xorg on ATI Mobility Radeon X600

2007-12-03 Thread Steven Friedrich
r the latest xorg release? -- Steven Friedrich Louisville, KY 40216 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

ACPI temperature

2009-11-29 Thread Steven Friedrich
I booted my HP Pavilion zd8215us and I immediately invoked chkCPUTemperature. The first temp reported was 52C, which is 125.6F. This leads me to believe that acpi has an anomaly regarding temperature measurement. The ambient temp was 71F (21.6C). The machine had been off for over eight hours. Her

Re: ACPI temperature

2009-11-29 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Sunday 29 November 2009 11:03:28 am you wrote: > 2009/11/29 Steven Friedrich : > > I booted my HP Pavilion zd8215us and I immediately invoked > > chkCPUTemperature. The first temp reported was 52C, which is 125.6F. This > > leads me to believe that acpi has an anomaly

kdebindings4-python-pykde4 ver 4.3.3 fails to build

2009-11-29 Thread Steven Friedrich
Anyone else seeing this? Here's the tail of the log: [ 98%] Built target compile_python_files make -f python/pykde4/kpythonpluginfactory/CMakeFiles/kpythonpluginfactory_automoc.dir/build.make python/pykde4/kpythonpluginfactory/CMakeFiles/kpythonpluginfactory_automoc.dir/depend cd /usr/ports/dev

Re: ACPI temperature

2009-12-01 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Monday 30 November 2009 04:59:51 pm you wrote: > 2009/11/29 Steven Friedrich : > > On Sunday 29 November 2009 11:03:28 am you wrote: > >> 2009/11/29 Steven Friedrich : > >> > I booted my HP Pavilion zd8215us and I immediately invoked > >> > chkCPUTe

x86info port complains cpuid driver not present

2009-12-04 Thread Steven Friedrich
WARNING: Detected SMP, but unable to access cpuid driver. Used Uniprocessor CPU routines. Results inaccurate. I then installed port cpuid-3.3_5, but it still complains. I saw that x86info needs devcpu and devcpu-data. When I tried to install devcpu, it said it was already in the base system. de

Fatal double fault

2009-12-07 Thread Steven Friedrich
Occasionally, I get a fatal double fault after halt -p. Anyone know about this already? I wrote down the info, it anyone wants it. I searched using the search box on the home page, but none of the hits looked like this panic. I will search the mailing list archives now...

uath under FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE

2009-12-10 Thread Steven Friedrich
I installed FreeBSD8.0-RELEASE so I could see if it's compatible with my Netgear WG111T (this is newly supported in 8.0). Not surprising, uath (the new driver) is not in GENERIC (oopps, yes it is), so I copied GENERIC to LAPTOP3 and commented out most of the drivers, since I don't need them. I

dcons_crom in FreeBSD8.0-RELEASE

2009-12-10 Thread Steven Friedrich
I figured the world and the kernel are in sync on the DVD, so I tried to rebuild just the kernel. Is this assumption valid? It failed to link due to symbols like dcons_crom. So I commented dcons_crom out of my kernel config. Is this actually a bug or do I need to buildworld/installworld? _

startx and xinit under FreeBSD8

2009-12-11 Thread Steven Friedrich
I installed FreeBSD to another partition, so I could check it out. I selected All sources and binaries and KDE4. When I tried startx, it complained that it didn't exist. It's just a script, so I copied it over from my 7.2p5 partition. Now it complains that xinit doesn't exist. Why didn't these tw

SMB shares vs. FreeBSD8

2009-12-11 Thread Steven Friedrich
My SMB share, a 320GB WD NetCenter, fails to mount because the rl ethernet isn't up yet. I dual-boot 7.2 and 8.0. I've addedd noauto to the declaration in fstab, and I'll just mount it when I need it. I know usb has been completely re-written, but is that the cause? ___

Re: startx and xinit under FreeBSD8

2009-12-12 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Friday 11 December 2009 04:56:39 pm you wrote: > Well, you now need to either select X during install or install > it from ports after the installation. > > jerry > I thought KDE4 would have caused a dependency on X, but I guess since there have been two choices, XFree and Xorg, you have

Source upgrade from 7.2R o 8.0R

2009-12-12 Thread Steven Friedrich
When I try to build a kernel, make buildkernel, it complains that several directories are missing, i.e., axe, ums, umass, etc. I'm doing a make update and my file says src-all, so how could there be missing directories? I'm using csup. I tried to go back and use cvsup, but it appears it's been

Wireless interface says privacy OFF

2009-12-21 Thread Steven Friedrich
What does "privacy" mean and why isn't it explained in any man page? Here's my ifconfig: wlan0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 ether 00:14:a5:2a:a5:db inet 192.168.2.254 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet OFDM/54Mbps mode 11g

bwi spitting out errors during bootstrap

2009-12-22 Thread Steven Friedrich
bwi: base tssi measure failed bwi: need multicast callback update Ok, the second error repeats, but it looks like a ToDo item for the programmer. I'm running FreeBSD 8, and bwi is new in 8. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.f

Does ATT laptop connect card work with FreeBSD 7.0?

2008-03-22 Thread Steven Friedrich
I'm considering using an AT&T laptop connect card, but I don't know if it's supported by FreeBSD. Is anyone using this? Does anyone know how it compares speed-wise with cable broadband, such as InsightBB? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

FreeBSD 7-RELEASE + CUPS + gutenprint + Epson Stylus CX8400

2008-04-02 Thread Steven Friedrich
I can't get this printer to work at all. I've been to cups.org, avasys.jp, and http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting to no avail. I already had cups installed and working under FreeBSD from a LONG time ago. I used to use it with an HP DeskJet 560C. Later, I bought a Brother monochrom

Konqueror Storage Media requires View...Refresh

2008-04-03 Thread Steven Friedrich
The first time I open my KDE desktop System icon, and select Storage Media, I have to select View...Refresh to see anything. Is this the way it works on everyone else's system, or do I need to configure something? It's not a big deal, just wondering if I can "fix" it by configuration. I'm runn

Re: Sudo Commands on New 6.2 System Cause Last Login Message.

2008-04-03 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Thursday 03 April 2008 01:06:37 pm Martin McCormick wrote: > I noticed that every sudo command I issue is accompanied > by a "Last login" message. > > 25testokcns root $ls .hushlogin > ls: .hushlogin: No such file or directory > 26testokcns root $sudo touch .hushlogin > Last login: Thu Apr

Re: How to instal my NIC Card?

2008-04-04 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Friday 04 April 2008 12:51:59 am berlowin wrote: > after i have installed freeBSD 5.4, in ifconfig only display fwe0, plip0, > and lo0... > > Why my NIC which is supposed to be "em0" is not seen? > > My Network Adapter is Intel(R) PRO/1000 PM Network Connection > > thx for your help... I don't

Re: trying atausb instead of umass, part 2

2008-04-04 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Thursday 03 April 2008 04:38:27 am Dieter wrote: > [ no replies from -drivers, so added -questions ] I looked at http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists and couldn't find a freebsd-drivers list. Perhaps that's why you didn't get any replies?

Re: trying atausb instead of umass, part 2

2008-04-04 Thread Steven Friedrich
I tried to switch from umass to atausb, but I had trouble. I also noticed that atausb is mentioned in the release notes for 6.2, but it's not mentioned in the man page for ata(4) or in the Handbook. Searching the current and usb mailing lists didn't reveal much. I commented out umass and added

Re: trying atausb instead of umass, part 2

2008-04-04 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Friday 04 April 2008 09:03:33 am Da Rock wrote: > On Fri, 2008-04-04 at 08:16 -0400, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > On Thursday 03 April 2008 04:38:27 am Dieter wrote: > > > [ no replies from -drivers, so added -questions ] > > > > I looked at http://www.freebsd.org/s

Documentation for port config options?

2008-04-05 Thread Steven Friedrich
cups-base has several options: [X] GNUTLSBuild with GNUTLS library [ ] PHP Build PHP support [ ] PYTHONBuild PYTHON support [ ] LIBPAPER Build with libpaper support [ ] DNSSD Build with DNS_SD (avahi) support [ ] PAM Build with PAM support [ ] LDAP Build with L

Anyone using cups with an epson printer?

2008-04-05 Thread Steven Friedrich
I'd like to see if you have an epson backend in /usr/local/libexec/cups/backend ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Printer getting attached to umass and da

2008-04-12 Thread Steven Friedrich
From messages: messages:Apr 12 09:39:55 laptop kernel: ulpt0: on uhub4 messages:Apr 12 09:39:55 laptop kernel: umass0: on uhub4 messages:Apr 12 09:39:55 laptop kernel: da0: Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device Why is it getting attached to umass and da? Should I config something to stop thi

Re: Printer getting attached to umass and da

2008-04-12 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Saturday 12 April 2008 04:29:20 pm Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 12 Apr 2008, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > From messages: > > messages:Apr 12 09:39:55 laptop kernel: ulpt0: > MFP(Hi-Speed), class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2> on uhub4 > > messages:Apr 12 09:39:55 lapto

Re: Printer getting attached to umass and da

2008-04-12 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Saturday 12 April 2008 05:32:25 pm Predrag Punosevac wrote: > Steven Friedrich wrote: > > On Saturday 12 April 2008 04:29:20 pm Warren Block wrote: > >> On Sat, 12 Apr 2008, Steven Friedrich wrote: > >>> From messages: > >>> messages:Apr 12 09:39:

Re: Printer getting attached to umass and da

2008-04-15 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Saturday 12 April 2008 07:17:31 pm Da Rock wrote: > On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 18:33 -0400, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > On Saturday 12 April 2008 05:32:25 pm Predrag Punosevac wrote: > > > Steven Friedrich wrote: > > > > On Saturday 12 April 2008 04:29:20 pm Warren Bl

Re: [gutenprint - Help] RE: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE+CUPS+gutenprint+Epson

2008-04-16 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Tuesday 15 April 2008 07:33:03 pm SourceForge.net wrote: > Read and respond to this message at: > https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4907395 > By: lexort > > Your results are consistent with the problem reading from ulpt(4). I > expect that if you turn off your spooling systems an

dump device

2008-04-20 Thread Steven Friedrich
I've been testing a patch and it panic'ed, but I didn't get a dump. I don't have dumpdev defined in my /etc/rc.conf, so it should be using the default/rc.conf define which is AUTO. So why didn't I get a dump? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing l

Re: dump device

2008-04-20 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Sunday 20 April 2008 11:12:10 am Steven Friedrich wrote: > I've been testing a patch and it panic'ed, but I didn't get a dump. > > I don't have dumpdev defined in my /etc/rc.conf, so it should be using the > default/rc.conf define which is AUTO

Re: Even more documentation?

2008-04-26 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Friday 25 April 2008 10:32:37 pm Edward Ruggeri wrote: > Hi all, > > I've used FreeBSD for about two years now. Besides using Linux for > projects on school computers, I never had much experience with > Unix-like operating systems. While I get by nicely on FreeBSD, I > recently felt that I did

hal port fails to build

2008-05-04 Thread Steven Friedrich
Why is hal failing to build on my machine? I checked pointyhat and it says it builds fine. I even tried pkg_deinstall -f and then went to sysutils/hal and invoked make. I recovered by portupgrade -PPN hal. Here's the tail of the build: cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -DPACKAGE_SYSCONF_DIR=\"/

Re: instalation about NET_SNMP

2008-05-05 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Monday 05 May 2008 03:34:52 am srinivasa jayappa wrote: > hi, > > > i am srinivasa ... i am getting problem in installation in snmp not > creating usr directory in the installation of net-anmp5.3.1 in > ubuntu...please suggest > > thanking you, > > > regards > > Srinivasa J > ___

Belkin F5D9050 ver 4000

2008-05-15 Thread Steven Friedrich
. I configured all the devices mentioned in the rum man page and rebuilt the kernel, and rebooted. I believe it should show up when I invoke ifconfig without args. My other ethernet drivers do. What am I missing? -- Steven Friedrich Fairdale, KY

Re: Belkin F5D9050 ver 4000

2008-05-15 Thread Steven Friedrich
label. Doing a descriptor dump, and posting the results to freebsd-usb@, might find someone who knows how to get that particular device to work. Ok, I'll bite. How do you do a descriptor dump? -- Steven Friedrich Fairdale, KY 40118 ___ freebsd

Re: Belkin F5D9050 ver 4000

2008-05-18 Thread Steven Friedrich
7 bDescriptorType 05 bEndpointAddress 04 (out) bmAttributes 02 (Bulk) wMaxPacketSize 512 bInterval0 Codes Representing Languages by the Device: bLength 4 bDescriptorType 03 wLANGID[0] 0409 String (index 1): Belkin -- S

HP Pavilion zd8000 Xorg anomaly

2011-03-09 Thread Steven Friedrich
My system had crashed and it caused a directory to los it's dot and dot-dot entries. This was a directory that was used for iso-codes and everytie I started X, it would hang. So I didn't want to format the drive, too extreme. So I de-installed all my ports to re-install. After I got the port

Re: HP Pavilion zd8000 Xorg anomaly

2011-03-09 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Wednesday 09 March 2011 12:17:10 pm Adam Vande More wrote: > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > My system had crashed and it caused a directory to los it's dot and > > dot-dot entries. This was a directory that was used for iso-codes and > >

Re: HP Pavilion zd8000 Xorg anomaly

2011-03-09 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Wednesday 09 March 2011 13:40:38 Steven Friedrich wrote: > On Wednesday 09 March 2011 12:17:10 pm Adam Vande More wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Steven Friedrich > > wrote: > > > My system had crashed and it caused a directory to los it's dot and >

Kodak C195 digital camera appears to affect WD on usb

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Friedrich
I know you'll think I'm crazy, but I'm pretty sure I've only started seeing these errors since plugging in this camera. Mar 22 01:06:22 laptop2 kernel: umass0: on usbus4 Mar 22 01:06:22 laptop2 kernel: Root mount waiting for: usbus4 Mar 22 01:06:22 laptop2 kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0

Re: Kodak C195 digital camera appears to affect WD on usb

2011-03-23 Thread Steven Friedrich
I know I wasn't clear in my original mail, but after this AutoSense failed, I get LOTS of g_vfs_done errors. I don't get them if I don't plu in the camera > Mar 22 01:12:21 laptop2 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): AutoSense failed > Mar 22 01:12:21 laptop2 kernel: g_vfs_done():da0s1f[WRITE(offset

webcamd vs rc.conf

2011-03-28 Thread Steven Friedrich
I have enable_webcamd="YES" in rc.conf If I comment it out, it complains, and in, it complains. None of these are going into any log file. They do not get reported by a subsequent invocation of dmesg. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list htt

PyWiFi plasmoid v 1.0

2011-03-28 Thread Steven Friedrich
I can't get this to work. Anybdy get it to work? I figured out the dataengine part. But this thing doesn't have any configuration/settings. How will it know to look for wlan0? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/ma

dragon player video not displayed in window.

2011-03-28 Thread Steven Friedrich
It used to display in the window and I could switch back and forth from Full screen mode to window. -- System Name: doris.StevenFriedrich.org Window Manager(s): kde4-4.6.1 X Window System: xorg-7.5.1X.Org X Server 1.7.7 OS version: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE i386 (5.9 MB ker

Re: webcamd vs rc.conf

2011-03-28 Thread Steven Friedrich
It was just a typo. I had been using this for awhile, and recent changes made it act weird. It didn't act weird under 8.1. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: Problems with make buildkernel

2011-04-02 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Saturday April 2 2011 6:53:31 PM Tony wrote: > Anybody care to have a look? http://pastie.org/1748851 I hate to ask, but before you started your buildworld, did you make clean? Also, in case you did, another thing you might try is to add COMPAT_7. You already have back to 4. -- StevieRay __

Kaffeine anomaly

2011-04-03 Thread Steven Friedrich
I like kaffeine's playlist, but how do the Artist, Album, and track fields get populated or edited? I'm asking on FreeBSD because it may be via File Manager and extended attributes. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.or

Marble and routing

2011-04-08 Thread Steven Friedrich
I'm in the U.S., so I believe that my only valid choice is OpenRoute service. Does it require any subscription payment, os is it available free? -- System Name: doris.StevenFriedrich.org Window Manager(s): kde4-4.6.2 X Window System: xorg-7.5.1X.Org X Server 1.7.7 OS version:

Unable to find an appropriate lock to guard the shared cache. This *should* be essentially impossible

2011-04-18 Thread Steven Friedrich
I tried searching the archives, but didn't get hits. Goggle hits revealed little info. Unable to find an appropriate lock to guard the shared cache. This *should* be essentially impossible -- System Name: doris.StevenFriedrich.org Window Manager(s): kde4-4.6.2 X Window System: x

Missing plugin for Firefox

2011-04-22 Thread Steven Friedrich
Missing plugin for Firefox, but I don't know which one. I tried to view this music video, but I have no idea how to discover what format it is. http://popnewswire.tv/play-the-belle-brigade-the-belle-brigade/10481 I'm running the latest port of Firefox 4.0 --

Re: Missing plugin for Firefox

2011-04-22 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Friday April 22 2011 5:46:19 PM Jimmie James wrote: > It's a youtube video, so it's flash. > > >I'm running the latest port of Firefox 4.0 I have Sockwave Flash 10.2 r153 plugin in Firefox. I have been playing flash videos in Firefox even before version 4.0. It doesn't play this video. Ther

Re: Portupgrade Package Question

2011-07-10 Thread Steven Friedrich
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:35:28 -0400 > > b. f. articulated: > > This is the tag that you would use on src collections to update your > > base system sources (usually in /usr/src) to 8-STABLE. You would use > > RELENG_8_2 for the 8.2-STABLE security branch, RELENG_8_2_RELEASE for > > 8.2-RELEASE,

KDE on FreeBSD

2011-07-10 Thread Steven Friedrich
The Newsflash page has a link to freebsd.kde.org, which has a broken link, http://freebsd.kde.org/contact.php I'm wondering if kaffeine has been abandoned, since there is a message in the kaffeine port Changes: 8 weeks arved Attempt to fix build Reported by: pointyhat Drop Maintainer

Re: Upgrading very old installation

2011-07-15 Thread Steven Friedrich
On 7/15/2011 9:38 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 15/07/2011 13:20, Jaime Kikpole wrote: I'm running a FreeBSD 6.x server that hasn't been updated in about 1.5 years. atlas:~>uname -mprs FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 i386 What is the recommended way to upgrade it to something current? Should I upgr

build issue with gtk20

2011-08-29 Thread Steven Friedrich
I am trying to upgrade gtk20 per instructions in /usr/ports/UPDATING, the new version won't build. Here's the tail end of the log: /usr/include/machine/endian.h:107: syntax error, unexpected '{' in ' return (__extension__ ({ register __uint32_t __X = (_x); __asm ("bswap %0" : "+r" (__X)); __X; }))

Re: [OT] pfSense Book Publisher

2011-09-04 Thread Steven Friedrich
Product Details - *Paperback:* 516 pages - *Publisher:* Reed Media Services; 1st edition (November 1, 2009) - *Language:* English - *ISBN-10:* 0979034280 - *ISBN-13:* 978-0979034282 - *Product Dimensions: *9.6 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches - *Shipping Weight:* 2 pounds (View shipping rat

Re: (no subject)

2011-09-08 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Mike Hix wrote: > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Selim wrote: > > > Am 07.09.2011 21:56, schrieb Mike Hix: > > > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Selim wrote: > > > >> Am 07.09.2011 21:28, schrieb Mike Hix: > >> > >> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 7:43 AM, Selim w

Re: Support for "Brother" products

2011-09-29 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Carmel wrote: > I just got a reply back from a representative from Brother > International. I had inquired about the available of device drivers for > FreeBSD for their products. They currently fully support Windows, Linux > and Debian. He informed me himself that

Re: Linux 64bit compatability

2011-10-11 Thread Steven Friedrich
SD versions, > emulation will be required. At this time there is no 64bit Linux emulation. > > I was told to ask here about the status of 64bit emulation. This list is as > appropriate as it gets. > > 2011/10/11 Steven Friedrich > >> FreeBSD is NOT linux. Try a linux m

ataraid doesn't support dumps

2006-01-15 Thread Steven Friedrich
I've recently upgraded from 5.4 to 6-Stable. I'm using the "ar" ataraid device on my Promise controller on the ASUS moboard. Are there any plans to add dump support to the ar driver? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.o

need help with libchk

2004-12-13 Thread Steven Friedrich
I've been tracking stable and current on a couple machines and doing portupgrades. I noticed that super karamba started acting screwy, so I somehow stumbled across libchk and I ran it and I believe it said something about super karamba having an unresolvable link, so I de/reinstalled superkaram

need help with libchk

2004-12-14 Thread Steven Friedrich
I've been tracking stable and current on a couple machines and doing portupgrades. I noticed that super karamba started acting screwy, so I somehow stumbled across libchk and I ran it and I believe it said something about super karamba having an unresolvable link, so I de/reinstalled superkaram

Re: handbook version

2004-12-15 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Wednesday 15 December 2004 07:21 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 06:50:27PM -0500, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > I noticed that the local version of the handbook is from Release 4.7 and > > the version on the web site is 4.10. > > > > I'm not

Re: handbook version

2004-12-15 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Wednesday 15 December 2004 08:49 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 08:36:22PM -0500, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > On Wednesday 15 December 2004 07:21 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 06:50:27PM -0500, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > >

Re: handbook version

2004-12-15 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Wednesday 15 December 2004 09:18 pm, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 09:08:12PM -0500, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > > > > You can download a newer version from the FTP site, or install it > > > > > using the installer from the relevant

handbook version

2004-12-15 Thread Steven Friedrich
I noticed that the local version of the handbook is from Release 4.7 and the version on the web site is 4.10. I'm not trying to be critical, I'm just wondering if I'm supposed to be performing some action to get the latest, or if 4.11 release (which I believe will be the last 4.x) will contain

Re: Dual boot WinXP and FreeBSD 5.3

2004-12-27 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Monday 27 December 2004 06:44 pm, Tom Connolly wrote: > Hello list. I wish to put FreeBSD 5.3 on a new hard drive and have it > dual boot with the existing Windows XP system (separate HD). Can I just > simply go through the FreeBSD install and have it install the FreeBSD > boot manager/loader

Demand load of cd9660 filesystem not occurring

2005-01-23 Thread Steven Friedrich
I've been wrestling with mounting CDs as a non-root user and even though I performed all the steps in the handbook, it failed. So I tried to mount a CD as root, and THAT failed. As it turns out, I had removed CD9660 from my kernel config (a LONG time ago), because FreeBSD is supposed to load it

Re: Demand load of cd9660 filesystem not occurring

2005-01-23 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Sunday 23 January 2005 11:20 am, Steven Friedrich wrote: > I've been wrestling with mounting CDs as a non-root user and even though I > performed all the steps in the handbook, it failed. > > So I tried to mount a CD as root, and THAT failed. > > As it turns out, I had

Firefox about:plugins

2005-01-28 Thread Steven Friedrich
I'm running FreeBSD 4.11 (tracking STABLE). I recently installed jdk1,4,2 and firefox. My firefox doesn't have an "about:plugins" menu item. Did I miss something? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinf

Firefox about:plugins (oopppss)

2005-01-28 Thread Steven Friedrich
I'm running FreeBSD 4.11 (tracking STABLE). I recently installed jdk1,4,2 and firefox. My firefox doesn't have an "about:plugins" menu item. Did I miss something? I forgot to mention that I also installed the firefox flashplugin and that I reinstalled firefox after installing the jdk. __

Python based themes for superkaramba broken...

2005-01-28 Thread Steven Friedrich
About a month or two ago, my kalendar and liquid weather themes began failing. I'm not sure if it happened coincident with me adding ldconfig_path to my rc.conf. I've read the man pages relating to ldconfig, but my head is spinning. How do I determine what my ldconfig_path should be? I've tr

firefox plugins

2005-01-28 Thread Steven Friedrich
My goal is to install a freebsd native browser supporting at least the most common plugins. I'm running 4.11 stable. I have installed firefox and the jdk1.4.2 (which I believe is freebsd native) which provided me with the java plugin, and flashplugin-firefox. Are there native plugins for acrob

Re: can't figure out Brother 1240 + CUPS

2005-01-28 Thread Steven Friedrich
The "known" printers have .ppd files in /usr/local/share/cups/model. Did you get a CD with the Brother? I recently bought a Brother HL-6050DN mono laser, and it's CD had a PPD in various directories. I copied the ppd to the model directory and viola... You might try the Brother web site... ht

Acrobat plugin

2005-01-28 Thread Steven Friedrich
I'm running FreeBSD 4.11 STABLE. I've installed firefox and linuxpluginwrapper. Where do I get plugin support for acrobat? I've installed acroread and I rebuilt firefox hoping it would see it and add it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Acrobat plugin

2005-01-28 Thread Steven Friedrich
Helix DNA plugin: realplayer g2) is. Why it sees one and not the other is beyond me... any more ideas? btw, thanks for the previous info. On Friday 28 January 2005 11:28 pm, Andrew L. Gould wrote: > On Friday 28 January 2005 10:13 pm, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > I'm running

realplayer

2005-01-29 Thread Steven Friedrich
I've installed linux-realplayer, but about:plugins says: Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible File name: nphelix.so Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In Compatible version 0.4.0.404 built with gcc 3.2.0 on Dec 14 2004 Is this realplayer 10? If so, how come when I go to

FreeBSD browsers...

2005-01-29 Thread Steven Friedrich
I've going crazy trying to figure out the browser situation on FreeBSD. Could someone in the know, create a chart showing the various browsers and what plugins are available for each? I mean, damn, there's Mozilla, Linux Mozilla, Opera, (probably linux opera), Konqueror, Firefox. I'm trying to

Re: JDK1.4.2 and Opera

2005-01-30 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Sunday 30 January 2005 01:00 am, Dave Horsfall wrote: > Opera 7.54 from ports, FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE > > After have gone through the traumatic experience of installing JDK 142 (to > get OpenOffice using it), I find it's broken Opera. > > When selecting a page that uses Java, I get: > > /usr/libexec

Fwd: Re: FreeBSD browsers...

2005-01-30 Thread Steven Friedrich
Forgot to reply-all -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: FreeBSD browsers... Date: Sunday 30 January 2005 10:52 am From: Steven Friedrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ian Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Sunday 30 January 2005 05:40 am, you wrote: > Are you using the na

Acroread complains...

2005-01-30 Thread Steven Friedrich
When I run mozilla from the command line and ask it to open a pdf, it complains: /usr/local/Acrobat5/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/lib/libartsdsp.so.0: ELF file OS ABI invalid So I ran file on it: % file /usr/local/lib/libartsdsp.so.0 /usr/local

Re: Acroread complains...

2005-01-30 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Sunday 30 January 2005 07:07 pm, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steven > > Friedrich > > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 8:30 AM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd

Barry fails if using

2005-01-30 Thread Steven Friedrich
I've added the following to pkgtools.conf to eliminate portsdb and pkgdb rebuilds: pkgtools.conf: ENV['PORTS_DBDRIVER'] ||= 'bdb1_hash' pkgtools.conf: ENV['PKG_DBDRIVER'] ||= 'bdb1_hash' I originally just added the ports var, but i frequently experienced pkgdb rebuilds and adding the second va

Re: Barry fails if using bdb1_hash (was Barry fails if using)

2005-01-30 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Sunday 30 January 2005 10:25 pm, Steven Friedrich wrote: > I've added the following to pkgtools.conf to eliminate portsdb and pkgdb > rebuilds: > pkgtools.conf: ENV['PORTS_DBDRIVER'] ||= 'bdb1_hash' > pkgtools.conf: ENV['PKG_DBDRIVER'] ||= '

Re: running interactive program from shell script

2005-01-31 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Sunday 30 January 2005 11:23 pm, Jay Moore wrote: > As for what I'm trying to do: > I have a requirement to administer a number of remotely located embedded > devices; these devices do not support ssh - only telnet. To avoid the > obvious security issues, I am going to co-locate a "real" compute

Re: Mozilla and Firefox fail to start

2005-02-01 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Monday 31 January 2005 11:07 pm, Mac Mason wrote: > "So", I say to myself, "wouldn't it be nice to have firefox?" > > So, cd to the right place, make install clean... > > and then try to run it...and it thinks for two or three seconds, > and hands me my prompt back. > > No core file, no browser,

port entry error

2005-02-02 Thread Steven Friedrich
After cvsupping, I do a portsdb -Uu, but I get warnings about duplicate entries, and today, I got a "Not in due form". What's the cure(s)? Shutting down connection to server Finished successfully [EMAIL PROTECTED](p2)/usr/src 160% portsdb -Uu Updating the ports index ... Generating INDEX.tmp -

Re: Getting a microphone to work

2005-02-02 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 04:44 pm, Tom Huppi wrote: > BTW, does anyone know off-hand how to set 'mixer' settings as > default (so I would not have to re-set them after a re-boot?) > I don't know how you could do it automagically, but when you want to save the settings, you could: echo -n "mix

Re: port entry error

2005-02-03 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Thursday 03 February 2005 04:46 am, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > Yeah -- that's a mistake in the aureal-kmod port. The fix is to wait > for the maintainer / ports committers to commit a fix to the ports > tree and then cvsup again. In the mean time, you can just ignore the > error message and the

Re: running interactive program from shell script

2005-02-03 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Thursday 03 February 2005 06:02 am, Jay Moore wrote: > > > #! /bin/sh > > > > > > (sleep 3; > > > echo "password"; > > > sleep 3; > > > echo "ls -la"; > > > sleep 3; > > > ) | telnet -l user 192.168.0.2 did you try: #! /bin/sh while [ 1 ] do (sleep 3; echo "password"; sl

mbmon (in xmbmon port) on ASUS P4T-533

2005-02-04 Thread Steven Friedrich
I'm running i386 FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE and I have installed port xmbmon. mbmon doesn't detect my hw sensoe, even though it's mentioned in the Readme in /usr/local/share/doc/xmbmon. The Readme mentions the P4T-533C, which is amost identical and uses the same hw monitor chip. I have tried adding s

Within X, how can I see console messages?

2005-02-04 Thread Steven Friedrich
I know I can Control-Alt-F1 to go back to the console, but is there a way to see these messages in an xterm or something? -- i386 FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questi

Re: An AWK question

2005-02-04 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Friday 04 February 2005 02:14 pm, antenneX wrote: > ---> FBSD-4.10p2 > > I have a script that tells me when a mailbox exceeds 2MB. Using it for > another purpose. how can I modify this script to tell me when a file is > LESS than a certain size? > > -

Re: XFree86 port broke for Matrox G550

2005-06-16 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Thursday 16 June 2005 06:35 am, Dejan Lesjak wrote: > Steve Friedrich wrote: > > I just cvsupped and used portupgrade for XFree86. I portupgraded imake > > first, then went thru each XFree86 component. > > > > I've been using a XFConfig file, but when I got this error, I tried > > startx -autoc

Re: XFree86 port broke for Matrox G550

2005-06-16 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Thursday 16 June 2005 07:55 am, Dejan Lesjak wrote: > On Thursday 16 of June 2005 13:40, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > On Thursday 16 June 2005 06:35 am, Dejan Lesjak wrote: > > > Steve Friedrich wrote: > > > > I just cvsupped and used portupgrade for XFree86. I po

syscons features

2005-06-22 Thread Steven Friedrich
Can anyone explain to me the mechanism behind the following: If I echo B^HB | more I get a bold B. more is somehow activating? a feature of syscons (or the vga driver). Are there any other utilities like more that do this? Is this behavior documented in a man page ? -- i386 FreeBSD 4.11-

Gimp port broke?

2004-08-16 Thread Steven Friedrich
I'm running 4.10-STABLE. Here's my uname output: [EMAIL PROTECTED](p0)/usr/ports/graphics/gimp 115% uname -a FreeBSD lightning.StevenFriedrich.org 4.10-STABLE FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE #49: Tue Aug 10 23:10:38 EDT 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LIGHTNING i386 Here's the error: /usr

FreeBSD search question

2004-08-16 Thread Steven Friedrich
I'm using the FreeBSD search at the bottom of the home page. I searched for libc_r and I got pages that don't have that in them. Why? Is the underscore a problem? Also, is there anyway to limit hits to a particular language? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mai

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