howto install virtualbox

2009-08-16 Thread Mark Stapper
Hello, I'm currently migrating my home desktop from Gentoo linux to FreeBSD 8.0(Beta but it'll be "Stable" soon. Using RELENG_8 btw). I'm kind of a OS collector/nut/geek/nerd. As such virtualization is quite important to me. I've been using VMware Server 2.x on Gentoo for quite some time and, apar

Re: please help to uninstall FreeBSD!!!

2009-08-16 Thread Daniel Underwood
> It does FreeBSD a disservice when its supporters slam other platforms and > implicitly (and explicitly on occasion) denigrate users of such. I agree only insofar as nobody is ever benefited by insulting/denigrating other users. But that's not what Polytropon was doing, I don't think. Seems to m

Re: High Point Rocket Raid 1740

2009-08-16 Thread Jason Garrett
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 17:36, Jason Garrett wrote: > High Point Rocket Raid 1740... > > Is this a fakeraid card? > > A good raid card? > > What are your experiences with this card... > Anyone had any experiences? Looks like from high point's website, the last supported version is 6.x any ideas

Re: please help to uninstall FreeBSD!!!

2009-08-16 Thread George Davidovich
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 11:54:41AM -0400, Charles Oppermann wrote: > > I assume your use of "MICROS~1" is some sort of clever dig at > Microsoft, but this is 2009 - not 1995 Sorry, but while I agree the MICROS~1 pejorative can be a bit juvenile and uncalled for, your assertion that 8.3 filenames

Re: mouse not working - X or console

2009-08-16 Thread Eitan Adler
> Also you may want to update Xorg to current version. I think that may help > as my intel chipset just starting working w/ freebsd again relatively > recently. I was running 7.2-STABLE. I used freebsd-update to 8.0-BETA2 and mouse finally works. -- Eitan Adler "Security is increased by desig

Re: please help to uninstall FreeBSD!!!

2009-08-16 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:54:41 -0400, "Charles Oppermann" wrote: > I get the humor, but based on this and your previous remarks regarding > Windows, you're not an authority on Windows or its users - average or > otherwise. I may apologize for that not being the case, sadly, at least according to t

RE: please help to uninstall FreeBSD!!!

2009-08-16 Thread Charles Oppermann
> The average "Windows" user does not read what's on the screen anyway, so > he will always "next". :-) I get the humor, but based on this and your previous remarks regarding Windows, you're not an authority on Windows or its users - average or otherwise. It does FreeBSD a disservice when its sup

Re: Cyrus Imapd with SASL, authenticate against AD Windows 2003 with Kerberos5

2009-08-16 Thread Martin Schweizer
Hello Volodymyr Am Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 09:42:22AM +0300 Volodymyr Kostyrko schrieb: > Martin Schweizer wrote: > > >So I have now no more ideas where I can check. Any hints are welcome. > > I have done almost the same thing, only with pam: > > > grep sasl /etc/rc.conf > saslauthd_enable='yes' >

Re: mouse not working - X or console

2009-08-16 Thread Adam Vande More
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > >> > /var/log/Xorg.0.log would be help as well. >> http://pastebin.com/f30f93edb >> >> >> -- >> Eitan Adler >> > > I'd try the fbsd xorg mailing list, btw does your console mouse work ye

Re: mouse not working - X or console

2009-08-16 Thread Adam Vande More
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > > /var/log/Xorg.0.log would be help as well. > http://pastebin.com/f30f93edb > > > -- > Eitan Adler > I'd try the fbsd xorg mailing list, btw does your console mouse work yet? -- Adam Vande More __

Re: script to send out a dozen letters?

2009-08-16 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 02:43:03AM -0400, Tim Kellers wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > >On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 10:07:15PM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote: > > > >>On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 6:49 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > >> > >> > >>> if there are tools to do this, please point me at them, but i