Re: -STABLE was stable for long time (Re: FreeBSD: Server or DesktopOS?)

2002-11-18 Thread Richard Caley
> > A fix to somethign deep in ther kernel which is not > > biteing many people? > This is something for the commiters to decide and not me. Indeed. Isn't the point of this thread, if any, that Marc Fournier was complaining that a patch to the VM system was not put onto the RELEASE branch. As y

Re: Fwd: Re: DVD quality problem

2002-11-18 Thread Kevin Oberman
If your DVD is ATAPI, make sure that you have DMA enabled. It is off by default. hw.ata.ata_dma and hw.ata.atapi_dma should both be "1". R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FreeBSD: Server or Desktop OS?

2002-11-18 Thread The Anarcat
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Re: SiS 900 ethernetcard

2002-11-18 Thread JY
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 07:56:25AM -0800, Jeff Seeman wrote: > Hi there, > > I had the same problem about 6 months ago, and someone posted a patch that > did the trick. I have no idea who made the patch so I can't give credit. > > It's attached, hope it works. > > Jeff Seeman > Technical Instruc

Re: -STABLE was stable for long time (Re: FreeBSD: Server or DesktopOS?)

2002-11-18 Thread Lefteris Tsintjelis
Richard Caley wrote: > > A fix to somethign deep in ther kernel which is not > biteing many people? This is something for the commiters to decide and not me. http://www.freebsd.org/ This will might help you a bit. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stabl

Re: -STABLE was stable for long time (Re: FreeBSD: Server or DesktopOS?)

2002-11-18 Thread Richard Caley
> I think the answer is obviously, long time testing and monitoring. > But you can have a -STABLE that is reliable and *critical* patches are > applied quickly. I believe that this is what mostly this thread is about. I refer the honourable gentleman to his above comment `long time testing and mo

Re: SiS 900 ethernetcard

2002-11-18 Thread Jeff Seeman
Hi there, I had the same problem about 6 months ago, and someone posted a patch that did the trick. I have no idea who made the patch so I can't give credit. It's attached, hope it works. Jeff Seeman Technical Instructor --- F

Fwd: Re: DVD quality problem

2002-11-18 Thread alexis georges
great..thanks that fixed it..and it works really well..the only thing i have is that my audio is kinda 'cripsy"..i get a few small cracks repeatedly..is there a way to fix this? thanks From: Andrew Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DVD quality problem Date: Mon, 18

Re: make release fails

2002-11-18 Thread Eugene Grosbein
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 11:25:11AM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > You should have built your current world before attempting to > make release. Refer to the release(7) manpage for details. Of course, it is built. Eugene Grosbein To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe

Re: -STABLE was stable for long time (Re: FreeBSD: Server or DesktopOS?)

2002-11-18 Thread Lefteris Tsintjelis
Richard Caley wrote: > > > I think the best thing is to keep things as simple as possible. > > But no simpler. > > > I personally think that a fix should always be a fix > > that is like saying a cure for cancer should be a cure for > cancer. Fine. It wouldn't be called a cure for a cancer ot

Re: -STABLE was stable for long time (Re: FreeBSD: Server or DesktopOS?)

2002-11-18 Thread Michael Sierchio
Richard Caley wrote: Basicly, you can't have somethign which is stable and which gets fixed quickly, the two aims are in opposition. Something which gets fixed quickly is one definition of stability -- the addition of new features is its opposite. Deciding when a proposed change is defect corr

Re: -STABLE was stable for long time (Re: FreeBSD: Server or DesktopOS?)

2002-11-18 Thread Richard Caley
> I think the best thing is to keep things as simple as possible. But no simpler. > I personally think that a fix should always be a fix that is like saying a cure for cancer should be a cure for cancer. Fine. How do you know it is a cure and how do you know what the side effects will be. If l

Re: -STABLE was stable for long time (Re: FreeBSD: Server or DesktopOS?)

2002-11-18 Thread Lefteris Tsintjelis
Richard Caley wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lefteris Tsintjelis (lt) writes: > > lt> If its a matter of "never committed at all" (I do have a few doubts on this one) > lt> then I guess I have no other choice here but -STABLE or at least some other >branch > lt> that is at least main