portupgrade error

2005-07-21 Thread maarfree
Hi all, Please see below. Why does portupgrade -a not work and does -afp? I have tried everything, I read UPDATING and added ENV['PKG_DBDRIVER'] = 'bdb1_hash' and ENV['PORTS_DBDRIVER'] = 'bdb1_hash' to pkgtools.conf. I removed pkgdb.db and INDEX'es. Rebuild everything with portsdb -u and portsd

return category for a port?

2005-07-24 Thread maarfree
Hi, I have just build /usr/ports/packages/All packages for all ports installed on my system with some awk and bash. Does anyone know a way to return the category for an installed port? I can't find any option in pkg_info. I would like to create the symlinks in /usr/ports/packages as well. Maarten

mplayer, oss and /dev/dspX

2005-05-05 Thread maarfree
Hi, I am using OSS. When I start "mplayer -ao oss -channels 6" I get nice surround sound. I have also installed OSS Virtual Mixers. Strange enough I do not manage to get mplayer to use other dsp devices e.g. "% gmplayer -ao oss:/dev/dsp5 -channels 6" and xmms at /dev/dsp7 give a conflict when usin

PDC20378 or VT8237 raid

2005-05-22 Thread maarfree
Hi, My motherboard MSI K8T NEO FISR has 2 raid controllers. Currently my setup is a striped array (RAID 0) with 2 SATA drivers connected to the Promise PDC20378. Now I understand the VIA controller is connected to the south bridge so has access to more bus bandwidth. Is this true? If so, san I

gdm_enable and graphical greeter: enter password twice

2005-05-24 Thread maarfree
Hi, I just found out when I change the greeter in the gnome login screen setup from default to the one where you can double click the username you have to enter your password twice. I have gdm_enable in rc.conf. Does anyone know a workaround? Maarten ___

/dev/uscanner0 owned by root:scanner but only access for users of group operator

2004-12-02 Thread maarfree
Hi list, I have my Canon Lide 20 usb scanner working om my system. Setup was easy following the handbook. But I did not like all users being member of group operator; So I added a group scanner, to /dev/devfs.rules I add: add path uscanner0 mode 0660 group scanner # (group scanner is added) I ad