.5 but the website and usergu

Re: How to delete a not empty directory on FTP Server via ftp on freebsd 5.3

2005-04-29 Thread Philip Hallstrom
I signed up a account to have a ftp space to upload my web files. And it needs manangered by myself via ftp. But I have to said that I am a newbie on freebsd. when I type ftp at my shell, and successed long in ftp server. But I don't know how to delete directory via the command of ftp. I had search

Forcing psm(4) probe w/o rebooting

2005-04-29 Thread cpghost
Hello, on a box that must not reboot, a user accidentally pulled the PS/2 mouse connector. After reconnecting the mouse and restarting moused, this still didn't restore the mouse, because the psm driver replies with a: unable to open /dev/psm0: Device not configured. How do I force psm driver t

Re: APSFilter/LPD printing slow

2005-04-29 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Ray Seals wrote: I'm running 5.3 on a Dell Precision 470 Pentium Xeon with a Gig of memory and SATA hard drives. I'm printing to a networked LaserJet 5 printer. It takes about 40 seconds between pages when printing a multi-page document. Does anyone know how to speed this up

Re: Does FreeBSD work with "SB Live" and "GeForce"?

2005-04-29 Thread Gary Kline
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 06:45:47AM -0400, Don Tyson wrote: > > Also, if anybody knows of a good online store, please let me > > know. I found a website called "tigerdirect.com". Am I > > tossing the dice? anybody dealt with this place? > > > > CDW for hardware; Crucial for memory --

Re: make installworld problem

2005-04-29 Thread Greg Barniskis
Brett Wiggins wrote: Hello, I am having some problems with CVSup, I am following the instructions in "Absolute BSD" - Michael Lucas Chapter 6. I follow the instructions in the book and everything works up untill "make installworld". The steps I took are as follows; - Installed CVSup # cd /u

Re: make installworld problem

2005-04-29 Thread Gavin Cameron
>From /usr/src/UPDATING on my 5.3-STABLE machine... 20040308: The packet filter (pf) is now installed with the base system. Make sure to run mergemaster -p before installworld to create required user account ("proxy"). If you do not want to build pf with your system

make installworld problem

2005-04-29 Thread Brett Wiggins
Hello, I am having some problems with CVSup, I am following the instructions in "Absolute BSD" - Michael Lucas Chapter 6. I follow the instructions in the book and everything works up untill "make installworld". The steps I took are as follows; - Installed CVSup # cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup #

Re: php5-extensions & php5-cli

2005-04-29 Thread Odhiambo Washington
* Gavin Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20050429 17:22]: wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there anyway using the ports to install php5-extensions & php5-cli? > > I've got php5-cli installed and when I try to install php5-extensions > I get the error: > > This

APSFilter/LPD printing slow

2005-04-29 Thread Ray Seals
I'm running 5.3 on a Dell Precision 470 Pentium Xeon with a Gig of memory and SATA hard drives. I'm printing to a networked LaserJet 5 printer. It takes about 40 seconds between pages when printing a multi-page document. Does anyone know how to speed this up? I doubt it's an APSFilter issue sin

php5-extensions & php5-cli

2005-04-29 Thread Gavin Cameron
Hi all, Is there anyway using the ports to install php5-extensions & php5-cli? I've got php5-cli installed and when I try to install php5-extensions I get the error: This port requires the Apache Module for PHP, but you have already installed a conflicting PHP port without the Apache Mod

Re: FreeBSD mailing list reverse DNS problem

2005-04-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ihsan wrote: > Hi all, > > I am registered to this mailing list under a different > e-mail which I can't seem to use to send mails to this > list. FreeBSD MXs kept rejecting my server with 450 > Client host rejected. cannot find hostname, > [202.71.100.92] (in reply to RCPT TO command) > > I've c

Re: Problem ext2

2005-04-29 Thread pier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ash wrote: > Do your Linux kernel your ext2 file system support large files (files > over 2GB)? If not, you will have to boot into Debian and enable LFS > (large file support) and add that feature to your ext2 partition. But i read in fbsd there should

How to delete a not empty directory on FTP Server via ftp on freebsd 5.3

2005-04-29 Thread liu jiachang
Hi, I signed up a account to have a ftp space to upload my web files. And it needs manangered by myself via ftp. But I have to said that I am a newbie on freebsd. when I type ftp at my shell, and successed long in ftp server. But I don't know how to delete directory via the command of ftp. I had

Re: NFS mounting

2005-04-29 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 03:52:17PM +0400, Vyacheslav Druzhinin wrote: > Hello freebsd-questions, > > I've added the nfs mounting point on my workstation to the /etc/fstab like > this: > nfs.myserver.com:/usr/ports /usr/ports nfs 0 0 > > When nfs.myserver.com is reachable everything is ok.

Re: Problem ext2

2005-04-29 Thread Ash
Björn König wrote: pier wrote: I need ext2 because i need to exchange very big files (dvd iso images) with linux computers. But everytime i try to copy a big file i receive this message: cp: ./sarge-i386-1.iso: File too large Do your Linux kernel your ext2 file system support large files (files

Re: harddisk problem in the 5.x series

2005-04-29 Thread zoltan sandor
Hi, Thanks for your mail. Yes I tried again with 4.11 and it still works without the error messages. It does not really matter, because it works in 5.4 too. I just have to live with the error messages I guess. Thnaks anyway Zoltan --- Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > zoltan sandor <[E

Quota support in GENERIC

2005-04-29 Thread Ihsan Junaidi Ibrahim
Hi all, Is there any technical reason why quota support is not included in GENERIC kernel or at least be made a loadable module? I know it's not hard to recompile the kernel but why the hassle of doing that when a module or built-in feature can be included? I would like to utilize freebsd-updat

Quota support in GENERIC kernel

2005-04-29 Thread Ihsan Junaidi Ibrahim
i all, Is there any technical reason why quota support is not included in GENERIC kernel or at least be made a loadable module? I know it's not hard to recompile the kernel but why the hassle of doing that when a module or built-in feature can be included? I would like to utilize freebsd-update

NFS mounting

2005-04-29 Thread Vyacheslav Druzhinin
Hello freebsd-questions, I've added the nfs mounting point on my workstation to the /etc/fstab like this: nfs.myserver.com:/usr/ports /usr/ports nfs 0 0 When nfs.myserver.com is reachable everything is ok. But if nfs.myserver.com is down my workstation can't startup and hangs on at boo

Re: Does FreeBSD work with "SB Live" and "GeForce"?

2005-04-29 Thread Don Tyson
> Also, if anybody knows of a good online store, please let me > know. I found a website called "tigerdirect.com". Am I > tossing the dice? anybody dealt with this place? > CDW for hardware; Crucial for memory --- very mainstream and not particularly inexpensive, but very reli

Re: ftpd: user needs to upload in mode 777

2005-04-29 Thread Fafa Diliha Romanova
She is using ImageVue: http://www.imagevuex.com/imagevue She she creates her directories and uploads her images at the same place where thumbnails and image description text files are generated, in /usr/home/azmimi/www/content ... If I quit inetd and go for pure-ftpd for instance, then I mess up

FreeBSD mailing list reverse DNS problem

2005-04-29 Thread Ihsan
Hi all, I am registered to this mailing list under a different e-mail which I can't seem to use to send mails to this list. FreeBSD MXs kept rejecting my server with 450 Client host rejected. cannot find hostname, [202.71.100.92] (in reply to RCPT TO command) I've checked and rechecked with inter

FreeBSD on Asus Pundit-R? ...

2005-04-29 Thread Vledder, Hans
All, I am considering buying Asus Pundit-R's to run FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x on. Does anyone of you know wether this will work, is the on-board NIC of the Asus supported? Regards, Hans R. Vledder Systems Designer / Developer Compuware IS Amsterdam Phone: +31 (0)20 311 63 23 "Onmogelijk is ook mogeli

RE: longest uptime

2005-04-29 Thread freebsd_daemon
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chad Morland >Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 5:20 AM >To: Stevan Tiefert >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: longest uptime > >On 4/28/05, Stevan Tiefert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Questi

Re: groff alternative?

2005-04-29 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Emanuel Strobl wrote: <>In case of cat pages it does, but like I wrote I want to be able to add packages and read their man pages without having to involve any other machine. So there's no way arround a lean *roff... Since no-one had a sensible answer, why not try a version of original nroff from

Re: Stuck in bootstrapping hell - how do I troubleshoot?

2005-04-29 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Chris Zumbrunn wrote: We also tried to boot just from one disk (ad0) after disabling the RAID1 (ar0). And we reinstalled the MBR/bootstrap code on the ad0 and ad2 disks but still couldn't get them to boot. Then we switched the disks with those from another (identical) machine and repeated the s

Re: Qpopper & SSL TLS problem

2005-04-29 Thread Dominik Epple
BSD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Do you know any other POP server that supports SSL / TLS ? University of Washington IMAP Daemon comes with a pop daemon that supports SSL. There are certainly others, but this one I use myself. Besides that, you can make every pop daemon use SSL using stunnel. ht

Re: HELP ME WITH PF! (5th plea)

2005-04-29 Thread Peter N. M. Hansteen
Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> You could try running ftpsesame or pftpx instead. > > Why not simply use sftp? That would be a bit smarter in quite a few cases, certainly. I'm no fan of ftp myself, but there are circumstances where you need to accomodate users' perceived needs. That's wher

Re: HELP ME WITH PF! (5th plea)

2005-04-29 Thread Chris
Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: >>3) how does this ftp-proxy work if i want to disable inetd, and >>switch ftpd with pure-ftpd? > > > You could try running ftpsesame or pftpx instead. > Why not simply use sftp? -- Best regards, Chris The only new TV show worth watching will be cancelled. _

Re: longest uptime

2005-04-29 Thread Ed Stover
Hi all, On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 22:26 +0200, Nico Meijer wrote: > Hi Stevan, > > > Question: Is there a possiblity to run the system inclusive patching > > it, without rebooting? Goal is to run a system maybe longer than a > > year!!! > > Short answer: no. > > Long answer: don't think like that. U

Re: Stuck in bootstrapping hell - how do I troubleshoot?

2005-04-29 Thread Chris Zumbrunn
On Apr 24, 2005, at 9:24 AM, Chris Zumbrunn wrote: On Apr 23, 2005, at 3:54 PM, Chris Zumbrunn wrote: On Apr 23, 2005, at 1:27 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Turn off power management in PC bios and try again. Thanks, I'll try that. [...] As soon as someone goes to the datacenter, we'll see what th

Re: Problem ext2

2005-04-29 Thread Björn König
pier wrote: I need ext2 because i need to exchange very big files (dvd iso images) with linux computers. But everytime i try to copy a big file i receive this message: cp: ./sarge-i386-1.iso: File too large FreeBSD might only be able to deal with files smaller than 2 GiB on ext2 file systems. U