Re: RELENG_7 jerky mouse and skipping sound (still a problem -BETA3)

2008-01-15 Thread Anish Mistry
On Friday 11 January 2008, Kris Kennaway wrote: > Anish Mistry wrote: > > On Friday 04 January 2008, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> Kris Kennaway wrote: > >>> David E. Thiel wrote: > On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 11:12:26PM +0100, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> FWIW, the problem remains for me. Still terr

Re: Kernel panic when kldunload acpi_video

2008-01-15 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:04:39 +1100 (EST) Ian Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Beto, hi, > > not to detract from the seriousness of the problem, Hey Ian, > two dumb questions: > > 1) why would you need to unload it? no reason at all really - other than I wanted to see if it made any diffe

Re: Kernel panic when kldunload acpi_video

2008-01-15 Thread Ian Smith
On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Norberto Meijome wrote: > Hi guys, > I am not sure if this is acpi related or due to other issues. > > running latest FreeBSD (built yesterday from fresh sources : > > FreeBSD ayiin.xxx.com.au 7.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #14: > Wed Jan 16 01:38:57 EST 2008 >

Re: Kernel panic when kldunload acpi_video

2008-01-15 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:20:37 -0500 Nathan Lay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This happens to me as well on a Thinkpad T43...both on 6.2 and 7.0-RC1. thanks for the info. I rebuilt the kernel (but not world yet) with latest src : FreeBSD ayiin.xxx.com.au 7.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #15:

Re: Fwd: FreeBSD 6.3 and Intel G33

2008-01-15 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Eric Anholt wrote: > I took a quick review of the docs again and I think it's almost > complete. The gtt_size detection is broken, though. We should have > gtt_size (the amount of graphics stolen memory used for storing the > GTT data) equal to zero on this hardware, instead

Re: Kernel panic when kldunload acpi_video

2008-01-15 Thread Nathan Lay
Norberto Meijome wrote: Hi guys, I am not sure if this is acpi related or due to other issues. running latest FreeBSD (built yesterday from fresh sources : FreeBSD ayiin.xxx.com.au 7.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #14: Wed Jan 16 01:38:57 EST 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sy

Kernel panic when kldunload acpi_video

2008-01-15 Thread Norberto Meijome
Hi guys, I am not sure if this is acpi related or due to other issues. running latest FreeBSD (built yesterday from fresh sources : FreeBSD ayiin.xxx.com.au 7.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE #14: Wed Jan 16 01:38:57 EST 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/AYIIN i386 Hardware is

Re: Why does firefox keep locking up on me?

2008-01-15 Thread Bob Vaughan
> Hey all, > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Christian Walther wrote: > > > Hello Bob, > > > > On 15/01/2008, Bob Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've been having a problem on one particular machine with Firefox locking > >> up > >> on me, requiring a hard kill to get rid of it. > >> > >> The pro

Re: Backup solution suggestions

2008-01-15 Thread Johan Ström
On Jan 15, 2008, at 22:09 , Aristedes Maniatis wrote: On 15/01/2008, at 8:52 PM, Johan Ström wrote: I'm looking to invest in some new hardware for backup. probably some kind of NAS (a 4-disk 1U NAS or something in that size). The thing is that I won't be the only one with access to this bo

Re: RELENG_7 2008/01/10 desktop system also periodically freezes

2008-01-15 Thread Ulrich Spoerlein
On Sun, 13.01.2008 at 17:25:24 -0500, J.R. Oldroyd wrote: > David's suggestion re powerd may be relevant. I'd noticed that the > problem seems to happen when the system is idle. I posted earlier that > it seems like I can do all sorts of work without a problem then I stop for > a phone call and w

Re: 7.0BETA4 desktop system also periodically freezes

2008-01-15 Thread Ulrich Spoerlein
On Wed, 09.01.2008 at 14:18:59 -0500, J.R. Oldroyd wrote: > I believe this same problem may also be present on 7.0, at least on > the BETA releases; BETA4 is the latest I have here. > > I have the same problem on two systems here: periodically the systems > will stop dead (no mouse action, no ping

Re: Why does firefox keep locking up on me?

2008-01-15 Thread Charles Sprickman
Hey all, On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Christian Walther wrote: Hello Bob, On 15/01/2008, Bob Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been having a problem on one particular machine with Firefox locking up on me, requiring a hard kill to get rid of it. The problem is thus: Firefox starts normally, bu

Re: Fwd: FreeBSD 6.3 and Intel G33

2008-01-15 Thread Eric Anholt
On Tue, 2008-01-15 at 20:12 +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > I just checked the CVS logs and found that you added G33 support but > left it disconnected due to a lack of testing... Huh, I forgot. > How can I test it? :) I took a quick review of the docs again and I think it's almost complete. T

Re: Backup solution suggestions

2008-01-15 Thread Aristedes Maniatis
On 15/01/2008, at 8:52 PM, Johan Ström wrote: I'm looking to invest in some new hardware for backup. probably some kind of NAS (a 4-disk 1U NAS or something in that size). The thing is that I won't be the only one with access to this box, thus I would like to secure my data. What I would l

Re: Very bad performances with wpi and 7.0-RC1

2008-01-15 Thread Dennis Melentyev
Hi Nicolas! My card on Dell Latitude D830 is somewhat different (note subdevice): # sysctl -a |grep wpi net.wlan.0.%parent: wpi0 debug.wpi: 0 dev.wpi.0.%desc: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG dev.wpi.0.%driver: wpi dev.wpi.0.%location: slot=0 function=0 handle=\_SB_.PCI0.RP02.PXS2 dev.wpi.0.%pnpinfo:

Re: 6.3-RELEASE

2008-01-15 Thread George Kontostanos
On Jan 15, 2008 10:25 PM, Mark Linimon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:51:13PM +0200, George Kontostanos wrote: > > So may I guess that we have a release ? > > This question happens every time we get near a release. > > There will be a release when, and only when, a signed e

Re: 6.3-RELEASE

2008-01-15 Thread George Kontostanos
On Jan 15, 2008 10:23 PM, Royce Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George Kontostanos wrote, on 1/15/2008 10:51 AM: > > So may I guess that we have a release ? > > > > 6.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #1: Tue Jan 15 21:25:07 EET 2008 > > Not quite yet ... > > # sh freebsd-update.sh -f freebsd-upd

Re: G965 patch for 6.3-Beta

2008-01-15 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Wed, 16 Jan 2008, Hiroshi Nishida wrote: > The patch is based on the outdated FreeBSD 7-current, so we should > look at the latest one. OK, I see. I sent an email to Eric about it because according to the commit logs (which I only noticed later) G33 support is there but disconnected due to a

Re: 6.3-RELEASE

2008-01-15 Thread Royce Williams
George Kontostanos wrote, on 1/15/2008 10:51 AM: So may I guess that we have a release ? 6.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #1: Tue Jan 15 21:25:07 EET 2008 Not quite yet ... # sh freebsd-update.sh -f freebsd-update.conf -r 6.3-RELEASE upgrade Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 1 mirrors f

Re: 6.3-RELEASE

2008-01-15 Thread Mark Linimon
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:51:13PM +0200, George Kontostanos wrote: > So may I guess that we have a release ? This question happens every time we get near a release. There will be a release when, and only when, a signed email is sent from the Release Engineering team to the various mailing lists.

Re: What current Dell Systems are supported/work

2008-01-15 Thread John Baldwin
On Tuesday 15 January 2008 10:25:14 am Vivek Khera wrote: > > On Jan 10, 2008, at 11:09 AM, John Baldwin wrote: > > >> *: This is the default behavior for 7.0, I have not encountered the > >> problem mentioned above on any 1950/2950 boxes so far I have tested. > > > > I will enable MSI by default

6.3-RELEASE

2008-01-15 Thread George Kontostanos
So may I guess that we have a release ? 6.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE #1: Tue Jan 15 21:25:07 EET 2008 ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Backup solution suggestions

2008-01-15 Thread Johan Ström
On Jan 15, 2008, at 13:44 , Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 12:40:02PM +0100, Vladimir Botka wrote: Dne Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:52:56 +0100 Johan Ström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napsal(a): Hello I'm looking to invest in some new hardware for backup. probably some kind of NAS (a 4-disk 1

Re: Backup solution suggestions

2008-01-15 Thread Johan Ström
On Jan 15, 2008, at 15:03 , Ronald Klop wrote: This sounds like a problem for 'tarsnap'. It's from the same author as portsnap. http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2006-09-13-encrypted-backup.html http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-08-29-tarsnap-update.html http://www.tarsnap.com/ I never use

Re: G965 patch for 6.3-Beta

2008-01-15 Thread Hiroshi Nishida
Hi, The patch is based on the outdated FreeBSD 7-current, so we should look at the latest one. Fortunately I have 8 G33 machines (Intel DG33BU M/B) but they are going to be used for long long experiments with FreeBSD 7.0 or Solaris very soon. If I have a chance, I'll try to check with G33.

Very bad performances with wpi and 7.0-RC1

2008-01-15 Thread Nicolas Letellier
Hello, I use FreeBSD 7.0-RC1 with my laptop (Asustek A6000 Series). Performances with wpi are very very bad: in my LAN, I download a file at 4 k/s. In Internet, I would believe I use a 56 k connection :-) In this laptop, I have a NIC (chipset re), and I don't have any problem with. The connec

Re: What current Dell Systems are supported/work

2008-01-15 Thread Vivek Khera
On Jan 10, 2008, at 11:09 AM, John Baldwin wrote: *: This is the default behavior for 7.0, I have not encountered the problem mentioned above on any 1950/2950 boxes so far I have tested. I will enable MSI by default on 6.x now (so will take affect for 6.4). We've also enabled it by default on

Re: Backup solution suggestions

2008-01-15 Thread Ronald Klop
This sounds like a problem for 'tarsnap'. It's from the same author as portsnap. http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2006-09-13-encrypted-backup.html http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2007-08-29-tarsnap-update.html http://www.tarsnap.com/ I never used it so I don't know more about it than you can fi

Re: Backup solution suggestions

2008-01-15 Thread Johan Ström
First of all, thanks for your extensive answer! On Jan 15, 2008, at 13:34 , Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 10:52:56AM +0100, Johan Ström wrote: I'm looking to invest in some new hardware for backup. probably some kind of NAS (a 4-disk 1U NAS or something in that size). The thi

Re: Backup solution suggestions

2008-01-15 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 12:40:02PM +0100, Vladimir Botka wrote: > Dne Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:52:56 +0100 > Johan Ström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napsal(a): > > > Hello > > > > I'm looking to invest in some new hardware for backup. probably some > > kind of NAS (a 4-disk 1U NAS or something in that size)

Re: Backup solution suggestions

2008-01-15 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 10:52:56AM +0100, Johan Ström wrote: > I'm looking to invest in some new hardware for backup. probably some kind > of NAS (a 4-disk 1U NAS or something in that size). The thing is that I > won't be the only one with access to this box, thus I would like to secure > my dat

Re: Backup solution suggestions

2008-01-15 Thread Vladimir Botka
Dne Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:52:56 +0100 Johan Ström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napsal(a): > Hello > > I'm looking to invest in some new hardware for backup. probably some > kind of NAS (a 4-disk 1U NAS or something in that size). The thing > is that I won't be the only one with access to this box, thus I

Backup solution suggestions

2008-01-15 Thread Johan Ström
Hello I'm looking to invest in some new hardware for backup. probably some kind of NAS (a 4-disk 1U NAS or something in that size). The thing is that I won't be the only one with access to this box, thus I would like to secure my data. What I would like is encryption both for the transfer t

Re: Swapping caused by very large (regular) file size

2008-01-15 Thread Kris Kennaway
Thomas Hurst wrote: * John Baldwin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: We have noticed an issue at work but only on faster controllers (e.g. certain mfi(4) drive configurations) when doing I/O to a single file like the dd command mentioned causes the buffer cache to fill up. The problem being that we c

/usr/lib/compat and updates

2008-01-15 Thread Charles Sprickman
Hi all, I've been doing a number of 4.11 -> 5.5 -> 6.2 upgrades. All of them I've done have gone very well. One that was handled by someone else following my step-by-step directions ended up missing some items from /usr/lib/compat and all the timestamps on the files in that directory are qu

Re: Why does firefox keep locking up on me?

2008-01-15 Thread Christian Walther
Hello Bob, On 15/01/2008, Bob Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been having a problem on one particular machine with Firefox locking up > on me, requiring a hard kill to get rid of it. > > The problem is thus: Firefox starts normally, but as soon as I go to a > site that requires authenti