Re: no sshd on new server...

2009-11-15 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 01:00:14AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:49:33 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > ok, i have my new server-to-be underway but having problems exec'ing > > /usr/sbin/sshd. i can ssh out to existing computers, but cannot ssh > > or scp stuff in

Re: no sshd on new server...

2009-11-15 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 01:57:18AM +0200, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > ok, i have my new server-to-be underway but having problems exec'ing > > /usr/sbin/sshd. i can ssh out to existing computers, but cannot ssh > > or scp stuff in. so my question is: how do i creat

Re: Bad Blocks... Should I RMA?

2009-11-15 Thread Matthew Seaman
Lowell Gilbert wrote: "Ronald F. Guilmette" writes: Nov 15 15:24:17 coredump kernel: ad4: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 error=40 LBA=256230591 This is *not* necessarily a big deal, despite what your other response told you. Errors on reads do not mean that your drive's bad-sector table is f

Re: Partition naming, fstab, and geli

2009-11-15 Thread David Allen
On 11/15/09, Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:23:15 -0700, David Allen wrote: >> 1. The Handbook suggests there is a convention that when partitioning >> a a drive that's been added, to label the first new partition on that >> drive as 'e' as opposed to 'a' (which is reserved for the /roo

Re: Bad Blocks... Should I RMA?

2009-11-15 Thread Matthew Seaman
Lowell Gilbert wrote: "Ronald F. Guilmette" writes: Nov 15 15:24:17 coredump kernel: ad4: FAILURE - READ_DMA status=51 error=40 LBA=256230591 This is *not* necessarily a big deal, despite what your other response told you. Errors on reads do not mean that your drive's bad-sector table is f

Re: Default cannot install 8.0 rc2 in mobo P5QL-EM Hello, I am trying to install FreeBSD 8.0 rc2 on mobo ASUS P5QL-EM, but under the boot of the install dvd I get this run_interrupt_driven_hooks: sti

2009-11-15 Thread Uwe Laverenz
vuthecuong schrieb: Hello, I am trying to install FreeBSD 8.0 rc2 on mobo ASUS P5QL-EM, but under the boot of the install dvd I get this run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for xpt_config and then 120, 180 etc. Anyone know whats wrong? thanks If there is a firewire p

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-15 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:21:28 +0200, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Just the fact that I now have to edit an xml file to simply add a Greek keyboard layout is annoying enough. The fact that annoys me is that configuration seems to have disassembled into several

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-15 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:49:04 +0200, Manolis Kiagias wrote: By the way Xorg configuration becomes more and more elusive. Initially, DontZap was enough. Then it had no effect at all and the fdi file was needed. Now seems both are needed. What's next? If t

Default cannot install 8.0 rc2 in mobo P5QL-EM Hello, I am trying to install FreeBSD 8.0 rc2 on mobo ASUS P5QL-EM, but under the boot of the install dvd I get this run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still w

2009-11-15 Thread vuthecuong
Hello, I am trying to install FreeBSD 8.0 rc2 on mobo ASUS P5QL-EM, but under the boot of the install dvd I get this run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for xpt_config and then 120, 180 etc. Anyone know whats wrong? thanks -- View this message in context: http://old.na

Re: Partition naming, fstab, and geli

2009-11-15 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:23:15 -0700, David Allen wrote: > 1. The Handbook suggests there is a convention that when partitioning a a > drive that's been added, to label the first new partition on that drive as > 'e' as opposed to 'a' (which is reserved for the /root partition). Does > the followin

Partition naming, fstab, and geli

2009-11-15 Thread David Allen
Say I have performed a standard installation of FreeBSD onto a single IDE drive with the following entries in /etc/fstab: /dev/ad0s1b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/ad0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/ad0s1d /var ufs rw 2 2 /dev/ad0s1e /tmp ufs rw 2 2 /dev/ad0s1f /usr u

Re: bash prompt update lagging

2009-11-15 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:14:25 -0500, "Michael P. Soulier" wrote: > \[\033[1;32m\]\[\033[0;36m\]\u\[\033[1;32...@\[\033[0;36m\]\h\[\033[1;32m\]:\[\033[0;37m\]${SHORT_PWD}\[\033[1;32m\]$\[\033[0;37m\] > I'm wondering if this is a bash bug on bsd, or if I'm doing something wrong. Your PS1 seems

Re: No /dev/da0

2009-11-15 Thread Frank Shute
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 07:11:14PM +0100, Sabine Baer wrote: > > > Hello, > I am writing to this list because I haven't found anything that helps > me in the 'web' nor in usenet. > First I have to apologize for my bad english and mey bad knowing of > what I'm doing with FreeBSD, I am not a 'hacker

bash prompt update lagging

2009-11-15 Thread Michael P. Soulier
Hi, I use the same bash config on Linux, FreeBSD and Cygwin, for the most part, and I just noticed that on my FreeBSD system the prompt is updating one command too late. r...@kanga:/root$ pwd /home/msoulier r...@kanga:~$ cd /root r...@kanga:~$ pwd /root r...@kanga:/root$ As you can see, the pro

Re: Bad Blocks... Should I RMA?

2009-11-15 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"Ronald F. Guilmette" writes: > Nov 15 15:24:17 coredump kernel: ad4: FAILURE - READ_DMA > status=51 error=40 LBA=256230591 This is *not* necessarily a big deal, despite what your other response told you. Errors on reads do not mean that your drive's bad-sector table is full; only errors on wr

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-15 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:21:28 +0200, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Just the fact that I now have to edit an xml file to simply add a Greek > keyboard layout is annoying enough. The fact that annoys me is that configuration seems to have disassembled into several parts that are not located in a central

Re: Bad Blocks... Should I RMA?

2009-11-15 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:06:55 -0800, "Ronald F. Guilmette" wrote: > So, the question is, should I: > > 1) RMA the drive back to Seagate? Yes. > 2) Somehow try to lock-out the bad sector(s)? (If so, how?) > [...] > If it was failing all over the place (and on multiple blocks), th

Re: no sshd on new server...

2009-11-15 Thread Jon Radel
Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:49:33 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: ok, i have my new server-to-be underway but having problems exec'ing /usr/sbin/sshd. i can ssh out to existing computers, but cannot ssh or scp stuff in. so my question is: how do i create

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-15 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:49:04 +0200, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> By the way Xorg configuration becomes more and more elusive. Initially, >> DontZap was enough. Then it had no effect at all and the fdi file was >> needed. Now seems both are needed. What's next? >> > > If

Re: how to do a custom install?

2009-11-15 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 08:59:32PM +1100, David Rawling wrote: > -Original Message- > From: Gary Kline > Sent: Sun 15/11/2009 8:03 PM > > > due to strange disk problems i was down for around 30 hours. i am > currently wiping dos/win off in favor of 7.2-R and i have a questio

Bad Blocks... Should I RMA?

2009-11-15 Thread Ronald F. Guilmette
In one of my systems, I've got a Seagate SATA 500GB drive (ST3500320AS) which is actually not very old... purchased 12/11/2008. It's never given me any problems, but just a few minutes ago, while compiling a small C program, I got a set of three irrecoverable errors in quick succession... apparen

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-15 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:49:04 +0200, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > By the way Xorg configuration becomes more and more elusive. Initially, > DontZap was enough. Then it had no effect at all and the fdi file was > needed. Now seems both are needed. What's next? If this continues, I'll run my 5.4-p8 work

Re: no sshd on new server...

2009-11-15 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:49:33 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > ok, i have my new server-to-be underway but having problems exec'ing > /usr/sbin/sshd. i can ssh out to existing computers, but cannot ssh > or scp stuff in. so my question is: how do i create > /etc/ssh/ssh_host

Re: no sshd on new server...

2009-11-15 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Gary Kline wrote: > ok, i have my new server-to-be underway but having problems exec'ing > /usr/sbin/sshd. i can ssh out to existing computers, but cannot ssh > or scp stuff in. so my question is: how do i create > /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key ? checking around does no good

no sshd on new server...

2009-11-15 Thread Gary Kline
ok, i have my new server-to-be underway but having problems exec'ing /usr/sbin/sshd. i can ssh out to existing computers, but cannot ssh or scp stuff in. so my question is: how do i create /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key ? checking around does no good. tia fo

Re: Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-15 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > Many thanks to those who responded regarding my two questions. > > With regards to the CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE sequence and its ability > (or lack thereof) to cause an immediate shutdown of the X server... > well... I _did_ go and read the Handbook section that Manolis Kiagi

Re: weird save-entropy behaviour

2009-11-15 Thread Ed Jobs
On Monday 16 November 2009 00:58, Mel Flynn wrote: > Does the cron log (/var/log/cron) show that it was run as operator around > the time it started? > /usr/sbin/cron[47350]: (operator) CMD (/usr/libexec/save-entropy) > > Even if it wasn't, I don't see a reason for such a buildup. Unlesssince

Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 284, Issue 11

2009-11-15 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
James Phillips wrote: >> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:29:59 -0600 >> From: CyberLeo Kitsana >> Subject: [FreeBSD Questions] Filesystem image as root >> >> The single IDE connector is accessible via the legacy ISA >> ports, and is >> thus limited to PIO modes (about 1.6MB/sec max, even with >> an actu

Trivial questions about CNTL-ALT-DEL and CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE

2009-11-15 Thread Ronald F. Guilmette
Many thanks to those who responded regarding my two questions. With regards to the CNTL-ALT-BACKSPACE sequence and its ability (or lack thereof) to cause an immediate shutdown of the X server... well... I _did_ go and read the Handbook section that Manolis Kiagias kindly posted a link to, and I h

Re: weird save-entropy behaviour

2009-11-15 Thread Mel Flynn
On Sunday 15 November 2009 23:38:10 Ed Jobs wrote: > On Monday 16 November 2009 00:12, Mel Flynn wrote: > > Did the operator uid change or perhaps shared with another uid? > > Check both `id operator` and `id 2`. > > > > Secondly, why did this stop? Seems like a weird question to ask, but > > since

Re: weird save-entropy behaviour

2009-11-15 Thread Ed Jobs
On Monday 16 November 2009 00:12, Mel Flynn wrote: > > Did the operator uid change or perhaps shared with another uid? > Check both `id operator` and `id 2`. > > Secondly, why did this stop? Seems like a weird question to ask, but since > this script is supposed to run every 11 minutes, there sho

Re: weird save-entropy behaviour

2009-11-15 Thread Mel Flynn
On Sunday 15 November 2009 17:30:02 Ed Jobs wrote: > Yesterday, i noticed a very weird behaviour on my computer (which is > running 8.0-RC3 btw. > The shells were not responding and the load was insane, and constantly > going up. At the time i managed to lock myself out, the load was 84 and > gro

Re: Re: diskless - NFS root mount problem

2009-11-15 Thread Mario Pavlov
Hi Tim, thanks a lot for your answer, I'll try that out tomorrow. cheers, mgp > > >Please compare my working configuration to yours to check. I found >lots of odd problems in your post and I thought it'd be best to just >run with this clean slate. > >Network config: > One low-power PC

Re: diskless - NFS root mount problem

2009-11-15 Thread Tim Judd
Please compare my working configuration to yours to check. I found lots of odd problems in your post and I thought it'd be best to just run with this clean slate. Network config: One low-power PC Engines ALIX board running as the NFS server, with a microdrive partitioned off for it's own syst

Re: Produce identical packages for checksum comparison?

2009-11-15 Thread b. f.
On 11/15/09, Chris wrote: > b. f. wrote: >> Chris wrote: ... >> Even if you edited your >> filesystem or archives to change the timestamps of package files, the >> > I think that could be accomplished though the port makefiles. I think that the exact reproduction of whole archives will be probl

Re: how to do a custom install?

2009-11-15 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:03:03 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > anybody remember what keys to hit in the installation procedure? Let me access my brain... open(brain); Start installation which brings up sysinstall. Choose CUSTOM. First set up slice in FDISK, press 'd' to nuke 'em all, then 'c' to

Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 284, Issue 11

2009-11-15 Thread James Phillips
> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:29:59 -0600 > From: CyberLeo Kitsana > Subject: [FreeBSD Questions] Filesystem image as root > To: FreeBSD Questions > Cc: CyberLeo > Message-ID: <4aff67a7.6040...@cyberleo.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I have been thinking and experimentin

No /dev/da0

2009-11-15 Thread Sabine Baer
Hello, I am writing to this list because I haven't found anything that helps me in the 'web' nor in usenet. First I have to apologize for my bad english and mey bad knowing of what I'm doing with FreeBSD, I am not a 'hacker' but just a user. Well my problem is mounting my digital camera. If I rem

weird save-entropy behaviour

2009-11-15 Thread Ed Jobs
Greetings. Yesterday, i noticed a very weird behaviour on my computer (which is running 8.0-RC3 btw. The shells were not responding and the load was insane, and constantly going up. At the time i managed to lock myself out, the load was 84 and growing (i have a screenshot if anyone is intereste

Re: Produce identical packages for checksum comparison?

2009-11-15 Thread Chris
b. f. wrote: Chris wrote: I'm also thinking of building a simple checksum database to track what actually changes and what my options were when I compiled it. It would allow me to better make regression decisions. I could also be free to delete packages and know if I recompile it later th

Re: how to do a custom install?

2009-11-15 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 08:59:32PM +1100, David Rawling wrote: > -Original Message- > From: Gary Kline > Sent: Sun 15/11/2009 8:03 PM > > > due to strange disk problems i was down for around 30 hours. i am > currently wiping dos/win off in favor of 7.2-R and i have a questi

Re: rc.subr patch to set FIB to demon

2009-11-15 Thread Matthew Seaman
Коньков Евгений wrote: Hello, . Link to news: http://www.kes.net.ua/softdev/fib_patch.html rc.subr.patch - 2c2 < # $FreeBSD: src/etc/rc.subr,v 1.77.2.1.2.1 2008/11/25 02:59:29 kensmith Exp $ --- # $FreeBSD: src/etc/rc.subr,v 1.77.2.1 2008/05/12 07:29:03 mtm Exp $ 605d604 < 664a6

Re: how to do a custom install?

2009-11-15 Thread Michael Powell
Gary Kline wrote: > > due to strange disk problems i was down for around 30 hours. i am > currently wiping dos/win off in favor of 7.2-R and i have a question > about doing a "custom" install that would let me slice the drive into > more that four pieces. > > i am building, by default, > > /,

RE: how to do a custom install?

2009-11-15 Thread David Rawling
-Original Message- From: Gary Kline Sent: Sun 15/11/2009 8:03 PM due to strange disk problems i was down for around 30 hours. i am currently wiping dos/win off in favor of 7.2-R and i have a question about doing a "custom" install that would let me slice the driv

diskless - NFS root mount problem

2009-11-15 Thread Mario Pavlov
Hi, I'm trying to setup diskless operation between my FreeBSD desktop (server) and my laptop (client) I have NFS_ROOT and all other necessary options compiled into my kernel, I have this in /etc/exports: == / -ro -maproot=r

how to do a custom install?

2009-11-15 Thread Gary Kline
due to strange disk problems i was down for around 30 hours. i am currently wiping dos/win off in favor of 7.2-R and i have a question about doing a "custom" install that would let me slice the drive into more that four pieces. i am building, by default,