RE: spammers harvesting emaill address from this list

2007-08-25 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Erik Trulsson > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 6:52 AM > To: fbsd2 > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG > Subject: Re: spammers harvesting emaill address from this list > > > For this list (freebsd-questions@)

Re: READ_DMA Error

2007-08-25 Thread Bahman M.
> > During FreeBSD 6.2 installation, the process failed because > > of errors like the one below: > > READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error LBA=37505132 > > > > I managed to install by setting hw.ata.ata_dma=0 at boot time > > but the same errors occur after installation and at boot time > > so I had to pu

Re: best way to keep track of new developments

2007-08-25 Thread Michel Talon
> intel 3945 wireless > ati x1300 graphics I have the intel 3945 on my Sony laptop. Works for me with Damien Bergamini driver 20070121-wpi-freebsd.tar.gz and FreeBSD-6.2-RELEASE. There are a lot of error messages but it works nonetheless. However i suspect that it produces memory corruption in con

Re: spammers harvesting emaill address from this list

2007-08-25 Thread Andrew Gould
On 8/25/07, Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Probably the list admins figure that anyone who posts here is an > advanced user type who understands how to setup spam filters that > work. > > Ted > ___ > Or doesn't; but wants to. I tell

Re: /var or /usr for data?

2007-08-25 Thread rloefgren
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Wojciech Puchar wrote: It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for years. my favourite "proper" allocation is to make ONE partition (/) and nothing more. and forget all pro

Mouse suddenly gets detached and reattached

2007-08-25 Thread Bahman M.
Hi all, I just installed X (xorg 7.2) and am using FluxBox. It's working well and there are no problems. However, the mouse gets suddenly detached and immediately reattached. I can't say exactly how often this happens, roughly about 6~7 times a day. # dmesg | tail -n 4 ums0: at uhub0 port 1 (addr

Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 191, Issue 37

2007-08-25 Thread blix
Please help with suggestions on how I can eliminate some console spam. my console and messages file is filling up with these entries: Aug 25 08:10:18 bsdpc kernel: (da3:umass-sim0:0:0:3): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 25 08:10:18 bsdpc kernel: (da3:umass-sim0:0:0:3): CAM Status:

ports/UPDATING instructions and Python 2.4

2007-08-25 Thread Kirk Strauser
I need to keep Python 2.4 on my system to run Zope (which isn't compatible with 2.5). So, I dutifully followed the instructions under /usr/ports/UPDATING starting with "If want to keep 2.4.x installed alongside 2.5.x [...]". When I came back a little later, all of my dependent ports had b

ath pccard ok on 6.1 600mhz laptop, same card *no* dmesg at all on 6.2 hp laptop

2007-08-25 Thread Steve Franks
So, I don't have any dmesg, because I don't get one at all with my ath0 card that I'm currently typing this on my old dell 600mhz laptop. I also have a wi0 card that works on the 600mhz machine, but it gives a freeze on the new system, and when you remove it, you get "cbb0 ready never happened, st

Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot

2007-08-25 Thread lawrence.petrykanyn
Hi, Manoliis: I took your advice. I copied the burned iso file into a FreeBSD directory and ran md5 and the check digits did not match. I then copied my downloaded iso image from Win98 into FreeBSD and ran md5 and the digits did match. So there was nothing wrong with the iso of disc1 that I

update: "Danger Will Robinson" dmesg [ath pccard... ok on 6.1 600mhz laptop, same card *no* dmesg at all on 6.2 hp laptop]

2007-08-25 Thread Steve Franks
update: several minutes after I pulled the ath0 out, I got a dmesg reading: "cbb0: Danger Will Robinson: Resource left allocated! This is a bug... (rid=0, type=1, addr=11)" "cbb0: Danger Will Robinson: Resource left allocated! This is a bug... (rid=0, type=4, addr=a100)" Steve On 8/25/07, Steve

Re: load script at bootup

2007-08-25 Thread Rob
Narek Gharibyan wrote: 3. Is there a program, script or any way more appropriate to track the packet loss and ping availability.? You might try the "APinger" port in: ports/net/apinger I started using it a couple weeks ago to locate some connectivity problems, and it's impressive for a small

Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot

2007-08-25 Thread Adam J Richardson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I burned another copy of the iso in FreeBSd with burncd using: burncd -f /dev/acd1 6.2-RELEASE-i386.iso fixate and it booted just fine. Thanks for all of your suggestions and advice. Now I will be spending the better part of the weekend doing the installation of 6

Re: /var or /usr for data?

2007-08-25 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 08:20:16PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > >>It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is > >>to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for > >>years. > > > >my favourite

FBSD-friendly UPS for home needs

2007-08-25 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, I am going to get a UPS device for my home freebsd gateway/router and wonder if there is anything that you would recommend? At work I use APC units and there is a dedicated software to manage it (apcupsd). Not sure if that's the case with other manufacturers? I'd like to get something that

RE: How to block 200K ip addresses?

2007-08-25 Thread Aminuddin
Hi, How do you block this large range of ip addresses from different subnet? IPFW only allows 65536 rules while this will probably use up a few hundred thousands of lines. I'm also trying to add this into my proxy configuration file, ss5.conf but it doesn't allow me to add this large number. IS t

Re: How to block 200K ip addresses?

2007-08-25 Thread Bill Moran
In response to "Aminuddin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > How do you block this large range of ip addresses from different subnet? > IPFW only allows 65536 rules while this will probably use up a few hundred > thousands of lines. > > I'm also trying to add this into my proxy configuration file, ss5

Transferring a GEOM array between hosts

2007-08-25 Thread Joe Schaefer
I have an external JBOD array that is a mirror of two stripes. What I'd like to do is plug that array into a new/different freebsd host machine. Is there anything I need to do to prepare the new machine for the array? Naively, I'd hope that the new machine will pick up the geom configuration f

Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 191, Issue 37

2007-08-25 Thread dgmm
On Saturday 25 August 2007, blix wrote: > Please help with suggestions on how I can eliminate some console spam. > > my console and messages file is filling up with these entries: > > Aug 25 08:10:18 bsdpc kernel: (da3:umass-sim0:0:0:3): READ CAPACITY. > CDB: 25 60 > 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > Aug 25 08:10:

Re: time issue

2007-08-25 Thread Bill Moran
In response to "Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello, > > I recently noticed that my clock was running a few minutes slow, even though I > have ntpd running on the box. Now I'm seeing this on occasion. > > Aug 24 20:17:10 kanga dovecot: Time just moved backwards by 105 seconds. This

fdisk - can't update an in-use partition

2007-08-25 Thread João Pinheiro
Hi, I have freebsd 6.2 installed on a disk with a 260Gb partition with only a 30Gb label (don't ask :P) and I'm trying to resize the active partition to the size of the existing label, so I can create another partition. I've already set kern.geom.debugflags=16 to be able to write to mbr, but f

FBSD-friendly UPS for home needs

2007-08-25 Thread Robert Huff
Zbigniew Szalbot writes: > I am going to get a UPS device for my home freebsd gateway/router > and wonder if there is anything that you would recommend? At work > I use APC units and there is a dedicated software to manage it > (apcupsd). Not sure if that's the case with other manufacturers? >

Re: FBSD-friendly UPS for home needs

2007-08-25 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Saturday 25 August 2007 12:53:19 Robert Huff wrote: > Zbigniew Szalbot writes: > > I am going to get a UPS device for my home freebsd gateway/router > > and wonder if there is anything that you would recommend? At work > > I use APC units and there is a dedicated software to manage it > > (a

MSK Driver -- Unable to get it working on laptop

2007-08-25 Thread Mak Kolybabi
I've been trying to get FreeBSD -CURRENT installed on my laptop for several days now. Although most things work fine, I cannot get my ethernet card to function. I have searched for similar issues on the web and mailing list archives and found nothing. The card identifies as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:0

Re: fdisk - can't update an in-use partition - solved

2007-08-25 Thread João Pinheiro
João Pinheiro escreveu: Hi, I have freebsd 6.2 installed on a disk with a 260Gb partition with only a 30Gb label (don't ask :P) and I'm trying to resize the active partition to the size of the existing label, so I can create another partition. I've already set kern.geom.debugflags=16 to be abl

Re: time issue

2007-08-25 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 24/08/07 Modulok said: > Is this a system that is left running 24/7 connected to the Internet, > or a system which is frequently turned off? If the latter, you might It's the former. I'll try the suggested ntp sync option anyway. I'm adding more sources too, in case the one that I'm syncing to

Re: time issue

2007-08-25 Thread Bill Moran
In response to "Michael P. Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 24/08/07 Modulok said: > > > Is this a system that is left running 24/7 connected to the Internet, > > or a system which is frequently turned off? If the latter, you might > > It's the former. I'll try the suggested ntp sync option an

uknd - uhub DRAC woes.

2007-08-25 Thread Grant Peel
Hi all, Whenever I reset my DRAC cards on my Dell machines, I can no longer use the remote terminal applet to access the console. The error I see is this: ukbd0: at uhub0 port 1 (addr 2) disconnected ukbd0: detached Is there any way to reinit the keyboard? (through ssh). i.e can the uhub and/or

Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot

2007-08-25 Thread Manolis Kiagias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Manoliis: I took your advice. I copied the burned iso file into a FreeBSD directory and ran md5 and the check digits did not match. I then copied my downloaded iso image from Win98 into FreeBSD and ran md5 and the digits did match. So there was nothing wrong wi

Re: FBSD-friendly UPS for home needs

2007-08-25 Thread Derek Ragona
At 11:15 AM 8/25/2007, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello, I am going to get a UPS device for my home freebsd gateway/router and wonder if there is anything that you would recommend? At work I use APC units and there is a dedicated software to manage it (apcupsd). Not sure if that's the case with ot

Re: uknd - uhub DRAC woes.

2007-08-25 Thread N.J. Mann
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grant Peel wrote: > > Whenever I reset my DRAC cards on my Dell machines, I'm sorry but I can't help you with your problem. But, you do need to reset your clock, since you appear to have reached October two months before the rest of us. I noticed this, because my

Re: FBSD-friendly UPS for home needs

2007-08-25 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, >>that's the case with other manufacturers? I'd like to get something that >>could be managed by software and at the some time not too expensive... > you >>know home budget...erm... > I use nut from the ports. I have had no problem with UPS's that have a > serial interface. Some USB int

nvidia driver blues

2007-08-25 Thread dan sikorsky
freebsd 6.2 i386 generic geforce 7300gt fresh install.. have updated source, and new ports tree.. installd x11, and then nvidia drivers no luck, all i get is [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver]# make install ===> Building for nvidia-driver-100.14.11 ===> src (all) cc -O2 -fno-strict-

Re: ports/UPDATING instructions and Python 2.4

2007-08-25 Thread Nikola Lecic
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:15:52 -0500 Kirk Strauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need to keep Python 2.4 on my system to run Zope (which isn't > compatible with 2.5). So, I dutifully followed the instructions > under /usr/ports/UPDATING starting with "If want to keep 2.4.x > installed alongs

Re: How to block 200K ip addresses?

2007-08-25 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Aug 26), Aminuddin said: > How do you block this large range of ip addresses from different > subnet? IPFW only allows 65536 rules while this will probably use up > a few hundred thousands of lines. > > I'm also trying to add this into my proxy configuration file, ss5.conf but

IPFW and HTTPS problem

2007-08-25 Thread Narek Gharibyan
I enabled https for my webmail. It works for LAN client but doesn't work for Internet clients. I checked with tcpdump ipfw filters the incomping https packets unless the rule Ipfw add allow tcp from any to ${webmail} 443 Ipfw add allow tcp from ${webmail} 443 to any Even I tried Ipfw add

Re: Test on FreeBSD site

2007-08-25 Thread NetOpsCenter
Bill Moran wrote: In response to NetOpsCenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Aloha, How long does it take for a test to be accepted or rejected on the FreeBSD test mail box? Is three minutes normal for a test to pop up? I had some FreeBSD 7 config issues and this nearly caused me to think I hadn'

Re: IPFW and HTTPS problem

2007-08-25 Thread Bill Moran
[Any reason you posted to the same list twice?] In response to "Narek Gharibyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I enabled https for my webmail. It works for LAN client but doesn't work for > Internet clients. I checked with tcpdump ipfw filters the incomping https > packets unless the rule > > Ipfw ad

secure /usr/src update

2007-08-25 Thread Martin Laabs
Hello, as far as I know neither CVSup, CTM nor (anonymous) CVS support any kind of (cryptographic) signing or encryption. Now I'd like to know if it is possible to obtain or update the base system in a secure and reliable way at all. For the ports collection there is portsnap which seems for me -

Re: /var or /usr for data?

2007-08-25 Thread Bill Vermillion
When asked his whereabouts on Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 04:34 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] took the fifth, drank it, and then slurred: > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:35:27 -0400 > From: Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: /var or /usr for data? > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > On Fri

Re: IPFW and HTTPS problem

2007-08-25 Thread David Kelly
On Aug 25, 2007, at 4:15 PM, Narek Gharibyan wrote: I enabled https for my webmail. It works for LAN client but doesn't work for Internet clients. I checked with tcpdump ipfw filters the incomping https packets unless the rule tcpdump is the hard way. # ipfw zero try the webmail. # ipf

xfce 4.4 questions

2007-08-25 Thread Richard Deal
Folks, I'm trying to install xfce 4.4 on my FreeBSD 6.1 box, (which I just upgraded via sysinstall). It ain't workin' and I sure could use some help. Full disclosure: I'm new to FreeBSD, although I do have a basic working knowledge of *nix fundamentals. I was able to install xfce 4.2, but th

Re: Mouse suddenly gets detached and reattached

2007-08-25 Thread Pieter de Goeje
On Saturday 25 August 2007, Bahman M. wrote: > Hi all, > > I just installed X (xorg 7.2) and am using FluxBox. It's working well > and there are no problems. However, the mouse gets suddenly detached > and immediately reattached. I can't say exactly how often this > happens, roughly about 6~7 times

Re: xfce 4.4 questions

2007-08-25 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Sat, Aug 25, 2007 at 06:11:42PM -0400, Richard Deal wrote: > Folks, > > I'm trying to install xfce 4.4 on my FreeBSD 6.1 box, (which I just > upgraded via sysinstall). It ain't workin' and I sure could use some help. > Full disclosure: I'm new to FreeBSD, although I do have a basic working >

Re: xfce 4.4 questions

2007-08-25 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Meta port installs the whole thing. My immediate hunch is that you are making several mistakes. Is your port tree updated? Why did you use CD to install the Xfce? Why do you want to use pkg_add utility. What about Xorg. Quick instruction would take only 10 minutes but then you need XOrg and Xf

TCP packets don't flow from external hosts to WinVista clients behind nat

2007-08-25 Thread Miz0
Hello... I've got a strange trouble... FreeBSD 6.2 amd64 as nat-router: rl0 85.249.249.249 -> ISP fxp0 10.0.0.1 -> My Internat Net natd/ng_nat ipfw: allow all from any to any WinXP client machines work fine behind nat, but WinVista, FreeBSD (5.5/6.2) clients don't. It's very strange but it's una

RE: How to block 200K ip addresses?

2007-08-25 Thread Aminuddin
I intend to create a ruleset file consisting of this statement: Ruleset add 2300 skipto 2301 ip from 0.0.0.0/6 to any add 2400 skipto 2401 ip from any to 0.0.0.0/6 add 2300 skipto 2302 ip from 4.0.0.0/6 to any add 2400 skipto 2402 ip from any to 4.0.0.0/6 add 2300 skipto 23

Re: /var or /usr for data?

2007-08-25 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> It would appear that the "proper" allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is >> to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for >> years. > > my favourite "proper" allocation is to make ONE partition (/) and > nothing more. and forget all problems about

problems with PCI RAID card showing up

2007-08-25 Thread Michael Hawkins
For some reason, I am unable to find the drives (RAIDED with JBOD) connected to this card. The chipset for the card is VIA 6421 for SATA and 8235 for IDE (It supports both), which, according to 'man ata' is supported. Prior to the FreeBSD boot Menu, I see text scroll across the screen that lists

TCP packets don't flow from external hosts to WinVista clients behind

2007-08-25 Thread mich . admin
Hello... I've got a strange trouble... FreeBSD 6.2 amd64 as nat-router: rl0 85.249.249.249 -> ISP fxp0 10.0.0.1 -> My Internal Net natd/ng_nat ipfw: allow all from any to any WinXP client machines work fine behind nat, but WinVista, FreeBSD (5.5/6.2) clients don't. It's very strange but it's unab

Re: nvidia driver blues

2007-08-25 Thread Nikola Lecic
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:55:32 -0400 dan sikorsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > freebsd 6.2 i386 generic > geforce 7300gt > fresh install.. have updated source, and new ports tree.. > installd x11, and then nvidia drivers no luck, all i get is > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver]# mak

Re: nvidia driver blues

2007-08-25 Thread Nikola Lecic
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:55:32 -0400 dan sikorsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver]# make install > ===> Building for nvidia-driver-100.14.11 > ===> src (all) > cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -DNV_VERSION_STRING=\"100.14.11\" [...] And: is this the fu

Re: Postfix/SpamAssassin Guru?

2007-08-25 Thread Eric Crist
On Aug 24, 2007, at 11:26 PMAug 24, 2007, Noel Jones wrote: [snip] an easier way is to run spamassassin under the control of amavisd-new and let amavisd-new add address extensions such as user+spam and to let dovecot file the mail in a spam folder. Noel, Are you saying I just need amavisd-n

Re: How to block 200K ip addresses?

2007-08-25 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Aug 26), Aminuddin said: > From: Dan Nelson > > In the last episode (Aug 26), Aminuddin said: > > > How do you block this large range of ip addresses from different > > > subnet? IPFW only allows 65536 rules while this will probably use > > > up a few hundred thousands of line

Re: TCP packets don't flow from external hosts to WinVista clients behind

2007-08-25 Thread J65nko
On 8/26/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello... > I've got a strange trouble... > FreeBSD 6.2 amd64 as nat-router: > rl0 85.249.249.249 -> ISP > fxp0 10.0.0.1 -> My Internal Net > natd/ng_nat > ipfw: allow all from any to any > > WinXP client machines work fine behind nat, but W

The FreeBSD Diary: 2007-08-05 - 2007-08-25

2007-08-25 Thread Dan Langille
The FreeBSD Diary contains a large number of practical examples and how-to guides. This message is posted weekly to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org with the aim of letting people know what's available on the website. Before you post a question here it might be a good idea to first search the maili

RE: How to block 200K ip addresses?

2007-08-25 Thread Aminuddin
My complete list has about 300K of lines. It takes about a few hours just to load the rules. Will it be faster to load using the table? -Original Message- From: Dan Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 9:37 AM To: Aminuddin Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subj

I need sound card recommendation

2007-08-25 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Dear ALL, After reading 120 pages of Open Sound System manual (the one compiled from ports) and playing with my audio card for almost a week. I came to a conclusion that my present audio card Audiology SE is not fully supported (duplex mode) even with the OSS compiled from ports. (Or I am jus

Re: How to block 200K ip addresses?

2007-08-25 Thread Kevin Downey
On 8/25/07, Aminuddin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My complete list has about 300K of lines. > It takes about a few hours just to load the rules. > Will it be faster to load using the table? > > > -Original Message- > From: Dan Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, August 26, 200

Re: How to block 200K ip addresses?

2007-08-25 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Aug 26), Aminuddin said: > From: Dan Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the last episode (Aug 26), Aminuddin said: > > > From: Dan Nelson > > > > In the last episode (Aug 26), Aminuddin said: > > > > > How do you block this large range of ip addresses from > > > > > diff

Re: How to block 200K ip addresses?

2007-08-25 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
Kevin Downey wrote: > I would use the pf firewall, it has an option to file tables from a file like: > > table persist file "/root/evil.txt" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root% wc -l evil.txt > 178438 evil.txt > > so its not 300k lines but it takes seconds to load. I attempted something similar wit

Re: How to block 200K ip addresses?

2007-08-25 Thread Kevin Downey
On 8/25/07, CyberLeo Kitsana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kevin Downey wrote: > > I would use the pf firewall, it has an option to file tables from a file > > like: > > > > table persist file "/root/evil.txt" > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root% wc -l evil.txt > > 178438 evil.txt > > > > so its not

Re: FreeBSD and ImageMagick crashes OS?

2007-08-25 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:56:59 + Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > :) having been bitten by that in several unix-like OS (pick any Linux > > distro, and freebsd too), i just remove /var/tmp and make a smylink to /tmp > > , which is big enough for my foreseeable needs. I like to keep