RE: xclip

2010-01-02 Thread Charles Howse
> -Original Message- > From: Richard Mahlerwein [mailto:mahle...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 10:01 AM > To: Charles Howse > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: xclip > > >- Original Message > > >From: Thomas Adam

RE: xclip

2010-01-02 Thread Charles Howse
> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Chad Perrin > Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 12:04 PM > To: 'FreeBSD-Questions' > Subject: Re: xclip > > On Fri, Jan 01, 2010

RE: xclip

2010-01-01 Thread Charles Howse
> -Original Message- > From: Thomas Adam [mailto:thomas.ada...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 9:26 AM > To: Charles Howse > Cc: 'FreeBSD-Questions' > Subject: Re: xclip > > On Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 09:15:21AM -0600, Charles Howse wrote: >

RE: xclip

2010-01-01 Thread Charles Howse
> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Charles Howse > Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 9:15 AM > To: 'FreeBSD-Questions' > Subject: xclip > > Hi, > I have need f

xclip

2010-01-01 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I have need for a command-line tool to copy to the clipboard in FreeBSD 6.4. As in: command | xclip Looked at xclip and xclipboard - http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=xclip&stype=all I can't tell by the dependencies if this requires the X gui. I'm running command-line-only and DON'T

RE: Gnome desktop for 5 y/o

2009-12-08 Thread Charles Howse
> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of krad > Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 10:24 AM > To: Charles Howse > Cc: FreeBSD-Questions > Subject: Re: Gnome desktop for 5 y/o > &

RE: Gnome desktop for 5 y/o

2009-12-08 Thread Charles Howse
> -Original Message- > From: Adam Vande More [mailto:amvandem...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 8:56 AM > To: Charles Howse > Cc: FreeBSD-Questions > Subject: Re: Gnome desktop for 5 y/o > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Charles Howse > wr

RE: Gnome desktop for 5 y/o

2009-12-08 Thread Charles Howse
Hi ocean, thanks for the reply. Is there a browser that will work out of the box with flash? Most of the games the 5 y/o uses are flash-based. > -Original Message- > From: ocean [mailto:ocean_i...@yahoo.it] > Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 8:30 AM > To: Charles Howse &g

Gnome desktop for 5 y/o

2009-12-08 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I have a 6.4-STABLE machine running in command line only for my Apache webserver. I'm thinking of installing a Gnome desktop on it for my 5 y/o grandson and grown daughter to use so they won't be pestering me to use my pc. The 5 y/o won't need anything except Firefox, some disk-based games and

Re: mod_security 2.5.9

2009-08-10 Thread Charles Howse
On Aug 10, 2009, at 12:12 AM, Mel Flynn wrote: On Sunday 09 August 2009 18:31:55 Charles Howse wrote: On Aug 9, 2009, at 3:42 PM, Mel Flynn wrote: I've attached a patch that fixes the issue. Whoops, looks like I've stepped in over my head. Exactly how do I use this patch? cd

Re: mod_security 2.5.9

2009-08-09 Thread Charles Howse
On Aug 9, 2009, at 3:42 PM, Mel Flynn wrote: I've attached a patch that fixes the issue. Whoops, looks like I've stepped in over my head. Exactly how do I use this patch? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mai

Re: mod_security 2.5.9

2009-08-09 Thread Charles Howse
On Aug 8, 2009, at 11:38 PM, Mel Flynn wrote: On Saturday 08 August 2009 19:38:42 Charles Howse wrote: On Aug 8, 2009, at 11:36 AM, Mel Flynn wrote: On Saturday 08 August 2009 08:00:47 Charles Howse wrote: Just wondering if anyone has tried updating from mod_security 2.5.9 to 2.5.9_1 via

mod_security 2.5.9

2009-08-08 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, Just wondering if anyone has tried updating from mod_security 2.5.9 to 2.5.9_1 via portupgrade. It fails with a "linker error" for me. Stop in /usr/ports/www/mod_security. ** Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/bin/script -qa /tmp/ portupgrade20090808-74398-n3wtif-0 env UPGRADE_TOOL=portup

Re: Stale lock files

2009-06-27 Thread Charles Howse
On Jun 27, 2009, at 10:42 AM, Robert Huff wrote: Charles Howse writes: What are stale lock files? I've been having them for a few weeks now, they need to go away! r...@curly /root# portupgrade -a ** Stale lock file was found. Removed. ** Stale lock file was found. Removed. [..

Stale lock files

2009-06-27 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, What are stale lock files? I've been having them for a few weeks now, they need to go away! r...@curly /root# portupgrade -a ** Stale lock file was found. Removed. ** Stale lock file was found. Removed. [...] r...@curly /root# portversion -c ** Stale lock file was found. Removed. # # p5-Be

Re: Running Apache with as few modules as possible

2009-04-29 Thread Charles Howse
On Apr 29, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Tom Worster wrote: On 4/28/09 6:45 PM, "Adam Vandemore" wrote: OK, here we go: With Apache running on the development machine, modules commented as in my first post -- CPU: 0.8% user, 0.0% nice, 0.4% system, 0.8% interrupt, 98.1% idle Mem: 27M Active, 139M

Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer?

2009-04-29 Thread Charles Howse
On Apr 29, 2009, at 2:51 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 09:56:00AM -0300, Sergio de Almeida Lenzi wrote: hello Well, after all that said, I would like to post my modest oppinion based in experience from the market.. 1) The people who use FreeBSD, or other OS, (the

Re: Running Apache with as few modules as possible

2009-04-28 Thread Charles Howse
On Apr 28, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Tom Worster wrote: On 4/28/09 3:14 PM, "Charles Howse" wrote: Can anyone see anything that I've commented that I'll be sorry for? Can anyone suggest any more testing I should do? unfortunately i can't but i'd like to ask you

Running Apache with as few modules as possible

2009-04-28 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I ran across this web page the other day, and it seems like a reasonable choice for me (running on kinda low-end hardware). I have these modules in my config for my "development server", and I use the term loosely, it'

Re: Creating a custom install disk for Freebsd?

2009-04-12 Thread Charles Howse
On Apr 12, 2009, at 7:45 PM, Steve Lake wrote: Hi all. I'm looking at trying to create a custom install disk for Freebsd based off an existing install to make reinstallation quick and painless Hi Steve, FreeBSD's install can be scripted... Quoted from "BSD Hacks" by Dru Lavigne "Fr

Re: /usr/bin/calendar in cgi script

2009-04-12 Thread Charles Howse
m 'calendar' command: Modulore Training Media Hello world. Calling UNIX calendar program via PHP: On 4/11/09, Charles Howse wrote: On Apr 11, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Robert Huff wrote: Charles Howse writes: Now, when I run that script in a terminal, the output is

Re: /usr/bin/calendar in cgi script

2009-04-11 Thread Charles Howse
On Apr 11, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Robert Huff wrote: Charles Howse writes: Now, when I run that script in a terminal, the output is perfectly formatted, multiple lines (if there are multiple events on this date), date first, event, year. Just right. But, when I put that in an "in

/usr/bin/calendar in cgi script

2009-04-11 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I have a cgi script on my website that runs: /usr/bin/calendar -f /usr/share/calendar/calendar.history Now, when I run that script in a terminal, the output is perfectly formatted, multiple lines (if there are multiple events on this date), date first, event, year. Just right. But, wh

Re: mergemaster options

2009-04-06 Thread Charles Howse
On Apr 6, 2009, at 10:24 AM, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Charles Howse wrote: Actually, I wasn't asking about the CVS line with regard to mergemaster. I realize that mergemaster will stop and ask about any file in its list with a CVS line older than the new file. What I really want to kn

Re: mergemaster options

2009-04-06 Thread Charles Howse
On Apr 6, 2009, at 7:03 AM, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Charles Howse wrote: Hi, I'm upgrading form 4.6-RELEASE to 4.6-STABLE. When I get to the *second* run of mergemaster (after installworld), I'd be interested to hear the list's comments on using options to start mergemaster. Fo

Re: mergemaster options

2009-04-06 Thread Charles Howse
On Apr 6, 2009, at 5:43 AM, Charles Howse wrote: Hi, I'm upgrading form 4.6-RELEASE to 4.6-STABLE. So sorry...that should be from 6.4-RELEASE to 6.4-STABLE ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/lis

mergemaster options

2009-04-06 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I'm upgrading form 4.6-RELEASE to 4.6-STABLE. When I get to the *second* run of mergemaster (after installworld), I'd be interested to hear the list's comments on using options to start mergemaster. For example, have you had good luck with: mergemaster -i -u (install any files that don't

Re: WinPopUp type messages from FreeBSD to Mac OS X

2009-04-01 Thread Charles Howse
On Apr 1, 2009, at 3:15 PM, Terry wrote: Charles Howse wrote: Hi, Anyone know of a command-line program that will pop-up a window on my Mac with a message from FreeBSD? If you ever used earlier versions of Windows, there was 'net send' ('course, that was Windows to Windows

WinPopUp type messages from FreeBSD to Mac OS X

2009-04-01 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, Anyone know of a command-line program that will pop-up a window on my Mac with a message from FreeBSD? If you ever used earlier versions of Windows, there was 'net send' ('course, that was Windows to Windows). I'd like to find something that I can script to send a lan IM, for example:

Re: analyzing httpd-error.log

2009-03-30 Thread Charles Howse
On Mar 30, 2009, at 4:09 PM, Mel Flynn wrote: On Monday 30 March 2009 22:55:35 Charles Howse wrote: grep "$date" httpd-error.log | grep -v 192.168.254.254 | grep -v 192.168.254.3 > /root/err.log Using pcregrep, installed by devel/pcre, typically available on apache systems: pc

Re: analyzing httpd-error.log

2009-03-30 Thread Charles Howse
On Mar 30, 2009, at 3:11 PM, Mel Flynn wrote: On Sunday 29 March 2009 22:25:55 Charles Howse wrote: On Mar 29, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Glen Barber wrote: On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Charles Howse wrote: On Mar 28, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, Webalizer is doing what it&#

Re: analyzing httpd-error.log

2009-03-29 Thread Charles Howse
On Mar 29, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Glen Barber wrote: On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Charles Howse wrote: On Mar 28, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, Webalizer is doing what it's supposed to with httpd-access.log, but when I give it the error log to process is coughs, spit

Re: analyzing httpd-error.log

2009-03-29 Thread Charles Howse
On Mar 28, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, Webalizer is doing what it's supposed to with httpd-access.log, but when I give it the error log to process is coughs, spits and spills out errors with no data processed. My research hasn't turned up a good solution for webalizer and -e

analyzing httpd-error.log

2009-03-28 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I'm running 6.4-STABLE, Apache22, logwatch and Webalizer. Webalizer is doing what it's supposed to with httpd-access.log, but when I give it the error log to process is coughs, spits and spills out errors with no data processed. My research hasn't turned up a good solution for webalize

Re: Portsnap vs CSup

2009-03-19 Thread Charles Howse
On Mar 19, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Adam Vandemore wrote: freebsd-update is another matter though. Base system security updates are distributed via that channel(binary updates) so it's a good idea to run that regularly. I just noticed the description in the man page for freebsd-update: ..."Note

Re: Physical location of cvsup servers

2009-03-17 Thread Charles Howse
On Mar 17, 2009, at 9:31 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote: Charles Howse wrote: On Mar 17, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote: What do you want to achieve? fastest_cvsup will tell you addressing of the servers. You will have to contact those responsible for the IPs to see where they are

Re: Physical location of cvsup servers

2009-03-17 Thread Charles Howse
On Mar 17, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote: Charles Howse wrote: On Mar 17, 2009, at 7:31 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote: Don Read wrote: On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:50:46 -0500 Charles Howse said: Hi, Can anyone point me to a link that shows the physical location of the U.S. cvsup

Re: Physical location of cvsup servers

2009-03-17 Thread Charles Howse
On Mar 17, 2009, at 7:31 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote: Don Read wrote: On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:50:46 -0500 Charles Howse said: Hi, Can anyone point me to a link that shows the physical location of the U.S. cvsup servers? Not physical, but by wire time: localhost# fastest_cvsup -c us

Physical location of cvsup servers

2009-03-17 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, Can anyone point me to a link that shows the physical location of the U.S. cvsup servers? -- Thanks, Charles Things that make you say, Hmm... How fast do you have to go to keep up with the sun so you're never in darkness? ___ freebsd-qu

Re: portsnap ignores REFUSE directives

2009-03-16 Thread Charles Howse
On Mar 16, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Charles Howse wrote: On Mar 16, 2009, at 2:28 PM, RW wrote: On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:18:06 -0500 Charles Howse wrote: Hi, I just installed 6.4-RELEASE on the way to -STABLE. I chose NOT to install the ports during installation. I configured /etc/portsnap.conf

Re: portsnap ignores REFUSE directives

2009-03-16 Thread Charles Howse
On Mar 16, 2009, at 2:28 PM, RW wrote: On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:18:06 -0500 Charles Howse wrote: Hi, I just installed 6.4-RELEASE on the way to -STABLE. I chose NOT to install the ports during installation. I configured /etc/portsnap.conf, uncommenting the REFUSE directives, because I only

portsnap ignores REFUSE directives

2009-03-16 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I just installed 6.4-RELEASE on the way to -STABLE. I chose NOT to install the ports during installation. I configured /etc/portsnap.conf, uncommenting the REFUSE directives, because I only speak English. I created the proper directories, including /usr/ports. I ran 'portsnap fetch extract

Re: ports/packages (sysinstall and dependencies)

2006-07-06 Thread Charles Howse
On Jul 6, 2006, at 1:16 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Charles Howse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi, 6.1-RELEASE-p2 I recently used sysinstall to install cups-1.1.23 via packages/ftp/ Main Site. That adds ghostscript-gnu and xorg-libraries as dependencies. That's not what I wanted, I

Re: Freebsd 6.1 w/cups

2006-07-05 Thread Charles Howse
On Jul 5, 2006, at 12:44 PM, Raymond Gibson wrote: Hello, I'm trying to install an HP Photosmart printer using cups. All the online documentation I've read tells me to mv cups.sh.sample int /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cups.sh. The problem i have is cups.sh.sample is nowhere to be found. Is this a po

sysinstall and dependencies

2006-07-04 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, 6.1-RELEASE-p2 I recently used sysinstall to install cups-1.1.23 via packages/ftp/ Main Site. That adds ghostscript-gnu and xorg-libraries as dependencies. That's not what I wanted, I don't use a gui, so I selected ghostscript-gnu-no-X11. That didn't work, it installed ghostscript-gnu fir

Can't print to CUPS from Macintosh

2006-07-02 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I need some help getting a FreeBSD print server to print jobs from my Mac. Previous versions of CUPS worked perfect on the same computer(s), same version of FreeBSD. FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p2, cups-1.2.0, Mac OS X 10.4.7 Printing a test page from the web interface works fine, and the pri

Re: permissions in devfs.conf don't stick

2006-07-01 Thread Charles Howse
On Jul 1, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Anish Mistry wrote: On Saturday 01 July 2006 14:34, Charles Howse wrote: On Jul 1, 2006, at 12:16 PM, Anish Mistry wrote: On Saturday 01 July 2006 11:54, Charles Howse wrote: I've added the following to /etc/devfs.conf: own lpt0root:wheel perm

Re: permissions in devfs.conf don't stick

2006-07-01 Thread Charles Howse
On Jul 1, 2006, at 12:16 PM, Anish Mistry wrote: On Saturday 01 July 2006 11:54, Charles Howse wrote: I've added the following to /etc/devfs.conf: own lpt0root:wheel permlpt00660 Save that, then, # chmod 0660 /dev/lpt0 When I reboot, the permissions revert to the defau

permissions in devfs.conf don't stick

2006-07-01 Thread Charles Howse
I've added the following to /etc/devfs.conf: own lpt0root:wheel permlpt00660 Save that, then, # chmod 0660 /dev/lpt0 When I reboot, the permissions revert to the default of 0600. Anyone know why that is? -- Bubba's Funny Stuff - http://bubbabbq.homeunix.net/humor.html

cups fails to recognize parallel port

2006-06-30 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I posted this same question to cups.general list, and have not received an answer yet. Can anyone help? cups-1.2.0 on FreeBSD-6.1-RELEASE-p2 HP1100 parallel port printer on lpt0. [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root# dmesg | more ... ppc0: at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/

Re: installkernel

2006-06-06 Thread Charles Howse
On Jun 6, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Jonathan Herriott wrote: Ok, so I obtained the latest release of the kernel source, and I followed what it said to do in the /usr/src/Makefile. Here's what it says in the Makefile: # For individuals wanting to upgrade their sources (even if only a # delta of a

Re: rsync errors

2006-05-28 Thread Charles Howse
On May 28, 2006, at 11:41 PM, Philip Hallstrom wrote: I have rsync installed on 2 6.1-RELEASE boxes on my home lan. I want to sync the webserver (curly) to the backup server (moe). When I run rsync on moe, I get the following: $ rsync -avz curly:/usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf /usr/lo

rsync errors

2006-05-28 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I have rsync installed on 2 6.1-RELEASE boxes on my home lan. I want to sync the webserver (curly) to the backup server (moe). When I run rsync on moe, I get the following: $ rsync -avz curly:/usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf /usr/local/etc/ apache22 Password: receiving file list ..

Re: Best Practices - interrupt storm

2006-05-23 Thread Charles Howse
;stray IRQ 7 hack' will be stepped on and return back to the official FBSD version. You will have to reapply this hack. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Charles Howse Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 10:14 AM To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Best P

Best Practices - interrupt storm

2006-05-23 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE, cups-1.1.23.0_1, HP 1100 LaserJet I've found quite a bit of information about how to deal with: "Interrupt storm detected in "irq7:"; throttling interrupt source" Problem is, it's a little confusing. From what I've gathered, the options are: Use the BIOS to set the print

Re: cleaning off unix/linux????

2006-05-20 Thread Charles Howse
On May 20, 2006, at 6:46 PM, Gary Kline wrote: Gang, A 40G drive that I thought was bad (when trying to install W2K on the drive) may be entirely good. I am trying to avoid having to buy a DOS/Win platform. I've had both W2K and FBSD or Ubuntu on this

cgi email using /usr/bin/mail

2006-05-01 Thread Charles Howse
Hello, I have a 6.1-PRERELEASE box which is running Apache 2.2 on my home lan. The machine's name is 'moe.local'. I have a DynDNS.com account, with the domain name 'bubbabbq.homeunix.net'. I want to add a form to the website where users can send me an email. I've looked at FormMail.pl and cgie

Re: sendmail local-host-names

2005-12-06 Thread Charles Howse
> On 2005-12-06 12:11, Charles Howse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In the past, I was just *certain* I had to had something in >> local-host-names. Oh, well. :-) >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ echo '$=w' | sendmail -bt >> ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset

Re: sendmail local-host-names

2005-12-06 Thread Charles Howse
> On 2005-12-06 10:54, Charles Howse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>> On 2005-12-06 10:35, Charles Howse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> The hostname of my FreeBSD box is: >>>> moe.local >>>> >>>

Re: sendmail local-host-names

2005-12-06 Thread Charles Howse
> On 2005-12-06 10:35, Charles Howse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I want to collect mail for FreeBSD user charles on my Mac. >> >> The hostname of my FreeBSD box is: >> moe.local >> >> User charles has an account, has

sendmail local-host-names

2005-12-06 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I want to collect mail for FreeBSD user charles on my Mac. The hostname of my FreeBSD box is: moe.local User charles has an account, has been added to the qpopper authentication database, and sendmail_enable="NO" is in /etc/rc.conf. In /etc/mail/local-host-names, I have: moe.local larry.loc

Re: Setting up a print-server SOLVED

2005-12-04 Thread Charles Howse
> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, Charles Howse wrote: > >> Hi, >> I have the task of setting up a FreeBSD box as a print-server for the lan >> here at home. >> I've used FreeBSD for quite a while, but am currently just a little rusty. >> I was hoping the list membe

Re: Setting up a print-server

2005-12-04 Thread Charles Howse
Look at this (moe is the print-server, listening on port 515): [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ telnet moe 515 Trying 192.168.254.4... Connected to moe. Escape character is '^]'. lpd [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Print-services are not available to your host (larry). Connection closed by foreign host. So what's my exa

Re: Setting up a print-server

2005-12-04 Thread Charles Howse
> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, Charles Howse wrote: > >>> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, Charles Howse wrote: >>> >>>> I now have the both printers set up and can print to them from FreeBSD. >>>> Problem is, I can't print to them from the Mac. >>>> &

Re: Setting up a print-server

2005-12-03 Thread Charles Howse
> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, Charles Howse wrote: > >> I now have the both printers set up and can print to them from FreeBSD. >> Problem is, I can't print to them from the Mac. >> >> The error is always, "Printer HP1100 is busy, trying again in 30 seconds.&

Re: Setting up a print-server

2005-12-03 Thread Charles Howse
> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:15:59 -0600 > Charles Howse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I have the task of setting up a FreeBSD box as a print-server for the lan >> here at home. >> I've used FreeBSD for quite a while, but am currently just a li

Setting up a print-server

2005-12-03 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I have the task of setting up a FreeBSD box as a print-server for the lan here at home. I've used FreeBSD for quite a while, but am currently just a little rusty. I was hoping the list members could help me with planning a strategy, and possibly point me to some resources for help. I have my c

Re: Need to boot from CD and delete a file on the hard drive

2005-10-25 Thread Charles Howse
> Hello All -- > > SUMMARY: > I changed a configuration file and now I can no longer boot from my hard drive > (but I can still > boot from the CD). I would like to boot from the CD and undo my change to the > configuration > file -- but when I boot from the CD it automatically launches the i

Re: Need to boot from CD and delete a file on the hard drive

2005-10-25 Thread Charles Howse
>> Hello All -- >> >> SUMMARY: >> I changed a configuration file and now I can no longer boot from my hard >> drive >> (but I can still >> boot from the CD). I would like to boot from the CD and undo my change to >> the >> configuration >> file -- but when I boot from the CD it automatically l

Re: Need to boot from CD and delete a file on the hard drive

2005-10-25 Thread Charles Howse
> Hello All -- > > SUMMARY: > I changed a configuration file and now I can no longer boot from my hard drive > (but I can still > boot from the CD). I would like to boot from the CD and undo my change to the > configuration > file -- but when I boot from the CD it automatically launches the i

Re: Can't see FreeBSD machine in Mac's Finder - Solved

2005-10-19 Thread Charles Howse
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > David Kelly wrote: > | On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 09:54:15AM -0500, Charles Howse wrote: > | > |>Hello List, > |> > |>I have a PowerMac G5, named "larry", which the 'Sharing' tab in Sy

Re: Can't see FreeBSD machine in Mac's Finder

2005-10-17 Thread Charles Howse
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > David Kelly wrote: > | On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 09:54:15AM -0500, Charles Howse wrote: > | > |>Hello List, > |> > |>I have a PowerMac G5, named "larry", which the 'Sharing' tab in Sy

Re: Can't see FreeBSD machine in Mac's Finder

2005-10-17 Thread Charles Howse
> Not true. Mac OS X Tiger plays nicer with NFS than SMB for me, > and I have little issues once I get past the initial pain in the arse > parts. Besides, I get lowsy performance with SMB, which definitely > made NFS a shoo-in. > What does your line look like that you're trying to export

Re: Can't see FreeBSD machine in Mac's Finder

2005-10-17 Thread Charles Howse
; you have something against that you could try NFS Manager. > http://www.bresink.com/osx/NFSManager.html > > Regards > > Per Johnson > > Charles Howse wrote: >> Hello List, >> >> I have a PowerMac G5, named "larry", which the 'Sharing' tab in

Can't see FreeBSD machine in Mac's Finder

2005-10-17 Thread Charles Howse
Hello List, I have a PowerMac G5, named "larry", which the 'Sharing' tab in System Preferences tells me that other machines on the network can access as 'larry.local'. I have a FreeBSD 4.11 machine on the same subnet, named "moe" (no domain name), with NFS enabled. I can connect to the FreeBSD m

Re: qpopper error

2005-06-20 Thread Charles Howse
On Jun 20, 2005, at 5:22 PM, Greg Barniskis wrote: Charles Howse wrote: Hi, In my research before posting this question, I saw this same question in numerous places, but I never saw a resolution! I have qpopper 4.0.5 running from inetd on FBSD 4.11. I start it thus: /usr/local/libexec

Re: qpopper error

2005-06-20 Thread Charles Howse
er to fetch the mail from. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Charles Howse Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 8:53 PM To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: qpopper error Hi, In my research before posting this question, I saw this same question in numerous places, but

Re: qpopper error

2005-06-20 Thread Charles Howse
On Jun 20, 2005, at 6:05 AM, Glenn Dawson wrote: At 05:52 PM 6/19/2005, Charles Howse wrote: Hi, In my research before posting this question, I saw this same question in numerous places, but I never saw a resolution! I have qpopper 4.0.5 running from inetd on FBSD 4.11. I start it thus

qpopper error

2005-06-20 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, In my research before posting this question, I saw this same question in numerous places, but I never saw a resolution! I have qpopper 4.0.5 running from inetd on FBSD 4.11. I start it thus: /usr/local/libexec/qpopper When I connect from my Mac to check my mail, I see the following in / v

Where is "fortune"?

2005-06-14 Thread Charles Howse
On my older machine, I have the fortune port, which gives me fortunes from Murphy' Law, Startrek, and a generic fortune. On 4.11, I only see ports for Bible, bofh, futurama and Italian. Are the older fortunes no longer offered? Thanks, Charles ___ fr

Re: Can't connect to NFS Share

2005-06-12 Thread Charles Howse
BINGO! Thanks, Bob! On Jun 11, 2005, at 7:02 PM, Bob Bomar wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Charles Howse wrote: | Hello, I'm new to the list. | I've had a FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p13 server running for a long time, but | now I've decided to install 4.11 o

Can't connect to NFS Share

2005-06-11 Thread Charles Howse
Hello, I'm new to the list. I've had a FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p13 server running for a long time, but now I've decided to install 4.11 on a new machine. The problem I'm having is that I have nfs shares configured, showmount -e shows me the correct information, all the nfs services are running

Anyone have Limewire working on 4.8?

2003-12-30 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I've installed /usr/ports/net/limewire v.3.6.15 without error. It didn't prompt me to do anything, nor present me with any dialogs when installing. When I type 'limewire' from a user shell, it loads the splash screen, which says "Loading shared files...", and a tiny window which says, "Welco

Re: Visual mail notification in KMail

2003-12-25 Thread Charles Howse
On Thursday 25 December 2003 03:18 am, Shantanoo Mahajan wrote: > +++ Chris [freebsd] [24-12-03 20:17 -0600]: > | Happy Holidays folks! > | > | Is there a way to tie in a visual mail notifier in KMail? Sorta like how > | Outlook shows the envelope under Windows. Open KMail, Settings, Configure

Re: Question on PS/2 Wheelmouse through KVM

2003-12-24 Thread Charles Howse
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 12:03 pm, Scott W wrote: > User & wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 December 2003 02:22, Scott W wrote: > >>Via PS2 and through the KVM, it appears there's nothing I've found yet > >>that will enable the wheel, although the wheel 'button' itself works. > > > > Are you su

Re: mkisofs options question

2003-12-24 Thread Charles Howse
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 10:10 am, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Dec 24), Charles Howse said: > > I have some directories that I need to include in a .iso file. I've > > followed the online Handbook section 12.5.2, and read man mkisofs. > > > > Th

Re: mkisofs options question

2003-12-24 Thread Charles Howse
On Wednesday 24 December 2003 10:13 am, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Charles Howse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have some directories that I need to include in a .iso file. > > I've followed the online Handbook section 12.5.2, and read man mkisofs. > > > > The

mkisofs options question

2003-12-24 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I have some directories that I need to include in a .iso file. I've followed the online Handbook section 12.5.2, and read man mkisofs. The directories each have the file CUSTOM in them. That causes mkisofs to error: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# mkisofs -U -R -o /tmp/cdimg.iso /disk2/curly /disk2/lar

REPOST: null device in linux jail root

2003-12-16 Thread Charles Howse
Surely, *someone* who reads this list has upgraded the linux_base port, and figured out the proper way to respond to this prompt. ___ Hi, I installed Linux compatibility when I installed FBSD 4.8, but I've never really done anything with it. While portu

null device in linux jail root

2003-12-14 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I installed Linux compatibility when I installed FBSD 4.8, but I've never really done anything with it. While portupgrading , I was presented with a prompt that I don't know how to respond to: You need to create the null device in your jail root environment. Run the following commands outs

Re: Anyone have /usr/ports/java/jdk14 working on 4.8?

2003-12-10 Thread Charles Howse
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 07:53 am, Steve Bertrand wrote: > On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 08:47, Gautam Gopalakrishnan wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 07:25:46AM -0600, Charles Howse wrote: > > > You don't by any chance have OpenOffice-1.1 working do you? > > > That&

Re: Anyone have /usr/ports/java/jdk14 working on 4.8?

2003-12-10 Thread Charles Howse
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 07:16 am, Eric Pogroski wrote: > On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 15:44:54 -0600 > > Charles Howse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please tell me how you did it. > > My build always fails. > > I have /usr/local/linux-sun-jdk1.4.2 working. > >

Anyone have /usr/ports/java/jdk14 working on 4.8?

2003-12-09 Thread Charles Howse
Please tell me how you did it. My build always fails. I have /usr/local/linux-sun-jdk1.4.2 working. [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/local/linux-sun-jdk1.4.2/bin]# ./java -version java version "1.4.2_02" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_02-b03) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build

Re: How to make printer print faster?

2003-12-09 Thread Charles Howse
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 01:18 pm, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Charles Howse wrote: > > On Tuesday 09 December 2003 12:19 pm, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > > > On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Marco Beishuizen wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > >

Re: How to make printer print faster?

2003-12-09 Thread Charles Howse
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 01:04 pm, Scott I. Remick wrote: > On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 12:29:15 -0600, Charles Howse wrote: > > With all due respect, do you know for a fact that your suggestion works? > > I have a HP1100, configured with apsfilter, and I have tried that very > > sa

Re: How to make printer print faster?

2003-12-09 Thread Charles Howse
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 12:19 pm, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Marco Beishuizen wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I own a HP LaserJet 2100, connected to my home network. According to the > > specifications it should be able to print 10 pages per minute. When using > > Windows that's

5.1 and ACPI

2003-12-05 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I have just loaded 5.1 on an old Celeron 300, and need to learn something about ACPI. I Googled, and found a considerable amount of info concerning this issue, but the only thing I understood, was how to force the default boot choice to not load the acpi module. I went to: http://www.useni

Re: Xdm/Kdm/Gmd

2003-12-04 Thread Charles Howse
On Thursday 04 December 2003 02:39 pm, Payne wrote: > Charles Howse wrote: > >On Thursday 04 December 2003 01:07 pm, Payne wrote: > >>Hi, > >> > >>Thanks for the help early, I am wanting to have either xdm/kdm/gdm to > >>start once my system

Re: Xdm/Kdm/Gmd

2003-12-04 Thread Charles Howse
On Thursday 04 December 2003 01:07 pm, Payne wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the help early, I am wanting to have either xdm/kdm/gdm to > start once my system it up, how can I do this? Also which is best? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-xdm.html This will detail the proces

rmsg problem

2003-12-02 Thread Charles Howse
Hi, I've installed /usr/ports/net/rmsg and started the rmsgd on two of my computers. I've also set mesg y for each one. When I do: echo "here is a message" | rmsg [EMAIL PROTECTED] it goes through fine when I go the other way: echo "right back at ya" | rmsg [EMAIL PROTECTED] I get: rmsg: charles

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