RE: Webmin fails after last portupgrade

2006-05-20 Thread Pelle Andersson
-Original Message- From: Kevin Kinsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 20 maj 2006 01:42 To: Pelle Andersson Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Webmin fails after last portupgrade Pelle Andersson wrote: > Hello List! > After the last portupgrade, Webmin is failing: > > fre

FreeBSD Book for New Users Available in PDF Format

2006-05-20 Thread Annelise Anderson
The book I wrote for users new to FreeBSD and Unix-- FreeBSD: An Open Source Operating System for Your Personal Computer-- is out of print now (although DeamonNews may have a few copies) and no longer available on Amazon, although they may still be listing the first edition. Many

sendmail problem

2006-05-20 Thread josemel esleta
I'm very new at using sendmail. i can send email to my own domain, but when i send to others domain emails cannot be receive. Can anyon advice on what to change in my configurations. I'm using freebsd 6.0 and sendmail 8.13.4. Any reply is appreciated. Thanks...

Re: sendmail problem

2006-05-20 Thread B H
josemel esleta: I'm very new at using sendmail. i can send email to my own domain, but when i send to others domain emails cannot be receive. Can anyon advice on what to change in my configurations. I'm using freebsd 6.0 and sendmail 8.13.4. Any reply is appreciated. Thanks... What is the e

Re: About FreeBSD on Celeron D

2006-05-20 Thread Benjamin Lutz
On Saturday 20 May 2006 05:38, Robe wrote: > Does any body know if the distribution of FreeBSD for IA-64 run in a > "Celeron D" microprocessor? It will not. FreeBSD/ia64 is for Itanium and Itanium 2 systems only. However, FreeBSD/i386 will run on your Celeron D just fine. Cheers Benjamin pgpr0

Re: Shell script cannot run on FAT32 partition

2006-05-20 Thread Kyrre Nygard
At 19:47 18.05.2006, Simon Olofsson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, FAT32 can't distinguish between upper and lowercase. You need to use an intermediate filename to do so. Take a look at lcra: http://membled.com/work/apps/lcra/lcra-1.0.1/lcra HTH Thanks man! I appreci

Re: Shell script cannot run on FAT32 partition

2006-05-20 Thread Kyrre Nygard
At 21:11 18.05.2006, Lorin Lund wrote: Kyrre Nygard wrote: Hello! I have this nice renaming script here. It sanitizes badly named parts of files and folders. But when I run it on my FAT32, dual boot transition partition (hehe), it causes my computer (Pentium 4, 3,2 GHz) to freeze. I vaguel

upgrading to apache 2.2

2006-05-20 Thread dick hoogendijk
I have a working configuration with apache-1.3.x, php4, mySQL As I understand apache-1.3.x is a bit old, so I want to change this config to a working apache-2.2.x + mySQL + php4 Can anybody give me some advice in how to do his? Do I remove all packages first and do a reinstall afterwards? If yes,

Microsoft USB wireless mouse can not work

2006-05-20 Thread panxj
Hi, all I have a Microsoft USB wireless mouse, but it cannot work in FreeBSD, neither in console nor in KDE. It goes well in Linux and Windows. However, after I plug the receiver into the USB interface, the kernel recongizes the hardware, and I get this in /var/log/message

Portmanager: Error Message Upon Startup

2006-05-20 Thread Gerard E. Seibert
Running FreeBSD 6.1 Upon starting portmanager, I receive the following error message. ~ # portmanager x11/kde3 -l portmanager 0.4.1_5: Collecting installed port data -

Re: cant run x-windows on fresh 6.1 install

2006-05-20 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Peter Michaux wrote: Ok, it is time for me to sound really stupid. Not stupid, just, um, new? Everyone was Once Upon A Time ... Actually, it seems logical there *should* be one. What does dmesg(8) say in regard to this? Can you run moused(8)? What hardware is this, anyway? $ moused(8) B

Re: 6.1 CD is Hanging on Install

2006-05-20 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Justin wrote: I'm trying to venture into the world of BSD. Thus, I have just recently joined the mailing list and this is my first message. I have tried to research my question and found a similar problem, but I was unable to find any type of solution. Here's What's Happening: After I boot m

Upgrading and Disk Space.

2006-05-20 Thread Grant Peel
Hi all, I am about to upgrade a 6.0 machine to 6.1R. I am running a little tight on space on the3 /usr part. I was wondering what can be safely removed from /usr befor starting the upgrade. The idea is to try NOT to fill up the filesystem and crap out duing the upgrade. Any feedback will b

Re: sendmail problem

2006-05-20 Thread Derek Ragona
You can look in /var/log/maillog after you try to send one and post the errors from that log. -Derek At 02:59 AM 5/20/2006, josemel esleta wrote: I'm very new at using sendmail. i can send email to my own domain, but when i send to others domain emails cannot be receive. Can anyon adv

Re: Upgrading and Disk Space.

2006-05-20 Thread Derek Ragona
The most obvious thing is to remove the ports, then add them later after the upgrade. -Derek At 07:34 AM 5/20/2006, Grant Peel wrote: Hi all, I am about to upgrade a 6.0 machine to 6.1R. I am running a little tight on space on the3 /usr part. I was wondering what can be safely remo

apache not working

2006-05-20 Thread Imran Imtiaz
My apache server is giving me the following error today when i tried to start it as it will working fine a few days ago but after my system had an improper shutdown then apache start giving me the following error kindly help in this matter. [EMAIL PROTECTED] squid]# apachectl start /libexec/ld-

Re: email with a database

2006-05-20 Thread Chuck Swiger
Jonathan Horne wrote: is there an email solution that employs some kind of database that stores mail for long term? id rather not turn on "leave a copy on the server" as this has shown to give poorer and poorer performance over time for me. People normally take backups of their machines in

Re: apache not working

2006-05-20 Thread Derek Ragona
You must have upgraded and didn't build the compatibility libs or deleted them as part of the upgrade. Add the compatibility statements to /etc/make.conf and rebuild and reinstall the world. -Derek At 08:14 AM 5/20/2006, Imran Imtiaz wrote: My apache server is giving me the following

lines on my screen with xorg

2006-05-20 Thread Justins Schlingmann
Hello, I`m configuring xorg server with windowmaker and xdm. When I start the server I get a screen full of lines. Everything works normal except for these lines. Maybe someone can give me a tip. Thanks, Justin. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org ma

sshd delay

2006-05-20 Thread Andrew Pantyukhin
I have a problem. When I run sshd -ddd I get this: (I get the same delay without -ddd, of course) <...> debug3: mm_pty_allocate: waiting for MONITOR_ANS_PTY debug3: mm_request_receive_expect entering: type 26 debug3: mm_request_receive entering ===> <60-90 seconds of delay> debug3: mm_request_sen

Re: upgrading from 6.0release to 6.1release

2006-05-20 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Jonathan Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > quick question, is the appropriate method of upgrading as follows: > > - make 3 floppies (boot, kern1, kern2) from the "new" version's tree > - reboot from the floppies > - follow the sysinstall's upgrade path? I usually do source upgrades, but that s

Re: About FreeBSD on Celeron D

2006-05-20 Thread Derek Ragona
The regular i386 branch runs on the celeron chips. -Derek At 10:38 PM 5/19/2006, Robe wrote: Hi, Does any body know if the distribution of FreeBSD for IA-64 run in a "Celeron D" microprocessor? -- Robe. You must be the change you want to see in the world. ___

Re: lines on my screen with xorg

2006-05-20 Thread Derek Ragona
Sounds like you have the refresh rate set wrong for your monitor. -Derek At 08:35 AM 5/20/2006, Justins Schlingmann wrote: Hello, I`m configuring xorg server with windowmaker and xdm. When I start the server I get a screen full of lines. Everything works normal except for these lines.

Re: email with a database

2006-05-20 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jonathan Horne wrote: >> is there an email solution that employs some kind of database that stores >> mail for long term? id rather not turn on "leave a copy on the server" as >> this has shown to give poorer and poorer performance over time for me. >>

Re: Upgrading and Disk Space.

2006-05-20 Thread Laurence Sanford
Grant Peel wrote: The idea is to try NOT to fill up the filesystem and crap out duing the upgrade. 664M./src 303M./ports Remove those two if you're doing an upgrade using the discs. If you're building the upgrade from source, you obviously can't do that. If adding a drive is an o

encrypting files with a phrase

2006-05-20 Thread Imran Imtiaz
how can i encrypt files on freebsd by using a password phrase so the if some one needs to decrypt the file he can decrypt with the phrase given. regards, Imran ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/fre

RE: 6.1 CD is Hanging on Install

2006-05-20 Thread fbsd
Trouble shooting 101. 1. If you burned the install cd from the iso file, did you first check that what you downloaded is correct by running md5 and comparing the hash number against the checksum value? 2. Check the motherboard bio settings. Turn off all power management options.

Re: encrypting files with a phrase

2006-05-20 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Imran Imtiaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > how can i encrypt files on freebsd by using a password phrase so the if some > one needs to decrypt the file he can decrypt with the phrase given. openssl(1) is a nice choice, in the base system. ___ freebsd-q

pf: changing tables with rules

2006-05-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net
is it possible to write pf.conf rules, that will add matching packets to tables? if yes, can someone post an example for me? thx in advance ;-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions T

Re: encrypting files with a phrase

2006-05-20 Thread Chuck Swiger
Imran Imtiaz wrote: how can i encrypt files on freebsd by using a password phrase so the if some one needs to decrypt the file he can decrypt with the phrase given. There is a program called crypt which comes with FreeBSD which provides basic single-rotor encryption, which is fine for casual

Re: Sound died after an upgrade

2006-05-20 Thread Lowell Gilbert
David LeCount <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was upgrading something in my ports tree (I can't > remember what now) when this problem arised. Any time > I try to play anything with audio, the player will > just freeze. It's not locked up, because I can stop > it. In XMMS for instance, I just hit

Re: 6.1 CD is Hanging on Install

2006-05-20 Thread Mark Tinguely
Justin wrote: If the other fine suggestions given by the others on this list do not solve the problem, a couple other suggestions come to mind. Redownloading and reburning the CD would be the first suggestion. If the CD does not boot correctly, does diskettes (if you computer still as one of c

Re: OpenGL and Intel Graphics [WAS: Cake and Eat it Too: RTCW Port]

2006-05-20 Thread dawnshade
On Saturday 20 May 2006 01:26, Jeff Cross wrote: > Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > Jeff Cross schrieb: > >> I ran the "make" commands you specified but still do not have a i915.o > >> file on my system.  Here is what I have related to i915: > > > > Oops. Turns out the complete i915 module was only ad

installing MySQL with FreeBSD pkg_add

2006-05-20 Thread Peter Michaux
Hi, I am happy to have FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE and KDE running on my intel box. I am now trying to install MySQL. I logged in as root and ran the following commands # pkg_add -r msql41-server Added group "mysql" Added user "mysql" # pkg_add -r mysql41-client "mysql-client-4.1.18_1" or its older vers

Re: Setting up NIS questions?

2006-05-20 Thread Steve Kargl
On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 05:55:22PM -0500, Derek Ragona wrote: > At 05:48 PM 5/19/2006, Steve Kargl wrote: >>I have 2 NICS in the master node of a small cluster. >>bge0 is connected to the outside world with a FQDN >>and registered DNS IP address. bge1 is connected to >>a 192.168.0.x internal netwo

Re: Software taking a long time to load on FreeBSD6

2006-05-20 Thread Bill Moran
On Fri, 19 May 2006 21:21:19 -0600 "Levi Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why is it that some applications like x11, ratpoison, and firefox come up > instantly while applications like xmms, emacs and thunderbird take about > five minutes to load? I've tried several things to try and fix this

Re: installing MySQL with FreeBSD pkg_add

2006-05-20 Thread John Cruz
Peter, cp /usr/local/share/my-small.cnf /var/db/mysql/my.cnf. Have a look at your new config in /var/db/mysql and make any necessary adjustments. There's some other configs in /usr/local/share so if you need something other than the small configuration file copy that one over. All depends on

Re: Setting up NIS questions?

2006-05-20 Thread Chuck Swiger
Steve Kargl wrote: I can't even get NIS set up with ypinit. It unconditionally uses /bin/hostname, which will grab the FQDN of the system. You have given me an idea. I can change rc.conf to set hostname to the name I've given 192.168.0.10, put that on bge0, put the IP address associated with t

kmail on FreeBSD 6.1

2006-05-20 Thread none none
hi i am new in FreeBSD and i have encounterted a problem with kmail. I had set it up and it was working fine until i tried to "portupgrade -a". Some pkgs failed during portupgrade and since then i am unable to run kmail. the message i receive when i type kmail on the xterminal is: /libexec/ld-elf.

Re: kmail on FreeBSD 6.1

2006-05-20 Thread Benjamin Lutz
Hello Andreas, On Saturday 20 May 2006 18:46, none none wrote: > hi > i am new in FreeBSD and i have encounterted a problem > with kmail. I had set it up and it was working fine > until i tried to "portupgrade -a". Some pkgs failed > during portupgrade and since then i am unable to run > kmail. th

RE: installing MySQL with FreeBSD pkg_add

2006-05-20 Thread fbsd
The pkg_add -r msql41-server auto installs mysql41-client as a dependaent so when you ran pkg_add -r mysql41-client it found it was all ready there just like it should. This is not an error. Next you have to do rehash command or reboot box so system can find those new modules. Then run mysql_inst

Re: Setting up NIS questions?

2006-05-20 Thread Steve Kargl
On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 12:33:21PM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Steve Kargl wrote: > >I can't even get NIS set up with ypinit. It unconditionally > >uses /bin/hostname, which will grab the FQDN of the system. > >You have given me an idea. I can change rc.conf to set hostname > >to the name I've g

Re: sshd delay

2006-05-20 Thread Andrew
Hello, This is perhaps a long shot, but anyway... I assume the reason you tried turning off DNS look-ups is that remote host cannot resolve the local hostname, or it can, but takes a relatively long time to do so. You might check and see if syslog has DNS look-ups enabled. It's been a while, but

Re: Sound died after an upgrade

2006-05-20 Thread David LeCount
--- Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd guess there's more than one thing going on, so > try to > eliminate some variables. In particular, use a > command-line > utility to generate audio. Also, watch for log > messages, > and for changes in the output of /dev/sndstat. I should have

Re: Upgrading and Disk Space.

2006-05-20 Thread Grant Peel
I have a /usr/src/sys/compile dirs that has 400 meg in it. ( a kernel config dir) can I delete it? -Grant - Original Message - From: "Laurence Sanford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Grant Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 9:58 AM Subject: Re: Upgrading and Disk Sp

Re: installing MySQL with FreeBSD pkg_add

2006-05-20 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Peter Michaux wrote: # mysql -uroot ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket 'tmp/mysql.sock' (2) What to do? The server isn't running. Start it, and this message will go away. If the port/package is correctly installed, then $ /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-serve

controlling ports: connection refused

2006-05-20 Thread Peter Michaux
Hi, I'm having fun getting things working with FreeBSD. Hopefully I won't have too many questions for you guys but another speedbump. This looks like a SVN question but I think it is really a FreeBSD question. I have Mac OS X 10.3.9 on one computer and FreeBSD 6.1 on another. They are both conne

Re: controlling ports: connection refused

2006-05-20 Thread Bill Moran
"Peter Michaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having fun getting things working with FreeBSD. Hopefully I won't > have too many questions for you guys but another speedbump. This looks > like a SVN question but I think it is really a FreeBSD question. > > I have Mac OS X 10.3.9 on one

Re: controlling ports: connection refused

2006-05-20 Thread Chris Howells
On Saturday 20 May 2006 19:34, Peter Michaux wrote: > $ telnet 192.168.0.103 3690 > Trying 192.168.0.103... > telnet: connect to address 192.168.0.103: Connection refused > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host Check that svn is listening on the IP 192.168.0.103 and not just localhost (127.0.0

Profile Libraries

2006-05-20 Thread Gerard Seibert
This is probably a dumb question, but what are 'profile libraries'? There is the option to use either -NO_PROFILE while building a port, or putting it in the make.conf file as NO_PROFILE= true, so I assume it does something. If these libraries are not required, why are they built by default anyway?

RE: after upgrade from 6.0 to 6.1

2006-05-20 Thread Zimmerman, Eric
>Your procedure is almost identical to mine but I usually reboot after >installing >the new kernel, test it and then drop into single user mode to do the rest. >The only exception is your step #7, I don't do it and wondering why you >have it in there. Maybe I've been doing it wrong all along >

Managing a [local] package repository....

2006-05-20 Thread Eric Schuele
Hello, I'm wondering how others manage a local store of packages... or even if anyone does this sort of thing. Let me explain... Some short time back I decided to start stockpiling packages of all the ports I have installed on my machine. I was/am doing this because I intend on doing a fre

Re: Managing a [local] package repository....

2006-05-20 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Saturday 20 May 2006 12:56, Eric Schuele wrote: > Hello, > > I'm wondering how others manage a local store of packages... or even if > anyone does this sort of thing. Let me explain... > > Some short time back I decided to start stockpiling packages of all the > ports I have installed on my mac

freebsd log watching utility

2006-05-20 Thread Imran Imtiaz
Is there any utility in freebsd that watches the logs and email me the report? regards, Imran ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

webalizer

2006-05-20 Thread Imran Imtiaz
I am using webalizer to generate graphs from my apache logs but its does not show that from which country how many users have visited my site. Is there an switch to make that work? regards, Imran ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://l

Re: Managing a [local] package repository....

2006-05-20 Thread Eric Schuele
Beech Rintoul wrote: On Saturday 20 May 2006 12:56, Eric Schuele wrote: Hello, I'm wondering how others manage a local store of packages... or even if anyone does this sort of thing. Let me explain... Some short time back I decided to start stockpiling packages of all the ports I have install

Re: freebsd log watching utility

2006-05-20 Thread Eric
Imran Imtiaz wrote: Is there any utility in freebsd that watches the logs and email me the report? regards, Imran watches them do what? Theres lots of log utils. what are you trying to accomplish? Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing li

Re: webalizer

2006-05-20 Thread Mathias Menzel-Nielsen
Imran Imtiaz wrote: I am using webalizer to generate graphs from my apache logs but its does not show that from which country how many users have visited my site. Is there an switch to make that work? regards, Imran Hi you can enable the switch: CountryGraphyes and TopCountries

Re: webalizer

2006-05-20 Thread Eric
Imran Imtiaz wrote: I am using webalizer to generate graphs from my apache logs but its does not show that from which country how many users have visited my site. Is there an switch to make that work? regards, Imran ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: nsswitch.conf with ldap

2006-05-20 Thread Z.C.B.
On Mon, 8 May 2006 21:16:20 -0500 Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the last episode (May 08), Atom Powers said: > > On 5/8/06, Z.C.B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I don't know if it will help your problem, I'm struggling > > >> through my own pam/nss/ldap issues, but it is a part of

Maple 8 on FreeBSD with Diablo

2006-05-20 Thread Henry Lenzi
Hi -- Maple keeps getting me trouble... Has anyone installed Maple 8 with the new diablo? What the handbook says does not apply to Maple 8...There is no FLEXim script for Linux/Unix. NetBSD people claim to have it rolling under binary emulation, but their page lacks details too. Can anyone help

cleaning off unix/linux????

2006-05-20 Thread Gary Kline
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 one machine. For various reasons I need one DOS ma

Re: cleaning off unix/linux????

2006-05-20 Thread Gerard Seibert
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 one machine. For various reas

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

Re: cleaning off unix/linux????

2006-05-20 Thread Rowdy
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 one machine. For various reaso

Re: Profile Libraries

2006-05-20 Thread Chuck Swiger
Gerard Seibert wrote: This is probably a dumb question, but what are 'profile libraries'? There is the option to use either -NO_PROFILE while building a port, or putting it in the make.conf file as NO_PROFILE= true, so I assume it does something. If these libraries are not required, why are they

Re: kmail on FreeBSD 6.1

2006-05-20 Thread none none
Note: forwarded message attached. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com --- Begin Message --- Hi, i run the command portupgrade -fr libgpg-error but the problem still there. I keep getting the same message on the terminal each time i type "kmail": /libexec/ld

Re: a

2006-05-20 Thread Hunter Fuller
On 15 May 2006, at 11:24 AM, Gerard Seibert wrote: sai shu wrote: a b c -- Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken." Anonymous ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mail

Re: kmail on FreeBSD 6.1

2006-05-20 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Saturday 20 May 2006 16:29, none none wrote: > Hi, > i run the command portupgrade -fr libgpg-error but the > problem still there. I keep getting the same message > on the terminal each time i type "kmail": > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object > "libgpg-error.so.1" not found, required by "kmail

Re: kmail on FreeBSD 6.1

2006-05-20 Thread Gerard Seibert
Beech Rintoul wrote: > On Saturday 20 May 2006 16:29, none none wrote: > > Hi, > > i run the command portupgrade -fr libgpg-error but the > > problem still there. I keep getting the same message > > on the terminal each time i type "kmail": > > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object > > "libgpg-error

Re: a

2006-05-20 Thread Daniel A.
On 5/20/06, Hunter Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 15 May 2006, at 11:24 AM, Gerard Seibert wrote: > sai shu wrote: > >> a > > b c > > -- > Gerard Seibert > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > "Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken." > > Anonymous > ___

Re: cleaning off unix/linux????

2006-05-20 Thread John Nielsen
Quoting Gary Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 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 one mach

setting host name during install?

2006-05-20 Thread Peter Michaux
Hi, During install, I don't quite understand the "host" parameter that I supplied for my networking configuration. I used DHPC and most of the parameters were filled in for me Host: Domain: gv.shawcable.net IPv4 Gateway: 192.168.0.1 Name server: 192.168.0.1 IPv4 Address: 192.168.0.103 Netmask:

Re: setting host name during install?

2006-05-20 Thread SM X
For changing hostname (and/or IP), I found that the best way is to use sysinstall and change it from there (Configure --> Networking --> Interfaces --> "your NIC"), since that one will change not only rc.conf file, but also the hosts file (so that your browser can actually resolve name beastie in

Re: setting host name during install?

2006-05-20 Thread Peter Michaux
Hi, Thanks for the info. I reversed what I had done and then used sysinstall. Going through sysinstall let me enter "beastie.gv.shawcable.net" as my host name. However when I try the following two url's i get and unknown host. http://beastie:3000/ http://beastie.gv.shawcable.net:3000/ Any other

Re: setting host name during install?

2006-05-20 Thread SM X
Why are you using port 3000? Are you sure that there is a process running on your machine that is listening on that port? In other words, when you mentioned "http://192.168.0.103:3000";, was that something that was (and hopefully still is) working on your machine or you just used that URL to let u

building a cluster

2006-05-20 Thread Carlos Silva
Hi, I want to build a cluster with 2-3 nodes to convert my video files to DVD pretty faster (it takes an ETA of 12 hours right now), but I'm not familiarized with this systems, so if anyone can give me a little help on creating this cluster it's very appreciated! I have two questions too: - I

Re: building a cluster

2006-05-20 Thread W. D.
At 00:49 5/21/2006, Carlos Silva wrote: >Hi, > >I want to build a cluster with 2-3 nodes to convert my video files to >DVD pretty faster (it takes an ETA of 12 hours right now), but I'm not >familiarized with this systems, so if anyone can give me a little help >on creating this cluster it's ver

Building Firefox problem, cairo related

2006-05-20 Thread Enigma
I am having problems building firefox from ports. I have been following this guide: http://www.engr.colostate.edu/~reinholz/freebsd/freebsd.html#apps to the letter and started to build firefox, I was in the fluxbox gui at the time and building via xterm. At which time I clicked on the xterm bar at

Building Firefox problem, cairo related (Dis-regard previous post)

2006-05-20 Thread Enigma
I am having problems building firefox from ports. I have been following this guide: http://www.engr.colostate.edu/~reinholz/freebsd/freebsd.html#apps to the letter and started to build firefox, I was in the fluxbox gui at the time and building via xterm. At which time I clicked on the xterm bar at

Re: Upgrading and Disk Space.

2006-05-20 Thread James Long
> Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 08:34:18 -0400 > From: "Grant Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Upgrading and Disk Space. > To: > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hi all, > > I am about to upgrade a 6.0 m