ACPI? problem with release 8.0

2010-04-10 Thread Malcolm Kay
My machine had two SATA 300GB drives (WDC WD3200KS-00PFB0 21.00M21) one carrying FreeBSD RELEASE-6.3 and the other RELEASE-7.0 all of which worked OK. Recently added SATA 1TB (WDC WD10EADS-00P8B0 01.00A01) and installed RELEASE 8.0 thereon. When I boot to RELEASE 8.0 I find after some time, few

Re: Kernel Config for NAT

2010-04-10 Thread Ian Smith
On Fri, 9 Apr 2010, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > 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 a

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-10 Thread Chris Whitehouse
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 wire have a look I wouldn't kn

Re: perl links

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

Online school for FreeBSD

2010-04-10 Thread jt
I've been doing searches for online schools that teach FreeBSD. I've been trying to learn on an off for years but when it starts getting complicated, I get stuck. The handbook don't do allot of good. My goal is simply this. I want to open a small business, A server, To lease out web space, doma

Re: perl links

2010-04-10 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Anton" == Anton Yuzhaninov writes: Anton> most perl scripts begins with Anton> #!/usr/bin/perl Anton> this is common convention (also outside *BSD world) In fact, it's the recommendation from the original Camel book in 1990 (which I wrote, but the kids forget that :) that no matter whe

Online school for FreeBSD

2010-04-10 Thread Robert Huff
jt writes: > I've been doing searches for online schools that teach FreeBSD. I've > been trying to learn on an off for years but when it starts getting > complicated, I get stuck. The handbook don't do a lot of good. > > My goal is simply this. I want to open a small business, A server, >

reliable rs-232

2010-04-10 Thread Grzegorz Daniluk
Hi everybody, I have a question regarding rs-232 under FreeBSD. I need to write an application for FreeBSD to operate an industrial controller via rs-232. The trick is that it should have very good long term stability (reliably operation over years). It should be able to detect and correct (e.g

php5-filter update fails; possible pcre issue

2010-04-10 Thread David Newman
8.0-RELEASE, amd64 Running 'portmaster -a' fails to upgrade php5-filter-5.2.12 to php5-filter-5.3.2. Error output below. I would be grateful for clues on a fix. Is this related to the php5-pcre port being moved into core php5? somehost# cd /usr/ports somehost# make search name=php5-pcre Port:

host & dig

2010-04-10 Thread Walter
A previous question to the List on how to get an IP address from a host speicific URL yielded the helpful responses of "host" and "dig." These (seemed to) work fine. Well, just now I got a chance to try it out on a tiny server I have at someone else's house, and on another network. I used telne

Re: php5-filter update fails; possible pcre issue

2010-04-10 Thread Kieran Black
According to /usr/ports/MOVED php5-filter is now also part of core php5 host# grep "php5-filter" /usr/ports/MOVED security/pecl-filter|security/php5-filter|2008-12-11|Now bundled in php5 Kieran On 10/04/2010 15:39, David Newman wrote: 8.0-RELEASE, amd64 Running 'portmaster -a' fails to upgrad

are the are C [or C++] src sites ....

2010-04-10 Thread Gary Kline
Sites of parts of websites that have example C functions? [continuing from the ^Subject. I have googled around and found practically nothing; yet, wen I was looking for a math function I found at least two places. Rather than re-inventing the whe

Re: php5-filter update fails; possible pcre issue

2010-04-10 Thread David Newman
On 4/10/10 7:59 AM, Kieran Black wrote: > According to /usr/ports/MOVED php5-filter is now also part of core php5 > > host# grep "php5-filter" /usr/ports/MOVED > security/pecl-filter|security/php5-filter|2008-12-11|Now bundled in php5 Thanks. Obvious question, but just checking: Would uninstallin

Re: Online school for FreeBSD

2010-04-10 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 09:34:59PM -0800, jt wrote: > I've been doing searches for online schools that teach FreeBSD. I've been > trying to learn on an off for years but when it starts getting complicated, > I get stuck. The handbook don't do allot of good. Check out http://www.bsdcertification.o

Re: host & dig

2010-04-10 Thread Adam Vande More
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Walter wrote: > A previous question to the List on how to get an IP > address from a host speicific URL yielded the helpful > responses of "host" and "dig." These (seemed to) work > fine. Well, just now I got a chance to try it out on a tiny > server I have at s

Re: perl links

2010-04-10 Thread parv
in message <86zl1btumw@red.stonehenge.com>, wrote Randal L. Schwartz thusly... > > > "Anton" == Anton Yuzhaninov writes: > > > Anton> most perl scripts begins with > > Anton> #!/usr/bin/perl > > Anton> this is common convention (also outside *BSD world) > > In fact, it's the recommendation

Re: perl links

2010-04-10 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "parv" == parv writes: parv> So, you are the guilty one. By that logic, every software should parv> assume some location, so that people can have fun with link farm parv> maintainance. Keep in mind, the scene has changed in 20 years. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Ser

Syslog to log remote nodes

2010-04-10 Thread Erik Norgaard
Hi: I want my syslog to log remote nodes, in particular my access point and router, which authenticates users against my freeradius server. In /etc/rc.conf I've got: syslogd_flags="-C -a 192.168.0.0/23 -a 172.16.0.0/23 -vv" In /etc/syslog.conf I've got first the entries for the system, no ne

Re: Syslog to log remote nodes

2010-04-10 Thread Peter Boosten
On 10-4-2010 18:54, Erik Norgaard wrote: > Hi: > > I want my syslog to log remote nodes, in particular my access point and > router, which authenticates users against my freeradius server. > > In /etc/rc.conf I've got: > syslogd_flags="-C -a 192.168.0.0/23 -a 172.16.0.0/23 -vv" > > In /etc/syslo

Re: perl links

2010-04-10 Thread Charlie Kester
On Sat 10 Apr 2010 at 09:26:33 PDT Randal L. Schwartz wrote: "parv" == parv writes: parv> So, you are the guilty one. By that logic, every software should parv> assume some location, so that people can have fun with link farm parv> maintainance. Keep in mind, the scene has changed in 20 yea

Re: are the are C [or C++] src sites ....

2010-04-10 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 08:19:38AM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > Sites of parts of websites that have example C functions? > [continuing from the ^Subject. > > I have googled around and found practically nothing; yet, wen > I was looking for a math function I found at lea

Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN Supported on FreeBSD-8.0?

2010-04-10 Thread S Roberts
Hello, The wireless nic on my laptop is the Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN. Is this card supported in FreeBSD as present? I checked the FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE Hardware Notes (at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/hardware.html#WLAN), and I don't see the Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN actually listed. Lo

Does sparc64 version of FreeBSD work on SPARCbook?

2010-04-10 Thread Yuri
I always wanted to try sparc. But did anyone try running it on a laptop or I better stick with workstation? Yuri ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail t

Re: Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN Supported on FreeBSD-8.0?

2010-04-10 Thread Jan Henrik Sylvester
On 01/-10/-28163 20:59, S Roberts wrote: The wireless nic on my laptop is the Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN. Is this card supported in FreeBSD as present? Support for that device got MFCed to 8-STABLE a short time after 8.0-RELEASE. Cheers, Jan Henrik ___

Re: Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN Supported on FreeBSD-8.0?

2010-04-10 Thread S Roberts
Hello Oliver, Thanks for the response. On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:35:27 +0200 "O.Herold" wrote: > Am Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:22:46 +0100 > schrieb S Roberts : > > > Hello, > > The wireless nic on my laptop is the Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN. > > Is this card supported in FreeBSD as present? > >

Re: are the are C [or C++] src sites ....

2010-04-10 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Gary Kline wrote: >Rather than re-inventing the wheel over and again, wouldn't >it be nice to have a library of all kinds of functions? >--For kernel use, yes, they would need to be BSD specific... > Not sure what you're meaning here, but

Nethogs or similar for FreeBSD?

2010-04-10 Thread Dan Naumov
Is there something like Nethogs for FreeBSD that would show bandwidth use broken down by PID, user and such in a convinient easy to view and understand fashion? http://nethogs.sourceforge.net/nethogs.png - Sincerely, Dan Naumov ___ freebsd-questions@fr

Re: Nethogs or similar for FreeBSD?

2010-04-10 Thread mikel king
On Apr 10, 2010, at 3:14 PM, Dan Naumov wrote: Is there something like Nethogs for FreeBSD that would show bandwidth use broken down by PID, user and such in a convinient easy to view and understand fashion? http://nethogs.sourceforge.net/nethogs.png - Sincerely, Dan Naumov Looks interesti

Re: are the are C [or C++] src sites ....

2010-04-10 Thread Charlie Kester
On Sat 10 Apr 2010 at 08:19:38 PDT Gary Kline wrote: Sites of parts of websites that have example C functions? [continuing from the ^Subject. I have googled around and found practically nothing; yet, wen I was looking for a math function I found at least two

Re: Nethogs or similar for FreeBSD?

2010-04-10 Thread Dan Naumov
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 10:44 PM, mikel king wrote: > > On Apr 10, 2010, at 3:14 PM, Dan Naumov wrote: > > Is there something like Nethogs for FreeBSD that would show bandwidth > use broken down by PID, user and such in a convinient easy to view and > understand fashion? > > http://nethogs.sourcef

Re: Nethogs or similar for FreeBSD?

2010-04-10 Thread Adam Vande More
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Dan Naumov wrote: > > I am on 8.0/amd64. From the website of Nethogs: "Since NetHogs heavily > relies on /proc, it currently runs on Linux only." > perhaps something like ntop? -- Adam Vande More ___ freebsd-questio

Re: Online school for FreeBSD

2010-04-10 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Roland Smith wrote: On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 09:34:59PM -0800, jt wrote: I've been doing searches for online schools that teach FreeBSD. I've been trying to learn on an off for years but when it starts getting complicated, I get stuck. The handbook don't do allot of good. You can download the

Re: Online school for FreeBSD

2010-04-10 Thread David Newman
On 4/10/10 3:08 PM, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > Roland Smith wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 09:34:59PM -0800, jt wrote: >> >>> I've been doing searches for online schools that teach FreeBSD. I've >>> been >>> trying to learn on an off for years but when it starts getting >>> complicated, >>> I get

Can't get mysql to start - permission error

2010-04-10 Thread Gene
Hi all: I'm running FBSD 8.0, amd64. After installing the mysql port: Mysql55-server and mysql55-client I've attempted to start using mysql_safe --user=mysql. It craps out and in the error log I find: 100410 7:25:36 InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation. InnoDB: The erro

Re: Online school for FreeBSD

2010-04-10 Thread Balázs Mátéffy
Sorry David for the mail before, I've got the wrong address! +1 :) I like the books of M.W.Lucas, easy to read, funny and on the other hand they have the needed details about the subject. On 11 April 2010 01:14, David Newman wrote: > On 4/10/10 3:08 PM, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > > Roland Smith

Re: Online school for FreeBSD

2010-04-10 Thread Charlie Kester
On Sat 10 Apr 2010 at 16:14:36 PDT David Newman wrote: On 4/10/10 3:08 PM, Chris Whitehouse wrote: Roland Smith wrote: On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 09:34:59PM -0800, jt wrote: I've been doing searches for online schools that teach FreeBSD. I've been trying to learn on an off for years but when it

Mixer Settings For Audacity

2010-04-10 Thread Programmer In Training
OK, I've read the mixer man page, the mic is set as recording source, yet even with mic playback and (apparent) sensitivity to max, I barely get anything recorded using Audacity. Am I missing something? Do I need to use mixer -s =rec mic (I set it with mixer -S =rec, though it seems either one does

Re: Can't get mysql to start - permission error

2010-04-10 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:58 am, Gene wrote: > Hi all: > > I'm running FBSD 8.0, amd64. After installing the mysql port: > Mysql55-server and mysql55-client I've attempted to start > using mysql_safe --user=mysql. It is probably better to add: mysql_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf and then run # /usr/

[RESOLVED, for now] Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-10 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 Despi

Re: FreeBSD 8: Postfix policyd-weight not working!!!

2010-04-10 Thread perikillo
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 3:29 PM, perikillo wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Noel Jones wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:29 AM, perikillo wrote: >> > Hi people. >> > >> > I'm working in my first spam gateway, using Postfix + policyd-weight. >> > >> > I have 2 jails for this, th

anybody else miss the seattle group?

2010-04-10 Thread Gary Kline
For anyone who lives here in metro-Seattle and who misses the Seattle BSD Users Group, attending the local Linux group, GSLUG, filled that empty spot. I almost didn't go to the April get together because the topic involved embedded systems; it sounded a bit boring. It was just the opposite.

Re: reliable rs-232

2010-04-10 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 305, Issue 13, Message: 2 On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:41:33 +0200 Grzegorz Daniluk wrote: > Hi everybody, > I have a question regarding rs-232 under FreeBSD. > I need to write an application for FreeBSD to operate an industrial > controller via rs-232. The trick is

Auto update

2010-04-10 Thread Jos Chrispijn
Can someone tell me if there is a way of generating an email on the moment that someone logs in to my FreeBSD server? The mail part (phpmail) will be easy; I don't know yet how to trigger and pass parameter to this script or redirect info to a file (that I then send by email). Thanks. Jos Ch

Re: Auto update

2010-04-10 Thread andrew clarke
On Sun 2010-04-11 08:14:48 UTC+0200, Jos Chrispijn (ker...@webrz.net) wrote: > Can someone tell me if there is a way of generating an email on the > moment that someone logs in to my FreeBSD server? By which method? SSH? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.o