Dual booting with OSX without bootcamp

2010-09-10 Thread Vincent Hoffman
Hi all, Work has kindly supplied a shiny new macbook pro (6,2) so I've re-partitioned it (OSX's grow/shrink partitions/filesystems online is handy) and now have an EFI partition (hidden,) OSX partition, FreeBSD / partition, ZFS partition for the rest and a swap partition. I've stuck w

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Vincent Hoffman
On 09/09/2010 22:02, Jules Gilbert wrote: > About Java. Using java with freebsd/mozilla or another browser. > > Some questions: > > Is GNU java sufficient? I need to be able to run a browser with Java. > No alternative -- and no I don't want to run windoz. > > I'm trying to do an 8.1 install.

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Jules Gilbert
Look, I'm just a user. I'm not a Java developer, not a language developer, not a run-time specialist. But folks, we got problems! I say this because it's becoming really hard to make Java run on a browser. I didn't even know that Google and Oracle weren't getting along, I really am out of date.

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Jerry
On Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:43:36 -0500 Adam Vande More articulated: > On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Jules Gilbert > wrote: > > > About Java. Using java with freebsd/mozilla or another browser. > > > > Some questions: > > > > Is GNU java sufficient? I need to be able to run a browser with > > Java

CNID DB vs afp

2010-09-10 Thread Dánielisz László
Hi, I having the following problem on my afpd share: "something wrong witht he volume's CNID DB, using temporary CNIDB DB insted. Check server messages for details. Switching to read-only mode". I am using FreeBSD 8.0 for the afpd and OS-X 10.6.4, do you have any idea what to check? thx! Lász

lots of time_wait

2010-09-10 Thread jason
hello,i have a problem: tcp4 0 0 192.168.0.26.9939 192.168.0.195.11211 TIME_WAIT netstat -an | awk '{if($5 ~/11200/ && $6 ~/TIME_WAIT/) print $0}' | wc -l 64203 sysctl net.inet.tcp.msl net.inet.tcp.msl: 2500 msl will not recycle "TIME_WAIT" states when have lots of "TIME_WAIT",like64203 so serve

Re: lots of time_wait

2010-09-10 Thread Alberto Mijares
2010/9/10 jason : > hello,i have a problem: > tcp4 0 0 192.168.0.26.9939 192.168.0.195.11211 TIME_WAIT > netstat -an | awk '{if($5 ~/11200/ && $6 ~/TIME_WAIT/) print $0}' | wc -l > 64203 > > sysctl net.inet.tcp.msl > net.inet.tcp.msl: 2500 > You should check the application's idle connections tim

Re: CNID DB vs afp

2010-09-10 Thread Peter Boosten
On 10-9-2010 10:11, Dánielisz László wrote: > Hi, > > I having the following problem on my afpd share: "something wrong witht he > volume's CNID DB, using temporary CNIDB DB insted. Check server messages for > details. Switching to read-only mode". > I am using FreeBSD 8.0 for the afpd and OS-X

Re: ipfw fwd and ipfw allow

2010-09-10 Thread Victor Sudakov
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > >A packet generated locally 1) should be forwarded by a 'fwd' > >rule and 2) should create a dynamic 'allow' rule for returning > >traffic. Could you please suggest a ruleset for this. > > The fw has the 10.0.0.1 IP address. > The 10.0.0.100 IP address belongs to anothe

Re: CNID DB vs afp

2010-09-10 Thread Dánielisz László
Thank you! Actually it was a the cnid failure, it wasn't running, now its ok :-) From: Peter Boosten To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Fri, September 10, 2010 1:25:28 PM Subject: Re: CNID DB vs afp On 10-9-2010 10:11, Dánielisz László wrote: > Hi, > >

Re: Any way to force AHCI mode on ICH8?

2010-09-10 Thread Morgan Wesström
On 2010-09-09 15:51, Morgan Wesström wrote: > On 2010-09-09 13:04, Ivan Voras wrote: >> On 09/09/10 02:10, Morgan Wesström wrote: >>> I run FreeBSD 8.1 on an old Asus P5B-VM motherboard with ICH8. Its AMI >>> BIOS lacks an option to enable AHCI mode. Intel's datasheet for the ICH8 >>> family specif

IBM server SAS controller support?

2010-09-10 Thread Christian Thørn Bakken
I understand that you, Ivan, managed to install FreeBSD on an IBM Series x 3650 M3 server with the LSI M1015 SAS/SATA RAID controller. Ivan, did you tweak something to install, or did it work "out of the box" for you? Which FreeBSD version did you install? My main objective is to install the

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Jules" == Jules Gilbert writes: Jules> Look, I'm just a user. I'm not a Java developer, not a language Jules> developer, not a run-time specialist. But folks, we got problems! I Jules> say this because it's becoming really hard to make Java run on a Jules> browser. And that's why I cha

Re: IBM server SAS controller support?

2010-09-10 Thread Samuel Martín Moro
two solutions: - compiling the kernel with the driver (device pci and device mfi in the configuration file) - mfi_load="YES" in your loader.conf 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 thi

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Mark Sommer
On 9/10/10 7:46 AM, "Randal L. Schwartz" wrote: >> "Jules" == Jules Gilbert writes: > > Jules> Look, I'm just a user. I'm not a Java developer, not a language > Jules> developer, not a run-time specialist. But folks, we got problems! I > Jules> say this because it's becoming really hard

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Mark" == Mark Sommer writes: Mark> That's a pretty idealistic view of the upcoming release of HTML5. Mark> I have yet to see a release of HTML that is compatible across Mark> browsers, i.e. adapted universally by all browsers uniformly. Mark> Java is still a very viable platform, even on

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Randal L. Schwartz on Friday, 10 September 2010: > > "Mark" == Mark Sommer writes: > > Mark> That's a pretty idealistic view of the upcoming release of HTML5. > Mark> I have yet to see a release of HTML that is compatible across > Mark> browsers, i.e. adapted universally by all browser

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Eirik Øverby
On 10. sep. 2010, at 16:29, mer...@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote: >> "Mark" == Mark Sommer writes: > > Mark> That's a pretty idealistic view of the upcoming release of HTML5. > Mark> I have yet to see a release of HTML that is compatible across > Mark> browsers, i.e. adapted uni

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Jerry wrote: > Excepting donations != producing results. I will be happy to donate > $100 US dollars to their fund once they distribute a fully up-to-date > version of JAVA, not some reworked, deprecated version, that is fully > compatible with Firefox on FreeBSD.

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Craig Butler
On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 08:16 -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > Quoth Randal L. Schwartz on Friday, 10 September 2010: > > > "Mark" == Mark Sommer writes: > > > > Mark> That's a pretty idealistic view of the upcoming release of HTML5. > > Mark> I have yet to see a release of HTML that is compatible

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread four . harrisons
- From: "Eirik Øverby" Subject:Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask... Date: 10th September 2010 16:20 On 10. sep. 2010, at 16:29, mer...@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) wrote: >> "Mark" == Mark Sommer writes: > > Mark> That's a pr

Re: IBM server SAS controller support?

2010-09-10 Thread Christian Thørn Bakken
Sorry about the blank post... As I wrote in my former post, SpamTitan claims that the driver is already compiled into the kernel. Even if that is correct, it wouldn't hurt to try the loader.conf approach, would it? Can I just edit the loader.conf file in a loop mounted .iso, and then just burn

Re: IBM server SAS controller support?

2010-09-10 Thread Christian Thørn Bakken
Mvh Christian Thørn Bakken Infonett Røros as Mob. 40 40 83 38 Tel. 72 41 48 17 www.rev.no | www.roros.net Den 10. sep. 2010 kl. 15:51 skrev Samuel Martín Moro : > two solutions: > - compiling the kernel with the driver (device pci and device mfi in the > configuration file) > - mfi_load="YES"

question on access to res utility

2010-09-10 Thread Joanne McClintock
I'm helping a new writer use tech pubs lab routers. In trying to use the res utility, he gets the following: -bash-2.05b$ res show tp5 -bash: res: command not found In giving the uname -a command he gets: -bash-2.05b$ uname -a FreeBSD bigpink.juniper.net 4.10-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE-p2

Re: question on access to res utility

2010-09-10 Thread mikel king
Joanne, I did a quick which and search of the ports that yielded nothing concrete regarding this command. I believe that this a proprietary Juniper utility. I found similar reference to this at this url: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?23,124019,124019 As much as I hate p

Re: question on access to res utility

2010-09-10 Thread Ross Cameron
As an !!! employee !!! of Juniper I would expect that you would know that the "res" command is part of the JunOS shell and NOT part of the underlying FreeBSD OS. Most especially since you're "helping" what sounds like a member of the press, therefore you SHOULD have / SOME / idea of what you are d

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Kurt Buff
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 06:46, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> "Jules" == Jules Gilbert writes: > > Jules> Look, I'm just a user.  I'm not a Java developer, not a language > Jules> developer, not a run-time specialist.  But folks, we got problems!  I > Jules> say this because it's becoming reall

Re: question on access to res utility

2010-09-10 Thread Ross Cameron
It's not the first time that almost word for word the same question has been asked by someone from that domain. "Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." Thomas Alva Edison Inventor of 1093 patents, including: The lig

Re: question on access to res utility

2010-09-10 Thread Alessandro Dellavedova
On Sep 10, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Ross Cameron wrote: > As an !!! employee !!! of Juniper I would expect that you would know that > the "res" command is part of the JunOS shell and NOT part of the underlying > FreeBSD OS. > > Most especially since you're "helping" what sounds like a member of the > p

Re: question on access to res utility

2010-09-10 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Ross Cameron wrote: > It's not the first time that almost word for word the same question has > been > asked by someone from that domain. > True but juniper has given a great of IP to BSD. Gracefully handling some runoff seems appropriate. -- Adam Vande Mo

Re: question on access to res utility

2010-09-10 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 08:58:46PM +0200, Ross Cameron wrote: > It's not the first time that almost word for word the same question has been > asked by someone from that domain. > And not the first time some idiot rude reply caused much more harm than good. jerry > > "Opportunity is

Re: question on access to res utility

2010-09-10 Thread mikel king
I'm glad that I am not the only one who felt that was a bit extreme. This is a BSD, not Linux, list after all. Regards, Mikel King Senior Editor, BSD News Network Columnist, BSD Magazine 6 Alpine Court, Medford, NY 11763 o: 631.627.3055 http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelking http://twitter.com/mik

Re: question on access to res utility

2010-09-10 Thread Ross Cameron
2seconds spent Googling the phrase pulls up my much more polite answer to exactly the same question from a month ago. Absolutely no effort was made, that much is OBVIOUS. In my defense when I realised the the OP thought that this was a Juniper support list I did offer to try help. "Opportu

sysutils/eiciel - can't portupgrade but dependencies to gnome2-power-tools

2010-09-10 Thread Ewald Jenisch
Hi, Upon upgrading my ports I ran into a problem: When portupgrade comes to upgrading sysutils/eiciel it stops with the following message: ===> eiciel-0.9.8 is marked as broken: does not compile. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/eiciel. # However eiciel is needed by gnome2-power-to

How to Best Prevent Unwanted named installation

2010-09-10 Thread Martin McCormick
After successfully installing bind97 from a package on to a new server, I do a cvs-sup of the system to get the latest patches in to the kernel. After discovering that bind97 had been replaced with bind9.6.1, I looked in /usr/src and there is a contrib/bind9 directory. What is the safest wa

Re: How to Best Prevent Unwanted named installation

2010-09-10 Thread Mike Tancsa
At 04:58 PM 9/10/2010, Martin McCormick wrote: contrib/bind9 directory. What is the safest way to disable that build without adversly effecting the rest of the update? Hi, Take a look at the man page for src.conf (and make.conf for completeness). You can control parts of what gets buil

fsck reports errors on clean filesystem (mounted rw)

2010-09-10 Thread cronfy
Hello. I ran fsck on my filesystems while system was running (partitons were mounted rw with moderate FS usage). fsck reported there were errors (INCORRECT BLOCK COUNT and others). I decided to reboot to single mode and check all filesystems. But in single mode fsck did not find any errors. 1. C

Re: fsck reports errors on clean filesystem (mounted rw)

2010-09-10 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Sep 10, 2010, at 3:27 PM, cronfy wrote: > 1. Can I be sure my filesystem is consistent? Reasonably. > 2. If fsck reports nonexistent errors (and probably will try to fix > them if asked), isn't it even danger to run fsck on running system? Running fsck in foreground mode on a mounted filesyst

Unable to create plasma widget per tutorial

2010-09-10 Thread Steven Friedrich
There is a tutorial at: http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma/GettingStarted My tutorial1 widget doesn't appear in the add widgets box. Any ideas? -- System Name: laptop2.StevenFriedrich.org Hardware: 2.80GHz Intel Pentium 4 (HTT) with 2 GB memory OS version:FreeBSD 8

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 08:16:51AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > > Perhaps someone could provide specific use cases for which Java is the > only good solution? I guess the only answer to that is "running applications someone wrote in Java" -- but I know that's *not* what you meant. > > I don't h

kernel replacement in installation media

2010-09-10 Thread Samuel Martín Moro
Hi, I bought a QNAP ts-509. I'ld like to set up a gate, with a RAID ; I'm still waiting for the disks, 5*2T - Samsung, ecogreen, 5400rpm - to be delivered. I've seen managing a RAID may be quite difficult. That's my first one. I don't want to loose everything 'cause of a mistake. I've read zfs,

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Jason C. Wells
On 09/10/10 07:29, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: I repeat... Java had its day. Time to move on. Java is not just for browsers. Regards, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Jason" == Jason C Wells writes: Jason> On 09/10/10 07:29, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> >> I repeat... Java had its day. Time to move on. >> >> Jason> Java is not just for browsers. Indeed. And I still stand by my statement. Java makes everyone equally incompetent, which is why manag

Re: TexLive on FreeBSD 8.1

2010-09-10 Thread Antonio Olivares
On 8/2/10, Nikola Lečić wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 18:54:43 + > Antonio Olivares wrote: > >> Sorry to ask, but you mention that the new TeXLive 2010 will be >> released this summer. Do you know *when exactly* it will be released? > >

Re: kernel replacement in installation media

2010-09-10 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
On 09/10/2010 07:57 PM, Samuel Martín Moro wrote: > Hi, > ... > The thing is, it only have a 128M flash disk (seen as /dev/da0) > GENERIC needs almost 250M. I have run into something similar, while building a ZFS install to run on an Intel SS4200EHW NAS device. Utilizing a series of scripts I have

Re: Questions about setting bridge

2010-09-10 Thread dave jones
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Adam Vande More wrote: >> I want to setup a bridge in a ring topology since a break at any point >> along the ring would >> still leave all stations connected. My machine has two nics. In >> /etc/rc.conf, I have: >> >> ifconfig_em0="inet 192.168.1.0  netmask 255.25

Re: kernel replacement in installation media

2010-09-10 Thread Jason C. Wells
On 09/10/10 20:01, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote: On 09/10/2010 07:57 PM, Samuel Martín Moro wrote: Hi, ... The thing is, it only have a 128M flash disk (seen as /dev/da0) GENERIC needs almost 250M. I have run into something similar, while building a ZFS install to run on an Intel SS4200EHW

Re: Questions about setting bridge

2010-09-10 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:29 PM, dave jones wrote: > > > > I think you want to lagg: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-aggregation.html > > In Winodws, I setup a bridge with no problems. But in FreeBSD, it > seems doesn't work :( It does work quite well, Many, many people do

Re: kernel replacement in installation media

2010-09-10 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Jason C. Wells wrote > > I do believe you can omit the *.symbols files. I plan to try it myself. > Would someone please confirm this? > Yes you can remove them safely. > > And you might look at resurrecting the picobsd method of crunching binaries > into one s

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Polytropon
Preface: Sorry for messing up the quotes and all, this message got a bit untidy so that even *I* am unsure who I am currently replying to. :-) On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:24:31 +, four.harris...@googlemail.com wrote: > On 10. sep. 2010, at 16:29, mer...@stonehenge.com (Randal L.

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:49:56 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > These days, it seems like the only places > people *really* think they still need Java are smartphones and > "enterprise" systems running on overpriced servers -- neither of which > makes a difference for Firefox on the desktop. Let me add