Value too large to be stored in data type -- gzipped tarball

I have a gzipped tarball that I created on my box when i was running Linux, and I burned it, along with some other files, onto a dvd. I'm now trying to extract the tarball, but it appears that it must be over some sort of filesystem limit or something. None of the commands that I have tried seem

Re: Value too large to be stored in data type -- gzipped tarball

> > I have a gzipped tarball that I created on my box when i was running > > Linux, and I burned it, along with some other files, onto a dvd. I'm > > now trying to extract the tarball, but it appears that it must be over > > some sort of filesystem limit or something. None of the commands that >

Mounting Canon Powershot Digital Camera

s required. Someone on #freebsd suggested that i try giving it a -t flag, so I tried -t vfat (which apparently isn't correct on freebsd), then -t msdosfs, but received the same error with that. I'm feeling a bit stumped about this, currently

portupgrade and portversion seg-fault in freebsd 6.0

g_info: no packages match pattern(s) [amon-re /root] uname -sr FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE I'd appreciate any ideas to resolve this problem. Thanks, ~TuxGirl ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

pkg_add not installing lsof (and other programs)? (newbie problem)

Hello, I installed FreeBSD for the first time tonight (I've been running Linux for a while), and I seem to be misunderstanding pkg_add. I'm following the instructions in the FreeBSD manual, and I ran: # pkg_add -r lsof It claimed to succeed: Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i38

Re: pkg_add not installing lsof (and other programs)? (newbie problem)

> You can confirm that the package was installed by running the pkg_info > command, which returns a list of all installed packages and ports. > You can also look in /var/db/pkg, which is where the package database > is kept. Assuming you've got it installed (which you should, pkg_add > returns err

TouchPoint on IBM Thinkpad works in console but not X

Hi, When I'm in the console, my mouse works great --- no problems whatsoever. However, once I start X, if I just touch the touchpoint once, the mouse runs off and hides in the upper right corner and refuses to come out. I'm sure that this is something with my xorg.conf, but I can't seem to find

Re: TouchPoint on IBM Thinkpad works in console but not X

Pietro, > Try modifing with these lines... > > option "Device" "/dev/psm0" > option "Protocol" "auto" I tried this, and it gave the following errors: (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psm0Device busy. (EE) Configured Mouse: cannot open input device (EE) PreInit failed for input dev

Changing shells (was: pkg_add not installing lsof (and other programs)?)

> If you install bash, be aware that you have that you have to add it > (with it's full path, /usr/local/bin/bash) to /etc/shells befor trying > to change your shell (with 'pw usermod yourname -s bash'). amon-re# pw usermod erins -s zsh pw: no default shell available or defined I've added it to /

run commands on boot/loading modules

Hi, There are 3 commands I was having to run each time that I started up my computer, and I'm trying to figure out the correct way to have them run automatically. kldload if_iwi iwicontrol -i iwi- -d /usr/local/share/iwi-firmware -m bss kldload snd_ich I added these commands to the bottom of /et