Re: Distributing makefiles

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:31 pm, Michaël Grünewald wrote: Hi all, I am planning to distribute some of the makefiles I wrote on various platforms, including FreeBSD. I need the help of some insightful soul to take a few decisions: --- Where to install? I think /usr/local/share/mk is fine;

Re: Distributing makefiles

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:43 pm, Malcolm Kay wrote: On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:31 pm, Michaël Grünewald wrote: Hi all, I am planning to distribute some of the makefiles I wrote on various platforms, including FreeBSD. I need the help of some insightful soul to take a few decisions: ---

ppp reconnecting problem

Hello! I encountered big problem after switching router from gentoo to freebsd. It does not properly reconnect ADSL link after loosing connection, for example, when ISP cycle IP address or when I pull out cable from ADSL switcher for testing purporse. I cannot realize what's

only 256 pty 6.2

Hi there. How can I get more than 256 pty with FreeBSD 6.2? thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ppp reconnecting problem (try #2)

Hello. My first e-mail seems very messed up, so I will try again. Sorry about that, I hope this will be OK. I encountered big problem after switching router from gentoo to freebsd. It does not properly reconnect ADSL link after loosing connection, for example, when ISP cycle IP address or

shutdown forensics

I'm trying to figure out what caused an unplanned shutdown of a freebsd 6.0 server; I see this in the last output reboot ~ Thu Apr 24 06:15 shutdown ~ Thu Apr 24 06:10 but cannot see anybody having been logged in at the time.

unexpected reboot / which files to check

Hello, Which files (apart from /var/log/messages) one should check to determine why server was suddenly rebooted? I am on a FreeBSD 7.0-Release. Thanks! Zbyszek ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

libstdc++ localization aborts with an exception

Hello, if I try to instantiate the standard C++ class std::locale for locales other than C, it aborts with an exception in FreeBSD 7-R. I suppose it has something to do with, how libstdc++ is build under fBSD. There is an option for libstdc++ called --enable-clocale[=MODEL] use MODEL for

Re: unexpected reboot / which files to check

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Which files (apart from /var/log/messages) one should check to determine why server was suddenly rebooted? I am on a FreeBSD 7.0-Release. Thanks! Zbyszek I would take a look weather any dumps showed up in /var/crash

lint complains about system includes

I thought it's a good idea to pass my C code through lint. After a number of small changes I was able to remove all problems in my own code, apart from the pass2 errors. So my first problem is that the complaints about the system includes are annoying. Will I have to fix all those files, PR a

Problem with reconnecting ppp (ppp -ddial isp)

Hello! I encountered big problem after switching router from gentoo to freebsd. It does not properly reconnect ADSL link after loosing connection, for example, when ISP cycle IP address or when I pull out cable from ADSL switcher for testing purporse. I cannot realize what's going on and

shutdown forensics

Robin Becker writes: I'm trying to figure out what caused an unplanned shutdown of a freebsd 6.0 server; I see this in the last output reboot ~ Thu Apr 24 06:15 shutdown ~ Thu Apr 24 06:10 but cannot see anybody

Re: unexpected reboot / which files to check

Which files (apart from /var/log/messages) one should check to determine why server was suddenly rebooted? I am on a FreeBSD 7.0-Release. not much more. check dmesg.boot it often have things from before reboot. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: shutdown forensics

Robert Huff wrote: Robin Becker writes: I'm trying to figure out what caused an unplanned shutdown of a freebsd 6.0 server; I see this in the last output reboot ~ Thu Apr 24 06:15 shutdown ~ Thu Apr 24 06:10 but cannot

Re: Ports Question

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 01:19:57AM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 04:40:58PM -0400, Grant Peel wrote: Hi all, What is the proper method to pass configure arguments when installing a port? While you can supply arguments on the command line, it is hard to remember.

Re: VLAN Trunking with Freebsd

Hey, I am sure this topic has been discussed before, however, I have been coming across unanswered inquiries within the last two months about possibly using the trunking aspect of 802.1q standard network routing, with only freebsd. I have attempted to create mulitple vlan interfaces and

Re: VLAN Trunking with Freebsd

This is my config: cloned_interfaces=vlan2 vlan3 vlan4 vlan5 ifconfig_re0=inet 192.168.1.62 netmask 255.255.255.192 ifconfig_re1=inet 192.168.1.254 netmask 255.255.255.128 ifconfig_bge0=inet a.b.c.d netmask 255.255.255.240 ifconfig_em0=up ifconfig_vlan2=192.168.41.1 vlan 2 vlandev em0

Re: unexpected reboot / which files to check

Hello all, Dominic Fandrey pisze: Which files (apart from /var/log/messages) one should check to determine why server was suddenly rebooted? I am on a FreeBSD 7.0-Release. I would take a look weather any dumps showed up in /var/crash Nothing in /var/crash This is the last line before

Article on implementing UFS journaling on desktop PCs (updated)

I have just updated my recent article on journaling for desktops: http://store.itsyourftp.com/~sonic2000gr/freebsd/gjournal-desktop/article.html Main differences: - The abstract is somewhat shorter - Separate providers for journal and data are needed only when the partition to be

Re: VLAN Trunking with Freebsd

Nejc Škoberne wrote: Hey, I am sure this topic has been discussed before, however, I have been coming across unanswered inquiries within the last two months about possibly using the trunking aspect of 802.1q standard network routing, with only freebsd. I have attempted to create mulitple vlan

ZFS + gmirror: how?

Hi, I'm rather new to FreeBSD and I'm having trouble with ZFS and gmirror. I've used this guide to install FreeBSD 7 on ZFS: http://www.ish.com.au/solutions/articles/freebsdzfs This goes flawless, however, the /bootdir is still just /dev/ad01sa (in my case), so if that disk breaks, I still

Re: LOADER_TFTP_SUPPORT=YES and FreeBSD 6.3

Le Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:56:26 +0300, Omer Faruk Sen [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Hi, Hello, I am trying to build a install server. I have used make -DLOADER_TFTP_SUPPORT=YES in /usr/src/obj and copied it over to my /pxeboot/ which I have copied contents from FreeBSD 6.3 Install cd. But no

Re: ppp reconnecting problem

Le Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:13:06 +0200, Ivan Toman [EMAIL PROTECTED] a __crit : Hello! I encountered big problem after switching router from gentoo to freebsd. It does not properly reconnect ADSL link after loosing connection, for example, when ISP cycle IP address or when I pull

Compiz Fusion brings all Gnome with itself

Hi, I've installed Compiz Fusion on my machine using packages. Installing it from ports was unsuccessful since it needs gio-fam-backend which in turn needs glib-2.16.3 to be installed. I don't really want to update my glib since I don't know if I need to update all my system (or at least those

Firewalls

FreeBSD supports 3 firewalls: IPF, IPFW, and PF. Some time ago (perhaps years) I seem to recall some discussion that one or more of those was better maintained and higher quality than the others. I don't see any indications of this in the handbook. Several years ago I needed to do

problems with a graphical locking screen/app

Maybe thie list knows. I've searched the web, and KDE Sites. NADA. For a couple weeks, when my screen blanks, it requires my passwd to get back to work. I have no screensaver srt, AFAICT. I messed with ``Configure Desktop'' to no avail. The screen has my name and a window for the passwd and

Re: simple network traffic query tool

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:08:14 +0200 Zbigniew Szalbot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope I am not stealing the thread by asking an additional question. Thanks to this thread I discovered :) systat -ifstat and other switches. Does such data like below survive reboots? re0 in 8.062 KB/s

Question behavior about socket syscall in release 6.2

I have found some weird behavior about the socket system call in freebsd release 6.2. The problem appears if I try to open more sockets than the ulimits allows: the socket system call gets blocked instead of returning an EMFILE error. This only happens to me in release 6.2 ( I tested in 7.0 but

Re: Firewalls

On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 8:14 PM, Doug Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FreeBSD supports 3 firewalls: IPF, IPFW, and PF. Some time ago (perhaps years) I seem to recall some discussion that one or more of those was better maintained and higher quality than the others. I don't see any

fetch question

Hello, i'm korea FreeBSD user i have problem i can't install port programs and portsnaps i can do wget this program but can't do fetch FreeBSD STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE what is problem? --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/net-p2p/rtorrent]# fetch -p

Re: simple network traffic query tool

Hi, Norberto Meijome pisze: On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:08:14 +0200 Zbigniew Szalbot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope I am not stealing the thread by asking an additional question. Thanks to this thread I discovered :) systat -ifstat and other switches. Does such data like below survive reboots?

Re: Can't upgrade lsof

Larry Smith wrote: I'm a newbie trying to upgrade 'lsof'. 'Portupgrade -a' goes well except for lsof and a couple of files that depend on it (gnome-system-monitor, gnome-applets, etc.) I have cvs'ed my ports tree, did portsdb, pkgdb and portsclean over the last couple of days to see if it

Re: Firewalls

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:44:35 -0500 Eric Humphries [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PF supports traffic shaping via ALTQ. I've been meaning to try this. does it support 'pipes' in the same sense as ipfw ? if so, it seems another reason use ipfw is gone... B _

Re: fetch question

hi, On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 13:23 +0900, Ho-young, SONG wrote: Hello, i'm korea FreeBSD user i have problem i can't install port programs and portsnaps i can do wget this program but can't do fetch FreeBSD STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE what is problem? --- [EMAIL