Re: won't boot after 8.0-RELEASE upgrade

2009-12-09 Thread Ivo Karabojkov
As I guessed, I am using standard, not DD mode. Despite of this I was unable to boot, and even more: FreeBSD 8.0 sysinstall did not find any partitions neither on the (g)mirror, hardware RAID I described above or any individual disks part of the RAID. I had to use FreeBSD 7.2 livefs to copy my

Re: Chomium on FreeBSD?

2009-12-09 Thread usleepless
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.comwrote: Is there an effort to build a port of chromium for FreeBSD? I recently began using chromium on my Linux machine, and the HTML rendering speed is quite impressive. When it has the ability to synchronize bookmarks,

Intel SRCZCR ?

2009-12-09 Thread Julien Cigar
Hello, At work we've a machine which is currently running FreeBSD 7.0 and we would like to upgrade to 7.2 This machine has an esoteric embedded RAID controller, the Intel SRCZCR RAID adapter. When I installed the machine one year ago I read the RELEASE Hardware Notes to check whether this

Re: Intel SRCZCR ?

2009-12-09 Thread Ivan Voras
Julien Cigar wrote: Hello, At work we've a machine which is currently running FreeBSD 7.0 and we would like to upgrade to 7.2 This machine has an esoteric embedded RAID controller, the Intel SRCZCR RAID adapter. When I installed the machine one year ago I read the RELEASE Hardware Notes

geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s)

2009-12-09 Thread regis505
What are the meaning of the messages below when I boot 8.0-RELEASE-p1 and how can I prevent that? GEOM: ad6s1: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s). ... GEOM: ad6s2: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s). GEOM: ufsid/478e98a7fe5111d0: geometry does not match label

Re: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s)

2009-12-09 Thread J.D. Bronson
I see this too. I even went so far as to edit the labels and start again and then I got the opposite: geometry does not match label (16h,63s != 255h,63s) ..so I gave up. Google didnt turn anything up but I dont see this on FreeBSD 7.x at all. Only 8 So far, it has not been any issue from what

idled not disconnecting idle users on 7.2

2009-12-09 Thread Scott Schappell
I liked using idled on 4.11 to kick off idle users as it allowed me to specify which users can stay connected indefinitely, whereas sshd_config options ClientAliveCountMax 0 and ClientAliveInterval 60 would kick everyone off after an hour. I do have a couple of users that have a legitimate need

Re: What is proper process for source installs?

2009-12-09 Thread Jason
On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 10:21:34PM -0600, Peter Steele thus spake: Ah, you _probably_ want to do 'make release' -- I have no experience with this however to be much more help if that _is_ what you need. Didn't know about that one. I'll have to check it out--thanks. I started out doing this

Re: semi-problem starting sendmail

2009-12-09 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 18:25:43 -0500, Robert Huff roberth...@rcn.com wrote: I just generated new keys using the method specified the the article recommended by Giorgos, and I get the same result. Oops. I was hoping that would help, but it was only a wild guess by looking at the error message and

RE: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s)

2009-12-09 Thread Peter Steele
Add my name to the list--we get tons of these messages since upgrading to 8.0 -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Bernt Hansson Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:24 AM To: J.D. Bronson Cc:

RE: What is proper process for source installs?

2009-12-09 Thread Peter Steele
I started out doing this a couple of months ago, and the project has been a wealth of experience and knowledge, to say the least. Once you are able to do manage building a release, you can actually build your own update server and distribute binary updates on your custom kernel. Hmm,

Re: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s)

2009-12-09 Thread J.D. Bronson
What if we tried a custom kernel and removed these lines: options GEOM_PART_GPT # GUID Partition Tables. options GEOM_LABEL # Provides labelization I think that might remove these 'errors'. -- J.D. Bronson Information Technology

Re: fixit and gmirror

2009-12-09 Thread Joey Mingrone
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 21:40, Tim Judd taj...@gmail.com wrote: Because the livefs uses a MFSROOT system (allows you to make changes to the ram-based disk image after boot), you have to load kernel modules before the mfsroot is mounted.  As an example.. boot cd escape to loader prompt load

Re: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s)

2009-12-09 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On Dec 9, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Peter Steele wrote: Add my name to the list--we get tons of these messages since upgrading to 8.0 This isn't new with 8.x; it's been around since 4.0, if not earlier. For a long time, BIOSes using the older C/H/S addressing mechanism were limited to

hplip 3.9.8 on fbsd 7.1 with HP LJ P2035

2009-12-09 Thread Rich Winkel
Hi, I can't seem to get it to probe the printer. hp-setup says: error: No devices found. error: Error occured during interactive mode. Exiting. dmesg|grep HP says: ugen0: Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet P2035, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2 on uhub0 The

Re: Dangerously Dedicated (was: How do I create large ...)

2009-12-09 Thread James Phillips
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:00:29 +0100 From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de Subject: Re: How do I create large partitions in FreeBSD? To: krad kra...@googlemail.com Cc: Peter Steele pste...@maxiscale.com,     freebsd-questions@freebsd.org freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID:

Re: hplip 3.9.8 on fbsd 7.1 with HP LJ P2035

2009-12-09 Thread Lars Eighner
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, Rich Winkel wrote: Hi, I can't seem to get it to probe the printer. hp-setup says: error: No devices found. error: Error occured during interactive mode. Exiting. Did you run hp-setup from the command line? The GUI has been broken for a long time. Can you find the

Where is file channel_if.h

2009-12-09 Thread rhino64
Hi All, I need to compile a sound driver which need the include file channel_if.h. This file seems to be part of FreeBSD kernel definition. The only file I can find is /usr/src/sys/dev/sound/pcm/channel_if.m. It is similar to a header file but it seems that it should be modified to have the

BIOS/FreeBSD? i7 laptop with constant fan and no c states on 8.0

2009-12-09 Thread Jan Henrik Sylvester
I tried FreeBSD 8.0 on a Dell i7 laptop, but the fan is constantly spinning with maximal speed (and maximal noise). dev.cpu.0.cx_supported lists only C1. Maybe this is related to i386/135447 (but I am on 8.0/amd64 and not 7.2/i386). Even with powerd reducing the frequency to the lowest

Re: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s)

2009-12-09 Thread Michael Powell
J.D. Bronson wrote: What if we tried a custom kernel and removed these lines: options GEOM_PART_GPT # GUID Partition Tables. options GEOM_LABEL # Provides labelization I think that might remove these 'errors'. My kernel already has these removed

Re: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s)

2009-12-09 Thread J.D. Bronson
Well then so much for my idea of removing those options from the kernel. Darn. Well if they have 'been' there since earlier FreeBSD I wonder why we never saw them until 8.x now ? There must be some reason... They do not appear to be anything but cosmetic but still annoying and worrisome for

Re: Dangerously Dedicated (was: How do I create large ...)

2009-12-09 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:42:31 -0800 (PST), James Phillips anti_spam...@yahoo.ca wrote: I sort of followed the discussion as well. There was some disagreement about what dangreously dedicated means. For comparison, I seem to remember that the two concepts are called compatibility mode and

Re: named needs restart after a reboot

2009-12-09 Thread Derrick Ryalls
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Derrick Ryalls wrote: uname: FreeBSD example.com 8.0-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p1 #0: Sun Dec 6 11:23:52 PST 2009     ryal...@example.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FRODO amd64 I have most things

HP USB 2.0 Tape Drive

2009-12-09 Thread Doug Sampson
Hi, I'm looking to buy a tape drive and am currently looking at USB 2.0 DAT tape drives from HP. I searched the hardware compatibility list and cannot locate any information tape drives except the disclaimer that SCSI tape drives do work on SCSI controller cards that are recognized by the FreeBSD

Re: HP USB 2.0 Tape Drive

2009-12-09 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi Doug, Does anyone have had positive or negative experience using these USB-based DAT tape drives? Specifically, I am looking at the HP (Hewlett-Packard) I know that I am not really answering your question but here are a couple of thoughts that came to my mind when reading your post: - USB

Re: Temporarily halt boot process to enter encryption keys?

2009-12-09 Thread Corey J. Bukolt
Corey J. Bukolt wrote: Hello list, I have a FreeNAS box with a CF card for root, and 3 drives (soon to be 4) set up with encryption and raidz on top of them. A less than excellent detailed report of what I did is here: http://bit.ly/5BeZq8 This setup is a bit hackish as after the system

RE: HP USB 2.0 Tape Drive

2009-12-09 Thread Doug Sampson
Hi Doug, Does anyone have had positive or negative experience using these USB-based DAT tape drives? Specifically, I am looking at the HP (Hewlett-Packard) I know that I am not really answering your question but here are a couple of thoughts that came to my mind when reading your

Re: Dangerously Dedicated (was: How do I create large ...)

2009-12-09 Thread RW
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:42:31 -0800 (PST) James Phillips anti_spam...@yahoo.ca wrote: I sort of followed the discussion as well. There was some disagreement about what dangreously dedicated means. Does it mean getting rid of the DOS partition table (slices?) Or, does it mean creating a

Re: Dangerously Dedicated

2009-12-09 Thread Rolf Nielsen
RW wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:42:31 -0800 (PST) James Phillips anti_spam...@yahoo.ca wrote: I sort of followed the discussion as well. There was some disagreement about what dangreously dedicated means. Does it mean getting rid of the DOS partition table (slices?) Or, does it mean

Re: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s)

2009-12-09 Thread RW
On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:59:51 -0800 Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote: Hi-- On Dec 9, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Peter Steele wrote: Add my name to the list--we get tons of these messages since upgrading to 8.0 This isn't new with 8.x; it's been around since 4.0, if not earlier. Something

Re: Dangerously Dedicated

2009-12-09 Thread Maxim Khitrov
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Rolf Nielsen listrea...@lazlarlyricon.com wrote: RW wrote: On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:42:31 -0800 (PST) James Phillips anti_spam...@yahoo.ca wrote: I sort of followed the discussion as well. There was some disagreement about what dangreously dedicated means. Does

Re: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s)

2009-12-09 Thread Bruce Cran
On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:36:53 + RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com wrote: On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:59:51 -0800 Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote: Hi-- On Dec 9, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Peter Steele wrote: Add my name to the list--we get tons of these messages since upgrading to 8.0

Re: HP USB 2.0 Tape Drive

2009-12-09 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:09:05 -0800 , Doug Sampson do...@dawnsign.com wrote: All I just want to know is whether FBSD will recognize and work with the tape drive I posed in my previous email (the Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks Q1581SB DAT 160 Tape Drive). Will it be identified as /dev/da* something?

Re: Dangerously Dedicated

2009-12-09 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:33:17 +0100, Rolf Nielsen listrea...@lazlarlyricon.com wrote: As far as I understand it, it's called Dangerously Dedicated because it may cause other systems not to recognise the disk. Primarily, it's called dedicated (only) because it describes a setting where a whole

Re: Dangerously Dedicated

2009-12-09 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:41:40 -0500, Maxim Khitrov mkhit...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Rolf Nielsen listrea...@lazlarlyricon.com wrote: As far as I understand it, it's called Dangerously Dedicated because it may cause other systems not to recognise the disk. Consequently,

Re: Temporarily halt boot process to enter encryption keys?

2009-12-09 Thread Modulok
Corey, Umm...write a script perhaps? Nobody else has taken a shot at this one yet, so I'll try. This is just what I'd do. That said, it's probably not the best solution. It's an idea. You may have to work out some bugs along the way. In regards to interrupting the boot process, I don't think

Re: named needs restart after a reboot

2009-12-09 Thread Derrick Ryalls
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Derrick Ryalls ryal...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Derrick Ryalls wrote: uname: FreeBSD example.com 8.0-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p1 #0: Sun Dec 6 11:23:52 PST 2009    

Re: Temporarily halt boot process to enter encryption keys?

2009-12-09 Thread Corey J. Bukolt
Modulok wrote: Corey, Umm...write a script perhaps? Nobody else has taken a shot at this one yet, so I'll try. This is just what I'd do. That said, it's probably not the best solution. It's an idea. You may have to work out some bugs along the way. In regards to interrupting the boot

mountroot prompt after hint.apic.0.disabled=1

2009-12-09 Thread Robert Fitzpatrick
Don't know if that loader.conf change affected this server, I disabled APIC in loader.conf after finding it may be responsible for a slow clock on this VMware guest FreeBSD install. I rebooted for the changes to take affect and it goes now to a mountroot prompt, can't seem to load the root

ipfilter nat redirect udp packets

2009-12-09 Thread Fbsd1
Have this nat rule rdr rl0 0.0.0.0/0 port 6355 - 10.0.10.3 port 6355 I can see in the log that tcp packets are being redirected but udp packets are not. Can not find any verbiage in man 5 0r 8 ipnat that states rdr rule only matches on tcp packets. I thought tcp/udp packets should be

make delete-old question

2009-12-09 Thread Frank Shute
Hi, Successfully upgraded from 7.2 to 8.0 but had my usual problem when jumping major versions with the make delete-old target. The problem being that it asks me to confirm deletion of each lib/file with a y and a return. I've found that I never say n to any deletion and it becomes very tedious

Re: make delete-old question

2009-12-09 Thread Rolf G Nielsen
Frank Shute wrote: Hi, Successfully upgraded from 7.2 to 8.0 but had my usual problem when jumping major versions with the make delete-old target. The problem being that it asks me to confirm deletion of each lib/file with a y and a return. I've found that I never say n to any deletion and it

Re: make delete-old question

2009-12-09 Thread Olivier Nicole
Is there a way to change the Makefile so that they all get deleted with just one y and a return? Or possibly use yes(1) to script it? I often yes | make delete-old Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list