Re: save file

2005-10-06 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-10-05 23:57, sulie halim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi again, > > how to take a file from the system, and save it into > the desktop (in Windows environment)? Please provide more details... as in ``what desktop''? Are you asking about a single system, which multiboots either in Windows

Re: bruteforceblocker + PF

2005-10-06 Thread Enrique Ayesta Perojo
El Miércoles, 5 de Octubre de 2005 21:53, Noel Jones escribió: > I'm going to assume this is just a small part of your pf.conf, because > the part you show doesn't allow any internet access. Maybe you should > show us your entire pf.conf. Yes, it was a small part of my pf.conf. Anyway i'm trying

Re: Can't get Mailman to work

2005-10-06 Thread Sasa Stupar
--On 6. oktober 2005 2:46 -0400 Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: grep DefaultUser /etc/mail/sendmail.cf 9# grep DefaultUser /etc/mail/sendmail.cf O DefaultUser=8:12 Sasa pgp681TIfPzFI.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: how to recompile a port in a clean maneer?

2005-10-06 Thread Eric Devolder
Thank you Chuck, now I better understand what's behind this. Maybe just a side question: Can I "refresh" the files contained in /usr/ports with the one of an older release? for example, I would like to use ports from 4.3 while I'm running a 4.11 for now. Of course, my /usr/ports reflects only ports

Re: how to recompile a port in a clean maneer?

2005-10-06 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/6/05, Eric Devolder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you Chuck, now I better understand what's behind this. Maybe > just a side question: Can I "refresh" the files contained in > /usr/ports with the one of an older release? for example, I would like > to use ports from 4.3 while I'm running

RE: Hidden spot on hard drives?

2005-10-06 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >Jonathon McKitrick >Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:45 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Hidden spot on hard drives? > > > >the company where I work (with Windows) is evaluating a copy

Re: Question

2005-10-06 Thread Christopher Illies
On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 11:39:19PM -0700, sulie halim wrote: > how can we view/open files in freebsd? e.g write.doc, > write.txt or write.ppt? To just view .doc files from the commandline, you can also try textproc/catdoc. Abiword (editors/abiword) can also edit Word files, but has difficulties w

RE: Hidden spot on hard drives?

2005-10-06 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >Jonathon McKitrick >Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:57 AM >To: Joe S >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Hidden spot on hard drives? > > >On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 11:55:18AM -0700, Joe S

Core Dump using portversion

2005-10-06 Thread bsd
Hello, We have one of our server that core dumps when we are trying to use portversion ns2# portversion -l "<" [Updating the pkgdb in /var/db/pkg ... - 168 packages found (-1 +1) (...). done] [Failed `Inappropriate file type or format'] [Updating the portsdb in /usr/ports ... - 13568

Re: Can I disable HyperThreading in OS?

2005-10-06 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/6/05, hshh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/2/05, Andrew P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/1/05, hshh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a dual XEON smp box. There is option about disable HTT in bios, > but > > > it can't work. It's still display 4 cpu in my OS. >

Re: Core Dump using portversion

2005-10-06 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/6/05, bsd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > > We have one of our server that core dumps when we are trying to use > portversion > > > ns2# portversion -l "<" > > [Updating the pkgdb in /var/db/pkg ... - 168 > > packages found (-1 +1) (...). done] > > [Failed `Inappropriate file type or

Re: Apsfilter FBSD 5.4

2005-10-06 Thread Kiffin Gish
E. J. Cerejo wrote: I could print perfectly using apsfilter before I did a clean FreeBSD instalation and now something is not right, when I go through the setup program and I finally test a page the sheet of paper gets fed and looks like it starts printing and then everything freezes on my print

Re: Multilanguange

2005-10-06 Thread Igor Robul
Owen Jeremiah wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but from the documentation I read this means change the WHOLE programs (e.g.: gnome etc.) default language into the other language. What I want is the ability to change language on the fly, like when I create a presentation, I want to be able to writ

Re: Core Dump using portversion

2005-10-06 Thread bsd
This has not solved my issue : ns2# pkgdb -fu ---> Updating the pkgdb [Rebuilding the pkgdb in /var/db/pkg ... - 168 packages found (-0 +168) .. ..

Port perl 5.8.7 on FreeBSD 4.10

2005-10-06 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I have been trying to install theport of perl 5.8 on a FreeBSD machine 4.10 RELENG. Every time I try to execute the new perl I get: /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: perl: Undefined symbol "PL_exit_flags" This happens on 2 different machines, both 4.10 FreeBSD fw2.cs.ait.ac.th 4.10-RELEASE-p16 F

cvsup upgrade from 4.7 to 5.4

2005-10-06 Thread Gobbledegeek
Hello I'm upgrading from 4.7 to 5.4 using cvsup and I see that with src-all, files specific to s390, sparc, ppc are also being downloaded. How can I prevent this from happening? I only want to download i386 files... TIA -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Every thing but Gobbledegook.. !!]

Re: Feedback for a closed PR?

2005-10-06 Thread Csaba Henk
On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 04:14:40PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > Either submit a followup to the PR requesting that it's reopened and > adding your feedback at the end of the followup, or submit a new PR > (with a reference to the old one, if you feel that's appropriate). Thanks, I submitted a

Re: Port perl 5.8.7 on FreeBSD 4.10

2005-10-06 Thread Vladimir Tsvetkov
-- Forwarded message -- From: Vladimir Tsvetkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2005-10-6 13:46 Subject: Re: Port perl 5.8.7 on FreeBSD 4.10 To: Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2005/10/6, Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > What kind of script are you trying to execute? > > No sc

Re: Port perl 5.8.7 on FreeBSD 4.10

2005-10-06 Thread Vladimir Tsvetkov
-- Forwarded message -- From: Vladimir Tsvetkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2005-10-6 14:05 Subject: Re: Port perl 5.8.7 on FreeBSD 4.10 To: Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Does this fix the problem? > > It does, now I have to figure out what is the problem in the library. >

Fwd: Port perl 5.8.7 on FreeBSD 4.10

2005-10-06 Thread Vladimir Tsvetkov
-- Forwarded message -- From: Vladimir Tsvetkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2005-10-6 13:57 Subject: Re: Port perl 5.8.7 on FreeBSD 4.10 To: Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2005/10/6, Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > fw2: env | grep LIBRA > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib:/usr

How often cvsup the ports?

2005-10-06 Thread Mikael Backman
Hi. I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then. How often should I cvsup the ports? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Can't get Mailman to work

2005-10-06 Thread Sasa Stupar
--On 6. oktober 2005 9:26 +0200 Sasa Stupar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --On 6. oktober 2005 2:46 -0400 Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: grep DefaultUser /etc/mail/sendmail.cf 9# grep DefaultUser /etc/mail/sendmail.cf O DefaultUser=8:12 Sasa OK, I have my sendmail now to r

Re: Can't get Mailman to work [SOLVED]

2005-10-06 Thread Sasa Stupar
--On 6. oktober 2005 13:43 +0200 Sasa Stupar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --On 6. oktober 2005 9:26 +0200 Sasa Stupar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --On 6. oktober 2005 2:46 -0400 Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: grep DefaultUser /etc/mail/sendmail.cf 9# grep DefaultUser /etc/ma

Re: How often cvsup the ports?

2005-10-06 Thread Benjamin Lutz
Mikael Backman wrote: > Hi. > I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then. > How often should I cvsup the ports? As often as you like/need. I usually do it manually every 1-3 days. Cvsup is quite efficient, so you shouldn't have to worry about overloading the cvsup servers if you do it f

How to properly mount a DVD-R/W drive and how to use it from the command line?

2005-10-06 Thread Olaf Greve
Hi, This'll surely be a really novice question, but I'd like to get it right in one go, and RTFM-ing using Google somehow didn't produce uniform enough results for my likings. :) The situation: I just installed FreeBSD 5.4-Release AMD64 on my new machine (though the question is most likely n

Installing zebra on minimal setup

2005-10-06 Thread Gobbledegeek
Hello I did a minimal setup on a 500mb hdd - no ports, developer tools.. 4.7 bsd. Now I need to install zebra and zebra only without other ports. Its not on the install cd, So I need a binary image from where. Can I download a binary from somewhere that will unzip itself? Or Will someone ki

VPN server ?

2005-10-06 Thread Frank Bonnet
Hello I need some infos on FreeBSD baed VPN server links/experiences welcome thanks a lot -- Cordialement/Regards Frank Bonnet ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, sen

Re: Installing zebra on minimal setup

2005-10-06 Thread Gobbledegeek
PS: I need to add this to multiple machines without internet connection. rgrds On 10/6/05, Gobbledegeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > I did a minimal setup on a 500mb hdd - no ports, developer > tools.. 4.7 bsd. Now I need to install zebra and zebra only without > other ports. Its

Re: How often cvsup the ports?

2005-10-06 Thread David Kelly
On Oct 6, 2005, at 6:24 AM, Mikael Backman wrote: Hi. I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then. How often should I cvsup the ports? How often do you *need* updated ports? How often do you *need* an updated FreeBSD? Or is it just a matter of *want*. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL

Re: How to properly mount a DVD-R/W drive and how to use it from the command line?

2005-10-06 Thread Benjamin Lutz
Olaf Greve wrote: > [...] > Now, this is where the issue lies. When putting a CD-ROM in the drive, > and trying to access it through the /cdrom mountpoint I get an empty > directory listing (not correct) and when manually trying to do the > following: > mount /dev/acd0 /cdrom > I get the error (on

Re: broken ports

2005-10-06 Thread Toomas Aas
Reinhard Weismann wrote: does anybody know where to report broken ports, or, where to get information if/why a port currently is broken. From your description I am not at all sure that the port is broken in this case. But since you asked... If you are sure that the port really is broken, y

Re: VPN server ?

2005-10-06 Thread Benjamin Lutz
Frank Bonnet wrote: > I need some infos on FreeBSD baed VPN server > links/experiences welcome I'm using OpenVPN (http://www.openvpn.org), and I'm very happy with it. It's simple to set up (*much* simpler than IPSEC), and it has so far been reliable for me. Since it uses SSL for encryption, it is

Re: How to properly mount a DVD-R/W drive and how to use it from the command line?

2005-10-06 Thread P.U.Kruppa
On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Olaf Greve wrote: Hi, This'll surely be a really novice question, but I'd like to get it right in one go, and RTFM-ing using Google somehow didn't produce uniform enough results for my likings. :) The situation: I just installed FreeBSD 5.4-Release AMD64 on my new machin

Re: How often cvsup the ports?

2005-10-06 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/6/05, Mikael Backman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then. > How often should I cvsup the ports? > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebs

Re: broken ports

2005-10-06 Thread Reinhard Weismann
Thank you very much for the info's in the meanwhile, the problem got solved, after upgrading p5-Mail-DomainKeys-0.23 to 0.80 yesterday, p5-Mail-SpamAssassin upgrade also worked. > The reason I'm asking is that segmentation faults are often caused by > failing hardware (faulty memory chip, overh

Re: How to properly mount a DVD-R/W drive and how to use it from the command line?

2005-10-06 Thread O. Hartmann
Olaf Greve wrote: Hi, This'll surely be a really novice question, but I'd like to get it right in one go, and RTFM-ing using Google somehow didn't produce uniform enough results for my likings. :) The situation: I just installed FreeBSD 5.4-Release AMD64 on my new machine (though the questi

Re: Problems with Acroread7 port

2005-10-06 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Vladimir Tsvetkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now acroread7 runs, but during start it prints in an error-message > dialog the following message: > > There was an error while loading the plug-in 'PPKLite.api.' > The plug-in failed to initialize. > > Oddly, this message is shown only when I star

Re: how to recompile a port in a clean maneer?

2005-10-06 Thread Chuck Swiger
Eric Devolder wrote: Thank you Chuck, now I better understand what's behind this. Maybe just a side question: Can I "refresh" the files contained in /usr/ports with the one of an older release? for example, I would like to use ports from 4.3 while I'm running a 4.11 for now. Of course, my /usr/po

Re: cvsup upgrade from 4.7 to 5.4

2005-10-06 Thread Chuck Swiger
Gobbledegeek wrote: I'm upgrading from 4.7 to 5.4 using cvsup and I see that with src-all, files specific to s390, sparc, ppc are also being downloaded. How can I prevent this from happening? I only want to download i386 files... You've already asked this question. This isn't a problem t

Re: How often cvsup the ports?

2005-10-06 Thread Chuck Swiger
Mikael Backman wrote: I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then. How often should I cvsup the ports? Install portaudit. Pay attention to your nightly email. When you notice portaudit reporting that you have ports installed with known security vulnerabilities, it's a good time to

Re: Best Way to Install FreeBSD on Gateway G6-400

2005-10-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Hello, > > Could you please offer some advice on how I can remove Windows XP Pro > from an old and slow Gateway 400 Mhz computer, and install FreeBSD? You don't have to do anything to remove XP. When you install FreeBSD over the top of it, that will get rid of XP. So, just follow the

Re: OT: New design

2005-10-06 Thread Kirk Strauser
On Wednesday 05 October 2005 10:43 pm, Kirk Strauser wrote: > I like the idea, but the rendering is lacking in some browsers. This > screenshot comes from Konqueror 3.4.2 on a FreeBSD 6.0-BETA4 machine: I think I found the problem. I sit a few feet away from a 19" monitor, and have my minimum

Re: Problems with Acroread7 port

2005-10-06 Thread Vladimir Tsvetkov
06 Oct 2005 08:58:34 -0400, Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Vladimir Tsvetkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Now acroread7 runs, but during start it prints in an error-message > > dialog the following message: > > > > There was an error while loading the plug-in 'PPKLite.api.' > > The plug

Re: [freebsd-questions] PID 0

2005-10-06 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"Duncan Drury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am having a problem with Apache/PHP that results in Apache running as PID > 0, which I cannot kill without restarting the server (or rather I don't know > how else to do it). > > I am running FreeBSD 5.2, with Apache 1.3.33 and PHP5.0.5. > > First

Re: How to properly mount a DVD-R/W drive and how to use it from the command line?

2005-10-06 Thread Olaf Greve
Hi all, Thanks for the excellent replies regarding this! Regarding the mounting: indeed I do have a proper /etc/fstab, so I'll use mount /cdrom then. Tnx for explaining about the need to mount it in ISO-9660 format, and that the 'ro' flag is correct after all. :) So, the remaining thing then

Re: How often cvsup the ports?

2005-10-06 Thread Bob Johnson
On 10/6/05, Mikael Backman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then. > How often should I cvsup the ports? I usually cvsup the ports every time I install a port. That way I know I'm getting the latest available ports. There's not much point in runni

Re: Installation problem - "device node"

2005-10-06 Thread Lowell Gilbert
peter bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to install freebsd on a computer with 2 hard disks. This > message comes up when it tries to start creating the file system: > "Unable to find device node for /dev/X in /dev". Install then fails. That kind of depends on what "X" is. If yo

Realtek High Definition Soundcard

2005-10-06 Thread Berk Gulenler
Is there any way to install Realtek high definition soundcard? I try the open sound system program(lastest version). But it doesnt work. Help needed.By the way i am using version 5.4. Thks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.fr

Re: Hidden spot on hard drives?

2005-10-06 Thread Norberto Meijome
Gary W. Swearingen wrote: Jonathon McKitrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: 1. Any idea where this info could be stored? The obvious place is the end of the first track between the boot sector(s) and the first partition. But that's probably too easy and well-known. As others have noted, Uni

passwd file corrupted

2005-10-06 Thread Efren Bravo
Hi, How can I check /etc/passwd file integrity because I think it is corrupted. When I try to execute vipw efrenba or root it doesn't works. Also check /etc/master.passwd file... Thanks... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.fr

Re: passwd file corrupted

2005-10-06 Thread Will Maier
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:31:32AM -0500, Efren Bravo wrote: > How can I check /etc/passwd file integrity because I think it is > corrupted. When I try to execute vipw efrenba or root it doesn't works. Can you explain how vipw 'doesn't work'? What does it say? Is your $EDITOR variable set correctl

Re: How often cvsup the ports?

2005-10-06 Thread Robert Huff
Benjamin Lutz writes: > > I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then. > > How often should I cvsup the ports? > > As often as you like/need. I usually do it manually every 1-3 > days. I upgrade the ports tree every night. Building the ports depends on the number

Setting mount_nfs options in /etc/fstab

2005-10-06 Thread Brian Candler
I am reading large log files via NFS, and I find that if I mount them with mount_nfs -a 4 then performance is improved. My question is: is there any way to set the option '-a 4' in /etc/fstab? Or am I forced to mount the filesystems the manual way in /etc/rc.local? mount_nfs supports a number of

Re: How often cvsup the ports?

2005-10-06 Thread Colin Percival
Andrew P. wrote: > On 10/6/05, Mikael Backman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then. >>How often should I cvsup the ports? > > If you like being up-to-date, you should consider > using portsnap, which is much more efficient than > cvsup. You can update e

Re: passwd file corrupted

2005-10-06 Thread Efren Bravo
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:31:32AM -0500, Efren Bravo wrote: > How can I check /etc/passwd file integrity because I think it is > corrupted. When I try to execute vipw efrenba or root it doesn't works. >Can you explain how vipw 'doesn't work'? What does it say? Is your >$EDITOR variable set correc

(no subject)

2005-10-06 Thread Gleb Romanyuk
Hello! Whether probably to adjust ZyXEL ADSL USB modem on FreeBSD? Any information on adjustment of ADSL USB modems interests. -- Best regards, Gleb mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list ht

Re: passwd file corrupted, solved, sorry

2005-10-06 Thread Efren Bravo
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:31:32AM -0500, Efren Bravo wrote: > How can I check /etc/passwd file integrity because I think it is > corrupted. When I try to execute vipw efrenba or root it doesn't works. >Can you explain how vipw 'doesn't work'? What does it say? Is your >$EDITOR variable set correc

sendmail/postfix ports question

2005-10-06 Thread Matt Singerman
Hello all, I have a server running FreeBSD 5.2.1 that provides (amongst other things) MTA services to our office via sendmail. For a variety of a reasons, I would like to move away from sendmail to postfix. However, the postfix package cannot, as I am sure you know, simply install with sendmail

Re: Setting mount_nfs options in /etc/fstab

2005-10-06 Thread Brian Candler
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:10:14AM -0500, Doug Poland wrote: > Here's an fstab entry of mine for an nfs mount. > > fs:/data /data nfs -3,-R=3,-b,-i,-s,-r=32768,-w=32768,rw > 0 0 > > Your options and milage may vary... That works for me, thank you. Perhaps the fstab(5)

Re: correct syntax for openssl 0.9.8 in port

2005-10-06 Thread Alistair Sutton
On 30/07/05, J.D. Bronson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:57 PM 7/30/2005, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 12:46:37PM -0500, J.D. Bronson wrote: > > > I update my port tree on 5.4 to the latest and I am trying to figure > > > out what steps I need to build openssl 0.9.8 in > > >

dump/restore puzzle

2005-10-06 Thread Freminlins
I have a puzzling problem with dump and restore. I'm looking to implement a dump and restore pipe to automatically make copy of a file system onto another system completely. I've used / only as an example (because it's small) and I'm not overwriting /. I do the following: 1. Level 0 dump and resto

vsftpd watch problem

2005-10-06 Thread Yuan Jue
Hi all Here is a pragmatic problem. I used vsftpd to setup a ftp server. And as a result, some guys start to download something from my ftp server. I do want to know the downloader's IP and the speed he/she download from me, just as a status-watching for my notebook. Can anyone give me some c

Re: Which MySQL version best to use and with/without linux threads?

2005-10-06 Thread Peter Giessel
On Thursday, October 06, 2005, at 07:22AM, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> *** MySQL Log 4.1.14 *** >> 051002 17:41:47 1 Connect Access denied for user >> 'abbc'@'localhost' (using password: YES) > >This is the same authentication problem seen from the other side. > >>

Re: sendmail/postfix ports question

2005-10-06 Thread David Kelly
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 11:16:50AM -0400, Matt Singerman wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a server running FreeBSD 5.2.1 that provides (amongst other > things) MTA services to our office via sendmail. For a variety of a > reasons, I would like to move away from sendmail to postfix. However, > the

Fwd: cvsup upgrade from 4.7 to 5.4

2005-10-06 Thread Gobbledegeek
See below Ps: I joined the list only for this answer... -- Forwarded message -- From: Gobbledegeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Oct 6, 2005 9:02 PM Subject: Re: cvsup upgrade from 4.7 to 5.4 To: Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There isn't a a category to refuse under src-* for s390

FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Ansar Mohammed
Does the FreeBSD project offer commercial support? I notice that the FreeBSD mall offers commercial support. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EM

Re: twa kernel panic under heavy load

2005-10-06 Thread Dan Rue
On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 09:27:53AM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Dan Rue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Greetings, > > > > I am running a 3ware 9500 SATA raid card in a 12x300GB raid 50 > > configuration. Too often, I am seeing reboots during high I/O (rsync) > > operations. > > > > [EMAI

Nessus no longer open source

2005-10-06 Thread Gayn Winters
One of the highest rated open source security programs, nessus, will no longer be open source. Quoting from an email from Renaud Deraison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Nessus 3 will be available free of charge, including on the Windows platform, but will not be released under the G

Re: passwd file corrupted

2005-10-06 Thread Norberto Meijome
Efren Bravo wrote: On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:31:32AM -0500, Efren Bravo wrote: How can I check /etc/passwd file integrity because I think it is corrupted. When I try to execute vipw efrenba or root it doesn't works. Can you explain how vipw 'doesn't work'? What does it say? Is your $EDITOR

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Ansar Mohammed wrote: Does the FreeBSD project offer commercial support? I notice that the FreeBSD mall offers commercial support. It's a fine question, but it's well documented on the Project's web site: http://www.freebsd.org/support.html Kevin Kinsey __

Re: Nessus no longer open source

2005-10-06 Thread Kirk Strauser
On Thursday 06 October 2005 11:04, Gayn Winters wrote: > [...] under the GPL the AUTHOR of the code is not bound by the same > restrictions that the users are. I don't think that's completely true. The author has copyright over the work that they themselves wrote, but it's my understanding tha

Re: Setting mount_nfs options in /etc/fstab

2005-10-06 Thread Doug Poland
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 03:45:32PM +0100, Brian Candler wrote: > I am reading large log files via NFS, and I find that if I mount them > with mount_nfs -a 4 then performance is improved. > > My question is: is there any way to set the option '-a 4' in > /etc/fstab? Or am I forced to mount the file

Re: Hidden spot on hard drives?

2005-10-06 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
Norberto Meijome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Where does HPA(Host protected Area) sit in all this? is this the > 'boot sector' trick? I don't know. I just heard that some computer makers are somehow reserving as much as half the HDD for a full copy of the OS to recover from when the normal one

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Ansar Mohammed
I guess I am interested in finding out if there is support that is offered by the FreeBSD project, not from third party vendors. On 10/6/05, Kevin Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ansar Mohammed wrote: > > >Does the FreeBSD project offer commercial support? I notice that the > FreeBSD > >mall

Abit AW8 / Pentium D and 3ware raid cards compatibility

2005-10-06 Thread Gerald de la Pascua
I posted a few weeks back regarding problems making the aw8 board, work with a 3ware card 7006-2, the system wouldn't boot at all, after much discussion with 3ware they said, sorry nothing we can do, cannot offer an alternative suggested card, so I was about to change the mother board, infact 3wa

Re: Hidden spot on hard drives?

2005-10-06 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/6/05, Gary W. Swearingen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Norberto Meijome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Where does HPA(Host protected Area) sit in all this? is this the > > 'boot sector' trick? > > I don't know. I just heard that some computer makers are somehow > reserving as much as half

Re: Realtek High Definition Soundcard

2005-10-06 Thread Jakob Breivik Grimstveit
Berk Gulenler wrote on Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:01: > Is there any way to install Realtek high definition soundcard? I try the > open sound system program(lastest version). But it doesnt work. What didn't work? It's impossible to help unless you provide more information than this... -- Jakob Breivi

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/6/05, Ansar Mohammed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess I am interested in finding out if there is support that is offered > by the FreeBSD project, not from third party vendors. FreeBSD offers non-commercial support through mailing-lists and doc-project (FAQs and Handbooks) which is proba

Re: md device backing files on nfs mounts?

2005-10-06 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can the files that back an md device be resident on an nfs mount? > > I run some jails with each having its own root based on an md device. > I am thinking of having a backend nfs server have all the storage and > serve it to various f

burning multisession cd's and bootable windows isos

2005-10-06 Thread Dave
Hello, I've got two questions on burning cdr/cdrw disks. I'm using freebsd 5.4-p6 and using cdrtools for cdr/rw and dvd+rw-tools for dvdr/rw burning. My first question has to do with multisession disk burning, burn some, take it out, go back later and write more to the disk until it's full. I

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Christian Kuhtz
Yeah, but also the most irrelevant when it comes to supply chain folk. On Oct 6, 2005, at 12:45 PM, Andrew P. wrote: On 10/6/05, Ansar Mohammed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I guess I am interested in finding out if there is support that is offered by the FreeBSD project, not from third party

Re: md device backing files on nfs mounts?

2005-10-06 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Oct 6, 2005, at 10:51 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Can the files that back an md device be resident on an nfs mount? I run some jails with each having its own root based on an md device. I am thinking of having a backend nfs serve

Re: burning multisession cd's and bootable windows isos

2005-10-06 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > I've got two questions on burning cdr/cdrw disks. I'm using freebsd > 5.4-p6 and using cdrtools for cdr/rw and dvd+rw-tools for dvdr/rw > burning. > My first question has to do with multisession disk burning, burn > some, take it out, go back later

Re: Hidden spot on hard drives?

2005-10-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Norberto Meijome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Where does HPA(Host protected Area) sit in all this? is this the > > 'boot sector' trick? > > I don't know. I just heard that some computer makers are somehow > reserving as much as half the HDD for a full copy of the OS to recover > from w

re: Enabling cgi scripts in apache

2005-10-06 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Oct 5, 2005, at 9:41 PM, Glenn Dawson wrote: At 09:31 PM 10/5/2005, Garrett Cooper wrote: Hi, Just having problems again enabling cgi script execution in apache. The script exists, it's the right set of permissions, and the perl interpreter is reference correctly, as well as the follo

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Foo JH
> FreeBSD offers non-commercial support through > mailing-lists and doc-project (FAQs and Handbooks) > which is probably the most comprehensive, > active and effective support there is. It's a blame game as much as it is a genuine need for commercial help. As much as mailing lists and community sup

RE: Here's the proof.

2005-10-06 Thread Joshua Weaver
[mailer daemon - original message truncated] It appears you are right. I guess the Gates foundation does have a controlling interest in FreeBSD. I wonder what direction Microsoft will take when the complete the merger? -Josh ___ freebsd-questions@free

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > I guess I am interested in finding out if there is support that is offered > by the FreeBSD project, not from third party vendors. Basically FreeBSD support is what you see on the web page. In some sense, you could say that all of FreeBSD- development and support - is by third party sources

Re: xine / kaffeine core dumps with bus error

2005-10-06 Thread Tijl Coosemans
On Wednesday 05 October 2005 01:45, Ian Moore wrote: > On Wednesday 05 October 2005 00:44, Brian John wrote: > > I think I'm having a similar problem with totem (which uses xine) > > and vlc. Can you try installing /usr/ports/multimedia/vlc and see > > what that does? If that gives a bus error as w

Re: FreeBSD Support (Commerical)

2005-10-06 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 12:10:58PM -0400, Ansar Mohammed wrote: > I guess I am interested in finding out if there is support that is offered > by the FreeBSD project, not from third party vendors. Not commercial support, since FreeBSD isn't a commercial project. Kris pgpOutCgq3qeA.pgp Descripti

Re: burning multisession cd's and bootable windows isos

2005-10-06 Thread Dave
Hi, Thanks for your reply. I will give your crib sheet a go and if it is as good as it sounds i will like it! Do you have any other info along those lines, not necessarily on that subject but fast tips like that? If so i'd be interested. When you say grab all the tracks do you mean use dd

Re: md device backing files on nfs mounts?

2005-10-06 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Oct 6, 2005, at 10:51 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > >> Can the files that back an md device be resident on an nfs mount? > >> > >> I run some jails with each having

Re: burning multisession cd's and bootable windows isos

2005-10-06 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for your reply. I will give your crib sheet a go and if it > is as good as it sounds i will like it! Do you have any other info > along those lines, not necessarily on that subject but fast tips like > that? If so i'd be interested. The official Fre

Re: Here's the proof.

2005-10-06 Thread Bob Ababurko
Joshua Weaver wrote: [mailer daemon - original message truncated] It appears you are right. I guess the Gates foundation does have a controlling interest in FreeBSD. I wonder what direction Microsoft will take when the complete the merger? -Josh ___

Re: IPFW logging and dynamic rules

2005-10-06 Thread Bob Johnson
On 10/5/05, Alex de Kruijff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 11:45:42AM -0400, Bob Johnson wrote: > > In FreeBSD 5.4R, I tried an IPFW configuration that includes something > > like this (plus a lot of other rules): > > > >check-state > >deny tcp from any to any establis

Openoffice 1.1.5 compile failure

2005-10-06 Thread Robert K. Day
I'm trying to compile the latest version of OpenOffice from ports, through portupgrade -Rra, but it fails. I'm using the options WITHOUT_MOZILLA and WITHOUT_JAVA. Here's the part of the build that fails: -+ creating locale dependent resource bundles mkdir -p ../../unxfbsd.pro/misc/regi

Re: IPFW logging and dynamic rules

2005-10-06 Thread Bob Johnson
On 10/5/05, jmulkerin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about using snort and guardian.Guardian.pl will add a ipfw rule > each time it sees an alert from Snort. You'll need to adjust the snort > rules for what you want to alert on but its a pretty safe and > lightweight asset. (just my novice 2

Re: Here's the proof.

2005-10-06 Thread Mike Hernandez
On 10/6/05, Bob Ababurko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is this and where are the other mails to this thread? Smells like classic trolling to me Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freeb

Restoring Data from a DD image

2005-10-06 Thread Bill Schmitt (SW)
I've just replaced a hard disk that was dying fast. I've done a full installation of 4.9 (later releases won't install, which I've submitted a problem report on already). The old disk is connected but not mounted. Searching around, I found some suggestions to try to read the old disk to restore

Re: passwd file corrupted

2005-10-06 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
"Efren Bravo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > #vipw root returns-> usage: vipw [-d directory] See that "usage" msg? Compare it with your commands. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

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