Site Compatibility Issue

2007-12-21 Thread ASS ELF
I just recently started up a new page and was wondering if it looks okay on FreBSD. I try to make things compatible for all operating systems, regarding HTML. It's: http://o.o.angelfire.com/ and/or http://www.angelfire.com/o.o/index.html I'd greatly appreciate any and all feedback you could give

Re: how long does send-pr take to post

2007-12-21 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-12-20 17:19, Aryeh M. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the past I have not been able to do send-pr but now that I fixed my local mail issues all other email apps work... how long should I wait for the pr to show up before I decide some kind of error happened. A few hours for the

Re: Redirecting STDOUT

2007-12-21 Thread Derek Ragona
At 08:49 AM 12/21/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the process of debugging a script and I would like to have the output of stdout redirected to a file. After reading about redirection on the Internet, I was under the impression the following would redirect stdout to a file, but I cannot

Redirecting STDOUT

2007-12-21 Thread jhall
I am in the process of debugging a script and I would like to have the output of stdout redirected to a file. After reading about redirection on the Internet, I was under the impression the following would redirect stdout to a file, but I cannot seem to get it to work. tar -cvzf root.tgz /root

Re: Customized FreeBSD CD (was: Can I install Free BSD latest version on my laptop with dual boot?)

2007-12-21 Thread Manolis Kiagias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Thanks for your immediate response Yes, I spend two days and found out there are lot of tips in your documentation thanks… After compiling the Free BSD Kernel and making some changes on my system then how do I make the installable CD/DVD from my source (My

Re: What priority this app running?

2007-12-21 Thread Unga
--- Pieter de Goeje [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 20 December 2007, Unga wrote: Hi all $ ps auxl -w | grep amarok test 1707 0.0 9.4 61680 48544 ?? S 12:29AM 0:17.29 amarokapp 1003 1 1 20 0 ksere Could I check with the list what is the priority

Re: Fw: Can I install Free BSD latest version on my laptop with dual boot?

2007-12-21 Thread manikandan . x . balachandran
Hi, Thanks for your immediate response Yes, I spend two days and found out there are lot of tips in your documentation thanks? After compiling the Free BSD Kernel and making some changes on my system then how do I make the installable CD/DVD from my source (My Free BSD) to distribute to

My new kernel could not be compiled

2007-12-21 Thread Ray Stinger
I have followed the FreeBSD Handbook, and I just want to add the usb2.0 and sound devices to my kernel. Maybe I canceled too much modules, though the make error shows the same msg saying ng_prase_int32 type** My kernel configure file: -- Ray Stinger, nickname lichray The best way to predict the

Re: timekeeping on jail servers

2007-12-21 Thread shinny knight
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 11:02:12AM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: In response to Michael W. Lucas : Hi, Been searching around without results: Has anyone come up with a decent way to do timekeeping on a jail server? ntpd(8) binds to all addresses, and I'd rather not do a ntpdate out

Re: Redirecting STDOUT

2007-12-21 Thread Michael Lednev
Hello, jhall. On 21 ??? 2007 ?., 17:49:28 you wrote: jvn tar -cvzf root.tgz /root /dev/null 2/home/jay/tarlog jvn I'm sure it is something simple I am doing wrong, but I am not seeing it. what is your shell? -- Best regards, Michael mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Redirecting STDOUT

2007-12-21 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On 14:49:28 Dec 21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the process of debugging a script and I would like to have the output of stdout redirected to a file. After reading about redirection on the Internet, I was under the impression the following would redirect stdout to a file, but I cannot

/var growing too fast

2007-12-21 Thread Robert Huff
zbigniew szalbot writes: I thought I would ask your advice. I only have a 2 GB /var slice and space is shrinking fast. It may be that something else is eating up available space but I am not sure how to measure it. Every day about 1% more of available space is taken. Start by

Re: Partitions size for 80GB HDD and 2GB RAM

2007-12-21 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 03:34:30PM -0800, Alexander Rudyk (Akvelon) wrote: Thank all of you for really helpful answers. I am thinking about this configuration (might be helpful for someone in the future) a: / (root) 256 MB b: /swap 4096 MB d: /tmp768 MB e: /usr

Re: /var growing too fast

2007-12-21 Thread zbigniew szalbot
Hello, Robert Huff pisze: zbigniew szalbot writes: I thought I would ask your advice. I only have a 2 GB /var slice and space is shrinking fast. It may be that something else is eating up available space but I am not sure how to measure it. Every day about 1% more of available space

Re: /var growing too fast

2007-12-21 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 07:09:01AM +0100, zbigniew szalbot wrote: Hello, I thought I would ask your advice. I only have a 2 GB /var slice and space is shrinking fast. I see that most space is taken by /var/db. $ du -hs /var/db 1.4G/var/db $ du -hs /var 1.7G/var $ df

Re: timekeeping on jail servers

2007-12-21 Thread Bill Moran
In response to shinny knight [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 11:02:12AM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: In response to Michael W. Lucas : Been searching around without results: Has anyone come up with a decent way to do timekeeping on a jail server? ntpd(8) binds to all

freenx server

2007-12-21 Thread Jack Barnett
Anyone get the freeNX server working from nomachine? When I try to build it from /usr/ports/net/freenx it says it is broken under xorg 7.2 I've upgrade to xorg 7.3.x and modified the make file and it builds everything but nxagent, so it fails to `make install` install:

How to get best results from FreeBSD-questions

2007-12-21 Thread Greg Lehey
How to get the best results from FreeBSD questions. === Last update $Date: 2005/08/10 02:21:44 $ This is a regular posting to the FreeBSD questions mailing list. If you got it in answer to a message you sent, it means that the sender thinks that

Re: Redirecting STDOUT

2007-12-21 Thread jhall
Hello, jhall. On 21 ??? 2007 ?., 17:49:28 you wrote: jvn tar -cvzf root.tgz /root /dev/null 2/home/jay/tarlog jvn I'm sure it is something simple I am doing wrong, but I am not seeing it. what is your shell? -- Best regards, Michael mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Redirecting STDOUT

2007-12-21 Thread Michael Lednev
Hello, jhall. On 21 ??? 2007 ?., 19:59:27 you wrote: Hello, jhall. On 21 ??? 2007 ?., 17:49:28 you wrote: jvn tar -cvzf root.tgz /root /dev/null 2/home/jay/tarlog jvn I'm sure it is something simple I am doing wrong, but I am not seeing it. what is your shell? -- Best

Re: Redirecting STDOUT

2007-12-21 Thread jhall
At 08:49 AM 12/21/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the process of debugging a script and I would like to have the output of stdout redirected to a file. After reading about redirection on the Internet, I was under the impression the following would redirect stdout to a file, but I cannot

The Complete FreeBSD: errata and addenda

2007-12-21 Thread Greg Lehey
The trouble with books is that you can't update them the way you can a web page or any other online documentation. The result is that most leading edge computer books are out of date almost before they are printed. Unfortunately, The Complete FreeBSD, published by O'Reilly, is no exception.

Re: timekeeping on jail servers

2007-12-21 Thread John Webster
--On December 21, 2007 11:23:03 AM -0500 Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to shinny knight [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The reason that is not recommended is that it results in sudden steps of the clock. Occasionally, these steps go backwards. Software that is very sensitive to

Re: Redirecting STDOUT

2007-12-21 Thread Derek Ragona
At 11:12 AM 12/21/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:49 AM 12/21/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the process of debugging a script and I would like to have the output of stdout redirected to a file. After reading about redirection on the Internet, I was under the impression the

Re: Redirecting STDOUT

2007-12-21 Thread jhall
In that case you only redirecting STDERR to file. As you've been already told STDOUT will be redirected with $ command 1file or $ command file adding 21 will also redirect STDERR to this file When I run this as a non-root user it works fine. But, when running it as root, it does not

Re: timekeeping on jail servers

2007-12-21 Thread Bill Moran
In response to John Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --On December 21, 2007 11:23:03 AM -0500 Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to shinny knight [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The reason that is not recommended is that it results in sudden steps of the clock. Occasionally, these steps

Re: My new kernel could not be compiled

2007-12-21 Thread Yuri Pankov
On Friday 21 December 2007 16:42:16 Ray Stinger wrote: I have followed the FreeBSD Handbook, and I just want to add the usb2.0 and sound devices to my kernel. Maybe I canceled too much modules, though the make error shows the same msg saying ng_prase_int32 type** My kernel configure file:

Re: timekeeping on jail servers

2007-12-21 Thread John Webster
--On Friday, December 21, 2007 13:24:40 -0500 Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to John Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --On December 21, 2007 11:23:03 AM -0500 Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to shinny knight [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The reason that is not

Re: timekeeping on jail servers

2007-12-21 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Dec 21, 2007, at 10:24 AM, Bill Moran wrote: ntpdate -B should slew the time slowly. (According to the manpage.) Not generally suitable for cron because it can take longer to slew than it does for the next cron execution to occur, which would then result in multiple ntpdate programs

Re: Redirecting STDOUT

2007-12-21 Thread Dan Busarow
On Dec 21, 2007, at 10:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In that case you only redirecting STDERR to file. As you've been already told STDOUT will be redirected with $ command 1file or $ command file adding 21 will also redirect STDERR to this file When I run this as a non-root user it

Re: timekeeping on jail servers

2007-12-21 Thread Bill Moran
In response to John Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --On Friday, December 21, 2007 13:24:40 -0500 Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to John Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --On December 21, 2007 11:23:03 AM -0500 Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to shinny

Re: timekeeping on jail servers

2007-12-21 Thread John Webster
--On Friday, December 21, 2007 13:51:29 -0500 Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to John Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not generally suitable for cron because it can take longer to slew than it does for the next cron execution to occur, which would then result in multiple

Re: ls -l takes a forever to finish.

2007-12-21 Thread Mark Evans
This issue has been resolved. Thanks for your assistance everyone. Changing /etc/nsswitch.conf from passwd: compat to read passwd: files resolved the issue. Thanks Mark - Original Message - From: cpghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mark Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: timekeeping on jail servers

2007-12-21 Thread Bill Moran
In response to John Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED]: --On Friday, December 21, 2007 13:51:29 -0500 Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to John Webster [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not generally suitable for cron because it can take longer to slew than it does for the next cron

hangs instead of reboots on HP s3220n

2007-12-21 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
I have an HP s3220n which will boot just fine, but won't reboot. I noticed this first with the OEM Vista that I played with for a bit before starting to install FreeBSD, but didn't pay much attention to it then. Now when I do a shutdown -r now I get a proper shutdown with the last

Re: hangs instead of reboots on HP s3220n

2007-12-21 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Dec 21, 2007, at 3:26 PM, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: I have an HP s3220n which will boot just fine, but won't reboot [...] I get a proper shutdown with the last line on the console saying Rebooting The power stays on, but the machine just hangs at that point. Never mind. It just takes

amd64 native boot loader?

2007-12-21 Thread snowcrash+freebsd
hi, i've FBSD/amd64 62Rp9 installed. kernel world are my own builds from latest cvsup. on boot I see: FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader odd. i'd expect a native loader ... checking in, /usr/src/sys/boot ls Makefile alpha/arm/ efi/ forth/ia64/ pc98/

FreeBSD 6.3 Release?

2007-12-21 Thread Julian Bolivar
Hi everyone, Mi question is because checking the FreeBSD 6.3 Release schedule, I note that the version 6.3 is upcoming, but the RC2 wan't released, anyone know if this schedule is updated or is in time? Thanks and Regards, --- Julian Bolivar

which cputype for Althon 64 X2 Dual Core

2007-12-21 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
I'm building a new server with 7.0 BETA4 (it will track stable) with the following CPU CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ (2600.02-MHz K8- class CPU) Origin = AuthenticAMD Id = 0x60fb1 Stepping = 1 Features = 0x178bfbff FPU ,VME ,DE ,PSE ,TSC ,MSR ,PAE

Re: which cputype for Althon 64 X2 Dual Core

2007-12-21 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Dec 21, 2007, at 4:33 PM, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: I'm building a new server with 7.0 BETA4 (it will track stable) with the following CPU CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ (2600.02-MHz K8- class CPU) [ ... ] What optimizations should I make in make.conf? A reasonable

TCP window scaling 14

2007-12-21 Thread Darren Spruell
I have a FreeBSD host which I noticed recently triggering some snort decoder alerts due to using a TCP window scaling (rfc1323) value of 15. The decoder is tripping because anything greater than 14 is considered invalid. This text from RFC seems to support it: Since the max window is 2**S (where

snd_hda on amd64 - exec format error

2007-12-21 Thread Steve Franks
This is not a priority, but I'm suprised that both the downloaded (ariff?) and the built-from-source snd*.ko files give me a: kldload: can't load snd_hda: Exec format error When I try to load them...guess my kernel is out of date with the latest 6.2-stable source? Best, Steve 6.2 - amd64

Re: which cputype for Althon 64 X2 Dual Core

2007-12-21 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
First of all, thank you very much for your response. I have some follow up questions below. On Dec 21, 2007, at 6:45 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: On Dec 21, 2007, at 4:33 PM, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: What optimizations should I make in make.conf? A reasonable starting point is no special

Re: Redirecting STDOUT

2007-12-21 Thread Michael Lednev
Hello, jhall. On 21 ??? 2007 ?., 20:34:52 you wrote: jvn When I run this as a non-root user it works fine. But, when running it as jvn root, it does not produce the expected results. jvn $ ls -l /fjdkslafjdl 2/home/hallja/test2 jvn And, in the file test2, I see jvn ls: /fjdkslafjdl: No