Re: Question about freeBSD OS

2005-09-09 Thread Norberto Meijome
Yuan Jue wrote: On Saturday 10 September 2005 14:01, rolan herreria wrote: 1. Can I run .exe files in this OS? you can not run .exe directly, but you can using Wine ( a windows emulator) or inside an emulator like qemu or Bochs 4. Can you give me some OS running 3D games except Microsof

Re: Build config of php

2005-09-09 Thread Norberto Meijome
Vizion wrote: Hi Configuration of php Why is the build configured, by default, to give --disable-all? There seems to be no option to change this hence phpinfo() shows disable which (I am told) leaves out standard defaults which are normally individually excluded. Is there any reason NOt to mod

Re: Question about freeBSD OS

2005-09-09 Thread Yuan Jue
On Saturday 10 September 2005 14:01, rolan herreria wrote: > 1. Can I run .exe files in this OS? > you can not run .exe directly, but you can using Wine ( a windows emulator) > 2. Can I run 3D Games in freeBSD OS like Half-life & > Doom3? > the answer is still Wine, though not perfect > 3. Can I

Question about freeBSD OS

2005-09-09 Thread rolan herreria
1. Can I run .exe files in this OS? 2. Can I run 3D Games in freeBSD OS like Half-life & Doom3? 3. Can I share my files to a PC using Microsoft XP? 4. Can you give me some OS running 3D games except Microsoft? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Y

Re: Strange (newbie) Gateway Errors

2005-09-09 Thread Thomas Dimson
Sorry, I should have clarified. I do have that option enabled. In fact, my machine works perfectly as a gateway to the internet - it just fails to forward (or much more likely, recieve) packets from an intranet and send it to the machine. On 9/10/05, Leonidas Tsampros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

RE: Can't access db with pgaccess

2005-09-09 Thread Chris St Denis
If pgaccess is a client on another computer you'll need to edit pg_hba.conf This is better asked on a pgsql mailing list. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of stan Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 12:09 PM To: Free BSD Questions list Subject:

Build config of php

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
Hi Configuration of php Why is the build configured, by default, to give --disable-all? There seems to be no option to change this hence phpinfo() shows disable which (I am told) leaves out standard defaults which are normally individually excluded. Is there any reason NOt to modify the Makefile

Re: MYSQLD mysql-server for 5.2.1

2005-09-09 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 10), John Do said: > Thanks Dan again > > That does work. > > The only bothering me is the fact that I had no idea where to look :) > > Also in Linux normally comands like mysqld can be run automatically > instead of running a .sh file You can run mysqld manually in Fre

RE: awstats for a single directory

2005-09-09 Thread Chris St Denis
This isn't the awstats mailing list but. There is probably a better way, but you could just filter your log through a grep just_this_directory before (0r while) feeding them into awstats -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Redmond Militant

Re: php extensions compile error - another compile bug?

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
On Friday 09 September 2005 19:35, the author Vizion contributed to the dialogue on- Re: php extensions compile error - another compile bug?: >On Friday 09 September 2005 19:29, the author Vizion contributed to the >dialogue on- > > Re: php extensions compile error - another compile bug?: >>O

Re: MYSQLD mysql-server for 5.2.1

2005-09-09 Thread John Do
Thanks Dan again That does work. The only bothering me is the fact that I had no idea where to look :) Also in Linux normally comands like mysqld can be run automatically instead of running a .sh file And the real confusing thing is that there is no chkconfig sort of utility that automatically

Re: Fibre Channel disks to two Systems?

2005-09-09 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 09), Danny Howard said: > As I understand it, I can have an FC loop with one or more drives, > connected to two servers, and either server can talk to one or the > other drives exclusively. My QUESTION is: how is the arbitration > done in FreeBSD? You run camcontrol on ei

Re: Strange (newbie) Gateway Errors

2005-09-09 Thread Leonidas Tsampros
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 08:58:41PM -0400, Thomas Dimson wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry if this is out of place, but I am having an issue with forwarding > packets on my freebsd-current box from a windows PC. > > Here what I'm trying to do: > I have two network cards, one on a university network and one

Re: What is fsck trying to tell me?

2005-09-09 Thread Leonard Zettel
On Saturday 10 September 2005 12:44 am, Mike Hernandez wrote: > Have you tried explicitly telling fsck what file system it's going to > be checking? > Du What is the syntax for doing that? ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http:/

Re: php extensions compile error - another compile bug?

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
On Friday 09 September 2005 19:29, the author Vizion contributed to the dialogue on- Re: php extensions compile error - another compile bug?: >On Friday 09 September 2005 18:48, the author Vizion contributed to the >dialogue on- > > php extensions compile error - another compile bug?: >>Getti

Re: php extensions compile error - another compile bug?

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
On Friday 09 September 2005 18:48, the author Vizion contributed to the dialogue on- php extensions compile error - another compile bug?: >Getting near the end and I get this: >-- > >I do not know whether you have time to look at this one or not? >Th

RE: A few quick questions, one on daily reports and one on Raid 5...

2005-09-09 Thread Chris St Denis
There should be no problem creating a filesystem on a raid 5 (hardware or software) and mounting that as /var or /var/log or whatever. As for the daily reports, take a look at /etc/mail/aliases I think you can alias root to multiple email addresses (unsure, never tried) -Original Message-

RE: 5.4-rel Bootloader Wedgie on Supermicro 5013C-MT

2005-09-09 Thread Chris St Denis
I think I've had this problem with a similar supermicro system. The solution for me was to turn off the onboard ide raid controller. I see SCSI in those server specs. If you are using all SCSI try disabeling all the ata and sata in the bios. Also, try turning off raid features of the SCSI if you

Re: Will USB serial ever be fixed?

2005-09-09 Thread User Tomdean
I have pushed the ucom/uftdi drivers VERY hard over the past couple weeks, attempting to get more thru-put. I have had NO problems, other than being unable to get a consistent one byte thruput every 6.2 uSec. This is a problem of the FreeBSD scheduler, NOT the USB code. Kudos to the USB develope

Re: Recompiled freebsd 5.4 cannot boot up with geom_mirror

2005-09-09 Thread Ng Pek Yong
--- Christian Hiris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 09 September 2005 17:04:17, Ng Pek Yong > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am having some problem with geom_mirror on a > freebsd > > 5.4. > > > > I followed the steps described in > > http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/ > > and got geom_mirr

RE: /usr/ports/www/phpbb --? Makefile query

2005-09-09 Thread Chris St Denis
I've used phpBB with php5 just fine. If you want alternative forums software, take a look at http://fudforum.org -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vizion Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 8:51 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Brook

Re: Can't execute a script

2005-09-09 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
"N.J. Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Normally, that doesn't matter because most Unix utilities are > multi-eol-format aware, but you can't have it in the shebang line > because the OS interprets the extra carriage as part of the command, so > it is looking for /bin/sh^M, which doesn't exist

Re: Can't execute a script

2005-09-09 Thread bob self
I wasn't aware of the eol issue and don't know how the 0x0d got there, but I fixed it with 'dosunix' and it works now. Thanks, Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

php extensions compile error - another compile bug?

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
Getting near the end and I get this: -- I do not know whether you have time to look at this one or not? Thanks again david config.status: creating config.h ===> Building for php5-wddx-5.0.5 /bin/sh /usr/ports/textproc/php5-wddx/work/php-5.0.5/ext/wddx/

Re: Fwd: php extensions compile error

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
On Friday 09 September 2005 17:59, the author Kris Kennaway contributed to the dialogue on- Re: Fwd: php extensions compile error: >On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 05:43:01PM -0700, Vizion wrote: >> configure:2971: checking for magic files in default path >> configure:2984: result: not found >> config

Re: Recompiled freebsd 5.4 cannot boot up with geom_mirror

2005-09-09 Thread Christian Hiris
On Friday 09 September 2005 17:04:17, Ng Pek Yong wrote: > Hi, > > I am having some problem with geom_mirror on a freebsd > 5.4. > > I followed the steps described in > http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/ > and got geom_mirror up on a stock freebsd 5.4, > including / partition itself. > > The pr

RE: Serial Port data dumping program

2005-09-09 Thread Paul Hamilton
Hi Ian, > -Original Message- > From: Ian Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, 10 September 2005 3:16 AM > To: Paul Hamilton > Cc: Glenn Dawson; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Serial Port data dumping program > > > Hi Paul, > > catching up on a week's digests

Re: Fwd: php extensions compile error

2005-09-09 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 05:43:01PM -0700, Vizion wrote: > configure:2971: checking for magic files in default path > configure:2984: result: not found > configure:2986: error: Please reinstall the libmagic distribution OK, not directly helpful. I checked the configure script and it's looking for

Strange (newbie) Gateway Errors

2005-09-09 Thread Thomas Dimson
Hi, Sorry if this is out of place, but I am having an issue with forwarding packets on my freebsd-current box from a windows PC. Here what I'm trying to do: I have two network cards, one on a university network and one going to a router, which is connected to a cable modem. Both cards use the v

Re: libmagic files missing??

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
On Friday 09 September 2005 17:52, the author Kris Kennaway contributed to the dialogue on- Re: libmagic files missing??: >On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 05:37:04PM -0700, Vizion wrote: >> checking for magic files in default path... not found >> configure: error: Please reinstall the libmagic distrib

Re: libmagic files missing??

2005-09-09 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 05:37:04PM -0700, Vizion wrote: > checking for magic files in default path... not found > configure: error: Please reinstall the libmagic distribution > ===> Script "configure" failed unexpectedly. > Please report the problem to [EMAIL PROTECTED] [maintainer] and attach th

Fwd: php extensions compile error

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
Copy of report to ale Subject: php extensions compile error Date: Friday 09 September 2005 12:21 From: Vizion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Kevin Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Compile error /usr/ports/lang/php5-extensions * dns1# make ===> Vulnerabilit

Re: What is fsck trying to tell me?

2005-09-09 Thread Mike Hernandez
Have you tried explicitly telling fsck what file system it's going to be checking? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Can't execute a script

2005-09-09 Thread N.J. Thomas
* bob self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-09-09 18:41:35 -0400]: > 000: 2321 2f62 696e 2f73 680d 0a65 6368 6f20 #!/bin/sh..echo ^^ > 010: 2270 696e 6769 6e67 2e2e 2e2e 220d 0a"pinging".. Yup, that's your problem. This file is a DOS text file, so its

Re: libmagic files missing??

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
On Friday 09 September 2005 17:19, the author Giorgos Keramidas contributed to the dialogue on- Re: libmagic files missing??: >On 2005-09-09 15:46, Vizion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi >> >> Here is the listing of: >> /usr/src/lib/libmagic >> dns1# ls -l >> total 1276 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root

Re: libmagic files missing??

2005-09-09 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:46:46PM -0700, Vizion wrote: > Hi > > Here is the listing of: > /usr/src/lib/libmagic > dns1# ls -l > total 1276 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1619 Dec 16 2004 Makefile > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 3859 Apr 2 22:28 Makefile,v > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5783 A

Re: libmagic files missing??

2005-09-09 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-09-09 15:46, Vizion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > Here is the listing of: > /usr/src/lib/libmagic > dns1# ls -l > total 1276 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1619 Dec 16 2004 Makefile > -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 3859 Apr 2 22:28 Makefile,v > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5783 Aug

What is fsck trying to tell me?

2005-09-09 Thread Leonard Zettel
When I issue the followinf command: mount /dev/ad1s1c /mnt I get the response WARNING: R/W mount of /mnt denied. filesystem is not clean - run fsck mount: /dev/ad1s1c: Operation not premitted Then when I try fsck /dev/ad1s1c I get fsck: exec fsck_unused for /dev/ad1s1c in sbin: /usr/sbin: No s

Re: Will USB serial ever be fixed?

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
On Friday 09 September 2005 16:28, the author M. Warner Losh contributed to the dialogue on- Re: Will USB serial ever be fixed?: >In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Paul Marciano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >: > Even to the point that it will be hard for you to >: > effect change b

Re: Will USB serial ever be fixed?

2005-09-09 Thread Paul Marciano
--- "M. Warner Losh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You asked for honesty, and I'll give you some more: > You are being a jerk and acting like you are > entitled to having your particular > problem fixed without pitching in and helping in > some way. You're funny... but actually I was only asking f

Katrina project -- How can I get the libmagic distribution for freebsd 5.3

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
I have reason to doubt the validity of my libmagic distribution. I urgently need to resolve this for a non-profit project to provide services for Katrina survivors. Does anyone help me to get and re-install that distribution correctly? Thanks FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC

Re: Will USB serial ever be fixed?

2005-09-09 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Paul Marciano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : > Even to the point that it will be hard for you to : > effect change because people don't take you : > seriously. : : I don't want to effect change, I just want a working : system. If the system isn't working

Re: Can't execute a script

2005-09-09 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
bob self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > xxd scripttest: > > 000: 2321 2f62 696e 2f73 680d 0a65 6368 6f20 #!/bin/sh..echo ^^-- BAD NEWS It doesn't work on 5.4, either, or probably any Unixy OS. BTW, the base OS comes with "hd" for a similar display. __

Suggestions for www.freebsd.org and questions

2005-09-09 Thread Peter Leftwich
Hi everyone. I was studying up on http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/installation-i386.html which I have at home on two CD-Rs and which I plan to install this weekend - hhooot whoot!! Some suggestions for the freebsd.org webmaster. Perhaps others might find these useful as well? [1] I think t

Re: MYSQLD mysql-server for 5.2.1

2005-09-09 Thread John Do
Thanks Dan! That is the answer I am looking for! I'll try it and report back later on today. --- Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the last episode (Sep 09), John Do said: > > It didn't find mysqld and I have searched before > as well > > mysqld is installed to /usr/local/libexec, bu

Re: USB2 on 5.3 and 5.4

2005-09-09 Thread Bob Johnson
On 9/9/05, Shantanoo Mahajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Hardware: > A7N266 motherbord (USB1.1) > USB2 PCI card (USB2) > IDE-USB2 converter > > OS: > FreeBSD 5.3 and 5.4 > > HDD is detected as da0. > > > I always get USB1.1. In dmesg speed is shown as 1 Mbps. > > Did 'dd if=/dev/da0 of=

Re: MYSQLD mysql-server for 5.2.1

2005-09-09 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 09), John Do said: > It didn't find mysqld and I have searched before as well mysqld is installed to /usr/local/libexec, but you shouldn't run it directly. Add "mysql_enable=yes" to /etc/rc.conf, and run "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh start". -- Dan Nelson

libmagic files missing??

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
Hi Here is the listing of: /usr/src/lib/libmagic dns1# ls -l total 1276 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1619 Dec 16 2004 Makefile -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 3859 Apr 2 22:28 Makefile,v -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5783 Aug 9 2004 config.h -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 6277 Apr 2 22:28 confi

Re: MYSQLD mysql-server for 5.2.1

2005-09-09 Thread John Do
It didn't find mysqld and I have searched before as well --- Miguel Cárdenas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try to find mysql* using find command, maybe the > location is not included into > the PATH variable, so you should do it in ~/.profile > or something like > > regards > > > I installed my

Re: Can't execute a script

2005-09-09 Thread bob self
N.J. Thomas wrote: I've seen something like this happen when there is a non-printing character on the shebang line (like a CTRL-G or similar). So instead of running /bin/sh, your shell tries to run "/bin/sh^G" -- which obviously doesn't exist. Can you run "xxd /root/bin/scripttest" and show us

Re: Will USB serial ever be fixed?

2005-09-09 Thread Paul Marciano
--- Frank Mayhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I've got a handful of such devices that appear > to work just fine. > Now, mine are based on the Prolific PL-2303* chips > but you don't mention > any specific hardware. All I know is that I'm using > them for consoles > (and am running getty on

Re: dhcp client in freebsd 6 beta

2005-09-09 Thread Frank Mueller - emendis GmbH
The Script needs the Interface as second argument, e.g. /etc/rc.d/dhclient stop fxp0 Greetz, Ice Osmany Guirola Cruz schrieb: Hi people i upgrade my system from 5.4 to 6 Beta 4 and i am using dhclient for my network card i boot without problems get my IP, etc etc but if i do /etc/rc.d/dhc

USB2 on 5.3 and 5.4

2005-09-09 Thread Shantanoo Mahajan
Hi, Hardware: A7N266 motherbord (USB1.1) USB2 PCI card (USB2) IDE-USB2 converter OS: FreeBSD 5.3 and 5.4 HDD is detected as da0. I always get USB1.1. In dmesg speed is shown as 1 Mbps. Did 'dd if=/dev/da0 of=/dev/null bs=10240' on one terminal and on other one 'iostat -w 1 da0'. The speed show

/dev/mem /dev/kmem jails and using netstat -r and snmp

2005-09-09 Thread Ruben Bloemgarten
Hi all, I seem to be a bit stuck here. I seem to need access to /dev/mem and /dev/kmem from inside a jail . Specifically to be able to use netstat –r and snmp in jailed environments. I’m running FBSD 5.4-RELEASE. Could anyone help me shed some light on this problem ? Thanks. Regards, R

Re: lphp extensions compile error & libmagic

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
On Friday 09 September 2005 14:37, the author Vizion contributed to the dialogue on- lphp extensions compile error & libmagic: >Can anyone advise please > >With so many "magic" packages I am uncertain which packages to reinstall > when I get the following error in ># cd /usr/ports/lang/php5-ex

Re: MYSQLD mysql-server for 5.2.1

2005-09-09 Thread Miguel Cárdenas
Try to find mysql* using find command, maybe the location is not included into the PATH variable, so you should do it in ~/.profile or something like regards > I installed mysql-server and mysql-clients but can't > find the mysqld executable to start the mysql server. > > What is it that I'm mis

Re: php compile options

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
On Friday 09 September 2005 14:21, the author Kevin Kinsey contributed to the dialogue on- Re: php compile options: >Vizion wrote: >>On Friday 09 September 2005 11:13, the author Kevin Kinsey contributed to >> the dialogue on- >> >> Re: php compile options: >>>Vizion wrote: >> >>I do wish thi

lphp extensions compile error & libmagic

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
Can anyone advise please With so many "magic" packages I am uncertain which packages to reinstall when I get the following error in # cd /usr/ports/lang/php5-extensions. dns1# make config . . . dns1# make ===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found ===> Found saved configuration for

Re: keyboard bug?

2005-09-09 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 03:38:29PM +, Lucas Galete wrote: > i have a nootebook toshiba satellite a20. i've installed the freebsd > 5.4-release with the X and enliigghtenment.. buut sometimes when I press > a key, this''s show twice onn screen. (just readind this email you'll > seen what's go

Re: Can't execute a script

2005-09-09 Thread N.J. Thomas
* bob self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-09-09 15:01:25 -0400]: > #!/bin/sh > echo "pinging" > #end of scripttest > > If I run "which scripttest", I get /root/bin/scripttest > > But if I try to run this test script I get "scripttest: Command not found." > > Why is that happening? I've seen some

Re: php compile options

2005-09-09 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Vizion wrote: On Friday 09 September 2005 11:13, the author Kevin Kinsey contributed to the dialogue on- Re: php compile options: Vizion wrote: I do wish thiss kind of info was documented, for every port in Port_Install.readme or something similar- I have spent ages trying to get t

dhcp client in freebsd 6 beta

2005-09-09 Thread Osmany Guirola Cruz
Hi people i upgrade my system from 5.4 to 6 Beta 4 and i am using dhclient for my network card i boot without problems get my IP, etc etc but if i do /etc/rc.d/dhclient stop , or start nothing happens . in 5.4 this works perfectly i Know that freebsd changes the dhclient but now how can i use

Re: Can't execute a script

2005-09-09 Thread bob self
Peter A. Giessel wrote: On 9/9/2005 11:01, bob self seems to have typed: If I run "which scripttest", I get /root/bin/scripttest But if I try to run this test script I get "scripttest: Command not found." Its a stupid thought, but could you run "which sh"? ___

Re: Can't execute a script

2005-09-09 Thread bob self
Peter A. Giessel wrote: On 9/9/2005 11:01, bob self seems to have typed: If I run "which scripttest", I get /root/bin/scripttest But if I try to run this test script I get "scripttest: Command not found." Its a stupid thought, but could you run "which sh"? [EMAIL PROTECTED]/bin

Re: onboard sata raid & freebsd 5.4 need help

2005-09-09 Thread jstarng
atacontrol create RAID0 512 ad4 ad6 ..rather On 9/9/05, jstarng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > *mans atacontrol > > then types: atacontrol create RAID0 512 ad4 ad6 > > wowwy... > > ... > > now will i have to do this each time i reboot or is there something i can > do in fstab or something t

Re: onboard sata raid & freebsd 5.4 need help

2005-09-09 Thread jstarng
*mans atacontrol then types: atacontrol RAID0 512 ad4 ad6 wowwy... ... now will i have to do this each time i reboot or is there something i can do in fstab or something to have it start the raid automatically? On 9/9/05, jstarng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have the OS installed on an I

Re: Can't execute a script

2005-09-09 Thread Glenn Dawson
At 12:49 PM 9/9/2005, bob self wrote: Glenn Dawson wrote: Assuming you're using csh, did you rehash after creating the script? Did you try to execute it with it's full path? like: /root/bin/scripttest -Glenn Yes, I did 'rehash'. I'm running tcsh as root, FreeBSD 6.0. Also, I ran "/root/bin/s

Re: Can't execute a script

2005-09-09 Thread Peter A. Giessel
On 9/9/2005 11:01, bob self seems to have typed: > If I run "which scripttest", I get /root/bin/scripttest > > But if I try to run this test script I get "scripttest: Command not found." Its a stupid thought, but could you run "which sh"? ___ freebsd-qu

onboard sata raid & freebsd 5.4 need help

2005-09-09 Thread jstarng
I have the OS installed on an IDE and i want to add two drives for RAID-0 striping (1 large drive). They are two 200GB maxtor SATA HDD's i plugged them in, and used the bios utility to create the array. when i start Freebsd i can see the MB's onboard controller listed in dmesg as: atapci0 po

Re: Home Network Setup Problem

2005-09-09 Thread deltaski
On Friday 09 September 2005 02:14 pm, Greg Barniskis wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Is it a switch, is it a router, or is it really both (high end > >>thingy like Cisco 35xx?). Probably it is just a plain old switch > >>with no routing capabilities. To avoid confusion, you should call it > >

Re: Will USB serial ever be fixed?

2005-09-09 Thread Mike Tancsa
At 02:59 PM 09/09/2005, Frank Mayhar wrote: On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 10:09 -0700, Paul Marciano wrote: > I have a general question on the status of USB to > serial support in FreeBSD (specifically the ucom and > ftdi drivers). > > I need an extra serial port on my system and for > reasons outside th

Re: Can't execute a script

2005-09-09 Thread bob self
Glenn Dawson wrote: Assuming you're using csh, did you rehash after creating the script? Did you try to execute it with it's full path? like: /root/bin/scripttest -Glenn Yes, I did 'rehash'. I'm running tcsh as root, FreeBSD 6.0. Also, I ran "/root/bin/scripttest" and I still get "command no

Re: Will USB serial ever be fixed?

2005-09-09 Thread Warner Losh
> Be honest. Be brutal. I need to know where FreeBSD > stands on this. Personal opinion: You overstate the probelems, and have a bad attitude. More details: I use umodem + ucom all the time for connecting to the internet on my laptop. I've had exactly 0 problems doing this for the past 4 year

Re: Can't execute a script

2005-09-09 Thread Glenn Dawson
At 12:01 PM 9/9/2005, bob self wrote: I have a simple test script called 'scripttest' in /root/bin: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 121 Sep 9 14:55 scripttest my $PATH IS /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:*/root/bin* #!/bin/sh echo "pinging...

Re: Will USB serial ever be fixed?

2005-09-09 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
Paul Marciano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So without wanting to offend (whilst secretly being > pretty frustrated with the corner I find myself in) I > would like to know, hopefully from someone responsible > for the subsystem, if ucom/ftdi is likely to be fixed > in the next six months. You ca

Re: Home Network Setup Problem

2005-09-09 Thread Greg Barniskis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it a switch, is it a router, or is it really both (high end thingy like Cisco 35xx?). Probably it is just a plain old switch with no routing capabilities. To avoid confusion, you should call it what it is. Oh my, sorry. It is an 8-port 10/100Mbps Ethernet Switch! H

RE: Serial Port data dumping program

2005-09-09 Thread Ian Smith
Hi Paul, catching up on a week's digests .. and seeig no further messages on this topic so far, I don't know whether you've sorted this out yet. Anyway.. > Message: 20 > Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 17:32:41 +0800 > From: "Paul Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Serial Port data dumping p

Can't access db with pgaccess

2005-09-09 Thread stan
I'm install postgress V7 on a 5..4-STABLE machine. I;ve installed it from ports, and I've added myself as a user, and created a database. I can access this database using "psql dbname" and all works fine. I can't seem to get pgaccess to connect at all. I;ve checked and sockstat reports: pgsql

MYSQLD mysql-server for 5.2.1

2005-09-09 Thread John Do
I installed mysql-server and mysql-clients but can't find the mysqld executable to start the mysql server. What is it that I'm missing? Thanks guys __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca __

Can't execute a script

2005-09-09 Thread bob self
I have a simple test script called 'scripttest' in /root/bin: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 121 Sep 9 14:55 scripttest my $PATH IS /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:*/root/bin* #!/bin/sh echo "pinging" #end of scripttest If I run "wh

Re: Will USB serial ever be fixed?

2005-09-09 Thread Frank Mayhar
On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 10:09 -0700, Paul Marciano wrote: > I have a general question on the status of USB to > serial support in FreeBSD (specifically the ucom and > ftdi drivers). > > I need an extra serial port on my system and for > reasons outside the scope of this email I can't just > plug in

Fibre Channel disks to two Systems?

2005-09-09 Thread Danny Howard
[NOTE: If posting followup, please mind the cross-post to -questions and -scsi.] Hello, We host our PostgreSQL database on FreeBSD. Until now, we have just built the beefiest DB server we can spec, and then dump the data every thirty minutes to a backup DB server, so if the primary DB ser

fwcontrol: unknown format 0x1e

2005-09-09 Thread Erik Nørgaard
Hi, I am trying to transfer digital video over firewire from my camera (Canon MXV200, PAL) to my laptop using fwcontrol, but whenever I try I get something like this: # fwcontrol -R tmp/test.dv (EAGAIN) (EAGAIN) fwcontrol: unknown format 0x1e If I first press play then run the command I get:

Re: php compile options

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
On Friday 09 September 2005 11:13, the author Kevin Kinsey contributed to the dialogue on- Re: php compile options: >Vizion wrote: >>Hi >> >>Some compile configuration questions: >> >>1. When php5 is compiled from ports I understand a file is generated to >> hold the compiled options. On my sy

keyboard bug?

2005-09-09 Thread Lucas Galete
i have a nootebook toshiba satellite a20. i've installed the freebsd 5.4-release with the X and enliigghtenment.. buut sometimes when I press a key, this''s show twice onn screen. (just readind this email you'll seen what's goinng wroonng here! ) i hhave no ideia whhat is going on... theree is

Re: need more info

2005-09-09 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Roland Smith wrote: On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 12:56:37PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What exactly is FreeBSD? See the freeBSD homepage: http://www.freebsd.org/ Can it be used by the computer beginner or do you need to be a very knowledgable computer user? Some knowledg

Re: tar -u adds all files regardless of mod date

2005-09-09 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Gareth Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a directory I want to backup at /usr/dir_a/dir_b. > I want to back the content of this dir to /usr/backups/dir_b > so I tried the following: > > # cd /usr/backups/dir_b > # tar -cf dir_b.tar /usr/dir_a/dir_b > > Now I have dir_b.tar which is 65M

Re: Beta-3 Install

2005-09-09 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 02:34:01PM -0300, Pablo Ruggia wrote: > Hi !! > > Just a simple Question. > If I install Freebsd Beta 3, will I be allowed to update easyly all > applications when freebsd 6.0 becomes final released. The only changes that will occur to the third-party applications shipped

Re: php compile options

2005-09-09 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Vizion wrote: Hi Some compile configuration questions: 1. When php5 is compiled from ports I understand a file is generated to hold the compiled options. On my system there is a file with the following data: dns1# cat /var/db/ports/php5/options # This file is auto-generated by 'make config'

sysctl or system tweak for symbolic links?

2005-09-09 Thread Forrest Aldrich
Hi, Using FreeBSD_6.0_Beta4 (applies to Beta2, also). I'm trying to track down a problem I've been having with apache-2.0.54 not following symbolic links. It's basically come down to my being able to follow the link if it's in the same directory structure (ie: .. or /path/to/..), but fails i

Re: need more info

2005-09-09 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > What exactly is FreeBSD? Can it be used by the computer beginner or do you > need to be a very knowledgable computer user? Is it compatible with my > computer? It is a compaq presario 5000 series with an AMD Duron 750MHz > processor. FreeBSD is an operating system. If you are familiar w

Re: php compile options

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
On Friday 09 September 2005 09:59, the author Vizion contributed to the dialogue on- php compile options: >Hi > >Some compile configuration questions: > >1. When php5 is compiled from ports I understand a file is generated to hold >the compiled options. On my system there is a file with the fo

Re: software updating for multiple machines

2005-09-09 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 11:39:59AM -0400, dave wrote: > Hello, > I've got four physical machines, all running 5.4, three of them have > between 1 and 3 jails on them, and all have similar software installed. > Updating each box and jail manually is becoming tedious manually, even with > portupg

Re: need more info

2005-09-09 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 12:56:37PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What exactly is FreeBSD? See the freeBSD homepage: http://www.freebsd.org/ > Can it be used by the computer beginner or do you > need to be a very knowledgable computer user? Some knowledge definitely comes in handy. For an

Re: Beta-3 Install

2005-09-09 Thread Erik Nørgaard
Pablo Ruggia wrote: If I install Freebsd Beta 3, will I be allowed to update easyly all applications when freebsd 6.0 becomes final released. Beta 4 is out, so you might as well skip ahead to that. It is a well described process to upgrade, and only minor changes will be applided to the final

Beta-3 Install

2005-09-09 Thread Pablo Ruggia
Hi !! Just a simple Question. If I install Freebsd Beta 3, will I be allowed to update easyly all applications when freebsd 6.0 becomes final released. Thanks !! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/f

Will USB serial ever be fixed?

2005-09-09 Thread Paul Marciano
I have a general question on the status of USB to serial support in FreeBSD (specifically the ucom and ftdi drivers). I need an extra serial port on my system and for reasons outside the scope of this email I can't just plug in a PCI card. I'm trying to use USB, but it seems that ucom is broken

php compile options

2005-09-09 Thread Vizion
Hi Some compile configuration questions: 1. When php5 is compiled from ports I understand a file is generated to hold the compiled options. On my system there is a file with the following data: dns1# cat /var/db/ports/php5/options # This file is auto-generated by 'make config'. # No user-servic

"The Complete FreeBSD": errata and addenda

2005-09-09 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

2005-09-09 Thread Greg Lehey
How to get the best results from FreeBSD questions. === Last update $Date: 2005/08/10 02:21:44 $ 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

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