Re: CARP related trivial question

2011-11-03 Thread Snoop
Thanks guys. I think Julian gave me the answer I was looking for. On the other hand I believe that CARP handbook/man pages are inaccurate. I'm not supposed to look for these kind of things on a mailing list. "Working instructions" are the most important information and have to be there. I also thi

Re: DNS config help

2011-11-03 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 02/11/2011 20:52, AN wrote: > I have a question about how to configure DNS. My local network is 10.x, > and I sometimes need to connect to a remote VPN. My question is how do > I configure BIND to forward queries to a different server only for a > specific domain. This sounds like a job for a

Re: DNS config help

2011-11-03 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 11/3/11 8:51 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 02/11/2011 20:52, AN wrote: >> I have a question about how to configure DNS. My local network is 10.x, >> and I sometimes need to connect to a remote VPN. My question is how do >> I configure BIND to forward queries to a different server only for a

Re: nfs client speed lower than expected.

2011-11-03 Thread Vincent Hoffman
iperf [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth [ 3] 0.0-60.2 sec 6.22 GBytes 887 Mbits/sec transfers in via ssh are nice and nifty too. Vince On 02/11/2011 23:55, Gary Gatten wrote: > Is the interface really at 1Gb? Have you tested with iperf, ftp, or anything > other than nfs? > > --

Re: nfs client speed lower than expected.

2011-11-03 Thread Vincent Hoffman
I'll give it a try when i get a moment, These servers are all on gigabit LAN (sadly 1500 mtu until I can get the network guy to schedule an outage to reboot the switches and enable jumbo frames,) same subnet so i would expect UDP to have similar or better performance. Vince On 02/11/2011 23:53, M

Burning CDs or DVDs with SATA drive?

2011-11-03 Thread Thomas Mueller
What software, base or ports, is used to burn a CD or DVD on a SATA drive, /dev/cd0 ? Would burncd be appropriate, or do I need cdrtools? Or cdrkit? This is on FreeBSD 9.0-RC1 amd64. I built and installed sysutils/cdrtools when there was a thread on burncd and SATA, but cdrecord can't see any

Re: DNS config help

2011-11-03 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 03/11/2011 10:00, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > You can simply create a forward zone. Actually, yes, that's a good idea too. Should have much the same effect and it's been available in BIND approximately forever. There's difference in the niggling details of how it all works, so worth experimenti

Re: CARP related trivial question

2011-11-03 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi, Reference: > From: Snoop > Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:18:30 +0100 > Message-id: <1320304710.17303.11.ca...@blackfriar.inhio.eu> Snoop wrote: > Thanks guys. I think Julian gave me the answer I was looking for. > > On the other hand I believe that CARP handbook/man pages ar

Re: Burning CDs or DVDs with SATA drive?

2011-11-03 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 10:32:16 + (GMT), Thomas Mueller wrote: > What software, base or ports, is used to burn a CD or DVD on > a SATA drive, /dev/cd0 ? > > Would burncd be appropriate, or do I need cdrtools? Or cdrkit? > > This is on FreeBSD 9.0-RC1 amd64. I can imagine that in 9.0 where acd i

Re: DNS config help

2011-11-03 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 11/3/11 11:35 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 03/11/2011 10:00, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >> Actually, using a view that matches only the VPN's IP range would do the >> trick easily and efficiently. > > Views are a way of giving a different answer depending on who is asking > the question -- how

Check Memory Usage, program like 'free' in Linux

2011-11-03 Thread Jon Schipp
Is there a program to check physical memory usage in FreeBSD(using 8.2 RELEASE)? In vain of 'free' in Linux. I know you can check the values with sysctl, I was just checking if anyone has a "cleaner" option. I was always curious. Thanks Jon ___ freebsd-

Fwd: i386/162270: I need to install freebsd 7.4 manual

2011-11-03 Thread Rares Aioanei
Original Message Subject:i386/162270: I need to install freebsd 7.4 manual Resent-Date:Thu, 3 Nov 2011 12:50:05 GMT Resent-From:freebsd-gnats-sub...@freebsd.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-i...@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 12:47:53 GMT From: M

Re: Fwd: i386/162270: I need to install freebsd 7.4 manual

2011-11-03 Thread David Kinyua
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/11/11 00:22, Rares Aioanei wrote: > > > Original Message > Subject: i386/162270: I need to install freebsd 7.4 manual > Resent-Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 12:50:05 GMT > Resent-From: freebsd-gnats-sub...@freebsd.org (GNA

Re: Check Memory Usage, program like 'free' in Linux

2011-11-03 Thread Edward
On 11/3/11 9:18 PM, Jon Schipp wrote: > Is there a program to check physical memory usage in FreeBSD(using 8.2 > RELEASE)? Hi Jon, Check out the port /usr/ports/sysutils/sysinfo . HTH ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.

Re: Fwd: i386/162270: I need to install freebsd 7.4 manual

2011-11-03 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 11/3/11 2:22 PM, Rares Aioanei wrote: > > > Original Message > Subject: i386/162270: I need to install freebsd 7.4 manual > Resent-Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 12:50:05 GMT > Resent-From: freebsd-gnats-sub...@freebsd.org (GNATS Filer) > Resent-To: freebsd-i...@freebs

Re: Check Memory Usage, program like 'free' in Linux

2011-11-03 Thread Jon Schipp
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Rares Aioanei wrote: > On 11/03/2011 03:18 PM, Jon Schipp wrote: > >> Is there a program to check physical memory usage in FreeBSD(using 8.2 >> RELEASE)? >> In vain of 'free' in Linux. >> >> I know you can check the values with sysctl, I was just checking if anyone

Re: Check Memory Usage, program like 'free' in Linux

2011-11-03 Thread Mike Jeays
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 10:06:19 -0400 Jon Schipp wrote: > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Rares Aioanei wrote: > > > On 11/03/2011 03:18 PM, Jon Schipp wrote: > > > >> Is there a program to check physical memory usage in FreeBSD(using 8.2 > >> RELEASE)? > >> In vain of 'free' in Linux. > >> > >> I

postfix INST_BASE option

2011-11-03 Thread Janos Dohanics
Could you comment on the pros and cons of using INST_BASE=on in postfix on a production server? -- Janos Dohanics ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: postfix INST_BASE option

2011-11-03 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Janos Dohanics wrote: > Could you comment on the pros and cons of using INST_BASE=on in postfix > on a production server? > Great question! I know there has been some discussion to be able to choose your base MTA upon install but I don't know how far this has gone

Re: Check Memory Usage, program like 'free' in Linux

2011-11-03 Thread mrkvrg
Hello Jon, Perhaps the port sysutils/freecolor. Cheers ... Mark >Is there a program to check physical memory usage in FreeBSD(using 8.2 >RELEASE)? >In vain of 'free' in Linux. >I know you can check the values with sysctl, I was just checking if anyone >has a "cleaner" option. >I was always cu

Timing of FreeBSD 9.0-RC2?

2011-11-03 Thread Brett Glass
I've been working with FreeBSD 9.0-RC1, and it's good but still has a few rough edges. I understand that since RC1, llvm and Clang have been updated and can now successfully compile the world (an un-GNUed toolchain at last!) and that some disk bugs have been fixed. Is there an ETA for RC2? Need

Re: Check Memory Usage, program like 'free' in Linux

2011-11-03 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Jon Schipp writes: > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Rares Aioanei wrote: > >> On 11/03/2011 03:18 PM, Jon Schipp wrote: >> >>> Is there a program to check physical memory usage in FreeBSD(using 8.2 >>> RELEASE)? >>> In vain of 'free' in Linux. >>> >>> I know you can check the values with sysctl

freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread masayoshi
I would like to know about freebsd-update command. It is rumoured that freebsd-update command does not work well with custom kernel. First question is the following : > su - #freebsd-update fetch #freebsd-update install Does this command work well? The answer is . [A].Always work, [B]Depend

Re: Check Memory Usage, program like 'free' in Linux

2011-11-03 Thread Jon Schipp
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Nov 3 08:17:46 2011 > > Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:18:06 -0400 > > From: Jon Schipp > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Check Memory Usage, program like 'free' in Linux > > > > Is

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread Michael Sierchio
It will work fine - it won't attempt to update the kernel. On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:49 AM, masayoshi wrote: > I would like to know about freebsd-update command. > It is rumoured that freebsd-update command does not work well with custom > kernel. > First question is the following : > >> su - > #

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread Michael Sierchio
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Jason Helfman wrote: > I does work fine with a custom kernel, as long as you are running and > maintaining the actual update server that distributes. I don't think that's relevant. It works fine with the public servers. ___

Re: Check Memory Usage, program like 'free' in Linux

2011-11-03 Thread Jon Schipp
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Lowell Gilbert < freebsd-questions-lo...@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > Jon Schipp writes: > > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Rares Aioanei > wrote: > > > >> On 11/03/2011 03:18 PM, Jon Schipp wrote: > >> > >>> Is there a program to check physical memory usage in F

Re: Check Memory Usage, program like 'free' in Linux

2011-11-03 Thread Adam Vande More
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Jon Schipp wrote: > I'm under the impression that virtual memory and physical memory usage are > very different. > > e.g. vmstat and top report very different memory values. > If I assume this is an XY problem, and your true goal is find out what memory pressure

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread Jason Helfman
On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 08:49:16AM -0700, masayoshi thus spake: I would like to know about freebsd-update command. It is rumoured that freebsd-update command does not work well with custom kernel. First question is the following : su - #freebsd-update fetch #freebsd-update install Does this

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread Jason Helfman
On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 09:19:29AM -0700, Michael Sierchio thus spake: On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Jason Helfman wrote: I does work fine with a custom kernel, as long as you are running and maintaining the actual update server that distributes. I don't think that's relevant. It works fi

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread Michael Sierchio
This is simply not the case. freebsd-update works on the basis of cryptographic hashes on the binaries. It is, after all, a binary update program. If it detects a custom kernel, it will not update the kernel, but updates userland programs. It doesn't *care* what your kernel config name is, it re

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread Alexandre
> > > I beg to differ. If you run a kernel called CUSTOM, it won't work. And if > you run a custom kernel called GENERIC, the moment you upgrade, you custom > kernel is no longer custom. > > All of this aside, I would be interested in hearing how you are able to > avoid non-custom updates to your

Re: Anything like mkmf for foo linux?

2011-11-03 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 04:38:00AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 04:38:00 +0100 > From: Polytropon > Subject: Re: Anything like mkmf for foo linux? > To: Gary Kline > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List > X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) > > On Wed, 2 Nov

Re: Check Memory Usage, program like 'free' in Linux

2011-11-03 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Jon Schipp writes: > You wouldn't want to know when your machine has reached periods of high > memory utilization? No, I want to know when my machine would perform better if it had more memory. Keeping memory in use when it otherwise would be "free" means I get *better* performance. > Occurren

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread Jason Helfman
On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 09:42:12AM -0700, Michael Sierchio thus spake: This is simply not the case. freebsd-update works on the basis of cryptographic hashes on the binaries. It is, after all, a binary update program. If it detects a custom kernel, it will not update the kernel, but updates use

Re: postfix INST_BASE option

2011-11-03 Thread Christer Solskogen
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Alejandro Imass wrote: > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Janos Dohanics wrote: >> Could you comment on the pros and cons of using INST_BASE=on in postfix >> on a production server? >> > > Great question! I know there has been some discussion to be able to > choose

Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl + C) while building a port or kernel?

2011-11-03 Thread Антон Клесс
Sometimes, while building process of some port or system kernel are in progress, you suddenly remember that you did something wrong and have to stop, solve your mistake and start one more time. Is it clear to interrupt the building process just by pressing Ctrl + ? If it's so, do I need to run

Re: Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl + C) while building a port or kernel?

2011-11-03 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Nov 3 12:10:08 2011 > From: =?koi8-r?B?4c7Uz84g68zF09M=?= > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:10:19 +0400 > Subject: Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl + C) while building a port or kernel? > > Sometimes, while building proces

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread masayoshi
--- Inexperienced FreeBSD user: Level 1 pow 1, spd 1, vit 1,int 1,luck 1 --- On Fri, 4/11/11, Alexandre wrote: > From: Alexandre > Subject: Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel) > To: "Jason Helfman" , "Michael Sierchio" > , "masayoshi" > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Received: Friday, 4

Re: Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl + C) while building a port or kernel?

2011-11-03 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 11/3/11 6:20 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: >> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Nov 3 12:10:08 2011 >> From: =?koi8-r?B?4c7Uz84g68zF09M=?= >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:10:19 +0400 >> Subject: Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl + C) while building a port

Re: postfix INST_BASE option

2011-11-03 Thread Eric Masson
Christer Solskogen writes: Hi, > You can do this a lot easier with just: > sendmail_enable="NONE" >From rc.sendmail(8) : RC.CONF VARIABLES The following variables affect the behavior of rc.sendmail. They are defined in /etc/defaults/rc.conf and can be changed in /etc/rc.conf. sendmail_ena

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread masayoshi
Sorry,all. I will email same message. I am not familiar with this webmail. Thank you very much for the understandable explanations. I appreciate it very much. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/free

freebsd-update: how to understand, what have changed?

2011-11-03 Thread Антон Клесс
I running 8.2-RELEASE-p4. I have just run freebsd-update and it dave done something I dont't understand: # freebsd-update fetch Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 4 mirrors found. Fetching metadata signature for 8.2-RELEASE from update5.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done.

Fwd: How to get /dev/smb* ?

2011-11-03 Thread Антон Клесс
02.11.2011, 14:01, "Conrad J. Sabatier" : >  I just noticed, looking back at your previous mail, that you don't seem >  to have a "device smbios" line in your kernel config.  Try adding that >  and see if the smbios facility shows up at boot time. You're actually right! Now, with this lines in k

Re: Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl + C) while building a port or kernel?

2011-11-03 Thread Антон Клесс
03.11.2011, 21:20, "Robert Bonomi" : >>   If it's so, do I need to run "make clean" before I start "make" one more >> time? >  Authoritative answer:  "It depends". > >  On what you 'did wrong", and what it takes to fix it. > >  e.g.,  if you're building a kernel the 'classial' way, that is 'confi

Re: Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl + C) while building a port or kernel?

2011-11-03 Thread Robert Bonomi
On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:29:06 +0100, Damien Fleuriot On 11/3/11 6:20 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: > >> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Nov 3 12:10:08 2011 > >> From: =?koi8-r?B?4c7Uz84g68zF09M=?= > >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >> Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:10:19 +0400 > >> Sub

Re: How to get /dev/smb* ?

2011-11-03 Thread Антон Клесс
02.11.2011, 14:01, "Conrad J. Sabatier" : >   I just noticed, looking back at your previous mail, that you don't seem >   to have a "device smbios" line in your kernel config.  Try adding that >   and see if the smbios facility shows up at boot time. You're actually right! Now, with this lines i

ZFS import/export weird behaviour

2011-11-03 Thread Antonio Vieiro
Hi all, I created a ZFS filesystem on a freebsd-zfs partition. So far so good. Now the problem comes when exporting and importing it. I have two boxes with 9.0-RC1. On one of them "zfs import" says the filesystem is corrupt, whereas in the other box "zfs import" works fine. How so? Any ideas ap

Re: Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl + C) while building a port or kernel?

2011-11-03 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011, ? ? wrote: Is it clear to interrupt the building process just by pressing Ctrl + ? If it's so, do I need to run "make clean" before I start "make" one more time? With ports, a "make clean" before rebuilding is a good idea. The build might not be able to continue

Re: Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl + C) while building a port or kernel?

2011-11-03 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 01:48:47PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:29:06 +0100, Damien Fleuriot > On 11/3/11 6:20 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > >> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Nov 3 12:10:08 2011 > > >> From: =?koi8-r?B?4c7Uz84g68zF09M=?= > > >> To: freebs

Re: postfix INST_BASE option

2011-11-03 Thread Christer Solskogen
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Eric Masson wrote: > From rc.sendmail(8) : See, know I also learned something today :-) -- chs, ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscrib

Re: Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl + C) while building a port or kernel?

2011-11-03 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:48:26 +0400 Антон Клесс wrote: > 03.11.2011, 21:20, "Robert Bonomi" : > > >>   If it's so, do I need to run "make clean" before I start "make" > >> one more time? > >  Authoritative answer:  "It depends". > > > >  On what you 'did wrong", and what it takes to fix it. > > >

Re: Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl + C) while building a port or kernel?

2011-11-03 Thread RW
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 12:20:46 -0500 (CDT) Robert Bonomi wrote: > > From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Nov 3 12:10:08 2011 > > From: =?koi8-r?B?4c7Uz84g68zF09M=?= > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:10:19 +0400 > > Subject: Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl +

FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT/amd64: Weirdness with LOCALE settings: ghostswitching in csh?

2011-11-03 Thread O. Hartmann
Hello. I realised something weird in FreeBSD 10.-CURRENT/amd64 (CLANG compiled), build as from today (buildworld). Working the whole day coding some pyhton scripts and committing the code to my subversion server (most recent subversion from the ports collection, the server is a FreeBSD 9.0-RC1/amd

Re: Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl + C) while building a port or kernel?

2011-11-03 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 13:48:47 -0500 (CDT) Robert Bonomi wrote: [snip] > I am likely _not_ the typical user -- I run a monolithic kernel, with > everything I need 'compiled in'; *no* loadable modules. Yeah, it can > be a nuisance if I need something that isn't compiled in, but I don't > get ny une

Re: postfix INST_BASE option

2011-11-03 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Janos Dohanics writes: > Could you comment on the pros and cons of using INST_BASE=on in postfix > on a production server? I wouldn't describe either the pros or the cons as particularly strong. If you're not going to use sendmail, you might want to remove it. If you do source upgrades, then

Re: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT/amd64: Weirdness with LOCALE settings: ghostswitching in csh?

2011-11-03 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 11:17:08PM +0100, O. Hartmann wrote: > Hello. > I realised something weird in FreeBSD 10.-CURRENT/amd64 (CLANG > compiled), build as from today (buildworld). > > Working the whole day coding some pyhton scripts and committing the code > to my subversion server (most recent

smartmontools

2011-11-03 Thread ajtiM
Hi! Today I installed "smartmontools" on FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3. In the smartd.conf I changed just DEVICESCAN -a and I have in /var/log/messages: acd0: FAILURE - ATA_IDENTIFY status=51 error=4 Do I need to setup something else in the smartd.conf or is something wrong with my HD, please? Thank

Re: smartmontools

2011-11-03 Thread Adam Vande More
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:39 PM, ajtiM wrote: > Hi! > > Today I installed "smartmontools" on FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3. In the > smartd.conf I changed just DEVICESCAN -a and I have in /var/log/messages: > > acd0: FAILURE - ATA_IDENTIFY status=51 error=4 > > Do I need to setup something else in the sm

unable to find device node for /dev/asd0s4 in dev!

2011-11-03 Thread Jacob Minshall
I have been attempting to install breeBSD 8.2 on my 160GB apple tv 1 hard drive. I made it so there was a blank space to partition 100GB. In the installer I clicked make slice on that empty space, used the auto partition sequence, then clicked all for files to install. After this happened I got

Re: postfix INST_BASE option

2011-11-03 Thread Janos Dohanics
On Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:23:46 -0400 Alejandro Imass wrote: > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Janos Dohanics > wrote: > > Could you comment on the pros and cons of using INST_BASE=on in > > postfix on a production server? > > > > Great question! I know there has been some discussion to be able to