6.3-RELEASE DVD torrent

2008-01-20 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Just to let everyone know, I created a torrent with a DVD iso of 6.3-RELEASE. Useful if you intend to install packages from the media and want to avoid disc swapping. Contains all three CDs plus the docs CD and can be used like standard media (i.e. boot and install). If you have already downlo

Re: X -configure fails on 6.3-Release

2008-01-20 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Jim Guojun [VFFS] wrote: After installed FreeBSD 6.3 on two machines, and X server cannot be started somehow on either one. Both "X -configure" and "X -probeonly" failed and errors are in attached file -- Xerr. Also, Xorg.o.log is attached. Both machines run FreeBSD 6.2 and X works fine. I s

Re: going from 6.2 to 6.3 and custom kernel

2008-01-20 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello, It will not update your kernel, but if you do freebsd-update install you will get an updated GENERIC kernel in /boot/GENERIC. This is what I did: freebsd-update -r 6.3-RELEASE upgrade (got the warning you mentioned) freebsd-update install Got a message abo

Re: going from 6.2 to 6.3 and custom kernel

2008-01-20 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Here they go: FreeBSD domain.tld 6.2-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p5 #2: Wed Jul 4 13:29:40 CEST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LISTS i386 $ ls -la /boot total 836 drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 512 Jan 21 07:21 . drwxr-xr-x 23 root wheel 512 J

Re: going from 6.2 to 6.3 and custom kernel

2008-01-20 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello again, 2008/1/21, Manolis Kiagias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Here they go: FreeBSD domain.tld 6.2-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p5 #2: Wed Jul 4 13:29:40 CEST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LISTS i386 $ ls -la

Re: going from 6.2 to 6.3 and custom kernel

2008-01-20 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Would it matter that I did the upgrade procedure: sh freebsd-update.sh -f freebsd-update.conf -r 6.3-RELEASE upgrade serveral times? I had problems with system asking for file comparison, which I described here (and I wanted to have another look at them): http://list

Re: boot problems / redirection unexpected

2008-01-21 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: hello, Trying to boot 6.3. There seems to be some problem with /etc/rc.subr it gives me some message about redirection unexpected. I am trying to copy this file form a back-up to /etc but when I do that it says: read-only file system. I should add that I am operating a

Re: setup question

2008-01-22 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Jerry Breazeale wrote: Subject: Xorg config From: Jerry Breazeale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:41:40 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Newbie question here. I've followed

Re: [FreeBSD] 6.3-R diskhandling

2008-01-26 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Alphons "Fonz" van Werven wrote: Hi, I have a recent model Toshiba laptop here, dual-booting Windows Vista and Slackware Linux (not my call, so no flames please). When I got the go-ahead to replace Linux with FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE, the following happened: The partitioner complained that the f

Re: [FreeBSD] 6.3-R diskhandling

2008-01-26 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Manolis Kiagias wrote: Alphons "Fonz" van Werven wrote: Hi, I have a recent model Toshiba laptop here, dual-booting Windows Vista and Slackware Linux (not my call, so no flames please). When I got the go-ahead to replace Linux with FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE, the following happ

Re: [FreeBSD] 6.3-R diskhandling

2008-01-26 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Alphons "Fonz" van Werven wrote: Manolis Kiagias wrote: then download and install the EasyBCD That too seems a solution worth considering. I'll think about it. Thanks! Alphons May I add I used this successfully on a number of occasions, including my

Re: How to backup the users

2008-01-27 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Wojciech Puchar wrote: Hello, I am running a small FreeBSD server and I have a a couple of users ssh'ing to it. I want to wipe the server out and reinstall FreeBSD on it, but I want to preserve the users' credentials. Can you please advise me how to back them up? /home/* /etc/master.passwd /

Re: old kernel's name

2008-01-28 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Dear all, While updating FreeBSD, my custom kernel file was autoamtically saved (backed up) and system upgraded to 6.3. sysinstall showed me the name of the custom kernel (something like kernel.prev or the like) but I cannot remember now what it was. :( As there is no k

Re: ports question / compiz-fusion

2008-01-29 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Nerius Landys wrote: I hope this is the right list for this topic. I'm trying to run compiz-fusion on my desktop. I've already installed the x11-wm/compiz-fusion port from sources; it all installed well. Since my internet search for how to actually run the thing on FreeBSD ran pretty dry, I've

Re: how to capture freebsd 6.3 kernel panics

2008-02-01 Thread Manolis Kiagias
[EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgEDV.net wrote: hi, since i migrated from 6.2-REL to 6.3-REL i got several panics when copying much data from one volume to another. because of the copy-job taking several hours, i don't get a realistic chance to CATCH the stupid panic and see what's going on (or at least ge

Re: how to enable the quota on

2008-02-01 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Giotis Eugen wrote: hello, im trying to enable quota on and i recieve the following error: "fstab: /etc/fstab:2: Inappropriate file type or format" and i typed: "/etc/rc.conf" and i recieve the error: "/etc/rc.conf: Permission denied." Can you help me ? ___

Compiz-fusion article (was: Re: Compiz Fusion)

2008-02-02 Thread Manolis Kiagias
e --ignore-dekstop-hints ccp & > emerald --replace & Credits to Manolis Kiagias :-) Never thought this was such a sought-after feature :) Anyway, here is a quick article I just wrote: http://store.itsyourftp.com/~sonic2000gr/freebsd/compiz-fusion/article.h

Re: Nvidia graphics on AMD64

2008-02-02 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Mike Clarke wrote: After running a 90 hour portupgrade job on my current Duron 1600 based system I've persuaded myself that a hardware upgrade is due. I'm contemplating building a system around an Athlon 64 X2 4200+ CPU. I'm not into games and overclocking so a relatively low end motherboard w

Re: Compiz-fusion article

2008-02-04 Thread Manolis Kiagias
E. J. Cerejo wrote: Manolis Kiagias wrote: Alphons "Fonz" van Werven wrote: E. J. Cerejo wrote: Is there a tutorial on how to configure compiz fusion on FBSD 6.3 / gnome or fluxbox. 1. Use the port/package. 2. Every now and then I see messages fly by in which you can find

Re: Compiz-fusion article

2008-02-05 Thread Manolis Kiagias
E. J. Cerejo wrote: On Tuesday 05 February 2008 01:39:07 Manolis Kiagias wrote: E. J. Cerejo wrote: Manolis Kiagias wrote: Alphons "Fonz" van Werven wrote: E. J. Cerejo wrote: Is there a tutorial on how to configure compiz fusion on FBSD 6.3

Re: Compiz-fusion article

2008-02-06 Thread Manolis Kiagias
E. J. Cerejo wrote: I found what the problem was under KDE, in your tutorial you tell us to run these commands as a regular user: compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp emerald --replace I found that both of these commands need a & sign at the end of each of these commands

Re: Compiz-fusion article

2008-02-06 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Manolis Kiagias wrote: E. J. Cerejo wrote: I found what the problem was under KDE, in your tutorial you tell us to run these commands as a regular user: compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp emerald --replace I found that both of these commands need a & sign at the

Re: Compiz-fusion article

2008-02-07 Thread Manolis Kiagias
E. J. Cerejo wrote: I found what the problem was under KDE, in your tutorial you tell us to run these commands as a regular user: compiz --replace --sm-disable --ignore-desktop-hints ccp emerald --replace I found that both of these commands need a & sign at the end of each of these commands,

Re: Unable to mount partition with ntfs-3g

2008-02-08 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Kevin Oberman wrote: I would love to be able to mount my NTFS partition R/W, but the FreeBSD NTFS support is read-only (or almost read-only), so I installed fusefs-ntfs which I thought would allow this. After installation (which also pulled in fusefs-kmod, fusefs-libs, and libublio), I added fu

Re: Compiz-fusion article

2008-02-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Ga'bor Ko"vesda'n <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" wrote: Manolis Kiagias escribio': Never thought this was such a sought-after feature :) Anyway, here is a quick article I just wrote: http://store.itsyourftp.com/~sonic2000gr/freebsd/compiz-fusion/article.html Yo

Re: update to 6.3 p1

2008-02-26 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: one last question if I may... 2008/2/26, Zbigniew Szalbot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 2008/2/26, Andreas Rudisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:06:27 +0100 (CET) > Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Also, I have always used:

Re: FreeBSD 7.0

2008-02-27 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Kris Kennaway wrote: Danielisz Laszlo wrote: Hello! Do you have any idea the FreeBSD 7.0 when will come out? Laci In a couple of hours. Kris And if you are in fact running an -RC version, -RELEASE is already offered via freebsd-update -r 7.0-RELEASE upgrade Running it on three system

Re: online DVD distribution not available

2008-02-28 Thread Manolis Kiagias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "FreeBSD can be acquired on CD-ROM or DVD from FreeBSD Mall, or one of the other CD-ROM and DVD Publishers." But FreeBSD DVD (iso) can't be downloaded. WHY?? Definitely not official, but you can download from here: http://www.tuxdistro.com/torrents-details.php?id=9

freebsd-update upgrade problem

2008-03-01 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Hi, I have already upgraded a couple of machines from 7.0-RC1/2 to 7.0-RELEASE using: freebsd-update -r 7.0-RELEASE upgrade However, on this one machine, I get this: freebsd-update: cannot open files/.gz: No such file or directory I checked free space on the root partition, no problem there

Re: freebsd-update upgrade problem

2008-03-02 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Tore Lund wrote: Manolis Kiagias wrote: Hi, I have already upgraded a couple of machines from 7.0-RC1/2 to 7.0-RELEASE using: freebsd-update -r 7.0-RELEASE upgrade However, on this one machine, I get this: freebsd-update: cannot open files/.gz: No such file or directory I have

Re: Large numbers of Limiting open port RST response from 6 to 5 packets/sec

2008-03-09 Thread Manolis Kiagias
roy lee wrote: this is a web server,use nginx, Large numbers of Limiting open port RST response from 6 to 5 packets/sec. I need help. dmesg: Limiting open port RST response from 11 to 5 packets/sec Limiting open port RST response from 6 to 5 packets/sec Limiting open port RST response from 8

Re: Large numbers of Limiting open port RST response from 6 to 5 packets/sec

2008-03-09 Thread Manolis Kiagias
roy lee wrote: Manolis Kiagias 写道: roy lee wrote: this is a web server,use nginx, Large numbers of Limiting open port RST response from 6 to 5 packets/sec. I need help. dmesg: Limiting open port RST response from 11 to 5 packets/sec Limiting open port RST response from 6 to 5 packets/sec

Re: ext3

2008-03-09 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Viktor Penkov wrote: Hi everybody!!!I've installed the new release of fbsd, but I can't mount my ext3 partitions.can somebody help me with this? best regards ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebs

Re: freebsd iso dvd

2008-03-09 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Christian J. Wong Cruz wrote: Hello, I'm Christian Wong and I'm new in this list, I've bought a computer with baseboard Intel DP35DP and Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6750 and I don't have internet connection, can someone tell me where can I download the best iso dvd for my pc? Thanks Ready m

Re: atacontrol mode D PIO4 persist across reboots

2008-03-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Philip M. Gollucci wrote: /var/run/dmesg.boot ad2: 28667MB at ata1-master UDMA33 ad2: FAILURE - READ_DMA timed out LBA=58711965 ad2: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=0 ad2: FAILURE - READ_DMA timed out LBA=58711951 ad2: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (0 retries left) LBA=0 ad2: FAIL

Re: Dislike the way port conflicts are handled now

2010-01-16 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 16/01/2010 6:57 π.μ., Greg Larkin wrote: > Craig Whipp wrote: > > > On Jan 15, 2010, at 9:44 AM, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > >> Until recently, it seems like port dependencies were handled at > >> installation time. Lately, they're handled any time I try to do > >> anything with a port. I absolutel

Re: xdm and xdmcp

2010-01-21 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 21/01/2010 8:54 μ.μ., rhin...@postmail.ch wrote: > Hi All, >Is-it possible to run xdm with remote access through XDMCP protocol on > freebsd 8 ? > Yes. I have an entire lab working this way :) > I have tried almost anything: commenting line about port 0 in xdm-config, > This is nee

Re: VirtualBox doesn't start

2010-01-31 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 31/01/2010 7:32 μ.μ., Frank Wißmann wrote: > Glen Barber schrieb: >> Frank Wi?mann wrote: >>> Glen Barber schrieb: Hi Frank, Frank Wi?mann wrote: > Hi, folks! > I want to launch my freshly installed VB with the "run"-command > under KDE 3.5.10, but it won't start. All

Re: mysql silently failing to start - suggestions?

2010-02-01 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 01/02/2010 5:34 π.μ., John wrote: > If this isn't the right list - if I should try another let me know - > but since this is the mysql-server-5.4.2 package, and since you > folks have been so helpful, I thought I'd give it a go. > > Anyway, the system is 8.0-RELEASE and that package is installed

Re: Modules and Custom Kernels

2010-02-07 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 07/02/2010 5:40 π.μ., James Colannino wrote: > Hey everyone. Please bear with me as I'm very new to FreeBSD. I've > recently started building a custom kernel after having had to apply a > patch to enable support for my wireless device (Atheros 9285) in > 8.0-RELEASE, and had a quick question a

Re: portupgrade, batch mode?

2010-02-07 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 07/02/2010 2:14 μ.μ., Dánielisz László wrote: > I think you can try this: > > -y > --yes > Answer yes to all the questions. This option implies -v and negates -n . > > László > > > On 2010.02.07., at 12:59, n dhert wrote: > > When using portupgrade, from time to time, there is a package

Re: How to create a FreeBSD 8.0 boot CD without boot.flp?

2010-02-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 10/02/2010 11:10 μ.μ., Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to create a boot CD using FreeBSD 8.0 but I just noticed > that there is no existing boot.flp file for 8.0. What is the > alternative to get a boot image to create my CD image? > > Thanks! You just use the boot/cdboot file f

Re: How to create a FreeBSD 8.0 boot CD without boot.flp?

2010-02-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 10/02/2010 11:39 μ.μ., Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: > Great Thanks! So when I create a boot CD using the boot image, are the > kernel files contained in /boot/kernel read at all during boot? > How exactly are you creating your image? The basic directories in a FreeBSD install iso are 'boot' (contai

Re: How to create a FreeBSD 8.0 boot CD without boot.flp?

2010-02-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 10/02/2010 11:56 μ.μ., Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: > I just realized that cdboot does not contain the kernel as boot.flp > used to, so I guess /boot/kernel has to be there... So it does not > seem to work with mkisofs. I did > > mkisofs -J -R -no-emul-boot -b ./cdboot -iso-level 3 -V FreeBSD_Custom

Re: How to create a FreeBSD 8.0 boot CD without boot.flp?

2010-02-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 11/02/2010 12:08 π.μ., Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: > What I am trying to do is basically to install FreeBSD 8.0 on a CD. I > followed these instructions to install FreeBSD on a USB stick: > > http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/04/13/installing-freebsd-on-usb-stick-episode-2 > > > minus the fdi

Re: FreeBSD and vmware

2010-03-17 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 17/03/2010 10:34 μ.μ., Erik Norgaard wrote: > Hi: > > I have a dual boot Windows/FreeBSD which I use for work, I just tried > today to create a virtual machine with vmware on windows to start up > the installed FreeBSD. > > This works except for three problems: > > - The disk device is renamed,

Re: gnome gdm diable_user_list

2010-03-26 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 26/03/2010 3:42 ?.?., n dhert wrote: > FreeBSD8.0, gnome2-2.28.2_1, using gdm to login. > Gdm login screen presents a list of all users on the system to choose from. > I don't want the list, just a prompt for a username and password. > I tried > # gconf-editor > this graphical config program all

Re: Why is Qemu not in Handbook

2010-04-14 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 14/04/2010 8:55 μ.μ., Adam Vande More wrote: > On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Bob Johnson wrote: > > >> For years I used Qemu to run Windows XP under FreeBSD. It worked fine. >> A few months ago I saw a message that VirtualBox was now working >> correctly under FreeBSD. So I tried to inst

Re: openoffice.org-3.01 packages available (i386)

2009-06-02 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Sergio de Almeida Lenzi wrote: > Hello, > > I have the package for openoffice 3.2m49 for the FreeBSD 7.2/amd64 > available for the languages EN and pt_BR in UTF-8, with > full support for cups. > > If you are interested, I can upload the package (120Mb) in the > tinderbox. > > I think it is interes

Re: freebsd-update from 7.0 to 7.2

2009-06-03 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Dave wrote: > Hello, > I've got an older machine running 7.0. I ran freebsd-update upgrade > on it to update it to 7.2, aftetr two reboots i'm still seeing 7.0 in the > uname -r output. I did not get any errors during the download or > installation of patches. > The syntax for upgrading t

Re: openoffice.org-3 compiling issue

2009-06-04 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Jason Helfman wrote: > Hello, > > Newbie to FreeBSD here, however I have been studying like a madman, > running > it on my desktop, and administering systems on a daily basis so I've > learned > quiet a bit recently. > > I am trying to install openoffice.org-3 port, and am receiving the > following

Re: Opinion request about a file server

2009-06-05 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Valentin Bud wrote: > Hello community, > > I have an old computer (ASRock P4Dual-915GL) with Intel P4 > CPU at 3.0Ghz and 2Gb of RAM. > > I am asking the list maybe is somebody out there with a similar > configuration > and running FreeBSD on such a system as a File Server and Print Server > usin

Re: Opinion request about a file server

2009-06-05 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> This is one place where FreeBSD is very good. It will give you >> performance >> on slightly downlevel hardware that Windows Server just can't touch. >> > is really pentium 4 "downlevel" hardware? sound like a joke to me. > > Not really. But considering how everyone is buy

Re: Shutting down X with control+alt+backspace

2009-06-06 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Luke Dean wrote: > > This is an answer to a question I started to post, but then decided to > research instead. I know many readers of this list use the feature I'm > describing. > > When Xorg was upgraded to version 7.4, the historic ability to shut > down X > with Control+Alt+Backspace became a

Re: Shutting down X with control+alt+backspace

2009-06-07 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Luke Dean wrote: > >> This is an answer to a question I started to post, but then decided to >> research instead. I know many readers of this list use the feature I'm >> describing. >> >> When Xorg was upgraded to version 7.

Re: Shutting down X with control+alt+backspace

2009-06-07 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Wojciech Puchar wrote: > can older Xorg server be used with just updated drivers? > drivers are separate modules. > Never tried, but the way Xorg is going this looks kind of frightening ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freeb

Re: glabel(8) a gmirror(8) doesn't work

2009-06-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Valentin Bud wrote: > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Wojciech Puchar < > woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > > >> following >> >>> procedure: >>> 1. reboot to single user >>> 2. mount -a >>> 3. tunefs -L var /dev/mirror/system0s1d >>> This commands exits with "Failed to write superb

Re: glabel(8) a gmirror(8) doesn't work

2009-06-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
dhaneshk k wrote: > List members; > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/geom-glabel.html > > Starting with FreeBSD 7.2, the glabel(8) class > supports a new label type for UFS file > systems, based on the unique file system id, ufsid. > > Is the above clause applicable in this case ? in

Re: Compiling in sound driver in kernel

2009-06-10 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Carmel wrote: > This is my first attempt to compile in a driver in a new kernel I am > attempting to build. > > Using loader.conf, I have the 'snd_hda' driver presently being loaded. > I want to compile it directly into the kernel. I tried this: > > devicesnd_hda # Sound driver > >

Re: problem writing to usb flash

2009-06-11 Thread Manolis Kiagias
leo wrote: I succesfully configure gnome 2.22 with gconftools-2 to automount flash drive: gconftool-2 -s --type bool /desktop/gnome/volume_manager/automount_drives true % gconftool-2 -s --type bool /desktop/gnome/volume_manager/automount_media true % gconftool-2 -s --type bool /desktop/gnome/vol

Re: Make Question

2009-06-11 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Peter Clark wrote: > Hello, > > I have inherited an old FreeBSD 5.1 machine(5.1-RELEASE-p18). I > realize that the short answer to my question is more than likely to > upgrade the OS to a current release and I would if I had that option > right now, but I do not. I needed to upgrade the perl/openss

Re: FreeBSD 7.2 Installation Manual

2009-06-12 Thread Manolis Kiagias
n...@pettefar.com wrote: > In www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-post.html > It says: "If the X server has been configured and a Default Desktop > chosen, it can be started by typing startx at the command line." but > nowhere in the manual or the installation program is ther

Re: FreeBSD 7.2 Installation Manual

2009-06-12 Thread Manolis Kiagias
n...@pettefar.com wrote: > Nowhere up to that point in the Installation chapter and process (I > didn't need to have said) did it mention X. > > What is the point of having a step-by-step installation manual which > then concludes with "If the X server has been configured and a Default > Desktop c

Re: what is the best way to remove a program?

2009-06-14 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Pieter de Goeje wrote: > On Sunday 14 June 2009 14:58:46 Mark Hartkemeyer wrote: > >> I was installing the mysql51-server port and I had a message that the >> install could not proceed, because mysql50-client was already >> installed. I simply ran a "cd" and then a "make deinstall" in the >> my

Announcing: FreeBSD Custom XFCE ISO (take II)

2009-06-15 Thread Manolis Kiagias
e download, although hopefully not dramatically as most dependencies are probably already included. I am all open to ideas, so please email me your suggestions and comments. Thanks, Manolis Kiagias -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozi

Re: Announcing: FreeBSD Custom XFCE ISO (take II)

2009-06-16 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Chris Whitehouse wrote: > Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Hey all, > > This is a continuation of the effort that started with this post: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-May/198284.html > > This little project also found its way to Distrowat

Re: Announcing: FreeBSD Custom XFCE ISO (take II)

2009-06-16 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: >>> I will start preparing a server ISO (CD sized) soon. I also welcome >>> all ideas on what to include/exclude in later versions of this DVD. >>> It has been suggested to include openoffice packages as abiword / >>> gnumeric don't cut it for many people. This will increase

Re: Announcing: FreeBSD Custom XFCE ISO (take II) - Openoffice packages

2009-06-17 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Chris Whitehouse wrote: > > > I would vote for including openoffice, it takes much longer to compile > than to download, or maybe make the package and any dependencies that > are not already included available as a separate tarball. > I've implemented this neat idea, the tarball is here: http://f

Re: Announcing: FreeBSD Custom XFCE ISO (take II)

2009-06-17 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Andrew Gould wrote: > 2009/6/16 Manolis Kiagias : > > > List of main packages > == > > This is a comprehensive list of packages included in the ISO: > > abiword, archivers (zip, unzip, rar, unrar) bash, bluefish, cdrtools, > dvd+rw-tools, evince, firefox3

Re: Announcing: FreeBSD Custom XFCE ISO (take II)

2009-06-17 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Robert wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:37:44 +0300 > Manolis Kiagias wrote: > > >> Andrew Gould wrote: >> >>> 2009/6/16 Manolis Kiagias : >>> >>> >>> List of main packages >>> == >>> >>> T

Re: Announcing: FreeBSD Custom XFCE ISO (take II)

2009-06-17 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:37:44 +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> Sure. I am making a list of what people would like to see included, >> and will add most of them in the next iteration. Small utilities like >> this are not a problem. >>

Re: diablo-jre16

2009-06-18 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Roy Stuivenberg wrote: > Hello, > > I'm having a problem getting java to work on Firefox 2. > > diablo-jre16 latest version is installed. > After about:plugins it doesn't show. > Manual says to enter this as root, and so I do that. > ln -s /usr/local/diablo-jre1.6.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oj

Re: Compact Freebsd 'appliance'

2009-06-18 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Tim Judd wrote: > On 6/18/09, John Almberg wrote: > >> On Jun 18, 2009, at 4:14 PM, Tim Judd wrote: >> >> >>> What kind of application? This is so we can gear a hardware that is >>> powerful enough to power your application. >>> >>> Naming the application and/or website would be a good ad

ANNOUNCING: Web site for the "FreeBSD Custom Releases" project

2009-06-20 Thread Manolis Kiagias
rises. It will also contain announcements for new releases. Thanks for your support! Manolis Kiagias -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAko9DZsACgkQZ/MxGm4PtJSd6wCfYPtQ1MLH1ttDXF5C3lR

Re: portell breakage

2009-06-20 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Joshua Isom wrote: > I recently upgraded my ports tree which included the python update. > Everything went smoothly(except that openchrome on amd64 requires a > hand patch), but now portell won't run. I can create a database, but > all I get otherwise is: > > Traceback (most recent call last): >

Re: mounting network NTFS drive on FreeBSD

2009-06-25 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to figure out how to mount a network NTFS drive > (192.168.16.3\backups) on a FreeBSD system. > > Can you point me to the appropriate documentation? The Handbook > mentions the mount command but I am not sure I can do it using mount? > Or can I? > ht

Re: mkisofs in FreeBSD

2009-06-25 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Daniel Underwood wrote: > Ahh, so searching the manpages at FreeBSD.org > (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi) will provide only those entries > pertaining to the base OS? > Not if you select "FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE and Ports" Here is the man page you were looking for: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi

Re: xfburn fails with 'Undefined symbol "__malloc_lock"'

2009-06-25 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Markus Hoenicka wrote: > Hi, > > I've upgraded my laptop from 6.4 to 7.2-RELEASE. Essentially > everything went fine, except that for some reason xfburn no longer > works. If I install a package using "portupgrade -f -PP", I see the > following at runtime: > > mar...@yeti:/usr/home/markus# xfburn &

Re: mysql error

2009-06-28 Thread Manolis Kiagias
thanos trompoukis wrote: > Hi all, I am new with FreeBSD and I have a problem with mysql. > > I have 6.2Release i386 > I am running mysql 5.0.27 and It worked perfectly until the time that I > formated /tmp (for some other reason) > and now when I am trying to connect on mysql *I get this:* > > *[

Re: DHCP using ral

2009-06-29 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Robert Hall wrote: > I'm trying to set up a connection between an FBSD box and a wireless > access point. The background is that there's no security on this > network; as the person who set it up says, "You just start your > computer and it works!" > > I have an XP box with a wireless NIC working,

ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009-06-30 Thread Manolis Kiagias
e As always, feedback is welcome. Manolis Kiagias -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpKICQACgkQZ/MxGm4PtJTW9gCcDhbo0J6uec1pQJHj/WUf91ui LHgAniVQONez3WkuwHiYUw0UjTeeSAq/ =rE

Re: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released

2009-06-30 Thread Manolis Kiagias
ras wrote: > Manolis Kiagias wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hey all, >> >> Continuing the effort in producing custom FreeBSD builds, I am pleased >> to announce a GNOME-based one. >> >> > hi, is t

Failing to show 'Password:' prompt

2009-07-01 Thread Manolis Kiagias
This morning my server was unresponsive both from ssh and through http. The only thing that is different on this system on a 1st of month, is a dump job that runs through periodic (on a mostly inactive system). Visiting the console, I discovered the system was still up and displaying login pro

Re: Failing to show 'Password:' prompt

2009-07-01 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > Manolis Kiagias wrote: >> This morning my server was unresponsive both from ssh and through >> http. The only thing that is different on this system on a 1st of >> month, is a dump job that runs through periodic (on a mostly inactive >>

Re: Cloning to different disks.

2009-07-01 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Grant Peel wrote: > Hi all, > > I have serveral machines that are running different versions of FreeBSD. > > Each machine only has 1 hard disk, but they all have a CD ROM and USB > available. > > I have built a pristine system with all packages and ports installed that I > need. > > I am now want

Re: Cloning to different disks.

2009-07-01 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Grant Peel wrote: > Thanks Sir! > > > What is the easiest way to make sure the new disk is bootable. > > Also, it just occured to mewe have a few different versions of > SCSI drives SCSI-2 SAS etc. > > Can I assume the the da driver will handle all these OK...ie. should > not see any fstab prob

Re: replacing harddisks

2009-07-02 Thread Manolis Kiagias
pepe wrote: > I have gmirror of two 200GB disks where I have whole /usr f my freebsd 7.2 > system. root, /var and /boot are on other disk, but I need to replace those > both disks with bigger ones now. To get bigger /usr. So what I'm wondering > now is if there is way to take one disk out of mirror

Re: FreeBSD for a high school class? (long)

2009-07-09 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Brent Bloxam wrote: > Chris wrote: > >> The course is HTML. Mouse button operations should be close, >> a window that gives a simple file directory and a text editor that >> doesn't require learning a character command set would be the >> target. > > > Hi Chris, > > Maybe look at using Xfce, which

Re: Missing man pages: gnupg

2009-07-12 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Daniel Underwood wrote: > Coming from Linux, I'm accustomed to using gpg. I installed the gnupg > port (which I assume is virtually the same as Linux gpg). > > Doing > $ man gnupg > returns nothing. Doing > $ which gnupg > reveals that the port (or at least the binary) is in fact installed. > But w

Re: scontrib

2009-07-19 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Brett Wiggins wrote: > Hi, > > >> Depending on what you want to do with "accessing the source code", >> it may be valid to say that you can leave out scontrib, but as >> far as I remember, it will be needed for building things from the >> source code (make vuildworld and buildkernel). >> >

Re: freebsd-update: from 7.1-STABLE to 7.2-RELEASE?

2009-07-25 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Axel wrote: > Hello, > > I have previously kept my machine updated by fetching the STABLE > branch using csup and rebuilding the kernel. (As described in Handbook > chapter 24.7) > > From now on, I want to use freebsd-update to simplify the process and > follow the RELEASE branch (+patches) instead

Re: FreeBSD on E4200/E4300

2009-07-28 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Albert Shih wrote: > Le 28/07/2009 à 10:27:04+0200, Matthias Apitz a écrit > >> El día Tuesday, July 28, 2009 a las 10:17:02AM +0200, Albert Shih escribió: >> >> >>> Hi all >>> >>> Anyone have try to install FreeBSD (any version) on Dell E4200 or E4300 ? >>> If someone already do, can he t

Re: What is Freebsd 7.2pX

2009-07-29 Thread Manolis Kiagias
David Southwell wrote: > Where is information about 7.2pX to be found on freebsd.org? > > I am running freebsd 7.2 64 amd > > 7.2-RELEASE #0: Fri May 1 07:18:07 UTC 2009 > r...@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > version on Intel quad core and was advised to upgr

Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman)

2009-08-06 Thread Manolis Kiagias
What I mean is that it would be nice for my mother to install and use >>>> FreeBSD. >>> >>> It's called PC-BSD. >> >> Have a look at Manolis Kiagias work at >> http://freebsd-custom.wikidot.com/downloads-page >> >> Haven't tried it my s

Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman) (was: > upgrade 7.2

2009-08-06 Thread Manolis Kiagias
James Phillips wrote: > Put another way: I want a reliable, backed-up file-server before playing > around on my "workstation" that would be a separate computer. > > I want to build myself a "sand-box" so I don't have to worry about breaking > stuff that is unrelated. > > Another way of asking the

Re: glxgears on 8.0 current

2009-08-11 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 03:04:14PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > >> In many online articles I've seen suggestions to >> use glxgears to check whether OpenGL is installed >> correctly. I've >> >> libGL-7.4.4 and mesagl-mangled-5.0.2 >> >> installed on >> >>

Re: howto install virtualbox

2009-08-17 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Mark Stapper wrote: > Hello, > > I'm currently migrating my home desktop from Gentoo linux to FreeBSD > 8.0(Beta but it'll be "Stable" soon. Using RELENG_8 btw). > I'm kind of a OS collector/nut/geek/nerd. As such virtualization is > quite important to me. > I've been using VMware Server 2.x on Gen

Re: netbooks for freebsd?

2009-08-19 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Al Plant wrote: > Jeff Hamann wrote: >> I would like to try some experimental software on a netbook. Can >> somebody recommend a netbook that can do FreeBSD. >> >> Requirements: >> >> 1) Need to able to wipe out any ms-windows stuff, get installed, boot >> up and running within 60 minutes of my tim

Re: Custom ISOs

2009-09-08 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Tim Judd wrote: > I'm not sure if this is normal or not, but I'm getting <5.0KB/sec for > two separate downloads each download speed for both the XFCE and Gnome > DVD ISOs. > > Weird... > I am aware that the site is sitting on wikidot.com, and not on > dev-urandom.com anymore, I was wondering i

Re: Custom ISOs

2009-09-09 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Al Plant wrote: > Manolis Kiagias wrote: >> Tim Judd wrote: >>> I'm not sure if this is normal or not, but I'm getting <5.0KB/sec for >>> two separate downloads each download speed for both the XFCE and Gnome >>> DVD ISOs. >>> >&g

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