Re: am I the only one, wrt gcc44 -- it is failing and I can't build octave or much else

2009-11-02 Thread Kenneth Freidank
Here are partial listings of my config files. Add these entries to your config files and see if that does the trick. I can't be 100% sure that everything is required, but it is what I have, and it works. Attached is the xorg.conf file I generated. Place it in the directory /etc/X11/. When y

is there difference between VTY and vty in sysinstall?

2009-11-02 Thread aa
hi i'm unclear that the sysintall show "Go to VTY4 now by typing ALT-F4" when I press "2 CDROM/DVD Use the live filesystem CDROM/DVD" under Fixit menu. however, i scroll the screen up to see booting message, it shows: /stand/sysinstall running as init on vty0. as such, if vty0 is corespondin

Re: xen or virtualbox or vmware ?

2009-11-02 Thread Peter
> Hi > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Peter wrote: >> iH, >>   Trying to setup a new 'virtual' environment. >> Goal is to run freebsd in a virtual environment for ease of management >> and >> just because I've finally got _new_ hardware that isn't ~7++ years old. >> >> So far thinking of going

Re: xen or virtualbox or vmware ?

2009-11-02 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Peter wrote: > iH, > Trying to setup a new 'virtual' environment. > Goal is to run freebsd in a virtual environment for ease of management and > just because I've finally got _new_ hardware that isn't ~7++ years old. > > So far thinking of going > netbsd -> xen

Re: xen or virtualbox or vmware ?

2009-11-02 Thread Glen Barber
Hi On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Peter wrote: > iH, >   Trying to setup a new 'virtual' environment. > Goal is to run freebsd in a virtual environment for ease of management and > just because I've finally got _new_ hardware that isn't ~7++ years old. > > So far thinking of going >  netbsd -> x

xen or virtualbox or vmware ?

2009-11-02 Thread Peter
iH, Trying to setup a new 'virtual' environment. Goal is to run freebsd in a virtual environment for ease of management and just because I've finally got _new_ hardware that isn't ~7++ years old. So far thinking of going netbsd -> xen -> freebsd/whatever [if it'll work] or would the following

Support for Hauppauge 950Q USB tuner

2009-11-02 Thread Bob McIsaac
Can the 950Q HDTV tuner be made to work with FreeBSD? The device is identified by dmesg but of course the Hauppauge firmware must be somehow transfered to the device and then something like the Linux dvb-apps must be used for tuning and streaming. My intent is use the 950 with Zotac IONITX mo

Re: WPA: specify alternate config file in rc.conf

2009-11-02 Thread jhell
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 17:27, onemda@ wrote: On 11/2/09, Chad Perrin wrote: If I want to start wpa_supplicant directly, and specify a particular configuration file, I can do something like this: wpa_supplicant -i iwi0 -c /path/to/wpa_alternate.conf How would I specify the use of /path/to/wpa

Re: WPA: specify alternate config file in rc.conf

2009-11-02 Thread Paul B Mahol
On 11/2/09, Chad Perrin wrote: > If I want to start wpa_supplicant directly, and specify a particular > configuration file, I can do something like this: > > wpa_supplicant -i iwi0 -c /path/to/wpa_alternate.conf > > How would I specify the use of /path/to/wpa_alternate.conf in my rc.conf > ifc

Re: anybody manage to get Xorg to work with LG flat panel W2361

2009-11-02 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 02:34:55PM -0700, Reed Loefgren wrote: > Did you ever run X with hal installed? No. X always worked fine for me without hal, so I don't see a compelling reason to use it. I'll keep disabling it as long as I can. > But these days digikam can't talk worth a damn to > my

Re: please help me make sense of top's CPU output

2009-11-02 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Nov 02), Chris Stankevitz said: > I recently performed a CPU intensive task with Xorg. When I completed the > task and Xorg no longer was using the CPU, I got this result from top: > > === > > last pid: 1201; load averages: 0.24, 0.10, 0.09up 0+00:29:42 > 63 process

Ideas For Change launches in closed beta today

2009-11-02 Thread IdeasForChange . TV
We are very proud to have finalized the first step in building this platform that will become an active tool to improve our world. Against all good advice that we should build first and then connect the world, we decided that we are nothing without your knowledge. Without your input. And we sa

please help me make sense of top's CPU output

2009-11-02 Thread Chris Stankevitz
Hello, I recently performed a CPU intensive task with Xorg. When I completed the task and Xorg no longer was using the CPU, I got this result from top: === last pid: 1201; load averages: 0.24, 0.10, 0.09up 0+00:29:42 63 processes: 1 running, 62 sleeping CPU: 1.0% user, 0.0% nice,

WPA: specify alternate config file in rc.conf

2009-11-02 Thread Chad Perrin
If I want to start wpa_supplicant directly, and specify a particular configuration file, I can do something like this: wpa_supplicant -i iwi0 -c /path/to/wpa_alternate.conf How would I specify the use of /path/to/wpa_alternate.conf in my rc.conf ifconfig line, rather than just going with the

Re: anybody manage to get Xorg to work with LG flat panel W2361

2009-11-02 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 04:21:18PM -0400, PJ wrote: > I also have tried with the monitor in digital mode as well as in > analog... neither works. Do you mean with a VGA and DVI connector? > It seems to me that the options for flatpanel must be activated... bin > there, done that... Why? > And t

Re: Problem installing dvdauthor...

2009-11-02 Thread Peter Harrison
Sunday, 1 November 2009 at 23:43:26 +0100, usleepl...@gmail.com said: > Dear Peter, > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Peter Harrison > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > Can anyone advise what I'm doing wrong trying to install > > multimedia/dvdauthor. Here's the end of the error: > > > > if cc -DH

Re: anybody manage to get Xorg to work with LG flat panel W2361

2009-11-02 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:21:18 -0400, PJ wrote: > No. The only way is by hitting the SysRq/PrintScreen key if the > "AllowEmptyInput" is not "off", otherwise you have to reboot. Reboot isn't needed to fix things - that's a misbelief from "Windows" land. :-) Simply SSH into the box and kill X. >

Re: Eclipse & Java 1.5

2009-11-02 Thread Chuck Robey
Alex Huth wrote: > Hi! > > I want to change my laptop system from Debian to FreeBSD. After installing 8.0 > RC2 in a virtual machine i have tried to install eclipse and changed the Java > version in the makefile to 1.5, but it still want to install the 1.6 jdk. > > I need the 1.5 version for seve

Re: dhcpd related issue <- solved

2009-11-02 Thread Dánielisz László
One of my friend brings the solution, it was reinstalling ports/net/isc-dhcp31-server instead of ports/net/isc-dhcp30-server. Now everything work fine! $ sudo dhcping -v -h 00:23:6c:86:41:e3 -s 192.168.1.1 Got answer from: 192.168.1.1 # tcpdump -i rl1 -n port 67 or port 68 tcpdump: verbose outp

Re: anybody manage to get Xorg to work with LG flat panel W2361

2009-11-02 Thread PJ
Roland Smith wrote: > On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 12:47:47PM -0400, PJ wrote: > >> I have posted to Xorg, but I find this list most reassuring and >> competent ;-) >> I have searched the web, followed the instructions in the manual, the >> man pages and suggestions on the web. >> Nothing, nada. And

Re: dhcpd related issue - not giving up

2009-11-02 Thread Dánielisz László
Thank you for your advice, I tried to restart dhcpd a few times and I also tried about 10+ dhcpd.conf-s. Right now it's reinstalling the port. From: Tim Judd To: Dánielisz László Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Mon, November 2, 2009 5:16:58 PM Subject

How to set up WEP network on 8.0 in rc.conf?

2009-11-02 Thread Yuri
I use this working script to start WEP network: ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 ifconfig wlan0 ssid "xyz abc" weptxkey 1 deftxkey 1 wepmode on wepkey 0xXX up dhcpcd wlan0 How do I write an equivalent line into rc.conf? Section 31.3.3.1.4 in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbo

Re: anybody manage to get Xorg to work with LG flat panel W2361

2009-11-02 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 12:47:47PM -0400, PJ wrote: > I have posted to Xorg, but I find this list most reassuring and > competent ;-) > I have searched the web, followed the instructions in the manual, the > man pages and suggestions on the web. > Nothing, nada. And I see there is a lot of frustrat

Re: Eclipse & Java 1.5

2009-11-02 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 10:03:30AM -0600, Adam Vande More typed: > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Alex Huth wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I want to change my laptop system from Debian to FreeBSD. After installing > > 8.0 > > RC2 in a virtual machine i have tried to install eclipse and changed the > >

anybody manage to get Xorg to work with LG flat panel W2361

2009-11-02 Thread PJ
I have posted to Xorg, but I find this list most reassuring and competent ;-) I have searched the web, followed the instructions in the manual, the man pages and suggestions on the web. Nothing, nada. And I see there is a lot of frustration out there and not solutions discernible. I can post the co

RE: issues with email migration

2009-11-02 Thread David Patton
Yes sir, I added them to the rc.conf, changed the links to point where I wanted them and rebooted, same issues. I cant waste anymore time with what I wanted to do. I will leave /mail on the nfs share and just build a new server. I have 2 days and hopefully I will keep my job. Wish me luck... -

Re: dhcpd related issue - not giving up

2009-11-02 Thread Tim Judd
On 11/2/09, Dánielisz László wrote: > I tried about 10 conf, here is the actual one: > > # cat /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf > authoritative; > ddns-update-style none; > > subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { > option routers 192.168.1.1; > > > pool { >option domain-name-servers cn

Re: issues with email migration

2009-11-02 Thread Tim Judd
On 11/2/09, David Patton wrote: > This morning, I tried adding this to rc.conf and moved my link for /www from > local to the nfs . > > rpc_lockd_enable="YES" > rpc_statd_enable="YES" Adding them alone just tells the system at startup to start these. > > and I experienced the same i

Re: Eclipse & Java 1.5

2009-11-02 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Alex Huth wrote: > Hi! > > I want to change my laptop system from Debian to FreeBSD. After installing > 8.0 > RC2 in a virtual machine i have tried to install eclipse and changed the > Java > version in the makefile to 1.5, but it still want to install the 1.6 jdk.

Eclipse & Java 1.5

2009-11-02 Thread Alex Huth
Hi! I want to change my laptop system from Debian to FreeBSD. After installing 8.0 RC2 in a virtual machine i have tried to install eclipse and changed the Java version in the makefile to 1.5, but it still want to install the 1.6 jdk. I need the 1.5 version for several reasons, for example VPN ac

Re: command to dump entire server config

2009-11-02 Thread Mark Powell
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, Greg Larkin wrote: Check out the SysInfo script - I think that's what you saw: http://bit.ly/bkHb0 That's the fella. Cheers. -- Mark Powell - UNIX System Administrator - The University of Salford Information & Learning Services, Clifford Whitworth Building, Salford Unive

Re: command to dump entire server config

2009-11-02 Thread Mark Powell
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, APseudoUtopia wrote: On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Mark Powell wrote: Hi,  I seem to recall a command was added recently to FreeBSD which provides a dump of the entire server config, in one go.  A google for this yields nothing.  Anyone tell me this timesaving command?  C

Re: command to dump entire server config

2009-11-02 Thread Greg Larkin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Powell wrote: > Hi, > I seem to recall a command was added recently to FreeBSD which > provides a dump of the entire server config, in one go. > A google for this yields nothing. > Anyone tell me this timesaving command? > Cheers. > Hi M

Re: command to dump entire server config

2009-11-02 Thread APseudoUtopia
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Mark Powell wrote: > Hi, >  I seem to recall a command was added recently to FreeBSD which provides a > dump of the entire server config, in one go. >  A google for this yields nothing. >  Anyone tell me this timesaving command? >  Cheers. > Maybe dump(8) is what y

RE: issues with email migration

2009-11-02 Thread David Patton
This morning, I tried adding this to rc.conf and moved my link for /www from local to the nfs . rpc_lockd_enable="YES" rpc_statd_enable="YES" and I experienced the same issues I had before. It would seem that postfix and other assorted mail programs have no issue with accessing /mail on an nfs sh

Re: dhcpd related issue - not giving up

2009-11-02 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 283, Issue 2, Message: 4 On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 02:04:31 -0800 (PST) Dánielisz László wrote: > Sorry, I misspell it, (192.168.1.1) at 00:13:8f:86:2f:64 on rl1 > permanent [ethernet] <- actually this is my rl1 interface on BSD Ok. Chomping heavily .. I've just rev

command to dump entire server config

2009-11-02 Thread Mark Powell
Hi, I seem to recall a command was added recently to FreeBSD which provides a dump of the entire server config, in one go. A google for this yields nothing. Anyone tell me this timesaving command? Cheers. -- Mark Powell - UNIX System Administrator - The University of Salford Information

LinkedIn Messages, 11/02/2009

2009-11-02 Thread LinkedIn Communication
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Re: dhcpd related issue - not giving up

2009-11-02 Thread Dánielisz László
I tried about 10 conf, here is the actual one: # cat /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf authoritative; ddns-update-style none; subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { option routers 192.168.1.1; pool { option domain-name-servers cns01.hdsnet.hu; max-lease-time 300;

Re: dhcpd related issue - not giving up

2009-11-02 Thread Dánielisz László
Sorry, I misspell it, (192.168.1.1) at 00:13:8f:86:2f:64 on rl1 permanent [ethernet] <- actually this is my rl1 interface on BSD From: Liontaur To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Mon, November 2, 2009 3:24:10 AM Subject: Re: dhcpd related issue - not givi