Re: Problems with Xorg after portupgrade

2009-04-19 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Ivan "Rambius" Ivanov wrote: > Hello, > > This week upgraded my Acer TravelMate 4060 laptop from FreeBSD 7.0 to > FreeBSD 7.1 and also csup'ed my ports and portupgraded them and I am > not able to start X correctly. When I invoke startx, it tries to start > it and then the screen goes blank and bla

Vim port problem

2009-04-19 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
Hi all, I have the latest version of the ports collection (gotten with portsnap). I performed a whole update of my system (FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p4 #12). Everything went fine save the vim port. It is unable to download vim-7.2.tar.bz2 despite the fact that the URL portupgrade tries to download from

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Re: Vim port problem

2009-04-19 Thread Glen Barber
2009/4/19 Fernando Apesteguía : > Hi all, > > I have the latest version of the ports collection (gotten with > portsnap). I performed a whole update of my system (FreeBSD > 7.1-RELEASE-p4 #12). Everything went fine save the vim port. > An upgrade of the base system Should Not(Tm) affect installed

Re: Vim port problem

2009-04-19 Thread Fernando Apesteguía
2009/4/19 Glen Barber : > 2009/4/19 Fernando Apesteguía : >> Hi all, >> >> I have the latest version of the ports collection (gotten with >> portsnap). I performed a whole update of my system (FreeBSD >> 7.1-RELEASE-p4 #12). Everything went fine save the vim port. >> > > An upgrade of the base syst

Re: write_dma error

2009-04-19 Thread Zane C.B.
On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:33:45 +0200 "mac.tc" wrote: > hi, can anyone tell me what this message is related to? > > WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=62939519 > > drive/hardware failing? > i am seeing a lot of it lately on a particular disk where i have > tried a few different insta

Re: snd-hda no sound whatsoever

2009-04-19 Thread Patrick Lamaizière
Le Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:09:51 -0400, Eitan Adler : Hi, > > After upgrade upgrade my system to 7.2-PRERELEASE, my sound card > > works perfectly. > This is why my sound broke (I forgot to mention it was after an > upgrade). cd ~/stable7/sys/dev/sound/pci/hda && svn update -r182969 > "fixed" my prob

Re: write_dma error

2009-04-19 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"mac.tc" writes: > hi, can anyone tell me what this message is related to? > > WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=62939519 > > drive/hardware failing? > i am seeing a lot of it lately on a particular disk where i have tried a few > different installs and don't always > get this prob

Re: java using 100% CPU

2009-04-19 Thread Bill Moran
Warren Liddell wrote: > > Are you getting 100% on something as simple as this? > > http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml > > > > My setup is exactly similar, but I run i386. No such problem. > > I do get very high CPU usage when flash (gnash) is active though... > > No, that works quite

Re: write_dma error

2009-04-19 Thread Bruce Cran
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:49:10 -0400 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Hmm. ICRC errors are about the controller talking to the disk > electronics. They don't generally have anything to do with the > magnetic medium itself. > > Try replacing the cable. The only time I've seen ICRC errors was when FreeBS

Re: Problems with Xorg after portupgrade

2009-04-19 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Browsing your xorg.conf, you forgot to add the keyword "Option" in front of "AllowEmptyInput". And actually this should also go the "ServerFlags" section. A ServerFlags section is optional; those entries can also go in the ServerLayout section. Tha

Re: lightweight webserver that can run php

2009-04-19 Thread Alexandre Biancalana
On 4/18/09, APseudoUtopia wrote: > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 2:19 AM, Andrew wrote: ... > > > If you choose to run php via FastCGI, check out PHP-FPM. It's a patch > that greatly speeds up php's FastCGI performance. It honestly does > help significantly. There's a FreeBSD port in the "Archives Do

Re: Problems with Xorg after portupgrade

2009-04-19 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 19 Apr 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> Browsing your xorg.conf, you forgot to add the keyword "Option" in front >> of "AllowEmptyInput". And actually this should also go the "ServerFlags" >> section. > > A ServerFlags section is optional; those entries can also go in

Re: lightweight webserver that can run php

2009-04-19 Thread oleg
It says that distro available at php.net has a number of known problems related to using FastCGI SAPI in production servers. Also, it argues why using FastCGI SAPI along with php-fpm is a good idea. php-fpm addresses the following problems: 1. php daemonization 2. Process managing. Smooth php w

Re: write_dma error

2009-04-19 Thread Zane C.B.
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:36:40 +0100 Bruce Cran wrote: > On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:49:10 -0400 > Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > Hmm. ICRC errors are about the controller talking to the disk > > electronics. They don't generally have anything to do with the > > magnetic medium itself. > > > > Try re

Upgrading from 6.3 to 7.1 -- how dangerous?

2009-04-19 Thread John Almberg
I need to upgrade a live, production server from 6.3 to 7.1. I can't afford to have any troubles with this server. I have Absolute FreeBSD and a few other BSD books, and the upgrade process looks fairly straightforward. That's the theory... Real world question: how scared should I be? I've

Re: Upgrading from 6.3 to 7.1 -- how dangerous?

2009-04-19 Thread Glen Barber
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 1:06 PM, John Almberg wrote: > I need to upgrade a live, production server from 6.3 to 7.1. I can't afford > to have any troubles with this server. I have Absolute FreeBSD and a few > other BSD books, and the upgrade process looks fairly straightforward. > That's the theory

Re: Upgrading from 6.3 to 7.1 -- how dangerous?

2009-04-19 Thread Doug Hardie
On Apr 19, 2009, at 10:06, John Almberg wrote: I need to upgrade a live, production server from 6.3 to 7.1. I can't afford to have any troubles with this server. I have Absolute FreeBSD and a few other BSD books, and the upgrade process looks fairly straightforward. That's the theory...

Re: Upgrading from 6.3 to 7.1 -- how dangerous?

2009-04-19 Thread Matthew Seaman
Glen Barber wrote: On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 1:06 PM, John Almberg wrote: I need to upgrade a live, production server from 6.3 to 7.1. I can't afford to have any troubles with this server. I have Absolute FreeBSD and a few other BSD books, and the upgrade process looks fairly straightforward. Tha

Re: Upgrading from 6.3 to 7.1 -- how dangerous?

2009-04-19 Thread Michael Powell
John Almberg wrote: > I need to upgrade a live, production server from 6.3 to 7.1. I can't > afford to have any troubles with this server. I have Absolute FreeBSD > and a few other BSD books, and the upgrade process looks fairly > straightforward. That's the theory... > > Real world question: how

NSS library

2009-04-19 Thread Christopher Chambers
Hi, I was attempting to configure some software. Configure told me that: missing required NSS library 'nss3' A search of my hard drive and the net came up dry. Who writes the library and were can I download it? - Regards, Chris Chambers ___ freebsd

Re: NSS library

2009-04-19 Thread Michael Powell
Christopher Chambers wrote: > Hi, > > I was attempting to configure some software. Configure told me that: > missing required NSS library 'nss3' > > A search of my hard drive and the net came up dry. Who writes the > library and were can I download it? > > - > Regards, > Chris Chambers Take a

Re: Upgrading from 6.3 to 7.1 -- how dangerous?

2009-04-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
how i do this (but this is probably not "politically correct" ;) 1) get all files of new version in one place (subdir) say at /7.1 2) separate out manually all configs - it's /etc, /var/namedb and maybe few more 3) using livecd just put all other files with tar|tar to the place 4) manually upda

Re: Problems with Xorg after portupgrade

2009-04-19 Thread Ivan "Rambius" Ivanov
Hello Manolis, On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Warren Block wrote: >> On Sun, 19 Apr 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: >> >>> Browsing your xorg.conf, you forgot to add the keyword "Option" in front >>> of "AllowEmptyInput". And actually this should also go the "ServerFlags"

Re: java using 100% CPU

2009-04-19 Thread Warren Liddell
It's also a lot more intense in the graphics department. Runescape pretty much maxes out my system as well. My computer is somewhat older 1.3ghz, with a cheap graphics card. Looking back through the thread, I don't see any information on your hardware. Is it possible that runescape simple push

firefox3 hangs up while running flash plugin

2009-04-19 Thread Tsu-Fan Cheng
HI, just had this feeling that whenever there is a flash plugin, firefox3 hangs up pretty bad. I remove a link under /usr/local/lib/firefox3/plugins to disable plugin, firefox hangs no more. is this because most flash plugins are upgraded from 9 to 10? thanks!! TFC _

Re: Problems with Xorg after portupgrade

2009-04-19 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Ivan "Rambius" Ivanov wrote: I even tried with Manolis's xorg.conf - same results. I use startx as a non-root user and I invoke startkde from .xinitrc, but kde does not appear. The screen just blinks once or twice. I also tried to enable xdm from /etc/ttys - same result. I

Re: write_dma error

2009-04-19 Thread mac.tc
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Zane C.B. wrote: > On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:36:40 +0100 > Bruce Cran wrote: > > > On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:49:10 -0400 > > Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > > > Hmm. ICRC errors are about the controller talking to the disk > > > electronics. They don't generally have an

Re: Problems with Xorg after portupgrade

2009-04-19 Thread Charles Oppermann
Warren Block wrote: On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Ivan "Rambius" Ivanov wrote: I even tried with Manolis's xorg.conf - same results. I use startx as a non-root user and I invoke startkde from .xinitrc, but kde does not appear. The screen just blinks once or twice. I also tried to enable xdm from /etc/t

Re: Freebsd Built-in vacation program does not auto reply

2009-04-19 Thread lyd mc
hi derek, It is not also working on my sendmail. May be I overlooked some steps? step 1. login to user # su alydio.mc step 2. initialize vacation db $ vacation -i step 3. create .vacation.msg  From: alydio...@mydomain.com  Subject: I am on vacation  Delivered-By-The-Graces-Of: The Vacation

Re: snd-hda no sound whatsoever

2009-04-19 Thread Eitan Adler
> If it still doesn't work put a verbose boot dmesg of snd_hda and pcm > somewhere (see the man page of snd_hda) and ask on the > freebsd-multimedia@ mailing list. #sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=0 Works - thanks. Now - to make this change stick I add it to /boot/loader.conf ? Thanks all for your hel

Re: Freebsd Built-in vacation program does not auto reply

2009-04-19 Thread lyd mc
Hi derek, Correction on step 4, it should be: \alydio.mc, "|/usr/bin/vacation alydio.mc" thanks, alyd --- On Mon, 4/20/09, lyd mc wrote: From: lyd mc Subject: Re: Freebsd Built-in vacation program does not auto reply To: "Derek Ragona" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Monday, April

Re: Problems with Xorg after portupgrade

2009-04-19 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:16:45 -0700, Charles Oppermann wrote: > I'm having similar problems after upgrading an older machine to Xorg > 7.4. The monitor blinks it's power light indicating no signal. > While CTRL+ALT+Backspace does not kill the X server, I can press > CTRL+ALT+F1 or ALT+F1 to re

Flash 10

2009-04-19 Thread Christopher Chambers
Hi, Nspluginwrapper's website says that version 1.2.2 is capable of installing flash 10. When I tried it, I got the message: no appropriate viewer found. Any ideas? - Regards, Chris Chambers ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.

Re: Flash 10

2009-04-19 Thread Josh Carroll
On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Christopher Chambers wrote: > Hi, > > Nspluginwrapper's website says that version 1.2.2 is capable of > installing flash 10. When I tried it, I got the message: no appropriate > viewer found. Any ideas? I just installed it with success on 7.2-RC1/amd64. I had nsp

Re: Problems with Xorg after portupgrade

2009-04-19 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:16:45 -0700, Charles Oppermann wrote: I'm having similar problems after upgrading an older machine to Xorg 7.4. The monitor blinks it's power light indicating no signal. While CTRL+ALT+Backspace does not kill the X server, I can

Fetchmail problem

2009-04-19 Thread Annelise Anderson
I am trying to use fetchmail on FreeBSD but get the message: fetchmail: SMTP< 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org does not resolve I can send mail out from the box but can't fetch mail. Annelise ___ freebs

Re: Fetchmail problem

2009-04-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
On Sun, 19 Apr 2009, Annelise Anderson wrote: I am trying to use fetchmail on FreeBSD but get the message: fetchmail: SMTP< 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org does not resolve I can send mail out from the box but can't fetch mail. so check why domain do

How to create a livecd without compiling everything.

2009-04-19 Thread Peter Wang
Hi, all. I want to create a customized freebsd livecd, and i have read quite a lot guides about how to do that. but the problem is: most of these need make buildworld, make buildkernel ... I think it's hard for my notebook do that. so is there a simpler/quicker way in which i can create a livec

Re: Fetchmail problem

2009-04-19 Thread Fbsd1
Annelise Anderson wrote: I am trying to use fetchmail on FreeBSD but get the message: fetchmail: SMTP< 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org does not resolve I can send mail out from the box but can't fetch mail. Annelise

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2009-04-19 Thread Daniels Vanags
Unable to successfully dump | restore over ssh. Source machine FreeBSD 6.2, disk /dev/mirror/gm0s1a, target machine FreeBSD 6.2, target disk /dev/ad1s1a mounted on /mnt. Run dump -0aLf - / | ssh ip_address ''cd /mnt/ &&cat | restore -rf -'', dump/restore goes without any errors. Fstab fixed,