Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-14 Thread Jules Gilbert
is what's already happening, stuff like IceTea is being built. But scrapping Java?, not for at least 25 years, more probably. On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Jules Gilbert jules.sto...@gmail.com wrote: About Java.  Using java with freebsd/mozilla or another browser. Some questions: Is GNU

Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-10 Thread Jules Gilbert
a java-enabled browser, with zero or at least few problems. --jg On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Randal L. Schwartz mer...@stonehenge.com wrote: Jules == Jules Gilbert jules.sto...@gmail.com writes: Jules Now an opinion.  If Oracle isn't going to help us, we should look Jules around

this is probably a little touchy to ask...

2010-09-09 Thread Jules Gilbert
About Java. Using java with freebsd/mozilla or another browser. Some questions: Is GNU java sufficient? I need to be able to run a browser with Java. No alternative -- and no I don't want to run windoz. I'm trying to do an 8.1 install. Does this problem exist with Sun's x86 OS? Does anyone

Re: configuring X on the Presario with the 8200M driver

2009-09-25 Thread Jules Gilbert
now i got up (by doing the startx as root,) but i dont' have a working mouse. when I am in screen mode (normal, -- with no X.) when I move the mouse, I can see the 'arrow' pointer move just fine. So... On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 2:12 AM, Kenneth kennet...@earthlink.net wrote: Moving this

Re: configuring X on the Presario with the 8200M driver

2009-09-13 Thread Jules Gilbert
Thanks, guys! I intend to set aside some time late this week to try this. I bought one but have not been able to configure the X environment yet; I notice that PC-BSD comes up fine; I thought of doing that and copying the file, but that's about a half day or more of effort that way... Not

configuring X on the Presario with the 8200M driver

2009-08-08 Thread Jules Gilbert
Okay, I'm back with another question (but let me begin by saying I love FreeBSD. It really is great. Thank you for building/supporting it.) I have one of those $300 Presario laptop's, and it's really wonderful -- it compares very well to laptops' selling for $2k to even $3k. But the video

Re: Automatic means for spinning down disks available?

2007-04-10 Thread Jules Gilbert
Boy, do I want answers too! We have HD's that run 24X7. And I don't want to turn them off, I just want them to sleep quietly until needed. We have lot's of RAM, thus plenty of cache space. Our machines are all blades. (Does this matter? I don't know.) IBMs and Super-Micros. We

pthread usage

2007-03-19 Thread Jules Gilbert
Dear ManyPeople: I have blades, all running FreeBSD, (version 6.1) And these machines have to communicate, one with another. I need help making pthread work, as I need to enqueue and dequeue logical resource names, so that I can lock and unlock events and physical resources. Does

trying to write a simple PING

2005-09-11 Thread Jules Gilbert
I just need to get the status of a machine on my intranet. What clever method have I not thought of? \ --jg ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

and while I am at it...

2004-12-02 Thread Jules Gilbert
Also, I not only have a USB floppy but also a USB modem. I know that's harder to get working. Ideas, anyone? --jg ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

I did it, and now I need to undo it...

2004-11-10 Thread Jules Gilbert
I need to reset my root password; I am running FreeBSD 5.2.1 and golly!, going to single user mode no longer works to change a password -- one gets an authentication error; I have complete control of the box, it's in my lab. What do I do to change the password and bring the machine back to

[Fwd: Re: I did it, and now I need to undo it...]

2004-11-10 Thread Jules Gilbert
I benched the machine (I have many of these boxes, a friend of mine and I built these but I didn't have a basis to use these until now -- and now I need them to run TODAY (well, tomorrow but no later.) I am pretty sure that benching them is required, as on the rack, these machines have no

how do I verify how sshd is starting?

2004-08-19 Thread Jules Gilbert
Someone else put my FreeBSD box together. How to I determine whether sshd is starting via rc.d or by inetd? I've had to tighten down the box and the changes I've made don't seem to have any effect, though I did a shutdown and restart. Please email me your answers -- I am in a critical

password-less secure interchange

2002-07-14 Thread jules gilbert
that by copying various 'secret' files to the other system, I could avoid the requirement of my being there. Please e-mail any/all answers to me. I am [EMAIL PROTECTED] And thank you! Sincerely, Jules Gilbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions