RE: why an old operating system

2008-06-26 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of prad Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:00 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: why an old operating system in our search for servers we contacted genstor (on the freebsd compatible hardware

Is FreeBSD i386 64bit?

2008-06-26 Thread Sandra Kachelmann
Coming from the Linux world I am pretty new to FreeBSD, please bare with me. I find the FreeBSD handbook pretty useful and I just managed to update 7.0-RELEASE to 7-STABLE from source. I have an Intel core4quad CPU and was wondering if I now have a 64bit FreeBSD. I am a bit confused because from

Re: Is FreeBSD i386 64bit?

2008-06-26 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 12:56:06PM +0200, Sandra Kachelmann wrote: Coming from the Linux world I am pretty new to FreeBSD, please bare with me. I find the FreeBSD handbook pretty useful and I just managed to update 7.0-RELEASE to 7-STABLE from source. I have an Intel core4quad CPU and was

Re: Is FreeBSD i386 64bit?

2008-06-26 Thread Bill Moran
On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:56:06 +0200 Sandra Kachelmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Coming from the Linux world I am pretty new to FreeBSD, please bare with me. I find the FreeBSD handbook pretty useful and I just managed to update 7.0-RELEASE to 7-STABLE from source. I have an Intel core4quad CPU

why can't I use $1 in .cshrc ?

2008-06-26 Thread Juri Mianovich
I am trying to use this alias in my root .cshrc file: grep $1 /some/file but .cshrc _refuses_ to expand $1 as a proper variable (in this case, the first argument to the alias...) I _think_ it's because $1 is being interpreted as a argument to csh _itself_ when it runs .cshrc ... but maybe

Re: why can't I use $1 in .cshrc ?

2008-06-26 Thread Derek Ragona
At 07:04 AM 6/26/2008, Juri Mianovich wrote: I am trying to use this alias in my root .cshrc file: grep $1 /some/file but .cshrc _refuses_ to expand $1 as a proper variable (in this case, the first argument to the alias...) I _think_ it's because $1 is being interpreted as a argument to

URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive

2008-06-26 Thread Garrett Cooper
Hello, First off sorry for the cross-post. I typically don't do this but this is an important question, so please bear with me. I'm just trying to get more eyes on the subject so I can (maybe) get a reply quicker... I'm running 8-CURRENT on my machine and it appears that one of the

RE: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive

2008-06-26 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
Most GOOD RAID cards will let you rebuild an array from the card BIOS outside the OS. Some will even do it automatically, if you replace the failed drive, while the system is fully up and running (of course it slaughters your drive access speed while it rebuilds the data on the new drive) If

Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive

2008-06-26 Thread Derek Ragona
At 08:49 AM 6/26/2008, Garrett Cooper wrote: Hello, First off sorry for the cross-post. I typically don't do this but this is an important question, so please bear with me. I'm just trying to get more eyes on the subject so I can (maybe) get a reply quicker... I'm running 8-CURRENT

Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive

2008-06-26 Thread Casey Scott
- Derek Ragona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:49 AM 6/26/2008, Garrett Cooper wrote: Hello, First off sorry for the cross-post. I typically don't do this but this is an important question, so please bear with me. I'm just trying to get more eyes on the subject so I can (maybe)

Re: why can't I use $1 in .cshrc ?

2008-06-26 Thread Pietro Cerutti
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Juri Mianovich wrote: | I am trying to use this alias in my root .cshrc file: | | grep $1 /some/file | | but .cshrc _refuses_ to expand $1 as a proper variable (in this case, the first argument to the alias...) | | I _think_ it's because $1 is

Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive

2008-06-26 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Casey Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Derek Ragona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:49 AM 6/26/2008, Garrett Cooper wrote: Hello, First off sorry for the cross-post. I typically don't do this but this is an important question, so please bear with

Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive

2008-06-26 Thread Derek Ragona
At 09:38 AM 6/26/2008, Garrett Cooper wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Casey Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Derek Ragona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:49 AM 6/26/2008, Garrett Cooper wrote: Hello, First off sorry for the cross-post. I typically don't do this but this

Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive

2008-06-26 Thread Ryan Coleman
Derek Ragona wrote: At 09:38 AM 6/26/2008, Garrett Cooper wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Casey Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Derek Ragona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 08:49 AM 6/26/2008, Garrett Cooper wrote: Hello, First off sorry for the cross-post. I typically

Re: why can't I use $1 in .cshrc ?

2008-06-26 Thread N. Raghavendra
At 2008-06-26T05:04:52-07:00, Juri Mianovich wrote: I am trying to use this alias in my root .cshrc file: grep $1 /some/file but .cshrc _refuses_ to expand $1 as a proper variable (in this case, the first argument to the alias...) I _think_ it's because $1 is being interpreted as a

RE: Unstable File Server

2008-06-26 Thread George Vagner
I have had those exact problems with my removable tray. Try eliminating the tray for a while and see... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Derek Ragona Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:23 PM To: Marcel Grandemange Cc:

RE: Unstable File Server

2008-06-26 Thread Marcel Grandemange
Ad2 is the only one out of the troubled drives that is in a bay that seems to be giving issues. And when replacing it with the 20gb issues went away. Im considering changing motherboards from the MSI im using to an intel. Mabey FreeBSD has issues with the via chipset used for the IDE Sata

Problems upgrading GNUTLS 2.2.2 to 2.4.0

2008-06-26 Thread Doug Poland
Hello, I'm having issues upgrading GNUTLS 2.2.2 to 2.4.0. The box in questions is running 7.0-STABLE i386. The error message I'm receiving is... === Configuring for gnutls-2.4.0 aclocal.m4:16: warning: this file was generated for autoconf 2.62. You have another version of autoconf. It

Re: Problems upgrading GNUTLS 2.2.2 to 2.4.0

2008-06-26 Thread Schiz0
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Doug Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm having issues upgrading GNUTLS 2.2.2 to 2.4.0. The box in questions is running 7.0-STABLE i386. The error message I'm receiving is... === Configuring for gnutls-2.4.0 aclocal.m4:16: warning: this file was

Re: Problems upgrading GNUTLS 2.2.2 to 2.4.0

2008-06-26 Thread Doug Poland
Schiz0 wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Doug Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm having issues upgrading GNUTLS 2.2.2 to 2.4.0. The box in questions is running 7.0-STABLE i386. The error message I'm receiving is... === Configuring for gnutls-2.4.0 aclocal.m4:16: warning:

Re: Problems upgrading GNUTLS 2.2.2 to 2.4.0

2008-06-26 Thread Schiz0
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Doug Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Schiz0 wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Doug Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm having issues upgrading GNUTLS 2.2.2 to 2.4.0. The box in questions is running 7.0-STABLE i386. The error message I'm

wpa_supplicant trouble

2008-06-26 Thread David Gurvich
Hello, I am using FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE and an intel 2100 wireless mini-pci card. The wireless connection is to a linksys router which then connects to a second router that acts as a DHCP server and gateway. The commands I use to start are the following: wpa_supplicant -D bsd -i ipw0 -c

Windows Unix volunteers

2008-06-26 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hello, What is a good place to look for volunteers who would like to modify Windows source code for an open source software. We have a programme that changes wallpapers on your desktop but it is only available for Windows. As a FreeBSD fan, I'd love to see it in ports. Can anyone recommend

RE: Problems upgrading GNUTLS 2.2.2 to 2.4.0

2008-06-26 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:55:08 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problems upgrading GNUTLS 2.2.2 to 2.4.0 Schiz0 wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Doug Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm having issues upgrading

to scsi or not to scsi

2008-06-26 Thread prad
i've heard scsi hard drives are really good. i've also seen at least one site which claims that ide easily outperform scsi. for the server we got (dual P3 1GHz 2M which will use raid), is one preferable over the other? and what about sata? -- In friendship, prad

RE: Windows Unix volunteers

2008-06-26 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:17:19 +0200 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Windows Unix volunteers Hello, What is a good place to look for volunteers who would like to modify Windows source code for an open source software. We have a programme that

Re: Windows Unix volunteers

2008-06-26 Thread Derek Ragona
At 11:17 AM 6/26/2008, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello, What is a good place to look for volunteers who would like to modify Windows source code for an open source software. We have a programme that changes wallpapers on your desktop but it is only available for Windows. As a FreeBSD fan, I'd

RE: Windows Unix volunteers

2008-06-26 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
Resending since my last email got horribly garbled up. there are a few programs like this already. some people even just use cron jobs with a script to force a background change to a random image every X minutes.graphics/chbg is a nice start. just do a google search or search

Re: Slow internet conection with FreeBSD (PPPoE)

2008-06-26 Thread Andrei Brezan
Derek Ragona wrote: At 01:17 PM 6/25/2008, Andrei Brezan wrote: Hello list :) I have a problem with my so called server, i'm using FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. I connect to it trough ssh because i'm not in that location. Everything is ok i'm using /usr/sbin/ppp to connect to the internet as i have

Re: Windows Unix volunteers

2008-06-26 Thread N. Raghavendra
At 2008-06-26T18:17:19+02:00, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: What is a good place to look for volunteers who would like to modify Windows source code for an open source software. We have a programme that changes wallpapers on your desktop but it is only available for Windows. As a FreeBSD fan, I'd

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2008-06-26 Thread Grammas, August
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Re: Windows Unix volunteers

2008-06-26 Thread Zbigniew Szalbot
Hi all, N. Raghavendra: At 2008-06-26T18:17:19+02:00, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: What is a good place to look for volunteers who would like to modify Windows source code for an open source software. We have a programme that changes wallpapers on your desktop but it is only available for Windows.

Re: to scsi or not to scsi

2008-06-26 Thread David Robillard
i've heard scsi hard drives are really good. i've also seen at least one site which claims that ide easily outperform scsi. I seriously doubt that. Maybe if you take a single old first generation SCSI disk and compare it to a modern IDE drive. But that's not exactly comparing apples to apples.

RE: Windows Unix volunteers

2008-06-26 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:44:38 +0200 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Windows Unix volunteers Hi all, N. Raghavendra: At 2008-06-26T18:17:19+02:00, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:What is a good place to look for volunteers who

Re: to scsi or not to scsi

2008-06-26 Thread Wojciech Puchar
i've heard scsi hard drives are really good. SATA are too. i've also seen at least one site which claims that ide easily outperform scsi. the performance are similar by interfaces, SCSI drives tend to have higher RPM and faster heads and can be 30-50% faster for 5 times higher price.

Re: to scsi or not to scsi

2008-06-26 Thread Derek Ragona
At 11:25 AM 6/26/2008, prad wrote: i've heard scsi hard drives are really good. i've also seen at least one site which claims that ide easily outperform scsi. for the server we got (dual P3 1GHz 2M which will use raid), is one preferable over the other? and what about sata? -- In friendship,

Re: to scsi or not to scsi

2008-06-26 Thread Bill Moran
In response to prad [EMAIL PROTECTED]: i've heard scsi hard drives are really good. i've also seen at least one site which claims that ide easily outperform scsi. for the server we got (dual P3 1GHz 2M which will use raid), is one preferable over the other? and what about sata? There was

Re: wpa_supplicant trouble

2008-06-26 Thread David Alanis
Quoting David Gurvich [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello, I am using FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE and an intel 2100 wireless mini-pci card. The wireless connection is to a linksys router which then connects to a second router that acts as a DHCP server and gateway. I have the same set up and my linksys serves

Re: wpa_supplicant trouble

2008-06-26 Thread David Gurvich
A further note: If I run remove the '-B' option and add '-d', wpa_supplicant does disassociate but rapidly reassociates on it's own. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: Slow internet conection with FreeBSD (PPPoE)

2008-06-26 Thread Derek Ragona
At 12:04 PM 6/26/2008, Andrei Brezan wrote: Derek Ragona wrote: At 01:17 PM 6/25/2008, Andrei Brezan wrote: Hello list :) I have a problem with my so called server, i'm using FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. I connect to it trough ssh because i'm not in that location. Everything is ok i'm using

Re: wpa_supplicant trouble

2008-06-26 Thread David Alanis
Quoting David Gurvich [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A further note: If I run remove the '-B' option and add '-d', wpa_supplicant does disassociate but rapidly reassociates on it's own. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: to scsi or not to scsi

2008-06-26 Thread Jos Chrispijn
prad wrote: i've heard scsi hard drives are really good. i've also seen at least one site which claims that ide easily outperform scsi. for the server we got (dual P3 1GHz 2M which will use raid), is one preferable over the other? and what about sata? Prad, Have a look at this URL:

Re: Problems upgrading GNUTLS 2.2.2 to 2.4.0 (SOLVED)

2008-06-26 Thread Doug Poland
Sean Cavanaugh wrote: Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:55:08 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problems upgrading GNUTLS 2.2.2 to 2.4.0 Schiz0 wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Doug Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello,

Re: Changing default files locations / ports / mailgraph

2008-06-26 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Zbigniew Szalbot [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello all, What do I need to avoid making the same mistake of having mailgraph installing files at the wrong location in my system? The default location in Makefile is this: CGIDIR?=${PREFIX}/www/cgi-bin DATADIR?= /var/db/mailgraph

Re: wpa_supplicant trouble

2008-06-26 Thread David Alanis
Quoting David Gurvich [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A further note: If I run remove the '-B' option and add '-d', wpa_supplicant does disassociate but rapidly reassociates on it's own. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

FreeBSD and Active Directory

2008-06-26 Thread Chris Edwards
I have been put in charge of creating a single sign-on mechanism for our Windows 2003 and FreeBSD servers. We are wanting to use Active Directory as our LDAP server. I know of four different methods that could possibly work. 1. OpenLDAP 2. Radius 3. NIS 4. WinBind / Samba Which is the most

Re: FreeBSD and Active Directory

2008-06-26 Thread Derek Ragona
At 02:20 PM 6/26/2008, Chris Edwards wrote: I have been put in charge of creating a single sign-on mechanism for our Windows 2003 and FreeBSD servers. We are wanting to use Active Directory as our LDAP server. I know of four different methods that could possibly work. 1. OpenLDAP 2. Radius 3.

Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Tim Daneliuk
Is there anything special one has to do when doing a make world intended for 64-bit FreeBSD or is it sufficient to build the 64-bit kernel and make world as everywhere else? -- Tim Daneliuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Kris Kennaway
Tim Daneliuk wrote: Is there anything special one has to do when doing a make world intended for 64-bit FreeBSD or is it sufficient to build the 64-bit kernel and make world as everywhere else? The same as everywhere else. Kris ___

install of gettext fails amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Per olof Ljungmark
System built from today's sources. FreeBSD vidar.i.inter-sonic.com 7.0-STABLE FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Thu Jun 26 21:27:20 CEST 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/VIDAR amd64 Making install in tests test -z /usr/local/info/ || ../../build-aux/install-sh -c -d /usr/local/info/

Re: Windows Unix volunteers

2008-06-26 Thread Derek Ragona
At 12:44 PM 6/26/2008, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hi all, N. Raghavendra: At 2008-06-26T18:17:19+02:00, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: What is a good place to look for volunteers who would like to modify Windows source code for an open source software. We have a programme that changes wallpapers on

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Tim Daneliuk
Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Is there anything special one has to do when doing a make world intended for 64-bit FreeBSD or is it sufficient to build the 64-bit kernel and make world as everywhere else? The same as everywhere else. Kris So, I take it that this means that all

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Kris Kennaway
Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Is there anything special one has to do when doing a make world intended for 64-bit FreeBSD or is it sufficient to build the 64-bit kernel and make world as everywhere else? The same as everywhere else. Kris So, I take it that

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Tim Daneliuk
Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Is there anything special one has to do when doing a make world intended for 64-bit FreeBSD or is it sufficient to build the 64-bit kernel and make world as everywhere else? The same as everywhere else. Kris

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
-- From: Tim Daneliuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 4:51 PM To: Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED]; FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Making World For amd64 Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote:

Re: to scsi or not to scsi

2008-06-26 Thread prad
On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:53:00 +0200 Jos Chrispijn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have a look at this URL: http://www.pugetsystems.com/articles.php?id=19 this was very interesting and thorough. and thanks to everyone else who responded especially david and bill. unfortunately, david, most of the links

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Tim Daneliuk
Sean Cavanaugh wrote: -- From: Tim Daneliuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 4:51 PM To: Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED]; FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Making World For amd64 Kris Kennaway

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 03:51:40PM -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Is there anything special one has to do when doing a make world intended for 64-bit FreeBSD or is it sufficient to build the 64-bit kernel

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Kris Kennaway
Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Is there anything special one has to do when doing a make world intended for 64-bit FreeBSD or is it sufficient to build the 64-bit kernel and make world as everywhere else? The same as

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Tim Daneliuk
Erik Trulsson wrote: 1) How does make world know whether to build 32-bit or 64-bit binaries? It will build for whatever system you have installed. If you are running a 32-bit system it will make 32-bit binaries, and if you are running a 64-bit system it will make 64-bit binaries. By

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Tim Daneliuk
Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Is there anything special one has to do when doing a make world intended for 64-bit FreeBSD or is it sufficient to build the 64-bit kernel and make world as everywhere

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Tim Daneliuk
Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Is there anything special one has to do when doing a make world intended for 64-bit FreeBSD or is it sufficient to build the 64-bit kernel and

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Kris Kennaway
Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Is there anything special one has to do when doing a make world intended for 64-bit FreeBSD or is it sufficient to build the 64-bit kernel and make

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Roland Smith
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:19:15PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 03:51:40PM -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Is there anything special one has to do when doing a make world intended

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Kris Kennaway
Tim Daneliuk wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Is there anything special one has to do when doing a make world intended for 64-bit FreeBSD or is it sufficient to build the

Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive

2008-06-26 Thread Randy Bush
I'm pretty fed up with Intel's ICH9R interface too so I'm hoping (crosses fingers) that I'll be able to afford an Adaptec card of some flavor that's compatible with -CURRENT. If you are looking to move up, look at the 3ware RAID cards. Not sure which models work with FreeBSD, but these card

Re: Windows Unix volunteers

2008-06-26 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 07:44:38PM +0200, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hi all, N. Raghavendra: At 2008-06-26T18:17:19+02:00, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: What is a good place to look for volunteers who would like to modify Windows source code for an open source software. We have a programme that

Re: to scsi or not to scsi

2008-06-26 Thread Wojciech Puchar
we have a chance to buy 18G scsi at $5 or 36G for $25. with THAT price - SCSI make sense :) what the seller isn't sure about is whether they will be compatible with the particular server. SCSI is SCSI. unless the device doesn't comply to standards (unlikely) it just works!

Intel SATA RAID SRCS16 performance

2008-06-26 Thread Deceased
Hi, this week I got server with Intel(R) RAID Controller SRCS16 8 port SATA RAID controller, which needed to be reinstalled. After backing all data and reinstall, I noticed that writing to logical drives almost never exceeds 700 bytes/sec. Testing with dd : dd if=/dev/zero of=/usr/test.dat

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Roland Smith
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 04:31:37PM -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote: 1) How does make world know whether to build 32-bit or 64-bit binaries? It always uses the native format. amd64 == 64 bit, i386 == 32 bit Don't mean to beat this to death, but can you say just a bit more about this please.

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Is there anything special one has to do when doing a make world intended for 64-bit FreeBSD or is it sufficient to build the 64-bit kernel and make world as everywhere else? The same as

Re: to scsi or not to scsi

2008-06-26 Thread prad
On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:59:15 +0200 (CEST) Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SCSI is SCSI. unless the device doesn't comply to standards (unlikely) it just works! thanks wojciech! i also came across the following in this article from 1999: Seagate is committed to Ultra3 SCSI and plans

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 04:29:20PM -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote: Erik Trulsson wrote: 1) How does make world know whether to build 32-bit or 64-bit binaries? It will build for whatever system you have installed. If you are running a 32-bit system it will make 32-bit binaries, and if you

Re: Making World For amd64

2008-06-26 Thread Tim Daneliuk
Chris Whitehouse wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Tim Daneliuk wrote: Is there anything special one has to do when doing a make world intended for 64-bit FreeBSD or is it sufficient to build the 64-bit kernel and make world as

Re: to scsi or not to scsi

2008-06-26 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:59:15PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: we have a chance to buy 18G scsi at $5 or 36G for $25. with THAT price - SCSI make sense :) what the seller isn't sure about is whether they will be compatible with the particular server. SCSI is SCSI. unless the

Re: to scsi or not to scsi

2008-06-26 Thread Derek Ragona
At 03:59 PM 6/26/2008, prad wrote: On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:53:00 +0200 Jos Chrispijn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have a look at this URL: http://www.pugetsystems.com/articles.php?id=19 this was very interesting and thorough. and thanks to everyone else who responded especially david and bill.

usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X

2008-06-26 Thread Chip
Just installed FBSD 7, after being gone from FBSD the last 3 years. During boot I see that the mouse is detected as ums0, but cannot get it to work in X11. I cannot find any xorg.conf. or xorg.conf.new files. I have gnome installed and working, so I know X is working properly. Any suggestions

Re: usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X

2008-06-26 Thread Gonzalo Nemmi
On Thursday 26 June 2008 20:49:46 Chip wrote: Just installed FBSD 7, after being gone from FBSD the last 3 years. During boot I see that the mouse is detected as ums0, but cannot get it to work in X11. I cannot find any xorg.conf. or xorg.conf.new files. I have gnome installed and working, so

Re: usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X

2008-06-26 Thread Chip
My /etc/X11 directory is empty, so do I create a new file called xorg.conf and just try the code you have in it? Thanks. Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: On Thursday 26 June 2008 20:49:46 Chip wrote: Just installed FBSD 7, after being gone from FBSD the last 3 years. During boot I see that the mouse

Re: Windows Unix volunteers

2008-06-26 Thread RW
On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:44:38 +0200 Zbigniew Szalbot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FYI - our little software is special one in that it changes backgrounds with Bible's life words (www.lcwords.com/en/desktoplive.html). http://www.lcwords.com/en/save_wallpaper/wisdom,174.html Notice the bottom

Re: Windows Unix volunteers

2008-06-26 Thread Pollywog
On Thursday 26 June 2008 16:17:19 Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello, What is a good place to look for volunteers who would like to modify Windows source code for an open source software. We have a programme that changes wallpapers on your desktop but it is only available for Windows. Is the

Re: Windows Unix volunteers

2008-06-26 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:43:15AM +, Pollywog wrote: On Thursday 26 June 2008 16:17:19 Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hello, What is a good place to look for volunteers who would like to modify Windows source code for an open source software. We have a programme that changes wallpapers

Re: usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X

2008-06-26 Thread Gonzalo Nemmi
No .. Run a locate xorg.conf to see what xorg.conf file is beign used to run gnome .. Check under /usr/local/etc/X11 to see if there's xorg.conf .. If you are running gnome .. _there_has_to_be_ a xorg.conf file somewhere ... Find that file a do your edits in there. And BTW .. the code I passed

Re: usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X

2008-06-26 Thread Chip
I ran update.locatedb, twice, and ran locate xorg.conf and locate xorg.conf.new. The only result was for xorg.conf found in /usr/local/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz -- Chip Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: No .. Run a locate xorg.conf to see what xorg.conf file is beign used to run gnome .. Check under

Re: usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X

2008-06-26 Thread Malcolm Kay
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:19 am, Chip wrote: Just installed FBSD 7, after being gone from FBSD the last 3 years. During boot I see that the mouse is detected as ums0, but cannot get it to work in X11. I cannot find any xorg.conf. or xorg.conf.new files. I have gnome installed and working, so I

Re: usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X

2008-06-26 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On June 26, 2008 6:34:37 PM -0700 Chip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ran update.locatedb, twice, and ran locate xorg.conf and locate xorg.conf.new. The only result was for xorg.conf found in /usr/local/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz You need to run, as root, # Xorg -configure and create an xorg.conf

Re: usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X

2008-06-26 Thread Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल
,--- Chip writes: | Just installed FBSD 7, after being gone from FBSD the last 3 | years. During boot I see that the mouse is detected as ums0, but | cannot get it to work in X11. I cannot find any xorg.conf. or | xorg.conf.new files. I have gnome installed and working, so I know X | is working

Re: usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X

2008-06-26 Thread Chip
Yes, it is enabled and also have usbd_enable set to YES and mouse_type set to AUTO and mouse_port set to /dev/ums0 (which shows on the boot up screen and it shows my exact mouse brand and model). -- Chip Malcolm Kay wrote: On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:19 am, Chip wrote: Just installed FBSD 7,

Re: usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X

2008-06-26 Thread Chip
Thanks for the tip, did that, and verified that the mouse is set to auto in the mouse section, still no mouse in any X window manager. Back out at the terminal I unplugged the mouse and plugged it back in and get this error - unable to open /dev/ums0: no such file or directory but when I view

Re: usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X

2008-06-26 Thread Chip
Chip wrote: Thanks for the tip, did that, and verified that the mouse is set to auto in the mouse section, still no mouse in any X window manager. Back out at the terminal I unplugged the mouse and plugged it back in and get this error - unable to open /dev/ums0: no such file or directory but

Re: usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X

2008-06-26 Thread Chip
Ok, it's working now, thanks for all the suggestions, you got me straightened out. Once I got a xorg.conf.new configured correctly I forgot to copy it to /etc/X11. Dummy me, heheheh. (Been a long time since my last experience with BSD, about 3 years.) Thanks guys, Chip Gonzalo Nemmi wrote:

Re: usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X

2008-06-26 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On June 26, 2008 7:52:07 PM -0700 Chip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the tip, did that, and verified that the mouse is set to auto in the mouse section, still no mouse in any X window manager. Back out at the terminal I unplugged the mouse and plugged it back in and get this error -

Re: usb mouse is detected by fbsd 7 but not X

2008-06-26 Thread Chip
Paul Schmehl wrote: What version of FreeBSD are you running? 7.0-Release If 7.0 STABLE, you should probably csup source and rebuild kernel and world. I had a similar problem with the early release and it was related to usb devices not being detected (which sounds like what your problem