upgraded to 8, no mouse is broken

2009-12-10 Thread mpd
I just updated my system from 7.2 to 8.0 STABLE. What do I need to do to make my mouse work in X again? This system has an unbroken chain of fbsd since 2.2.6, but I'm about to drop it due to this. This is horrible. Please respond directly. I dropped this list in the '90s. pe

Re: upgraded to 8, no mouse is broken

2009-12-10 Thread mpd
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 10:19:43PM -0500, Glen Barber wrote: > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:55 PM, mpd wrote: > > I just updated my system from 7.2 to 8.0 STABLE. What do I need to do to > > make my mouse work in X again? This system has an unbroken chain of > > fbsd since 2.

Re: .doc files

2003-10-04 Thread mpd
On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 03:35:01AM -0500, Bryan Cassidy wrote: > I'm trying to figure out how to convert .doc files into a unix file so I > can read it with say emacs, vi and etc.? Thanks By 'unix file' I assume you mean a text file. Try /usr/ports/textproc/antiword. mike --

Re: How to get out of Africa?

2003-10-20 Thread mpd
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 06:24:51PM +, Wayne M Barnes wrote: > Dear FreeBSD, > >During installation, I accidentally hit Africa for my timezone. > >I have looked all over the documentation, and I cannot find > out to reset my time zone. > >Does anybody else know? I installed 5.1 f

Re: Bug in ports howto question

2003-10-27 Thread mpd
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:56:08AM -0800, Jason Dictos wrote: > How does one formally submit a ports bug report? > > -Jason > E-mail the maintainer, or use send-pr(1) mike -- ___ "NUTS TO YOU AND YOUR BROCCOLI POKEY!!" - Little

OnSpec CompactFlash reader annoyances.

2003-01-01 Thread mpd
Hi, I recently installed an OnSpec CompactFlash reader, but am having difficulty getting it working on FreeBSD. It's recognized by FreeBSD during the boot sequence, but mounting a card never works. Using 4.7-STABLE cvsupped a few hours ago. snippets from dmesg: from the boot sequence: ad2: time

Re: file of large size

2002-10-02 Thread mpd
On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 08:25:17AM +0100, shubha mr wrote: > Hi, > Can anyone suggest me a shell script or a command to > create a large file in BSD(aroung 50 MB).Any junk data > in it is also fine. cat /dev/urandom | head -c > large_file large_file will be a file of garbage data. > > Thanks

Kodak DC-4800 usb digital camera/gphoto2 woes

2002-10-03 Thread mpd
Hi, I'm attempting to get a Kodak DC-4800 camera to work w/ gphoto2, but am getting the following error: $gphoto2 --camera "Kodak DC-4800" --port usb: --list-files *** Error *** An error occurred in th

usb compact flash card reader issues

2002-10-05 Thread mpd
Hi, I'm attempting to get a Kodak usb compact flash card reader to mount under FreeBSD (4.7-PRERELEASE). The device is recognized when I plug it into a port: uhci0: port 0x6800-0x681f irq 9 at device 7.2 on pci0 usb0: on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: VIA UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.0

Mozilla/Java - windows too small

2002-07-15 Thread mpd
Hi, This problem began plaguing me a couple days ago. I have the native Mozilla built and working fine, along w/ the native jdk (1.3.1.) Both have been built from ports. My problem lies with any java applet opening a new window. The windows opened are of the absolute minimum size, it seems. They'

Re: Mozilla/Java - windows too small

2002-07-15 Thread mpd
On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 08:42:25PM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:31:27 -0400 > > From: mpd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Mozilla/Java - windows too small > > > > Hi, > > > > Th

Re: Mozilla/Java - windows too small

2002-07-15 Thread mpd
On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 10:09:51PM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > From: mpd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 16:04:01 -0400 > > Subject: Re: Mozilla/Java - windows too small > > > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 08:42:25PM +0200, Roman Neuhauser w

Re: "^L" File, needs to be Removed

2002-07-17 Thread mpd
On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 05:30:21PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > server /etc/namedb/ # ls -la |more > total 970 > -rw-r--r-- 1 bind bind -552 Aug 8 2000 ^L > drwxr-xr-x 2 bind wheel - 10240 Jul 17 17:06 ./ > drwxr-xr-x 19 root wheel - 2560 Jul 17 17:20 ../ > > Can only be

Re: OpenOffice broken???

2003-04-03 Thread mpd
On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 02:14:09PM +1000, JacobRhoden wrote: > On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:17 am, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > > I've been running into a different problem than that one: > > > > ===> Add wrapper scripts > > sed: illegal option -- i > > usage: sed script [-Ean] [file ...] > >sed [-an]

Re: BitTorrent for Freebsd??

2003-07-15 Thread mpd
On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 01:30:48AM -0400, Dragoncrest wrote: > Is there a copy of BitTorrent that will run on Freebsd? Is it in > the Ports cause if it is, I certainly haven't found it yet. I'd like to > run my BT downloads on my bsd box as that's the only machine that's ever up >

Re: Chroot directory for user not working

2003-07-30 Thread mpd
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 12:08:17PM -0400, Jason Lieurance wrote: > Hello, > > I know I'm not doing this right. I want to have a user who uses windows xp > login to my freebsd 4.7 server with winscp and just have access(chroot) to > the home directory I specify for them. I tried it like so: > > /e

neverwinter nights (linux) - runs, but very slowly.

2003-08-14 Thread mpd
Hi, After a few days of wrestling, I finally was able to get NwN (Linux version) running on my 5.1-RELEASE-p2 machine. Direct rendering is working according to glxinfo, and glxgears is speeding along at ~320 FPS. Running on an AMD Athlon 2400+, 1 GB ram, ATI Rage 128 Pro. Minimum requirements-wis

Re: Off Topic RegEx Question

2003-08-29 Thread mpd
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 08:26:43AM +0900, Roger Williams wrote: > I know thins is not the place but I know one of you know this one off the > top of your head. > > I have: > > $list = "dog 1 1 1 cat 2 1 snake 111" > and I want to end up with: > dog 1 cat 2 snake 1 > I thought > $list =~ s/ \d \d/

gnucash fails to execute now

2003-08-30 Thread mpd
Hi, Gnucash used to work, now it fails on startup w/: ERROR: In procedure dynamic-link: ERROR: file: "libgw-gnc", message: "can't close the module" I don't know what I did to set this off, but it happens now with both ver. 1.8.4 and 1.8.5. I even re-updated all my ports, just in case. Still no g

Re: gnucash fails to execute now

2003-08-30 Thread mpd
On Sat, Aug 30, 2003 at 01:37:52PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 13:33, mpd wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Gnucash used to work, now it fails on startup w/: > > > > ERROR: In procedure dynamic-link: > > ERROR: file: "libgw-gnc&qu

Re: postfix problems

2003-08-31 Thread mpd
On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 03:31:09PM -0600, RYAN vAN GINNEKEN wrote: > i keep geting this error in my postfix logs have tried newaliases > command and it does not help also have tried to forward roots mail to a > different accout and it does not seem to be working can someone help > with this > >

Re: /dev/dsp: device busy

2003-09-01 Thread mpd
On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 10:39:59AM -0400, Monah Baki wrote: > I'm running windowmaker Try installing the sysutils/lsof port, and run lsof | grep dsp > > > On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 13:46:52 +, Alexander Farber wrote > > Do you maybe run KDE and arts which blocks /dev/dsp? > > > > On Mon, Sep 01,