iic at piixpm freeze

Hi. Some days ago I install 4.2 on IBM machine (not so new PIII hardware). At first booting system freeze on "iic at piixpm". I do "disable iic" after boot -c. So I comment out #iic* at piixpm? in GENERIC and rebuild it. Here is dmesg (yes, yes not GENERIC, as described, but I can boot with origi

Re: iic at piixpm freeze

> > Some days ago I install 4.2 on IBM machine (not so new PIII hardware). > > At first booting system freeze on "iic at piixpm". I do "disable iic" > > after boot -c. > > So I comment out #iic* at piixpm? in GENERIC and rebuild it. > > Once you disabled it with 'boot -c', just make this change

altq and IPSec

Hi. I have about 10 OpenBSD gateway units (from different towns, connected over Internet), and 1 central gateway ("primary gateway") in primary office. Now I want to use ALTQ on this primary gateway to achieve evenly distributed bandwidth between these rest gateways. These gateways hold IPSec con

Re: Compaq nx6310 does not suspend/resume

On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 05:19:04PM +0200, Jan Stary wrote: > How can I help debug this? This might be of interest, mlarkin@ posted a detailed write-up[1] on how to debug suspend issues. [1] http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-bugs&m=147440712910124&w=2

Re: Problem with key bindings with mutt under OpenBSD 6.1

On Sat, Sep 02, 2017 at 11:01:14AM +, C. L. Martinez wrote: > Hi all, > > I have used mutt over several months under FreeBSD and RHEL/CentOS. I have > migrated my desktop to OpenBSD 6.1 and I have a problem with mutt's package > installed from official OpenBSD's repos (neomutt-20170306-gpgm

Re: What decides which port becomes a package?

On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 08:29:19AM +0200, Niels Kobschätzki wrote: > > > On 10. Sep 2017, at 08:01, Josh Grosse wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 07:09:37AM +0200, Niels Kobsch??tzki wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I wanted to install tarsnap today but in the packages I could only find > >> tar

Re: Keeping clear out of history

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 08:11:44PM -0400, Ken M wrote: > OK, so confession 1, I am a long time bash user > confession 2 all of my ksh experience is on solaris > > However in a when in Rome moment I am realizing how much I like ksh in > openbsd, > but one minor thing. I don't like how much clear e

Re: pkg_add exit status reporting

On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 02:12:48PM -0700, Greg Steuck wrote: > Hi Marc, > > I was trying to automate an installation script around pkg_add > [0] > and noticed some cases where error reporting and/or documentation c

Re: Does Intel driver supports 3d acceleration?

Ты всех заебал. On Sat, 11 Apr 2020 at 13:28, Nikita Stepanov wrote: > > Does Intel driver supports 3d acceleration?

Re: New default setup for touchpads in X

On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 10:05:12PM -0700, bit shifter wrote: > I have a Thinkpad X240 with the buttonless clickpad. On snapshot > 6.2-current #311, the only soft buttons that function are the buttons > at the top of the clickpad. The soft buttons at the bottom of the > clickpad all act as a left-

Re: New default setup for touchpads in X

On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 12:19:18PM +0100, Anton Lindqvist wrote: > On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 10:05:12PM -0700, bit shifter wrote: > > I have a Thinkpad X240 with the buttonless clickpad. On snapshot > > 6.2-current #311, the only soft buttons that function are the buttons > &

Re: Git(Hub) and CVS

On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 01:43:08PM +0700, Kristaps Dzonsons wrote: > I know many here are using CVS, and many are also using git, so I wonder > if anybody can help me. On BSD.lv, I push my CVS repositories (kcgi, > sblg, etc.) to GitHub from time to time using a cvs2git script. It goes > as follo

Re: acpi0 not configred kernel messages meaning

On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 01:37:56PM +0300, Denis wrote: > Got these messages while booting. What does it mean? > > LEN020 at acpi0 not configured > IBM0079 at acpi0 not configured > PNP0C14 at acpi0 not configured > PNP0C14 at acpi0 not configured > acpivout at acpivideo0 not configured https://ww

Re: ~OT:In ksh,can bind ctrl+L to clear+redraw also wh. typing started,like in bash?

On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 01:45:13PM -0400, Tinker wrote: > Hi, > > First, thank you very much for 6.3! > > > I looked around for advise for how to make ctrl+L get bash's behavior > of first clearing the screen and then redrawing the current command > prompt including content that has been typed.

Re: tmux only possible as root and not as normal user in 7.3?

On 09/06, Thomas Schnell wrote: Hi there, I have three new installed machines, that show the same strange behaviour: tmux is only startable as root, if I want to start it with command "tmux" as normal user (which is in wheel group, btw), I get the error "no sessions", if I try to start it with

OpenBSD 7.3 and some old IA32 CPUs

Hi all, here's sysctl extracts from Rise iDragon, IDT WinChip C6/2A running OpenBSD 7.3. All seems quite stable. P.S. Although Rise CPU is detected dmesg shows only generic info about it: cpu0: RiseRiseRise (586-class) 201 MHz, 05-02-01 cpu0: FPU,TSC,MMX compare it with IDT's CPU: cpu0: IDT Win

Re: OpenBSD 7.3 and some old IA32 CPUs

On 7/4/23, Scott Cheloha wrote: >> On Jun 28, 2023, at 13:26, Anton Borisov wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> here's sysctl extracts from Rise iDragon, IDT WinChip C6/2A running >> OpenBSD 7.3. All seems quite stable. > > Interesting. Can you post

Re: Capturing kernel debugger output without serial console

Matthew Szudzik wrote: On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 01:17:44PM +0200, Lars Nood??n wrote: What is a reasonable way to capture kernel debugger (ddb) output without a serial console? I'm able to consistently get ifconfig to crash on the Take a photograph of the screen. Brings a new mean

Re: Common problem with X60 and X61 (was: Fwd: laptop heating due to wpi(4)?)

Maybe you could turn down the power of the device, or put it into powersave mode via ifconfig? Sorry for not doing my homework properly... I came across threads on lenovo forums which discuss this issue with the wireless adapter overheating, and it appears to be a common problem across X60 and X

Re: Determining if a package is installed (regardless of version)

On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 02:24:24AM +, Adam Steen wrote: > Hi All > > I need to determine if a package is installed, lets use autoconf as an example > > I can run "pkg_info -mqP" and get back list of packages, i.e. > > devel/autoconf/2.69 > shells/bash > sysutils/coreutils > x11/dmenu > x11/d

Re: Is siteXX.tgz working in snapshots?

On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 09:20:30PM -0700, Greg Steuck wrote: > I have a script[1] which I run when "things change" to keep openbsd > syzbot current. Something changed between Apr 2 and now that made my > install procedure no longer execute install.site which I pack into > siteXX.tgz. I checked that

Re: amd64 May 12 snapshot: extent_alloc_region: extent `ioport' (0x0 - 0xffff)

Hi, On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 11:42:00PM -0700, Greg Steuck wrote: > My snapshot installation routine[1] worked for May 11th snapshots and > breaks on May 12. I have a reason to suspect fowl play by QEMU (running on > Linux) because I can only trigger the error when the same instance that > just fin

Re: How to specify "device" option in vm.conf to always boot PXE

On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 02:38:56PM +0200, Joel Carnat wrote: > Hi, > > I need a VM to always boot from the network. > > I could do it using vmctl(8): > # doas vmctl start test -c -B net -b /bsd -n vswitch0 > (...) > PXE boot MAC address fe:e1:bb:d1:c5:d8, interface vio0 > nfs_boot: using interfac

acpithinkpad(4): mute speaker on boot

I'm trying to fix a minor annoyance on my x240: the speaker mute key LED-state is not respected at boot. Pressing the mute key will mute the speaker while the expected behavior is to unmute. The LED-state will remain out-of-sync until I run `mixerctl -t outputs.master.mute`. I've managed to determ

Re: acpithinkpad(4): mute speaker on boot

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 10:48:26AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > Anton Lindqvist wrote: > > > I'm trying to fix a minor annoyance on my x240: the speaker mute key > > > LED-state is not respected at boot. Pressing the mute key will mute the > > > speaker wh

Re: bsd.rd September 15 can't unmount /mnt

The issue has been reported on bugs[1] and later fixed[2]. The upgrade procedure works fine for me by now. [1] http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-bugs&m=147402962517273&w=2 [2] http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/distrib/miniroot/install.sub

ksh(1): overwritten prompt caused by UTF-8 character

I recently encountered a bug related to UTF-8 in ksh(1). While inserting the following sequence, part of my prompt gets mangled: aö With PS1='ksh$ ' I expect the following output: ksh$ öa ... actual output: kshöaa Examining the output buffer when the 'ö' character is inserted shows the

Re: ksh(1): overwritten prompt caused by UTF-8 character

On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 03:55:25PM +0100, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Hi, > > Anton Lindqvist wrote on Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 02:57:12PM +0100: > > > I recently encountered a bug related to UTF-8 in ksh(1). > > > > While inserting the following sequence, part of my prom

bsd.rd booting stuck on HP ProBook 450 G8

I'm trying to install OpenBSD current on HP ProBook 450 G8 and booting bsd.rd is stuck at the very initial stage (last line - entry point 0x). I've tried disabling various bios features but without success. Any suggestions on making OpenBSD to work? dmesg from ubuntu is bellow: [0.00]

Re: pf, altq, packet rate

2009/5/28 SJP Lists : > In other words, doing it on the incoming is pointless. Thus, as in > your examples, the logic behind shaping only on the outbound. > > i.e.You can easily delay sending something you have, but you have > little to no control over the ingress traffic of a link where only the

Re: pf, altq, packet rate

> we already do some mitigation for that in certain drivers. > $ cd /sys/dev; grep MCLGETI pci/* ic/* ... Oh, that's great to hear! I missed. 29 MAQ 2009 G. 13:28 POLXZOWATELX irix NAPISAL: > And then you're going to add a dropper ? You had to try "man MCLGETI" before asking here. At least. -- an

PF, pfctl and parse.y

I want add keyword to PF's rule. I started with pfctl. Suppose I want to add keyword "spraychld". So, I add field to struct pf_rule (as showed in diff below) and tried to add keyword to pfctl's parse.y processor. But it won't to compile. Where I was wrong? # cd/usr/src/sbin/pfctl # make clean &&

Fan mail!

I still can't believe that I saw mpf@ on my train this morning. I thought I remembered his face from hackathon pics, but then he pulls out his thinkpad and I see the blue console messages come up. I was like, woah, very cool. Thats a good start to the week!

Re: Fan mail!

On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 02:43:33PM +0100, Anton Parol wrote: I still can't believe that I saw mpf@ on my train this morning. I thought I remembered his face from hackathon pics, but then he pulls out his thinkpad and I see the blue console messages come up. I was like, woah, very

Re: Open Vs Free BSD

OBSD is the best choice of OS for people who like violent little fish mascots. And it has blue-boot-console-thingy (tm) . Ace.

Re: systrace

According to Provos's blog, http://www.provos.org/index.php?/archives/34-Evading-System-Sandbox-Containment.html "The initial prototype of Systrace as described in the paperavoided this problem by using a look-aside buffer in the kernel. This

Re: openbsd 4.0 ralink problem low operation range

> I just found a Proxim Gold 8470-FC card on eBay for $60 w/ shipping. Is > this a good deal? Is your card "8470-FC"? > > Thanks for the info. > Yeah, but mine is not FC but WD.

Re: openbsd 4.0 ralink problem low operation range

2006/12/12, Clint Pachl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Anton Karpov wrote: > > It's a known problem with ralink. Bad radio. > > That's what I was thinking. > > Hey, could you recommend a good "range" card? I have Proxim Orinoco Gold 8470, works fi

Re: openbsd 4.0 ralink problem low operation range

It's a known problem with ralink. Bad radio.

Re: 202 days Uptime in OpenBSD 3.6

Don't forget about vulns in tcp/ip stack in summer 2005 2007/1/16, Olivier Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > What really matters is the security of the applications you are > running(httpd, sshd, sendmail,...). If you keep those up to date, the > kernel really does not matter. If you look at > http:

Secure perl forum board software

Since almost every php-based board engine is just a piece of crap, as the php itself, I'm looking for good perl based board software. The _most_ important point is security, noone except authorised users should be able to get forum data. I've looked at SMF, phpBB, but it's all php based and googlin

Re: Secure perl forum board software

> And along those lines, some simple photo album type thingy? igal is simple and do the job for me. I like this perl script

Re: Secure perl forum board software

Just FYI: I've found nice E-Blah perl forum. Nifty, small, and is able to use plain text files as storage (e.g. NO mysql shit). Very suitable for not very big board. I'll play with it and report my impressions.

Re: OpenBSD cartoons

2007/3/16, Karel Kulhavy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Who's drawing those OpenBSD cartoons like > http://www.openbsd.org/images/openbsd41_cover.gif > > They are cool. Can Theo draw so well or does he employ an artist? > > CL< > > It's Ty Semaka (http://www.tysemaka.com/), he did all the graphics and ly

Re: Contradictory statement on vulnerability

> In other operating system the concept of upgrading is straightforward - > Windows > ask you and you press OK, in Gentoo Linux you type a magic sequence of > magic > commands and your system is up to date. In OpenBSD, you type a logical sequence of logical commands and your system is up to date

to russian OpenBSD fans who wants official 4.1 CDs

I've got package* from Wim recently, with 4.1 CDs and stickers, for russian obsd fans who ordered it via me on some russian opensource forums. But there are some extra CDs (3-4 I think) which I can redistribute. So if you are living in Moscow or Saint-Petersburg, I can give it to you directly. If y

beck's greyscanner for spamd 4.1

I've noticed that original greyscanner by beck@ doesn't work with latest spamd. Is there fixed/updated version of greyscanner anywhere? Thanks.

Re: OpenBSD arp proxy

2007/6/9, Dominik Zalewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Dear All, > > I have a problem configuring routing. Here is how my setup looks: > > > Internet - - - ADSL modem (bridge mode) - - - OpenBSD BOX - - - - - - - > Switch - - - - - - - Server 1 > IPOA: 196.218.x.97

Re: General Answers about OpenBSD

2007/6/9, Leonardo Rodrigues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 6/9/07, Peter J. Philipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is always issues with shit in this box. > > It's a constant drain on nerves, but for some reason I still do it. > > ? Maybe he tried to compare openbsd speed with anothe

Re: beck's greyscanner for spamd 4.1

It's good to see I'm not the only one;-) I checked the archives and I must have missed the memo. Here shows an updated version: http://www.ualberta.ca/~beck/greyscanner/ Ah, thanks. I've googled for greyscanner and found only beck@'s presentation... But now I see it.. thanks ;)

Re: Zurich OpenBSD

> Most probably it was me. > > -- > :wq Claudio People who don't know each other but wears PUFFY, should salute each other. "It's an OpenBSD thing. You wouldn't understand" ;-)

Re: Zurich OpenBSD

> RFC, anyone? :) > > > My coffee had just run out, so no keyboard harmed. > > Timo > > I like the idea of T-shirts and stickers "It's an OpenBSD thing. You wouldn't understand" ;-)

Re: OpenBSD sticker considered cool by a layman

2007/9/29, Greg Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 9/29/07, Karel Kulhavy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some (cute) girl yesterday who doesn't understand computers at all > pointed at > > my laptop and asked "where did you get this damned cool sticker"? It was > the > > wireframe Puffy. People als

To openBSD fans in Kiev (Ukraine)

I will be in Kiev from 4.10 to 9.10 and I have four 4.1 CDs from Wim. Maybe somebody still need it, at least as a souvenir? ;)

Ответ: OpenBSD sticker considered cool by a layman

i have nothing to hide ;) ps: landrover rocks... 2007/10/1, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 30.09-10:03, Anton Karpov wrote: > [ ... ] > > The same here. I have wireframe puffy on the back of my car. VERY > > attractive: > > of course, if you were _really

Re: 4.2 song

2007/10/6, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Just back from my (hiking) trip, I am happy to announce the 4.2 > song has been added to the lyrics page at > > http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html > > Yes, it is designed to sound like a mid-era Rush song, ie. something > from Grace Under Pr

OpenBSD XSS ;)

It's a kind of useless and funny XSS... in OpenBSD ;) http://www.toxahost.ru/images/funny/obsd_xss.JPG

Re: OpenBSD XSS ;)

2007/10/10, Stuart Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 2007/10/10 20:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Nice to hide your local network IP ;) > > Do not show it anyone! > > > > On 10/10/07, Anton Karpov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's a

Re: OpenBSD XSS ;)

2007/10/10, Can Erkin Acar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Anton Karpov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In this case, if you have some web application on the same > *domain name* then the XSS can be used to take control of the > user session on the application. Especia

Re: [OT] What do you use for MIME email?

> Because Theo uses mail(1) so clearly it's good enough for everyone? > > Who knows. By the way, I wonder what email client Theo uses on a daily basis. There is no x-mailer/x-user-agent in his email headers...

Re: OpenBSD's own compiler

> you (and your kids) will go greyhair before you get halfway thru it. > > so can you people fucking shuddup and do smth useful now plz? This world sucks. We're living in a dark ages, playing with the same technologies as 20 years ago. UNIX is still here. Gcc is still here. C is still here. And

Re: OT - OpenBSD's own compiler

2006/8/2, chefren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On 08/01/06 22:57, Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: > > > this is the funniest post i've read on misc@ in a while. > > That was why I put "Amen" below it... > > .. A little bit of trolling never hurts anyone ;)

Re: Why no compiler on prod system [Was: Re: How to update httpd without a compiller]

2006/8/24, Stephan A. Rickauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > People from time to time say they don't want to have a compiler > installed on a productive system due to security issues. I don't > understand this. Isn't is too late anyway, if someone's already able to > make use of the compiler? > > -- >

Any modern wireless injection tools for OpenBSD?

Hi all. When it comes to auditing wireless networks, I notice that linux users lives happily with aireplay from aircrack suite. Unfortunately, it seems like there is no any tool similar to aireplay in BSD world. In past days, we had wnet suite, with reinj and dinject, but those days are all gone n

Re: The future of NetBSD

2006/9/1, Gilbert Fernandes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I have a dream. > > A dream of unification. > > Having one BSD. Merging the three projects and, why not, keeping > incompatible stuff as options that would be either one or another. Opensource is about choice. If you don't like something, when

how to adjust lcd brightness on VAIO laptops

Hi, is there anybody using OpenBSD on VAIO laptops? Mine is PCG-V505BX, and it's soft-keys are not functional, e.g. you need additional tool to control LCD brightness. Under Linux, such tools is spicctrl, under FreeBSD - setbrightness from picturebook suite or (modern way) sysctl dev.acpi_sony.0.br

Re: NTFS-3G Stable Read/Write Driver ready to merge on cvs obsd ?

Neko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: its shows that some poor trolls here dont own ultraportables with no external drives, and use more than one os alternative. When your machine is a tool, not a toy, you run one operating system, whichever that might be. //art Art, I have a machine,

Re: [ot] st. petersburg tourist openbsd meeting :]

I've mailed you my phone number privaterly :) i am in st. petersburg for a couple of days if some openbsd user{s} want to meet up for a drink/chat i'd be happy to meet some natives... -f -- atheistic dyslexics don't believe in dog

Re: (open)smtpd, the mystery smtpd daemon

By the way, I like pf-like syntax of smtpd.conf a lot.

Re: Research for a Software Security paper

Jose de Paula Eufrasio Junior wrote: Hello, before anything else, I did read all material about the OpenBSD security policies on the website. ... I read the documentation on the site already and would like to get some more info about the process. ... 2) The OpenBSD and OpenSSH code is alway

to russian OpenBSD fans in Moscow

I will be in Moscow from tuesday to friday, everyone who wants 4.3 CDs or 4.2 T-shirts or 4.2 T-shirts, I will take it with me. Now I have 3 CDs, 2 4.2 T-shirts and 14.3 T-shirt. Feel free to drop me email to toxa (at) toxahost.ru with your mobile phone in it.

rthreads

May I ask about what is the current state of rthreads library? It was cool to hear about this excellent project, but I found nothing in tech@ and misc@ since old time... -- engineer

Re: hearing complaints regarding pre-orders

Guys, is there any chance to get official CDs here in Russian Federation?

Re: WLAN-Sec-Tools for OpenBSD?

> Or is sniffing with kismet and then trying to crack the key with > bsd-airtools (wich doesn`t implement the latest algorithms to speed this > up) the only way on oBSD? > > Kind regards, > Sebastian > > p.s. > If somebody has a aircrack-ng port wich may compiles fine or even "just" > supports the

Re: OpenBSD Audio!

2006/10/30, Michael Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I just had to mention that the OpenBSD audio cd is great for playing > at the office. > > Thanks OpenBSD! Not only is the operating system a pleasure to use, > but the music has us all in great spirits here. > > Mike H > > It's proven listening

Re: OpenBSD 4.0 released Nov 1, 2006

2006/11/1, Theo de Raadt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Nov 1, 2006. > > We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.0. Thank you, guys. You are the best, as always.

Is it safe to remove old libs in /usr/lib?

After many years of upgrades (probably starting from 3.3 or 3.4, don't remember) my box has a lot of old libraries in /usr/lib. I'm pretty sure I have no hand-build third-party software depends on them, and with every upgrade cycle I update all packages along with release (thanks to espie@, it's so

Re: Moscow 6-10 December

2006/11/5, Wim Vandeputte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hey, > > I will be in Moscow in December from the 6th to the 9th and would like > to meet up with some OpenBSD users, please contact me if you have > local knowledge, especially if you know of a place called B1 in > Ordzhonikidze > > Wim. It wou

Re: on the remote root login in OpenSSH

2006/11/23, Igor Sobrado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi again! > > I have a question on the default behaviour of OpenSSH. > Someone that really wants to allow remote root logins should be able to > enable this feature just changing /etc/ssh/sshd_config. But, in my > humble opinion, most users

Re: Which tools the OpenBSD developers are using?

Actually, three IS remote hole in OpenBSD :(. This is small door hole for cats in Theo's house.

funny log message: beck's greytrapper trapped bobeck :)

Nov 30 09:32:49 mercury greytrapper[96425]: Trapped 195.182.143.86: Mailed from sender bobeck.net with no MX or A see bobeck banned by awesome tool from beck@ ;)

Note to russian users: wdputte@ in Moscow

If you're living in Moscow, Russian Federation, and want to have beer with Wim Vandeputte, and to get magic OpenBSD stuff from him, see http://www.toxahost.ru/wim.html ;)

Re: funny log message: beck's greytrapper trapped bobeck :)

> Did you apply the patch I posted earlier? If your running the > greyscanner right off Bob's presentation, it has some off-by-ones that I > fixed. And it affected the DNS lookup portion of the code too. I saw > similar results with hosts that had valid MX/A DNS records but ended up > trapped. >

[laptop died] best notebook suitable for OpenBSD

My lovely Sony VAIO died few days ago. So I'm searching for a replacement. Honestly, VAIO never works good with BSDs, the only one BSD which works quite good is FreeBSD (although it has no proper suspend/resume support for VAIO). OpenBSD has several problems like unability to ajust brightness (no h

gdt at bsd.mp

Hi. Actually I don't know about usefulness my information but... I have another machine - on Intel 7501VW2 with 2 Xeon. And I have Intel SRCZCR RAID controller there. So, with uniprocessor kernel it's recognized and work fine - there is 3 SCSI acting and seen as one (RAID5) disk. desg follow (ac

Re: openbsd and the money

I think, if we skip all the whinning, the one straight question from Frantisek Holop which is not yet clarified is why devs makes so cantradictory statements: "we do code FOR OURSELVES, AND if you like it, you are free to use it" and "we THANK you with code (e.g. 'we code FOR YOU instead of giving

Re: 3.9 song released

Perfect! this song is definitively hit my car audio system for the next few days! guys, you are the best.

Re: security hole in sendmail

does that mean that we've got a second remote hole? Don't kick my ass. AFAIK, even if this is a remote hole in sendmail, OpenBSD exploits mitigation techniques makes this hole hardly (if even possible) exploitable in OpenBSD. Am I right? Although this is an integer overflow, not buffer overflow..

Theo is a Blogger :-)

For those who didn't see it yet: http://deraadt.livejournal.com/ Theo has a blog on livejournal, woo-h! Add him to your friends right now, hehehe :) P.S.: April, 1st ;)

Re: When would you NOT use OpenBSD?

> When would you NOT use OpenBSD? > > When would you choose one of the other *nix over OpenBSD? I'm NOT using OpenBSD on my laptop, it's powered by FreeBSD instead. Basically this is due to lack of acpi and bluetooth support in OpenBSD.

Re: Compilers make a system less secure?

Maybe, because in some cases, it just takes a bit more time to 0wn your box if it has no compiler installed. 02 May 2006 16:21:41 +1200, josh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hello... > > Some people seem to think that installing a compiler inherently makes > their system less secure... despite never bei

Re: Compilers make a system less secure?

at's why people think box without compiler is a little bit safer? 2006/5/2, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Anton Karpov wrote: > > Maybe, because in some cases, it just takes a bit more time to 0wn your > box > > if it has no compiler installed. > > Bul

Re: Compilers make a system less secure?

arch. But he may has to find similar os version and arch, to compile his code. > > Back to the circus, Anton, you ain't funny any more. Pathetic is more > like it. Yeah, but you ARE quite funny. The man who cannot read emails carefully is always funny

Re: Compilers make a system less secure?

> > Maybe, because in some cases, it just takes a bit more time to 0wn your > box > > if it has no compiler installed. > No, not at all. You can't attack a compiler, it's not accessable from > the outside. Noone here talks about attacking a compiler ;) We're discussing differences for attacker,

Re: Compilers make a system less secure?

2006/5/2, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Anton Karpov wrote: > > > > Noone here talks about attacking a compiler ;) We're discussing > > differences > > for attacker, depending on compiler available or not. > > They should. > There is

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Re: 3.9 on sony vaio pcg-v505bx: wi0 is missing

2006/5/3, Nick Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > This looks like a hardware problem, but I really don't know enough to > say. Something (appearantly "no mapping for pin A") is causing the > driver to bail out, so of course you won't see wi0 in ifconfig -- the > driver isn't driving. Don't kn

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