mouse dead on FreeBSD but not on Windows

Hi! I've a dual boot machine, which was running FreeBSD-5.4 (now 6.0p1) and WinXP. It has a cheap PS/2 mouse (Biswal is the brand, but I guess it's just a generic mouse, details at the bottom). In Windows it works flawlessly ... wheel included. It's been running for months. In FreeBSD it never wo

Re: mouse dead on FreeBSD but not on Windows

+[ Frank Laszlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (03.Jan.2006 12:10): | | Fernan Aguero wrote: | > Hi! | > | > I've a dual boot machine, which was running FreeBSD-5.4 (now | > 6.0p1) and WinXP. It has a cheap PS/2 mouse (Biswal is the | > brand, but I guess it's just

explain annoying "You have XXX mail messages"

Hi! I'd like to understand why every time I open a new terminal (or just type 'csh' in a terminal) I get a message similar to: You have XXX mail messages. The default mailbox (/var/mail/fernan) is empty, since I use procmail to deliver messages to several different mailboxes under ~/mail. Still

Re: explain annoying "You have XXX mail messages"

shell? ii) ~/mail/inbox does not have 50 mail messages, it has thousands. Also, there are no new or unread messages ... iii) if I type 'mail', right after receiving the message, I get 'No mail for fernan.' as a reply. Thanks for any tip or suggestion, Fernan | | | On Fri,

Re: explain annoying "You have XXX mail messages"

+[ Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (03.Oct.2003 20:44): | | Fernan Aguero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > The default mailbox (/var/mail/fernan) is empty, since I | > use procmail to deliver messages to several different | > mailboxes under ~/mail. | > | >

USB Storage devices (Cigar/Pen) in FreeBSD?

Hi! I'd like to buy one of those USB storage devices that come in different aspects (cigar/pen) and sizes (64/128/256/512 MB). My main machine does not have USB 2.0 ports (but does have USB 1) and is running FreeBSD-4.9 Do these devices work with FreeBSD-4.9? What kernel options should I enable?

Re: maximum hard drive capacity supported?

kernel compresses to 977000 bytes, loader takes 237568 bytes so | it could fit. | unfortunately i don't have enough FreeBSD knowledge now to tell you how | prepare such floppy. | +] Let's hope I'm not in this situation ... my custom kernel (2.6 MB) compresses to 1214598 bytes. T

linux_base vs linux_base-6?

I have recently finished a clean installation of FreeBSD-4.6.2. Since I run linux binaries I chose to install the linux-compatibility packages from the install media. This currently is linux_base-6, if I read it right. Now many ports have their dependencies listed as linux_base-7.1 or something s

Re: installing python2 on linux_base-7.1

+[ Esto dijo paul ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): | | Fernan Aguero wrote: | | >Can I safely ignore these and force python2 to install? | > | | any reason why you can't just use the ports version? You mean /usr/ports/lang/python20 or python21? No ... I need the linux one. I have a lin

installing python2 on linux_base-7.1

--- I am sending this message to questions since I got no --- reply from freebsd-emulation, which I supposed was the --- correct mailing-list for this topic. I am also CCing --- freebsd-ports which is the maintainer of the linux_base --- port. Hi! I am trying to install python2 from rpm over a r

booting a different kernel each time

Hi, I need to send my everyday machine (pentiumIII) to repair. I will take the disks and move them to a spare pentiumI so I can keep working meanwhile. The problem is I need to have a kernel that will work with a different processor and with a different ethernet card. My question: are there any

discrepancies in disk usage between df and du

Hi, I have a box (7.2-STABLE, amd64) that is currently showing some disk usage problems. It all started with apache generating huge logs from one of the mod_perl applications that is undergoing testing. So the /var partition was getting full. We removed all logs that were causing the problem, but

Re: discrepancies in disk usage between df and du

n see nothing here ... 4. But still, disk is full ... or is it? omega# df -h FilesystemSizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mirror/gm0s1f 18G 18G -1.5G 109%/var Thanks for any further advice, -- fernan > --On February 12, 2010 5:39:44 PM -0300 Fe

arrange files and directories in CD-sized bins?

Hi! I'm trying to help a FreeBSD user with a slow (dialup) link by providing him with CDs containing distfiles. My /usr/ports/distfiles directory holds 3.0Gb of data, and although I can generate a tarball and split it in multiples of 650MB or 700MB (the CD capacity) using split(1), I would much

login.conf: passwordtime not enforced?

Hi, after reading some docs about hardening freebsd installations, I decided to enforce password expiration after 90days. I've added the corresponding line to /etc/login.conf and ... after quite some time (way more than 3 months already!) nothing happens ... Just googled around, and noticed this

Re: login.conf: passwordtime not enforced?

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:19 PM, b. f. wrote: > > >after reading some docs about hardening freebsd installations, I > > decided to enforce password expiration after 90days. I've added the > > corresponding line to /etc/login.conf and ... after quite some time > > (way more than 3 months already!)

Re: login.conf: passwordtime not enforced?

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:25 PM, b. f. wrote: > On 7/14/10, Fernan Aguero wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:19 PM, b. f. wrote: > >> I'm sorry about that. My apologies. I just assumed that you assumed >> that I was doing the right thing(TM). :) > > That wou