Re: set connection to a modem

2012-12-02 Thread Peter Vereshagin
Hello. 2012/12/02 09:41:12 +0330 s m => To Chris Petrik : sm> thanks chris sm> sm> ppp is used when you want connect to internet via modem. What if your (or someone else's) ISP use dial-back? This way ppp(8) can't be used because it's not you want to connect to internet but internet wants to

Re: set connection to a modem

2012-12-02 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 12:28:59 +0400 Peter Vereshagin wrote: > Hello. > > 2012/12/02 09:41:12 +0330 s m => To Chris Petrik : > sm> thanks chris > sm> > sm> ppp is used when you want connect to internet via modem. > > What if your (or someone else's) ISP use dial-back? > > This way ppp(8) can't

Re: set connection to a modem

2012-12-02 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 09:41:12 +0330, s m wrote: > thanks chris > > ppp is used when you want connect to internet via modem. Basically yes, but it can do more than that. > i just want to > config my modem by AT command. This is _exactly_ what PPP does (among other things). :-) Refer to the exam

Re: set connection to a modem

2012-12-02 Thread Ilya Kazakevich
Hello, ppp is used when you want connect to internet via modem. i just want to > config my modem by AT command. > when my ppp.conf file is empty, i can talk to my modem so this config file > do nothing what you want talk to your modem. > > if i want to talk to my modem by a specific speed, which c

Gnome

2012-12-02 Thread ren_pro
Hello, I was wondering if you can use Gnome to run your FreeBSD server, instead of using let's say Direct Admin ? If so, is there any literature on it ? Thank you, Sam Fasciano Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org m

OT - A Generation Lost in the Bazaar

2012-12-02 Thread jb
http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2349257 It's about FreeBSD too ... jb ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd

Re: Gnome

2012-12-02 Thread Mike Jeays
On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 18:36:23 + ren_...@yahoo.com wrote: > Hello, I was wondering if you can use Gnome to run your FreeBSD server, > instead of using let's say Direct Admin ? > If so, is there any literature on it ? > Thank you, > Sam Fasciano > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > ___

Re: Gnome

2012-12-02 Thread Ilya Kazakevich
On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 10:36 PM, wrote: > Hello, I was wondering if you can use Gnome to run your FreeBSD server, > instead of using let's say Direct Admin ? > If so, is there any literature on it ? > Thank you, > Sam Fasciano > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > You can always install X

Re: Gnome

2012-12-02 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 18:36:23 +, ren_...@yahoo.com wrote: > Hello, I was wondering if you can use Gnome to run your FreeBSD > server, instead of using let's say Direct Admin ? Because servers often don't have screens and mice, and running X is often one of the last things they do, there aren't m

GNOME (was: Gnome)

2012-12-02 Thread Walter Hurry
On Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:55:14 -0500, Mike Jeays wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2012 18:36:23 + ren_...@yahoo.com wrote: > >> Hello, I was wondering if you can use Gnome to run your FreeBSD server, >> instead of using let's say Direct Admin ? >> If so, is there any literature on it ? > > You can use b

pkg upgrade?

2012-12-02 Thread Walter Hurry
Copied from terminal and pasted here: -- $ sudo pkg upgrade Updating repository catalogue Repository catalogue is up-to-date, no need to fetch fresh copy The following packages will be upgraded: Upgrading gcc: 4.6.4.20121102 -> 4.

dual boot winxp & 9.1-rc3

2012-12-02 Thread Fbsd8
On an old 20gb hard drive I first installed winxp on the first half of the HD. winxp booted fine. Then I installed 9.1-rc3 on the second half of the HD. Now when I boot the HD I only get 9.1-rc3. Winxp created mbr and installed winxp into first dos partition. 9.1-rc3 uses bsdinstall which uses

svn incantation for 9.1-RELEASE

2012-12-02 Thread John
Hello list, At the moment, I get sources via a line like this: svn checkout svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.1/ /usr/src Is this sufficient and correct to follow 9.1-RELEASE when it eventually comes out? Right now, building world from that checkout gives 9.1-RC3. thanks -- freebsd at growve

Re: pkg upgrade?

2012-12-02 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 02/12/2012 21:51, Walter Hurry wrote: > Copied from terminal and pasted here: > -- > $ sudo pkg upgrade > Updating repository catalogue > Repository catalogue is up-to-date, no need to fetch fresh copy > The following packages will be u

Re: svn incantation for 9.1-RELEASE

2012-12-02 Thread Christer Solskogen
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 5:16 AM, John wrote: > Hello list, > > At the moment, I get sources via a line like this: > > svn checkout svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.1/ /usr/src > That one should give you 9.1-RELEASE. -- chs, ___ freebsd-questions@f