Hiya
Recently someone asked about the showing of the config options from the
ports.
My questions is, how do we see or find what were the options used when
installed from binary (pkg_add -r binaryPackage).
Kind Regards
Brent Clark
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mini-guide for checking out the ports before their removal and building
them as local ports.
The source for these ports is no longer maintained, and they may pose a
security risk if you use them on multi-user machines --- especially if
untrusted users have local shell access --- but if you want t
you may try running it in wine, but anyway - if you wish to use windows
based software, using windows is a best choice.
That is not always true, as I've pointed out in response to one of your
"use Windows, not FreeBSD" emails before. For example, I have seen
significantly better framerates for
You haven't still explained, (as suggested by your kindself ) why the
new user must keep buying new network interface cards just to make
FreeBSD run (when most of those cards will work fine with Linux).
because his existing is not supported by FreeBSD - because it's
manufacturer don't want it.
I have an old Gateway Intel PIII box with all the video, ethernet, and
sound running Intel drivers. The video chip according to dmesg is
Intel 82810-DC100 GMCH. Dmesg shows the agp0 driver like this:
agp0: on vgapci0
X -configure select the "intel" driver. But, when I look at the Xorg.
http://www.yankodesign.com/2008/11/07/i-dont-wanna-grow-up-im-a-big-kid-now/
I'd describe it, but I don't want to spoil the surprise. Enjoy.
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To u
Hi Wojciech:
You haven't still explained, (as suggested by your kindself ) why the
new user must keep buying new network interface cards just to make
FreeBSD run (when most of those cards will work fine with Linux).
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thanks
Saifi.
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On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote:
> Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 04:07:44PM +, Saifi Khan wrote:
The existing users provide continuity not growth. To be popular
FreeBSD needs growth.
>
>
> I think that one of FBSD's guiding principles
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 4:24 PM, cpghost wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 04:07:44PM +, Saifi Khan wrote:
>> The existing users provide continuity not growth. To be popular
>> FreeBSD needs growth.
>> Growth comes from new users !
>
> The main driving force is to attract good developers who li
> You can always check out ... from a date before its removal from
> the ports/ tree ... If you need help with maintaining a local
> copy of the relevant ports ... let me know and I'll write a short
> mini-guide for checking out the ports before their removal and
> building them as local ports.
I just wanted to say the FreeBSD booth at SCALE this year was great.
There was a guy named Matt there, but I don't remember his last name.
If you read this please message me directly.
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Moving the license agreement phrase did not change the driver/firmware
behavior.
I changed the firmware timeout setting
(http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile/2006-July/008849.html),
and this seemed to help somewhat. Now I sometimes pick up a wireless network
after rebooting, but
Chad Perrin wrote:
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 04:24:06PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
you may try running it in wine, but anyway - if you wish to use windows
based software, using windows is a best choice.
That is not always true, as I've pointed out in response to one of your
"use Windo
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 04:24:06PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>
> you may try running it in wine, but anyway - if you wish to use windows
> based software, using windows is a best choice.
That is not always true, as I've pointed out in response to one of your
"use Windows, not FreeBSD" emails
Hi,
My churches web server is having problems compiling world for FreeBSD
7.0-p10 (I believe I just did the csup last night). It gets to this point
and then stops with this error:
touch gtype-desc.h
touch: No such file or directory
A little history for what's going on; the server was not r
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 05:54:37PM +0800, GrimJow Espada wrote:
> what will happen to FreeBSD if Gentoo/BSD is already out, does it affect
> freebsd popularity? i dont like gentoo or gentoo/bsd
I suppose, if the Gentoo/BSD project brings the stability of Gentoo to
the name BSD, we might expect Fre
Andrew Gould wrote:
> Yes, it's probably time to move to certificates. Thanks for the suggestion.
If you realize this, then you also want to look at devising an
allow-allow-deny_by_default approach for other critical protocols that
you can't employ certificates for...
Instead of blocking huge n
Both of them.
Reading two 100M files in interleaved way with 16K buffer, 62MB/s
Reading two 700M files in interleaved way with 16K buffer, 9MB/s
Reading two 100M files in interleaved way with 1M buffer, 55MB/s
get worse with large buffer somehow
Reading two 700M files in interleaved way with
(Note: I posted this to the freebsd-net@ mailing list about a week ago
but never received a response. I was hoping someone on this list could
offer some suggestions.)
Hello,
I have been having trouble maintaining a wireless connection at my
university, which uses the WPA-EAP protocol. I have play
>> In a previous message, ges...@yahoo.com wrote:
G> I am using this snippet of code in a bash script that is run via CRON.
G>
G> # See if we are running via CRON
G> if [ ! -t 0 ] ...
G>
G> It runs fine from the console; however, when run via CRON, it outputs Tput:
G> No terminal type specif
my son has a hp TC4200 tablet which worked very well with ubuntu.
he has switched to fbsd7.1 and installed
/usr/ports/x11-drivers/input-wacom
it was compiled without usb support since the tablet uses a serial
connection.
which is supposed to work, but it hangs the entire system and nothing is
bei
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 02:52:34PM -0500, Doug Lee wrote:
>
> I don't either, but I will provide a different data point: Blind
> listers, myself included, must generally read through posts
> sequentially, as it is usually trickier to skip reliably through
> quotes to the new material when using s
Jasvinder S. Bahra wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to setup CUPS (in a jail) using an old parallel port
printer on my server machine.
I used ezjail to create a jail and then installed CUPS. I've got it
up and running, and I can access the administration website.
However, as far as I can tell, the a
Formula 1 wrote:
> Is there going to be a possibility for FreeBSD, in the future or now, that
> there will be a release of it that allows for install and running of the
> operating system off of a USB memory stick?
What is your objective? ie. What will this box be designed to do once it
is boote
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:22:50PM +0100, herbert langhans wrote:
> Hi Gary,
> ff3 should work as well as ff2. May depend on the version of the
> pluginwrapper and the flash version.
> I have made up some howto, maybe you want to check your installation step by
> step:
> http://freebsd.langhans.c
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 12:02:57AM +0200, Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> Gary Kline wrote:
> > Guys,
> >
> > If I stick with FreeBSD as my main desktop, I want firefox and
> > flashplugin-9. So far, no joy. I have firefox2, and when I try to
> > pkg_delete, I find gnome2 is just one of the dependicies.
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:28:10 -0800
Gary Kline wrote:
> i want video mostly to stream the
> pbs videos that i miss because i'm often helping my daughter
> with her homework:-)
>
there is admittedly some really good stuff out there.
for instance, my son and i occasionally watch classical pian
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 02:07:08PM -0800, prad wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:47:23 -0800
> Gary Kline wrote:
>
> > If I stick with FreeBSD as my main desktop, I want firefox and
> > flashplugin-9. So far, no joy. I have firefox2, and when I try to
> > pkg_delete, I find gnome2 is just one of
Hi,
I'm trying to setup CUPS (in a jail) using an old parallel port printer on
my server machine.
I used ezjail to create a jail and then installed CUPS. I've got it up and
running, and I can access the administration website.
However, as far as I can tell, the admin website doesn't seem t
That's true. Using bigger buffer will help, but it doesn't tell why reading
large size file is slower than reading small size file.
really slower? or just bigger difference with large files?
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Wojciech Puchar <
woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:
I'm just
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:11:46 +, Saifi Khan wrote:
> Gentoo userland and emerge tools are easier and elegant though not
> certainly superior to FreeBSD make mechanism. This is based on my
> personal experience as i heavily use Gentoo Linux and FreeBSD on older
> hardware. And offcourse, i can
flashplugin-9. So far, no joy. I have firefox2, and when I try to
pkg_delete, I find gnome2 is just one of the dependicies.
linux-flashplugin-9 is installed as well as the pluginwrapper ports, but
still YouTube won't work.
for youtube - use youtube-dl from ports.
simply cut&paste URL and down
Hi Gary,
ff3 should work as well as ff2. May depend on the version of the pluginwrapper
and the flash version.
I have made up some howto, maybe you want to check your installation step by
step:
http://freebsd.langhans.com.pl
Cheers
herbs
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:47:23 -0800
Gary Kline wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:47:23 -0800
Gary Kline wrote:
> If I stick with FreeBSD as my main desktop, I want firefox and
> flashplugin-9. So far, no joy. I have firefox2, and when I try to
> pkg_delete, I find gnome2 is just one of the dependicies.
> linux-flashplugin-9 is installed as well as the
Gary Kline wrote:
> Guys,
>
> If I stick with FreeBSD as my main desktop, I want firefox and
> flashplugin-9. So far, no joy. I have firefox2, and when I try to
> pkg_delete, I find gnome2 is just one of the dependicies.
> linux-flashplugin-9 is installed as well as the pluginwrapper ports, but
>
Guys,
If I stick with FreeBSD as my main desktop, I want firefox and
flashplugin-9. So far, no joy. I have firefox2, and when I try to
pkg_delete, I find gnome2 is just one of the dependicies.
linux-flashplugin-9 is installed as well as the pluginwrapper ports, but
still YouTube won't work.
Is
Hi folks,
I am updating an AMD-based machine from v7.0-RELEASE to v7.1-RELEASE.
Here's what I get:
BEGIN:
ares-root# freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.1-RELEASE
Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 2 mirrors found.
Fetching metadata signature for 7.0-RELEASE from update2.FreeBSD.
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 06:50:04PM +1100, Ian Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Kailash Kailash wrote:
> > >
> > > Woj, I'm really surprised that you, of all people, seem lately to have
> > > been converted to the Micro$oft Outlock-traine
paljibus wrote:
>Helo gurus,
>my system is:
>FreeBSD cvs2.abvent.fr 7.0-STABLE-200806 FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE-200806 #0:
>Mon Jun 2 18:36:08 UTC 2008
>[1]r...@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
>cvs2#
>I installed that half-year version of FreeBSD
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 1:16 PM, paljibus wrote:
>
> Helo gurus,
> my system is:
> FreeBSD cvs2.abvent.fr 7.0-STABLE-200806 FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE-200806 #0:
> Mon Jun 2 18:36:08 UTC 2008
> [1]r...@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
> cvs2#
> I installed that h
Wojciech Puchar wrote:
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 04:07:44PM +, Saifi Khan wrote:
The existing users provide continuity not growth. To be popular
FreeBSD needs growth.
I think that one of FBSD's guiding principles is *correctness*
... or, at least, that's one of the higher values of the
comm
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:07:44 +
Saifi Khan wrote:
> To be popular
> FreeBSD needs growth.
>
possibly, but being popular is not necessarily a good idea.
> Growth comes from new users !
>
neither is growth.
--
In friendship,
prad
... with you on your jou
That's true. Using bigger buffer will help, but it doesn't tell why reading
large size file is slower than reading small size file.
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Wojciech Puchar <
woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:
> I'm just guessing inode structure, the physical file location on HDD
>>
Helo gurus,
my system is:
FreeBSD cvs2.abvent.fr 7.0-STABLE-200806 FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE-200806 #0:
Mon Jun 2 18:36:08 UTC 2008
[1]r...@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
cvs2#
I installed that half-year version of FreeBSD 7, and I get in trouble
wh
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 04:07:44PM +, Saifi Khan wrote:
The existing users provide continuity not growth. To be popular
FreeBSD needs growth.
completely not true
Growth comes from new users !
growth comes from user requirements that do make sense. no matter if it's
new or old users.
_
On Sat, 2009-02-21 at 13:41 +, daemon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to build a 7.1 kernel but when i does
>
> # make depend && make clean depend
So you make the dependency chain, then clean it and remake the
dependency chain. You've gained nothing.
>
> make shows :
>
> make : don't know how
Wojciech Puchar wrote:
FreeBSD popularity will be affected if the big cats (ie. networking
companies) continue to ""not contribute"" back the
this will affect their sales - FreeBSD user will simply buy network card
from another manufacturer.
I think the keywords here are more 'Juniper' and '
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 04:07:44PM +, Saifi Khan wrote:
> The existing users provide continuity not growth. To be popular
> FreeBSD needs growth.
> Growth comes from new users !
It depends on the kind of new users. The aim of FreeBSD is not to be
the most popular OS out there. Has never been.
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Wojciech Puchar
wrote:
>> FreeBSD popularity will be affected if the big cats (ie. networking
>> companies) continue to ""not contribute"" back the
>
> this will affect their sales - FreeBSD user will simply buy network card
> from another manufacturer.
>
How a "n
FreeBSD popularity will be affected if the big cats (ie. networking
companies) continue to ""not contribute"" back the
this will affect their sales - FreeBSD user will simply buy network card
from another manufacturer.
Does anybody know where FreeBSD (in particular) (NetBSD and OpenBSD)
is h
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 9:54 AM, GrimJow Espada
wrote:
> what will happen to FreeBSD if Gentoo/BSD is already out, does it affect
> freebsd popularity? i dont like gentoo or gentoo/bsd
>
FreeBSD popularity will be affected if the big cats (ie. networking
companies) continue to ""not contribute""
You should probably use the amd64 version of you want to use more than
4GB of memory.
AND IF YOU DO NOT. it's normal to use natural architecture, not backward
compatibility.
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Dear Sir,
I have IBM x3550 server with Intel Xeon (Dual-Core) processors 5160 @ 3.0
GHz. I need to install FreeBSD 7.0 but I do not know which type of FreeBSD I
have to use to take the best performance of the EM64T and Hyperthreading
Technologies. Thank you in advance.
EM64T == amd64
so Fre
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 03:41:23PM +0200, Metias Adel wrote:
>I have IBM x3550 server with Intel Xeon (Dual-Core) processors 5160 @
> 3.0 GHz. I need to install FreeBSD 7.0 but I do not know which type of
> FreeBSD I have to use to take the best performance of the EM64T and
> Hyperthreading
Dear Sir,
I have IBM x3550 server with Intel Xeon (Dual-Core) processors 5160 @
3.0 GHz. I need to install FreeBSD 7.0 but I do not know which type of
FreeBSD I have to use to take the best performance of the EM64T and
Hyperthreading Technologies. Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Metias
hah! ok!
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Remorque wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:54 PM, GrimJow Espada > wrote:
>
>> what will happen to FreeBSD if Gentoo/BSD is already out, does it affect
>> freebsd popularity? i dont like gentoo or gentoo/bsd
>
>
> @Espada,
>
> According to you, is Gen
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 1:32 AM, George Hartzell wrote:
> Formula 1 writes:
> > Is there going to be a possibility for FreeBSD, in the future or now,
> that there will be a release of it that allows for install and running of
> the operating system off of a USB memory stick?
> >
>
> There's a pr
what will happen to FreeBSD if Gentoo/BSD is already out, does it affect
freebsd popularity? i dont like gentoo or gentoo/bsd
so don't use it - like me.
that's all :)
what a problem?
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On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:54 PM, GrimJow Espada
wrote:
> what will happen to FreeBSD if Gentoo/BSD is already out, does it affect
> freebsd popularity? i dont like gentoo or gentoo/bsd
@Espada,
According to you, is Gentoo/BSD the same thing as FreeBSD?
And haven't you heard of PCBSD, DesktopBS
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 4:54 AM, GrimJow Espada
wrote:
> what will happen to FreeBSD if Gentoo/BSD is already out, does it affect
> freebsd popularity? i dont like gentoo or gentoo/bsd
How would this affect FreeBSD?
If you don't like Gentoo or Gentoo/BSD, the (very simple) solution is:
don't use
what will happen to FreeBSD if Gentoo/BSD is already out, does it affect
freebsd popularity? i dont like gentoo or gentoo/bsd
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Hello Abdullah
Thanks for the hint.
Regards,
Am Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 09:57:35AM -0800 Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri schrieb:
>
> - Original Message
>
> > From: Martin Schweizer
> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> > Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:37:42 PM
> > Subject: FreeBSD 7
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