which is the basic differences between the shells?

hello, i am coming from the linux world where i was using the bash shell but i found out that there are also much more. can u tell me the basic differences between them?(pros and cons) thanks in advance ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

why so many errors with ports??

hello, i am coming from the linux world i was a gentoo user and i have install on my second machine FBSD,i have made many formats but every time i try to install a graphical enviroment (such as xfce,kde) many many errors come up. i have heard that the ports are more stable than portage but with po

freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused)

hello, i was using gentoo linux and i have install FBSD 8.0 in my second machine.. i have read the handbooks but i cannot understand which version of FBSD i have. i mean i know that i have 8.0 but i have the stable or the unstable version??? and what is going on with the mirrors?

upgrade from FBSD from 8.0-release to stable-8

hello, i have seach to net but i haven't find a way to update my system from 8.0-release to stable-8. can you tell me a way to do this? thanks in advance ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-q

errors with kde4 and xorg

hello, i am trying to compile xorg and kde 4 but i receive these 2 errors. i have updated the ports. the kde error ===> kde4-4.4.4_1 depends on file: /usr/local/kde4/bin/kdebugdialog - not found ===>Verifying install for /usr/local/kde4/bin/kdebugdialog in /usr/ports/x11/kdebase4-runtime

svgalib-1.4.3_5 is only for i386, while you are running amd64

hello, i am trying to install vlc but i came up against this error.. ===> vlc-1.0.6_3,3 depends on file: /usr/local/live/liveMedia/libliveMedia.a - found ===> vlc-1.0.6_3,3 depends on package: v4l_compat>=1.0.20100321 - found ===> vlc-1.0.6_3,3 depends on file: /usr/local/include/X11/xpm.h

can i use flags at once?

hello, i am a gentoo user and now i am trying to install a freebsd on my machine. ports are great but while my machine is compiling i receive messages about the flags. in gentoo i was able via the file /etc/portage/package.use to determine which flags i wanted to enable and which not. is there a

which lang Freebsd developers are using.

hello, i was curious about the lang that FreeBSD developers use. in gentoo linux his developers are using bash coding,in kde they use c++,in FreeBSD which language do they use? thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.

Re: can i use flags at once?

On 8 June 2010 14:47, Giorgos Tsiapaliokas wrote: > for example when i was starting compiling kde i gave the commands, > > /usr/ports/x11/kde4 && make install clean > > after these commands,the kde package "asked" me which flags i want to use. > > with p

resize freebsd slice

hello, in my machine i have gentoo and freebsd installed. i was using gentoo until i installed successfully FBSD,now i want to make my FBSD slice bigger.. i have 4 slices: ad0s1->gentoo ad0s2->linux swap ad0s3->free space (no type) ad0s4->FBSD ad0s4a->/ ad0s4b->FBSD swap ad0s4c->/home how can

RE:resize freebsd slice

thanks for the information but the point is that i don't know how to merge s4 and s3 with sysinstall. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ques

RE:resize freebsd slice

ok,but if i delete this 2 slices then i will delete my entire system.. then should i have to install it from the beggining,but i don't want to do that. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-quest

error with linux-f10-flashplugin10

hello, while i am trying to install the port flashplugin i came up with this error. fetch: > http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz: > size mismatch: expected 4050435, actual 4760657 > fetch: > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfile

RE:resize freebsd slice

i read the manuals about dump,but they say that if i take a back up of my "/" then dump will not make a backup for /home and /usr. my /home directory is empty but i need the /usr directory. what should i do? can you help me with the syntax of the dump command?

RE:error with linux-f10-flashplugin10

thanks for helping me..:) ___ 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:resize freebsd slice

only /home is in a diferent partition,but i don't care because i don't have any file in it (only .xinitrc,but this is not a prob) i give as a root the command "dump -0Lauf /mnt/hd/FBSD/ /dev/ad0s3a" but i receive the following error: DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sat Jun 12 01:39:31 2010

RE:resize freebsd slice

> > Is there a filesystem at /mnt/hd/FBSD/? what do u mean? the output of the command "df -h" /dev/ad0s3a 19G6.5G 11G37%/ devfs 1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/ad0s3d2.5G186M2.1G 8%/home /dev/da0s1 149G 62G 87G42%/mnt

RE:resize freebsd slice

/mnt/hd/ is the directory of my external hard disk and /mnt/hd/FBSD is the directory of "FBSD" folder within the hard disk. i created the file root.dump in /mnt/hd/FBSD and i gave the command "dump -0Lauf /mnt/hd/FBSD/root.dump /" the result is: DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Sat Jun 12 02:05:

RE:resize freebsd slice

i used the "restart" option but still i had the same error. if i make my hard disk a UFS file system then the error it may be fixed. how can i do it? P.S.:i have 138 gb free space on my hard disk.:) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http:/

RE:resize freebsd slice

ok,the dump files where created succesfully.. now i will make the formats.. after the formats how i will restore my system? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send a

RE:resize freebsd slice

i have a problem while i am trying to restore the dump files.. i followed your instructions but when i give "restore -rf /backup/root.dump" i receive the following error: expected next file 188417,got 4 and the output of ls in the /mnt directory is: .snap restoresymtable terietor what is goi

RE:resize freebsd slice

i have a problem while i am trying to restore the dump files.. i followed your instructions but when i give "restore -rf /backup/root.dump" i receive the following error: expected next file 188417,got 4 and the output of ls in the /mnt directory is: .snap restoresymtable terietor what is goi

RE:resize freebsd slice

YES i have read what everyone said and yes i gave the L command when i dumped the / but i didn't mounted / as read-only when i made the dump file. Did you make a full or incremental dump? i don't know what u mean but i gave the command:"dump -0Lauf /mnt/hd/FBSD/root.dump /". the output of the co

RE:resize freebsd slice

thanks gyus for your help but the problem is solved, i reinstall FBSD from the begging..:) thanks:) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-quest

i cannot login as root

hello, my system has 2 users the user "terietor" and the root user. after a failed upgrade of my system with portmaster,i can't login as root but i can login as terietor. root was using the csh shell and terietor was using the bash shell. P.S.:when i login as terietor i see this symbol "%#" inst

RE:i cannot login as root

my root acc is using csh. i tried via singel user mode to change it but it said that it is a read-only enviroment.:( ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

RE:i cannot login as root

i can't :( it says that is is only read-only enviroment.. ___ 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:i cannot login as root

ok,thanks ___ 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:i cannot login as root

-- i gave in single user mode # mount -u / # mount -a -t ufs # passwd #chsh -s /bin/csh and the problem was solved,thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-quest

x11-toolkits/qt33 error

hello, i was trying to install k3b when an error about the port x11-toolkits/qt33 shown up qmake -spec /usr/local/share/qt/mkspecs/freebsd-g++ -o > /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/qt33/work/qt-x11-free-3.3.8/./tools/designer/uic > /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/qt33/work/qt-x11-free-3.3.8/tools/designer/uic/ >

pkg_version strange output

hello, when i give the command "pkg_version" the following output comes up.. libxkbfile = > libxkbui= > libxklavier < > libxml2 = > libxslt = > libzip

change kde4 (pkg) to kde4 (ports)

hello, i have installed kde4 via the package system. how can i install the kde4 via ports system without deleting the packages and then compiling them? thank you for answering :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/m

RE:pkg_version strange output

thank you for your answers. the problem is solved with "portmaster --check-depends". P.S.: i didn't mean the symbols (<>=) :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

RE:change kde4 (pkg) to kde4 (ports)

i didn't understand your answers.. can u give me commands?? ___ 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:change kde4 (pkg) to kde4 (ports)

well, i have install kde4 with the package system and i want to reinstall it via the ports system. because my system will have better perfomance and less hardware requierements. the previous time that i had install kde4 via ports it was working fine but this time with packages it freezes and stac

RE:change kde4 (pkg) to kde4 (ports)

thanks for helping me. i have reinstalled kde4 and i installed.Everything is fine now :) thanks again for helping me.. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any m

virtualbox error via ports installiation

hello, i am trying to install virtualbox via the port system but an error comes up :( ===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found > ===> License accepted by the user > ===> Found saved configuration for virtualbox-ose-3.2.6 > ===> Extracting for virtualbox-ose-3.2.6 > => MD5 Checksu

FreeBSD 8.0 failes to start

hello my os fails to start,this is the error and also my keyboard doesn't work Root mount waiting for: usbus3 Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad2s2a ROOT MOUNT ERROR: If you have invalid mount options, reboot, and first try the following from the loader prompt: set vfs.root.mountfrom.

screen saver

hello, i am new to the freebsd world and i am trying to put screen saver to my box. i have a freebsd 8.0-release,i386 system i have loaded to rc.conf saver="rain" i have gave the command "vidcontrol -t 3" in the ttyv and i am in ttyv but screen saver doesn't appear after 3 seconds.