Re: optical driver with ahci bios mode but ata(4) driver

2011-03-06 Thread David Demelier
On 05/03/2011 21:22, Paul B. Mahol wrote: On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:31 PM, David Demelier wrote: Hello, My bios can be set to use IDE emulation or ahci mode, I prefere the ahci mode because it's a bit faster. It's probably stupid to stay with ata(4) driver with the ahci mode, isn't it? But w

Re: Switching between ttys takes 5 seconds with radeon hd 5670

2011-03-06 Thread David Demelier
On 05/03/2011 19:03, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 5 Mar 2011, David Demelier wrote: I've got a brand new radeon hd 5670, when I switch between ttys it takes about 5 seconds to refresh (to show the next tty) Do you mean switching between text consoles (ttyv) or between a text console and X?

Re: Switching between ttys takes 5 seconds with radeon hd 5670

2011-03-06 Thread David Demelier
On 05/03/2011 19:03, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 5 Mar 2011, David Demelier wrote: I've got a brand new radeon hd 5670, when I switch between ttys it takes about 5 seconds to refresh (to show the next tty) Do you mean switching between text consoles (ttyv) or between a text console and X? Sw

Re: how to keep track of data usage (mobile broadband)

2011-03-06 Thread Michael
On 05/03/2011 18:17, Eitan Adler wrote: How can I keep track of data usage? It's a laptop so these counters needs to be reboot persistent. I'm running 8.1-R with ue0 interface. Check out http://humdi.net/vnstat/ and http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/freebsd-install-vnstat-network-traffic-monitor-so

grep: write error: Broken pipe

2011-03-06 Thread Австин Ким
Hi, all. I'm new to FreeBSD and have a newbie question (or maybe a couple). I was running FreeBSD 8.2-RC3 and recently `freebsd-update'd to 8.2-RELEASE. Now when I build or upgrade ports I get lots of these "grep: write error: Broken pipe" messages during builds. This is more of a nuisance th

Re: python27 update

2011-03-06 Thread Jerry
On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 19:53:22 -0800 Nerius Landys articulated: > > Sadly, this is one of those times when portupgrade seems > > to handle things better, but you'll probably have to wait another > > day to see if things worked out better this time. > > For me, using portupgrade on 3 different syste

Re: python27 update

2011-03-06 Thread Robert Huff
Jerry writes: > > > Sadly, this is one of those times when portupgrade seems > > > to handle things better, but you'll probably have to wait another > > > day to see if things worked out better this time. > > > > For me, using portupgrade on 3 different systems (7.4 and 8.1) to > > upgrade

Re: optical driver with ahci bios mode but ata(4) driver

2011-03-06 Thread Brandon Gooch
On Mar 6, 2011, at 2:14 AM, David Demelier wrote: > On 05/03/2011 21:22, Paul B. Mahol wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:31 PM, David Demelier >> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> My bios can be set to use IDE emulation or ahci mode, I prefere the ahci >>> mode because it's a bit faster. >>> >>> It

Re: how to keep track of data usage (mobile broadband)

2011-03-06 Thread Eitan Adler
> Looks like it's exactly what I was looking for, thanks! > Do you have the rc.d script maybe? It should be part of the port. I don't have it on this computer. -- Eitan Adler ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mail

Re: how to keep track of data usage (mobile broadband)

2011-03-06 Thread Michael
On 06/03/2011 14:32, Eitan Adler wrote: Looks like it's exactly what I was looking for, thanks! Do you have the rc.d script maybe? It should be part of the port. I don't have it on this computer. I'm afraid it's not. My ports tree is updated and a standard ports installation of net/vnstat d

configuring mobile broadband at startup

2011-03-06 Thread Michael
Hi, I'm using cdce interface to get online. But before I can get IP address on my ue0 interface with dhclient, I need to power up and configure the GSM modem. At the moment I'm doing it by hand with cu(1) utility. How can I get it automated so that ue0 is running right after system startup?

how to determine if GSM modem is roaming

2011-03-06 Thread Michael
Hi, Is there a way to check if GSM modem is currently operating in roaming mode or not? Michael ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-quest

Re: python27 update

2011-03-06 Thread ajtiM
On Sunday March 6 2011 08:09:01 Robert Huff wrote: > Jerry writes: > > > > Sadly, this is one of those times when portupgrade seems > > > > to handle things better, but you'll probably have to wait another > > > > day to see if things worked out better this time. > > > > > > For me, using por

Firefox printing

2011-03-06 Thread steven
With FreeBSD 8.2R and Firefox 3.6.13: When printing postscript to file (or PDF, and actual printers too), the font and spacing of text is incorrect and does not look good. When I do the same on Firefox 3.6.13 on Ubuntu 10.04, I get clear output. have included test-bad.ps to illustrate the differ

Re: python27 update

2011-03-06 Thread b. f.
>I am using portmaster all the time more or less without problems. >I like to switch to portupgrade but I don't know if is good to mix them. I >think I will wait to FreeBSD 9 and than install evrything from scratch. You would have encountered the problem that you mentioned regardless of whether yo

Bug report marked [regression]

2011-03-06 Thread Lars Eighner
If my bug report is marked [regression] what does that mean? Am I a troglodyte or a Luddite or something? -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list ht

Re: Purchased Binaries

2011-03-06 Thread Carl Johnson
Doug Hardie writes: > I have a client who has purchased some software. I don't know > anything much about it yet other than it claims to run on Debian and > CentOS. I suspect its binaries. I will have access to things like > the developer, name etc. on Monday. However, thats when he needs to

Re: optical driver with ahci bios mode but ata(4) driver

2011-03-06 Thread David Demelier
On 06/03/2011 15:15, Brandon Gooch wrote: On Mar 6, 2011, at 2:14 AM, David Demelier wrote: On 05/03/2011 21:22, Paul B. Mahol wrote: On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:31 PM, David Demelier wrote: Hello, My bios can be set to use IDE emulation or ahci mode, I prefere the ahci mode because it's a

HAL must die!

2011-03-06 Thread Lars Eighner
Using the -C switch with portupgrade, I am managing to turn WITH_HAL off in ports that I install or upgrade. Is there a way to make this a global default? Is there a (convenient) way to list ports that might pull in HAL without having a configuration switch? -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighn

Re: Bug report marked [regression]

2011-03-06 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 6 Mar 2011, Lars Eighner wrote: If my bug report is marked [regression] what does that mean? Am I a troglodyte or a Luddite or something? "Regression" is something that used to work but doesn't any more. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mai

Re: HAL must die!

2011-03-06 Thread Eitan Adler
On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Lars Eighner wrote: > Using the -C switch with portupgrade, I am managing to turn WITH_HAL off in > ports that I install or upgrade.  Is there a way to make this a global > default? > You can put WITHOUT_HAL=yes in /etc/make.conf -- Eitan Adler __

Re: HAL must die!

2011-03-06 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 6 Mar 2011, Lars Eighner wrote: Using the -C switch with portupgrade, I am managing to turn WITH_HAL off in ports that I install or upgrade. Is there a way to make this a global default? Is there a (convenient) way to list ports that might pull in HAL without having a configuration swi

Firefox printing

2011-03-06 Thread Robert Huff
(Followups redirected.) ste...@mailer3.nospam.homeip.net writes: > When printing postscript to file (or PDF, and actual printers > too), the font and spacing of text is incorrect and does not look > good. When I do the same on Firefox 3.6.13 on Ubuntu 10.04, I > get clear output.

Re: Bug report marked [regression]

2011-03-06 Thread Charlie Kester
On Sun 06 Mar 2011 at 10:58:57 PST Warren Block wrote: On Sun, 6 Mar 2011, Lars Eighner wrote: If my bug report is marked [regression] what does that mean? Am I a troglodyte or a Luddite or something? "Regression" is something that used to work but doesn't any more. Like me. I'm retired n

Re: Firefox printing

2011-03-06 Thread steven
On Sunday 06 March 2011 11:13:55 you wrote: > (Followups redirected.) > > ste...@mailer3.nospam.homeip.net writes: > > When printing postscript to file (or PDF, and actual printers > > too), the font and spacing of text is incorrect and does not look > > good. When I do the same on Firef

Re: Firefox printing

2011-03-06 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 6 Mar 2011, Robert Huff wrote: In both cases the output is squished both horozontally and vertically so that it takes up ~40% on the desired space. Checkng the mailing list archives back into November shows nothing that matches this. firefox-3.6.15,1 prints fine here, b

Re: grep: write error: Broken pipe

2011-03-06 Thread perryh
?? wrote: > ... how best can I repay you all? IMO, by "paying it forward": as you become more familiar with/ knowledgeable of FreeBSD, continue to read freebsd-questions@ and assist when able. Everyone here was new to Unix and/or to FreeBSD at one time. Some of us still ar

Re: Firefox printing

2011-03-06 Thread perryh
ste...@mailer3.nospam.homeip.net wrote: > With FreeBSD 8.2R and Firefox 3.6.13: > > When printing postscript to file (or PDF, and actual printers too), > the font and spacing of text is incorrect and does not look good. > When I do the same on Firefox 3.6.13 on Ubuntu 10.04, I get clear > output.

What error "RTC BIOS diagnostic error 8" means?

2011-03-06 Thread Sergey
Hello All! I have motherboard INTEL S3200SHX and two SATA drive. ad0: 152627MB at ata0-master UDMA100 SATA 1.5Gb/s ad2: 1430799MB at ata1-master UDMA100 SATA 3Gb/s I see "RTC BIOS diagnostic error 8" error at /var/run/dmesg.boot. What this error means? Bye. Serg __

Re: grep: write error: Broken pipe

2011-03-06 Thread Chris Hill
On Sun, 6 Mar 2011, ?? ??? wrote: My other question is, those of you who answer questions and debug problems on this list, what do you all get out of it? I feel kind of selfish asking for what is basically free technical support; how best can I repay you all? When you become knowledgeab

Re: Cannot build jdk16

2011-03-06 Thread Jason C. Wells
On 03/04/11 03:23, Redd Vinylene wrote: Hello! /usr/ports/java/jdk16 instructs me to manually fetch tzupdater-1_3_34-2010o.zip and put it in /usr/ports/distfiles - this file however is no longer available and has been replaced by tzupdater-1_3_35-2011b. So what's the best way of installing jdk16