Re: new jail utility is available. announcement.

2010-07-22 Thread krad
On 22 July 2010 02:16, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 4:52 AM, Aiza wrote: > > > > > Not yet, when I have a spare box I might, although I quite like using > >> zfs for jails as you can limit the disk usage dynamically per zfs > >> filesystem and I didnt see any support there y

Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "

2010-07-22 Thread Thomas Mueller
Rich, if you can't get either the installation CD or live-file-system CD to boot (FreeBSD), maybe your computer is allergic to FreeBSD? I've had that problem with both FreeBSD and NetBSD on the older computer (Cx486DX-2 at 66 MHz; 1.2 GB hard drive). One thing that could possibly help is if you

FreeBSD for intel(r) Xeon(r) Processor X5560

2010-07-22 Thread Debarshi Chakravarti
Hi, I am interested in having a production grade BIND9 implementation on FreeBSD. My hardware is as below Intel(r) Xeon(r) Processor X5560 I learned from the site that FreeBSD for ia64 is still in TIER2. Can you please advise me on the below. 1. When it will be moved to TIER1. 2. I

Re: FreeBSD for intel(r) Xeon(r) Processor X5560

2010-07-22 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, > Intel(r) Xeon(r) Processor X5560 > I learned from the site that FreeBSD for ia64 is still in TIER2. Can > you please advise me on the below. For Intel Xeon, I think you want the amd64 branch. ia64 would be for Ithanium. Bests, Olivier ___ free

Re: FreeBSD for intel(r) Xeon(r) Processor X5560

2010-07-22 Thread krad
On 22 July 2010 10:17, Olivier Nicole wrote: > Hi, > > > Intel(r) Xeon(r) Processor X5560 > > > I learned from the site that FreeBSD for ia64 is still in TIER2. Can > > you please advise me on the below. > > For Intel Xeon, I think you want the amd64 branch. ia64 would be for > Ithanium. > > Best

Re: Help with setting up a mail server

2010-07-22 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 07:35:48PM +0100, krad typed: > > while we are on the topic of debugging I would recomend exim as an MTA. I > manage a few large enterprise mail systems with 10M + active accounts. A lot > of them are legacy systems that we gained through acquisitions. I generally > have to

Re: Install Apache in qjail?

2010-07-22 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 04:58:39AM +0200, Peter Boosten typed: > On 22-7-2010 2:10, Aiza wrote: > > > > If this apache jail is going to use the standard port 80 to listen on, > > then the host and any other jails can not use that port number. > > Nonsense! Indeed > Since the IP address assigned

Re: Help with setting up a mail server

2010-07-22 Thread krad
On 22 July 2010 12:26, Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 07:35:48PM +0100, krad typed: > > > > while we are on the topic of debugging I would recomend exim as an MTA. I > > manage a few large enterprise mail systems with 10M + active accounts. A > lot > > of them are legacy systems

Re: Help with setting up a mail server

2010-07-22 Thread Jerry
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:32:36 +0100 krad articulated: > yep I know exim is sendmail cli compatible, but the output from sendmail is > not the same on exim (interactive prompt). You can probably get similar > output from sendmail, but with most things sendmail it is archaic and > obfuscated. With

Re: Install Apache in qjail?

2010-07-22 Thread Ed Flecko
Gentlemen, Since the ONLY instance of Apache on this box will BE the one I'm installing in the jail, I should just be able to connect to it by its IP address...just like any other web server. Yes? No? Am I missing something? Ed ___ freebsd-questions@fre

Re: Install Apache in qjail?

2010-07-22 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Ed Flecko : > Gentlemen, > Since the ONLY instance of Apache on this box will BE the one I'm > installing in the jail, I should just be able to connect to it by its > IP address...just like any other web server. > > Yes? No? Am I missing something? Yes. -- Bill Moran http://www.

Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "

2010-07-22 Thread Ryan Coleman
I agree, but I might start pulling parts and see if it works then. swap video cards if you can, etc. On Jul 22, 2010, at 3:28 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > Rich, if you can't get either the installation CD or live-file-system CD to > boot (FreeBSD), maybe your computer is allergic to FreeBSD? I'

Re: Help with setting up a mail server

2010-07-22 Thread Odhiambo Washington
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Jerry wrote: > On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:32:36 +0100 > krad articulated: > > > > yep I know exim is sendmail cli compatible, but the output from sendmail > is > > not the same on exim (interactive prompt). You can probably get similar > > output from sendmail, but w

where is pfm2afm

2010-07-22 Thread Matthias Apitz
Hello, Is 'pfm2afm' part of some port in /usr/ports? Thanks in advance matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.unixarea.de/ Solidarity with the zionistic pirates of Israel? Not in my name! ¿Solidaridad con los piratas

Re: where is pfm2afm

2010-07-22 Thread Ryan Coleman
It converts Postscript Font files into Adobe Font Manager files. I've have not a use for it (yet). On Jul 22, 2010, at 9:39 AM, Matthias Apitz wrote: > > > Hello, > > Is 'pfm2afm' part of some port in /usr/ports? Thanks in advance > > matthias > -- > Matthias Apitz > t +49-89-61308 3

Re: where is pfm2afm

2010-07-22 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Thursday, July 22, 2010 a las 09:47:52AM -0500, Ryan Coleman escribió: > It converts Postscript Font files into Adobe Font Manager files. > > I've have not a use for it (yet). Background of my question is the need of Type 1 font files which cover most of the European Unicode scripts for t

Re: where is pfm2afm

2010-07-22 Thread Daniel Bye
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 04:57:10PM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Thursday, July 22, 2010 a las 09:47:52AM -0500, Ryan Coleman escribió: > > > It converts Postscript Font files into Adobe Font Manager files. > > > > I've have not a use for it (yet). > > Background of my question is the ne

Re: Help with setting up a mail server

2010-07-22 Thread Jerry
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:28:00 +0300 Odhiambo Washington articulated: > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Jerry wrote: > > > On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:32:36 +0100 > > krad articulated: > > > > > > > yep I know exim is sendmail cli compatible, but the output from sendmail > > is > > > not the same on

Re: rmconfig from all ports tree

2010-07-22 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Thursday, July 22, 2010 02:21:59 +0200 claudiu vasadi wrote: Hi Greg, Thanks for the "rmconfig-recursive". I did not know about it. Nor did I. And it begs the question - is there a way to find out what all the make targets are in /usr/ports? Is this documented anywhere? -- Paul Sc

Re: rmconfig from all ports tree

2010-07-22 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:15:10 -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > And it begs the question - is there a way to find out what all the > make targets are in /usr/ports? Is this documented anywhere? Yes, "man 7 ports", section TARGETS. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra

Re: rmconfig from all ports tree

2010-07-22 Thread Glen Barber
On 7/22/10 1:15 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Thursday, July 22, 2010 02:21:59 +0200 claudiu vasadi wrote: Hi Greg, Thanks for the "rmconfig-recursive". I did not know about it. Nor did I. And it begs the question - is there a way to find out what all the make targets are in /usr/ports? Is t

Re: Help with setting up a mail server

2010-07-22 Thread RW
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:28:54 -0400 Jerry wrote: > For starters, you are using the wrong sendmail. You need to use the > Postfix 'sendmail' version. > > $ which sendmail > /usr/sbin/sendmail > > I have Postfix installed and running. Sorry, I thought that was > obvious. > > Typing: "man sendmai

Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "

2010-07-22 Thread Rich
No I'm not going to start ripping my computer apart because FreeBSD can't deal with my hard drive. I think the problem is a shortcoming in FreeBSD where it can't deal with drives that have old stale RAID metadata on them. I'm just going to have to wait until they can. Until then no FreeBSD for

Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "

2010-07-22 Thread Ryan Coleman
Then you can suffer through "crappy windows" or spend $50 on a hard drive... On Jul 22, 2010, at 1:15 PM, Rich wrote: > No I'm not going to start ripping my computer apart because FreeBSD can't > deal > with my hard drive. I think the problem is a shortcoming in FreeBSD where it > can't deal

Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "

2010-07-22 Thread Rich
Lol, true. From: Ryan Coleman To: Rich Cc: User Questions Sent: Thu, July 22, 2010 11:50:58 AM Subject: Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... " Then you can suffer through "crappy windows" or spend $50 on a hard drive

Re: system hangs on; "Probing devices, please wait (this can take a while)... "

2010-07-22 Thread Jerry
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:54:29 -0700 (PDT) Rich articulated: > Lol, true. Two top posters in succession. My lucky day. In any case, the OP should NOT have to suffer the agita of being forced to due either. While the ability do accomplish what the OP desires does not exist ab initio in FreeBSD, it

Re: Eclipse build fails

2010-07-22 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Caleb Stein writes: > the last lines of the output can be found here: > http://pastebin.com/8VAdvEjH > > How should I fix this? That's pretty weird; I can't make any sense out of it. If it were me, I would start by making sure that the dependencies are all up to date, and start over the eclipse

Re: Strip high bit from text?

2010-07-22 Thread David Kelly
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 04:03:46PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > > Already use procmail so adding an automatic filter should not be > > difficult if only I can come up with on. > > > > Tried "tr \240 ' ' < testfile | hd" and was not able to change the 0xa0 > > into anything. Have already spent m

Re: Is "software update" in a working state yet?

2010-07-22 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Jeff Molofee writes: > I've noticed software update pop up on the screen quite a bit lately. > Initially it popped up and did nothing. Now in 8.1-RC2 it pops up and > shows me that I actually have updates. When I click update, it seems > like it's actually attempting to upgrade the listed packa

Re:FreeBSD and Broadband network connection

2010-07-22 Thread subbu 4u
Hi, My name is Subburaj from India, I bought a broadband internet connection and tried to connect with Freebsd system, I edited the /etc/ppp/ppp.conf with my username, password and i.p address that my ISP gave me but its not going through. I tried to troubleshoot with freebsd handbook and als

Re: FreeBSD and Broadband network connection

2010-07-22 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi, Subburaj-- On Jul 22, 2010, at 10:36 AM, subbu 4u wrote: > My name is Subburaj from India, I bought a broadband internet connection and > tried to connect with Freebsd system, I edited the /etc/ppp/ppp.conf with my > username, password and i.p address that my ISP gave me but its not going

How do you automatically start Apache, Bind, etc. in a jail?

2010-07-22 Thread Ed Flecko
Hi folks, I have Apache installed in a "qjail" named "webserver" (I.P. address 192.168.225.130) using the "pkg_add -r apache22" command, but how do you get Apache (or Bind, etc.) to automatically start upon boot? I got the jail to start by adding qjail_enable="YES" to hosts' /etc/rc.conf and I als

ULE scheduler and the WCPU column in top

2010-07-22 Thread Nerius Landys
I have this interesting behavior in the top utility on _both_ my 7.1 and 8.0 FreeBSD servers (updated to latest patches). The interesting behavior happens only when my kernel is compiled with the ULE scheduler. It does not happen when the kernel uses the old BSD scheduler. Here is a link of a sc

Re: How do you automatically start Apache, Bind, etc. in a jail?

2010-07-22 Thread Glen Barber
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 7/22/10 6:20 PM, Ed Flecko wrote: > Hi folks, > I have Apache installed in a "qjail" named "webserver" (I.P. address > 192.168.225.130) using the "pkg_add -r apache22" command, but how do > you get Apache (or Bind, etc.) to automatically start upon

Re: FreeBSD and Broadband network connection

2010-07-22 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:36:27AM -0700, subbu 4u wrote: > Hi, > My name is Subburaj from India, I bought a broadband internet connection > and > tried to connect with Freebsd system, I edited the /etc/ppp/ppp.conf with my > username, password and i.p address that my ISP gave me but its not g

Re: How do you automatically start Apache, Bind, etc. in a jail?

2010-07-22 Thread Ed Flecko
Thanks Glen. :-) I'm not clear how I get the 'make config' to show the configuration screen or the 'make install' to compile and install??? That might allow me to install Apache (with a limited number of modules) like I want, but I don't understand what you're suggesting. Also, do you know fo

Re: How do you automatically start Apache, Bind, etc. in a jail?

2010-07-22 Thread Glen Barber
On 7/22/10 6:51 PM, Ed Flecko wrote: Thanks Glen. :-) I'm not clear how I get the 'make config' to show the configuration screen or the 'make install' to compile and install??? Depending on what you've previously done in the www/apache22 directory, a configuration may already exist. 'make

Re: How do you automatically start Apache, Bind, etc. in a jail?

2010-07-22 Thread Glen Barber
On 7/22/10 7:07 PM, Glen Barber wrote: Also, do you know for sure that compiling from source and specifying the install target (i.e., ./configure --prefix=/PathToJail --enable-ssl...etc., etc., etc???) won't work? It will work, sure, but make(1) and the port Makefile does this for you. To b

Re: How do you automatically start Apache, Bind, etc. in a jail?

2010-07-22 Thread Ed Flecko
Oh, O.K., so I CAN just download the tarball (from http://httpd.apache.org/), unpack and install it (just like any other source install) and specify the jail as the target or did I misinterpret you? Sorry if I've missed your point! :-) Ed ___ freebsd-q

Re: How do you automatically start Apache, Bind, etc. in a jail?

2010-07-22 Thread Glen Barber
On 7/22/10 7:19 PM, Ed Flecko wrote: Oh, O.K., so I CAN just download the tarball (from http://httpd.apache.org/), unpack and install it (just like any other source install) and specify the jail as the target or did I misinterpret you? Do it from _inside_ the jail, not from the host. Regards,

ports INDEX file

2010-07-22 Thread Fbsd8
I have a pristine install of 8.0. There is no /usr/ports directory yet. I am trying to use the "portcheckout" port and the "porteasy" port to just populate the ports tree with only the ports I use. Problem is in both cases the above ports require an existing INDEX file to process and since I

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-22 Thread Tim Daneliuk
On 7/22/2010 8:20 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > I have a pristine install of 8.0. > There is no /usr/ports directory yet. > I am trying to use the "portcheckout" port and the "porteasy" port to > just populate the ports tree with only the ports I use. > > Problem is in both cases the above ports require an

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-22 Thread Fbsd8
Tim Daneliuk wrote: On 7/22/2010 8:20 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: I have a pristine install of 8.0. There is no /usr/ports directory yet. I am trying to use the "portcheckout" port and the "porteasy" port to just populate the ports tree with only the ports I use. Problem is in both cases the above ports

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-22 Thread Benjamin Lee
On 07/22/2010 06:20 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > I have a pristine install of 8.0. > There is no /usr/ports directory yet. > I am trying to use the "portcheckout" port and the "porteasy" port to > just populate the ports tree with only the ports I use. > > Problem is in both cases the above ports require a

Anybody using the portcheckout port

2010-07-22 Thread Fbsd8
Is this port broken? I can not get it to work. It gives this message cvs checkout: No CVSROOT specified! Please use the -d option Cannot read the INDEX file. Give up The manpage has no information about any options at all, so have no idea how the -d option is to be coded. I do have a /usr/por

Re: Anybody using the portcheckout port

2010-07-22 Thread Rob Farmer
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > Is this port broken? > > I can not get it to work. > > It gives this message > > cvs checkout: No CVSROOT specified! Please use the -d option > Cannot read the INDEX file. Give up > I am not familiar with that port, but it looks to be a wrapper for

why do I require "WPA" in rc.conf even for open networks.

2010-07-22 Thread Eitan Adler
For some reason I can not connect to *any* wireless network regardless of the connection type unless I have "WPA" in /etc/rc.conf right before "DHCP". Why would I require this to connect to open networks? -- Eitan Adler ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-22 Thread Fbsd8
Benjamin Lee wrote: On 07/22/2010 06:20 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: I have a pristine install of 8.0. There is no /usr/ports directory yet. I am trying to use the "portcheckout" port and the "porteasy" port to just populate the ports tree with only the ports I use. Problem is in both cases the above port

Re: Is "software update" in a working state yet?

2010-07-22 Thread Jeff Molofee
packagekit... moreso gnome-packagekit On 7/22/2010 1:23 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Jeff Molofee writes: I've noticed software update pop up on the screen quite a bit lately. Initially it popped up and did nothing. Now in 8.1-RC2 it pops up and shows me that I actually have updates. When I c

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-22 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 23/07/2010 02:20:02, Fbsd8 wrote: > I have a pristine install of 8.0. > There is no /usr/ports directory yet. > I am trying to use the "portcheckout" port and the "porteasy" port to > just populate the ports tree with only the ports I use. I've heard of a few people trying to do things like th

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-22 Thread Jason
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 06:14:12AM +0100, Matthew Seaman thus spake: On 23/07/2010 02:20:02, Fbsd8 wrote: I have a pristine install of 8.0. There is no /usr/ports directory yet. I am trying to use the "portcheckout" port and the "porteasy" port to just populate the ports tree with only the port

freecolor: Bus error. software or hardware problem?

2010-07-22 Thread Antonio Kless
Strange freecolor behavior on fresh 8.0-RELEASE system. # uname -a FreeBSD alternate-1.net 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:02:08 UTC 2009 r...@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 # freecolor -V freecolor version 0.8.8 # freecolor Bus error I have rein

Re: freecolor: Bus error. software or hardware problem?

2010-07-22 Thread Randy Belk
Have you updated your ports? This was an issue on the amd64 distribution, but it was fixed. On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:21 AM, Antonio Kless wrote: > Strange freecolor behavior on fresh 8.0-RELEASE system. > > # uname -a > FreeBSD alternate-1.net 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 > 15:

Re: freecolor: Bus error. software or hardware problem?

2010-07-22 Thread Antonio Kless
2010/7/23 Randy Belk > Have you updated your ports? This was an issue on the amd64 distribution, > but it was fixed. > > On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:21 AM, Antonio Kless wrote: > >> Strange freecolor behavior on fresh 8.0-RELEASE system. >> >> # uname -a >> FreeBSD alternate-1.net 8.0-RELEASE FreeB

Re: freecolor: Bus error. software or hardware problem?

2010-07-22 Thread Antonio Kless
2010/7/23 Antonio Kless > > > 2010/7/23 Randy Belk > > Have you updated your ports? This was an issue on the amd64 distribution, >> but it was fixed. >> >> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:21 AM, Antonio Kless wrote: >> >>> Strange freecolor behavior on fresh 8.0-RELEASE system. >>> >>> # uname -a >>>

Re: ports INDEX file

2010-07-22 Thread b. f.
>Benjamin Lee wrote: >> On 07/22/2010 06:20 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: >>> I have a pristine install of 8.0. >>> There is no /usr/ports directory yet. >>> I am trying to use the "portcheckout" port and the "porteasy" port to >>> just populate the ports tree with only the ports I use. >>> >>> Problem is in b