several of my laptop batteries(L-ION) have an i2c bus to the eeprom
inside the case. is it possible to reprogram or reset a battery i have
repacked from within freebsd or will i need to do this with the
available windows programs?
what i'm asking is if freebsd actually supports sending of data o
Hi to all.
A lot of new FreeBSD systems have appeared in my server farm since I started
studying to where I could migrate from some MSFT-*sigh*-death technologies,
almost two years ago. Today the time and the bandwidth required to update all
FreeBSD servers (I use the source-based method) hav
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 18:17:49 -0500
Jerry McAllister wrote:
> In general, you should not expect to be able to write to an ntfs file
> system type.That is why I converted my MS-Win file system to
> FAT32.
Not a good idea.
> According to the man page, some limited writing can be done,
> but t
Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Zhang Weiwu writes:
>
>>
>> That's strange, I didn't find manual where it say it work in some
>> condition or for some device only.
>>
>
> "Consult individual device drivers' manual pages for available keywords
> and their possible values."
>
>
Thanks. I shouldn'
On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:30:30 -0500
Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> "PstreeM China" writes:
>
> > i think the option WRKDIRPREFIX is a good idea , and i whill test
> > the methon unionfs.
>
> Definitely benchmark against just using a native local filesystem,
> though. Taking away all of that memory t
At 2:09 PM -0800 1/4/09, David Christensen wrote:
I have changed the root shell to Bash on another machine I use as a CVS
server and haven't noticed any issues yet, but I've been wondering if
I'm setting myself up for problems by doing so.
Does anybody know if it's okay to change the root shel
Following LPRng documentation, I removed native lpd (/usr/sbin/lpd)
and I come into a great mistake...
# lpd
"another printer spooler is active possibly 731"
Is there any way to fix the problem, i.e, get /usr/sbin/lpd
without reinstalling the OS?
_
[I decided to ask this question here as it overlaps -hardware, -current,
and a couple other lists. I'd be glad to redirect the conversation to a
list that's a better fit, if anyone would care to suggest one.]
I'm in the process of planning the hardware and software for the second
generation of
Hi;
Hoping for some help on this application that converts dbf files into
csv format.
I'm not sure if the problem is with the source dbf file ... my usage /
syntax ... and/or something else...
BACKGROUND...
>uname -rs
FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE
>dbf --version
dBase Reader and Converter V. 0.8.
Jerry McAllister wrote:
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 09:33:12PM -0500, Grant Peel wrote:
Can I use a windows install cd's "R" option to do the fdisk /mbr ?
Maybe.But, MS software is notorious for not recognizing any
other OSen nor being able to boot them So, use the FreeBSD fdisk
w
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 04:05:20PM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote:
> Roland Smith wrote:
> > When using the built-in mount_ntfs you should really mount read-only.
> > Maybe using the options 'ro' and 'late' will help.
> I changed the fstab options to 'ro' and /c still won't mount at startup.
> This i
Roland Smith wrote:
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 01:43:45PM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote:
Question 1)
I have this alias that allows me to mount my windoze drive at /c:
alias mdc='mount_ntfs /dev/ad1s1 /c'
It works fine. I thought that I could automate the process further by
mounting /c at boot-
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 01:43:45PM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote:
> Question 1)
>
> I have this alias that allows me to mount my windoze drive at /c:
>
> alias mdc='mount_ntfs /dev/ad1s1 /c'
>
> It works fine. I thought that I could automate the process further by
> mounting /c at boot-up time, s
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 01:43:45PM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote:
> Question 1)
>
> I have this alias that allows me to mount my windoze drive at /c:
>
> alias mdc='mount_ntfs /dev/ad1s1 /c'
>
> It works fine. I thought that I could automate the process further by
> mounting /c at boot-up time, s
Question 1)
I have this alias that allows me to mount my windoze drive at /c:
alias mdc='mount_ntfs /dev/ad1s1 /c'
It works fine. I thought that I could automate the process further by
mounting /c at boot-up time, so I added this to fstab:
# DeviceMountpoint FStype Optio
On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 09:08:56PM -0800, Walt Pawley wrote:
> At 12:31 PM -0700 1/6/09, Chad Perrin wrote:
>
> >On the other hand, I don't trust Verisign, either.
>
> What's to trust? If you pay them, you "in."
Exactly. That's why I -- as the guy sitting in front of the *browser* --
don't trus
On Friday 09 January 2009 5:56:42 pm GESBBB wrote:
> > From: Gonzalo Nemmi gne...@gmail.com
> >
> > On Thursday 08 January 2009 12:08:55 pm Michel Talon wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > would it not be interesting to have the DragonFlyBSD mail agent in
> > > FreeBSD? It is a very simple mail agent,
On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 08:37:37AM +, Matthew Seaman wrote:
>
> You're kind of stuck then aren't you -- at least in respect TLS/SSL and
> x509 certificates? If you don't trust any of the bodies who have the
> capability to authenticate the owners of a particular cryptographic
> key/certificat
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Aggelidis Nikos
wrote:
> hi to all the list,
i forgot to mention that i use almost the same smb.conf and smbusers
in a debian lenny and everything works, that's why i prefered to post
this message in questi...@...
best regards,
nikos
__
> From: Gonzalo Nemmi gne...@gmail.com
> On Thursday 08 January 2009 12:08:55 pm Michel Talon wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > would it not be interesting to have the DragonFlyBSD mail agent in
> > FreeBSD? It is a very simple mail agent, like ssmtp, but with some more
> > features: it can either deliver
>
> I'm in the process of sync'ing up my system with source . . . but, in the
> meantime I'm wondering about the choice of Broadcom driver. Is it really a
> matter of trying different ones?
It was for me. It took me 3 tries before I found one that 'worked'.
> I updated the driver this morning to
1. Yes, you can recover your deleted files.
2. The best file recovery program is File Restore Professional. It
will also recover files that have lost their file header details and
hence have no file names. Most other products can't do this. You can
also preview your deleted files before you make y
RW wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:16:25 -0500
> Steve Bertrand wrote:
>
>
>> RW wrote:
>>
>
>
>>> Just create a new account for some made-up name, don't specify any
>>> company, download your file, and then (if you really care) go
>>> through the hoops afterwards.
>>>
>> Imprope
Zhang Weiwu writes:
> Hello. I come across device.hints manual which says I can set irq for
> each device there. I am using 6.1.
Kind of old now. I don't know specifically of any reason that would
matter, but for several reasons I wouldn't be at all surprised.
> The settings I made in devices.
Hello list,
I found this recent post (added to the bottom of the Email) in a
OpenBSD mailing list, and I am experiencing the same problems
connecting our Iphone 3G phones to our FreeBSD based AP
Sam Fourman Jr.
Fourman Networks
fromTodd T. Fries
reply-tot...@fries.net
to Damon
"PstreeM China" writes:
> i think the option WRKDIRPREFIX is a good idea , and i whill test the
> methon unionfs.
Definitely benchmark against just using a native local filesystem,
though. Taking away all of that memory that FreeBSD would otherwise use
for *caching* file data could well end up
hi to all the list,
i have a question concerning samba and freebsd:
whenever i use the option username map = /usr/local/etc/samba/smbusers
in my smb.conf
, and i try to connect to samba server like this
#smbclient //apollo/username
Password:
session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
i get t
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 04:05:57PM +0100, Polytropon wrote:
>
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:54:55 +, Frank Shute wrote:
> > I tried booting a FreeBSD CD & going into sysinstall & then fdisk but
> > it said it couldn't find any disks.
>
> Ah! This means something like "the disk *really* can't be acc
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Glen Barber wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Neal Hogan wrote:
> > Glen,
> >
> > Well, I never loaded into /boot/modules and at this point I've removed
> the
> > *bcmwl5-stuff* to begin again. Note that *kldload bcmwl5_sys.ko* output
> > that there was no
I've got me a laptop with a very clean, updated 7.1 (stable) install.
Started at 7.0. Only problem is about every 2-4 hours it locks up
solid - no disk, no keyboard, console frozen (not running X yet,
although it's installed and does boot from startx).
How do I even go about poking into this? It
Lowell Gilbert wrote:
"Bert-Jan" writes:
What is the proper way to handle this ? Can I run a command after the
update finishes that regenerates the account databases from the
master.passwd ? I checked the history and *I* never touched it during the
update, so it was merged like it should.
I'm
Hello
I notice that when you write zeros to the first sectors
of the pen drive it gets mad about it
and you must make fsck and disklabel TWICE...
the first time, it complains,
the second time it works fine
I assume you have grub installed (pkg_add -r grub)
I use the folowing procedure:
1) put
OK...follow me through on this one. The line 48 that was referred to in
the error message as being in sendmail.cf was actually line 48 in the
/etc/mail/freebsd.mc file, and subsequently in the .mc file
that is created with the "make" command. That line is:
OSTYPE(freebsd6), and it points to .
cd /usr/ports as normal
have a look at man mount_unionfs
your basically stacking fs on top of each other
writes goto the tmpfs as its at the top of the stack
its not persistent over boots mind
PstreeM China wrote:
i think the option WRKDIRPREFIX is a good idea , and i whill test the
methon
From the point the message below, I would set up freebsd to give me a
graphical gui so I can use gparted to unflag the bsd partition as boot
and flag the windows as boot. Before restarting, I would copy
/boot/boot1 to somewhere accessible by windows named something like
freebsd.boot.
Then I'd
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 09:33:12PM -0500, Grant Peel wrote:
> Can I use a windows install cd's "R" option to do the fdisk /mbr ?
Maybe.But, MS software is notorious for not recognizing any
other OSen nor being able to boot them So, use the FreeBSD fdisk
which will plant the FreeBSD MBR.
//
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 09:53:51AM -0500, Grant Peel wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> I am not at all sure whate you are suggesting here?
>
> What I am asking, is, somehting like:
>
> Can I reboot the machine with the FreeBSD install disk, and using the
> sysinstall utility, reinstall the freebsd boot ma
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 09:40:58AM -0500, Grant Peel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> For those that have been following this thread:
>
> I now have Norton GoBack uninstalled and un-hooked from the MBR
> -Had to go to Symantec and get a rescue disk,
> -The rescue disk tried to un-hook GOBAck from the MBR,
>
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 09:37:28PM -0500, Grant Peel wrote:
> So then,
>
> IF we are able to restore the Windows MBR, and boot into windows, should we
> not be able to boot the machine with a bootable FreeBSD disk, then, use
> Sysinstall to restore the FreeBSD boot manager?
Maybe, but better t
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 05:23:01PM -0800, Kurt Buff wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Grant Peel wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I was bored earlier tonight and I decided to tinker a bit with FreeBSD 6.4
> > on my Windows XP SP3 box.
> >
> > In that machine, there is one SATA drive.
> >
> > On
Anton Shterenlikht writes:
> I have:
>
> # uname -srm
> FreeBSD 6.4-STABLE alpha
> #
>
> In /etc/make.conf I have
>
> .if ${.CURDIR:M*/lang/gcc*}
> NOT_FOR_ARCHS=
> .endif
>
> However, I get:
>
> # cd /usr/ports/lang/gcc43
> # make
> ===> gcc-4.3.3_20090101 does not run on alph
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 05:14:03PM +0200, rg wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to compile gnome2, but libggz fails to compile because of
> missing library: gcrypt1.5. It does on to complile security/libgcrypt,
> but evidently the current version 1.4.3 doesn't help much. How can I
> fight with thi
well, there are many "easy" ways. one is to install an IFS version of
UFS, if you're using ufs. that way windows can read the ufs slices and
you can grab your file that way.
Grant Peel wrote:
Mike,
In order to do that, I need to be able to get the the "/boot/boot1"
file that is located in th
"Bert-Jan" writes:
> I do find it strange though, that freebsd-update replaced those files,
> even though it tells you it's going to change them.
I don't use freebsd-update, so I'm just trying to figure it out from
reading the program. [freebsd-update is mostly just a shell script]
> What is t
>
> Well this just got a LOT more frustrating and interesting. I made a
> stick following those directions using a new stick...worked fine,
> booted off of it...did some work on it...somehow the filesystem got
> very corrupted in one of various things I was doing to it (I think it
> was when I acc
On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:16:25 -0500
Steve Bertrand wrote:
> RW wrote:
> > Just create a new account for some made-up name, don't specify any
> > company, download your file, and then (if you really care) go
> > through the hoops afterwards.
>
> Improper subject, wrong attitude.
>
> If one wishe
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 01:43:42PM +0100, Polytropon wrote:
>
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:27:20 +, Frank Shute wrote:
> > Anybody got any idea on what's going on & how to fix it?
>
> The messages you presented seem to indicate that ad0 is not found.
> It's not listed in the available devices, and
rg wrote:
Hello,
I am trying to compile gnome2, but libggz fails to compile because of
missing library: gcrypt1.5. It does on to complile security/libgcrypt,
but evidently the current version 1.4.3 doesn't help much. How can I
fight with this beast?
Thank you.
i would assume upgrade to 1
Hello,
I am trying to compile gnome2, but libggz fails to compile because of
missing library: gcrypt1.5. It does on to complile security/
libgcrypt, but evidently the current version 1.4.3 doesn't help much.
How can I fight with this beast?
Thank you.
__
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 4:30 AM, chris.scott wrote:
> if your still stuck i can give you a dd of my usb image that definitely
> works
> if it still doesnt work for you you will know its a hardware issue and not
> your building skills 8)
>
> Brian McCann wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:18 AM,
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:54:55 +, Frank Shute wrote:
> I tried booting a FreeBSD CD & going into sysinstall & then fdisk but
> it said it couldn't find any disks.
Ah! This means something like "the disk *really* can't be accessed".
You can easily conclude from
% dmesg | grep ^ad
if any
also, doing it the way i suggested will still give you the option to
re-select windows, and then from there right back to freebsd is you
accidentally hit the wrong button. creates a nice loop.
eg: machine boots, windows shows you "Windows XP" or "FreeBSD"
you select FreeBSD, you get the menu you
Hi Mike,
I am not at all sure whate you are suggesting here?
What I am asking, is, somehting like:
Can I reboot the machine with the FreeBSD install disk, and using the
sysinstall utility, reinstall the freebsd boot manger so I wind up with:
F1 Windows
F2 FreeBSD
F5 Disk1
-Grant
- Or
why not just add loader or whatever to the windows boot loader.. unless
you specifically need fbsd boot manager
Grant Peel wrote:
Hi all,
For those that have been following this thread:
I now have Norton GoBack uninstalled and un-hooked from the MBR
-Had to go to Symantec and get a rescue dis
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 11:03:29PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote:
>
> Guys,
>
> I've going to give away what I think could be at least a
> multi-thousand dollar idea, something we nearly have already.
> And a wish-list for a program that does not, AFAIK, exist.
Its called
Hi all,
For those that have been following this thread:
I now have Norton GoBack uninstalled and un-hooked from the MBR
-Had to go to Symantec and get a rescue disk,
-The rescue disk tried to un-hook GOBAck from the MBR,
-It found the MBR borken (due to the FreeBSD Boot Manager install),
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Neal Hogan wrote:
> Glen,
>
> Well, I never loaded into /boot/modules and at this point I've removed the
> *bcmwl5-stuff* to begin again. Note that *kldload bcmwl5_sys.ko* output
> that there was no such file. Below is some info as to what lead to the panic
> (it's
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Glen Barber wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Neal Hogan wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Glen Barber
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Neal Hogan
> wrote:
> >> > I'm father new to fBSD. I hope this is the appropriate l
Quoting Manolis Kiagias :
ec...@casasponti.net wrote:
Quoting ec...@casasponti.net:
I bought a Lenova S10 for my wife. It comes with WindowsXP and while
configuring it for her I found it to be a nice, new generation
laptop. I liked it well enough to consider buying another for me and
insta
Polytropon wrote:
Hi,
I'd like to ask a two-stage question:
1. Is it possible to recover files that have been deleted?
2. Which tools or procedures are suggested for recovery?
While sorting out some files and transfering them to another
hard disk, I accidentally deleted too much: the direct
i don't know what happen ...
i use the 3945ABG too , i use the three config file ...
/boot/loader.conf
/etc/rc.conf
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
you may lose the thried file ,give you for a example.
### the loader.conf file
legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1
if_wpi_load="YES"
wlan_load="YES"
wlan_amrr_l
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 12:27:20 +, Frank Shute wrote:
> Anybody got any idea on what's going on & how to fix it?
The messages you presented seem to indicate that ad0 is not found.
It's not listed in the available devices, and boot fails.
Could you check its presence using a FreeBSD / FreeSBIE bo
Hi all,
I just updated my server from 6.3-RELEASE to 6.4-RELEASE and I now
can't boot my machine - a rather crappy HP desktop.
The boot seems to go along nicely without any errors that I can see
but when it comes to mounting the root filesystem it bails out:
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad
Actually, I've just sofar tried to perform a 'ifconfig wpi0 list scan' to
verify which AP are availableafter I have put the interface up of course.
But it just gets stuck on this scandoesn't do anything.
info from /var/log/messages
Jan 9 13:05:31 desmo sudo: username : TTY=ttyp2 ; P
Brian McCann wrote:
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Matthias Apitz wrote:
El día Wednesday, January 07, 2009 a las 03:17:02PM +0100, Polytropon escribió:
I could only suggest to eliminate all slices and partitions on the
thumb drive (such as it was a new "disk" right from the factory)
and let
what tha AP you connect ??
maybe , the wlan can not connect a AP, the hardware will turn off ...
check your file /etc/wpa_supp**.conf
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Alain G. Fabry wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm having problems with my 3945ABG Wireless card.
>
> I keep on getting "wpi0: Radio Transmitte
i think the option WRKDIRPREFIX is a good idea , and i whill test the
methon unionfs.
but i want to know , after i mount the unionfs , like this :#mount -t
unionfs /usr/ports /usr/ports.real
the /usr/ports is memery FS, what can i used to install software ??
go to the dir : /usr/ports/**/** to
Yes, I did. And although the system appears to list the specified
amount of RAM (3GB or 2GB), the X server crashes nonetheless...
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Paul B. Mahol wrote:
> On 1/9/09, Giuseppe Pagnoni wrote:
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Giuseppe Pagnoni
>> Da
Wojciech Puchar wrote:
hi all:
i want to know ,how to compile better speed during the
installation of
Ports , use the memery filesystem(MFS) ..
during make world , mount the md0 to /usr/obj , but what can i
do for
better use tmpfs
the port ?
rm -rf /usr/ports/
mkdir /usr/port
In the last episode (Jan 09), PstreeM China said:
hi all:
i want to know ,how to compile better speed during the installation
of Ports , use the memery filesystem(MFS) ..
during make world , mount the md0 to /usr/obj , but what can i do for
the port ?
Set WRKDIRPREFIX to point to a director
hi all:
i want to know ,how to compile better speed during the installation of
Ports , use the memery filesystem(MFS) ..
during make world , mount the md0 to /usr/obj , but what can i do for
better use tmpfs
the port ?
rm -rf /usr/ports/
mkdir /usr/ports
mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /usr
or you should be able to use unionfs to mount the md1 device over
/usr/ports if in not mistaken
Dan Nelson wrote:
In the last episode (Jan 09), PstreeM China said:
hi all:
i want to know ,how to compile better speed during the installation
of Ports , use the memery filesystem(MFS) ..
dur
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> "Bert-Jan" writes:
>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I just updated one of my servers from 7.0-RC1 to 7.1-RELEASE.
>>
>> During the first freebsd-update install, before rebooting, I was
>> surprised
>> to find that it was going to change my /etc/passwd (deleting all my
>> accounts, keeping only the built-in
Hi,
I'm having problems with my 3945ABG Wireless card.
I keep on getting "wpi0: Radio Transmitter is switched off"
pushing 802.11 button on laptop -> Turning OFF
---
Jan 9 07:59:08 desmo kernel: ugen0: at uhub0 port 1 (addr 2) disconnected
Jan 9 07:59:08 desmo kern
Hello
I've installed 7.1 onto our mail exchager (MX) then it suddendly stopped
to work last night with the following message
watchdog bge0 timeout
The machine is a HP pc which was doing the same service at 6.3 without
that kind of trouble
Any info welcome
Thanks a lot.
___
Hi there,
I changed the following file of FreeBSD 7.0:
sys/boot/forth/beastie.4th
variable rebootkey
variable mykey (added line)
I built and installed kernel, then i reboot the system, it gives me the
following error:
---
" panic: free: gu
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