Re: aterm, rxvt -- memory usage

2008-10-28 Thread Kevin Stam
I would love to see rxvt-unicode in ports, personally. It'd be much more convenient, for me at least. It's definitely my favoured terminal. On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Jesus Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list! > > I thought it would be great to have rxvt-unicode on the ports tree, s

Re: mmap() on i386

2008-01-08 Thread Kevin Stam
On Jan 8, 2008 4:27 PM, Jussi Peltola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 01:31:49PM -0500, Kevin Stam wrote: > > I just noticed unworkable in ports. It uses mmap(). Does anybody > encounter > > problems with it? If not, then it must be rtorrent'

Re: mmap() on i386

2008-01-08 Thread Kevin Stam
t has bugs. I don't currently have the time to ascertain which is which. Logic tells me it's more likely rtorrent, but I'm not a coder. Just tried to help out, that's all. On Jan 8, 2008 8:44 PM, Kevin Stam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 8, 2008 4:27 PM, Jussi Pelt

Re: mmap() on i386

2008-01-08 Thread Kevin Stam
Jeez, perhaps btpd should finally support protocol encryption? Last time I checked it didn't. A surprising number of ISPs limit BitTorrent traffic, and more and more seeders, including me, can only be connected to via a client that supports encryption. Until btpd gets around to supporting this, it'

Re: How to find all package files

2008-01-07 Thread Kevin Stam
OpenBSD doesn't contain metapackages. There's no single package that installs all of XFCE for you. Install the necessary components and applications from the x11/xfce4 category. (http://ports.openbsd.nu/x11/xfce4) Here's a "tutorial" on bsdforums that will help by detailing what to install to obtai

Re: Adobe Flash on OpenBSD

2007-12-17 Thread Kevin Stam
The latest version of flash? No. See here for some solutions: http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20070907181228 On Dec 17, 2007 5:59 PM, Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi > > I use OpenBSD as a desktop. Is there a documented way to get the latest > Flash plugin (or any version) to work

Re: About non-free software in OpenBSD

2007-12-09 Thread Kevin Stam
Exactly. Distributions need systems to prevent users from installing nasty unfree software. Something like...DRM. Oh wait.. On Dec 9, 2007 11:27 PM, Ray Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, what Stallman seems to be saying is that preventing users from > running the software they choose is m

Re: About non-free software in OpenBSD

2007-12-09 Thread Kevin Stam
I believe the religious nut is talking about software in ports/packages. He seems to see unfree software as something morally wrong, and as a result, won't recommend any distribution that lets it's users even INSTALL non-free software. Same reason he doesn't like Debian, even though they're one of

Re: Code signing in OpenBSD

2007-12-05 Thread Kevin Stam
13 PM, Dave Ewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday, 05.12.2007 at 17:59 +, Kevin Stam wrote: > > > For one thing, I think you're quite confused. Unless I'm missing > > something, I'm not noticing the FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux kernel > > developer

Re: Code signing in OpenBSD

2007-12-05 Thread Kevin Stam
ebsd-70-beta2-to-70-beta3.html > > Some examples of signed communications from FreeBSD & NetBSD: > http://www.freebsd.org/internal/ssh-keys.asc > http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2004/02/20/.html > > > On Dec 5, 2007 12:59 PM, Kevin Stam < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Code signing in OpenBSD

2007-12-05 Thread Kevin Stam
For one thing, I think you're quite confused. Unless I'm missing something, I'm not noticing the FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux kernel developers "signing" their code, or doing anything particularly differently from the OpenBSD developers. Please explain. You've also conveniently ignored bofh's question.

Re: binary installed? or not?

2007-12-05 Thread Kevin Stam
$ man pkg_info On Dec 5, 2007 5:22 PM, badeguruji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > On solaris, i can do: > > grep /var/sadm/install/contents > > and see whether it is installed or not, also location > etc. > > But, How can i do it on OB? where is the system map? > to see whether/where is

Re: Code signing in OpenBSD

2007-12-05 Thread Kevin Stam
What is the benefit of doing so? What's the point? Is the website so likely to be hacked into, that the developers need to sign all communication just to ensure that it comes from them? There's absolutely no need to signing errata or official communications. Name one justifiable use for them. If th

Re: Does Xenocara requires sets x*42.tgz

2007-11-15 Thread Kevin Stam
You're mistaken about something. "Xenocara" is just the OpenBSD name for the newest version of X.org. The 4.2 X sets include cwm. You're probably thinking about the 4.1 X sets and earlier - they didn't include cwm because they used an older version of X. Again, "Xenocara" IS X. cwm requires X. Ins

Re: About Xen: maybe a reiterative question but ..

2007-10-24 Thread Kevin Stam
You have failed to satisfactorily explain why running a specific application in a VM is more secure then running it in a standard OS. It's nonsense that you think it's more secure that way. It saves a lot of money, yes -- you don't necessarily want a separate box just to run an application - but th

Re: expansion of FAQ# 1.10 re OpenBSD as a desktop system

2007-10-11 Thread Kevin Stam
gree with what's being said, I think...but people's definition of a desktop differ, and as an aside, it's perhaps a little excessive? I mean, how many users are going to really notice video differences, or attempt to play 3d games in OpenBSD? (Do we even have many in ports?) On 10/11/07,

Re: expansion of FAQ# 1.10 re OpenBSD as a desktop system

2007-10-11 Thread Kevin Stam
top systems vary. That, and watched video varies. For me, it's usually cartoons anime, and I'm sure the difference between Trigun on a blob and Trigun on a proper driver isn't going to be that impressively different, even if it were better for non-cartoons. On 10/11/07, Douglas A. Tutt

Re: expansion of FAQ# 1.10 re OpenBSD as a desktop system

2007-10-11 Thread Kevin Stam
Aside from some typos, I'll have to dispute the inclusion of movie watching and movie editing. Very much, actually. I've never had noticeably poorer movie watching/viewing performance on OpenBSD as opposed to other distributions. (Gentoo is my other, and neither work better then the other for movie

Re: to zaurus or not to zaurus

2007-08-25 Thread Kevin Stam
The default system can run graphics adequately. So can pdaXrom, and OpenZaurus/Angstrom, or the Cacko ROM. These OS's burden the Zaurus less then OpenBSD does. There are ways to improve speed, however.d If you're expecting to run KDE or GNOME with 10 open windows, good luck with that. If you use mu