Re: How do I setup OpenBSD to login automatically and lauch minicom?

2008-06-23 Thread David Schulz
Hi, i would want to do something similar, but have not found the best way to have a user autologin to a certain console. What i did was i added a user "autologin" with some password. Then i added "su autologin" to /etc/rc.local. That takes care of logging the user in. Then i added my actions

Re: How do I setup OpenBSD to login automatically and lauch minicom?

2008-06-23 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008-06-23, Theodore Wynnychenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, I think the place for me to modify this process is by changing the > variable to execute getty in /etc/ttys to instead launch minicom? I tried > this, but (i guess, obviously) it did not work. getty takes care of setting up the

Re: Compaq Presario C300 - keyboard no longer works (snapshot 3rd June 2008)

2008-06-23 Thread Richard Toohey
On 13/06/2008, at 2:12 AM, Marco Peereboom wrote: We are battling a few memory leaks in ACPI. This is what causes your machine to misbehave. On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 09:13:47PM +1200, Richard Toohey wrote: On 12/06/2008, at 8:04 PM, Richard Toohey wrote: When I press "i" for install, I get ..

Re: Can you contribute code under anonymous under ISC License?

2008-06-23 Thread Marco Peereboom
That's not true. If you have a signed piece of paper saying I wrote it in mm-dd- you are good to go. The same way patents work; prior art can be proven by writing your idea in an engineering notebook (you know, pen and paper!) and then signing it. Since those notebooks are usually in chronol

Re: Can you contribute code under anonymous under ISC License?

2008-06-23 Thread Sunnz
Well if you prove that you wrote it then that would defeat the purpose of releasing it under the name of anonmyous would you? One would be violating the copyright law regardless what name the said code is released under right? I mean, a third party won't be able to claim that they are the anonymou

Re: OT: Dissertation ideas for my degree

2008-06-23 Thread Daniel A. Ramaley
On Friday June 20 2008 18:09, you wrote: >Oh god... Into my University it's almost the opposite, so much >professors using MS Word(R) and still using the IEEE .doc template to >write papers. ... Personally I dont understand why it's so fuckin >difficult to understand that LaTeX it's great. I once

Re: Can you contribute code under anonymous under ISC License?

2008-06-23 Thread Marco Peereboom
I didn't claim it was a good idea. Anyway, this is all theoretical. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:36:11PM +1000, Sunnz wrote: > Well if you prove that you wrote it then that would defeat the purpose > of releasing it under the name of anonmyous would you? > > One would be violating the copyright la

Re: Can you contribute code under anonymous under ISC License?

2008-06-23 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008-06-23, Sunnz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well if you prove that you wrote it then that would defeat the purpose > of releasing it under the name of anonmyous would you? Someone may want to intentionally release it anonymously, then go back and try and sue people for infringing their copyr

booting a different kernel

2008-06-23 Thread annne annnie
If I had windows installed first, then I installed openbsd, what would I type to boot into windows?B Don't you have to type the name of the kernel?B What is windows xp's kernel called?B I would also have to type the partition too right?B Like sd0, that kind of thing.B If windows was my first p

Re: booting a different kernel

2008-06-23 Thread James Hartley
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:07 AM, annne annnie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I had windows installed first, then I installed openbsd, what would I type > to boot into windows? Read FAQ 4.8 & FAQ 14.6.

Re: booting a different kernel

2008-06-23 Thread Josh Grosse
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:07:27 -0700 (PDT), annne annnie wrote > If I had windows installed first, then I installed openbsd, what > would I type to boot into windows?B Don't you have to type the name > of the kernel?B What is windows xp's kernel called?B I would also > have to type the partitio

Re: booting a different kernel [correction]

2008-06-23 Thread Josh Grosse
I'd written: > FAQ 4.3 describes various ways... That should be FAQ 4.8. Sorry for the typo.

Re: booting a different kernel

2008-06-23 Thread Marc Balmer
* James Hartley wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:07 AM, annne annnie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If I had windows installed first, then I installed openbsd, what would I > > type > > to boot into windows? > > Read FAQ 4.8 & FAQ 14.6. Any maybe Matthew 22:14 ...

Re: booting a different kernel

2008-06-23 Thread Anathae Townsend
There are documents available off of the OpenBSD website that explain how to set up a dual boot system. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of annne annnie Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 8:07 AM To: misc@openbsd.org Subject: booting a different kerne

Re: Can you contribute code under anonymous under ISC License?

2008-06-23 Thread Pieter Verberne
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 08:45:59AM -0500, Marco Peereboom wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:36:11PM +1000, Sunnz wrote: > > Well if you prove that you wrote it then that would defeat the purpose > > of releasing it under the name of anonmyous would you? > > > > One would be violating the copyrig

Re: Can you contribute code under anonymous under ISC License?

2008-06-23 Thread Ted Unangst
On 6/22/08, Sunnz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, just wondering what's your opinion on this... Looking back, I realized the subject question is not the same as the body question and nobody has answered it. For OpenBSD, the answer is no, you cannot contribute anonymously. > If one were to rele

strange network behaviour

2008-06-23 Thread Manuel Heckel
Hello everyone. I experience some strange network behaviour. My setup is as following: * ALIX 2c3 hardware, connected to an adsl modem on vr2, pppoe/nat/pf * internal lan, 10.1.0.0/16 (dhcp on the alix) via switch connected to vr0 of the alix This all works perfectly great, with one exception

Re: strange network behaviour

2008-06-23 Thread Chris Cappuccio
this is a bug in the vr driver it's fixed in the current freebsd vr driver which people are attempting to port over Manuel Heckel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello everyone. > > I experience some strange network behaviour. My setup is as following: > * ALIX 2c3 hardware, connected to an adsl modem

Re: booting a different kernel

2008-06-23 Thread Nick Holland
James Hartley wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 7:07 AM, annne annnie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If I had windows installed first, then I installed openbsd, what would I type to boot into windows? Read FAQ 4.8 & FAQ 14.6. and pay really, really close attention to the first paragraph of 4.8...

Re: Can you contribute code under anonymous under ISC License?

2008-06-23 Thread Theo de Raadt
> Hi, just wondering what's your opinion on this... > > If one were to release some code under an ISC or BSD-like 2 clause > license, but under the name of anonymous, would it effectively as if > it was released as public domain? I guess the actually question you wanted to as was: Does OpenBSD

Re: How do I setup OpenBSD to login automatically and lauch minicom?

2008-06-23 Thread Cameron Schaus
Why not launch minicom inside a "screen" session from rc.local? You can run it as the user you want, if you don't want it running as root. Cam Theodore Wynnychenko wrote: Hello I am trying to figure out how to modify the boot process to automatically spawn a minicom session. (I know I have m

Re: Can you contribute code under anonymous under ISC License?

2008-06-23 Thread Sunnz
2008/6/24 Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Hi, just wondering what's your opinion on this... >> >> If one were to release some code under an ISC or BSD-like 2 clause >> license, but under the name of anonymous, would it effectively as if >> it was released as public domain? > > I guess the act

Failing to install packages with $PKG_PATH

2008-06-23 Thread Daniel B.
Hi, I've updated to the today -current and I can't install packages as I usually do. # export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/i386 # pkg_add -vi screen (an example) No packages available in the PKG_PATH Can't resolve screen # Tried with some mirrors too but without

Re: Failing to install packages with $PKG_PATH

2008-06-23 Thread James Hartley
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Daniel B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've updated to the today -current and I can't install packages as I > usually do. > > # export > PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/i386 Note the FAQ 15.2.2 requires a final directory delimiter whic

Re: Failing to install packages with $PKG_PATH

2008-06-23 Thread Jacob Meuser
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 06:56:00PM -0300, Daniel B. wrote: > Hi, > > I've updated to the today -current and I can't install packages as I > usually do. > > # export > PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/i386 man pkg_add ... Since a few URL schemes contain colons, pkg_a

Re: Failing to install packages with $PKG_PATH

2008-06-23 Thread Daniel B.
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, James Hartley wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Daniel B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've updated to the today -current and I can't install packages as I > > usually do. > > > > # export > > PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/packages/i386 > > Not

wireless barcode scanners

2008-06-23 Thread Jacob Yocom-Piatt
does anyone on list know if wireless (e.g. bluetooth) barcode scanners can or do work with openbsd? couldn't find much information about it after searching. the application is inventory tracking, etc, where several users would concurrently scan and have barcodes register with a single machine.

Re: Can you contribute code under anonymous under ISC License?

2008-06-23 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Sunnz wrote: 2008/6/24 Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi, just wondering what's your opinion on this... If one were to release some code under an ISC or BSD-like 2 clause license, but under the name of anonymous, would it effectively as if it was released as public domain? I gues

Re: wireless barcode scanners

2008-06-23 Thread Tim Donahue
Quoting Jacob Yocom-Piatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: does anyone on list know if wireless (e.g. bluetooth) barcode scanners can or do work with openbsd? couldn't find much information about it after searching. the application is inventory tracking, etc, where several users would concurrently scan and

OT: DJB was: Can you contribute code under anonymous under ISC License?

2008-06-23 Thread Marti Martinez
I haven't actually checked to see whether anyone has added DJB's software back into ports/packages, but I seem to recall that djbdns and qmail are both in the public domain now. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Predrag Punosevac < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sunnz wrote: > >> 2008/6/24 Theo de Ra

Re: wireless barcode scanners

2008-06-23 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: You know what. I just looked the sourceforge.net. more carefully. There are actually couple of projects (libraries) which can actually might do exactly what are you asking You can try to compile something like http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=104233

Re: OT: DJB was: Can you contribute code under anonymous under ISC License?

2008-06-23 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Marti Martinez wrote: I haven't actually checked to see whether anyone has added DJB's software back into ports/packages, but I seem to recall that djbdns and qmail are both in the public domain now. I do not think so. His release of the qmail and djbdns to public domain seems too little to

Re: OT: DJB was: Can you contribute code under anonymous under ISC License?

2008-06-23 Thread Brad Walker
On Mon, 2008-06-23 at 16:46 -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > In order to compile those > my understanding (people who use djbdns will correct me on this one) is > that you need damontools. Those are not released in public domain and I > believe that they are register trade mark of DJB. Nope, da

Re: OT: DJB was: Can you contribute code under anonymous under ISC License?

2008-06-23 Thread Jim Razmus
* Marti Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080623 19:23]: > I haven't actually checked to see whether anyone has added DJB's software > back into ports/packages, but I seem to recall that djbdns and qmail are > both in the public domain now. > You'll find qmail in the attic. Take a peek in the respec

Re: wireless barcode scanners

2008-06-23 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: Dear Jacob, That is very interesting question. I was always wondering myself if it is possible to use those bar code scanners with OpenBSD. Anyhow, this is what I found. Obviously bar code scanners work completely differently than Image scanners which are supported by

Re: wireless barcode scanners

2008-06-23 Thread Tim Donahue
Unless I am mistaken, Jake is looking for a barcode scanner. These are typically not SCSI devices (none that I know of are, at least), they are typically Serial, PS/2, or USB HID devices. All they do is translate the barcode scanned into ASCII for processing by some application. Some newer scan

Re: wireless barcode scanners

2008-06-23 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Tim Donahue wrote: Unless I am mistaken, Jake is looking for a barcode scanner. No you are not. That is what I understood. These are typically not SCSI devices (none that I know of are, at least), they are typically Serial, PS/2, or USB HID devices. I was reading that discussion on the SANE

Re: strange network behaviour

2008-06-23 Thread Richard Daemon
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Chris Cappuccio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this is a bug in the vr driver > it's fixed in the current freebsd vr driver which people are attempting to > port over > > Manuel Heckel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hello everyone. >> >> I experience some strange networ

Again: mouse disappearing

2008-06-23 Thread Daniel B.
Hi, related to the last message regarding my mouse disappearing, some info (just connecting to USB): uhidev0 at uhub1 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "vendor 0x04f3 PS/2+USB Mouse" rev 1.10/22.90 addr 2 uhidev0: iclass 3/1 ums0 at uhidev0: 3 buttons, Z dir wsmouse1 at ums0 mux 0 Actually, I c

Re: Can you contribute code under anonymous under ISC License?

2008-06-23 Thread Emilio Perea
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 04:01:57PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > > The demise of his qmail is a wonderful example of interesting project which > died because of the bad "licence". I know that lots of people here like his > djbdns but just imagine what could have happened with his projects if

Re: strange network behaviour

2008-06-23 Thread Markus Hennecke
On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Richard Daemon wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Chris Cappuccio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Problem with vr NICs loosing network connection] Will this fix be ported to -stable? In the mean time, what's the solution to prevent this problem? It should make it into