Re: if anyone needs OOo 3.0.1 i386 package

On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:45:43 -0600 Tim Judd wrote: > On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Ghirai wrote: > > > Seeing as good-day.net only has packages for amd64, > > i figured i'd make one; it only took about 9 hours or so :P > > > > http://ghirai.com/openoffice.org-3.0.1.tbz (~130MiB) > > > > Crea

[OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes

Hello, list. Before I pose my question, I am not intending to start a flame-war of any sort -- I'm just searching for "different" ways of doing things. With so many different version control systems available (aside from the traditional "keep current backups" solution), I am curious: Q: What is

Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:37:27 -0400, Glen Barber wrote: > Hello, list. > > Before I pose my question, I am not intending to start a flame-war of > any sort -- I'm just searching for "different" ways of doing things. > > With so many different version control systems available (aside from > the trad

Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes

Hi, Roger On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Roger Olofsson <240olofs...@telia.com> wrote: > For local configuration files there's a tool called rcs that can be used for > tracking changes and rollback. > > It's a part of the FreeBSD base system. Check the man pages for rcs(1) ci(1) > co(1) rcsdiff(

Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 07:37:27AM -0400, Glen Barber wrote: > Hello, list. > > Before I pose my question, I am not intending to start a flame-war of > any sort -- I'm just searching for "different" ways of doing things. > > With so many different version control systems available (aside from > t

Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes

Hi, Roland. On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Roland Smith wrote: > > My configuration files are kept in git managed directories under > ~/setup/.  Every directory is its own > repository. The reason that I'm using git is because it does what I > need, is small and fast and doesn't require an ext

Re: Can't upgrade to 7.1-RELEASE

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 02:41:23AM +0200, Reinis Ivanovs wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to upgrade a 7.0 system to 7.1-RELEASE, and it isn't > working. I switch to the superuser, do "freebsd-update upgrade -r > 7.1-RELEASE", and then when I try running "freebsd-update install", I > get this: > >

Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes

Glen Barber skrev: Hello, list. Before I pose my question, I am not intending to start a flame-war of any sort -- I'm just searching for "different" ways of doing things. With so many different version control systems available (aside from the traditional "keep current backups" solution), I a

Re: Software installasion (Was: Re: Wine without X)

Mel Flynn wrote: On Saturday 28 March 2009 13:06:44 Robert Huff wrote: Mel Flynn writes: > Can I ask one more possibly really dumb question, to which I > can find no answer: Is there a 'conventional', or sensible > for one reason oranother, place to download application source to? Most s

Re: Can't upgrade to 7.1-RELEASE

Thanks, that did the trick. I commented out the chflags and the script finished successfuly. That makes sense, since the kernel security level was -1, so chflags shouldn't matter. R. On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 16:04, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 02:41:

Re: Software installasion (Was: Re: Wine without X)

--On March 29, 2009 11:03:03 AM -0500 Barnaby Scott wrote: Many thanks to all who have helped on this one. I managed to get wine installed without X and it works :) However my application doesn't :( Most of the errors are concerned with MS Visual C++ libraries, which I have unconfirmed indica

Re: analyzing httpd-error.log

On Mar 28, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, Webalizer is doing what it's supposed to with httpd-access.log, but when I give it the error log to process is coughs, spits and spills out errors with no data processed. My research hasn't turned up a good solution for webalizer and -e

init panic in freebsd 7.1

Hi, I was having a little trouble with my computer, first thought was that the mboard was fried, but later found out it was the power supply and replaced it. The computer started but failed to boot, here is what it's been complaining, exec /sbin/init error 8 exec /sbin/init.bak error 8 exec /r

Re: Software installasion (Was: Re: Wine without X)

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009, Barnaby Scott wrote: Thanks for all the ideas about where to download/install custom apps - the one that appeals most at this stage is a jail, partly because I have never played with them, and I think I should progress my learning in that direction. However I find the other a

Re: init panic in freebsd 7.1

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:23:13 -0400, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: > init: not found in path /sbin/ (a lot of paths) > panic: no init > > what is that?? The init process is the "root" of the FreeBSD startup, and the last part of the OS loader cannot find it, so the OS cannot start. http://www.freebsd

Re: analyzing httpd-error.log

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Charles Howse wrote: > > On Mar 28, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Olivier Nicole wrote: > >> Hi, >> >>> Webalizer is doing what it's supposed to with httpd-access.log, but >>> when I give it the error log to process is coughs, spits and spills >>> out errors with no data proc

Webcam support in FreeBSD?

There are three Linux drivers supported under emulation code: devel/linux-kmod-compat , multimedia/linux-gspca-kmod , multimedia/linux-ov511-kmod

Re: Binary upgrade 7.1 i386 -> amd64 ?

On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:05:12 +0100, Frederique Rijsdijk wrote: > I'm planning to binary upgrade a machine that's now running i386 > 7.1-RELEASE-p3 to AMD64. Just to follow up on my quest here.. The upgrade went fine. Most ports were broken as expected. I gave up trying to recompile everything

Re: analyzing httpd-error.log

On Mar 29, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Glen Barber wrote: On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Charles Howse wrote: On Mar 28, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, Webalizer is doing what it's supposed to with httpd-access.log, but when I give it the error log to process is coughs, spits and

Newsyslog mode on /var/log/security?

Dear mailing list, I seem to have forgotten something about /var/log/security and newsyslog.conf. I get wrong mode after the trim. Excerpt from /etc/newsyslog.conf: /var/log/security 644 7 5000 * JC Output from newsyslog -vn: chmod 600 /var/log/security.0.bz2 W

6.x -> 7.1

Hi all, We have (finally) made the decision to move our server (10 -Dell) from Toronto to a newer data center closer to our office in London. Before I ask this question, I would like to ensure everyone I will be reading all the docs I can find, but since the upgrade will be much work, I thou

Re: 6.x -> 7.1

Grant Peel wrote: Hi all, We have (finally) made the decision to move our server (10 -Dell) from Toronto to a newer data center closer to our office in London. Before I ask this question, I would like to ensure everyone I will be reading all the docs I can find, but since the upgrade will be mu

Where is the Perl XML::Parser port

Hi, I'm installing the latest gimp and get to a point in the install where it says: checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl checking for XML::Parser... configure: error: XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool So, I've done some searches at freshports.org and I cannot find the XML:

RE: Webcam support in FreeBSD?

> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:09:42 -0700 > From: y...@rawbw.com > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Webcam support in FreeBSD? > > There are three Linux drivers supported under emulation code: > devel/linux-kmod-compat >

Re: Where is the Perl XML::Parser port

On 3/29/09, af300...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I'm installing the latest gimp and get to a point in the install where it > says: > > checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl > checking for XML::Parser... configure: error: XML::Parser perl module is > required for intltool > > > So, I've done some searc

Re: Where is the Perl XML::Parser port

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:07:42 +, af300...@gmail.com wrote: awgc> So, I've done some searches at freshports.org and I cannot find the awgc> XML::Parser perl module anywhere in the ports tree. What is it under? /usr/ports/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/ -- Anton Yuzhaninov _

Re: Newsyslog mode on /var/log/security?

At 10:48 PM +0200 3/29/09, Roger Olofsson wrote: Dear mailing list, I seem to have forgotten something about /var/log/security and newsyslog.conf. I get wrong mode after the trim. Excerpt from /etc/newsyslog.conf: /var/log/security 644 7 5000 * JC Are you sur

Cleaning up multiplicates in elf ldconfig path

I am on FreeBSD/i386 6.4-STABLE (around Mar 1, 2009). I failed to find a solution to the (cosmetic) problem of ldconfig path having duplicate directories (dmesg output wrapped for this email) ... ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat \ /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/local/lib \ /misc/local/

configuring the freebsd boot manager

Hi everyone, I am having some problems understanding how the freebsd boot manager works. I have installed FreeBSD and Linux on the same laptop HD and want to be able to select which one to boot when the computer starts. I installed the bootmanager to to the MBR during installation and when I

RE: configuring the freebsd boot manager

> Hi everyone, > > I am having some problems understanding how the freebsd boot manager > works. I have installed FreeBSD and Linux on the same laptop HD and want > to be able to select which one to boot when the computer starts. I > installed the bootmanager to to the MBR during installation

WireLess USB modem not detected .

List; when I attach a USB modem , I am seeing this message in dmesg output on FreeBSD6.2 ugen0: Qualcomm, Incorporated Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM, rev 1.10/0.00, addr 2 But it not showing /dev/ in dmesg why ? If it detected what will be the entry in /dev/? Question1) Ca

Re: Newsyslog mode on /var/log/security?

Garance A Drosehn skrev: At 10:48 PM +0200 3/29/09, Roger Olofsson wrote: Dear mailing list, I seem to have forgotten something about /var/log/security and newsyslog.conf. I get wrong mode after the trim. Excerpt from /etc/newsyslog.conf: /var/log/security 644 7

Re: Newsyslog mode on /var/log/security?

At 8:08 AM +0200 3/30/09, Roger Olofsson wrote: Garance A Drosehn skrev: At 10:48 PM +0200 3/29/09, Roger Olofsson wrote: I seem to have forgotten something about /var/log/security and newsyslog.conf. I get wrong mode after the trim. Excerpt from /etc/newsyslog.conf: /var/log/security