Re: Having problems with user PPP to private network in 5.4-STABLE

2005-04-10 Thread Richard Caley
Has there been a change in user-ppp or general networking behaviour between 4.* and 5-STABLE which might explain why I can't talk to a private network's PPP server from a 5.4 machine when I can from a 4.11 machine using the same ppp.conf etc? I can connect and all looks fine WRT routing and

Re: shell question

2005-04-06 Thread Richard Caley
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], mrspock (m) writes: m The problem is that I don't want to use the temporary m file that I used above (stdout, stderr, out), I just m want a filter If you want to rearange the output so that all the errors are after all the non errors, then you are going to need

Re: Some kind of intranet update system for FreeBSD?

2005-04-04 Thread Richard Caley
It builds them all, but instals teh first one on this machine. Would it build all the modules three time, I wonder? Seems to, but who cares? CPU cycles are cheap. I build on the machine which serves as the mail/news/dns/etc server, which is basicly idle all the time (those services just

Re: *attaching* a file to /usr/bin/mail message

2005-04-04 Thread Richard Caley
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Colin J Raven (cjr) writes: cjr Does anyone happen to know how you would *attach* *not readin the cjr contents of, but actually *attach*) a file using /usr/bin/mail? The metamail package includes metasend, a script which will build a MIME message you can then send

Re: Some kind of intranet update system for FreeBSD?

2005-04-03 Thread Richard Caley
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Fabian Keil (fk) writes: fk If the kernels are the same, you can use the same build fk on every machine as well. If they aren't it works to set KERNCONF to the whole list on the build machine KENRCONF=Macine1 Macine2 Machine3 It builds them all, but

Re: Devil Mascot

2004-06-28 Thread Richard Caley
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kai Grossjohann (kg) writes: kg Software is written for users, isn't it? From observation I would say that most software is written against users. As for FBSD, I hope it is being written for the enjoyment of those writing it, since that is the best insurance that

Re: Means of traversing a directory

2004-06-17 Thread Richard Caley
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gerard Samuel (gs) writes: gs Im running tar(1) to make a tar ball of a directory using the gs --newer-mtime to only get newer files after a specified date. gs Unfortunately, it also creates unwanted empty directories. Have you tried using find? If a relative

Re: Mail

2004-06-16 Thread Richard Caley
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], mail25 (m) writes: m There's so much bad-mouthing sendmail! All I can say to that is: R@ $+ + $* @ $* . $: $(virtuser $1 @ $3 $@ $1 $@ $2 $@ +$2 $: @ $) $1 + $2 @ $3 . -- Mail me as [EMAIL PROTECTED]_O_

Re: Devil Mascot

2004-06-14 Thread Richard Caley
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Cordula's Web (cw) writes: cw Tux looks cute, but does it stand for (code) bloat? ;-) It's quite simple: BSD: Daemon, evil, 'nuff said. Linux: Penguin, it's never going to fly. Windows: Distorted windowframe, lets crooks in.

Re: What's the big difference between Linux and Unix??

2004-06-13 Thread Richard Caley
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Grauwmans Steven (gs) writes: gs If U could please help me, I'm getting confused. Linux is a kernel, ie the bit of the OS which needs to be there, but you should never be aware of in normal use if it works properly. Unix is a trademark. There used to be an OS

Re: [OT] Re: Leaving a server on all day

2004-06-09 Thread Richard Caley
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Charles Swiger (cs) writes: cs You are correct that one needs to measure the voltage and use the RMS cs value, or DC series equivalent if you like that phrase, in order to cs figure out the power consumption accurately, but an {ammeter, cs amp-meter, DMM} which can

Re: Leaving a server on all day

2004-06-08 Thread Richard Caley
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jonathon McKitrick (jm) writes: jm I have my desktop configured to run as a server and app server for a thin jm client laptop. Will running it all day without suspend mode use a lot of jm power? Turn the monitor off, especially if it is getting old. I have a 19inch

Re: Installation problems

2004-05-28 Thread Richard Caley
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Paul Brownsea (pb) writes: pb ad0: READ command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting pb ata0: resetting devices .. pb And then it just hangs. This one is getting popular. There is at least one disk controller chipset out there which FBSD 4.X doesn't understand. If

Re: mail daemon(s) recomendation request

2004-05-28 Thread Richard Caley
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Joseph Gleason (jg) writes: jg I'm going to check into postfix and maybe qmail. Haven't played with qmail, but we were handed postfix on some managed linux servers. Years of experience with sendmail made me dread learning another monsterous system. Actually I just

4.{8,9,10} Install ad0 READ command error

2004-05-21 Thread Richard Caley
I can't install 4.X on a couple of identical new machines. They both exhibit the same problem, and it's consistant, so it's probably not bad hardware, though perhaps weird hardware. Also, 5.2 does install, but these are to be production machines at a remote location so I'd really rather be

Re: 4.{8,9,10} Install ad0 READ command error

2004-05-21 Thread Richard Caley
The motherboard is an ASRock KS41 Chipset:SIS 741 + SIS 963L Athalon 2400+ HDD model and firmware version would be useful. The HDD is a maxtor 6Y080P0 The BIOS is AMI and identifies itself as K7S41 P1.10. As a matter of interest, I have had a very similar

Re: 4.{8,9,10} Install ad0 READ command error

2004-05-21 Thread Richard Caley
Did you tried with another HDD ? Does the HDD work on another mobo ? Don't really want to mess with the hardware too much. These are supposed to be identical machines to deliver quickly to a customer as a stop-gap. I'll try with a spare HD this evening, but basicly I just want to get something