Re: no freebsd boot loader when re-installed another winXP

On 5/22/05, Edwin D. Vinas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello everyone! > i have a running dual-boot (FreeBSD and WinXP) before but when I got > hijacked by a SpyWare, i decided to re-install or repair my WinXP. what > WinXP installer did is it didnt format the current Windows but rather it > adde

The FreeBSD Diary: 2005-05-01 - 2005-05-21

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Re: uname -a output does not change after kernel upgrade

I have fixed the problem. 1) Removed the first SATA disk (ad4) and booted from ad6. Then I got correct kernel and userland (5.4-STABLE) 2) Swapped SATA cables to boot from ad6 (it became ad4). --- # uname -a FreeBSD server.example.com 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #2: Sat May 21 18:45:32

Problems with both linux-vsound and vsound

Good morning, I just did a fresh install of FreeBSD 5.4 on my new pc. I have install linux-realplayer. All ports are up to date. I then install linux-vsound and tried to capture audio but resulted in the following error when I ran vsound -f test.wav realplay audiofile.rm : libexec/ld-elf.s

thumb drive not detected

Hello, I am running freebsd 5.3 RELEASE on an older machine with usb Sis OHCI root hub. This is detected during boot and the ohci drive is loaded. However, when I attach a USB thumb drive the device is not detected, there are no /dev entries created and no messages in the log. I've checked the r

Left mousebutton doesn't work

Hi, I have a peculiar problem with the mouse on my notebook: Using the notebooks own screen, everything works fine, but if I switch to an external monitor or projecter, the left mousebutton stops working. When I switch back, everything works fine againg. This problem is both with the built in

Re: thumb drive not detected

Hello Show the output of 'usbdevs -v'. Björn ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

PDC20378 or VT8237 raid

Hi, My motherboard MSI K8T NEO FISR has 2 raid controllers. Currently my setup is a striped array (RAID 0) with 2 SATA drivers connected to the Promise PDC20378. Now I understand the VIA controller is connected to the south bridge so has access to more bus bandwidth. Is this true? If so, san I

Re: procfs in 5.4

Chris Radlinski wrote: I should have procfs. However, my /proc directory is empty. What gives? You have to mount it. Add this line to /etc/fstab: proc/proc procfs rw 0 0 And then run: mount /proc You might also check out the man-page: procfs(9) //Tobias

Re: illegal user root user failed login attempts

Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > Ed Stover wrote: > >> One of my personal favorite things to do is: >> move ssh to port 1001 >> >> > Is there a reason behind choosing port 1001? <1024; not registered to > anything else useful; reasonably memorable? Well as long as you dont have a service allready running

Please help me booooot!

hey! i have two s-ata harddrives on this computer: ad6, with FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE and ad4, with Windows XP when i boot either ad6 or ad4 alone, everything is cool. when i plug both ad4 and ad6 into, i am brought to the freebsd bootloader. however, half-way down the boot i get: Mounting root fro

sal setup

coudl anyone please tellme how to setup dsl in freebsd I would appreciate the help ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

info

I was wondering what I would have to do in order to resell freebsd. I would be more than happy to donate some of the proceeds towards freebsd. Terry L. Bogdon III Bogdon Technologies TEL: 502-753-9585 FAX: (866) 456-4684 t [EMAIL PROTECTED]

cyrus-sasl2 error

Updating the everything in my 5.4 installation, during "portupgrade -arR" the system stops because cannot find a file ('cyrus-sasl-2.1.20_1'): ... ===> Registering installation for kdelibs-3.4.0_4 ===> SECURITY REPORT: This port has i

RE: The availability of socketbits.h?

Alex wrote: > info gcc > > Move down the screen using the arrow key to the line "* Invoking > GCC::" > and press return. The problem is: I can't find the line "* Invoking GCC::" after moving the curson down the "info gcc" screen with the arrow key. :( Sorry for my newbieness. > Move down the

securing SSH, FBSD systems

I have broached this subject before, also searched the archives & web for a solution, but no real, clear answer for those who are not already gurus in the subject. I've had light-to-moderate records of attempted SSH break-ins to my system in the past. Over the past week, I have had daily security

Re: securing SSH, FBSD systems

John DeStefano wrote: > > Would someone mind briefly talking about securing > FBSD systems from such attacks, at least in a manner > that's a bit more extensive and Let sshd also listen on another port and use a firewall. My firewall permits default port 22 connections only from IP the more or le

Re: securing SSH, FBSD systems

> Would someone mind briefly talking about securing FBSD systems from > such attacks, at least in a manner that's a bit more extensive and > detailed than just saying "use Snort"? I'm not a newbie to FBSD, but > I'm not a *NIX guru either. I'd really appreciate your help. my approach is to use

[4.11-STABLE] sporatic directory corruption with unionfs ...

I have 6 servers in place right now, with the 6th being a brand new Intel 1U box, using a 3Ware 9500 controller to do RAID5 for 3xSATA drives ... yesterday, for the first time, I've started to get a sort of file system corruption that I've never seen before ... basically, it looks like the di

Re: no freebsd boot loader when re-installed another winXP

"Edwin D. Vinas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i have a running dual-boot (FreeBSD and WinXP) before but when I got > hijacked by a SpyWare, i decided to re-install or repair my WinXP. what > WinXP installer did is it didnt format the current Windows but rather it > added a new bootable WinXP.

Re: Please help me booooot!

Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote: > hey! Dot, dot, dot > when i switch ad6's cable over to ad4 and vice versa, my computer > doesn't boot past its bios at all. what's wrong here? i just need to > mount ad4 so i can back up some stuff, that's all. thank you so much! First and formost - pick up a good A+ b

installation

I cant seem to figure out how to install fsbd. The boot loader process seems to start out fine, after running through all my hardware and detecting it all it hangs on mounting root from ufs and the computer locks up. I also tried installing it on my laptop however the laptop shuts down almost a

Re: Problems with both linux-vsound and vsound [fixed]

I have fixed the problem with LD_LIBRARY_PATH Ada ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: installation

On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 07:52:57AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > with but i havn't had any luck finding answers. I have that freebsd > book by Brian Tiemann 2nd edition with the freebsd 5.0 CD. The 5.0 release is pretty old. Try the latest stable release 5.4 first. If that doesn't work try

Re: installation

<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I cant seem to figure out how to install fsbd. The boot loader > process seems to start out fine, after running through all my > hardware and detecting it all it hangs on mounting root from ufs > and the computer locks up. I also tried installing it on my laptop >

Re: procfs in 5.4

On Saturday 21 May 2005 21:56, the author Chris Radlinski contributed to the dialogue on procfs in 5.4: & I'm running 5.4 Release. Whenever I run 'ps -ef' I get this message: & & ps: Process environment requires procfs(5) & & My kernel config contains these two lines: & & options PROCFS

Re: sal setup

On Sun, Jan 03, 1999 at 01:22:31PM +, paul klatt wrote: > coudl anyone please tellme how to setup dsl in freebsd I would > appreciate the help You'll have to give the group some more information for us to be able to help you. If you have a dsl router which is connected to your computer by an

Re: FreeBSD 5.3 Boot issues - reposted

On Saturday 21 May 2005 03:42, the author Thomas Hurst contributed to the dialogue on Re: FreeBSD 5.3 Boot issues - reposted: & * Vizion ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: & & > This system has been built in a mini ATX case and has a Proxim Harmony & > 802.11a Model 8150 PCI card on (I am on a boat - the

Re: procfs in 5.4

That fixed it. Thanks. Chris Tobias Fendin wrote: You have to mount it. Add this line to /etc/fstab: proc/proc procfs rw 0 0 And then run: mount /proc You might also check out the man-page: procfs(9) //Tobias ___ freebsd

Re: info

So far as I'm aware, you don't have to do anything. A good gesture would be to get some FreeBSD case stickers from FreeBSD Mall and put them on the machines you sell. You could also purchase official release cd's from FreeBSD mall and distribute those with the machines you build. Otherwise,

pcnfsd question

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Been running Xlink's Omni-Lite NFS Client on a windows box running XP, trying to use NFS exported mounts on an old HP LC II dual-processor Pentium 300. Everything on the old server is working great. Running FreeBSD 5.4 Release. I didn't put the dmes

Confused with Refuse

About to synch up the entire source tree with RELENG_5_4_0_RELEASE. Earlier I created a refuse file, (/var/db/sup/refuse), when I upgraded my doc and ports collection in 5.3 but remember reading somewhere that a refuse file was not necessarily recommended when updating an entire source tree. I

dhclient on FreeBSD-4.10

I'm having a problem with dhclient on FreeBSD-4.10, where I can't seem to get it to work properly. My ISP uses DHCP (Comcast), and I want to use my own "named" instance, opting to forward to theirs. According to the dhclient.conf manpage, I should be able to do either of these: interface "f

Re: installation

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm not a guru or anything near it. Still, in the past, I ran into the same problem as you with cd's that came with books. With me, at least, they have proven to be very unreliable. If you have a fast internet connection, you could download a stable

Re: dhclient on FreeBSD-4.10

On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 02:43:05PM -0400, Forrest Aldrich wrote: > I'm having a problem with dhclient on FreeBSD-4.10, where I can't seem > to get it to work properly. Just what are you doing to test? I suggest killing dhclient and starting it manually, "killall dhclient; /sbin/dhclient fxp0" The

Re: procfs in 5.4

On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 11:56:30PM -0500, Chris Radlinski wrote: > I'm running 5.4 Release. Whenever I run 'ps -ef' I get this message: > > ps: Process environment requires procfs(5) > > My kernel config contains these two lines: > > options PROCFS # Process filesystem

Re: securing SSH, FBSD systems

These attacks are almost exclusively automated, looking to install a script to launch spam runs from. They're essentially trying common username and weak password combinations - blank password, passwords the same as the user name, abc123, etc. There are four things you can do to improve the secut

Re: securing SSH, FBSD systems

Jerry Bell wrote: > These attacks are almost exclusively automated, looking to install a > script to launch spam runs from. They're essentially trying common > username and weak password combinations - blank password, passwords the > same as the user name, abc123, etc. There are four things you c

Re: portaudit is being stubborn

Good news about the wget-devel I wasnt aware it was been updated again, when this problem first occured both versions of wget were affected. It appears in nighly security logs so can get annoying after a while. Chris On 5/21/05, Thomas Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Tony Shadwick ([EMAIL P

Help with Expect

I need some help with an expect script I'm trying to write. Here's what I would like to do. - Ping the host to see if it's up. a. If the host responds to pings telnet into it. b. If the host doesn't respond to pings write that to a log file and close the expect script properly. The host does

Re: securing SSH, FBSD systems

On Sun, 22 May 2005, Chris wrote: 5. (and my favorite) If running IPFW, use something like this if you don't need ssh open to the whole of the internet. narrow it down to a range of IP's you need. 6. Don't use passwords at all, but use keys. Not always possible though, but possibly one of the

civ2ctp - the full version under 5.4 ...

I've had teh Linux version for awhile now, and decided to get myself re-addicted ... when I picked it up, it was back when I was running 4.x on my desktop, and it worked great ... now, under 5.x, its crashing ... Before I dive into it much further, has anyone played this under 5.x? The port

nfs check

Hi all, I have a number of boxes that backup data to an nfs mount. A few times in the recent past, I have had the mount go stale for various reasons which caused problems with the dumps. Does anyone have access to to (what I assume would be) a few lines of code that would check to see if the

Re: Help with Expect

Phusion wrote: > I need some help with an expect script I'm trying > to write. Here's what I would like to do. > > - Ping the host to see if it's up. > a. If the host responds to pings telnet into it. > b. If the host doesn't respond to pings write > that to a log file and > close the exp

Re: Please help me booooot!

[...] (B> when i boot either ad6 or ad4 alone, everything is cool. (B> (B> when i plug both ad4 and ad6 into, (B (BUsually, when you set up for multi-boot, you plug all your drives in (Bbefore you set up. (B (BAt least, you do this until you understand what't going on. (B (BNow, if you u

virtual desktop

Could anyone please help me get my virtual desktop configured, I am having problems wheere the desktop is to large for the monitor . I have tried ctrl alt + and htis has no effect. When I go into /stand/sysinstall configure xfree86 server and than xfree86 graphical configuration ctrl alt + seems

Re: Help with Expect

On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 20:30, Phusion wrote: > I need some help with an expect script I'm trying to write. Here's > what I would like to do. > > - Ping the host to see if it's up. > a. If the host responds to pings telnet into it. > b. If the host doesn't respond to pings write that to a log fi

Re: virtual desktop

On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, paul klatt wrote: Could anyone please help me get my virtual desktop configured, I am having problems wheere the desktop is to large for the monitor . I have tried ctrl alt + and htis has no effect. When I go into /stand/sysinstall configure xfree86 server and than xfree86 gr

Re: procfs in 5.4

That was it. Thanks. Chris On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 12:26 -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sat, May 21, 2005 at 11:56:30PM -0500, Chris Radlinski wrote: > > I'm running 5.4 Release. Whenever I run 'ps -ef' I get this message: > > > > ps: Process environment requires procfs(5) > > > > My kernel c

nfs: fstab or automount

If I set up a network in which the /home directory is shared to all client computers, is it better to have the clients mount the nfs share in fstab or to let automount handle the mounting? What are the pros and cons of each? Thnx in advance for all input, Ryan w ___

syslog messages

hi, when i get an error or warning in my system, a mail is sent to the root user. does anyone know how to change the settings so that the mail is sent to my mail id instead of localhost id ? thanks guys. regrds, ananth.g ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.o

Re: syslog messages

On Monday, 23 May 2005 at 10:43:52 +0530, ananth.g wrote: > hi, > when i get an error or warning in my system, a mail is sent to the > root user. does anyone know how to change the settings so that the > mail is sent to my mail id instead of localhost id ? Take a look at syslog.conf(5). Greg --

Re: syslog messages

At 10:13 PM 5/22/2005, you wrote: hi, when i get an error or warning in my system, a mail is sent to the root user. does anyone know how to change the settings so that the mail is sent to my mail id instead of localhost id ? Just change where the root alias in /etc/mail/aliases points to. for

Re: syslog messages

thanks glenn, it worked regrds, ananth.g Glenn Dawson wrote: At 10:13 PM 5/22/2005, you wrote: hi, when i get an error or warning in my system, a mail is sent to the root user. does anyone know how to change the settings so that the mail is sent to my mail id instead of localhost id ? J

how to setting the router

hii, my name is edward. i would ask about how to setting / configuration for router. i really want to know. could you tell me. thanks... NOIR so wa inishie yori no sadame no na shi o tsukasadori futari no otome kuroki ote wa midorigo no yasurakanaru o mamoritamou