articular problem.
> As I
> have stated before, things like flashplugin have become a problem only
> after I started doing some other things like cloning and dump/restores.
How to both things stand in relation?
> But I did set up flashplugin correctly on both 64bit and 32bit machin
o "optimize" their content in order to prevent you from
properly accessing it, it's their fault. I would complain to
them, or just ignore them. Content that its creator doesn't
want me to see is not worth seeing.
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Good luck!
> PS: the "breakthru" is that i'll be doing everything with my
>one hand/arm.
Manual operations. :-)
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On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:55:20 -0400, Jerry wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:25:53 +0100
> Polytropon Polytropon replied:
>
> [snip]
>
> >That's not FreeBSD's fault. If "professional web designers"
> >need to "optimize" their content in
s -laFG /"? It produces a nice output, too. :-)
Or try this one:
% primes 2 | tr "\n" "\t"
Other "famous listings" include a ping run or "make update";
even "make" of some port could look nice.
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Replying to myself and adding:
% hexdump
looks interesting, too.
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have a look at the log:
> (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or
> 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
> (WW) Disabling Mouse0
> (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
Okay, no input for you.
I can't see any further warnings (WW) or errors
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 03:25:07 -0800 (PST), "Alexandre L."
wrote:
> .xinitrc (of my user)
> /usr/local/bin/startxfce4
Shouldn't it be
#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/local/bin/startxfce4
?
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An
ng zero is missing, so there's no substition that
changes "5" into "[5]", because the search pattern is "05".
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rms running csh inherit the settings
from my .cshrc, and then .xsession continues running as .xinitrc,
which finally runs as the window manager (here: WindowMaker,
last line "exec wmaker").
But as I said, it may be handled completely differently
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r this file.
> I thought I would share this in case anyone else ran into the same
> problem I did trying to get a USB modem to work when they plugged into
> FreeBSD!
Many thanks, Mark, this really sounds interesting and useful,
a very good combination. :-)
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"Windows"
way of doing things, but due to my impression that CUPS
is designed in a way that it appeals this special kind
of users' expectations, this may be the only way to achieve
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hen you perform the step to a new
release (e. g. 7.2 -> 8.0). You can install the 7-compat
port to avoid this (downward compatibility libraries).
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You'll end up having to try it.
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l hard disk and then execute programs
from it.
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yes
Maybe that's the reason. The symbol WITH_ALSA is defined.
It does not matter with which value it is defined, so even
WITH_ALSA=I_DONT_WANT_ALSA would be equivalent to WITH_ALSA=yes;
try removing the whole line in order to not define the symbol.
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f it, and I don't see it in the ports collection,
so my anser is relatively FreeBSD-specific (but those tools
are the standard tools for such jobs in nearly all UNIX and
Linux environments).
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the middle one, 4 and 5 are up / down of the wheel. You
can always use the xev program to check what actually
happens when you use the different mouse buttons.
If you're relying on HAL and DBUS, well, ... :-) I think
t
d use the shutdown command (instead of halt)a to make
sure services are stopped correctly. The halt command does not
take care of this topic.
# shutdown -p now
Does the freeze happen if you press the power button (which
should initate the mechanism above), too?
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but not in FreeBSD, it might have a
strangely constructed firmware which justifies the statement
that it is "broken by design"... :-)
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ves you independance from the order of detection by the
system (first detected, first device name).
If you could elaborate more on the goal you are seeking, other
useful information could come from this list. At the moment, it's
just my wild guessing. :-)
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dmesg could be a good way to automate the process of finding
out where to install to.
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to someone else.
With the idea in mind that responsibility for confirming to
existing standards is on the manufacturer's side.
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fficient.)
Everything is done as root, of course.
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additional slices
to that concept.
A slice is a "DOS primary partition", while a partition is
just a subdivision (i. e. an own file system) inside a slice.
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create two new partitions, one for /usr and one for /usr/local,
which would move out /usr/local contents from the partition
holding /usr - which I think is what the OP originally intended.
This could be done relatively easily (in regards of SSH for the
com
nstead of having
> to have the old partitions left [/var, /tmp, /usr] and can't combine them
> into one huge one because your /home is on the same slice.
Hmmm... that's a valid point and a good idea in certain cases,
such as you mentioned (having OS and applications completely
se
anything. :-)
According to terminology: In MICROS~1 land, slices are
called "DOS primary partitions". There can be 4 of them.
FreeBSD can create more than 4 slices per disk. What
FreeBSD calls partitions (i. e. subdivisions of a slice,
each holding a file system) have no expressio
> /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key ? checking around does no good.
Maybe I remember incorrectly, but doesn't sshd create this file
on its first startup?
Do you have
sshd_enable="YES"
in /etc/rc.conf? Is sshd running, or do you get error messages
regarding the host DSA key
for X developers, especially getting rid
of many OS specific stuff, but...
Finally, sliding more off-topic: Not only X gets slower with
each release, the same applies for almost all X applications,
except the "old fashioned" ones.
Sad.
Just: Sad.
Thanks for your patience so I coul
w.
Buy.
And be happy.
So much from the famous quoting department. :-)
> Let's just hope we can cope with the documentation
> changes so we have some place to resort to!
I hope "documentation" refers to "how documentation should be
properly done, and h
entioned above,
because that's for YOUR security. If Seagate is "intelligent"
enough to send you a "new" drive back with a FAT or NTFS file
system on it... you'll delete it anyway.
Help the manufacturer - help you. :-)
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p...@r55:sys$ cd /bin
p...@r55:bin$ cd /usr/local
p...@r55:local$
The username and hostname are cyan, @, : and $ are bright green.
Is this what you've intended the prompt to look like?
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,noauto 0 0
The "ufs" in the FS field tells the system which FS to use when
later mounting (e. g. with requiring a pass phrase from the
operator), and "noauto" in the options field that prohibits
mounting the file system at startup.
If
ep sshd /etc/defaults/rc.conf
sshd_enable="NO"# Enable sshd
As you see, sshd_enable is set to "NO" by default.
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^^
Or? Arbitrary locations again? :-)
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tarting with using 'e' for
> extra partitions and skipping 'd'. But, whatever that old convention
> was, it has not been used for so long that it is meaningless nowdays
> and 'd' can be used for whatever extra partition you want.
You say it: I KNEW t
On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:12:36 -0800, Gary Kline wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 08:31:49PM +0100, Polytropon wrote:
> > By the way, it's not a problem if /etc/rc.conf is empty.
> > In this case, defaults are used, but:
> >
> > % grep sshd /etc/defaults
I'm fine with a 235 W PSU (no
joke) in long-term usage and I/O stress situations.
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stress test?
László, the more symptoms you can name (and provide system
messages of them), the easier diagnostics will get.
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; not found, required by
> "librsync.so.1"
The intl library is installed by the port gettext.
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ot a direct answer to your question, but hopefully some useful
> information to consider.
That's right. If you have the chance, monitor your power
outlet, e. g. with a long term peak monitor or a scope
with battery backed up memory, just to make sure the
requirements of the PSU are met.
50N : +1.99 <- Seems to be reference -5.0 Volt, but looks strange
As you can see in relation to your output, your board seems
to put other values on the "default" named output lines, e. g.
V12N = +1.46 V which can't be right, but "V12N" seems to be
some chosen name
friend's filling,
then travels down to his feet and back into the
carpet, thus completing the circuit.
-- Dave Barry: "The Taming Of The Screw"
And: Yes, I know it's OT, but it makes electricity problems
look easier because you can now easily u
hoice "SSH" which will
put the correct setting in /etc/rc.conf, causing the SSH server
to generate the keys at its first start. Or maybe I'm wrong and
the setting was in the "Networking" menu...
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On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:35:54 +0200, Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> Polytropon wrote:
> > Well, it't not SUCH a question. :-)
>
> Yes, there is:
>
> http://twitpic.com/q0wxq
Hmmm... I've installed 8.0-RC1 from CD and can't remember
to have seen this dialog... need
r, not
giving the bs= argument would result in a default
block size of 512 bytes which may - but don't ask
me why - lead to a non-functioning target USB stick.
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hat is it, made of gold? :-)
Maybe the "nameless mice" are as good as the expensive ones
(that come with well-known brand names) when it comes to
USB standard compliance. Being able to test them in a live
condition would always be an advantage...
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nter.
Maybe there's a way to reset the thing to revert to default
settings.
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gt; ;)
More as... dead like the mainframe. :-)
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his... and/or
> to know what this feature is even called. it's time to get
> practical. i am stubborn, just not particular stupid. maybe
> "slow" :_)
Sadly, I've abandoned KDE many years ago, so I can't help
you with that.
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t obvious thing to put those informations, because
I'm looking at it anyway.
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makes the "upper stage" visible;
it works in bash, too.
For interactive shells, I would include a test if $REMOTEHOST
is set, and if it is, then it's a SSH session, so a different
prompt has to be set.
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ebsd.org/
--14:57:09-- http://www.freebsd.org/
=> `index.html'
Resolving www.freebsd.org... 69.147.83.33, 2001:4f8:fff6::21
Connecting to www.freebsd.org|69.147.83.33|:80... failed: Operation timed out.
Connecting to www.freebsd.org|2001:4f8:fff6::21|:80... failed: No route
/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release/
so the pkg_add -r command would this location instead of the
"Latest" location.
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-ROM, it would possibly be a good
idea to make a copy of important system configuration
files in /etc.
With such a live system CD-ROM, you can even install
just parts, such as the content of various /usr subtrees
that are affected.
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="mousesystems"
moused_flags="-r 300 -a 2.0"
in /etc/rc.conf - cuaa0 instead of cuad0.
For some checking, why not use
moused -f -i all -p /dev/cuad0
and
moused -f -d -t auto -p /dev/cuad0
for some checking?
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ant to
have a serial dialin line (e. g. for a serial terminal), then
you would have something like
ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.115200" vt320 on secure
in /etc/ttys. The question would be: If /dev/ttyd0 does not
exist anymore, how to make this work again?
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> new dev names.
That's correct. The handbook sec. 2.10.10 and fig. 2-44 would
need an update, too.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/install-post.html
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they were intended to use.
I would not claim that free software serves better than
commercial software in general, because this often depends
on supporting various hardware, and we all know that the
hardware vendors still are focused on a monopoly of "Windows"
and don't ca
ry version
(this is what you surely do NOT want because of OpenOffice),
or upgrade all applications that depend on the jpeg library.
Tools like portmaster or portupgrade can help you with this,
so you don't need to upgrade everything manually.
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S will then be installed that way. Of course,
there's nothing wrong with using the precompiled packages
that you can add with the pkg_add -r mechanism.
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ve are honoring the fact
that writes should be minimized, such as the "noatime" option.
This shouldn't have negative effects on the booting process or
the FreeBSD system running on it.
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the cable into the camera. Scripting (automatically moving
pictures from card, placing them into ~/cam, dating and
renumbering) is easy, too.
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An
an, switch
to OpenOffice. Its standardized file format makes sure that
you can access your information in the future.
> 7.)? Computer Shops
> ?
> My first contact is with a computer tech in Placerville,
> CA (El Dorado County)
> MACKENDRICK COMPUTERS = http://www.rmack3.com/main.htm
bar baz
will result in
mkdir "foo bar baz"
and so create a directory named
foo\ bar\ baz
including the spaces. If you only want to access the first
parameter, use $1, and for good form, check it before
further processing. Your use of quotes to include the
parameter is al
u?). By using
> /bin/sh, you make sure the script will run without having to install any
> ports.
That's a very good advice. Using sh is strongly recommended
for maximal portability. Use sh if you're not requiring
features that are bash-only.
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et promt in cshrc, but PS1 in bash).
I'm not aware of an already existing mechanism that does
this. Running one shell from the other doesn't transport
most of the settings.
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still use rm -r for a complete delete; anyway, pkg_delete
should be the first step. If you use portupgrade, you should
additionally run "pkgdb -aF" after using pkg_delete, so its
package database keeps being up to date.
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orted binary
packages of OpenOffice. In the past, I could "pkg_add
-r de-openoffice" (if I remember correctly), but that's
not possible anymore, because the language variant isn't
the only option you can set at compile time.
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have 4 OSes on their disks, but the one or two
they often have (e. g. a Linux and a "Windows") have
already occupied adX0..adX3.)
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FreeSBIE.
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now. Even piping to lpr is possible, e. g.
% grep "bla" /some/files* | lpr
Note that programs like Gimp require you to setup the printer
again (in Gutenprint); you'll possibly have to set format and
duplex and other things.
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ev/da1
would be the command to create a partition with file system
that covers the whole disk. It will be /dev/da1c (which is
/dev/da1), and you can easily mount it:
# mount /dev/da1 /bigstorage
Of course, this solution is completely scriptable, given the
fact that you know which devi
the large third slice.
I'm not sure if I understood you correctly. You won't need
to create three slices, just one slice, containin three
partitions.
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mentioned, but without any "Flash").
There's a nice dock-like application for X which is used
by the FreeSBIE live system CD. I've got no FreeSBIE at
hand, nor can I remember the application's name, but I
think this would b
fies things for our legacy code. We're not
> using any gmirroring on these raid boxes of course, and we
> only need one partition on the third slice (no raw partition)
> but otherwise the layout will largely be the same.
Then it looks to me that using gpt / gpart is the way to go
ata disks where only one partition is intended, why create
it inside a slice?
By the way, the OP intends to create more than one slice
and then create one or two partitions within each slice,
so "dangerously dedicated" disks wouldn't be a solution
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{ (/) (swap) (/tmp) (/var) (/usr) (/home) }
ab d e f g
You can tell by the existence of ad0s1[adefg] vs. ad0[adefg]
in /dev, or by trying to print the disks's slice table.
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To u
ility mode:
da0 da0s1 da0s1a da0s1b da0s1d da0s1e da0s1f da0s1g
{[ (/)(swap) (/tmp) (/var) (/usr) (/home) ] }
I'm not sure hgow this fits into the concept of installing
multiple operating systems. For example, "Windo
uld guess it will identify as /dev/sa* (da = direct access,
sa = sequential access), at least SCSI tape drives occur in
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h a case, there are no partitions
inside the slice because partitions are specific to operating
systems like FreeBSD.
da0 da0s1da0s2da0s3 da0s3a
{[ C: ] [ D: ] [ (/) ] }
msdosfs msdosfs ufs
-
he number
of slices to 4.
For plain storage, it's not needed to encapsulate the
partition with the file system inside a slice, e. g.
ad1 ad1s1 ad1s1e
{[ (/data) ] }
in comparison to
ad1 ad1c
{(/data) }
And as it is known, the "
, you have a file system (inside a partition), but
no slice. In such a case, the fdisk utility will show a
sysid 165 partition for the disk, just as if a slice would
be present.
I'm interested in knowing where this will end. FreeBSD
defaulting to FAT file system for maximum compatibil
nd removing them, the xorg-input-* packages with
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r X(org) when we can do it on fbsd? Yet why should it feel like
> I'm a circus poodle trying to make it work?
Allthough it's not uncomplicated, it's not THAT complicated. :-)
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> But, if you can't read what you thought you wrote, it
> doesn't matter how fast you can search for it.
A backup not readable is NOT a backup. And because it
isn't, your hard disks will fail. :-)
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I think it's possible to work with the PROVIDE, REQUIRE
and BEFORE comments. But as you said, this will change
the default rc.d scripts and may cause (minor?) trouble
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On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:42:36 -0600, "Sam Fourman Jr."
wrote:
> I have tried looking around and OpenBSD appears to be the undisputed
> #1 track record in terms of security and FreeBSD is #2 (I didn't count
> dragonflyBSD)
VMS would be #0, then? :-)
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than on a PERFECT code.
Security is not a state, it's a process, involving many
considerations; "the user" is one of the most important
ones. Even "perfectly secure" code can't cope with human
stupidity.
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Magdeburg, Germany
# echo "cdefg" > /dev/speaker
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On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:49:50 -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 08:49:42AM +, Matthew Seaman wrote:
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> > Polytropon wrote:
> > > On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:42:36 -0600, "Sam Fourman Jr."
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> > > wrote:
> > >&
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:01:51 -0800, Kurt Buff wrote:
> Well, yes, except this assumes one has access to the sysadmin...
Physical access.
It's hard to exploit a sysadmin by social engineering
because he hardly has any friends. :-)
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topic, of
course.
The FreeBSD OS, on the other hand, follows approach (a) and
aids the user with (b) - the defaults are intendedly and
wisely chosen, so they usually don't cause problems, because
they don't assume something stupid, like "The user will want
to have a web server in
ch functionalities have been present
in times where HAL and DBUS didn't exist yet... but maybe
due to the fact that more and more stuff is accessed via USB,
and those USB devices often aren't interested in standards
and specifications, the use of HAL and DBUS (and maybe others,
such as CU
ng the
corresponding calls.
Finally, and maybe you've already checked it, what is
the mixser setting for the PC speaker channel of the
sound card, if it does exist?
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