Re: Upgrading from 8.0-Release /

2010-09-21 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 09/22/2010 08:10 AM, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Dear all, > > >> Yes, start the upgrade from the beginning again. >> If this does not work and you don't intend to rollback from a previous >> update you may take a look at /var/db/freebsd-update and clean it out. >> > OK. I know now. At som

Re: Upgrading from 8.0-Release /

2010-09-21 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Dear all, > Yes, start the upgrade from the beginning again. > If this does not work and you don't intend to rollback from a previous > update you may take a look at /var/db/freebsd-update and clean it out. OK. I know now. At some point the system asks if changes look reasonable. I pressed y for

Re: Upgrading from 8.0-Release /

2010-09-21 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 09/21/2010 06:59 PM, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Hello, > > >> Sure you don't have a freebsd-update cron running which runs a the time >> just between executing freebsd-update -r 8.1-RELEASE + merging config >> files and executing freebsd-update install? >> I upgraded some boxes to 8.1 and did

Re: Software to SEND log files only?

2010-09-21 Thread Adam Vande More
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Bruce Cran wrote: > Most mail servers will block sendmail's connections from a dynamic IP: > the advantage to ssmtp is that it forwards mail to the ISP's server. > A small few, not most will do this IME. The larger issue is/was that some providers blocked port

Re: Software to SEND log files only?

2010-09-21 Thread Bruce Cran
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 15:16:35 -0500 Adam Vande More wrote: > That's pretty silly article if you ask me, sendmail is setup to that > by default. > > just add something like this to cron: > > uuencode /path/to/logfile logfile | mail -s "logfile" > yourem...@example.com Most mail servers will bloc

Re: FreeBSD 8.1 & Squid suggestions?

2010-09-21 Thread patrick
Hi Ed, For my office, I add IPFIREWALL_FORWARD into the kernel so that I can transparently route all HTTP traffic without any client configuration. My ipfw rule is: ipfw add 550 fwd 127.0.0.1,3128 tcp from ${int_net} to any 80 via ${int_if} Patrick On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Ed Flecko

Re: FreeBSD 8.1 & Squid suggestions?

2010-09-21 Thread Frank Bonnet
Hello No problem ! I use Squid on a proliant HP 360 with 2 Gb RAM and 100 Gb of disk cache. It serves our LAN clients ( approx 800 PCs ) without trouble with a standard kernel. Hope this help. Le 21/09/2010 21:41, Ed Flecko a écrit : Hi folks, I have a small group of people in my office (less

Re: man.cgi

2010-09-21 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 21/09/2010 18:50:21, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> "Lowell" == Lowell Gilbert >> writes: > > Lowell> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/www/en/cgi/man.cgi > > Wow. *Ancient* Perl code. I should contribute a rewrite to modern Perl. cvsweb.cgi or man.cgi? Or both? Cheers

Mailing list software recommendations

2010-09-21 Thread Ryan Coleman
I'm thinking about installing either ezmlm or mailman. I'm not against others; thoughts? -- Ryan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questi

compat4x broken in FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE?

2010-09-21 Thread Steve Polyack
Is anyone else having issues using compat4x / running FreeBSD 4 binaries on 8.1-RELEASE? I recently upgraded a system of mine from 8.0-RELEASE to 8.1-RELEASE, which seems to have broken compatibility with compat4x. The requisite package is installed (I even reinstalled it, but it appears to

回复: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 329, Issue 2

2010-09-21 Thread fengdreamer
原信息 主题: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 329, Issue 2 发件人: freebsd-questions-requ...@freebsd.org 日期: 2010/09/21 14:22 Send freebsd-questions mailing list submissions to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.freebsd.org/

Re: printcap

2010-09-21 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: Can somebody point me to some information about what to write into /etc/printcap on a FreeBSD machine for a Laserjet that is connected though CUPS on an OpenSolaris server? It's not clear how that printer is connected. If it's on the network itsel

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, C. P. Ghost wrote: On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Polytropon wrote: In that case, I would ask myself: Why hasn't it been done already? If your assumption was right, it would already work. As it currently does not work, I would check your assumption. :-) I don't know wh

Re: Software to SEND log files only?

2010-09-21 Thread Robert Bonomi
> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:56:13 -0700 > From: Ed Flecko > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Software to SEND log files only? > > According to the FreeBSD website > (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/outgoing-only.html), the easiest > way to send mail only is to install the mail/ssmt

Re: man.cgi

2010-09-21 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: "Lowell" == Lowell Gilbert writes: Lowell> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/www/en/cgi/man.cgi Wow. *Ancient* Perl code. I should contribute a rewrite to modern Perl. Careful--it's like eating potato chips. _

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From cpgh...@cordula.ws Tue Sep 21 12:34:21 2010 > Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:36:00 +0200 > Subject: Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer > From: "C. P. Ghost" > To: Polytropon > Cc: Robert Bonomi , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Polytropon wr

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From cpgh...@cordula.ws Mon Sep 20 19:40:36 2010 > Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:42:22 +0200 > Subject: Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer > From: "C. P. Ghost" > To: Robert Bonomi > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Robert Bonomi w= > rote: >

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread David Brodbeck
I think conspiracy theories miss the point. The reason more printers work on Windows than on FreeBSD is if you don't support Windows, you can't sell printers to 92% of computer users. This is an extremely powerful incentive to spend money on writing Windows drivers. The financial incentive is no

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Bill Tillman
I once used an inkjet printer and almost went broke keeping it fed with ink. I found a refurbished Brother HL-2040 Laser printer at Tiger Direct for $89. It's been running now for almost 3 years and I'm only on my second toner cartridge. To be honest, we're all on a big paperless effort and I ra

Re: FreeBSD 8.1 & Squid suggestions?

2010-09-21 Thread Ed Flecko
Thanks Dennis! These are config options you've changed within the squid.conf file??? Can you give me some specifics as to what you changed and why you changed it? Thank you, Ed ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mai

Re: Software to SEND log files only?

2010-09-21 Thread Len Conrad
-- Original Message -- From: Ed Flecko Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:56:13 -0700 >According to the FreeBSD website >(http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/outgoing-only.html), the easiest >way to send mail only is to install the mail/ssmtp port. > >Does anyone h

Re: Software to SEND log files only?

2010-09-21 Thread Adam Vande More
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Ed Flecko wrote: > According to the FreeBSD website > (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/outgoing-only.html), the easiest > way to send mail only is to install the mail/ssmtp port. > > Does anyone have an example of a script or other method (maybe a cron > scrip

Re: printcap

2010-09-21 Thread Ed Flecko
Dick, I'm not sure if this will help you, but here's what I did on my network to print directly to an HP LaserJet on my LAN. Pick a name (and a few convenient aliases) for the printer, and put them in the /etc/printcap file. hp|officehp:\ :sh:\ :rm=192.168.1.50:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/officehp:\ :mx

Software to SEND log files only?

2010-09-21 Thread Ed Flecko
According to the FreeBSD website (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/outgoing-only.html), the easiest way to send mail only is to install the mail/ssmtp port. Does anyone have an example of a script or other method (maybe a cron script?) that would e-mail my log files to me daily? Thank you, Ed

Re: Media Packages Vs. Ports

2010-09-21 Thread Adam Vande More
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 11:41 AM, wrote: > Hi all, > > I am performing PXE boots and automated installs of FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE > with a custom sysinstall.cfg file which identifies packages that are to be > installed in addition to the distributions. We have need to install > compat6x-amd64 and I'

FreeBSD 8.1 & Squid suggestions?

2010-09-21 Thread Ed Flecko
Hi folks, I have a small group of people in my office (less than 20), and I want to set up a FBSD/Squid server, and I'm hoping someone might have some suggestions for the install. It's a clean install of FBSD 8.1, and the sole purpose of the server is a Squid server. The server has a 500Gb SATA ha

printcap

2010-09-21 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
Can somebody point me to some information about what to write into /etc/printcap on a FreeBSD machine for a Laserjet that is connected though CUPS on an OpenSolaris server? Linux/Windows computers automatically "see" this printer because it is "broadcasted", but my FreeBSD computers do not an

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Jerry wrote: > On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:47:27 +0200 > Polytropon articulated: > >> On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:36:00 +0200, "C. P. Ghost" >> wrote: >> > > At the moment there was a program (or any other kind of >> > > facility) that makes Winprinters accessible by *ANY*

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:47:27 +0200 Polytropon articulated: > On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:36:00 +0200, "C. P. Ghost" > wrote: > > > At the moment there was a program (or any other kind of > > > facility) that makes Winprinters accessible by *ANY* OS (not > > > only FreeBSD, but maybe all BSDs and Linu

Re: Intel video Driver

2010-09-21 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth jorge espada on Tuesday, 21 September 2010: > Hi, I installed freebsd 8.1 (gnome) on a dell vostro 3300 (i5), but the > screen resolution is 800x600, when the right is 1366x768, is there any > driver for VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor > Integrated Graphics Control

Re: man.cgi

2010-09-21 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Lowell" == Lowell Gilbert > writes: Lowell> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/www/en/cgi/man.cgi Wow. *Ancient* Perl code. I should contribute a rewrite to modern Perl. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 http://www.stonehenge.com/m

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:36:00 +0200, "C. P. Ghost" wrote: > > At the moment there was a program (or any other kind of > > facility) that makes Winprinters accessible by *ANY* OS (not > > only FreeBSD, but maybe all BSDs and Linusi and Solaris and > > who knows what else), MICROS~1 would start viole

Re: man.cgi

2010-09-21 Thread Ben GUILLER
Thank you very much, that was what I was looking for. 2010/9/21 Lowell Gilbert > Ben GUILLER writes: > > > I am making an online man, and I would like to know where could I find > the > > man.cgi script, in order to use it. > > Could you help me to find it ? > > > > Try: > > http://www.freebsd.

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:42:22 +0200, "C. P. Ghost" wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Robert Bonomi >> wrote: >> Is that really so? How about writing some emulation shim like ndis(4) for >> winprinters? Please correct me if I'm wrong,

Media Packages Vs. Ports

2010-09-21 Thread vrwmiller
Hi all, I am performing PXE boots and automated installs of FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE with a custom sysinstall.cfg file which identifies packages that are to be installed in addition to the distributions. We have need to install compat6x-amd64 and I'd like to have this done during install. Unfo

Re: Upgrading from 8.0-Release /

2010-09-21 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, > Sure you don't have a freebsd-update cron running which runs a the time > just between executing freebsd-update -r 8.1-RELEASE + merging config > files and executing freebsd-update install? > I upgraded some boxes to 8.1 and did not see this problem. No. Nothing automated. That's why I a

portsnap2.freebsd.org corrupt files

2010-09-21 Thread Francisco Reyes
portsnap fetch Looking up portsnap.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 5 mirrors found. Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap2.freebsd.org... done. Fetching snapshot metadata... done. Updating from Mon Sep 20 21:17:39 EDT 2010 to Tue Sep 21 10:05:03 EDT 2010. Fetching 1 metadata patches. done. Applying metadata

Re: man.cgi

2010-09-21 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Ben GUILLER writes: > I am making an online man, and I would like to know where could I find the > man.cgi script, in order to use it. > Could you help me to find it ? > Try: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/www/en/cgi/man.cgi ___ freebsd-questio

man.cgi

2010-09-21 Thread Ben GUILLER
Hello, I am making an online man, and I would like to know where could I find the man.cgi script, in order to use it. Could you help me to find it ? Regards ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: sysinstall with Fixit option and RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot caused kernel panic on Vmware machine!

2010-09-21 Thread Indexer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21/09/2010, at 7:29 PM, Phan Quoc Hien wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I followed tut at http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/ to install > FreeBSD Root on ZFS using GPT on my VMWARE virtual machine. > When I go to step "Install FreeBSD to zroo

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:16:21 -0700, Robert wrote: > A couple of years ago I got very tired of buying ink cartridges. I > search and found the Samsung scx-4725fn for a very good price. Laser, > network, all-in-one. It is not color but that was not a requirement for > me. > > Just hook it up to the

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:37:22 -0400, Jerry wrote: > The bottom line is that installing and running a printer on a Window's > machine is usually far easier than on a *nix variation. Even sharing a > printer on a network in a Windows environment is simpler. But much more expensive, and especially if

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:58:58 -0400, Jerry wrote: > The cheapest multi-function laser recommended by you is the Phaser > 6128MFP, an obviously loss-loser. The next version is $1500. I can buy > a lot of ink for that. I agree that a laser printer is fine for a > business environment; however, it wou

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:42:22 +0200, "C. P. Ghost" wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Robert Bonomi > wrote: > Is that really so? How about writing some emulation shim like ndis(4) for > winprinters? Please correct me if I'm wrong, as I'm not a Windows systems > programmer, but this is wha

Re: Upgrading from 8.0-Release /

2010-09-21 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 09/21/2010 05:01 PM, Bas Smeelen wrote: > On 09/21/2010 03:05 PM, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I hope you can advise. According to >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html >> >> once mergemaster is completed, I shoul

Re: Upgrading from 8.0-Release /

2010-09-21 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 09/21/2010 03:05 PM, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Dear all, > > I hope you can advise. According to > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html > > once mergemaster is completed, I should issue "freebsd-update install". > > However, when I do

Intel video Driver

2010-09-21 Thread jorge espada
Hi, I installed freebsd 8.1 (gnome) on a dell vostro 3300 (i5), but the screen resolution is 800x600, when the right is 1366x768, is there any driver for VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Thanks Jorge E

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Robert
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:58:58 -0400 Jerry wrote: > On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:16:16 +0200 > Svein Skogen (Listmail account) > articulated: > > > On 21.09.2010 13:37, Jerry wrote: > > > The bottom line is that installing and running a printer on a > > > Window's machine is usually far easier than on

Re: apache22 and threads

2010-09-21 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Michael Powell wrote: > Victor Sudakov wrote: > > [snip] [...] > > The prefork mpm without threads and mod_php is a safe bet for a server that > will not be hitting the wall, traffic volume-wise. > Yeah well php sucks in any case, for many reasons that are OT to t

Upgrading from 8.0-Release /

2010-09-21 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Dear all, I hope you can advise. According to http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html once mergemaster is completed, I should issue "freebsd-update install". However, when I do this, I get: # freebsd-update install No updates are availabl

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:16:16 +0200 Svein Skogen (Listmail account) articulated: > On 21.09.2010 13:37, Jerry wrote: > > The bottom line is that installing and running a printer on a > > Window's machine is usually far easier than on a *nix variation. > > Even sharing a printer on a network in a W

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Svein Skogen (Listmail account)
On 21.09.2010 13:37, Jerry wrote: > The bottom line is that installing and running a printer on a Window's > machine is usually far easier than on a *nix variation. Even sharing a > printer on a network in a Windows environment is simpler. Actually ... no. Unless you are talking about the "keep HP

Re: wireless networking

2010-09-21 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:12:45 -0500 William Kindler articulated: > > -- I have 2 wireless adapter that I am able to use for my system. One > is a usb device, a D-Link DWA130, and the other is a PCI device, a > Netgear WN311T. I can find no information about Linux or UNIX > support, or drivers for

Re: The nightmarish problem of installing a printer

2010-09-21 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:42:22 +0200 C. P. Ghost articulated: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Robert Bonomi > wrote: > > "Adapting"  MS-Windows print drivers is not 'practical' either.  A > > windows print driver is embedd in the O/S KERNEL,  with _system_ > > calls_ (not mere 'library' routine

Samba32 in jail (NetBIOS workgroup)

2010-09-21 Thread Kalle Møller
Hi I'm trying to get samba to work in a jail (made with ezjail and alias ip). Port installed only with WINS marked in config. I can get samba up and running, I can get a client to connect login, view files etc. My problem is that my WD TV Live can't connect directly, it uses something where it loo

sysinstall with Fixit option and RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot caused kernel panic on Vmware machine!

2010-09-21 Thread Phan Quoc Hien
Hi everyone! I followed tut at http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/ to install FreeBSD Root on ZFS using GPT on my VMWARE virtual machine. When I go to step "Install FreeBSD to zroot" kernel-panic appeared! My virtual machine detail: RAM: 512MB HDD: 10GB vmware workstation: 7.1.0 buil

Re: why is the PHP stuff line "off" by default in ports/lang/php5?

2010-09-21 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 329, Issue 2, Message: 14 On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:22:57 -0700 Rob Farmer wrote: > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 08:00, wrote: > > I think that response was not all that unreasonable. > > I'm not sure if you are referring to me or ale here. To ale@ I expect. Since

Re: apache22 and threads

2010-09-21 Thread Michael Powell
Victor Sudakov wrote: [snip] >> >> My thoughts are this matters depending upon which mpm you choose to build >> into apache. The default is prefork, and it handles incoming requests by >> spawning child processes. > > Do you mean to say "WITH_MPM=prefork" works exactly like apache13? > Essenti

Re: wireless networking

2010-09-21 Thread Maciej Milewski
On Tuesday 21 September 2010 04:12:45, William Kindler wrote: > -- I have 2 wireless adapter that I am able to use for my system. One is > a usb device, a D-Link DWA130, and the other is a PCI device, a Netgear > WN311T. I can find no information about Linux or UNIX support, or > drivers for either

Re: apache22 and threads

2010-09-21 Thread Victor Sudakov
Michael Powell wrote: > > > > When building apache22 from ports, would you recommend to enable or to > > disable threads support? > > > > Even more confusing is the fact that for ports/www/apache22 the default > > is: "Enable threads support in APR is off" (WITHOUT_THREADS=true) > > > > while fo

SpeedVoIP News 2010: VGSCLite Unblock your PC Dialer in UAE

2010-09-21 Thread Lynn
== == Software VGSCLite + Any brand softphone/dialer in UAE/Oman/Qatar/Africa = work fine! SpeedVoIP News 2010: VGSCLite--Seamless Integration with Legacy So

Re: dnsmasq, mfsBSD, status refused

2010-09-21 Thread Samuel Martín Moro
Hi, I tried to associate hostnames with IPs in the hosts file. And it worked... With my linux gate, declaring hosts (mac,ip,name,lease) in one line works perfectly... I don't understand why it won't with FreeBSD... Whatever, sorry for the disturbance :) Cheers, Samuel Martín Moro {EPITECH.}