Re: usage of /usr/bin

2010-04-07 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:24:51 +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: Why are there RELEASE base files in /usr/bin. I thought /usr was to only contain binaries installed from ports or packages. No. The /usr/local subtree (LOCAL) is for local additions (ports and packages), while things outside

Re: usage of /usr/bin

2010-04-07 Thread Fbsd1
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Fbsd1 writes: But that is not true. The postfix port populates /usr/bin. By default, it does not. You have to enable the "Install into /usr and /etc/postfix" configuration option for it to do so. I don't recommend that anyone do it without a *real

Re: usage of /usr/bin

2010-04-07 Thread Fbsd1
Jonathan McKeown wrote: On Wednesday 07 April 2010 11:13:13 Fbsd1 wrote: Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:24:51 +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: Why are there RELEASE base files in /usr/bin. I thought /usr was to only contain binaries installed from ports or packages. No. The /usr/local subtree

Re: usage of /usr/bin

2010-04-07 Thread Fbsd1
Chuck Swiger wrote: On Apr 7, 2010, at 4:06 PM, Fbsd1 wrote: Your wrong. I installed the package of postfix and it installed it self into /usr/bin with out any help from me. Unless you or whoever built the package changed $PREFIX: % pkg_info -Lx postfix Information for postfix-2.7.0,1

Re: USB Powered Speakers

2010-04-09 Thread Fbsd1
Antonio Olivares wrote: On 4/8/10, Programmer In Training wrote: I have acquired a pair of Compaq USB /powered/ speakers. On my parents XP machine they don't seem to cause any problems, but when I hook it up to listen on my FreeBSD box I have absolutely nothing but problems with the speakers (e

Re: How to make "man" pages

2010-04-12 Thread Fbsd1
For the questions list archives: I wrote an How To Creating a manpage from scratch. You can read it here. http://www.daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=4602 Thanks to all the people who replied to my post. Joe ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org maili

Re: installation problem

2010-04-13 Thread Fbsd1
Александров Иван wrote: Hellow,my name is Ivan,i have installation problem configuration: intel seleron Dual-core e3300 2.5/800/1mb BOX LGA775 BX80571E3300 ASUS P5KPL-AM SE Soket 775/iG31/DDR II/PCI-Ex16/Video/mAXT DDR II 1024Mb PC-6400,800MHz Crucial (Micron) 160Gb Hitachi HDS721016LA386(0A3926

Host firewall and jails

2010-04-17 Thread Fbsd1
Just where do jails fall in reference to the host firewall? Do jails see the inbound packets before the host's firewall does? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, sen

apache & Perl CGI programs

2010-04-25 Thread Fbsd1
I have Perl and apache installed on my system. Do I have to do anything additional to get apache to run Perl CGI programs? Is putting the perl script in the cgi-bin directory at /usr/local/www/data all it takes to make things work? ___ freebsd-questio

ezjail and dmsg -a command

2010-04-25 Thread Fbsd1
I have a directory tree type of ezjail up and running. When in jail console I enter dmesg -a and i get the hosts last boot messages not the jails. Why is this dmesg command issued from within the jail have access to the host world? Something wrong here! _

How To create msdosfs on HD?

2010-04-29 Thread Fbsd1
I have an old IDE 3.5 hard drive with FBSD Release 7.0 on it. I want to use it for USB disk space on XP. I bought a 'CD-r king' hard drive to USB cable. It will work with 2.5 & 3.5 IDE drives and sata drives. When I plug the USB end of the cable into a FBSD system I can mount the 3.5 IDE 7.0 HD

Re: How To create msdosfs on HD?

2010-04-29 Thread Fbsd1
Rod Person wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:29:35 -0300, Fbsd1 wrote: I know mount_msdosfs command is used to mount a HD formated with fat, but I could not find a FBSD command to create a msdos file system on a hard drive. Native dos fdisk/format is no good because it's not USB aware. Is

Re: How To create msdosfs on HD?

2010-04-29 Thread Fbsd1
Adam Vande More wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Rod Person wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:29:35 -0300, Fbsd1 wrote: I know mount_msdosfs command is used to mount a HD formated with fat, but I could not find a FBSD command to create a msdos file system on a hard drive. Native dos

Re: How To create msdosfs on HD?

2010-04-30 Thread Fbsd1
Fbsd1 wrote: On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:29:35 -0300, Fbsd1 wrote: I know mount_msdosfs command is used to mount a HD formated with fat, but I could not find a FBSD command to create a msdos file system on a hard drive. Native dos fdisk/format is no good because it's not USB aware. Is ther

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-04 Thread Fbsd1
Steve Bertrand wrote: Marc, et-al, I wasn't originally going to post this to the list, but I thought that it would be useful to do so in order to try to solicit feedback. There's a suggestion that I have for the server-side of bsdstats. I would find it very useful if the server could track the

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-04 Thread Fbsd1
Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Tue, 4 May 2010, Marc G. Fournier wrote: Don't worry about it, found and fixed that bug ... it had to do with trying to masquarade behind haproxy, so it looked like all systems were coming in from Panama if they were running the newest code ... which means alot of p

BSDstats website displaying data incorrectly

2010-05-05 Thread Fbsd1
Why does this page show PCBSD has count of 387 http://www.bsdstats.org/bt/home.html?os= And this page shows PCBSD has count of 1307 http://www.bsdstats.org/bt/home.html?os=PC-BSD Why is this? I would think both should show the same value, or you better add explanation to the web page why the c

Re: Accessing file from windows or to windows

2010-05-06 Thread Fbsd1
Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Hi all, I have a file I need in my bsd box, would it be easier, or is it possible, to mount an NTFS share , or should I try to "map" a directory from the windows box. TIA, I have Xp Win7 Win2003 Win2008 Freebsd 6.4 thanx Sounds like all your PCs are on

Re: Addition to BSDstats

2010-05-06 Thread Fbsd1
Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Thu, 6 May 2010, Robert Huff wrote: The problem with not including bsdstats in sysinstall or some other means of bringing it to peoples attention is that it gets forgotten and loses its effectiveness. Maybe it could go in the >>> monthly subscription list remin

port pkg-plist

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
In a port I am creating I have some files that are not in the /usr/local directory tree. There in /var/log & /var/db. What is the correct format of the statement in ports pkg-plist file to have these files deleted when the port is deleted with pkg_delete command. ___

Re: port pkg-plist

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
Yuri Pankov wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 07:46:09AM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: In a port I am creating I have some files that are not in the /usr/local directory tree. There in /var/log & /var/db. What is the correct format of the statement in ports pkg-plist file to have these files deleted

Re: port pkg-plist

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
Yuri Pankov wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 08:19:35AM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: Yuri Pankov wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 07:46:09AM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: In a port I am creating I have some files that are not in the /usr/local directory tree. There in /var/log & /var/db. What is the correct fo

Re: port pkg-plist

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
Yuri Pankov wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 08:32:26AM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: Yuri Pankov wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 08:19:35AM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: Yuri Pankov wrote: On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 07:46:09AM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: In a port I am creating I have some files that are not in the /usr

how to find literal in file and them delete that line

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
I want to search every line in the specified file for a literal and if found then delete that line from the file and save the file all from within a sh type of shell script. Does anyone have a example they would share with me? Thanks. ___ freebsd-que

Re: how to find literal in file and them delete that line

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
Alberto Mijares wrote: On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Fbsd1 wrote: I want to search every line in the specified file for a literal and if found then delete that line from the file and save the file all from within a sh type of shell script. man(1) sed Regards That makes no sense to me

Re: how to find literal in file and them delete that line

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
Sahil Tandon wrote: On Mon, 10 May 2010, Fbsd1 wrote: Alberto Mijares wrote: On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Fbsd1 wrote: I want to search every line in the specified file for a literal and if found then delete that line from the file and save the file all from within a sh type of shell

Re: how to find literal in file and them delete that line

2010-05-09 Thread Fbsd1
b. f. wrote: Alberto Mijares wrote: snip It would make sense if you read the sed(1) and re_format(7) manpages. They may be a pain at first, but they are used often and can make your life a lot easier. There are also a lot of tutorial on the web, with many useful examples, e.g.: http://sed.so

how to force end-of-line in man page source

2010-05-10 Thread Fbsd1
I don't like the way some lines in the man page have the last word in the sentence broken in 2 and hyphenated. Is there some escape code I can put at the end of the line in the source code to suppress this? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing lis

Re: how to force end-of-line in man page source

2010-05-12 Thread Fbsd1
Thomas Dickey wrote: On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 01:36:20PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: I don't like the way some lines in the man page have the last word in the sentence broken in 2 and hyphenated. Is there some escape code I can put at the end of the line in the source code to suppress this? Yo

Re: pkg_deinstall: "delete all packages installed, except for X, Y and Z"

2009-06-04 Thread Fbsd1
Wojciech Puchar wrote: Hello list. I am trying to clean up a system with a LOT of cruft. Is there some argument I could pass to pkg_deinstall that would result in "delete all packages installed, except for X, Y and Z" (and obviously their dependancies)? just do pkg_info |cut -f 1 -d " " >/tmp

Re: pkg_deinstall: "delete all packages installed, except for X, Y and Z"

2009-06-04 Thread Fbsd1
Wojciech Puchar wrote: ignore errors about package can't be deleted because X, Y or Z requires it. it's exactly what you want. pkg_delete `cat /tmp/pkglist` gives error 'no such package `cat /tmp/pkglist` installed for sure you used ' instead of ` Yet that was the error. I did not kno

Re: it is about installing FreeBSD on USB stick

2009-06-05 Thread Fbsd1
Eric Hsieh wrote: hello, this is my first time to ask a help from FreeBSD. I have a question about installing FreeBSD on USB stick. There are so many informations about how to install FreeBSD on USB stick from Internet, but I can not find out any information about follow : first, if i install Fre

Re: FreeBSD 7.2 o/s on a flash stick

2009-07-03 Thread Fbsd1
Al Plant wrote: Aloha Gurus. All the gogle-ing I did does not give a current status on or how-to on installing FreeBSD 7.2 on a flash stick on one slice with the default partions. I want to boot from it on a mini lap top ( no CD ) and use it like the hd inside. I see plenty of how-to's on

Re: Install from a USB Pen

2009-07-13 Thread Fbsd1
Mark Wallbank wrote: OK I know this has probably been done to death by know and I keep hitting the same problems with the methods I have tried to find on google and I know I could just sacrifice a laptop and do a build to create the image or do a net (pxe) install from another NIX serverbut it do

Re: Install from a USB Pen

2009-07-14 Thread Fbsd1
... or you could just download an official image instead of going to all of that trouble. Check the FTP site, there's a memstick.img if you're down for using with 8 instead of 7. There are currently three PRs about this, and I recently took ownership of them. Filing duplicate bug reports does

Re: Install from a USB Pen

2009-07-15 Thread Fbsd1
Randi Harper wrote: On 7/14/09, Fbsd1 wrote: What are the instructions for using this 8.0 memstick.img? What raw size memstick is needed? Is the 8.0 memstick.img the same content as the cd1 disk? Sigh. Reply-to-all fail. Resending. It's all in the email about the 8.0 BETA(s). Use

Re: Install from a USB Pen

2009-07-17 Thread Fbsd1
Randi Harper wrote: On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Fbsd1 wrote: Randi Harper wrote: On 7/14/09, Fbsd1 wrote: What are the instructions for using this 8.0 memstick.img? What raw size memstick is needed? Is the 8.0 memstick.img the same content as the cd1 disk? Sigh. Reply-to-all fail

Re: Install from a USB Pen

2009-07-17 Thread Fbsd1
Fbsd1 wrote: dd if=8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 worked I used my laptop to boot from the usb memstick. The 8.0 sysinstall started right up but it has problems. In this test i am booting off a 2gb usb memstick containing the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img and installing on a

USB Flash Memory stick not bootable

2009-07-18 Thread Fbsd1
Have problem with being able to boot off an new 8GB USB Flash Memory stick. When I load the 8.0 disc1.iso to an 2GB USB Flash Memory stick it will boot fine. But when I do the same thing to the new 8GB USB Flash Memory stick it’s not recognized as bootable. I can access the installed partitions

Re: Install from a USB Pen

2009-07-22 Thread Fbsd1
Randi Harper wrote: On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Fbsd1 wrote: Took 3 times longer to download the 8.0-BETA1-i386-memstick.img that to download the 8.0-BETA1-i386-disc1.iso. I suggest you look into another method of creating the memstick.img so it downloads faster. dd does no compression

Are all USB Flash Memory sticks bootable?

2009-07-22 Thread Fbsd1
Have problem with being able to boot off an new 8GB USB Flash Memory stick. When I load the 8.0 disc1.iso to an 2GB USB Flash Memory stick it will boot fine. But when I do the same thing to a new 8GB USB Flash Memory stick it’s not recognized as bootable. I can access the installed partitions m

Re: Are all USB Flash Memory sticks bootable?

2009-07-24 Thread Fbsd1
Randi Harper wrote: On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Sergio de Almeida Lenzi < lenzi.ser...@gmail.com> wrote: Em Qui, 2009-07-23 às 12:52 +0800, Fbsd1 escreveu: Hello I found here that some bios does have problem with booting from partitions they do not know So first I initiali

Re: Making bootable USB keys

2009-09-03 Thread Fbsd1
Samuel Martín Moro wrote: Hello I'm having some troubles, trying to create bootable USB keys. I found (freebsd-hackers ML archives) a script, supposed to create the bootable image from my iso file. But, it still don't boot... (I may do it wrong) In details: -We distribute a FreeBSD (4.7, 5.4, 6

Re: Making bootable USB keys

2009-09-05 Thread Fbsd1
Samuel Martín Moro wrote: In fact, we provide the servers and the keys. So we're sure everything will work. And also, our install CD is already able to create this kind of USB stick. I am just curious. What manufacture / model and GB size of USB stick are you using? When you plug the USB stick

Re: IPFilter section in Handbook needs updating

2008-12-06 Thread Fbsd1
G magicman wrote: And incomplete yes i agree that the doc does need to be updated and examples (more) need to be added. --- On Fri, 12/5/08, Dean Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Dean Weimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: IPFilter section in Handbook needs updating To: freebsd-questions@fr

Re: update packages or reinstall

2008-12-12 Thread Fbsd1
Glen Barber wrote: Gary Hartl said: I'm considering just wiping the system clean and starting from scratch to say either 6.4-release or 7.0 release. For what it's worth, I've (so far) had 50% luck with 7.1. My home server runs nothing special, mostly development stuff and the occasional X se

Re: Double Posts

2008-12-12 Thread Fbsd1
Gabe wrote: Its a conspiracy. Is it safe to say that it is in fact gmail related? -Original Message- From: Odhiambo Washington Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 12:41 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Double Posts On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 1

Re: general question about setting up gateway

2008-12-19 Thread Fbsd1
Richard Yang wrote: hi, i am trying to use freebsd as my home network gateway to the internet. any good reference i should know besides what's in the handbook? thanks rich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/

recover data from damaged msdos fat32 partition

2008-12-20 Thread Fbsd1
I know i can mount fat32 partition using mount_msdos command. But my msdos fat32 partition is a bad disk with corrupted fat table. Question is can i use freebsd to recover data from this msdos fAT32 disk What tools do you suggest to use? ___ free

Re: local copy of handbook

2008-12-28 Thread Fbsd1
Masoom Shaikh wrote: hello list, in my previous FBSD installations i always had a local copy of handbook never bothered how it got there, until now. i lost my installation due to some good ups. reinstalled minimal 7.0 and build installed kernel & world uname -a FreeBSD raptor 7.1-PRERELEASE Fre

Re: FreeBSD 7, how to recieve internet mail

2009-01-14 Thread Fbsd1
Pieter Donche wrote: On FreeBSD 7, out of the box, one can send mail to internet destinations and can send mail locally from one user to another user on the same FreeeBSD machine But it can't receive mail from internet as it appears .. A sendmail is running freebsd7box># ps -jaxw | grep sendmai

Re: FreeBSD USB Install

2009-01-14 Thread Fbsd1
Brian McCann wrote: On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Brian McCann wrote: Well this just got a LOT more frustrating and interesting. I made a stick following those directions using a new stick...worked fine, booted off of it...did some work on it...somehow the filesystem got very corrupted in o

Bios chip update suggestions

2009-01-15 Thread Fbsd1
I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju. The company is now out of business. It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick. I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick. I know the desktop uses AWARD bio's chip and the bio's id

Re: Bios chip update suggestions

2009-01-15 Thread Fbsd1
matt donovan wrote: On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:22 PM, Fbsd1 <mailto:fb...@a1poweruser.com>> wrote: I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju. The company is now out of business. It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory st

Re: FreeBSD 7.1 Install -- acd0: TIMEOUT - READ_BIG retrying (1 retry left)

2009-01-19 Thread Fbsd1
patrick wrote: (Sorry for the repost, but in retrospect, I thought a subject detailing the actual problem would garner more responses.) Hi, I just got a new Dell Inspiron 530s, and am having some trouble getting FreeBSD 7.1 installed on it. When I boot up from the CD, after it detects all of the

reread newsyslog.conf without reboot

2009-02-11 Thread Fbsd1
How do I get the system to reread /etc/newsyslog.conf file with out rebooting the system? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsu

Re: Bios chip update suggestions

2009-02-11 Thread Fbsd1
Chris Whitehouse wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: I have an desktop manufactured in 2002 by a South Korean company Hyunju. The company is now out of business. It's bio's do not allow booting from a usb memory stick. I want to find an bio's update that adds booting from usb memory stick. I k

Apache/php

2009-02-12 Thread Fbsd1
I have php code on home page to count how many times it is accessed from the internet. Problem is pages deeper in website can jump back direct to home page and this again gets counted. Is there any way to give the php counter routine intelligent so it will bypass bumping the counter on accesse

bootable 7.1 USB disk versus flash drive versus internal ide hard drive

2009-02-14 Thread Fbsd1
Is there a differences between a usb external hard drive and a usb flash drive boot loader pgm? When i plug a usb flash drive in FreeBSD handles it just like a internal IDE hard drive. To make a hard drive bootable you have to write the boot loader pgm to the disk. Does the ide hard drive boot l

Re: When is there going to be a USB install and run iso iamge for FreeBSD?

2009-02-20 Thread Fbsd1
Formula 1 wrote: Is there going to be a possibility for FreeBSD, in the future or now, that there will be a release of it that allows for install and running of the operating system off of a USB memory stick? In 7.1 I installed from cdrom cd1 to USB memory stick using the sysinstall util

Re: When is there going to be a USB install and run iso iamge for FreeBSD?

2009-02-20 Thread Fbsd1
Sergio de Almeida Lenzi wrote: Em Sex, 2009-02-20 às 20:51 +, Formula 1 escreveu: Is there going to be a possibility for FreeBSD, in the future or now, that there will be a release of it that allows for install and running of the operating system off of a USB memory stick? I have it r

Re: can't find an internal flash reader that doesn't crash 7.1

2009-02-26 Thread Fbsd1
Steve Franks wrote: I've tried several. I have a need of this - anyone have one that works with our USB stack? Thanks, Steve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, sen

Xorg package update

2009-02-27 Thread Fbsd1
When is the the X-Org mega package going to be recreated so it contains all the fixes caused by 7.1 release as detailed in /usr/ports/UPDATEING? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions T

portmanager/portmaster like application for packages?

2009-03-01 Thread Fbsd1
I am looking for software like portmanager/portmaster but works on the package system instead of the port system. Is there such am application available? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-q

Xorg mouse and massive error log messages problems

2009-03-01 Thread Fbsd1
Just installed Xorg package from parkages-current hoping to get environment containing all the fixes. Still have the no mouse curser movement on xfce desktop. Adding Option "AllowEmptyInput" "Off" statement to ServerLayout section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf got the mouse curser moving. But I still g

Re: portmanager/portmaster like application for packages?

2009-03-01 Thread Fbsd1
Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: I am looking for software like portmanager/portmaster but works on the package system instead of the port system. Is there such am application available? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

link to dos2unix

2009-03-01 Thread Fbsd1
I use the dos2unix console command all the time. I am tried to typing in that long name. I tried to do a hard link on it. ln /usr/local/bin/dos2unix /usr/local/bin/d2u This command is accepted without error, but when it execute it d2u .txt I get message ==oops you renamed me using unix2dos in

Re: link to dos2unix

2009-03-01 Thread Fbsd1
Roland Smith wrote: On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 05:00:27PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: I use the dos2unix console command all the time. I am tried to typing in that long name. I tried to do a hard link on it. ln /usr/local/bin/dos2unix /usr/local/bin/d2u This command is accepted without error, but when it

bsdstats not working in 7.1

2009-03-01 Thread Fbsd1
bsdstats is now in the base system. Have bsdstats_enable="YES" is rc.conf Worked this way in 7.0. What am I missing here??? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send an

purpose of /etc/wall_cmos_clock

2009-03-03 Thread Fbsd1
What is /etc/wall_cmos_clock used for and how is it created? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

Re: desktop app/config

2009-03-03 Thread Fbsd1
Jean-Paul Natola wrote: "Jean-Paul Natola" wrote: Ok so I left the machine running over the weekend to install KDE, And when I got in this morning it said that my disk was out of space- I loaded nothing but the basic freebsd os and nothing other than kde (granted its only a 10 gig drive) but

autoconf262 package error

2009-03-03 Thread Fbsd1
When doing a pkg_add for autoconf262 it does not do auto package add for its dependents like other packages do. Some thing is wrong with the autoconf262 package on 7.1. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/lis

php5 changes in release 8.0

2009-03-05 Thread Fbsd1
Having problems installing php5 in 7.1 so tried 8.0 and see that in release 8.0 php5 in defaulting to apache 22 when apache interface is selected from the make config menu. The config menu should give option to select apache 13 or apache 22 not force apache 22 on the user community. Is the main

Re: php5 changes in release 8.0

2009-03-09 Thread Fbsd1
Bill Moran wrote: In response to Fbsd1 : Having problems installing php5 in 7.1 so tried 8.0 and see that in release 8.0 php5 in defaulting to apache 22 when apache interface is selected from the make config menu. The config menu should give option to select apache 13 or apache 22 not force

Re: issues in XFCE 4.6

2009-03-13 Thread Fbsd1
Keith Seyffarth wrote: I went through pkg_rmleaves and deleted xfce and then everything it exposed, then re-installed using portinstall -R This installed 32 packages when I had only deleted 31, so something got installed that wasn't previously. Unfortunately, this still didn't fix the problems.

error in php5 make install

2009-03-13 Thread Fbsd1
Turn off all options accept Apache module ===> php5-5.2.9 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf-2.62 - found ===> php5-5.2.9 depends on executable: pkg-config - found ===> php5-5.2.9 depends on shared library: xml2.5 - found ===> Configuring for php5-5.2.9 cannot create /usr/ports/lang/

Re: issues in XFCE 4.6

2009-03-14 Thread Fbsd1
Keith Seyffarth wrote: Your problem is not xfce but xorg. It went through massive changes in 7.1 and it's now mandatory to have a /etc/X11/xorg.conf. You have to add Option "AllowEmptyInput" "Off" statement as last line in "ServerLayout" section. Doing console command Xorg -config /etc/X11/xorg.

Re: error in php5 make install

2009-03-14 Thread Fbsd1
Peter wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: Turn off all options accept Apache module ===> php5-5.2.9 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf-2.62 - found ===> php5-5.2.9 depends on executable: pkg-config - found ===> php5-5.2.9 depends on shared library: xml2.5 - found ===> Configuring fo

7.1 phpmyadmin skip logon screen?

2009-03-15 Thread Fbsd1
In 7.1 phpmyadmin now drops you into a logon screen. How do I stop this function and always go to main menu screen? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail t

Re: 7.1 phpmyadmin skip logon screen?

2009-03-17 Thread Fbsd1
Matthew Seaman wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: In 7.1 phpmyadmin now drops you into a logon screen. How do I stop this function and always go to main menu screen? That's nothing to do with the FreeBSD version -- phpMyAdmin works the same on any platform. To make phpMyAdmin auto-login to a DB, you

Re: 7.1 phpmyadmin skip logon screen?

2009-03-19 Thread Fbsd1
Fbsd1 wrote: Matthew Seaman wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: In 7.1 phpmyadmin now drops you into a logon screen. How do I stop this function and always go to main menu screen? That's nothing to do with the FreeBSD version -- phpMyAdmin works the same on any platform. To make phpMyAdmin auto-login

Re: recover data from damaged msdos fat32 partition

2009-03-19 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:16:38 +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: I know i can mount fat32 partition using mount_msdos command. But my msdos fat32 partition is a bad disk with corrupted fat table. Question is can i use freebsd to recover data from this msdos fAT32 disk Oh yes, you can

Re: issues in XFCE 4.6 (looking for a working WM)

2009-03-20 Thread Fbsd1
Keith Seyffarth wrote: At this point, I guess I'm looking for recommendations on a window manager. Here are the major problems with XFCE4 4.6: * < 20% probability of starting X without crashing and locking computer * 20-25 minutes to start X (was about 1 under XFCE4 4.4) * 0% chance of shutti

Re: installing ports xorg

2009-03-21 Thread Fbsd1
Tim Judd wrote: I'm getting ZERO feedback when I install the xorg metaport, updated ports tree today. # cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg # make install # So what am i missing? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-install.html tells me to install this port. I even deleted /var/db/pkg/* an

mount 2nd HD containing running Freebsd system

2009-03-25 Thread Fbsd1
I have run out of space on my running 7.1 system. I have a 2nd HD containing 6.1 that I want to mount and use the 80gb /usr slice. What is the mount command to use? Thinking mount /dev/ad1 /mnt but un-sure how this handles the 6.1 slices on that HD.

Re: mount 2nd HD containing running Freebsd system

2009-03-25 Thread Fbsd1
Ricardo Jesus wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: I have run out of space on my running 7.1 system. I have a 2nd HD containing 6.1 that I want to mount and use the 80gb /usr slice. What is the mount command to use? Thinking mount /dev/ad1 /mnt but un-sure how this handles the 6.1 slices on that HD

Re: 7.1 System Crashing

2009-04-14 Thread Fbsd1
APseudoUtopia wrote: My FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p3 system has gone down a few times in the last two days. I'm trying to figure out why, but there is nothing in /var/log/messages or dmesg about the incident. Here's the output from the `last` command: User ttyp01.2.3.4Tue Apr 14 19:02 s

Re: Splash screen color issues

2009-04-14 Thread Fbsd1
Eugene L. wrote: Hello everyone, I have a FreeBSD 7.1-Release (generic kernel), and I am trying to make splash screen feature work properly, so I followed the procedure described in handbook and the splash screen actually loads, except the black is now white, red is violet, etc. So all the co

Re: Problem: PPOE and a Static IP.

2009-04-14 Thread Fbsd1
Paul Halliday wrote: I am following the instructions on this page: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/pppoe.html I had initially thought it was a problem with the modem so I had a technician come in to take a look; when hooked up to his windows laptop: 1) He had to assign the interf

Re: Fetchmail problem

2009-04-19 Thread Fbsd1
Annelise Anderson wrote: I am trying to use fetchmail on FreeBSD but get the message: fetchmail: SMTP< 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org does not resolve I can send mail out from the box but can't fetch mail. Annelise

source for sysinstall

2009-05-03 Thread Fbsd1
How can i just download the source for sysinstall? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

7.2 disc1 & bootonly cds not recognized as bootable

2009-05-16 Thread Fbsd1
Running 7.1 and trying to do clean install of 7.2. Downloaded both disc1 and bootonly iso files because the 7.2 release announcement says this. Note: late in the testing cycle it was discovered some machines do not recognize the i386 disc1 as bootable (they just fall through to booting off th

no pkg for apache13 in 7.2

2009-05-18 Thread Fbsd1
In 7.1 and previous pkg_add -r apache fetched apache13. Now in release 7.2 pkg_add -r apache installs apache22. Looks like someone made apache22 the default pkg and did not point this out in the release notes or bother to create a named package for apace13 in the Latest directory. Is apache13

Re: no pkg for apache13 in 7.2

2009-05-18 Thread Fbsd1
Ltcddata wrote: On Mon, 18 May 2009 20:22:34 +0800 Fbsd1 wrote: In 7.1 and previous pkg_add -r apache fetched apache13. Now in release 7.2 pkg_add -r apache installs apache22. Looks like someone made apache22 the default pkg and did not point this out in the release notes or bother to

Re: Win4BSD 1.1 on 7.1

2009-05-23 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 22 May 2009 23:53:09 +0200 (CEST), Ronny Mandal wrote: I'm experiencing problems when attempting to install Win4BSD 1.1. I've downloaded the most recent .tbz of W4B, it installs but fails while building kqemu. You downloaded sources manually? Why not use the ports

Re: Win4BSD 1.1 on 7.1

2009-05-23 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 22 May 2009 23:53:09 +0200 (CEST), Ronny Mandal wrote: I'm experiencing problems when attempting to install Win4BSD 1.1. I've downloaded the most recent .tbz of W4B, it installs but fails while building kqemu. You downloaded sources manually? Why not use the ports

Software creating karaoke from mp3 files

2009-05-30 Thread Fbsd1
Been unable to purchase karaoke of rock and roll greats like "AC/DC, THE ROLLING STONES, THE DOORS, LED ZEPPELIN". Looking for advice on software that will allow me to edit out the singing voice tracks from a mp3 file and write the resulting music as a avi file so I can have the song words show

Burncd & 700MB rw/cd

2008-09-06 Thread FBSD1
Been using burncd since Freebsd 4.0 with 650MB rw/cd's just fine. My local computer store had a sale on 700MB rw/cd's and I picked up a few. Burncd gives msg (Failure - read_big illegal request) on these 700MB rw/cd's. The Freebsd 7.0 man burncd has no info on large sized rw/cd's? Does burncd need

ssh

2008-09-06 Thread FBSD1
On FreeBSD 7.0 how do I tell ssh to allow login from root and also to listen on port 9922 instead of port 22? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EM

RE: switching discs during install

2008-09-07 Thread FBSD1
All this talk about changing the order of the ports on the install cd's is just so much hot air because cd's install media belong to the legacy world. They are fast becoming obsolete just like floppy drives are. Can't even buy a computer these days with a floppy drive and still FreeBSD distributes

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