file needed for XFree86

2004-03-31 Thread rfa
Im trying to install XFree86 on my i386 FreeBSD 5.2.1 box but there is an error: cc -o xditview -O -pipe -ansi -Dasm=__asm -Wno-system-headers -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wundef -L/usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-clients/work/xc/exports/lib xditview.o Dvi.o draw.o font.o lex.o page.o parse.o

Re: file needed for XFree86

2004-03-31 Thread rfa
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im trying to install XFree86 on my i386 FreeBSD 5.2.1 box but there is an error: cc -o xditview -O -pipe -ansi -Dasm=__asm -Wno-system-headers -Wall -Wpointer-arith -Wundef -L/usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4-clients/work/xc/exports/lib xditview.o Dvi.o draw.o font.o lex.o

Re: log off with process running

2004-03-30 Thread rfa
nohup is a possible solution; check its man page. Example: $ nohup wget http://server/big.iso On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 05:22, Robert Storey wrote: I want to log off and hang up the modem. The question is, how to do so? With the above process running, I can't even get back to the command line to

ELF binary type 0 not known ??

2004-03-22 Thread rfa
Actually I posted this on the squirrelmail plugins list but havent had any success and I think you guys might have some ideas: First of all my system: Freebsd 4.8 Stable Running Courier-imap amp; SM 1.4.0 Im trying to get change_password 3.1-1 plugin to work, so far i installed the

Re: ELF binary type 0 not known ??

2004-03-22 Thread rfa
Actually I posted this on the squirrelmail plugins list but havent had any Actually I want to know what this code means(i think its the cause of my problems): bayok# /usr/local/www/data/webmail/plugins/change_passwd/chpasswd testuser mypassword 123abc ELF binary type 0 not known. Abort

spam scanner install failed

2004-03-18 Thread rfa
I'm trying to Install Qmail-scanner p5-Mail-SpamAssassin Amavisd-new on my 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD mail box running qmail and courier-imap but I can't seem to find the file Time-HiRes-1.51.tar.gz from a whole bunch of ftp sites. I checked some of the sites for example

Re: Anti Virus Software

2004-03-17 Thread rfa
I'm trying to set up a small web server with freebsd and all the Anti Virus Software I've find for Linus based want about $400 is there anything I acn do cheeper? Thanks Dennis Try looking at ports. there are a bunch of free AV software there for free. [I'm thinking of clamav and

squirrel/qmail/quota question ??

2004-03-09 Thread rfa
I was recently assigned to take charge of creation of email accounts and maintenance and just hit a problem. I don't have any mail experience yet[and very minimal bsd experience], and still reading the documentation, also the previous admin is not around. I deduced from pkg_info that we have

Re: squirrel/qmail/quota question [Success]

2004-03-09 Thread rfa
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 5:17 AM Subject: squirrel/qmail/quota question ?? courier-imap-1.7.1 qmail-1.03_1 squirrelmail-1.4.0 running the mail processes. They are working fine, although I received an important email with a 1.2MB

Re: Installation - More user friendly

2004-03-08 Thread rfa
On Mar 8, 2004, at 10:17 AM, JJB wrote: My web spider robot found this web site which is not on any of the search engines yet. www.a1poweruser.com Looks like it offers what you want in the way of user-friendly step-by-step instructions to installing FBSD. Please do not astroturf the

make install problem

2004-03-05 Thread rfa
im in the middle of a #make deinstall #make reinstall of py-bittorrent, so i can download things using this fantastic tool. unfortunately, it seems like when i run that, or a #make all install clean, it shows this: wxPythonSrc-2.4.2.4.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.

make install problem

2004-03-05 Thread rfa
im in the middle of a #make deinstall #make reinstall of py-bittorrent, so i can download things using this fantastic tool. unfortunately, it seems like when i run that, or a #make all install clean, it shows this: wxPythonSrc-2.4.2.4.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.

re: inetd[520]

2004-03-04 Thread rfa
followup on my question earlier about the warning inetd[520] ssh/tcp : bind; Address already in use I only got this message recently, and im sure i didnt do anything about inetd, also at the start of configuring freebsd, i confirmed sshd should run from inetd(i think) anyway is there a way

phpnuke forbidden, how to install?

2004-03-03 Thread rfa
i wanted to install phpnuke for content but after cvsuping i found out that === phpnuke-6.9 is forbidden: SQL injection vulnerability in Php-Nuke = 7.1.0. and i checked the phpnuke website, they have a patched version of phpnuke. im not really sure about not using the ports system coz i get

inetd[520] ssh/tcp: bind: Address already in use ???

2004-03-03 Thread rfa
I rebooted my system and wondered why the commadn line said Mar 4 15:13:16 rfa inetd[520]: ssh/tcp: bind: Address already in use I can still ssh onto this machine, and i can browse the pages it provides. from other computers on the lan. i can lynx the local website on our lan using this box

Re: How to remove a non-empty directory

2004-03-02 Thread rfa
Hi all folks, Kindly advise where can I find the small program 'midnight commander' for FreeBSD. OR what command line shall be applied on FBSD to remove a non-empty directory together with its content TIA B.R. satimis try this: #cd /usr/ports #make search name = mc | more [you will

anyone tried moodle?

2004-03-02 Thread rfa
i was thinking about setting up an online learning environment for some students here and remembered moodle. http://www.moodle.org i did a #make search name=moodle on my ports and couldn't find anything. now, has anyone tried this? im not familiar enough with freebsd and/or the ports to know

Re: production box: 4.9, 5.1, 5.2+ ???

2004-03-02 Thread rfa
I hesitate to ask this because it sounds stupid. its not that stupid a question. i've asked worse. use 4.9 definitely for production, it is the most stable at the moment, by stable we mean tested. try reading the handbook, about the part on creating a custom kernel. or you can download the

mysqladmin won't work

2004-03-01 Thread rfa
First of all im running FreeBSD 4.8 and mysql-server-3.23.56 Im planning to install phpmyadmin and phpnuke on my webserver for content and I forgot the root password for mysql and Im not the first maintainer of this server so I have no idea what the password could be. I was thinking to override

where do i get libintl.so.5?

2004-03-01 Thread rfa
im on my quest to install phpnuke when i hit a serious problem. it failed and upon looking at the error code i saw /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libintl.so.5 not found *** Error code 1 so i did this: (first i checked if it was installed by deinstalling it) su-2.05b#cd

kernel compile error

2004-02-28 Thread rfa
Im kinda new at this and I was compiling my kernel on my Dell Inspiron600m running FreeBSD 5.2 RELEASE when I just remembered[after taking a nap] that I did #make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC and I forgot to edit the /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC file before running the process. anyway, the

RE: kernel compile error

2004-02-28 Thread rfa
the only problem though with doing it all again is it takes so many hours!! especialy downloading and make world is there something i should do before the process to make a backup before starting? so instead of downloading from the should i tar the whole /usr/src? what do you think about this?

Re: FreeBSD on Laptop

2004-02-10 Thread rfa
hi kris, i was in the process of upgrading my kernel from 5.0 Release to 5.2 (on my laptop) and it won't boot. my boss gave me these instructions: #cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui make all install clean #cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile /etc/stable-supfile change default host -

FreeBSD on Laptop

2004-02-09 Thread rfa
Im just starting out and have installed FBSD on my laptop[DEll inspiron 600m], its a dual boot with WinXp and FBSD RELEASE 5.0. I think that that FreeBSD successfully probed the power management features(ACPI) because if I close the lid the thing suspends(my theory) and when i open it, it's