scontrib

2009-07-19 Thread Brett Wiggins
Hi, I am installing an old version of FreeBSD (5.2) that I am using with the book 'The design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System - McKusick/Neville-Neil'. During the install there is an error saying that scontrib was unable to be retrieved from the install CD. Will this effect the

Re: scontrib

2009-07-19 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:47:15 +1000, Brett Wiggins wrote: > Hi, > > I am installing an old version of FreeBSD (5.2) that I am using with the > book 'The design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System - > McKusick/Neville-Neil'. During the install there is an error saying that > scontri

Re: scontrib

2009-07-19 Thread Brett Wiggins
Hi, > > Depending on what you want to do with "accessing the source code", > it may be valid to say that you can leave out scontrib, but as > far as I remember, it will be needed for building things from the > source code (make vuildworld and buildkernel). I want to be able to read and compile t

IPv6 FreeBSD servers

2009-07-19 Thread Brett Wiggins
Hi, I am looking to rent a FreeBSD server that has access to an IPv6 address. I have previously rented a FreeBSD server from theplanet.com but they only offer IPv4 and I would like my server to be on the IPv6 network. Does anyone have any knowledge of companies that offer this? thanks, Brett. _

Re: scontrib

2009-07-19 Thread Glen Barber
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 3:52 AM, Brett Wiggins wrote: > Hi, > >> >> Depending on what you want to do with "accessing the source code", >> it may be valid to say that you can leave out scontrib, but as >> far as I remember, it will be needed for building things from the >> source code (make vuildwor

Re: scontrib

2009-07-19 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:52:22 +1000, Brett Wiggins wrote: > I want to be able to read and compile the source. I have looked at > ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/ For this purpose, I think you'll need the contrib/ subtree. > but am unable to find an iso and a

Re: scontrib

2009-07-19 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Brett Wiggins wrote: > Hi, > > >> Depending on what you want to do with "accessing the source code", >> it may be valid to say that you can leave out scontrib, but as >> far as I remember, it will be needed for building things from the >> source code (make vuildworld and buildkernel). >> >

Re: scontrib

2009-07-19 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:59:30 -0400, Glen Barber wrote: > Since it has booted fine, you can also obtain the source from the SVN > tree[1], assuming you can get devel/subversion to build on such an old > version. It's no problem to install cvsup-without-gui from ports or use the csup utility (I thi

Re: IPv6 FreeBSD servers

2009-07-19 Thread Craig Butler
On Sun, 2009-07-19 at 17:56 +1000, Brett Wiggins wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking to rent a FreeBSD server that has access to an IPv6 > address. I have previously rented a FreeBSD server from theplanet.com > but they only offer IPv4 and I would like my server to be on the IPv6 > network. Does anyo

Re: Re-starting a gjournal provider

2009-07-19 Thread Anthony Chavez
I'm moving this discussion to freebsd-questions, which is probably a more suitable forum (if not freebsd-geom). I apologize for the intrusion and the subsequent crosspost. Anthony Chavez wrote: > Hello freebsd-fs, > > I'm trying to get gjournal working on a "removable" hard disk. I use > the te

Re: Binary nVidia-driver with GeForce2 Integrated GPU

2009-07-19 Thread Frank Steinborn
Rafal Grodzinski wrote: > Frank Steinborn wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> I have a box with a GeForce2 MX/MX400 onboard on an nForce-chipset and >> want to use the binary nVidia-driver with it. I have to use the legacy >> driver (96.43.13). It installs without problems, and the GPU gets >> detected proper

Re: Samba PDC with LDAP backend

2009-07-19 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 12:53:40PM +0800, Ruel Luchavez typed: > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Olivier Nicole wrote: > > > > > > Still it does not start the LDAP, hers my /etc/rc.conf: > > > > > > slapd_flags='-h "ldapi://%2fvar%2frun%2fopenldap%2fldapi/ > > ldaps:// > > > 192.168.5.0

Support of UDF ISO-13346 on 7.1-RELEASE-p2

2009-07-19 Thread Bryant Eadon
Hello, In trying to get a copy of Windows 7 working under qemu today I ran into a bit of a snag mounting the image. ## giving me a node to play with ... sudo mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /tank/extract/7100.0.090421-1700_x64fre_client_en-us_retail_ultimate-grc1culxfrer_en_dvd.iso -u 0 ## and

Re: Why this flash drive not detected in devd?

2009-07-19 Thread Boris Samorodov
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:36:09 -0500 Sagara Wijetunga wrote: > > Again, maybe you should check out sysutils/hal. > I prefer to handle mounting through an automounter even without KDE > running. It's not a KDE only instance. BTW, this port is maintained by a FreeBSD gnome@ team. Hal is widely use

Re: Strange (repeatable) hang when ripping a CD

2009-07-19 Thread jw
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > Maybe wrong cable (40 pin)? The "device detached" message > doesn't look good. First of all, it shouzld at least be UDMA66. > Maybe defective drive due to failing TUR taskqueuing? > Wow, thanks for the 'bad cable' idea. I replaced the (brand

Odd behavior after installing a tape drive

2009-07-19 Thread mahlerrd
After installing a tape drive and SCSI card in my home system, I got some strange behavior that I think isn't directly related, but would like to get an expert opinion about. mobius# uname -a FreeBSD mobius 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Fri Sep  5 02:34:20 CDT 2008     r...@mobius:

FreeNAS file server...which hardware to choose?

2009-07-19 Thread Aleksandr Miroslav
I would like to setup a home fileserver running FreeNAS (which itself runs on FreeBSD 7.2). Can someone recommend hardware for this? I know I'd have to get 3 harddrives. Two will be at home running RAID1, and the third will be mirrored about once per quarter and brought offsite. What kind of RAID

Re: Support of UDF ISO-13346 on 7.1-RELEASE-p2

2009-07-19 Thread perryh
Bryant Eadon wrote: ... >sudo mount -t cd9660 /dev/md0 /mnt/iso/ > ## lists only a single file 'readme.txt' : > This disc contains a "UDF" file system and requires an operating > system that supports the ISO-13346 "UDF" file system specification. > ## lovely .. >sudo mount -t udf /dev/md0

Re: Strange (repeatable) hang when ripping a CD

2009-07-19 Thread perryh
jw wrote: > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Polytropon wrote: > > Maybe wrong cable (40 pin)? The "device detached" message > > doesn't look good. First of all, it shouzld at least be UDMA66. > > Maybe defective drive due to failing TUR taskqueuing? > > Wow, thanks for the 'bad cable' idea. I re

Re: FreeNAS file server...which hardware to choose?

2009-07-19 Thread Aleksandr Miroslav
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: > What kind of RAID chassis, computer system should I get for this setup? Would > a soekris be sufficient, or is that overkill? Or should I just buy a barebones headless desktop PC (Dell has them cheap now for $241) for this task? __

Re: Support of UDF ISO-13346 on 7.1-RELEASE-p2

2009-07-19 Thread Bryant Eadon
per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Bryant Eadon wrote: ... sudo mount -t cd9660 /dev/md0 /mnt/iso/ ## lists only a single file 'readme.txt' : This disc contains a "UDF" file system and requires an operating system that supports the ISO-13346 "UDF" file system specification. ## lovely .. sudo m

ccache "make buildworld" fails (mmap problem?)

2009-07-19 Thread Hashimoto
Hello. I have a problem about ccache. I installed devel/ccache from ports. "make buildworld" stopped immediately and failed. In the ccache log file, I found the "Faild to mmap" message. I also tried to reinstall devel/libtool15 following /usr/local/share/doc/ccache/cchace-howto-freebsd.txt . But,

Re: FreeNAS file server...which hardware to choose?

2009-07-19 Thread Tim Judd
On 7/19/09, Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Aleksandr Miroslav > wrote: >> What kind of RAID chassis, computer system should I get for this setup? >> Would a soekris be sufficient, or is that overkill? > > Or should I just buy a barebones headless desktop PC (Dell has

Re: FreeNAS file server...which hardware to choose?

2009-07-19 Thread Steve Bertrand
Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: > I would like to setup a home fileserver running FreeNAS (which itself runs > on FreeBSD 7.2). Can someone recommend hardware for this? > > I know I'd have to get 3 harddrives. Two will be at home running RAID1, and > the third will be mirrored about once per quarter and

Re: FreeNAS file server...which hardware to choose?

2009-07-19 Thread Steve Bertrand
Steve Bertrand wrote: > Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: >> I would like to setup a home fileserver running FreeNAS (which itself runs >> on FreeBSD 7.2). Can someone recommend hardware for this? >> >> I know I'd have to get 3 harddrives. Two will be at home running RAID1, and >> the third will be mirrore

libjpeg.so.9

2009-07-19 Thread Leonardo M . Ramé
Hi, after upgrading wine to 1.1.26 from ports, the library libjpeg.so.9 no longer exists, it was replaced by libjpeg.so.10. The first problem I found was that icewm didn't loads, then I created a soft link to libjpeg.so. With this change, icewm loads, but icewmbg can't load because it needs li

Problem with External USB HDD "device problem (SET_ADDR_FAILED) disabling port"

2009-07-19 Thread 102
Hello All, When attempting to connect an external USB chassis (have tried several) I am running into the following error "uhub4: device problem (SET_ADDR_FAILED): disabling port 3". The exact uhub and port id changes according to the usb port the device is connected to but the general error remain

Re: Strange (repeatable) hang when ripping a CD

2009-07-19 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:05:19 -0700, jw wrote: > Wow, thanks for the 'bad cable' idea. I've seen this error on systems where the manufacturer / composer had chosen a 40 pin cable because of "economy reasons". Hard diks and optical disc drives that could run as UMDA66 or even UDMA100 would show up

Re: Odd behavior after installing a tape drive

2009-07-19 Thread Tim Judd
I'm no expert on tape drives either, but I was sure that "losing a SCSI device" is a bad thing for SCSI -- think of it as an IDE drive. you don't just go pulling power or data from a running, booted computer. All the devices in a computer are on, stays on, until the system shuts down. The PTY/SCS

Re: Support of UDF ISO-13346 on 7.1-RELEASE-p2

2009-07-19 Thread b. f.
#How can I mount this disc ? Does udf.ko support this format ? I don't often use memory disks, so I'm not quite sure what is going wrong here. You could try configuring it and mounting it as read-only, to see if that helps. But you should be aware that FreeBSD does not support _all_ UDF filesys

Re: FreeNAS file server...which hardware to choose?

2009-07-19 Thread George Hartzell
Tim Judd writes: > On 7/19/09, Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Aleksandr Miroslav > > wrote: > >> What kind of RAID chassis, computer system should I get for this setup? > >> Would a soekris be sufficient, or is that overkill? > > > > Or should I just buy a b

Re: Odd behavior after installing a tape drive

2009-07-19 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:43:29 -0600, Tim Judd wrote: > I'm no expert on tape drives either, but I was sure that "losing a > SCSI device" is a bad thing for SCSI -- think of it as an IDE drive. > you don't just go pulling power or data from a running, booted > computer. With SCSI, "hot plug" is usu

Re: Install from a USB Pen

2009-07-19 Thread Randi Harper
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Fbsd1 wrote: > > Took 3 times longer to download the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img that to > download the 8.0-BETA1-i386-disc1.iso. I suggest you look into another > method of creating the memstick.img so it downloads faster. dd does no > compression of the data.

Re: libjpeg.so.9

2009-07-19 Thread b. f.
>Hi, after upgrading wine to 1.1.26 from ports, the library libjpeg.so.9 no >longer exists, >it was replaced by libjpeg.so.10. >The first problem I found was that icewm didn't loads, then I created a soft >link to >libjpeg.so. With this change, icewm loads, but icewmbg can't load >because it ne

Re: Samba PDC with LDAP backend

2009-07-19 Thread Ruel Luchavez
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 12:53:40PM +0800, Ruel Luchavez typed: > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Olivier Nicole > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Still it does not start the LDAP, hers my /etc/rc.conf: > > > > > > > > slapd_flags='-h

Re: Samba PDC with LDAP backend

2009-07-19 Thread Olivier Nicole
Rhuel, In your starting command you have: > ldaps://192.168.5.0/ ldap://127.0.0.1/";' This means TLS/SSL. If you don't want it, remove it from your command. > Is it necessary to have ssl/tls support? It is up to you. TLS/SSL will bring some extra security. It may be important if the network be