Re: NTP on 7.1 BETA amd64 odd behaviour

2008-09-18 Thread Nash Nipples
> - > > If I comment out the > > ntpd_flags="-c /etc/ntp.conf -p > /var/run/ntpd.pid" > > line. > > ntp starts without any error. > > Should I accept this or is something wrong? > > Thanks > /Leslie Looks like it wants only one parameter as

Vinum for hard disk drive balanced load sharing configuration example RAID-5

2008-09-18 Thread Nash Nipples
Dear Listmates, Is it possible to configure vinum for balancing the mileage between two and three non-volatile storage devices of a different size I have read the manual thoroughly and noticed that the are certain restrictions applied to the hard drive sizes in the proposed RAID5 data handling

Re: NTP on 7.1 BETA amd64 odd behaviour

2008-09-18 Thread Nash Nipples
thanks for the new /etc/rc.d/ntpd ... > rc_flags="-c ${ntpd_config} ${ntpd_flags}" ... what we can learn from it is that on 7.1 BETA your rc.conf.local file should look like this ntpd_config="/etc/ntpd.conf" ntpd_flags="-p /var/run/ntpd.pid" hope that explains Nash _

Re: Firefox won't start

2008-09-18 Thread Nash Nipples
--- On Thu, 9/18/08, Joe Tseng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Joe Tseng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Firefox won't start > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 12:21 PM > I recently did a ports update and after a bit of effort I > got firefox3 to compile

Re: buildworld error with 7.1 BETA

2008-09-19 Thread Nash Nipples
> make -j 4 buildworld > > gives after a while the following > > gzip -cn /usr/src/usr.sbin/zic/zdump/../zdump.8 > > zdump.8.gz > cc -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -DTM_GMTOFF=tm_gmtoff > -DTM_ZONE=tm_zone -DSTD_INSPIRED -DPCTS -DHAVE_LONG_DOUBLE > -DTZDIR=\"/usr/share/zoneinfo\" > -Demkdir=mk

Re: buildworld error with 7.1 BETA

2008-09-19 Thread Nash Nipples
> > just try to run make one more time. not cleaning > anything just type the same make command after fail without > extra activity. > > > > if it fails again check if you have filled your disks > up and you might want to `ls /usr/src/usr.sbin/zzz/zzz.8` to > see if its really there > > > > It

Re: Segmentation fault when free

2008-09-19 Thread Nash Nipples
--- On Fri, 9/19/08, Unga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Unga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Segmentation fault when free > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, 9:17 AM > Hi all > > I'm running FreeBSD 7 on i386. I have a C program > compiled with gcc 4.2.1

Re: two nics each with dsl and the third for LAN and am not able to get any milage out of one dsl.

2008-09-19 Thread Nash Nipples
> I just inherited a second dsl line and don't have a > server to connect > it too so I have it connected to a third nic that I have in > the Dell > that has the first dsl connection and the LAN. I have been > running pf > on the two nics with nat and squid in transparent proxy > mode witho

Re: xorg gfx card: amd64+xvideo+decent 2d performance

2008-09-20 Thread Nash Nipples
> I've been trying to find anything that fits the > bill. My only > requirements are: > > * That it works with amd64 (on FreeBSD, obviously). > * That it supports Xvideo. > * That it has decent 2D performance. > * That it works with wide screen resolutions (so I > guess basically > modern hardware

Re: Segmentation fault when free

2008-09-20 Thread Nash Nipples
> I checked again, up to the this problematic free(), > functions return newly allocated strings properly: > > char *f( ) > { > char *newstr = NULL; > : > newstr = (char *) malloc(p - sp + 1); > if (newstr == NULL) > return NULL; > : > return newstr; > } > > Can a yet not executed wrong

Re: Segmentation fault when free

2008-09-20 Thread Nash Nipples
actually what i think someone should really tell you is that maybe you should take a look at the free() manual which is available here http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=free&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-RELEASE&format=html or you can try to run `man free` in the console. there i

Re: Audio Production

2008-09-20 Thread Nash Nipples
> > m cassar schrieb: > > > >> Does anyone here use freebsd for serious > audio/video production work? or > >> know if there is some kind of community? > >> > > > > Didn't try it, but http://ardour.org/ looks like > what you are looking for. > > See http://www.freshports.org/audio/ardour/ > > > >

Re: brain-fault: core dump.

2008-09-20 Thread Nash Nipples
> A few days ago I dl'd the OOo-2.4.1 and now need some > clues how to > install the tarball. I tried > > #pkg_add -rv [OOo-tarball] > > it failed. ...So is there some quick fix? > > tia, > > gary > http://view.samurajdata.se/ http://porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/#howto

Re: Segmentation fault when free

2008-09-21 Thread Nash Nipples
> > can someone please explain to me what happens to the > allocated memory > > called within a function assigned to its local pointer > after this function > > ends > > Ok - let's see if I get this right: > - the allocated memory > - called within a function > - assigned to a local pointer > > A

Re: Audio Production

2008-09-21 Thread Nash Nipples
> > i have experienced a delay when i was recording voice > and sort of laying it on a track. but removing a few > miliseconds off the beginning didnt make a big trouble for > me and thats when i have discovered this phenomenom but > thought it was rather because my sound card is old. is this > any

Re: looking for a disk partition ("slice") editor

2008-09-21 Thread Nash Nipples
> > Ah, but I do. My current problem is a case in > point. I have a drive > > that I'm not currently using, but that has stuff > on it I don't want to lose > > (e.g., the images of another system). I want to set > it up for use. I do not > > want to shut everything down just so that I can

Re: Uplading file via Lighttpd - system hangs

2008-09-22 Thread Nash Nipples
>> It looks like the freebsd-sendfile is broken. I had the same problems >> the last days and now I know the source of the problem. Have a look on >> this PR: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=125592 >Yeah, I looked into this, but I do not see why this has anything to do >with >sen

Re: shipping

2008-09-23 Thread Nash Nipples
> I have 18 students that are going to > Belize City, Belize in January to volunteer in the schools. > We have been going there for the past few years. We have > collected 24 computers and a few printers that we want to > ship from western New York to Belize in order to set up > computer labs in t

Re: Server - Linux Compat

2008-09-23 Thread Nash Nipples
> When I was young, many many moons ago, and I installed > FreeBSD 4.4 for the > first time, I enabled linux compatability ... > > Each build since, I have enabled it ... > > So not I am at the point of asking myself why? > > All I run is webservers and namesrvers, you know, Bind, > Apache, Mys

Re: Which mailing list?

2008-09-29 Thread Nash Nipples
> I'm running FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE and I want to keep > track on when > it's updated so that I can upgrade. I'm on the > freebsd-announce list but > I'm not sure if it's the right list to follow for > this purpose. > /Leslie > > > you will be surprised how often the code is getting modifi

Re: Resolution too high with 7-RC1, nVidia, xorg

2008-01-01 Thread Nash Nipples
Dear Xn Nooby, Im not sure if there is such a tool to edit xorg.conf file and limit the maximum resolution. In gnome desktop there is a graphical tool to switch resolution (System -> Preferences -> Screen Resolution) To make things obvious you will have to take a look at your xorg.conf file Ple

Re: IPFW: Blocking me out. How to debug?

2008-01-04 Thread Nash Nipples
I don't think that below shall ever replace this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls-ipfw.html --- #1. i suggest you should really consider moving check-state earlier so legitimate packets get in asap. #2. its never too late to start using tables #/sbin/ipfw tabl