strange routing

2004-12-22 Thread Xian
** Request timed out. 6 *** Request timed out. etc. Please CC to me as I am not subscribed t this list. Thanks in advance for any ideas/help/kicks in the right direction. -- /Xian "Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mu

ssh, window managers, and xorg

2005-01-05 Thread Xian
? I have found this to happen on my workstation and on the FreeSBIE CD that I am trying to use at college. Any help will be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- /Xian "In C we had to code our own bugs. In C++ we can inherit them" unknown author __

Re: Software mirgration from Windows for my friend

2005-01-15 Thread Xian
menus as well. > - AC3filter > - Decoding DVD to AVI (I have no idea why anybody would need this) -- /Xian "Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater." Albert Einstein ___ freebsd-quest

kernel panic on umass drive

2005-01-15 Thread Xian
t again. I have had other USB Flash drives work properly on earlier version(s) of either 5.2.1R or 5.3R, I can't remember. I'm not sure how to get round this, or who this information would help. Any help will be very much appreciated, or who to send this info to. -- /Xian "Too man

Re: gvinum start

2005-01-15 Thread Xian
On Saturday 15 January 2005 10:37, Dikshie wrote: > dear all, > how to start gvinum automaticallly on boot ? > /etc/default/rc.conf only contain start_vinum=" " > > > > thanks ! > > -dikshie- You could try start_vinum="YES" a lot of things start like

Re: kernel panic on umass drive

2005-01-15 Thread Xian
On Saturday 15 January 2005 11:52, Xian wrote: > I have small USB flash drive that has worked quite well up until now with > FreeBSD. I've found I have to boot with it plugged in as when I don't will > give a line in dmesg: > > umass0: Generic USB Flash Disk, rev 1.10/1.0

Re: Software mirgration from Windows for my friend

2005-01-16 Thread Xian
On Saturday 15 January 2005 21:17, Vulpes Velox wrote: > On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:58:41 + > > Xian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 15 January 2005 03:50, Sergei Gnezdov wrote: > > > > > > - WinAMP > > > > Xmms (only under FeeS

Re: php.ini

2005-01-16 Thread Xian
one of them as php.ini? I read > somewhere that I need to copy the file to /usr/local/lib. Is that right? > The manual does not mention it ;-( > Any help would be appreciated. I installed PHP from the source code not ports, but my php.ini file is /usr/local/lib/php.ini -- /Xian "Y

Re: KDM, KDE 3.3 and xmodmap

2005-01-16 Thread Xian
~/.xsession and ~/.xinit files out of the box. I don't know how to change this. If you want to test your ~/.xsession and ~/.xinit files you can type startx -- :1 to start up another Xserver. Also I can't seem to find any logic to what uses ~/.xsession and what uses ~/.xinit so I

Re: 5.3 Install

2005-01-16 Thread Xian
On Sunday 16 January 2005 06:41, Lyn Robie wrote: >grizzled old graybeard unix administrators will be able to make a system run. I'm old and going grey at age 17 am I? That would be due to M$ stuff I used before I went FreeBSD! ;-) -- /Xian "No, this trick won't work...Ho

window managers don't work over ssh

2005-01-17 Thread Xian
me it cant find any unmanaged screens. Ive no idea whats doing wrong because other X apps work over ssh and window managers work locally. Any help much appreciated. -- /Xian "Knowledge speaks but wisdom listens" Jimi Hendrix ___ freebsd-questi

Re: window managers don't work over ssh

2005-01-18 Thread Xian
On Tuesday 18 January 2005 01:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 11:43:27PM +0000, Xian wrote: > > I cant seem to make any window manager work over ssh, but they all work > > locally. I am using Xorg now, and i didn't have this problem with > > XFree

Re: FreeBSD I LOVE YOU

2005-01-19 Thread Xian
gt; > take care > > > = > *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ Allah-hu-Akber*º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ I installed FreeBSD on a machine with an Athlon 3200 that I accident under clocked to 1.4GHz. I didn't notice for quite a while as the performance was amazing any way. It didn't half g

Re: Audio works... and then died ?

2005-01-19 Thread Xian
Quick fix: > $ killall artsd; mplayer / realplay / whatever > > Keep in touch. > > > - Andrew Sinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I found that that KDE sets the volumes when you log in. Sometimes it's set to zero. If your using KDE, start KMix after you log in, and

Re: window managers don't work over ssh

2005-01-19 Thread Xian
On Tuesday 18 January 2005 10:19, Xian wrote: > On Tuesday 18 January 2005 01:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 11:43:27PM +0000, Xian wrote: > > > I cant seem to make any window manager work over ssh, but they all work > > > locally. I am using

Re: FreeBSD I LOVE YOU

2005-01-20 Thread Xian
luded). > Spam filtering. > SSh > VNC over SSh. > X.org & enlightenment (So I can use synergy, since the server and my > workstation are right next to each other.) > A few eggdrop bots. > Top and PFTop are constantly running, so I can be constantly in awe of > ju

Re: FreeBSD I LOVE YOU

2005-01-20 Thread Xian
ded). > Spam filtering. > SSh > VNC over SSh. > X.org & enlightenment (So I can use synergy, since the server and my > workstation are right next to each other.) > A few eggdrop bots. > Top and PFTop are constantly running, so I can be constantly in awe of > just how wel

Re: FreeBSD I LOVE YOU

2005-01-21 Thread Xian
> Overite it with randomness so dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/drive would do the trick? -- /Xian "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal." Albert Einstein ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mail

Re: Just installed FreeBSD

2005-03-07 Thread Xian
is figuring out what else you can > do . That is where a lot of the other advice is going to come in handy. I would second that advice. KDE works very well for me and looks more like Winbugs than a console so it will be easier to get your head round it. It works much much better than Winbugs t

Re: IP aliases and forcing outbound IP

2005-03-08 Thread Xian
7;t > > figured out how to do this in FreeBSD. > > > > Patrick Swapping the addresses over in rc.conf might make 10.0.1.254 the default. I don't really know though. -- /Xian "INDECISION is the key to FLEXIBILITY" unknown author __

Re: Adding a 2nd disk without messing with the 1st

2005-03-09 Thread Xian
n. It works well for me. -- /Xian "Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud. After a while, you realize the pig is enjoying it." Unknown Author ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/

Re: Backup of hd using DD.

2005-03-10 Thread Xian
a number slows things down a bit. I use 128K with my USB drive, perhaps this is a point to start guessing from. I expect a bigger number will work better as a hard drive will be faster than USB. > > Make sure you use the raw disk device (/dev/adX) not a partition > (/dev/adXsY) so

Re: dual-head fbsd

2005-03-10 Thread Xian
ow many keyboard/monitors... you could connect not CPU. -- /Xian "To belittle is to be little" Unknown Author ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: changed cases, now freebsd won't boot!

2005-03-10 Thread Xian
so they don't burn up when they're in upside down. > > >From master primary bus to master secondary bus? ad0 to ad3 for example? > > I'd > > look at the boot messages for what is the hard disk being detected as and > compare with what was? > > Maybe s

Re: Getting rid of message: unknown: can't assign resources (port)

2005-03-14 Thread Xian
regards > Abu Khaled I have a few of them too. How do i find out what they refer too? Also my floppy disk doesn't work but that's not really a problem for me. unknown: can't assign resources (port) unknown: can't assign resources (memory) unknown: can't assign res

Re: Change console resolotion [was: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org]

2005-04-06 Thread Xian
resolution > 640x400 "something like that" > to a 1024x768. how I change. thks > > I wish you can help me to do it I think vidcontrol is what you are looking for. `man vidcontrol` for more info. -- /Xian "You're not fully tr

sending mail between local computers

2005-04-06 Thread Xian
plain.html ;-) -- /Xian "C lets you shoot yourself in the foot. C++ lets you reuse the bullet" Unknown Author ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Sound Help

2005-04-07 Thread Xian
e me a guide to how > to get my sound back and working? I have a ASUS A7V600-X motherboard, and sound came out the mic (pink) socket until I used this patch: http://www.essenz.com/support/lists/hackers/20041231/51.html -- /Xian "What is Pi? Mathematician: Pi is the number expressing t

Re: Help: Streaming media capture

2005-04-07 Thread Xian
ssh port forwarding might get you round the firewall. For actually getting the stream onto disk, mplayer is very good. -- /Xian "C lets you shoot yourself in the foot rather easily. C++ allows you to blow your whole leg off" unknown author _

Re: sending mail between local computers

2005-04-07 Thread Xian
On Thursday 07 April 2005 02:19, Chris Hill wrote: > On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Xian wrote: > > I have two FreeBSD boxes running sendmail, how would make it so mail > > can be sent from one box to the other? > > Assuming they are both on your local network, as suggested in the >

Re: USB Keyboard Problem

2005-01-26 Thread Xian
> > Milan Nankov This is because the kernel doesn't know to use the USB keyboard. My fix was to find a PS/2 keyboard, install FreeBSD and set it up to use a USB keyboard, then throw out the PS/2 keyboard. -- /Xian "There are 10 types of people - those

Re: Realtek RTL8100C

2005-01-26 Thread Xian
k on freebsd "Realtek AC'97 Driver & Application > A3.41 for Linux " my sound is all distorted when i play something in > freebsd Sorry if its a bit basic, but have you tried turning the pcm volume down and the main volume up if pcm was at 100% ? -- /Xian &quo

Re: Realtek RTL8100C

2005-01-26 Thread Xian
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 23:09, Gert Cuykens wrote: > > Sorry if its a bit basic, but have you tried turning the pcm volume down > > and the main volume up if pcm was at 100% ? > > > > -- > > /Xian > > > > "Imagination is more important than kno

Backup to CD-Rs and DVDs

2005-01-26 Thread Xian
erly. Any ideas how to do this properly? -- /Xian "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." Albert Einstein ___ freebsd-questions@free

Re: Backup to CD-Rs and DVDs

2005-01-27 Thread Xian
ks. I tried it with a CD-RW like this dump -0 -L -C16 -B716800 -P 'burncd -e blank data - fixate' /var and it works well. I'll try DVDs when I have some. THANKS :D -- /Xian "One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not

Re: Backup to CD-Rs and DVDs

2005-01-27 Thread Xian
On Thursday 27 January 2005 12:39, Xian wrote: > On Thursday 27 January 2005 10:37, Ian Moore wrote: > > > Hope that's the kind of thing you are after. > > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sbin/dump/main.c?rev=1.59&cont > > >en t-type=text/x-cvsweb

Re: Xdm & Securelevels revisited

2005-01-27 Thread Xian
On Friday 28 January 2005 01:13, markzero wrote: > securelevel is raised before xdm can start which causes fireworks. just a thought: if you raise the securelevel after xdm has started and it dies, would you get fireworks again? -- /Xian "Common sense is the collection of prejudices

Re: Hard Drive Buffer tool.

2005-01-28 Thread Xian
a tool or > a built-in utility under FreeBSD that allows me to get > such information, without the having me email the > manufacturer ? > > Thank you in advance. > > = > regards, > > "UNIX, it's a way of life." atacontrol might tell you something. -- /

Re: enable linux compatibility

2005-01-28 Thread Xian
ed linux_enable="YES" in rc.conf at least. I can't remember if there is more to do. I'm sure someone else can help. -- /Xian "Work is the curse of the drinking class" Unknown author ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailin

custom periodic scripts

2005-01-28 Thread Xian
How would I go about adding scripts to periodic? I particular I have a couple of scripts to fetch virus definitions and scan my system. I gathered the is a 'proper' way to do it by using /usr/local/etc/periodic but not how to do it. -- /Xian "We can't solve problems by us

Re: Backup to CD-Rs and DVDs

2005-01-29 Thread Xian
ries of dvds with the dump file on them. > > You can then boot from CD2 (live system) and use restore to restore the > > data. If the link above is the one I think it is, it gives you an example > > restore command. > > I'm in the same boat as Xian. I want to backup to

panic on boot

2005-01-29 Thread Xian
it again. Help: how do I fix it? It was running 4.9R. This is my home web server that I use quite a lot from college. It is extremely old - its a P90. Thank God for getting me to play around with taking backups 2 days ago. -- /Xian "The release of atom power has changed everything excep

Re: panic on boot

2005-01-29 Thread Xian
On Saturday 29 January 2005 13:15, Xian wrote: > I woke up this morning to find that my computer had rebooted and panicked > as soon as the kernel had started to run. it said: > > The rights of the University... > panic: vm_page_insert: alredy inserted > uptime: 0s > >

Re: panic on boot

2005-01-29 Thread Xian
On Saturday 29 January 2005 13:41, Mike Hauber wrote: > On Saturday 29 January 2005 08:15 am, Xian wrote: > > I woke up this morning to find that my computer had rebooted > > and panicked as soon as the kernel had started to run. it said: > > > > The rights of

Re: Control local X from ssh?

2005-01-30 Thread Xian
onitor. > > I certainly could need some help here. You might be able to send the slide show program a signal to get it to restart. Investigate 'kill', it doesn't _just_ kill things. -- /Xian "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." Albert E

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-01-31 Thread Xian
to hack the code out that actually does the reboot -- /Xian "Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity" unknown author ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: .html problems

2005-01-31 Thread Xian
sing bytes are coming from. As for 'index of /' page, sometimes it will only accept index.htm not index.html. This can be changed in the config file for Apache though. Hope I'm answering the right question. -- /Xian "Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Tru

Re: How do I do a COLD Reboot on FreeBSD?

2005-02-01 Thread Xian
On Monday 31 January 2005 19:24, Billy Newsom wrote: > Xian wrote: > > On Monday 31 January 2005 18:53, Billy Newsom wrote: > >>When you flash your BIOS from DOS, it will usually do a cold reboot > >>when it exits. > > > > Does the dos reboot command work

Re: Compile time for kde

2005-02-02 Thread Xian
gt; > Have never seen anything like it8) > > Regards > > Peter I have an Athlon 3200 with 1024MB ram. It took about 28 hours for me, but it spent many hours waiting for me to come back and answer a question of some kind. -- /Xian "The important thing is not to stop quest

Re: ee editor rules :)

2005-02-02 Thread Xian
with ^a or ^o depending on weather Emacs keys bindings is on or off. I really like it too. Its a lots easier to get my head round it than vi. I do need to work out how to survive it though, because sometime it will be the only thing I have available. Does anyone have an "Idiots guide to VI"

Re: gtar failing, please help!

2005-02-03 Thread Xian
off again. It all happens in the middle of the night so it doesn't bother me that its slow. -- /Xian "Aim Low, Reach Your Goals, Avoid Disappointment" unknown author ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd

Re: Strange foreign connections

2005-02-03 Thread Xian
ients or servers running and irc ports are blocked at the firewall. > Does anyone have any idea what might be going on here? > > Gene Should anything foreign be connecting to localhost? All my foreign connections go from the machines IP in the LAN. -- /Xian "Sometimes one pays mo

Re: Leaving a Computer Running ?

2005-02-06 Thread Xian
nd servers as an alarm clock :-) -- /Xian "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist" Golda Meir ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Leaving a Computer Running ?

2005-02-06 Thread Xian
SCSI drives are built better than modern IDE. I have an archaic thing thing running a small web server and it is built a damn site better than most other computers I've seen. It has and old SCSI drive that's built like a brick. -- /Xian "The only real valuable thing is intuitio

formatting a DVD+RW

2005-02-10 Thread Xian
at that just sat there for a few hours and did nothing. It didn't do any progress reporting like the man page said. I'm stumped now. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance. -- /Xian "C lets you shoot yourself in the foot. C++ lets you r

Re: formatting a DVD+RW

2005-02-10 Thread Xian
On Thursday 10 February 2005 21:51, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > Under 5.X or 4.X ? 5.3R -- /Xian "I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice." Albert Einstein ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mai

Re: formatting a DVD+RW

2005-02-12 Thread Xian
On Friday 11 February 2005 15:32, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 11:33:48PM +0000, Xian wrote: > > On Thursday 10 February 2005 21:51, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > > > > > > Under 5.X or 4.X ? > > > > 5.3R > > You have to read &g

Re: formatting a DVD+RW

2005-02-12 Thread Xian
On Friday 11 February 2005 04:31, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Xian wrote: > > I am trying to format a DVD+RW as I gather this kind of DVD needs. I > > tried growisofs and it told me: > > > > * DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, version 4.10. >

Re: formatting a DVD+RW

2005-02-14 Thread Xian
On Saturday 12 February 2005 11:02, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > You did not read the URL I pasted in a previous mail :( > > Marc oops. Now I read the whole thing I've made it work. Thanks -- /Xian "No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in

Re: Mindterm and SSH

2005-02-18 Thread Xian
ings (I'm sure someone else will say more on this). You may be able to use public/private keys.I don't know what exactly Mindterm is. The man pages for ssh-keygen, ssh-agent, and ssh is where I found out how to use them. -- /Xian "Succeed in spite of management" unknown au

md5 problems

2004-10-15 Thread Xian
won't compile giving: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/devel] %g++ md5.cpp -o md5 /tmp/cc8WdTS0.o: In function `main': /tmp/cc8WdTS0.o(.text+0x57): undefined reference to `MD5Data' It looks like I am missing a .o file or something. I am reasonably new to C++ so any kind of help will be much

Re: freeBSD - Apache & php configuration

2006-12-22 Thread Xian
windows are needed for running apache and php. If > suppose where to find out the tar file and how to install and run. > Please help me You don't need X Windows if you have another maching that you have a browser on. -- /Xian "I know not with what weapons World War III will be f

Re: How to change users rights for a symboliked file.

2006-12-22 Thread Xian
/var/tmp > > I change write of user and group but i can't that. > chmod 777 tmp2 > > ls -l tmp2 > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 14 Dec 21 10:12 tmp -> /var/tmp > > Why don't I able to change user rights of tmp2 ? I think you need the -h option to chmod.

Re: How to change users rights for a symboliked file.

2006-12-22 Thread Xian
I mean to say from the man page: -h If the file is a symbolic link, change the mode of the link itself rather than the file that the link points to. -- /Xian "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." Alber

Re: freeBSD network error

2006-12-22 Thread Xian
e (I don't know what ones are). The re or rl drivers might be wat your after. The man pages for them have lists of supported cards. -- /Xian "I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details." Albert Einstein ___ freebsd-que

Re: Monitoring network connections recomendations please

2005-09-27 Thread Xian
On Monday 26 September 2005 17:49, vladone wrote: > Ntop, traffic, bwm-ng. U can find more in ports at /net/ location. nload is good too /Xian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: New user

2005-09-27 Thread Xian
g question. the handbook off the website is a great resource. It can also be found on the disk (at /usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html ) once you have installed. Usefull for working out how to set up internet ;-) Using it will also save FreeB

Re: Server Crash

2005-09-28 Thread Xian
ble CD. I _should_ "just work" (TM) Maybe other people here can improve on this but this way has worked for me in the past. /Xian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: NFS mounting

2005-05-03 Thread Xian
t regards, [MCP, MCSD] > Vyacheslav mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Origin: <--=<< DVG_Lab >>=--> > The bg option would background the mount and it would try every minute till it works. man mount_nfs explains all. -- /Xian "Kind wo

Re: NFS mounting

2005-05-05 Thread Xian
32768,-r=32768 as well. The tcp, and buffer size options should speed things up a bit. I found most of it under the -o option of the man page. HTH -- /Xian "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.&quo

Re: external usb2 drive enclosure on 5.3

2005-05-06 Thread Xian
> That repeats. Any help appreciated. > Thanks. > Dave. > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Mailinglist privacy: MY NAME ALL OVER GOOGLE!

2005-05-06 Thread Xian
y BSD list out there with some inane > grandiosity and is now worried for his life? All spammers should be > so worried. A trolls life is at risk? Perhaps someone is doing something sensible about the trolls, like adding pest control to these lists ;-) -- /Xian "TEAMWORK... means never

Re: dump/restore over ssh question

2005-05-06 Thread Xian
ts setenv TMPDIR /mnt/tmp Then for each file system to be restored, cd into the right place, fetch the backup and restore it. cd /mnt/usr ssh BoxWithBackupsOn cat /path/to/backup | zcat | restore -rf - It would be a wise idea to test this on another box if you can becaus

Re: ports backup corrupted windows

2005-05-10 Thread Xian
s mount the DOS partition under UNIX and access it from the UNIX side > directly. > > Ted > I have had things like this before. Any idea how to do this on an ntfs slice, since all the open soucer ntfs drivers I have come accross are read only? /Xian __

Re: BAD SU

2005-05-10 Thread Xian
e console. If victor is not... have stern words with victor ;-) > > Vittorio > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to >

Slow DNS

2005-05-12 Thread Xian
DNS queries in a few milliseconds. -- /Xian "Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves." Albert Einstein ___ freebsd-questions

Re: Slow DNS

2005-05-12 Thread Xian
On Thursday 12 May 2005 12:43, you wrote: > Xian wrote: > >I have just set up a router and would like DNS caching on it. I have tried > > to set it up an it kind of works, just computer using it as their > > nameserver take ages on DNS queries, up to 4-5 seconds. > > >

Re: Network interface counters

2005-05-12 Thread Xian
t; I would use the counters built into IPFW for this purpose, as you can > configure rules or pipes to match any subset of traffic you care > about... netstat -s might be usefull. -- /Xian "TEAMWORK... means never having to take all the blame yourself" unknown author

A new port?

2005-05-12 Thread Xian
I recently found this on the net while working on a project: http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/SocketCC/ I have found the little of it I have managed to use very usefull. Just wondering if other people think it is worth making a port out of, and if so what it would involve? -- /Xian "The

Re: Shutting down [k|g]dm for a short while?

2005-05-13 Thread Xian
his? > > Thanks! > > --Mac You can edit /etc/ttys to turn off the appropriate tty, then SIGHUP init (pid 1). You might have to kill [k|g]dm afterwards as well. Then when your done, enable the tty, and SIGHUP init again. -- /Xian &qu

Re: Loading USB Drivers with Parameters

2005-05-14 Thread Xian
in FreeBSD? Would one have to create a > new, specialized USB driver that works in concert with the ucom device > driver after the fashion of the uplcom or umct drivers? > > > Bill device.hints can be used to tell drivers where to attach I think. -- /Xian

can't link against net/Sockets

2006-07-02 Thread Xian
/local/lib/libSockets* -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 2.8M Jul 1 11:04 /usr/local/lib/libSockets.a -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 514K Jul 1 11:04 /usr/local/lib/libSocketsEx.a Any help much appreciated. -- /Xian "We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrat

Re: Root crontab for backup

2006-07-02 Thread Xian
e. You can use /usr/ocal/etc/periodic ok -- /Xian "The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible." Albert Einstein ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-

Re: find syntax

2006-07-05 Thread Xian
Any help appreciated. You could try puting single quotes (') round the *.html . Just a guess. -- /Xian "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http: