Re: changing baud rate without recompiling

2011-11-12 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 12/11/2011 1:02 μμ, saeedeh motlagh wrote: thanks for your reply it's good but includes recompiling again. i don't want to recompile in any way. is there any other solution for doing that? i don't think so:(. are you sure recompiling is the only way to change the baud rate? thanks for your at

Re: 9.0 install and journaling

2011-12-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 10/12/2011 5:19 μμ, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 10 Dec 2011, R Skinner wrote: So I went to the handbook. I'm still a little confused though: can one still setup the usr and var (and so forth)? It said you possibly could, but it escaped me as to how. Use the bsdinstall partition editor to

Re: 9.0 install and journaling

2011-12-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 10/12/2011 11:41 μμ, Da Rock wrote: On 12/11/11 02:09, Manolis Kiagias wrote: On 10/12/2011 5:19 μμ, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 10 Dec 2011, R Skinner wrote: So I went to the handbook. I'm still a little confused though: can one still setup the usr and var (and so forth)? It sai

Re: difference between cvsup and csup?

2011-12-11 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 12/12/2011 7:39 πμ, Robert Huff wrote: Michael Powell writes: Csup is a rewrite of cvsup in the C language, and as such can be included as part of the base operating system. It is only linked against a few system libraries. This also means it can be built using the same tools and sys

ANNOUNCE: Custom 64bit FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p1 with XFCE packages released

2010-10-02 Thread Manolis Kiagias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey all, I have just completed an 8.1-RELEASE-p1 based build of the 'Custom releases' project hosted here: http://freebsd-custom.wikidot.com At the moment only the 64bit version is available, while a 32bit version is in the works and is expected la

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom 64bit FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p1 with XFCE packages released

2010-10-05 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 05/10/2010 10:20 π.μ., Patrick Lamaiziere wrote: > Le Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:26:26 +0300, > Manolis Kiagias a écrit : > > Hello, > >> This release is based on the latest XFCE desktop and includes a wide >> variety of desktop-related packages, like OpenOffice, abiw

Re: XDM not showing login screen

2010-12-31 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 31/12/2010 7:07 μ.μ., Alain G. Fabry wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to get my XDMCP to work, but for some reason the XDM daemon > doesn't reply to XDMCP requests. > > I see the XDMCP packet arriving on my xdm server > > harley# tcpdump port 177 > tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for f

Re: make buildworld errors

2011-01-01 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 01/01/2011 9:54 ?.?., Mike wrote: > > Trying to buildworld but it keeps failing. I finally deleted /usr/src > and recopyed from a cd then cvsup using standard-supfile. Tried > limiting how much ram freebsd uses and only using one stick of ram. > All attempts have failed at the same place. Would

Re: Kernel

2011-01-07 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 01/07/2011 10:57 PM, Τάσκος Κωνσταντίνος wrote: Hello to all. I am a new user of FreeBSD-8.1 and I tried to compile a new kernel, according to the instructions given by the handbook. The command 'make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL' failed with 'stop in /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL error co

Re: IPW3945 in 6.2

2007-07-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Tom Grove wrote: > What are the chances that IPW3945 will work in 6.2? Has anyone > accomplished this? Also, is it likely that the wpi drivers will be > ready for 7.0? > > -Tom > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.or

Re: finding the USB drive name, mounting and formatting

2007-07-11 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Hello, > > I have kernel compiled with USB support and I plugged in a USB drive: > messages show this information: > > Jul 11 09:48:22 lists kernel: umass0: Myson Century, Inc. USB Mass Storage > Device, rev 2.00/b0.07, addr 2 > Jul 11 09:48:22 lists kernel: da0 at umass-s

Re: finding the USB drive name, mounting and formatting

2007-07-11 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Hello, > > >>> I created /mnt/usbck and would like to mount it there, then format it as >>> >> it >> >>> uses msdos file system (FAT). >>> >>> How do I determine the name of the drive is my first problem. It is not >>> da0, it is? What is the command to ch

Re: finding the USB drive name, mounting and formatting

2007-07-11 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hi there again, Thank you for your answer. I do have da0s1 but mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbck mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0s1: Invalid argument Also, it is not a flash drive, it is an external USB drive with IDE hd in it (80 GB). I will skip formatti

Re: mod_security2

2007-07-14 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Bazy wrote: > Hi guys, > > Do any of you use mod_security2? > > An article just came up on HowToForge about it, and I'm skeptic about > installing it on my FreeBSD box. > Is mod_security2 ok? Will it load the CPU? Will it make apache22 slow? > > http://www.howtoforge.com/apache2_mod_security_debia

Re: FreeBSD-6.1 bootup hangs after power failure

2007-07-14 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Pollywog wrote: > On Saturday 14 July 2007 17:36:05 Tek Bahadur Limbu wrote: > > >> Thank you for your tips. I will download the FreeSBIE live CD tomorrow >> and follow it up with your suggestions. >> >> One thing I find FreeBSD very fussy and sensitive in comparison to Linux >> OSes is that w

Re: A question

2007-07-21 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Anthony Long wrote: > Can I download your software from the web? I can't find a link. > _ > PC Magazine’s 2007 editors’ choice for best web mail—award-winning Windows > Live Hotmail. > http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en

Re: How to show the options screen again

2007-07-25 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Harry Jensen wrote: > Hi, > > I just tried to install the pilot-link with > "portmanager palm/pilot-link", > and with first run I got an options screen, one of the options was > libusb, which I selected "on". > > libusb failed, and now I tried a second run, the intention then was > to select libusb

Re: ACPI slowing CPU... or something else

2007-07-26 Thread Manolis Kiagias
V.I.Victor wrote: > I was wondering about the "truth-of-clockspeed." Perhaps the 1800-MHz only > applies to CPU internal cache, etc. while the external bus-clocking is down > at 500-MHz or so. Sounds like a typical marketing ploy! > > About disabling the ACPI... Can I do it *safely* via the

Re: mysql upgrade from 5.0.27 to 5.0.45

2007-07-27 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello, I currently have mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.27. I can see that the most current ports version is 5.0.45. So I tried to portupgrade and it tells me: ---> Session started at: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:17:39 +0200 ** No need to upgrade 'mysql-server-5.0.45' (>= mysql-ser

Re: mysql upgrade from 5.0.27 to 5.0.45

2007-07-27 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Yes, indeed I now know what happened. The *-server version got upgraded and > I was unaware that *-client stayed at 0.27. I was sure that upgrading > *-server will upgrade *-client too. Apparently it did not happen: > $ pkg_info -Ix mysql > > mysql-client-5.0.27 Multithr

Re: oops, what have i done!

2007-07-28 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Sat, Jul 28, 2007 at 03:13:51PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: > >> today, when i was auditing what needs to be updated, i came upon this: >> >> autoconf-2.13.000227_5 < needs updating (port has >> 2.13.000227_6) >> autoconf-2.53_3 <

Re: make install a port, but with a package?

2007-07-30 Thread Manolis Kiagias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I have a bad feeling that this has been asked already, and not that long > ago, but I can't find it in my mailbox. Is there a variable I can set so > that running 'make install' in a port directory will cause it to download > the package, if available, and install

Re: Installation problem

2007-07-30 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Joel Hatton wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:46:44 -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: > >> Rakhesh is correct. >> >>SATA / PATA drives show up under ad[m]s[n][l], where m is the disk >> number (zero based), n is the slice, aka partition number in the non-BSD >> (/Solaris?) world, number (zero b

Re: How to know the size of RAM memory

2007-08-05 Thread Manolis Kiagias
fbsd2 wrote: > I tried what people said to do and I get different values that do not match > what the bios say. > Why is there so large a difference? > How can this be explained??? > > # /root >sysctl -a | grep -i memory > Virtual Memory: (Total: 2871K, Active 91444K) > Real Memory:

Re: 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Supported ???

2007-08-09 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Alain G. Fabry wrote: > Hello, > > Is the following audio '82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio' supported > on FreeBSD6.2? > > If so, which device do I need to load in the kernel or how can I get it to > work. > > Many thanks, > > Alain > ___ > f

Re: Matrox Video Card

2007-08-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Oscar Chavarria wrote: > I tried the Xorg web page but I couldn't confirm if the *Matrox G550 32MB > AGP (G55+MDHA32DB) *is specifically compatible with FreeBSD 6.1. > > Where do I obtain information for this specific card drivers' compatibility? > > > >

Re: Easy switch to xorg 7.2?

2007-08-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Richard Tobin wrote: > I just did a 6.2-RELEASE install, only to find when I tried to install > some packages from stable that everything has switched to Xorg 7.2. > Can I just pkg_delete all the old xorg* packages and then pkg_add the > new ones? Is "pkg_add -r xorg" all I need? > > -- Richard >

Re: FW: Request to mailing list freebsd-hackers rejected

2007-08-11 Thread Manolis Kiagias
James Hicks wrote: > Per instructions from the moderator below i'm making this post to the > free-bsd questions mailing list. > > > I'm building a samba server. I have an XP laptop using putty via ssh > to remotley administer. I cannot use putty to logon as root directly. > If I logon as my regular

Re: Question on the IFS variable (not a FreeBSD question)

2007-08-12 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: > > Hi, > > This isn't really a FreeBSD question. But I figure most people on this > list would know the answer and so I'm asking. I've tried to get the > answer out of Google, but I guess I am not asking it the right > question and so not getting much hits. > > I unders

Re: problem compiling xfig

2007-08-14 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Predrag Punosevac wrote: > I was trying to use xfig to do some graphs but application would froze > every time I tried to use the mouse. > After inspecting /var/db/pkg I realized I have xfig-devel version of > program which is ALPHA version. > I cd /usr/ports/graphics/ xfig-devel && make deinsta

Re: upgrade freebsd 6.1 to 6.2

2007-08-15 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Tomas wrote: > Hello. > > I have frebsd 6.1 in my pc and I want to upgrade to 6.2, without any > configuration application samba, apache, change. > what sjpould do for make this task. > somebody can I explain me. > > have a good night. > TOMAS > > ___ > f

Re: problem with supfile

2007-08-18 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Pollywog wrote: > Someone please tell me why my supfile is not working. I think the problem is > the tag but I am unsure why: > > *default host=cvsup2.FreeBSD.org > *default base=/var/db > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6_2 > *default delete use-rel-suffix > > # If you see

Re: problem with supfile

2007-08-18 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 10:47:21PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> Pollywog wrote: >> >>> Someone please tell me why my supfile is not working. I think the problem >>> is >>> the tag but I am unsure why: >>

Re: problem with supfile

2007-08-18 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Pollywog wrote: > On Saturday 18 August 2007 19:47:21 Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> Pollywog wrote: >> >>> Someone please tell me why my supfile is not working. I think the >>> problem is the tag but I am unsure why: >>> >>> *def

Re: Minimal gateway hardware configuration

2007-08-22 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Bahman M. wrote: > One other question -a bit silly: > If I use that configuration as the gateway, can it be left on and > working 24x7? I mean, regarding the _hardware_, how often does it need > to be powered off: once a day, once a week, ... to prevent hardware > failures such as HDD crash? > >

Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot

2007-08-24 Thread Manolis Kiagias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > I am unable to boot from 6.2-RELEASE i386-disc1.iso. I have > downloaded it and burned it three times without success. > > I am currently running Win98SE and FreeBSD 5.4 on a dual boot. I had > decided to reformat my hard drives so I reinstalled Win9

Re: Installation Disc Won't Boot

2007-08-25 Thread Manolis Kiagias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Manoliis: I took your advice. I copied the burned iso file into a FreeBSD directory and ran md5 and the check digits did not match. I then copied my downloaded iso image from Win98 into FreeBSD and ran md5 and the digits did match. So there was nothing wrong wi

Re: How to retrieve a directory tree from perforce.freebsd.org?

2007-08-31 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Howard Goldstein wrote: > As the subject says, is there a straightforward way to retrieve a > directory tree from perforce.freebsd.org? Clicking individual files in > the web interface is really tedious. > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Information about freeBSD

2007-08-31 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Gerdes, Mike wrote: > Hi all, > > during a research project shall the company Philotech evaluate different > operating system and middleware solutions. The FreeBSD OS is of high > interest for this evaluation. > > To be able to evaluate freeBSd we need more information. I would like to > know if it

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-02 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Michael Hauber wrote: > Hey, all... > > I've been a user of FreeBSD and OpenBSD for quite a while now. Unfortunatly, > I haven't had much time to tinker lately, and that's unlikely to change in > the near future. Sadly, I need to get an OS that my wife would be more > comfortable using and t

Re: sysinstall, packages, ports q.s

2007-09-05 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Sur Demir wrote: { this is my second attempt to post, first one over Gmane did not appear in list. Sorry if you get this twice. } Hi, I'm a bit new to FreeBSD, and have few questions challenging my Gentoo Linux mindset: Welcome to the FreeBSD club! May I first suggest you read the handbook:

Re: wrong permission / files get 640

2007-09-06 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Dear all, > > A web directory is chmod 755 but all files which I upload into it by > default get 640 permission which means web users cannot read it, which > means I have to manually change the permissions to 644. Is there any > mask I can set on that directory so that fil

Re: Newbie questions about updating

2007-09-07 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Predrag Punosevac wrote: I am not sure. I know that portsnap is the part of base package. dgmm wrote: On Friday 07 September 2007, Lars Eighner wrote: 2. Install cvsup from a package or the ports, but do not install any other ports. Isn't csup, a functional and faster equivalen

Re: modular Xorg: which driver?

2007-09-12 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: Hello, I am building Xorg, and I am about to choose drivers. My guess is I810. Would that be OK? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:2:0: class=0x03 card=0x12bc103c chip=0x25728086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82865G Integrated Grap

Re: netcraft uptime

2007-09-12 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Evren Yurtesen wrote: > Hi, > > I see that netcraft uptime doesnt function because the kernel timer is > set to 1000 by default in freebsd 6.x > So perhaps setting kern.hz=100 fixes the problem? What about things > getting wrapped in 497 days? How are there some FreeBSD hosts which > have 1600+days

Re: Running process on startup as a user

2007-09-13 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Jack Barnett wrote: > > Using FreeBSD 6.2 x86. > > I have a script called: > > /home/foo/scripts/MyScript.sh > The user is 'foo'. The password is 'bar'. > > What I'm trying to do is run the MyScript.sh command on startup (that > way if the box reboots, then this users process also re-starts it's

Re: http://www.freebsd.org site unreachable

2007-09-14 Thread Manolis Kiagias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am unable to get to freebsd.org > > is this on my end only ? > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTE

Re: netcraft uptime

2007-09-14 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Evren Yurtesen wrote: > Manolis Kiagias wrote: >> Evren Yurtesen wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I see that netcraft uptime doesnt function because the kernel timer is >>> set to 1000 by default in freebsd 6.x >>> So perhaps setting kern.hz=100 fixes

xmms crashing at startup

2007-09-22 Thread Manolis Kiagias
I believe this started after upgrading to Xorg-7.3: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xmms Gdk-ERROR **: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) serial 1492 error_code 8 request_code 72 minor_code 0 Gdk-ERROR **: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) serial 1493 error_code 8 request_code 72 minor_code 0

Re: Booting to Sysinstall

2007-09-24 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Jerahmy Pocott wrote: Hello, Okay so here is the situation: Server has dead fd and cd drives, or maybe none at all. You want to install FreeBSD on it. The idea I had was to create a small partition, copy the contents of a cd into, set it to boot off that partition, reboot and it would boot

Re: List of UPCs that can auto-shutdown FreeBSD

2007-05-02 Thread Manolis Kiagias
L Goodwin wrote: > I need help finding a UPS that can tell a computer > running FreeBSD 6.2 to shutdown. I checked the > hardware compatibility -- UPS are not even listed. > > The "APC Back-UPS ES USB 750VA w/TEL & COAX" meets my > needs, but they don't offer the software (PowerChute > Personal Edi

Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet?

2007-05-04 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Jonathan Horne wrote: > Well, I setup my laptop to dual boot freebsd 6.2-p4 and vista. It was > actually an XP/freebsd at first (installed XP, then installed freebsd). The > normal boot loader worked exactly as expected. > > So, upgraded the XP to vista, which seemed to go perfectly normal. Got

Re: temp

2007-05-12 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Jack Barnett wrote: > Is there any program that'll monitor the temperate of my motherboard? > > There are some windows program that'll give me status on my fans, CPU > temps, motherboard temps, etc - is there anything like that in the > ports collection? > > (basically I think my CPUs are overheati

Re: startup scripts not working

2007-05-13 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Ghirai wrote: > Hello list, > > Suddenly, the startup scripts for various applications won't work. > I have these in /usr/local/etc/rc.d: > apache22, ircservices, postgresql, pure-ftpd, unrealircd > > When i run any of them without parameters, they give out the parameters. > But when i use any of t

Re: sound configuration in FreeBSD

2007-05-18 Thread Manolis Kiagias
dhaneshk k wrote: > > Hi all > > I've installed FreeBSd-6.0 +gnome2.18 in my intel P IV 915G > motherboard PC.It working in good condition.. > > The trouble arised when I tried to configure sound card for my PC. It > doesn't list any sound device . > > > So I totally confused how to configure

Re: Xorg 7.2.0 Release

2007-05-18 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Joseph Marah wrote: > Does anyone know if this is available for FreeBSD as a port? Thanks. > > Joseph > > > Regards > > Joseph Marah > ** > "IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL YOU ARE NOT GOING FAST > ENOUGH" - Mario Andretti, race car driver. > ** >

Re: Upgrade Xorg 7.2.0 - mergebase.sh problems

2007-05-27 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Christopher Prance wrote: > I thought I was so close, nope not yet. I finally got my server upgraded > with no problem. Well a few minor setbacks, but I got it done. Of course > it won't run on my Sony 19" monitor which I have yet to figure out, but will > in due time, but my server is not of im

Re: freebsd-update and kernel

2007-05-30 Thread Manolis Kiagias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings, > > I did binary update with freebsd-update from RELENG6_2p2 to p5 and now > uname -a shows: > > FreeBSD mail.uni-svishtov.bg 6.2-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p4 #0: Thu > Apr 26 17:55:55 UTC 2007 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 > > Is

Re: installing the kernel

2007-05-31 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Dhananjaya hiremath wrote: > Hello sir, >Here we are installing the kernel by following commond > #make depend > #make > #make install > > But #make depend is working when we give #make it giving following error so > please mention what is wrong with us. > > Warning: Object

Re: BSD derivatives

2007-06-02 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Chad Perrin wrote: > I'm not saying that's what the OpenBSD project does. I'm just saying > that, for instance, the availability of the ath driver contradicts a > claim that security is a top priority of the FreeBSD project. Only if > it was installed and operational by default would that really

Re: BSD derivatives

2007-06-03 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 09:15:22AM +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> Chad Perrin wrote: >> >>> I'm not saying that's what the OpenBSD project does. I'm just saying >>> that, for instance, the availability of the at

Re: repair a FreeBSD install

2007-06-03 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 02:34:28PM -0500, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > >> Chad Perrin wrote: >> >>> Someone I know tried installing Slackware on a Thinkpad R52 to create a >>> triple-boot system (MS Windows and FreeBSD 6.2 as the other two, already >>> present on the system).

Re: repair a FreeBSD install

2007-06-03 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 11:19:39PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> You can use the grub bootloader to load freebsd (assuming that nothing >> is damaged in the freebsd slice itself, and I believe it is intact in >> your case) >> It's

Re: Xorg problem 6.9 >> 7.2

2007-06-08 Thread Manolis Kiagias
David Southwell wrote: > On Friday 08 June 2007 07:07:03 [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: > >> Bernt Hansson wrote: >> >>> [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: >>> Bernt Hansson wrote: > Hello > > I've upgraded Xorg to 7.2 on a 6.2-stable machine according to > UPDATING. >

Re: Xorg failed to start after upgrading to 7.2

2007-06-09 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Xihong Yin wrote: > After upgrading Xorg from 6.8 to 7.2, I got the following error when I start > X. > > (EE) Failed to load module "xtt" (module does not exist, 0 ) > (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0 ) > (EE) Failed to load module "module" (module does not exist, 0 ) >

Re: Xorg failed to start after upgrading to 7.2

2007-06-09 Thread Manolis Kiagias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 09/06/07, Xihong Yin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> top-posted: >> Thank you for answering my question. >> >> On Sat, 9 Jun 2007, Manolis Kiagias wrote: >> >> > Xihong Yin wrote: >> > > After upgrading Xorg from 6

Re: Fresh install won't compile requirement libraries for cvsup

2007-06-12 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 10:02:38AM -0600, Andrew Falanga wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I just installed a fresh 6.2-RELEASE i386 system last night and was >> trying to get cvsup-without-gui installed from ports and was having >> some interesting problems. The install of FreeBSD w

Re: Problem with xorg 7.2 upgrade - xorg-docs and xorg-apps

2007-06-16 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Hello Nasty wrote: > "[LoN]Kamikaze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Nasty wrote: > >> I upgraded to xorg 7.2 a while ago, and everything seems to be working well, >> but my ports list shows the following out-of-date ports, and I can't seem to >> do anything about them: >> >> xorg-clients-6

Re: How to see the Ram memory in freebsd 6.2

2007-06-17 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Prakash Poudyal wrote: Hello All, Can any body tell me how to see the RAM memory in freebsd. for your reference I had already used dmesg and top command and now I want to know specifec command to see the Ram memory only. Thank you prakash ___ free

Re: hda driver

2007-06-17 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Robin Becker wrote: > I have an acer 1644WLMi laptop which has an HDA sound card. I tried > using the binary modules from > > http://tomoyo.mybsd.org.my/HDA/kmod/i386/ > > If I add > > snd_hda_load="yes" > sound_load="yes" > > to loader.conf then I have a crash when starting kdm > > I am running >

Re: How to see the Ram memory in freebsd 6.2

2007-06-17 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 03:04:53PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> Prakash Poudyal wrote: >> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> Can any body tell me how to see the RAM memory in freebsd. >>> >>> for your referen

Pressing CTRL-ALT-SPACE on usb keyboard freezes FreeBSD

2007-06-21 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Hi all, This is a very weird symptom, noticed today for the first time. I have a cheap Microsoft wireless keybaord with USB connection, on one FreeBSD 6.2 release machine that acts as a lightweight server / occasional desktop. While in the console (no X running) I accidentally pressed CTRL-ALT-SPA

Re: Pressing CTRL-ALT-SPACE on usb keyboard freezes FreeBSD

2007-06-21 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Modulok wrote: > On 6/21/07, Manolis Kiagias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> This is a very weird symptom, noticed today for the first time. I have a >> cheap Microsoft wireless keybaord with USB connection, on one FreeBSD >> 6.2 release ma

Re: Host a download for FreeBSD

2007-06-23 Thread Manolis Kiagias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >May I host a download for FreeBSD? > 600Kb/s average download speed. > > Cory Benda > You don't need permission for this; FreeBSD is freely distributable. In fact, unless FreeBSD org releases a DVD edition on the next release, I plan to upload a torrent with a self mad

Re: UPS enabled Shutdown

2007-06-24 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Ivan Carey wrote: > Hello, > How do I setup FreeBSD 6.2 to allow a UPS to shutdown a system via a > USB port. > > I may be using a Powerware UPS, I'm not sure which one yet. > > Thanks, > Ivan > As others said, if you get an APC then apcupsd works flawlessly. I am using it myself on both Linux and

Re: Starting again from Scratch

2007-06-25 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Graham Bentley wrote: > OK, I am fairly new to FreeBSD and returning from a long while away. > > I am currently working on an install I have performed from the 6.2 > release discs I downloaded several days ago. > > I chose X-Kern-Dev install and have a mixed bag of pkg_add -r > packages, some progr

Re: Starting again from Scratch

2007-06-25 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Graham Bentley wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:16:59 +0200 > Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 05:51:44PM +0100, Graham Bentley wrote: >> >>> So, if I where to start again, I would ; >>> >>> 1) Install 'minimal' distrib from 6.2 rel CD1 >>> 2) portsnap

Re: dynamic dns question

2007-06-25 Thread Manolis Kiagias
gahn wrote: > hi all: > > could anyone here recommend a software package for > dynamic dns? > > thanks > /usr/ports/dns/ddclient I am using it with no problems on all my Linux/BSD machines. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.f

Re: patches for the 6.2-RELEASE kernel

2007-06-26 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez wrote: > Hi Folks. > > I am FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE user. i'm learning FreeBSD. > > Some times, i see people have a system named 6.2-RELEASE-pxx, where > xx is a number. I know that -pxx are security patches, or not only > security and too are patches for solve bugs?.

Re: password againg and other policy enforcement

2007-06-30 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Patrick Dung wrote: > I have some question about password policy in FreeBSD: > > 1. Administrator can enforce password expire in /etc/login.conf > Is there any tool that can check when the password will expire for the > users? > > 2. Any good way to enforce minimum password length and other > restr

Re: backing up dvds

2007-07-01 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Roland Smith wrote: > On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 05:39:29PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: > >> On Saturday 30 June 2007 16:46:36 Dave wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I've got a 6.2 box with a dvd writer in it. I want to back up some dvds >>> to iso files so i can recreate the dvds at a later tim

Re: "late filesystems" and switching net configs

2007-07-03 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Chad Perrin wrote: > I have a couple of niggling little, er, "quirks" that I'd like to get > sorted out on my FreeBSD Thinkpad. > > 1. During boot, if I'm booting up anywhere but at home (where my static > IP address configuration applies), the startup messages pause for a few > long seconds

gnome logout problem

2007-07-07 Thread Manolis Kiagias
I am really confused about this one, and don't know where to start. I have gnome 2.18.3 compiled from ports (also gnome power tools and gnome fifth toe) Today, for the first time I used the lock screen option in the System menu to leave my desktop unattended for a few minutes. I then entered my pas

Re: Patching with freebsd-update from 6.2-RELEASE-p4 to 6.2-RELEASE-p5

2007-07-09 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Stevan Tiefert wrote: > Hello list, > > I wanted to update via freebsd-update from 6.2-RELEASE-p4 to > 6.2-RELEASE-p5. But like you can see my system is after the update still > p4! > > I have saved a script of my doing: > > Script started on Mon Jul 9 22:55:13 2007 > vagabund# freebsd-update fetc

Re: make package-recursive

2007-07-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Nejc Škoberne wrote: Hello, I would like to create a custom set of packages, so that they will be installable to my other FreeBSD boxen. As I understand, I have to use 'make package-recursive', but I have some problems with it: 1. Is there a way to tell 'make package-recursive' not to _install

Re: Fw: Can I install Free BSD latest version on my laptop with dual boot?

2007-12-18 Thread Manolis Kiagias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > We would like to tune FreeBSD according to our business needs. Please > forward some documents for how to compile the Free BSD kernel and how we > can deploy our compiled version of Free BSD into a new machine. > > Please help me ASAP > > Cheers, > B.Manikanda

Re: Realtek sound driver query

2007-12-19 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Chris Makepeace wrote: > I am a Linux distro fiddler who is trying to settle down... > > Just installed PC-BSD and the ".../dev/dsp could not be opened (no > such file or directory)" error appeared. "Mixer cannot be found", > says the little panel icon. > > Sound is supposed to come via an integra

Re: cvsup not getting 'everything' with standard-supfile?

2007-12-19 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Steve Franks wrote: > I see folks talking about building snd_hda on 6.2, but when I cvsup, > /usr/src/sys/modules/sound/driver/hda doesn't exist. I'm using an > unmodified (except for the url) standard-supfile, which has "src-all" > in big letters uncommented at the top, so I find the lack of anyt

Re: Customized FreeBSD CD (was: Can I install Free BSD latest version on my laptop with dual boot?)

2007-12-21 Thread Manolis Kiagias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi, > > Thanks for your immediate response > > Yes, I spend two days and found out there are lot of tips in your > documentation thanks… > > After compiling the Free BSD Kernel and making some changes on my > system then how do I make the installable CD/DVD from my sour

Re: Problem in /usr/local/etc/rc.d [SOLVED]

2007-12-28 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Mario Lobo wrote: On Friday 28 December 2007 09:23:20 Kris Kennaway wrote: Mario Lobo wrote: Hello; here is a snip of dmesg: - Starting sshd. Starting cron. Local package initialization: Starting Init Starting Samba Removing stale Sa

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 ISO disc3 question

2008-01-02 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Predrag Punosevac wrote: Dear All, I noticed that 7.0 and 6.3 release candidates consist of three iso images. What is the content of the ISO disc3. (Additional language support or additional packages or something else?) Best, Predrag ___ freebsd-q

Re: Swap partition

2008-01-03 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Eugen Udma wrote: Hello, I have FreeBSD installed on my desktop, with 2 GB of RAM and 4 GB swap partition and this swap partition is very seldom touched by the system and then only 2-3% used. I want to install FreeBSD on a laptop with 4 GB of RAM and a hard disk of 100 GB. Should I w

Re: [HOW-TO] cvsup for ports -- Re: compact portsnap db

2008-01-06 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Gerard wrote: On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:41:35 -0500 "Aryeh M. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] 1. Csup is in the base system thus obvious preferred to either cvsup or portsnap Correct me if I am wrong; however, I thought that 'portsnap' was part of the base system. Yes

Re: Fw: help with installation of 6.2 release i386 on older HP desktop

2008-01-07 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Joseph Eaton wrote: More precisely. I do select the elements I want ("All" and then "Exit" and then "Install from CD-ROM" and then some files flash before my eyes and then I come to a screen that says: "User Confirmation Requested" and below that "Unable to transfer the base distribution fro

Re: configure printers

2008-01-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Bob Falanga wrote: I would like to configure a HP laserjet 1018 USB on freebsd. So far I have had no luck. During the boot cycle I can see the Laserjet 1018 listed as a peripheral (ulpt0 HP LaserJet 1018 address 3 rev 9.00/1.00 iclass 7/1 using bi directional niods). when I go to settings in the

Re: configure printers

2008-01-12 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Bob Falanga wrote: I am sorry but I don't know what you are talking about, what/where is DesktopBSD Package Manager? I don't know what it is or where to find it. HELP Thank you, Bob Falanga On 1/11/08, Manolis Kiagias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bob Falanga wrote:

Re: Downloading ports tree again

2008-01-15 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Trey Sizemore wrote: I have used portsnap to download the ports tree. Recently, I've removed /usr/ports/* and now need to download the ports tree again. However, running portnap fetch results in: "Ports tree hasn't changed since last snapshot No updates needed" How can I 'reset' portsnap and g

Re: FBSD or PCBSD?

2008-01-18 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello, I have a basic Acer Aspire with Vista on it but I am very unhappy about the speed of work on it. I do not want to wipe out MS system (at least not yet) but would like to give FreeBSD or PCBSD a try. 1. Am I safe by installing FreeBSD alongside Vista? Will the inst

Re: going from 6.2 to 6.3 and custom kernel

2008-01-18 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello, I thought I would try to upgrade from 6.2 to 6.2-Release now that it is officially avilable. However, I do have custom kernel on my machine. And when using advice written by Colin (thanks!) http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-11-10-freebsd-minor-version-upgrade.ht

Re: going from 6.2 to 6.3 and custom kernel

2008-01-19 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello again, How do I update the kernel manually then? Do I have to fetch the latest source and then follow the advice given here? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html Thanks! Zbigniew Szalbot It will not

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