freebsd bootloader / boot0cfg and multiple disks?

2010-12-19 Thread Henrik Hudson
I'm trying to get the FreeBSD boot loader to to boot off multiple disks, but I can't seem to get it to see my 3rd disk. FreeBSD 8.2-PRE amd64; stock kernel with sound card, ahci and PF added disk layout: ada0: freebsd main install (/, /tmp, /var, /usr, /home, swap) ada1: freebsd data disk ada2: w

use of menus crashes Firefox?

2010-12-19 Thread Keith Seyffarth
After updating gtk following (and most other ports) following the instructions in UPDATING, Firefox now crashes if I click on any menu. This includes the menus such as "file," "edit," and "help" in the main menu bar as well as right-clicking or clicking a menu from an extension. So far I have tri

Re: FBSD 8: custom kernel config ends boot at "mountroot>". Plz. help!

2010-12-19 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010, Frank Shute wrote: If you're going to use a custom kernel, copy GENERIC, edit it and save it as your kernel conf. Then when you run into trouble with your custom kernel you can post a diff(1) between it and GENERIC. Then it's easy to see what you've enabled/disabled, left-o

Re: FBSD 8: custom kernel config ends boot at "mountroot>". Plz. help!

2010-12-19 Thread Frank Shute
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 05:11:58AM -0800, Rob wrote: > > > Hi, > > My system boots fine with the GENERIC kernel on FreeBSD 8.0 > > I made a custom kernel, but the boot process then ends with the > > mountroot> > > error and prompt. > > Apparently something is wrong with my kernel config file.

Re: FBSD 8: custom kernel config ends boot at "mountroot>". Plz. help!

2010-12-19 Thread perryh
Rob wrote: > My system boots fine with the GENERIC kernel on FreeBSD 8.0 > I made a custom kernel, but the boot process then ends with the > mountroot> > error and prompt. One thing to try is entering ? there, to produce a list of recognized filesystems. Comparing that list with what you expecte

Re: FBSD Realtime

2010-12-19 Thread Brandon Gooch
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Da Rock wrote: > In light of the significant spam of late, it occurs to me that my former > subject line may have been a little sparse... :) > > On 12/19/10 14:32, Da Rock wrote: >> >> I can't seem to get my head on straight with the realtime scheduling in >> FBSD

Re: Website Feedback

2010-12-19 Thread Chris Rees
On 19 December 2010 17:32, Ez Javachat wrote: > Hello, >   We love Free BSD.. is there any way that you can add a live chat room on > the website so that developers a like can chat live?  Our java irc client is > located at ezjavachat.com and our servers all run Free BSD!  It's very simple > to

IPv6 Unkown header extension

2010-12-19 Thread Paul Koene
L.S., every once in a while I see the following messages filling the logs on my FreeBSD installations: IPFW2: IPV6 - Unknown Extension Header(128), ext_hd=0 I am somewhat curious why this message occurs. Did I configure something wrong, Is there an implementation defect in an existing ipv6 stac

Re: Strange error

2010-12-19 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 18:57:39 +0100, "Jack Raats" wrote: > I have a strange error. > > Normally when you compile the complete system, the first line > of /etc/motd is being adjusted telling you the time and version > you just compiled. > On one server this is not being done. > What is the problem.

Strange error

2010-12-19 Thread Jack Raats
I have a strange error. Normally when you compile the complete system, the first line of /etc/motd is being adjusted telling you the time and version you just compiled. On one server this is not being done. What is the problem. Which programm adjust the motd file when compiling? Thanks Jack ___

Re: Portmaster recursion problem

2010-12-19 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 19/12/2010 17:03, Ron (Lists) wrote: > ===>>> Launching child to update devel/autoconf > devel/autoconf >> perl-5.8.9_3 >> apache-2.2.17 >> devel/autoconf >> > perl-5.8.9_3 >> apache-2.2.17 >> devel/autoconf >> perl-5.8.9_3 >> > apache-2.2.17 >> devel/autoconf >> perl-5.8.9_3 >> apache-2.2.1

Portmaster recursion problem

2010-12-19 Thread Ron (Lists)
I recently switched from using portupgrade to portmaster and am having an odd problem upgrading. When I run 'portmaster apache' I get this recursion problem: ===>>> Port directory: /usr/ports/www/apache22 ===>>> Starting check for build dependencies ===>>> Gathering dependency list for www/apac

Re: Unable to extract audio cd tracks

2010-12-19 Thread David Demelier
On 19/12/2010 15:41, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:41:50 +0100, David Demelier wrote: Thanks, The handbook says we must `taste' the media, it works but it prints a warning mark...@melon ~ $ dd if=/dev/acd0 of=/dev/null count=1 dd: /dev/acd0: Invalid argument 0+0 records in 0+0 rec

Re: Unable to extract audio cd tracks

2010-12-19 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:41:50 +0100, David Demelier wrote: > Thanks, > > The handbook says we must `taste' the media, it works but it prints a > warning > > mark...@melon ~ $ dd if=/dev/acd0 of=/dev/null count=1 > dd: /dev/acd0: Invalid argument > 0+0 records in > 0+0 records out > 0 bytes tran

Re: Realtime

2010-12-19 Thread RW
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:32:42 +1000 Da Rock wrote: > I can't seem to get my head on straight with the realtime scheduling > in FBSD despite all my googling. Can someone give me a pointer to the > latest info? As far as I can tell FBSD has it, but only root(?) can > use it? > > I'm interested in

Re: Unable to extract audio cd tracks

2010-12-19 Thread David Demelier
On 13/12/2010 23:29, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:54:40 +0100, David Demelier wrote: Hi, Reading this http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/creating-cds.html I would try to extract my files from my optical drive. (I don't have atapicam but if I understand well it's only needed for c

FBSD 8: custom kernel config ends boot at "mountroot>". Plz. help!

2010-12-19 Thread Rob
Hi, My system boots fine with the GENERIC kernel on FreeBSD 8.0 I made a custom kernel, but the boot process then ends with the mountroot> error and prompt. Apparently something is wrong with my kernel config file. Can somebody check it below and tell me what is wrong with my kernel config

Re: where are the handbooks?

2010-12-19 Thread RW
On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:11:21 -0800 per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Thanks. It would never have occurred to me to look for documentation > of the _base_ system in a _port_. The porter's handbook, maybe, but > the others? Seems to me like a POLA violation. The documentation isn't really a part o

Re: FBSD Realtime

2010-12-19 Thread Da Rock
In light of the significant spam of late, it occurs to me that my former subject line may have been a little sparse... :) On 12/19/10 14:32, Da Rock wrote: I can't seem to get my head on straight with the realtime scheduling in FBSD despite all my googling. Can someone give me a pointer to the