Re: The question of moving vi to /bin

2009-06-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 26 June 2009 am 09:07:00 Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:24:13 +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > To be honest, I never have had a problem with /usr since > > disks are large enough to have all on only one. > > Mostly, partitioning according to dir

Re: The question of moving vi to /bin

2009-06-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 26 June 2009 am 10:02:30 Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:55:48 +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > this is not what I mean. I wanted to say, as long as the boot > > disk come up, I also have /usr available when I have the > > space to have it all on the same

Re: The question of moving vi to /binHi,

2009-06-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
On 26 June 2009 am 10:02:30 Polytropon wrote: > Polytropon > From Magdeburg, Germany big brother is watching me. An xterm just came up with this message: "The default editor in FreeBSD is vi, which is efficient to use when you have learned it, but somewhat user-unfriendly. To use ee (an easi

Re: The question of moving vi to /binHi,

2009-06-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 26 June 2009 am 10:58:08 Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:33:56 +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > On 26 June 2009 am 10:02:30 Polytropon wrote: > > > Polytropon > > > From Magdeburg, Germany > > > > big brother is watching me. > > Ye

Re: The question of moving vi to /bin

2009-06-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 26 June 2009 pm 12:19:32 Gary Kline wrote: > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 09:50:31AM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > > On 26 June 2009 am 09:06:49 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:20:19 +0800, Erich Dollansky > > > > wrote: >

Re: The question of moving vi to /bin

2009-06-26 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 27 June 2009 am 07:08:01 Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:40:50 +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > On 26 June 2009 pm 14:01:02 Polytropon wrote: > > > Maybe this is because vi scared me when using WEGA (which > > > is the GDR's equivalen

Re: The question of moving vi to /bin

2009-06-28 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 26 June 2009 pm 14:01:02 Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:23:17 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > have a "vi keyboard reference" in my "extremely important > documentation folder" - and yes, it is a real folder, not a > directory. :-) So if everything fails, there's still vi and > the

Re: update from 7.0 to 7.2?

2009-06-29 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, my general concept is not to stick with the releases but to keep the kernel on the current development like using RELENG_7 for CVS. You will notice that HAL and DBUS changed. I noticed because of this real speed improvements on a slower machine. Anyway, if this server runs mail and web pa

Re: OT: C syntax question

2009-06-29 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 30 June 2009 am 10:40:01 Charlie Kester wrote: > On Mon 29 Jun 2009 at 19:20:04 PDT Charlie Kester wrote: > > > >(Don't you hate it when your mistakes come back to haunt you > > in your inbox?) > at least there is nobody seeing your red face on a mailing list. > I should have quit while I

Re: configuring and ssh tunneling xorg from a headless FreeBSD machine

2009-06-29 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 30 June 2009 am 08:57:23 Dan Naumov wrote: > Hello list. > > I have the following setup: a Windows Vista x64 SP1 machine (my > primary desktop) and a FreeBSD 7.2/amd64 running on a home NAS > system that's relatively powerful (Intel Atom 330 dualcore, 2gb > ram). I would like to be able to

Re: X Terminals problem

2009-07-05 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 04 July 2009 pm 23:17:48 Leonardo M. Ramé wrote: > In my newly installed 7.2-STABLE, any X Terminal (xterm, xfce's did you install from CD? I upgraded and I did not have this problem. If nothing helps, install 7.1 from CD and do an upgrade via sources. I faced others I have solved afte

Re: good morning to all

2009-07-07 Thread Erich Dollansky
Good Evening, On 07 July 2009 pm 16:47:58 malathi selvaraj wrote: > i am not able to install freeBSD7.2 > i'm getting an error like cn't upload kernel if you could be a bit more specific, we might be able to help. Can't you even boot the CD or does the freshly installed kernel not boot? Erich

Re: unable to install gnome

2009-07-08 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, it seems that there is no Internet connection for the machine. Gnome should be on the installation CD. Mount the CD and install it from there. Check the handbook for information of how to configure the network. Erich On 08 July 2009 pm 14:46:42 malathi selvaraj wrote: > i am not able to

Re: Advise for buying a Refurbished machine

2009-07-09 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, you must cosinder only one thing. I have seen some of them with horizontal lines in their LCD. I could not find out the real cause if it. Just check it before you get it. I think, you should get a good deal as those machines are robust. Erich On 10 July 2009 pm 12:59:43 dhaneshk k wrote:

Re: upgrade from Firefox 3.0 to Firefox 3.5

2009-07-17 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 18 July 2009 am 08:07:36 Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 01:43:47AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:48:37 -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > So . . . how do I upgrade Firefox from 3.0 to 3.5 without > > > > No idea. Anyway, user's files won't be touched. > >

Re: A question for developers

2009-07-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, let me answer very shortly. On 25 July 2009 am 10:49:10 Steve Bertrand wrote: > Forgive the verbosity. > I use joe, gedit, kate and bluefish. All have their week points. One advantage of using several in parallel is that you can configure each to a special need of you and then start the on

Re: kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core

2009-08-06 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 06 August 2009 pm 14:35:40 Mark Stapper wrote: > Mel Flynn wrote: > > On Wednesday 05 August 2009 05:27:55 Erik Trulsson wrote: > >> The amd64 architecture is called that because it was AMD who > >> invented and created it and was for a while the only one > > Now I come to think of it, isn'

Re: kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core

2009-08-06 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 06 August 2009 pm 16:40:41 Mark Stapper wrote: > Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > IA 64? Wans't this once - or still is - the term used for the > > Itanium? > > The one that didn't stick... indeed. do they really sell machines with this CPU in numbers

Re: kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core

2009-08-06 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 06 August 2009 pm 19:07:12 Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 05:18:09PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > On 06 August 2009 pm 16:40:41 Mark Stapper wrote: > > > Erich Dollansky wrote: > > > > IA 64? Wans't this once - or still is - th

Re: please help to uninstall FreeBSD!!!

2009-08-17 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 17 August 2009 pm 16:25:29 Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:28:01 -0700, George Davidovich wrote: > > Sorry, but while I agree the MICROS~1 pejorative can be a bit > > juvenile and uncalled for, your assertion that 8.3 filenames > > are a thing of the past is incorrect. > > Furt

Re: please help to uninstall FreeBSD!!!

2009-08-17 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 17 August 2009 pm 18:09:06 cpghost wrote: > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:25:29AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > > By the way, where did I read that #define macro names have to > > be unique within the first 6 (six) letters? :-) > > The 6 letters limit was actually a restriction of earlier > linke

Re: Information on Setting up a Jailed Webserver

2009-08-26 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On 27 August 2009 am 11:10:37 Adam Vande More wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 9:59 PM, APseudoUtopia wrote: > > > > Also, how memory-intensive is a jail? > > Very light when compared to other virtualization methods. jails share the kernel but not the world. So, there will be only one kern

Re: What's the simplest way to get a fresh copy of the source code for the system

2009-02-23 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Mon, 2009-02-23 at 01:15 +, af300...@gmail.com wrote: > My churches web server is having problems compiling world for FreeBSD > 7.0-p10 (I believe I just did the csup last night). It gets to this point > and then stops with this error: so, you did what you are supposed to do to ge

growisofs gives random errors but never writes a DVD successfully

2010-07-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, I am trying to get the DVD burner running on 8.1 The machine: 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #3: Sat Jul 24 20:56:05 SGT 2010 I have atapicam enabled. I lock HAL. Still, it seems I am missing something or there is a problem with my hardware. The command: hal-lock --interface org.freedes

Re: BSD logo

2010-07-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Saturday 24 July 2010 10:01:07 Victor Skovorodnikov wrote: > > This may sound strange but I have a question about logo. Why such a logo for > BSD? What is the > meaning of that logo? > > I have always been thinking of trying FreeBSD but as a Christian I get > deterred by its un-Chris

growisofs gives random error messages on 8.1 amd64

2010-07-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, I am trying to get the DVD burner running on 8.1 The machine: 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #3: Sat Jul 24 20:56:05 SGT 2010 I have atapicam enabled. I lock HAL. Still, it seems I am missing something or there is a problem with my hardware. The command: hal-lock --interface org.freedesk

Re: growisofs gives random error messages on 8.1 amd64

2010-07-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
ices). I did it as root. > > > On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:35:53 +0800, Erich Dollansky > wrote: > > The output is random. It even claimed once to have the DVD finished. > > > > But the DVD is not mountable. > > Check "file - < /dev/acd0" if an ISO fi

Re: Upgrade 6.4-stable to 7.3

2010-07-28 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, I did a source upgrade on one box from 6.4 to 7.2 or 7.3 without any problems. I later did a source upgrade to 8.0 on the same machine just to find out that USB has some problems, I went then back to 7.3 on this machine. I also did some source upgrades from 7.x to 8.0 on some other machines

Re: Installation problem

2010-08-24 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Monday 23 August 2010 15:01:22 Mubeesh ali wrote: > Hi, > > In my case(stuck at bios splash after freebsd install) ,i had to give it to > acer support ,as i risked losing warranty if i opened/dismantled my laptop. > They have diagnosed harddrive to be faulty(the laptop is hardly 15 days o

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