Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Fbsd1
Antonio Olivares wrote: On 4/8/10, Programmer In Training wrote: I have acquired a pair of Compaq USB /powered/ speakers. On my parents XP machine they don't seem to cause any problems, but when I hook it up to listen on my FreeBSD box I have absolutely nothing but problems with the speakers (e

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread perryh
Programmer In Training wrote: > ... they are only attached for power purposes ... > Input power: DC 5V 500mA Any chance these speakers need a USB 2.0 port, and all the ports on your FreeBSD box are 1.x? I don't remember the USB power spec offhand, but 2.5W may exceed what a USB 1.x port can su

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-09 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 305, Issue 9, Message: 1 On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 08:10:34 -0400 Robert Huff wrote: > Adam Vande More writes: > > > >If compiled into the kernel, there's a set of optional settings > > > (VERBOSE, LOG_LINIT, DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT, etc) that can be set there.

Re: perl qstn...

2010-04-09 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Alejandro" == Alejandro Imass writes: Alejandro> did you mean unless? ;-) Did you read this: >> Augh.  I hit send just as I realized that's backwards.  Need >> more caffiene.  Swap the true and false blocks there. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503

SSL / SSH choosing hardware accelerator first

2010-04-09 Thread Pegasus Mc Cleaft
Hello group, I am currently running FreeBSD 9-Current AMD64. I have a Hifn crypto accelerator installed in the machine. I have noticed that when I connect to the machine using SSH, it does not use the crypto hardware. There was a patch that someone made that forced SSL to use t

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Programmer In Training wrote: ... they are only attached for power purposes ... Input power: DC 5V 500mA Any chance these speakers need a USB 2.0 port, and all the ports on your FreeBSD box are 1.x? I don't remember the USB power spec off

Re: gdm background picture missing

2010-04-09 Thread Jian Jun Wang
this solution worked, although it took me a lot of time to download packages, thank you so much. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:40 AM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Jian Jun Wang wrote: > >> Any suggestion on stepsto solve the problem? >> > > Follow the steps in /usr/port

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-09 Thread Robert Huff
Ian Smith writes: > > So ... double-checking I'm doing this right: > > > > 1) in /boot/loader.conf: > > > > ipfw_load="YES" > > ipdivert_load="YES" > > I thought from your earlier mail that you wanted to use in-kernel > NAT? I want whatever works. :-) Beyond

Re: Adding a Disk and Changing Mountpoints

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 00:48, Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:38:03 -0500, Programmer In Training > wrote: >> Saturday I'll be adding a second 40GB and a tertiary 6GB disk to the >> system (in favor of adding a CD-RW to a system that already has a DVD >> super multi-format drive). I'd like to rea

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 02:17, Fbsd1 wrote: > Antonio Olivares wrote: >> On 4/8/10, Programmer In Training wrote: >>> I have acquired a pair of Compaq USB /powered/ speakers. On my parents >>> XP machine they don't seem to cause any problems, but when I hook it up >>> to listen on my FreeBSD box I have absolu

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 02:51, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Programmer In Training wrote: > >> ... they are only attached for power purposes ... > >> Input power: DC 5V 500mA > > Any chance these speakers need a USB 2.0 port, and all the ports The expansion card is 2.0 > on your FreeBSD box are 1.x? I

Re: Adding a Disk and Changing Mountpoints

2010-04-09 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:44:34 -0500, Programmer In Training wrote: > Thank you for the detailed response. Without knowing any of that, I > would have totally messed up. I'll be printing out the email so I have > it handy on Saturday. I made a mistake. Please check and correct this in your hardcop

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 06:25, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > >> Programmer In Training wrote: >> >>> ... they are only attached for power purposes ... >> >>> Input power: DC 5V 500mA >> >> Any chance these speakers need a USB 2.0 port, and all the ports >> on your F

sendmail && /etc/resolv.conf modified by DHCP

2010-04-09 Thread Matthias Apitz
Hello, At home I have my WLAN as 192.168.2.0/24. After moving to my office and rebooting there, I encounter that sendmail receives messages (via fetchmail) terrible slow. I digged into this and see that the sendmail issues wrong DNS requests as (for example): 08:51:18.753491 IP xx.xx.xx.xx.49812

Re: perl qstn...

2010-04-09 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 5:56 AM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> "Alejandro" == Alejandro Imass writes: > > Alejandro> did you mean unless? ;-) > > Did you read this: > >>> Augh.  I hit send just as I realized that's backwards.  Need >>> more caffiene.  Swap the true and false blocks there. :) >

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-09 Thread Ian Smith
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, Robert Huff wrote: > Ian Smith writes: > > > >So ... double-checking I'm doing this right: > > > > > > 1) in /boot/loader.conf: > > > > > > ipfw_load="YES" > > > ipdivert_load="YES" > > > > I thought from your earlier mail that you wanted to u

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 10:15, Brodey Dover wrote: > "Apr 8 22:30:16 heaven kernel: usb_alloc_device:1624: getting device > descriptor at addr 3 failed, USB_ERR_IOERROR!" > > exactly! That is what is causing the issues. From what I can see, it > is like it was explained before. The OS has chosen to play nice

wdm doesn't start windowing manager.

2010-04-09 Thread Neil Short
Has anybody had this problem and fixed it? wdm runs my ~/.xsession file; but no X-applications run. It just runs past them and returns to the wdm login screen. Currently I am running xdm; but it's kind of bland and spicing it up requires a very steep learning curve. == "What did you do?"

Re: RootBSD?

2010-04-09 Thread Garance A Drosehn
At 9:04 AM -0400 4/6/10, Tom Ierna wrote: Hi, Anyone have any experience with RootBSD.net? I'm looking to move an office-hosted machine's services to the cloud, and they seem to be one of the only VPS companies centered around BSD support instead of Linux. I've been using them for a few yea

Re: wdm doesn't start windowing manager.

2010-04-09 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Neil Short wrote: > Has anybody had this problem and fixed it? > wdm runs my ~/.xsession file; but no X-applications run. It just runs past > them and returns to the wdm login screen. > > Currently I am running xdm; but it's kind of bland and spicing it up > requi

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, Programmer In Training wrote: On 04/09/10 10:15, Brodey Dover wrote: "Apr 8 22:30:16 heaven kernel: usb_alloc_device:1624: getting device descriptor at addr 3 failed, USB_ERR_IOERROR!" exactly! That is what is causing the issues. From what I can see, it is like it was expl

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 15:24, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, Programmer In Training wrote: > >> On 04/09/10 10:15, Brodey Dover wrote: >>> "Apr 8 22:30:16 heaven kernel: usb_alloc_device:1624: getting device >>> descriptor at addr 3 failed, USB_ERR_IOERROR!" >>> >>> exactly! That is what is causi

perl links

2010-04-09 Thread Aiza
When installing perl i see 2 links between /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin. Is this still required or is it something left over from when perl was part of the base system? symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.9 and /usr/bin/perl symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.9 and /usr/bin/perl5 __

Re: perl links

2010-04-09 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Apr 9, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Aiza wrote: > When installing perl i see 2 links between /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin. Is > this still required or is it something left over from when perl was part of > the base system? > > symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.9 and /usr/bin/perl > symlinking /usr/local/

Re: perl links

2010-04-09 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 07:14:48AM +0800, Aiza wrote: > When installing perl i see 2 links between /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin. > Is this still required or is it something left over from when perl was > part of the base system? > > symlinking /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.9 and /usr/bin/perl > symlinki

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Programmer In Training wrote: I really don't know where to look for this. I've never even heard of USB powered speakers until I got these (no, I don't pay much attention to what's available unless I have a great need for it). I'm thinking I'm just going to wait until Tuesday and get a brand new

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 18:31, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > Unless you insist on an operating system solution what you are really > after is a 5 volt supply. What about buying a mains USB charger of the > right capacity, or if you are handy with bits of wire have a look I wouldn't know where to look for one. >

LSI MegaRAID SAS 9211-8i on FreeBSD 8/9?

2010-04-09 Thread O. Hartmann
I'd like to build a new Workstation based on Intels 'Gulftown' for some numerical modelling purposes. Since I realised that on our Dell Poweredge Server with built-in Fusion MPT RAID/JBOD controller even attached SATA 3 GB hard disks seem to be 'faster' than on most Intel ICH9/ICH10 machines we

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread mikel king
On Apr 9, 2010, at 7:41 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: On 04/09/10 18:31, Chris Whitehouse wrote: Unless you insist on an operating system solution what you are really after is a 5 volt supply. What about buying a mains USB charger of the right capacity, or if you are handy with bits of

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 19:58, mikel king wrote: > Out of curiosity, have you tried an active USB 2.0 HUB to buffer the > speakers from the computer's USB ports? Or even a AC to USB adapter? I don't have one of either of those items. I only have a passive 2.0 HUB (at least I think it's 2.0). Either way, loo

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-09 Thread perryh
Ian Smith wrote: > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/firewalls-ipfw.html > > This is absolutely the worst section of an otherwise great > handbook ... Nothing short of a rewrite from scratch could > fix it ... As always, I'm sure a patch -- to provide that rewrite -- would be welcome. _

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread perryh
Programmer In Training wrote: > I'm thinking I'm just going to wait until Tuesday and get a brand > new pair of wall-powered speakers. This hassle is NOT worth it ... If "speakers on USB 2.0 card, all else on 1.x builtins" doesn't work, you might want to try a power adapter that has a USB host c

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Programmer In Training
On 04/09/10 21:04, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Programmer In Training wrote: > >> I'm thinking I'm just going to wait until Tuesday and get a brand >> new pair of wall-powered speakers. This hassle is NOT worth it ... > > If "speakers on USB 2.0 card, all else on 1.x builtins" doesn't What I

Custom kernel & atheros

2010-04-09 Thread harvey dent
hi everybody I try to make a custom kernel (for a "emachines" notebook), but i always get this same error or a similar (dependent of choosing ath_hal or for example ath_rf2425): *ar2425.o(.text+0x582): In function `ar2425RfAttach': /usr/src/sys/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar5212/ar2425.c:691: undefined refer