Re: linux_base-7.1 problem

2002-07-08 Thread Nate Williams
> > > DWC> On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 11:35:41AM -0600, Jason Porter wrote: > > > >> glibc-2.1.2-11. It finally exists with an Error code 1 and stops the > > > >> install. Anyone else have this problem? > > > > > > DWC> This happens sometimes when there are leftovers in /compat/linux from > > >

Re: linux_base-7.1 problem

2002-07-08 Thread Nate Williams
> DWC> On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 11:35:41AM -0600, Jason Porter wrote: > >> glibc-2.1.2-11. It finally exists with an Error code 1 and stops the > >> install. Anyone else have this problem? > > DWC> This happens sometimes when there are leftovers in /compat/linux from > DWC> linux_base-6, if yo

RE: firewall config (CTFM)

2002-01-28 Thread Nate Williams
> > Also, even *I* can't find answers to my questions with 30 minutes, and I > > know where to look, so I find you statement, well, to be brutally > > honest, both humerous and a little bit egotistical. : > > man rc.conf: > > firewall_enable >(bool) Set to ``NO'' if you

Re: firewall config (CTFM)

2002-01-28 Thread Nate Williams
> Could you please explain how the following makes sense? > > 1) I enable ipfw in my kernel > 2) I do not configure it to allow by default > 3) I reboot with firewall_enable="NO" > 4) The firewall defaults to allow > > If I set the default in my kernel config to deny, the

Re: Firewall config non-intuitiveness

2002-01-28 Thread Nate Williams
> : If I enable the clutch in my car, my car moves (assuming it's in gear). > : If I disable it, the power is no longer going to the drive wheels. > > That's not quite right, but it is a good analogy. If you disable your > clutch, then you are going to have to shift without it and deal with > pu

Re: Firewall config non-intuitiveness

2002-01-28 Thread Nate Williams
> Note that "do not enable firewall" (which is implied by firewall_enable="NO") > is *not* equivalent to "disable firewall". Maybe we're having an English language question. If something isn't enabled, doesn't that imply that it's disabled? Last I checked, enabled/disabled were binary operatio

Re: Firewall config non-intuitiveness

2002-01-27 Thread Nate Williams
> > > > See above. It can easily be done in a more standard way. (One can > > > > argue that the '-z' should be the default flag, but so far I've failed > > > > to convince Warner of this fact. :) :) > > > > > > Forgive me if I'm mistaken, but the pccard_ether script (when last I > > > looked at

Re: Firewall config non-intuitiveness

2002-01-27 Thread Nate Williams
> > See above. It can easily be done in a more standard way. (One can > > argue that the '-z' should be the default flag, but so far I've failed > > to convince Warner of this fact. :) :) > > Forgive me if I'm mistaken, but the pccard_ether script (when last I > looked at it) seems to assume ex

Re: Firewall config non-intuitiveness

2002-01-26 Thread Nate Williams
> You still haven't responded to my comment that I have it setup like > this on some of my boxes so that I can do things that don't fit in > well with the current firewall paradigm. Nor to my comment that we > shouldn't be changing a security feature in a fail*UN*safe way. Explain to me how disa

Re: TCP NewReno causing wild performance fluctuations

2001-11-12 Thread Nate Williams
> I think you should MFC this, Nate. I too think it should be merged, but I wanted to get Jayanth's feedback first. Nate > > :We've been using FreeBSD boxes as our reference ftp servers at work, and > :because of the recent security issues, I've went through and updated a > :number of our

Re: 4.4RC5: snd module testing (Test #1)

2001-09-17 Thread Nate Williams
> > Also, I get "/kernel: csa: card is unknown/invalid SSID (CS4610) and > > "/kernel: csa0: mem > > 0x5000-0x500f,0x5010-0x5010f irq 11 at device 6.0 on > pci0". > > > > - I have a Thinkpad 600e (2645-4au) with the CS4610 PCI Accelerator and a > > CS4239 ISA audio sound chip. >

Re: HEADS UP: PCI bus breakage yesterday

2001-08-23 Thread Nate Williams
> > But now I am getting spontaneous rebooting of the computer. > > I'm seeing the same on my Thinkpad T22 -- pccard works again, but the > machine's spontaneously rebooting after a while when I use a pcmcia > WaveLAN card. It's a bit unfortunate. It doesn't reboot if I use the > mini-PCI fxp car

Re: Should IPFilter be pulled from FreeBSD as well

2001-05-31 Thread Nate Williams
> > The FreeBSD core team and Darren Reed have agreement in principle that > > we can keep the sources in the source tree. We're still working on > > the details, but the amount of attention this issue is getting is just > > getting people needlessly upset. > > Is the license going to be modifie

Re: Should IPFilter be pulled from FreeBSD as well

2001-05-31 Thread Nate Williams
> > It is being pulled from OpenBSD for what seems like a pretty good reason to > > me. > > > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/28/1225224&mode=nested > > > > This is really quite sad as IPFilter really is a nice piece of software. > > The FreeBSD core team and Darren Reed have agreement

Re: 4.2-BETA hangs on boot

2000-11-17 Thread Nate Williams
> P.S. I am considering changing it back to non-polling given the > problems. But that has other problems (eg on some Compaq? machines > you want to use 3, but using 10 will wedge the machine). One of the 'biggest' reasons is that there isn't any good 'default' to use for polling. I had code i

Re: 4.2-BETA hangs on boot

2000-11-17 Thread Nate Williams
[ PCIC defaults to polling mode ] > There are six million brands of laptop in the world. To be honest, > this thread is basically the first one to say that there's something > wrong. PAO3 has done this for some time, if I understand thigns > correctly, and hasn't reported problems. FWIW, I swi

Re: Java v1.3 JDK/JRE for FreeBSD v4.x

2000-09-12 Thread Nate Williams
> In dealing with the Netscape issue, I was reminded of the latest Java > implementation on v1.3 of the JDK/JRE. Has there been effort to > add Java JDK/JRE v1.3 to -current or possible -STABLE?!? Because Java is not open-source, it will never become a default part of the FreeBSD OS. An external

Re: Suggestion for change of /usr/src/UPDATING (was: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels)

2000-08-02 Thread Nate Williams
> : That's wrong. 'shutdown now' takes you to single user mode. 'shutdown -r now' > : will make it reboot. > > That's changed since the last time I did shutdown then :-). Of > course, that was 5 years ago or so... It's been that way since 4.3BSD, at least. Not sure which OS you were using at

Re: Suggestion for change of /usr/src/UPDATING (was: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels)

2000-08-02 Thread Nate Williams
> : > : [1] > : > : --> reboot <-- > : > : > : [...] > : > : This line should be "shutdown now", isn't it? Any further suggestions to > : > : make life of Warner easier? > : > > : > No. It should be "reboot" since that's the simplest thing. "shutdown > : > now" do

Re: APC Back-UPS Pro

2000-06-08 Thread Nate Williams
>I'm having a bit of trouble with getting an APC Back-UPS Pro running on > freebsd. It seems to be working with upsd from the ports collection. But > every while I get a whole load of lines looking like this: > upsd[355]: apc_tune: negative repsonse: N > upsd[355]: apc_tune: negative repsonse

Re: CVS Commits (was: Re: ** HEADS UP ** /dev/[u]random file changes.)

2000-05-10 Thread Nate Williams
> > >I got the same failures last night. Is it common to make commits to the > > >-stable branch without attempting a build? > > > > > >Don't get my tone wrong, I'm just curious about the FreeBSD > > >development process. > > > > I track it fairly often and no, its not common. More common ar

RE: 3c589D followup, almost working.

2000-04-08 Thread Nate Williams
> [about my 3c589D card troubles] > > John> Is it a combo card? If so, you might have to set the media for > John> it to work right. > > The media is set to 10BaseT/UTP How do you know? At least with the older driver, different versions of the card required different link flags, despite what

GDB on C++ programs under FreeBSD 3.X

2000-03-01 Thread Nate Williams
Any idea what would cause this? A co-worker is debugging a C++ program, and this sort of things works fine under 2.2, but doesn't work under 3.X. > The "-static" linker flag did not appear to change anything. > Any additional insights would be greatly appreciated. > > FreeBSD Version: 3.3

RE: Sendmail, 3.3-STABLE, relaying

2000-01-06 Thread Nate Williams
> > ok, so how would i deny access to an entire C-Class? > > Put "198.64.0 REJECT" in your access database (substituting > the appropriate first three octets for the Class C network in > question, of course), and then re-run makemap to update the access > database. Ok, how do

Re: URGENT! SHOW STOPPER! moused is broken!

1999-12-17 Thread Nate Williams
> > I am sorry. A report just came in, and I now have to conclude > > that the last minutes MFC of moused was ill-conceived. That supposed > > improvement on the 3 button emulation actually broke the wheel/roller > > support in moused ;-< (Moused is now broken in both -CURRENT and > > -STABLE.)