Re: new package system proposal

On Tuesday 07 April 2009 23:35:03 Bob Johnson wrote: > On 4/4/09, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > > Hi all > > [...] > > > My suggestion is to start with a ports tree that is fixed in time. Make > > that ports tree available as part of this package system and compile a > > typical desktop set of ports,

Re: make, list and M pattern

On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:09:43 +0300 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:54:13 +0400, Boris Samorodov wrote: > > Hello List, > > > > I need to create a list with some valid values and check an input > > value. Should this makefile work? > > > > - > > LIST=f8 f9 > > > > all: > >

Re: make, list and M pattern

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 08:45:04 +0200 Mel Flynn wrote: > On Tuesday 07 April 2009 21:54:13 Boris Samorodov wrote: > > Hello List, > > > > > > I need to create a list with some valid values and check an input > > value. Should this makefile work? > > - > > LIST=f8 f9 > > > > all: > > @echo USE_L

TeX/LaTeX in FreeBSD

Hi, I build print/tex and print/latex from the ports, but I must be forgetting some configuration somewhere, because when trying to compose qa document LaTeX cannot find the various include files like article.cls That must be a very stupid mistake. Few years ago I did build TeX/laTeX from the por

Re: SQLgrey not happy

On Tuesday 07 April 2009 16:05:53 Len Conrad wrote: > Trying to install everything via pkgs, but it messed up. > > fbsd 7.1 > > SQLgrey 1.7.6 installed as pkg_add > > p5-DBD-mysql installed as: > > pkg_add -r > ftp://ftp4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-current/All/p5-DBD >-mysql-4.01

Re: TeX/LaTeX in FreeBSD

Hi, On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Olivier Nicole wrote: > Hi, > > I build print/tex and print/latex from the ports, but I must be > forgetting some configuration somewhere, because when trying to > compose qa document LaTeX cannot find the various include files like > article.cls try to instal

Change to Graphical Mode from DOS Mode

Sir, I have successfully downloaded FreeBSD 6.4 Release linux & installed on my PC. But it starts in DOS Mode. I want to shift to Graphical Mode. Kindly advice me what to do. Thanks Rajeev Sharma rajb3...@gmail.com rajb3...@rediffmail.com __

Re: Change to Graphical Mode from DOS Mode

On 4/8/09, Rajeev Sharma wrote: > Sir, > I have successfully downloaded FreeBSD 6.4 Release linux & installed FreeBSD is _not_ linux ;) > on my PC. But it starts in DOS Mode. aka "Console" mode. > > I want to shift to Graphical Mode. Once you log in, (use your login name and password),

Re: Change to Graphical Mode from DOS Mode

Rajeev Sharma wrote: Sir, I have successfully downloaded FreeBSD 6.4 Release linux & installed on my PC. But it starts in DOS Mode. I want to shift to Graphical Mode. Kindly advice me what to do. Thanks Rajeev Sharma rajb3...@gmail.com rajb3...@rediffmail.com ___

Re: C programming question

On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 11:41:54AM +0200, Valentin Bud wrote: > > Hello community, > > I have built with a micro controller a system of power plugs that > can be controlled through the serial port. I have 2 plugs that i > can start/stop and check the status of them. This is accomplished > by

Re: Copying files without scp

On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, Steve Bertrand wrote: Can someone recommend a *known good* production quality copy mechanism that will act like scp, but without the overhead? rsh? nc? If you are happy with rsh authentication, then have you looked at plain old rcp? A.

BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER in VNC-client

Hi, folks. Is there any VNC-client able to throw ctrl-alt-esc event in order to break to debugger? I need this feature to control a guest FreeBSD which console is exported via VNC. Thanks. -- wbr, pluknet ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing lis

Re: Multiple instances of MySQL

On Tuesday 07 April 2009 14:55:26 DAve wrote: > > However, I would suggest that you provide, as you suggest, a separate > > instance of mysql just for this client as well. If they screw up the > > instance they won't affect other customers. To run a separate instance, > > I would suggest using d

Re: Change to Graphical Mode from DOS Mode

2009/4/8 Wojciech Puchar : >>     I have successfully downloaded FreeBSD 6.4 Release linux & installed >> on my PC.  But it starts in DOS Mode. > > how you started FreeBSD in DOS mode? i would like to do so as i sometimes > need to run DOS programs, but i have to boot DOS or use slow dosbox. > > te

Re: C programming question

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Konrad Heuer wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, Frank Shute wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 11:41:54AM +0200, Valentin Bud wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello community, >>> >>> I have built with a micro controller a system of power plugs that >>> can be controlled through

Re: Change to Graphical Mode from DOS Mode

how you started FreeBSD in DOS mode? i would like to do so as i sometimes need to run DOS programs, but i have to boot DOS or use slow dosbox. tell me - it's interesting. ___ Pretty sure he meant virtual terminal mode, where all you get is so he sho

Re: Change to Graphical Mode from DOS Mode

Quoting from earlier: 2009/4/8 Fernando Apesteguía : > On 4/8/09, Rajeev Sharma wrote: >> Sir, >>      I have successfully downloaded FreeBSD 6.4 Release linux & installed > > FreeBSD is _not_ linux ;) > >> on my PC.  But it starts in DOS Mode. > > aka "Console" mode. > >> >> I want to shift to G

Re: C programming question

Valentin Bud wrote: Thanks everybody for the heads up. I don't know (yet) which path i am going to take. I know a little bit of perl so i guess i'll start reading on how can i accomplish my goal with perl. thanks, v I've been programming for a very long time, and I can tell you that both Per

mysql memory

Hello community, I have mysql installed on FreeBSD 7.0 i386. I am using mysqltuner.pl from ports to check for tuning parameters. Now my problem, sort of speak, is that mysqltuner.pl shows the following: [OK] Maximum possible memory usage: 1.6G (53% of installed RAM) So as far as i understand my

Re: make, list and M pattern

On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:09:43 +0300 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:54:13 +0400, Boris Samorodov wrote: > > > > I need to create a list with some valid values and check an input > > value. Should this makefile work? > > > > - > > LIST=f8 f9 > > > > all: > > @echo USE_LINUX

Re: Copying files without scp

Steve Bertrand writes: > To copy data from one server, I normally (always) use scp. > > I'm looking for a method to perform this copy task without the overhead > of encryption for infrequent, high-volume transfers (hundreds to > thousands of GB). > > The data will be transferred server-to-server

Re: Change to Graphical Mode from DOS Mode

I have successfully downloaded FreeBSD 6.4 Release linux & installed on my PC. But it starts in DOS Mode. how you started FreeBSD in DOS mode? i would like to do so as i sometimes need to run DOS programs, but i have to boot DOS or use slow dosbox. tell me - it's interesting. __

Re: mysql memory

I think 'top' is showing the external view of the process and how many pages total of heap have been allocated (under 'RES'). Possibly your tuner program is just showing the size of the cache specifically. -Will Valentin Bud wrote: Hello community, I have mysql installed on FreeBSD 7.0 i38

firefox3 with high latencies when acting with mouse or keyboard and graphics refresh

Hello, got a problem since yesterday after having done a lot of updates (ports): on all of my FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT/amd64 boxes firefox does have enormous high latencies when typing in or moving the mouse or popping up the window icon or down. Since this happens on all of 8.0-CUR/amd boxes, I gu

Re: bsnmpd

В Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:08:32 -0400 alexus пишет: > On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Vasadi I. Claudiu Florin > wrote: > > All out of ideas. try with a script...maybe, i dnt know. > > > > I understand there is always that way, but I'd like to figure out the > proper way > How about to put some "e

Three little question.

Every time I run "make fetch-recursive",it fetched all the dependence packages.Not only the package I need to compile. For example,in the /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel,I run "make fetch-recursive",it will download glib,but I alreaday have glib installed.Is there another command can so

geli on exisitng laptop

Hi guys, I'd like to use geli to whole disk encrypt a FreeBSD 7.1 laptop I already have setup. The laptop is up and working fine and I don't want to screw it up. It have the default partition layout. I've already used geli to encrypt the swap partition. The default partitioning at install creat

Re: bsnmpd

2009/4/8 Festin Alexander : > В Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:08:32 -0400 > alexus пишет: > >> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Vasadi I. Claudiu Florin >> wrote: >> > All out of ideas. try with a script...maybe, i dnt know. >> > >> >> I understand there is always that way, but I'd like to figure out the >>

Re: Copying files without scp

Steve Bertrand wrote: > To copy data from one server, I normally (always) use scp. > > I'm looking for a method to perform this copy task without the overhead > of encryption for infrequent, high-volume transfers (hundreds to > thousands of GB). > > The data will be transferred server-to-s

Re: powerd

David Collins wrote: > viper:~$ sudo powerd > powerd: lookup freq: No such file or directory > > I also have the following > > viper:~$ sysctl dev.cpu > dev.cpu.0.%desc: ACPI CPU > dev.cpu.0.%driver: cpu > dev.cpu.0.%location: handle=\_PR_.CPU_ > dev.cpu.0.%pnpinfo: _HID=none _UID=0 >

Re: Copying files without scp

To copy data from one server, I normally (always) use scp. man rcp ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

Re: powerd

> Frequency control is not supported in your case. You must > have dev.cpu.0.freq and so on. What kind of processor do > you have? Does it support "powernow", "cool'n'quiet" or > similar features? CPU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (501.14-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id

Re: powerd

David Collins wrote: > > Frequency control is not supported in your case. You must > > have dev.cpu.0.freq and so on. What kind of processor do > > you have? Does it support "powernow", "cool'n'quiet" or > > similar features? > > CPU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (501.14-MHz 686-

Re: powerd

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 04:37:35PM +0100, David Collins wrote: > > Frequency control is not supported in your case. You must > > have dev.cpu.0.freq and so on. What kind of processor do > > you have? Does it support "powernow", "cool'n'quiet" or > > similar features? > > CPU: Pentium III/Pentiu

Re: powerd

AFAIK that processor does not support changing frequency or voltage on the fly. Your right, I also had one of those CPU. Only thig you can do is OC from BIOS. I managed to OC it at a 566 MHz stable rate; also managed to have a near 600 MHz (589 MHz) experience but was unstable as hell. _

ZFS Question

Hello, I am interested in using something like ZFS for its distributed nature. I run a file server with samba acting as a PDC. I also run a second server as a BDC.  What I would like is a method for keeping both servers "shared data" drives in sync when both the PDC and BDC are running. I am

Re: ZFS Question

On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 08:57 -0700, Amaru Netapshaak wrote: > Hello, > > I am interested in using something like ZFS for its distributed nature. I run > a file server > with samba acting as a PDC. I also run a second server as a BDC. What I would > like is a method for keeping both servers "share

Re: Three little question.

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 21:55:44 +0800 (CST) makefile wrote: > > Every time I run "make fetch-recursive",it fetched all the dependence > packages.Not only the package I need to compile. For example,in > the /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel,I run "make > fetch-recursive",it will download glib,b

Re: geli on exisitng laptop

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 07:06:27AM -0700, new_guy wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I'd like to use geli to whole disk encrypt a FreeBSD 7.1 laptop I already > have setup. The laptop is up and working fine and I don't want to screw it > up. It have the default partition layout. I've already used geli to en

Re: Change to Graphical Mode from DOS Mode

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:19:26 +0200, Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > FreeBSD is _not_ linux ;) You're right. A german computer magazine wrote that FreeBSD is the better Linux. :-) > > on my PC. But it starts in DOS Mode. > > aka "Console" mode. There is no "DOS mode" in FreeBSD. "Console mode"

Re: Change to Graphical Mode from DOS Mode

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 13:40:18 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: > so he should first learn about unix more. At least to avoid misunderstandings due to wrong terminology. "We UNIX guys" are usually smart enough to know what "DOS mode" refers to, but without correction such a behaviour (accepting

Re: low-level format before install?

On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 05:41:27PM -0400, John Almberg wrote: > Thanks for all the tips. At least I have something to start with. > > The guys in the data center reinstalled FreeBSD (the filesystem was > totally corrupted again), and then ran what they called "SMART test", > which might be sma

Re: geli on exisitng laptop

new_guy wrote: Hi guys, I'd like to use geli to whole disk encrypt a FreeBSD 7.1 laptop I already have setup. The laptop is up and working fine and I don't want to screw it up. It have the default partition layout. I've already used geli to encrypt the swap partition. The default partitioning

Re: firefox3 with high latencies when acting with mouse or keyboard and graphics refresh

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:42:56PM +, O. Hartmann wrote: > Hello, > got a problem since yesterday after having done a lot of updates > (ports): on all of my FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT/amd64 boxes firefox does have > enormous high latencies when typing in or moving the mouse or popping up > the wind

Re: geli on exisitng laptop

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 07:06:27AM -0700, new_guy wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I'd like to use geli to whole disk encrypt a FreeBSD 7.1 laptop I already > have setup. The laptop is up and working fine and I don't want to screw it > up. It have the default partition layout. I've already used geli to en

Xorg and nvidia-driver-173 ABI

I picked-up the most recent xorg update a couple of days ago, and since then X has been failing to start with the binary nvidia driver, and is leaving the following in Xorg.0.log: (EE) NVIDIA(0): This video driver ABI is not supported. (EE) NVIDIA(0): Use the -ignoreABI option to override this

Re: geli on exisitng laptop

Roland Smith wrote: > > My advice would be to put /home (where _your_ data resides) on a > seperate partition and encrypt only that partition, with a password. > Thanks to everyone for the advice. I really do appreciate it. I like this tip a lot. Since the default FreeBSD installer puts /home

recovering from a missing package database?

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Recovering loss of /var/db/pkg ?

I'll just say it plainly: /var/db/pkg is long gone and there is no backup. It was not copied to new a machine. Is there is any hope of being able to use the ports or packages system in a meangingful way again? My sense is that some recovery is possible, but may be prohibitively expensive. Th

getfib?

Dear list, Now, there, we've got setfib(1). Very well. But -- how do I figure out the FIB associated with a running process? Thanks, Peter. --- [1] setfib(1), cf. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=setfib&sektion=1&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8-current -- Pt! Schon vom neuen GMX Mul

sorta newb help compiling samba

Good afternoon, I've been playing with various flavors of *nix off and on for almost twenty years, but not doing much development the make process often causes me issues - as is the case with samba. I'm running freebsd 6.0. I've tried installing three different versions of samba from ports

Re: new package system proposal

On 4/8/09, Jonathan McKeown wrote: > On Tuesday 07 April 2009 23:35:03 Bob Johnson wrote: >> On 4/4/09, Chris Whitehouse wrote: >> > Hi all >> >> [...] >> >> > My suggestion is to start with a ports tree that is fixed in time. Make >> > that ports tree available as part of this package system and

Re: Recovering loss of /var/db/pkg ?

Mark Stosberg writes: > I'll just say it plainly: > > /var/db/pkg is long gone and there is no backup. It was not copied to > new a machine. > > Is there is any hope of being able to use the ports or packages system in a > meangingful way again? > > My sense is that some recovery is possible, b

Re: geli on exisitng laptop

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 10:48:31AM -0700, new_guy wrote: > > > Roland Smith wrote: > > > > My advice would be to put /home (where _your_ data resides) on a > > seperate partition and encrypt only that partition, with a password. > > Thanks to everyone for the advice. I really do appreciate it.

[ fbsd_quest ] file_caching and hd caches

howdy, y'all --- so, i was looking over the offerings of the on_line retailing "usual suspects", when i got to thinking: q: to what extent does freebsd cache recently_used hard_drive files ? q: under freebsd, to what extent are hard_drive internal_caches and their sizes [ e. g.,

Re: sorta newb help compiling samba

On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:39:55 +0300, Gary Gatten wrote: I found a 3.3.1 package - if my current attempts at the port upgrades fails I'll try this route. Thanks again! Gary Hey, If I were you, first of all, I would try the "make clean; make distclean;make rmconfig; make install clean"

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We need to print a line when the 3rd field (with trailing ";" delimiter) is, eg, exactly 5 lower case characters awk ' $3 ~ /^[a-z]{5,5};$/ {print $0} ' file ... doesn't work. Suggestions? thanks Len ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing li

Re: firefox3 with high latencies when acting with mouse or keyboard and graphics refresh

I saw something similar recently due to a mismatch between hald and the xorg server. In my case, it affected all applications, not just firefox. * Are you running hald? * Do you have "AllowEmptyInput" set in /etc/X11/xorg.conf? * Are you starting xdm, kdm, or gdm from /etc/ttys? Tim O. Hartmann

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We need to print a line when the 3rd field (with trailing ";" delimiter) is, eg, exactly 5 lower case characters awk ' $3 ~ /^[a-z]{5,5};$/ {print $0} ' file ... doesn't work. Suggestions? thanks Len ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Recovering loss of /var/db/pkg ?

Lowell Gilbert writes: > > /var/db/pkg is long gone and there is no backup. It was not copied to > > new a machine. > > > > Is there is any hope of being able to use the ports or packages > > system in a meangingful way again? > > You can do a forced reinstall of all your ports, and you'l

Re: [ fbsd_quest ] file_caching and hd caches

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, spellberg_robert wrote: howdy, y'all --- so, i was looking over the offerings of the on_line retailing "usual suspects", when i got to thinking: q: to what extent does freebsd cache recently_used hard_drive files ? To the extent that RAM is available. q: under fr

RE: sorta newb help compiling samba

Latest error below. Going with the pkg_add... libsmb/clikrb5.c: In function `krb5_set_real_time': libsmb/clikrb5.c:132: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type libsmb/clikrb5.c:133: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type The following command failed: cc -I. -I/usr/ports/net/samba

awk field (was Re: (no subject))

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, Len Conrad wrote: We need to print a line when the 3rd field (with trailing ";" delimiter) is, eg, exactly 5 lower case characters awk ' $3 ~ /^[a-z]{5,5};$/ {print $0} ' file ... doesn't work. Suggestions? Please give an example of the line this doesn't work on, and e

Re: Re: where is spl_autoload found in PHP

On Apr 6, 2009 2:04pm, Maxim Khitrov wrote: On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:13 PM, af300...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I saw Zend in the ports and so I'm hoping that some here use it and can help > me with this one. I've installed the latest stable Zend, which is a little > newer than

RE: sorta newb help compiling samba

LOL - pkg_add failed, couldn't find openLDAP! I thought ports and packages was supposed to automagically address all the dependencies! Trying to install krb5 now - couple other users reported same issue I had so maybe recent port is fixed. Did I mention how much fun this is?! -Original Mess

Re: [ fbsd_quest ] file_caching and hd caches

hard_drive internal_caches and their sizes [ e. g., 2mb, 8mb, 16mb ] important ? It depends on workload. almost not important. if FreeBSD would support NCQ it will be more, but still anything above 4MB doesn't make a difference IMHO. ___

Re: [ fbsd_quest ] file_caching and hd caches

thanks, warren [ love your dot_com, btw ] --- Warren Block wrote: On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, spellberg_robert wrote: howdy, y'all --- so, i was looking over the offerings of the on_line retailing "usual suspects", when i got to thinking: q: to what extent does freebsd cache recently_used har

Why USB enclosure with HD isn't a block device?

I got USB enclosure and put HD there. I tried to create NTFS on it (using mkntfs from sysutils/ntfsprogs). And got the message: /dev/da0 is not a block device. Refusing to make a filesystem here! mkntfs does 'stat' on /dev/da0. Why /dev/da0 stats not as a block device? Yuri ___

Re: Why USB enclosure with HD isn't a block device?

> And got the message: > /dev/da0 is not a block device. > Refusing to make a filesystem here! Just a wild guess, but shouldn't you create slices first? Then create the filesystem on /dev/da0s1 Bests, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Why USB enclosure with HD isn't a block device?

Olivier Nicole wrote: Just a wild guess, but shouldn't you create slices first? Then create the filesystem on /dev/da0s1 Bests, Olivier This as a must in the past. But now I always format, for example flash disks, without slices. And both Windows and FreeBSD have no problem. And I thin

Re: Why USB enclosure with HD isn't a block device?

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 08:50:41PM -0700, Yuri wrote: > I got USB enclosure and put HD there. > I tried to create NTFS on it (using mkntfs from sysutils/ntfsprogs). > > And got the message: > /dev/da0 is not a block device. > Refusing to make a filesystem here! > > mkntfs does 'stat' on /dev/da0.