can "sticky keys" (SHIFT. ALT and CTRL hold until the next key is pressed) be
enabled in x11-input.fdi? I wish to enable this accessibility option without
resorting to KDE or GNOME.
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old problem on HP laptops. the workaround has been to
go to the BIOS and switch from AHCI to IDE interface; but my
BIOS doesn't support switching.
is anybody working on this?
details:
/$ mplayer dvd://
MPlayer SVN-r30341-snapshot-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2009 MPlayer Team
Playing dvd://.
libdvdread: Usi
old problem on HP laptops. the workaround has been to go to the BIOS and switch
from AHCI to IDE interface; but my BIOS doesn't support switching.
is anybody working on this?
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us.dvorakr.kbd is missing from /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/
I found one on the web; but wonder if it's been fixed.
$ uname -a
FreeBSD carmen.opera 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #2: Wed Oct 13 20:48:24 MST
2010 neshort@carmen:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CARMEN amd64
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I have to type one-handed. I wish to hit the shift key so the next letter I
type is upper case and the next is lower case. Here is my current x11-input.fdi
us
dvorak-r
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"What did you do?" the man holding the flashlight asked.
"I put down a spider," he said
Hopefully this will work. I attached a text file of my dmesg. After boot, I
start getting ACPI errors. Here's an excerpt.
Root mount waiting for: usbus1
ugen1.3: at usbus1
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a
wlan0: Ethernet address: c4:17:fe:24:04:eb
wlan0: link state changed to UP
AC
Another alternative is to install the firefox plugin called DownloadHelper. It
works very well with youtube and several other sites.
start here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
and click the link for "Popular." It's near the top of the list.
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--- On Mon, 6/14/10, Polytropon wrote:
>
>
> Check the output of "pciconf -lv" to see what
> identification of
> your graphics hardware is output.
result:
...
vgap...@pci0:0:2:0: class=0x03 card=0x140a103c chip=0x00468086 rev=0x02
hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
Ok. I'm stuck. Mplayer's performance is worse on this laptop than it is on my
Toshiba running with a half-speed processor. I have attempted all the
suggestions I can find re: getting the performance.
The video is slow - so it lags the audio by quite a bit. I keep getting "Your
processor is too s
New installation. having some problems.
diablo-jdk-1.6 plugin isn't working in firefox.
Some pertinent output:
carmen# java -version
java version "1.6.0_07"
Diablo Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_07-b02)
Diablo Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 10.0-b23, mixed mode)
carmen#
Based upon a different question in this forum, I find myself motivated to
upgrade my i386 install to AMD64. Can this be done by a simple kernel rebuild
or a binary upgrade? Is a full reinstallation necessary?
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I'm somewhat disappointed in the performance in my laptop which is supposed to
have a really fast processor. Is there some way to get more out of the
processor?
[neshort/] uname -a
FreeBSD carmen 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #1: Thu Apr 15 19:54:24 MST 2010
nesh...@carmen:/usr/obj/usr/src
>
> On Mon 12 Apr 2010 at 17:50:58 PDT Neil Short wrote:
> >Am I missing something?
> >
> >dvb_tune.c:33:19: error: error.h: No such file or
> directory
>
> It's a known problem.
> http://www.freebsd
Am I missing something?
gmake -C stream
gmake[1]: Entering directory
`/usr/ports/multimedia/mplayer/work/MPlayer-1.0rc2/
stream'
cc -O2 -pipe -O3 -ffast-math -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing
-I
Has anybody had this problem and fixed it?
wdm runs my ~/.xsession file; but no X-applications run. It just runs past them
and returns to the wdm login screen.
Currently I am running xdm; but it's kind of bland and spicing it up requires a
very steep learning curve.
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"What did you do?"
problem: 7.2-Release doesn't detect either network device.
Just picked up a HP DV4-2153 laptop from Costco. I don't know how new it is;
but it may be fairly new. In the store I was able to determine the wireless
device to be Atheros. I don't know what the wired device is. I never booted
WinD'OH
.
> use the
> the --batch switch or put BATCH="yes" in make.conf IIRC.
>
That particular make.conf is in /etc
>
> But IMHO, remembering to always give portupgrade the -C
> switch is the
> way to go.
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I have a VOB file that I need to convert to something playable on a Sony
Walkman NWZ-E344.
The walkman wants an ASF container, resolution of 320x240 (or less), wmv9
codec, wma 2 codec, 30 frames per second, video bitrate of less than or equal
to 768k.
I cannot seem to get a mencoder (nor ffmpe
--- On Fri, 1/1/10, Adam Vande More wrote:
> From: Adam Vande More
> Subject: Re: Openoffice3 and aspell
> To: "Neil Short"
> Date: Friday, January 1, 2010, 7:27 PM
> On Fri, Jan 1,
> 2010 at 5:58 PM, Neil Short
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> An
--- On Fri, 1/1/10, Adam Vande More wrote:
> From: Adam Vande More
> Subject: Re: Openoffice3 and aspell
> To: "Neil Short"
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Date: Friday, January 1, 2010, 4:43 PM
> On Fri, Jan 1, 2010
> at 12:27 PM, Neil Short
&g
I just noticed that openoffice (openoffice.org-3.1.1) is not checking my
spelling. The spell checker on my system is aspell-0.60.6_2. gtkspell-2.0.15_1
is also installed. Before sending this email I tried installing
ispell-3.3.02_4. No improvement.
How do I get Ooo to check my spelling?
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--- On Tue, 12/29/09, Dan Nelson wrote:
> From: Dan Nelson
> Subject: Re: mplayer / bash question
> To: "Neil Short"
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 10:10 AM
> In the last episode (Dec 29), Neil
> Short said:
> >
I'm trying to batch-rip audio files from a bunch of video files.
I have a directory full of *.vob files:
ls *.vob
01.vob 03.vob 05.vob 07.vob 09.vob 11.vob 13.vob
02.vob 04.vob 06.vob 08.vob 10.vob 12.vob
So I wrote a little command line script to rip wave files from all the vob's:
I am suddenly running into the same problem. I was running Firefox 2.0... and
when I right-clicked an image and selected "save as" the program
segment-faulted. I upgraded to firefox-3.0.16_1,1. Same issue. I'm guessing
it's related to some other port that got updated along the way.
Data:
FreeBS
An idea why acroread (acroread9-9.2) runs the processor at 100%?
FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE
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Matthew 24:28
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So I got Xorg working with Hal. Wahoo.
If I log in from a display manager I encounter some weird stuff.
If I am using xdm and I log out of the window manager and then attempt to shut
down the computer - by going to tty 0 and typing # halt -p - the disk syncs and
then the shutdown freezes.
If I
--- On Fri, 10/30/09, Freminlins wrote:
> From: Freminlins
> Go and Google for hal problems - you will see
> that this is not an uncommon occurrence. It seems that the
> purpose of hal is to make things easier. Well it didn't
> for me - it made them harder. I dunno, perhaps I'm too
> stuc
> --On Thursday, October 29, 2009 16:55:58 -0500 Freminlins
>
> wrote:
> >
> > I know this isn't specifically a FreeBSD problem, HAL
> being needed by X. But
> > the flipping installer should enable it when I
> selected X flipping User from
> > the install options.
> >
> > My little upgrade has
I've seen this somewhere before; but I can't find it. How to backstep the ports
collection to a previous release.
Since the current xorg port is banged up for my equipment I want to backstep it
to release 7.1.
-or can I connect to a previous package collection?
Thanks.
_
--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Mel Flynn
wrote:
> From: Mel Flynn
> Subject: Re: `sched_clock' changed from 144 in sched_4bsd.o to 258 in
> sched_ule.o
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Cc: "Neil Short"
> Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:21 AM
> On Friday 12 J
Here's more detail with context on my attempt to include
options SCHED_4BSD
in my kernel. Any ideas?
MAKE=make sh /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh CARMEN
cc -c -O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -std=c99 -Wall -Wredundant-decls
-Wnested-externs -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpoint
I'm taking a crack at the port win4bsd. The port informs me that I need to add
options SCHED_4BSD
to my kernel. When I do and attempt buildkernel I get
errors in the build. Any quick answers?
I'm going to re-run it and try to get more details on the errors. Just thought
there might be some pat a
also fixed my linux-firefox/linux-flashplugin
issue.
much appreciation.
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If not us, who? And if not now, when?
Ronald Reagan
--- On Sun, 7/13/08, Luke Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Luke Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: aterm whacked?
> To: &
I just mem-wiped my laptop and am in the process of installing everything after.
I have several issues (linux-firefox with linux-flash plugin crashes on sites
with flash), not the least of which is aterm doesn't seem to behave very well.
When I run aterm I get:
$ aterm
aterm has encountered the
does anybody have experience using...
Asus R2H Ultra Mobile Personal Computer
http://www.xtremenotebooks.com/index.php?section=specs&model_id=1232
or EO TufTab v7112 Ultra Mobile PC
http://www.xtremenotebooks.com/index.php?section=specs&model_id=1293
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Because sentence against an evil deed
--- Adam J Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Neil Short wrote:
> > has anybody written - or has anybody considered
> > writing - a cookbook for using gutenprint on
> FreeBSD?
>
> Hi Neil,
>
> Why not write one yourself? That's the surest way to
&g
has anybody written - or has anybody considered
writing - a cookbook for using gutenprint on FreeBSD?
So far, gutenprint is the only tool that will drive my
printer (cx4800).
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Because sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the human heart
is fully set to do evil.
Ecclesias
several of my computers run just fine on the old xorg.
Is there some configuration tool I can put into some
makefile somewhere that will tell the ports to use the
un-updated version of xorg - so the ports won't try to
update stuff in the xorg libraries?
I updated xorg on one computer that needed i
Scott Mayo wrote:
If I hit backspace it just backs up on the line until
were input-mode
was started during this input-mode session. If I hit
delete then it
capitalizes the charcter behind the cursor and throws
me into
command-mode.
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This way to get things to delete in vi seems od
Recently cvsup'd.
This is new and I'm not sure I understand it.
dmesg...
...
ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
...
The full atheros stuff is:
...
ath0: mem 0xc020-0xc020 irq 20
at device 4.0 on pci2
ath0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
ath0: Ethernet addr
I'd like to redirect /dev/console to some file that
can be read by the xrootconsole port.
Is this ambition feasible?
I like the functionality of xconsole; but it's not
very pretty.
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his works are truth, and his
I got a new whiz-bang mp3 play from SanDisk. I went
with SanDisk because they have always worked so well
with non-windows for me.
Anyway, I'm having a bit of a problem mounting it.
Other umass devices work fine on my system. Any help
will be appreciated. The device is a Sansa c240. as a
usb device
I'm apparently missing something.
Only the root user can use /dev/uscanner0. I can't
seem to rectify the
problem -- no matter what I do. I'm hoping one of you
all will look over
my work and show me my mistake.
Here's what I have done.
/etc/devfs.conf:
own uscanner* root:wheel
perm uscanner* 0666
would you guys please check my setup. I have made it
the easiest in the world as far as I can tell.
When I send something (other than plain text) to lpr
my printer makes some bumping and warmup noises but
prints nothing.
/etc/printcap:
# /etc/printcap
epson|lp:\
:sh:\
:sd=/usr/sp
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>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:03:59 +0200
> From: Erik N?rgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: configuring keyboard in xorg
> To: FreeBSD Questions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
>
mplayer is very powerful and it's manpage is
overwhelming.
Once you get started with it mplayer's features become
less inaccessible.
Here is a pretty good article that I think answers
your question and provides sufficient examples to make
your quest to better understand mplayer a good start.
htt
This is a problem on a home-built computer using an
nVidia nForce4 motherboard.
IDE 1 and 2 each have two devices.
IDE 1 master: a Maxtor hard drive (jumpered to master)
IDE 1 slave: a CDRW (jumpered to slave)
IDE 2 master: CDRW (jumpered to master)
IDE 2 slave: CDRW (jumpered to slave)
So, whe
--- Neil Short <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Suddenly, portupgrade (and it's associated tools)
> instantly core dumps.
>
followup:
force reinstall/reregister of /usr/ports/lang/ruby18
did the trick.
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Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of
Suddenly, portupgrade (and it's associated tools)
instantly core dumps.
any insight? Is my ports database boned?
here is some sample output:
bright# portupgrade portupgrade
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
bright# dmesg | tail
pid 15403 (ruby18), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core
dumped)
pid 1557
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