Re: What is the meaning of this warn?

2010-07-26 Thread Julien Cigar
On 07/26/2010 07:48, Jason wrote: HI,ALL: Hello, My freebsd server offer service to thousands of clients. I found lots of warning in the /var/log/message like this :"Approaching the limit on PV entries, consider increasing either the vm.pmap.shpgperproc or the vm.pmap.pv_entry_max tunable"

Re: I donot like using mergemaster ?

2010-07-26 Thread Mike Clarke
On Monday 26 July 2010, zaxis wrote: > I want to upgrade my freebsd 8.0 to 8.1. I have read all the steps > about upgrading freebsd. I feel mergemaster is difficult to use e.g. > which parameters should i use ? (you may wish to use -U or -ai or > -Fi) I have the following in /etc/mergemaster

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:20:31AM -0500, Kevin Monceaux wrote: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:29:37AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > Without downloading a PDF and reading it . . . do you know what Latin > > variant is used in that document? > > No, without download and reading the PDF I wouldn'

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Tom Worster
On 7/24/10 5:59 PM, "Chad Perrin" wrote: > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 12:05:14AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: >> >> I'm reminded that the SATAN network scanner project used to ship a >> utility with the source code that would patch it to rename it >> "SANTA". I suppose someone could fork a new BSD

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Tom Worster
On 7/23/10 10:01 PM, "Victor Skovorodnikov" wrote: > I have always been thinking of trying FreeBSD but as a Christian I get > deterred by its un-Christian logo. to me, devils, daemons and demons are mythological critters like elves, pixies and bogey men. > Have you considered changing it to so

8.1-RELEASE ia64

2010-07-26 Thread Samuel Martín Moro
Hi I would like to install FreeBSD-8.1 ia64, so I downloaded FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-ia64-disc1.iso. When I boot from a burnt CD, the screen keeps black, with the blinkingunderscore, nothing else happend. When I make an USB bootable stick, I've got a message saying that /boot/loader was not found. H

Re: 8.1-RELEASE ia64

2010-07-26 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 04:07:27PM +0200, Samuel Martín Moro wrote: > Hi > > I would like to install FreeBSD-8.1 ia64, so I downloaded > FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-ia64-disc1.iso. > > When I boot from a burnt CD, the screen keeps black, with the > blinkingunderscore, > nothing else happend. > When I mak

Re: 8.1-RELEASE ia64

2010-07-26 Thread Michael Powell
Samuel Martín Moro wrote: > Hi > > I would like to install FreeBSD-8.1 ia64, so I downloaded > FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-ia64-disc1.iso. > > When I boot from a burnt CD, the screen keeps black, with the > blinkingunderscore, > nothing else happend. > When I make an USB bootable stick, I've got a messa

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Frank Solensky
Original message >Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:40:26 -0400 >From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org (on behalf of Tom Worster >) >Subject: Re: BSD logo >To: > >On 7/23/10 10:01 PM, "Victor Skovorodnikov" wrote: > >> I have always been thinking of trying FreeBSD but as a Christian I ge

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Andy Balholm
David Brodbeck wrote: > It also hasn't escaped my notice that the original poster has never come back > to this thread; I suspect we've been trolled, folks. That's possible. It's also possible that, after reading the responses to his inquiry, the original poster decided that his question had be

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:39:12 -0700 Andy Balholm articulated: > David Brodbeck wrote: > > It also hasn't escaped my notice that the original poster has never > > come back to this thread; I suspect we've been trolled, folks. > > That's possible. It's also possible that, after reading the respo

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Reid Linnemann
Suffice it to say, though there are many intuitive comments I think that ultimately we are beating a dead horse with another dead horse while standing on a dead horse. The corpses are starting to reek. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http:/

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Pegasus Mc Cleaft
> > By the way . . . while I think a BelssedBSD fork is a ridiculous idea, > > the name "BlessedBSD" is *brilliant*. Pronouncing it aloud makes the > > high-quality pun buried in the name more obvious, for those who didn't > > quite catch it on the first read-through. > > i agree. lovely name. t

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 17:39, Andy Balholm wrote: > The original post looks to me like an expression of sincere concern about > BSD's image I'd say, if the logo is hard to cope with for some, then they may be comforted in something of a far more importance than the logo - FreeBSD bottom

OpenOffice 3.2.1 in FreeBSD 8.1

2010-07-26 Thread Antonio Vieiro
Hi all, For those trying to test OpenOffice 3.2.1 in FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE (no official package yet): This: ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/FreeBSD/3.2.1/i386/OOo_3.2.1_FreeBSD81Intel_install_es.tbz From ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/FreeBSD/3.2.1/i386/ is

Re: OpenOffice 3.2.1 in FreeBSD 8.1

2010-07-26 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Antonio Vieiro on Monday, 26 July 2010: > Hi all, > > For those trying to test OpenOffice 3.2.1 in FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE (no > official package yet): > > This: > ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/FreeBSD/3.2.1/i386/OOo_3.2.1_FreeBSD81Intel_install_es.tbz > > From > ftp://ooo

Re: OpenOffice 3.2.1 in FreeBSD 8.1

2010-07-26 Thread Andrew Gould
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Antonio Vieiro on Monday, 26 July 2010: >> Hi all, >> >> For those trying to test OpenOffice 3.2.1 in FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE (no >> official package yet): >> >> This: >> ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/FreeBSD/3.2.1/i386/O

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Saturday, July 24, 2010 00:24:46 -0600 Chad Perrin wrote: When this is the way someone starts a "discussion" about wanting to use a new OS, I tend to believe there is no genuine interest in using the OS in question. When this is the way one answers a simple question, I tend to believe th

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: > When this is the way one answers a simple question, I tend to believe > there's no genuine interest in dialog. I am therefore left to wonder who > really is the intolerant one. One cannot claim to be tolerant while > demonstrating intoleranc

Re: Port upgrade problem

2010-07-26 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Petre Bandac writes: > Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> "Petre Bandac" writes: >> >>> While upgrading port, I have the following problems: >>> - some cfg files are overwritten (authdaemon's authmysqlrc) >> >> I can't figure out what port that comes from, so I can't help. > > courier-authlib-mysql-0.63

1 file system, 2 drives?

2010-07-26 Thread John Almberg
One of my clients has a server that hosts big public-access type videos. He started off with a separate 200G drive just for video storage (FreeBSD is on another drive). This video storage drive is mounted as /videos. He's just bought another drive, but now I'm thinking of what to do with it..

Re: 1 file system, 2 drives?

2010-07-26 Thread Volodymyr Kostyrko
26.07.2010 21:55, John Almberg wrote: One of my clients has a server that hosts big public-access type videos. He started off with a separate 200G drive just for video storage (FreeBSD is on another drive). This video storage drive is mounted as /videos. He's just bought another drive, but now I

Re: 1 file system, 2 drives?

2010-07-26 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi, John-- On Jul 26, 2010, at 11:55 AM, John Almberg wrote: > I know this is probably impossible, but FreeBSD can do so many miraculous > things, that I can't help asking... > > Is it possible to use the second drive to 'expand' the /videos file system? > So it would miraculously look like a s

Re: 1 file system, 2 drives?

2010-07-26 Thread John Almberg
Volodymyr/Chuck, Is it possible to use the second drive to 'expand' the /videos file system? So it would miraculously look like a single 400G drive? The canonical way of doing this is to either create a RAID-0 concat or stripe volume. Wow, of course... I should have thought of tha

Re: 1 file system, 2 drives?

2010-07-26 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Hi, John-- > > On Jul 26, 2010, at 11:55 AM, John Almberg wrote: > > I know this is probably impossible, but FreeBSD can do so many miraculous > things, that I can't help asking... > > > > Is it possible to use the second drive to 'expand' th

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 03:41:27PM -0700, Charlie Kester wrote: > On Sun 25 Jul 2010 at 14:42:14 PDT Matthew Seaman wrote: > > > >Besides, I suspect that the OP was not in fact genuinely offended but > >merely trying to stir up trouble > > Which makes it all the more disappointing that so many of

Re: 8.1-RELEASE ia64

2010-07-26 Thread Samuel Martín Moro
Oh right.. ok... sorry... I'll try amd64 Thanks for the heads up! Samuel Martín Moro {EPITECH.} tek4 CamTrace S.A.S (+033) 1 41 38 37 60 1 Allée de la Venelle 92150 Suresnes FRANCE "Nobody wants to say how this works. Maybe nobody knows ..." Xorg.conf(5) On Mon

Re: 1 file system, 2 drives?

2010-07-26 Thread John Almberg
If you have hardware controller with RAID capabilities, using native RAID is better, otherwise look towards gvinum or maybe ccd; see also: I've just been reading up on RAID in my Absolute FreeBSD book, and it occurs to me that my client has a SCSI RAID drive chassis that he is using stupi

Re: 1 file system, 2 drives?

2010-07-26 Thread Diego Arias
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 3:30 PM, John Almberg wrote: > > If you have hardware controller with RAID capabilities, using native RAID >> is better, otherwise look towards gvinum or maybe ccd; see also: >> >> > I've just been reading up on RAID in my Absolute FreeBSD book, and it > occurs to me that

Re: 1 file system, 2 drives?

2010-07-26 Thread John Almberg
John Almberg wrote: If you have hardware controller with RAID capabilities, using native RAID is better, otherwise look towards gvinum or maybe ccd; see also: I've just been reading up on RAID in my Absolute FreeBSD book, and it occurs to me that my client has a SCSI RAID drive chassis that he

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread David Brodbeck
On Mon, July 26, 2010 11:24 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: > When this is the way one answers a simple question, I tend to believe > there's no genuine interest in dialog. Well, I hate to break it to you, but people who are trying to make a religious point aren't interested in dialog, anyway. In fact, i

RE: 1 file system, 2 drives?

2010-07-26 Thread Gary Gatten
>From my experience (YMMV), most RAID controllers will NOT redistribute the >existing data/files onto the newly added drives. So, if you have a (3) drive >RAID5 your file exists on all three drives, as does the parity data. If you >add (2) drives, your original files will not be on the new dri

problem with ffmpeg port

2010-07-26 Thread John Francis Lee
Hello, I have a VPS account at viaverio and am trying to install ffmpeg on my server. [...@28amen ~]$ uname -a FreeBSD 28amen.org 6.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #6: Wed Oct 21 09:32:42 MDT 2009 r...@fc:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/VKERN i386 I realize that that is an old version of FreeBSD, b

Re: problem with ffmpeg port

2010-07-26 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On Jul 26, 2010, at 2:22 PM, John Francis Lee wrote: > ===>Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/xz in /usr/ports/archivers/xz > ===> Installing for xz-4.999.9_1 > ===> Generating temporary packing list > ===> Checking if archivers/xz already installed > ===> An older version of arch

Re: problem with ffmpeg port

2010-07-26 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Jul 26, 2010, at 2:34 PM, John Francis Lee wrote: > Thanks > > [...@28amen /ports/multimedia/ffmpeg]$ cd ../../archivers/xz/ > [...@28amen /ports/archivers/xz]$ sudo make deinstall > Password: > ===> Deinstalling for archivers/xz > [...@28amen /ports/archivers/xz]$ sudo make install > ===> In

Re: problem with ffmpeg port

2010-07-26 Thread John Francis Lee
Thanks [...@28amen /ports/multimedia/ffmpeg]$ cd ../../archivers/xz/ [...@28amen /ports/archivers/xz]$ sudo make deinstall Password: ===> Deinstalling for archivers/xz [...@28amen /ports/archivers/xz]$ sudo make install ===> Installing for xz-4.999.9_1 ===> Generating temporary packing list ==

Re: problem with ffmpeg port

2010-07-26 Thread Ryan Coleman
do this: #make install -DFORCE_PKG_REGISTER on that particular port, in this case /archivers/xz. On Jul 26, 2010, at 4:34 PM, John Francis Lee wrote: > Thanks > > [...@28amen /ports/multimedia/ffmpeg]$ cd ../../archivers/xz/ > [...@28amen /ports/archivers/xz]$ sudo make deinstall > Password:

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:06:17 -0700, "David Brodbeck" wrote: > These people > have been taught from a young age that logic is evil and will lead them > down the road to hell, so logical arguments are lost on them. Reminds me to the discussion around Russell's teapot... -- Polytropon Magdeburg,

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Monday, July 26, 2010 14:06:17 -0700 David Brodbeck wrote: On Mon, July 26, 2010 11:24 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: When this is the way one answers a simple question, I tend to believe there's no genuine interest in dialog. Well, I hate to break it to you, but people who are trying to make

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread David Brodbeck
On Mon, July 26, 2010 3:53 pm, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Monday, July 26, 2010 14:06:17 -0700 David Brodbeck > wrote: > >> On Mon, July 26, 2010 11:24 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: >>> When this is the way one answers a simple question, I tend to believe >>> there's no genuine interest in dialog. >> >>

Re: OpenOffice 3.2.1 in FreeBSD 8.1

2010-07-26 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:00:46 -0500, Andrew Gould wrote: > Compiling OpenOffice is not a practical option for many of us due to > hardware restraints. > > I'm glad to see that there's a compiled binary somewhere! Additionally, there's also the problem of the various configurational items for the

Re: problem with ffmpeg port

2010-07-26 Thread John Francis Lee
Thanks... I did that and ffmpeg did install! But... [...@28amen ~/www/robinlea.com]$ ffmpeg -i introduction.wav introduction.mp3 FFmpeg version 0.6, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers built on Jul 26 2010 22:42:00 with gcc 3.4.6 [FreeBSD] 20060305 configuration: --prefix=/usr/local

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Tom Worster
On 7/26/10 12:35 PM, "Pegasus Mc Cleaft" wrote: >>> By the way . . . while I think a BelssedBSD fork is a ridiculous idea, >>> the name "BlessedBSD" is *brilliant*. Pronouncing it aloud makes the >>> high-quality pun buried in the name more obvious, for those who didn't >>> quite catch it on the

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Neal Hogan
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:06:17 -0700, "David Brodbeck" wrote: >> These people >> have been taught from a young age that logic is evil and will lead them >> down the road to hell, so logical arguments are lost on them. > > Reminds me to the discus

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:59 PM, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Mon, July 26, 2010 3:53 pm, Paul Schmehl wrote: >> --On Monday, July 26, 2010 14:06:17 -0700 David Brodbeck >> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, July 26, 2010 11:24 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: When this is the way one answers a simple question, I t

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:47 PM, Alejandro Imass wrote: > On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:59 PM, David Brodbeck wrote: >> On Mon, July 26, 2010 3:53 pm, Paul Schmehl wrote: >>> --On Monday, July 26, 2010 14:06:17 -0700 David Brodbeck >>> wrote: >>> On Mon, July 26, 2010 11:24 am, Paul Schmehl wro

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:22:21 -0500, Neal Hogan wrote: > No . . . not you . . . Polytropon! The end of the world must be coming > (Revelations-1.0). Do *NOT* tempt me. Okay, you did. And this is what will happen: It turns this thread into a bottomless pit of nonsense, but well, you asked for it. :

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 08:39:12AM -0700, Andy Balholm wrote: > > It's also possible that, after reading the responses to his inquiry, > the original poster decided that his question had been adequately > answered, his concerns were justified, and he should use a different > operating system. > >

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Glenn Sieb
On 7/26/10 8:01 PM, Polytropon wrote: >,ggg, nd spotteth twice they the system before > dP""8I the fifth version, and so, the Programmers > dP 88 went Forth to RAM Gilead in Kernel Bilgemath, > dP88 by Shell Ethra Joygalion, to the house

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 01:24:21PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Saturday, July 24, 2010 00:24:46 -0600 Chad Perrin > wrote: > > > >When this is the way someone starts a "discussion" about wanting to use a > >new OS, I tend to believe there is no genuine interest in using the OS in > >questio

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 05:53:30PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Monday, July 26, 2010 14:06:17 -0700 David Brodbeck > wrote: > > >On Mon, July 26, 2010 11:24 am, Paul Schmehl wrote: > >>When this is the way one answers a simple question, I tend to believe > >>there's no genuine interest in

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Antonio Olivares
On 7/26/10, Glenn Sieb wrote: > On 7/26/10 8:01 PM, Polytropon wrote: >>,ggg, nd spotteth twice they the system before >> dP""8I the fifth version, and so, the Programmers >> dP 88 went Forth to RAM Gilead in Kernel Bilgemath, >> dP88 by S

Re: 1 file system, 2 drives?

2010-07-26 Thread Rich
From: Gary Gatten Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Sent: Mon, July 26, 2010 1:41:19 PM Subject: RE: 1 file system, 2 drives? >From my experience (YMMV), most RAID controllers will NOT redistribute the >existing data/files onto the newly added drives. So

Re: I donot like using mergemaster ?

2010-07-26 Thread zaxis
that's great ! I will use /etc/mergemaster.rc to upgrade my FB 8.0. Mike Clarke-17 wrote: > > On Monday 26 July 2010, zaxis wrote: > >> I want to upgrade my freebsd 8.0 to 8.1. I have read all the steps >> about upgrading freebsd. I feel mergemaster is difficult to use e.g. >> which paramet

Re: problem with ffmpeg port

2010-07-26 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 1:07 AM, John Francis Lee wrote: > Thanks... I did that and ffmpeg did install! > > But... > > [...@28amen ~/www/robinlea.com]$ ffmpeg -i introduction.wav introduction.mp3 > FFmpeg version 0.6, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 the FFmpeg developers >  built on Jul 26 2010 22:42:00 w

Re: 1 file system, 2 drives?

2010-07-26 Thread Gary Gatten
Agreed with single user or sequential I/O systems, but with highly concurrent random I/O, more is better. At some point with enough users even sequential I/O becomes "random". From: Rich To: Gary Gatten Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Mon Jul 26 19:57:2

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-26 Thread Neal Hogan
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:22:21 -0500, Neal Hogan wrote: >> No . . . not you . . . Polytropon! The end of the world must be coming >> (Revelations-1.0). > > Do *NOT* tempt me. Okay, you did. And this is what will happen: > It turns this thread int

apps update from ports

2010-07-26 Thread claudiu vasadi
Hello fellas, I was wondering about your update strategy. Do you update your apps as soon as a new version is available in the ports ? Or do you follow the "if it works, don't touch it" strategy ? I'm guessing "portupgrade" is your preferred way of doing this hence, do you also choose -P or -PP ?

Re: 1 file system, 2 drives?

2010-07-26 Thread David Rawling
On 27/07/2010 6:54 AM, John Almberg wrote: John Almberg wrote: If you have hardware controller with RAID capabilities, using native RAID is better, otherwise look towards gvinum or maybe ccd; see also: I've just been reading up on RAID in my Absolute FreeBSD book, and it occurs to me that my