Re: where is autoconf

2005-03-02 Thread Thomas Foster
Did you install any of these ports of autoconf? Remember the ports tree is a skeleton of potential applications you can install, they are not the actual installed apps themselves.. be sure and read the Ports/Packages section of the handbook : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/hand

Re: dumb network question

2005-03-03 Thread Thomas Foster
hostname="my.hostname.whatever" ifconfig_NIC1="inet a.b.c.d netmask 255.255.255.0" ifconfig_NIC2="DHCP" gateway_enable="YES" replace NIC1 and NIC2 with the interface names.. and of course.. a.b.c.d with the internal IP address.. be sure theres no gateway defined for the internal interface.. and i

Re: 128bit WEP

2005-03-08 Thread Thomas Foster
The actual key length is 104 bits for "128 bit" WEP encryption. Double check the manpage for wi and post your ifconfig line.. Also.. what card are you using.. what does the kernel say about the firmware version? Hope this helps.. T - Original Message - From: "Kevin Downey" <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: configuring php4 and apache2

2005-03-13 Thread Thomas Foster
I also had this issue with a couple o f Mozilla browsers until I deleted all the cache, closed and reopened the browser. I am not sure if this will work for you, but I found it to be a minor inconvenience with Mozilla that affected me. T - Original Message - From: "Aaron Siegel" <[EMA

Re: sharing a DSL connection using FreeBSD-5.3

2005-03-13 Thread Thomas Foster
For PF , try: http://www.section6.net/help/pf.php For IPF, try : http://www.section6.net/help/nat.php Hope this helps, T - Original Message - From: "Edwin D. Vinas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 6:05 PM Subject: sharing a DSL connection using FreeBSD-5.3 hello ever

Re: IPMI doesn't work...

2005-03-14 Thread Thomas Foster
How are you attempting to manage the server.. via a command line or terminal emulation software directly to the BMC? What amangement software ships with the IBM? Once the kernel loads, you need to perform SOL (serial redirection over LAN), or use management software the speaks directly with th

Re: error xserver

2005-03-15 Thread Thomas Foster
There is no Magical Glass Bowl, only a conf file somewhere under /etc/X11 that might need editing T - Original Message - From: "Gert Cuykens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 8:03 AM Subject: error xserver error xserver cant find default font 'fixed' So what does

Re: Question about install. (two hard drives, install freebsd on second)

2005-03-16 Thread Thomas Foster
You can install FreeBSD indepedently on its own drive while another OS coexists on a previous drive in your system. You would most likely want to use an alternate bootloader installed on the mater boot record of the first drive.. such as GAG or Grub.. but the FreeBSD bootloader works just as w

Re: new install of fbsd with apache/php/mysql

2005-03-17 Thread Thomas Foster
You can switch ttys to view output of pkg_add to see any error messages.. or try using the Ports tree. T - Original Message - From: "Chip Wiegand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "FreeBSD List" Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:06 AM Subject: new install of fbsd with apache/php/mysql I just fin

Re: Data Recovery

2005-03-17 Thread Thomas Foster
I hope that you have remounted this filesystem read-only .. or else you might not be able to recover anything. That might be one of the problems you are running into. Sleuthkit allows you to search inodes and fragment ranges of a device for particular file and directory names.. then images tha

Re: Stupid ASCII loader prompt

2005-03-17 Thread Thomas Foster
- Original Message - From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jerry McAllister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Michael C. Shultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:05 AM Subject: RE: Stupid ASCII loader prompt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cannot build openoffice

2005-03-17 Thread Thomas Foster
Same here.. passing WITHOUT_MOZILLA=YES doesnt seem to do the trick, though installing the pkg worked out for me.. Also, I am curious why it still uses XFree-libs as a dependency.. though not an immediate issue.. T - Original Message - From: "Doug Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RW" <

Re: How much HDD space does FreeBSD need?

2005-03-17 Thread Thomas Foster
http://oootranslation.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/ooomisc/FreeBSD/ download the tgz and pkg_add it.. Check out the handbook on more information about ports and packages if need be.. T - Original Message - From: "Soo-Hyun Choi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Slow Performance with OpenBSD's PF on 5.3-RELEASE

2005-03-20 Thread Thomas Foster
I think more information might be required than just your conf files. What slow performance are you seeing? Are internal LAN clients having issues with using this computer as a firewall/router? Are you running an internal DNS? DHCPd? Just a start.. T - Original Message - From: "Tom

Re: inetd vs standalone daemon

2005-03-27 Thread Thomas Foster
Im still confused as to your questions.. again.. most of these are answered by a simple glance at the FreeBSD handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-inetd.html If you want to remove the inetd binary from your system .. go for it... There are those who still us

Re: more problems with 5.3 and "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA"

2005-03-27 Thread Thomas Foster
I had this same issue on an older AMD Nforce board. 5.2.1 seemed to install and run.. but moving to 5.3 gave me issues. I tinkered with the DMA settings in the BIOS.. to no avail. The Geometry seemed to be off on the drive I noticed (IBM deskstar) when I newfs'd it.. so I changed out drives..

Re: upgrading net-snmp-5.2.1 gives error

2005-03-27 Thread Thomas Foster
Does it compile WITH_PERL="NO" ? what version of autoconf and libtool are you using? and perl -v returns what version? what happens after running ldconfig -R T - Original Message - From: "gustaaf wijnands" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 1:35 PM Subject: upgrading net

Re: Xorg mouse problems

2005-03-28 Thread Thomas Foster
I had similar issues with Xorg and moused on an Apex Outlook KVM. I sumply disabled moused.. and just use the device section6 of my Xorg.conf to enable the mouse. You could also try compiling the kernel with device hints and add hint.psm.0.flags="0x100" to your hint file T - Original Mess

Re: Help Please ... Question on cvsupit

2005-01-25 Thread Thomas Foster
http://www.section6.net/help/cvsup.php Hope this helps... T - Original Message - From: "Andrew Batson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 8:14 PM Subject: Help Please ... Question on cvsupit Hello, I have been trying for the last few days to figure

Re: Scroll whell on FreeBSD 5.3 i386

2005-01-25 Thread Thomas Foster
are your using moused in your rc.conf.. if so .. try the following example: moused_port="/dev/psm0" #or whatever port your mouse is uses moused_type="auto" what brand / protocol does the mouse use? ..for most mice you can use the following example in your XF86Config Option "Protocol""Auto"

Re: DNS problem

2005-01-25 Thread Thomas Foster
I am not quite sure of your name server setup, or even your registrant for your domain name.. but I do have a few questions Is this DNS server behind a firewall? Is this DNS server master for your zone? What is your zone name? Does your Domian registration include this server as primary for your

Re: Mouse port

2005-01-25 Thread Thomas Foster
check your kernel messages for detected mice.. is this a USB or PS2 mouse? T - Original Message - From: "Aperez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 5:03 AM Subject: Mouse port How can I find out what is the port of mouse? Thanks Thomas Foster wrote

Re: DNS problem

2005-01-25 Thread Thomas Foster
I dont see your name server listed for your domain in the WHOIS database.. are you wanting to use homelinux.net as your DNS server? what is the address of your DNS server.. also.. I agree.. check with your ISP to see if they are blocking UDP port 53 The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NE

Re: mDNS, daapd iTunes etc

2005-01-26 Thread Thomas Foster
Hi Alan, Check out the following article: http://www.section6.net/help/daapd.php This works great for me, let me know if you have any additional problems or questions T - Original Message - From: "Alan Curtis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 12:38 PM Subject: m

Re: Scan TCP/IP traffic for viruses

2005-01-26 Thread Thomas Foster
Also, F-Prot makes a great virus scanner.. http://www.f-prot.com/products/corporate_users/unix/ Their corporate edition seems like it might do the trick, though they do offer a free version as well Hope this helps T - Original Message - From: "Chuck Swiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Vince

Re: removing php4 in order to install php5-pear

2005-01-26 Thread Thomas Foster
.. As long as you have the mime.types and module loading from your apache conf.. you should be good to go.. just restart apache.. Hope this helps T - Original Message - From: "Ken Hawkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Thomas Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sen

Re: mDNS, daapd iTunes etc

2005-01-27 Thread Thomas Foster
urtis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: "Thomas Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:05 PM Subject: Re: mDNS, daapd iTunes etc OK, I got it working. Sort of. With some offline help from Thomas Foster (with Thanks). I deinstalled and reinstalled mDNSResp

Re: enable linux compatibility

2005-01-29 Thread Thomas Foster
have you tried running any Linux binaries? Have you installed any of the linux_base emulator ports? Try downloading a linux binary or installing a linux based application from ports.. if you do not get any elf binary errors then yo umost likely have the linux compatibility enabled correctly.

Re: starting mt-daapd

2005-01-29 Thread Thomas Foster
Heres a good example mt-daapd config file.. try using something similar to this.. and make sure your editor isnt leaving garbage characters in the file: ## web_root/path/to/mt-daapd/admin-root port3689 admin_pw

Re: enable linux compatibility

2005-01-29 Thread Thomas Foster
Well, personally I use linux_base-8.. but you can use whichever suits your needs.. exactly what linux binaries are you attempting to run on this system? T - Original Message - From: "Dick Hoogendijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Thomas Foster" <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: DNS

2005-01-29 Thread Thomas Foster
Does it have a publically accessible interface that can be accessed via an internet connection, or is it behind a Firewall/NAT/Router? Is UDP port 53 accessible if it is behind a Router? Are you hosting a publically resolvable domain name? T - Original Message - From: "ZaiD Dashti" <

Re: 2 quick firewall questions for FreBSD

2005-01-29 Thread Thomas Foster
For FreeBSD.. I highly recommend PF http://www.section6.net/help/pf.php Hope this helps T - Original Message - From: "Andy Firman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 1:50 PM Subject: 2 quick firewall questions for FreBSD First, if one were to deploy FreeBSD 5.3 as

Re: BIND9 doesn't seem to do anything

2005-01-29 Thread Thomas Foster
you might want to add named_enable="YES" in your /etc/rc.conf check out the following tutorial on setting up Bind9 http://www.section6.net/help/bind.php Hope this helps.. T - Original Message - From: "Pat Maddox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 3:54 PM Subject: BI

Re: BIND9 doesn't seem to do anything

2005-01-30 Thread Thomas Foster
ate. So I don't know what to do. There's no output, I can't find any logs, there's just no way for me to tell what's wrong. On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 15:59:46 -0800, Thomas Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: you might want to add named_enable="YES" in your /et

Re: Ftp behind firewall/nat

2005-01-31 Thread Thomas Foster
You also might want to pass and redirect tcp port 20 (ftp data).. this seems to work very well for me.. also.. what FTP client are you using? You might want to use PASV FTP options T - Original Message - From: "eric wyzerski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 12:

Re: Video Capture, TV tuner devices

2005-02-01 Thread Thomas Foster
You can get the Hauppauge PVR drivers running, though its a manual job... http://mythtv.son.org/tiki-index.php?page=Multimedia+Drivers hope this helps.. T - Original Message - From: "Rod Person" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Roland Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 200

Re: problems running k3b in fluxbox with sudo

2005-02-01 Thread Thomas Foster
/usr/ports/sysutils/dvd+rw-tools Hope this helps.. T - Original Message - From: "Brian John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 3:30 PM Subject: problems running k3b in fluxbox with sudo When I try to run k3b in fluxbox with sudo, I get this error message: 'Unable

Re: Routing Problem

2005-02-02 Thread Thomas Foster
Im confused.. if you have two T1s, then are using /30s dor the ranges? If so.. what about not giving a default gateway for either one and just add routes... Are you attempting utilize this as just a router.? Theres a section that covers setting up routing on interfaces in the handbook: http:/

Re: Routing Problem

2005-02-02 Thread Thomas Foster
case? I guess I am not fully understanding your configuration ... T. - Original Message - From: "Gustafson, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Thomas Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 4:06 AM Subject

Re: Routing Problem

2005-02-02 Thread Thomas Foster
Sounds like the man page for routed might be what you seek http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=routed&sektion=8 T - Original Message - From: "Gustafson, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Thomas Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: IPF, IPFW, or IPFILTER?

2005-02-02 Thread Thomas Foster
I dont think there really is a more commonly used one. It kind of moves in cycles. There used to be quite a few posts about IPfilter.. its quick, easy, and secure. Then there was a buzz around IPFW.. its a bit more cumbersome.. but also very secure.. and along with dummynet.. there are many

Re: apache13_modssl + mod_php4 + php4-extenstions +mysql323-*+myphpadmin = ...

2005-02-03 Thread Thomas Foster
php instead of using php.ini. Probably to avoid the problems that you mentioned of ports overwriting php files. so what is this alternative way? i have to include some other paths... ken; On Tuesday, February 01, 2005, at 03:35PM, Thomas Foster <

Re: easy VPN config HOWTO?

2005-02-06 Thread Thomas Foster
http://www.section6.net/help/pptphow.php Hope this helps T - Original Message - From: "darren david" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 11:39 AM Subject: easy VPN config HOWTO? Hi all- I have been searching high and low for a straightforward VPN configuration HOWTO

Re: Freebsd vs. linux

2005-02-12 Thread Thomas Foster
My solution is to remove emotion from the equation and simply install the best software for the job. On the desktop, that's Windows. -- Anthony Sometimes Mac is a better solution on the desktop, especially when it comes to Multimedia: Video/Audio/Graphics applications. I guess that all depends

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

2005-02-13 Thread Thomas Foster
As far as the size of the Windows Partition.. its up to you what your intended needs are. If you leave your configuration as is, you can install FreeBSD on the other driver(s) and use the FreeBSD bootloader, or even install GRUB from ports. I personally use the GAG bootloader and find that it s

UFS2 File System Recovery

2005-02-13 Thread Thomas Foster
I have done quite a bit of searching on the subject and seem to be coming back to the same conclusion. I recently accidentally removed a symlink recursively in a sleep deprived stupor and lost an entire directory of personal music projects. Being that I had not performed backups for that day,

Re: how to set up a dual boot system

2005-02-13 Thread Thomas Foster
Install the bootloader to sector 0 of the first drive in the system.. you can also use GRUB or GAG T - Original Message - From: "Marty Landman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 5:53 PM Subject: how to set up a dual boot system I must've goofed somehow. Left wind

Re: proxy client for FreeBSD

2005-02-15 Thread Thomas Foster
export HTTP_PROXY="proxy.whatever.name:port number" export FTP_PROXY="proxy.whatever.name:port number" as far as any other "clients" for other apps.. thats really up to your proxy server administrator and apps you need to use Hope this helps.. - Original Message - From: "Alden Meneses" <