dmesg: mute pcm0 (sound stuff) output?

2008-09-14 Thread clemens fischer
hi, running -CURRENT from a few days ago. my problem: I never get verbose boot messages complete from start to end, because the output of that super-duper pcm0 driver overflows the buffer: from 1491 lines in dmesg(8), 979 are like: 'dmesg -a': (this is where dmesg output starts(!), with the b

reviving games/freebsd-games

2008-10-27 Thread clemens fischer
Some of the programs in games/freebsd-games, notably hack and larn, have the following problem: Given the declarations: char *scrollname[] = { char *potionname[] = { "\0enchant armor", "\0sleep", "\0enchant weapon","\0healing", ...... "\0 "

Re: reviving games/freebsd-games

2008-10-27 Thread clemens fischer
> Jeremy Chadwick: > I think the bottom line here is that until someone steps up and > actually volunteers to fix the code, it will remain broken. (I don't > normally tote this attitude, but in this case it's applicable: this is > a volunteer project! :-) ) That's why I want to try my skills on

Re: reviving games/freebsd-games

2008-10-28 Thread clemens fischer
On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:57:15 +0100 Jurjen Middendorp wrote: > If you do char *p = "something", you can't write to that string (it's > a pointer into some stringtable: easy way to look at it :). You have > to use char p[] = "something", then it's an array with enough storage > to write to :) maybe

Re: reviving games/freebsd-games

2008-10-28 Thread clemens fischer
On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:03:32 +0100 clemens fischer wrote: > On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:57:15 +0100 Jurjen Middendorp wrote: > >> If you do char *p = "something", you can't write to that string >> (it's a pointer into some stringtable: easy way to lo

locate: how to prune .svn directories?

2008-11-16 Thread clemens fischer
Hi, I am trying to remove all the ".svn" directories and their contents from /var/db/locate.database. The uncommented entries in /etc/locate.rc look like this: # /etc/locate.rc - command script for updatedb(8) # SEARCHPATHS="/" # PRUNEPATHS="/tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp" PRUNEPATHS="${PRU

Re: RELENG_7_0_0_RELEASE: make installworld /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader/../../ficl/libficl.a. Stop

2008-03-01 Thread clemens fischer
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:56:48 -0500 Philip M. Gollucci wrote: > [/etc/src.conf] > http://people.apache.org/~pgollucci/src.conf > > $ rm -rf /usr/obj > $ mkdir /usr/obj > $ make buildworld -j12 > $ make buildkernel KERNCONF=THOR > $ make installworld > ... > ===> sys/boot/i386/loader (install) > ma

Re: gdm + xdmcp

2008-03-01 Thread clemens fischer
On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:20:40 +0530 Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > I personally do not run gdm or kdm. So I would not know how to get > this working but I *think* you already picked the right file. The one > you quoted in your last mail. I think the key lies there. You have to > modify it and restart

usb-stick accessible, but doesn't boot

2008-12-19 Thread clemens fischer
Hi, My USB-stick (trekstore, identifies as "USB DISK SMI Corporation") is sliced using sade(8), labelled using bsdlabel, accessible using "mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt/usb", it has kernel and world, but doesn't boot. The kernel has the following USB modules: # USB core support device usb2_cor

[solved] Re: usb-stick accessible, but doesn't boot

2008-12-20 Thread clemens fischer
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:29:15 +0100 clemens fischer wrote: > My USB-stick (trekstore, identifies as "USB DISK SMI Corporation") is > sliced using sade(8), labelled using bsdlabel, accessible using "mount > /dev/da0s1a /mnt/usb", it has kernel and world, but doesn

Re: [solved] Re: usb-stick accessible, but doesn't boot

2008-12-21 Thread clemens fischer
clemens fischer wrote: > On Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:29:15 +0100 clemens fischer wrote: > >> My USB-stick (trekstore, identifies as "USB DISK SMI Corporation") is >> sliced using sade(8), labelled using bsdlabel, accessible using "mount >> /dev/da0s1a /mnt/usb

Re: [solved] Re: usb-stick accessible, but doesn't boot

2008-12-22 Thread clemens fischer
On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:47:54 +0100 clemens fischer wrote: [ re. a bootable CURRENT backup system on a USB stick] > I am very sorry for this inaccurate information. As it turns out, > only the GENERIC kernel is bootable, my custom configuration doesn't. > On the bright side, this

Re: [solved] Re: usb-stick accessible, but doesn't boot

2008-12-23 Thread clemens fischer
> Hans Petter Selasky: > Try the attached patch to "sys/kern/vfs_mount.c" > > Thanks for reporting. I have been aware about this issue for some time > now, but the patch has not been committed to current yet. Sorry, currently I get build errors, possibly unrelated: ===> zyd (depend) @ -> /us

Re: [solved] Re: usb-stick accessible, but doesn't boot

2008-12-24 Thread clemens fischer
On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:10:23 +0100 clemens fischer wrote: >> Hans Petter Selasky: > >> Try the attached patch to "sys/kern/vfs_mount.c" >> >> Thanks for reporting. I have been aware about this issue for some time >> now, but the patch has not been comm

Re: [solved] Re: usb-stick accessible, but doesn't boot

2008-12-24 Thread clemens fischer
> Hans Petter Selasky: > Try the attached patch to "sys/kern/vfs_mount.c" > > Thanks for reporting. I have been aware about this issue for some time > now, but the patch has not been committed to current yet. > > I have FreeSBIE reliably up and running with USB2. Can you tell me what to do to the

Re: [solved] Re: usb-stick accessible, but doesn't boot

2008-12-24 Thread clemens fischer
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:05:32 +0100 clemens fischer wrote: >> Hans Petter Selasky: > >> Try the attached patch to "sys/kern/vfs_mount.c" >> >> Thanks for reporting. I have been aware about this issue for some time >> now, but the patch has not been comm

Re: [solved] Re: usb-stick accessible, but doesn't boot

2008-12-26 Thread clemens fischer
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:53:00 +0100 clemens fischer wrote: > On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:05:32 +0100 clemens fischer wrote: > >>> Hans Petter Selasky: >> >>> Try the attached patch to "sys/kern/vfs_mount.c" >>> >>> Thanks for reporting. I have