The FreeBSD Diary: 2005-11-20 - 2005-12-10
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Error when installing Openoffice 2.0 devel
Here the message when installing Openoffice 2.0 devel via ports : ../dist/../libdb_java/db_java_wrap.c:7297: error: parse error before arg2 ../dist/../libdb_java/db_java_wrap.c:7300: error: `jenv' undeclared (first use in this function) ../dist/../libdb_java/db_java_wrap.c:7301: error: `jcls' undeclared (first use in this function) ../dist/../libdb_java/db_java_wrap.c:7302: error: `jarg1' undeclared (first use in this function)../dist/../libdb_java/db_java_wrap.c:7303: error: `arg2' undeclared (first use in this function) ../dist/../libdb_java/db_java_wrap.c:7303: error: `jarg2' undeclared (first use in this function)*** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/editors/openoffice-2.0-devel/work/berkeleydb/unxfbsd.pro/misc/build/db-4.2.52.NC/out. dmake: Error code 1, while making './unxfbsd.pro/misc/build/so_built_so_berkeleydb' '---* tg_merge.mk *---' ERROR: Error 65280 occurred while making /usr/ports/editors/openoffice-2.0-devel/work/berkeleydb dmake: Error code 1, while making 'build_all' '---* tg_merge.mk *---' *** Error code 255 Stop in /usr/ports/editors/openoffice-2.0-devel. kzaytx0wkvs# What can i do to make it work. Your help will be appreciate. regards, anthony endra __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Freebsd Theme Song
Kevin, I think your confused, this is the FreeBSD Questions mailing list theme song, not the FreeBSD Operating System theme song. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kevin Kinsey Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 9:35 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd Theme Song Hope this saves somebody a few keystrokes: * VI * #!/bin/sh # themesong ... enables you to quickly create a singable # ode to your favorite FreeBSD pet peeve. Add it, along with # mail(1) to your crontab to really annoy list members. # # License: BSD, of course. Additions welcome, provided # the meet with the goals of the Project. if [ $OSTYPE != FreeBSD ]; then echo Wrong O.S. --- Gritch on your own project/distro's list! exit 1 fi case $1 in -c) cat /COPYRIGHT exit 0;; -C) cat /COPYRIGHT exit 0;; # let the GNU people gritch too; but they won't like this part --copyright) cat /COPYRIGHT exit 0;; esac if [ $1 ]; then echo THE BIKESHED SONG sung to 'You are my Sunshine' and humbly submitted as a candidate in the soon-to-be-announced FreeBSD Theme Song Contest (but definitely not in any code competitions...) '$1' is my bikeshed, my only bikeshed '$1' makes me happy to gritch and moan; You'll never know, friend, how much I loathe '$1' Won't you please leave my '$1' alone!? else echo Usage: themesong foo ---where 'foo' is a description of your pet peeve with this O.S., e.g. 'themesong networking' fi * DE * :D Kevin Kinsey -- THE DAILY PLANET SUPERMAN SAVES DESSERT! Plans to Eat it later ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/197 - Release Date: 12/9/2005 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Official FreeBSD Haiku
OK, since we are reaching for silliness here, I present my contest entry for the Official FreeBSD Haiku Springs FreeBSD: powerful, stable, OS few people know it Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Looking for a GFX Card Dual DVI
Hi I am looking for a supported graphics card that offers dual-head 1600x1200 with dvi, passively cooled if possible. 3D support must be present, but it doesn't need to be the latest and fastest. I came across the Matrox P650, but unlike models of G550 and below, these seem not directly supported by xorg anymore. Any good advice on what to buy? Thanks, t. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
changing shell
Hi, I'm trying to get my shell changed from the default csh to bash. I followed the instruction in the handbook, chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash beni and got the reply that the user information was updated : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/beni chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash beni chsh: user information updated [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/beni Did the same for root. Looked with vipw and my shell was changed to bash. My /etc/shells was also modified : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ cat /etc/shells # $FreeBSD: src/etc/shells,v 1.5 2000/04/27 21:58:46 ache Exp $ # # List of acceptable shells for chpass(1). # Ftpd will not allow users to connect who are not using # one of these shells. /bin/sh /bin/csh /bin/tcsh /usr/local/bin/bash [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ But when logging out and back in again, the shell didn't change to bash. It's still csh... I just get the %-sign and have to type bash to get the bash-shell in a console. And the weird thing is with path : %echo $path /sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /home/beni/bin % [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ echo $path [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ Any hints on the why of this ? -- Beni. pgpmAMPLnopLb.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: changing shell
On Sunday 11 December 2005 22:07, FreeBsdBeni wrote: Hi, I'm trying to get my shell changed from the default csh to bash. I followed the instruction in the handbook, chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash beni and got the reply that the user information was updated : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/beni chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash beni chsh: user information updated [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/beni Did the same for root. Looked with vipw and my shell was changed to bash. My /etc/shells was also modified : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ cat /etc/shells # $FreeBSD: src/etc/shells,v 1.5 2000/04/27 21:58:46 ache Exp $ # # List of acceptable shells for chpass(1). # Ftpd will not allow users to connect who are not using # one of these shells. /bin/sh /bin/csh /bin/tcsh /usr/local/bin/bash [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ But when logging out and back in again, the shell didn't change to bash. It's still csh... I just get the %-sign and have to type bash to get the bash-shell in a console. And the weird thing is with path : %echo $path /sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /home/beni/bin % [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ echo $path [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ Any hints on the why of this ? Try: pw user mod beni -s /usr/local/bin/bash -- Regards , Vasile C If UNIX doesn't have the solution you have the wrong problem. UNIX is simple, but it takes a genius to understand it's simplicity. pgpuZUuRZMkIq.pgp Description: PGP signature
kontact won't start up
Hi, Kontact won't start up any more. It stops with an signal 4 (SIGILL). Here is the backtrace : [New LWP 100177] [Switching to LWP 100177] 0x29b5b7b3 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6 #0 0x29b5b7b3 in wait4 () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x29b4cfe1 in waitpid () from /lib/libc.so.6 #2 0x29af90be in waitpid () from /usr/lib/libpthread.so.2 #3 0x2918ec2a in KCrash::defaultCrashHandler () from /usr/local/lib/libkdecore.so.6 #4 0x29b0175a in sigaction () from /usr/lib/libpthread.so.2 #5 0xbfbfff94 in ?? () #6 0x0004 in ?? () #7 0xbfbf8dc0 in ?? () #8 0xbfbf8b00 in ?? () #9 0x in ?? () #10 0x29b0122c in sigaction () from /usr/lib/libpthread.so.2 #11 0x28f67cb8 in KXMLGUI::ActionList::unplug () from /usr/local/lib/libkdeui.so.6 #12 0x28f69e9a in KXMLGUI::ContainerNode::unplugClient () from /usr/local/lib/libkdeui.so.6 #13 0x28f6a1a4 in KXMLGUI::ContainerNode::unplugActions () from /usr/local/lib/libkdeui.so.6 #14 0x28f6a21e in KXMLGUI::ContainerNode::destruct () from /usr/local/lib/libkdeui.so.6 #15 0x28f6a3fb in KXMLGUI::ContainerNode::destructChildren () from /usr/local/lib/libkdeui.so.6 #16 0x28f6a215 in KXMLGUI::ContainerNode::destruct () from /usr/local/lib/libkdeui.so.6 #17 0x28f64d5e in KXMLGUIFactory::removeClient () from /usr/local/lib/libkdeui.so.6 #18 0x28a0f132 in KParts::MainWindow::createGUI () from /usr/local/lib/libkparts.so.3 #19 0x080616d4 in Kontact::MainWindow::selectPlugin () #20 0x080609eb in Kontact::MainWindow::initObject () #21 0x0806139b in Kontact::MainWindow::MainWindow () #22 0x0805bd67 in KontactApp::newInstance () #23 0x291ac971 in KUniqueApplication::processDelayed () from /usr/local/lib/libkdecore.so.6 #24 0x291acb19 in KUniqueApplication::qt_invoke () from /usr/local/lib/libkdecore.so.6 #25 0x29574aac in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #26 0x2987457b in QSignal::signal () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #27 0x2958bbe2 in QSignal::activate () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #28 0x295926cf in QSingleShotTimer::event () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #29 0x29519035 in QApplication::internalNotify () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #30 0x295191ca in QApplication::notify () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #31 0x2910221a in KApplication::notify () from /usr/local/lib/libkdecore.so.6 #32 0x2950d874 in QEventLoop::activateTimers () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #33 0x294cb954 in QEventLoop::processEvents () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #34 0x2952d48f in QEventLoop::enterLoop () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #35 0x2952d3e8 in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #36 0x29518370 in QApplication::exec () from /usr/X11R6/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #37 0x0805c3d1 in main () But the weird thing is, if I'm starting just kmail (execute command - kmail), kmail starts up fine. And then clicking on the kontact-icon does start up kontact. Starting kontact from console gives me this : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ kontact Fontconfig warning: local.conf, line 236: missing test expression Fontconfig warning: local.conf, line 237: missing test expression Fontconfig warning: local.conf, line 238: missing test expression Fontconfig warning: local.conf, line 239: missing test expression Fontconfig warning: local.conf, line 240: missing test expression *** KMail got signal 4 (Crashing) ERROR: Communication problem with kontact, it probably crashed. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ KCrash: Application 'kontact' crashing... Fontconfig warning: local.conf, line 236: missing test expression Fontconfig warning: local.conf, line 237: missing test expression Fontconfig warning: local.conf, line 238: missing test expression Fontconfig warning: local.conf, line 239: missing test expression Fontconfig warning: local.conf, line 240: missing test expression [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ I didn't find any local.conf on my system. Any clues on why kontact won't start ? Thanks ! -- Beni. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: changing shell
On Sunday 11 December 2005 03:17, Vasile C wrote: On Sunday 11 December 2005 22:07, FreeBsdBeni wrote: Hi, I'm trying to get my shell changed from the default csh to bash. I followed the instruction in the handbook, chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash beni and got the reply that the user information was updated : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/beni chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash beni chsh: user information updated [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/beni Did the same for root. Looked with vipw and my shell was changed to bash. My /etc/shells was also modified : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ cat /etc/shells # $FreeBSD: src/etc/shells,v 1.5 2000/04/27 21:58:46 ache Exp $ # # List of acceptable shells for chpass(1). # Ftpd will not allow users to connect who are not using # one of these shells. /bin/sh /bin/csh /bin/tcsh /usr/local/bin/bash [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ But when logging out and back in again, the shell didn't change to bash. It's still csh... I just get the %-sign and have to type bash to get the bash-shell in a console. And the weird thing is with path : %echo $path /sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /home/beni/bin % [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ echo $path [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ Any hints on the why of this ? Try: pw user mod beni -s /usr/local/bin/bash hey, that worked ! Thanks. -- Beni. pgpAJOHYEHRiK.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: openoffice-2 openssl-beta-0.9.8a
* Benjamin Thelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [09-12-2005 21:15:25 +0100]: I'm a bit of a loss, no answer, no help by google, but I can't be the only one who faces this problem. How are you dealing with this? Do I overlook something? Just force the thing to install and don't give another thought to that openssl dependency: pkg_add -f .tgz f like ... force! ;-) HTH, Martin -- Martin Möller mm at andvari.de - ICQ # 82221572 GnuPG/PGP (DSA) Schlüssel-ID: 06746BEE - FAbdruck 9D2E 943F A669 50E4 A638 E42F 2699 2A76 0674 6BEE ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Flash no longer displayed in Firefox
On Saturday, December 10, 2005 9:53:25 PM Kent Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Flash no longer displayed in Firefox Wrote these words of wisdom: One of the sad parts is that half of the real plugins for firefox are only available on Windows 2000/XP. * REPLY SEPARATOR * On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied: Yes, it is a real conundrum. It is ironic when you consider that a product built by supporters of open source software are actually giving greater support for an OS that is not open source. I guess when you filter in the very real possibility that many users of Win32 are children, or users who do not wish to learn the intricacies of running a *nix OS, and in all probability would never be able to hurdle the obstacles that abound in such use, the fact that non Win32 OS's are not better supported is not surprising. Just my 2¢. -- Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities. Matt Groening ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ifconfig can't remove aliases
oHmEr wrote: hello, i have a problem with ifconfig: it refuses to delete an ipv6 alias for an incomprehensible reason. here's what i'm doing : $ uname -a FreeBSD homer.cload.net 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #4: Sun Nov 27 19:01:40 CET 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/HOMER i386 $ ifconfig dc0 dc0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500 options=8VLAN_MTU inet6 fe80::248:54ff:fe12:76fb%dc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet6 2001:7a8:b138::1 prefixlen 64 inet 192.168.2.253 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 inet6 2001:7a8:b138:caca:caca:caca:caca:1 prefixlen 64 inet6 2001:7a8:b138::caca:1 prefixlen 48 ether 00:48:54:12:76:fb media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex) status: active $ sudo ifconfig dc0 inet6 -alias 2001:7a8:b138::1 ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR): Can't assign requested address other ipv6 addresses can't be removed too. is it a bug ? what can cause this error ? try : $ sudo ifconfig dc0 inet6 2001:7a8:b138::1 delete or $ sudo ifconfig dc0 inet6 2001:7a8:b138::1 -alias in ifconfig(8) : SYNOPSIS ifconfig [-L] [-k] [-m] interface [create] [address_family] [address [dest_address]] [parameters] parameters is in the end (like delete or -alias) -- Philippe Pegon ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Copying kernel and OS
Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: On 12/10/05, Damon Blom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank's. Is there an easy way to install ports on slow machine using nfs after portupgrade on fast machine? For one port I guess you could do a nfs mount of faster machine ports after doing make on ithe port and just do install on slower machine I think you would have had to do make install on the fast machine so that dependencies get created but not make install clean so that the work directories don't get deleted. Then I guess a make install in the nfs mounted ports tree would do the trick. On my fast machine I created a /usr/ports/packages directory then each time I want to install a new port on any machine I do 'make package-recursive' in the port directory of the fast machine. This installs the port and dependencies and also creates in /usr/ports/packages a 'package tree' which has the same structure as the ports tree with the addition of a /usr/ports/packages/All directory. The packages for the new port and all its dependencies automagically go into All and are symlinked to the relevant bit of the the package tree. To install a package on another machine I get the package tree installed in the right place by whatever means (nfs, move the hard disk etc), change to /usr/ports/packages/All and do pkg_add -r packagename. Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sligtly OT: setting static routes on clients
Loren M. Lang wrote: On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 04:01:02PM +0100, Andrea Venturoli wrote: Hello. I've got a network of clients on which I'd like to set static routes; these are mainly (but not only) Windows machines, administered through a couple of FreeBSD servers. Is there any way to do this with DHCP? Or via Samba (netlogon.cmd)? Have you considered a dynamic routing protocol like rip or ospf using the routed or zebra daemons for freebsd? I know some versions of windows come with, or have a windows component you can add for the rip protocol. Actually no, I haven't tought about it seriously. I suspect it might be overcomplicated for my needs, but I welcome any pointers on this, like some introduction or how-to which might get me started. Obviously I'm going to search myself, but just in case you know of a very well done document... :) bye Thanks av. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ifconfig can't remove aliases
On Dim 11 décembre 2005 13:42, Philippe Pegon wrote: try : $ sudo ifconfig dc0 inet6 2001:7a8:b138::1 delete or $ sudo ifconfig dc0 inet6 2001:7a8:b138::1 -alias in ifconfig(8) : SYNOPSIS ifconfig [-L] [-k] [-m] interface [create] [address_family] [address [dest_address]] [parameters] parameters is in the end (like delete or -alias) thanks ! it's working, i just had to rtfm. i didn't as i always ordered my options like this and it was working on 5.4-STABLE system : $ uname -a FreeBSD marge.cload.net 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #3: Sat Nov 26 19:12:49 CET 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MARGE i386 $ ifconfig fxp0 inet6 fxp0: flags=9843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,LINK0,MULTICAST mtu 1500 options=8VLAN_MTU inet6 fe80::202:a5ff:fe51:2de3%fxp0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet6 2001:7a8:6cd1::1 prefixlen 48 inet6 2001:7a8:6cd1::caca prefixlen 48 $ sudo ifconfig fxp0 inet6 -alias 2001:7a8:6cd1::caca $ ifconfig fxp0 inet6 fxp0: flags=9843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,LINK0,MULTICAST mtu 1500 options=8VLAN_MTU inet6 fe80::202:a5ff:fe51:2de3%fxp0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet6 2001:7a8:6cd1::1 prefixlen 48 anyway, it's not very important as man page syntax is both case working. however, the ifconfig option parser could have been more helpful by printing the token on which it detected an error. i'd have guess that -alias was an invalid inet6 address... -- Matthieu Michaud - EPITA 2007 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Freebsd Theme Song
--- Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 01:14:18PM -0800, Danial Thom wrote: Well thats just hogwash Kris. Pure bridging performance is a measure of the efficiency of the kernel to do rote tasks like respond to interrupts, and the latencies in performing those tasks. Its the best way, IMO, to exercise and measure the efficiency of an isolated kernel. It requires no userland activity, so your results aren't muddled by millions of system calls. Its a way to compare apples to apples, which is how good testing is done. As long as you don't have your filesystem on a network, you're in good shape. But thats not even the point. The point is that the purpose of tearing apart 4.x was to go MP, and MP performance is dismill across the board. This statement is simply false. It's actually quite funny to read. For the readers at home: Denial is once again taking his narrow view of the world (everything about the OS is accurately measured by how fast the kernel routes network packets!) and extrapolating it to infinity, then jumping up and down about it. Whats false about it, Kris? First of all, I didn't say that everything about the kernel can be accurately measured by such a test, so why did you twist it to fit your agenda? Its a good way to test the interrupt and process switching mechanisms in an isolated kernel. Also, since you don't see to understand the test, bridging is not routing. Its a rote function of moving packets from one interface to another with very little overhead. Its purely interrupt driven, so the kernel's latencies in processing interrupts is well exercised. Its a good test because, unlike crap like netperf, it doesn't involve sockets or any userland tasks. I know you're not a real engineer Kris, so I don't expect you to understand, but you also aren't qualified to discredit the test, since you don't know a damn thing about testing. I know you enjoy being the one-eyed man in the land of the blind on this list Kris, But I doubt people are stupid enough to buy into your continued propaganda. There isn't one credible test that shows that FreeBSD MP is worth any consideration as a good performer, so it seems doubtful that anyone with half a brain thinks it is. Everything today is networking. What good is a fast filesystem if it sits on a klunky kernel or slow networking system? Who's going to build a big honking MP server if is can't handle more network traffic than a good UP system? Do you have a volkwagon engine in your Porche, Kris? The problem with Kris is that he thinks that if his car has a really cool radio that people will buy it, even those its slow as shit. That may be fine for the kind of guys that hang out on the freebsd-questions list, or for little old ladies. But its not fine with the kind of people that used to rely on FreeBSD for serious networking tasks. Kris is just a PR front man for a team of developers that is lost. Their theory on how to build a better mousetrap for MP is completely wrong, and now they're going to try something else, using the entire FreeBSD community as guinea pigs. First 5.4 was the answer. Then 6.0. Now it looks like 6.0 sucks too. Its a damn shame. DT __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Removing a port without upsetting dependencies
Ian Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I have mplayer installed and at one stage I installed the mplayer-skins port as well. Then I got sick of dealing with the skins port being broken a lot because the source files are often unfetchable, so I removed the port (I can't remember what method I used to do that now). Ever since, when I do a portupgrade mplayer or various ports that it is a dependency of get updated, my ports database gets upset because those ports are marked as having mplayer-skins as a stale dependency. For example, today I have: Stale dependency: mplayerplug-in-3.17 -- mplayer-skins-1.1.2_1 -- manually run 'pkgdb -F' to fix, or specify -O to force. I generally either delete the dependency or link it to mplayer-gtk-esound, but the dependency comes back next time mplayerplug-in gets updated. I assume I've just used the wrong method for deleting the mplayer-skins port I need to re-install delete it the correct way. If I'm right, how should I do that? If not, is there a way I can permanently remove the mplayer-skins port and not have it appear as a dependency of other ports? Modify those other ports, I guess. That's kind of what dependency means; they depend on the dependencies... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Freebsd Theme Song
Danial Thom wrote: developers that is lost. Their theory on how to build a better mousetrap for MP is completely wrong, and now they're going to try something else, using the entire FreeBSD community as guinea pigs. First 5.4 was the answer. Then 6.0. Now it looks like 6.0 sucks too. Its a damn shame. Question: how's DragonFly looking on this score? I realise it's not production ready, but the project intrigues me. - d. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Freebsd Theme Song
Danial Thom wrote: Kris is just a PR front man for a team of developers that is lost. Their theory on how to build a better mousetrap for MP is completely wrong, and now they're going to try something else, using the entire FreeBSD community as guinea pigs. First 5.4 was the answer. Then 6.0. Now it looks like 6.0 sucks too. Its a damn shame. DT IF you are such a man that can actually call himself an engineer - why hide behind Yahoo mail? Next, IF you are as you claim to be - WHY are you not on the team or at least contributing code? To insult one person for not seeing your point of view is a show of closed mindedness - to insult a whole list of users ... Well, I do think that speaks volumes about you - as a whole. If you feel the need to insult Kris - keep it off-list. If you feel the need to insult the rest of us, you may be better off seeking help in the real world and moving on. Why would you continually expose yourself to us if we make you that unhappy? Or - is it a craving you need to satisfy by either bitching and moaning or insulting us to make yourself feel superior? If that's the case - then professional help is for you. Seek it, feel better about yourself - and move on. -- Best regards, Chris A Smith and Wesson beats four aces. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: changing shell
FreeBsdBeni wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/beni chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash beni chsh: user information updated [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/beni This should work if you are truly root, as the prompt suggests. If you are not, then you need to modify /etc/shells to include bash before invoking chsh. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ echo $path [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ Any hints on the why of this ? When not invoked as a login shell, bash does not read /etc/profile or ~/.profile. -- James Bailie [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jamesbailie.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvsup question
How can I modify the cvsup reconnect time form 5 to 1 min ? -- Regards , Vasile C pgpwwFwjDujVT.pgp Description: PGP signature
moused hanging
Hello everyone, For an unknown reason, my mouse lately has been hanging. It has hung with X11 running and without X11 running. To fix it, I get to a prompt (usually via Ctrl+Alt+F1 as it tends to happen primarily when in X) and, as root, I execute % kill mousedPID % moused -p /dev/psm0 % vidcontrol -m on and, if there is music playing, it slurs for several seconds when I initially move the mouse, and then it is back to working along with the mouse. If memory serves, this problem started occurring when I configured the mouse to use the scrollwheel. To do this, I followed the instructions per the FreeBSD FAQ. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/x.html#X-AND-WHEEL What the FAQ mentions is only related to X11. It has failed on me once when I booted up FBSD prior to any startx-type of command being run. I have been running the same version of 6.0-STABLE for over a month now and this problem has started noticeably occurring a couple of weeks ago. Does anyone have any ideas? Some additional pertinent information is below. Thank you to everyone who helps and has helped make FreeBSD a great community. uname -a FreeBSD ast.home.iq 6.0-STABLE FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #0: Sat Nov 5 21:29:34 EST 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IQKERNEL i386 moused -p /dev/psm0 -i type sysmouse cat /etc/rc.conf | grep moused moused_enable=YES moused_type='auto' moused_port='/dev/psm0' I wanted to mention here that when I change moused_type from auto to ps/2, it appears to behave more stable. However, in doing this, the scrollwheel ceases to work in X11. I wanted to also mention that I checked out the FAQ, Google, and the Handbook and came up empty with all of them . ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Freebsd Theme Song
Because those of us with real jobs are required to do so. Kris doesn't just not see my point. If you can't see that then you can't be reasoned with either. --- Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Danial Thom wrote: Kris is just a PR front man for a team of developers that is lost. Their theory on how to build a better mousetrap for MP is completely wrong, and now they're going to try something else, using the entire FreeBSD community as guinea pigs. First 5.4 was the answer. Then 6.0. Now it looks like 6.0 sucks too. Its a damn shame. DT IF you are such a man that can actually call himself an engineer - why hide behind Yahoo mail? Next, IF you are as you claim to be - WHY are you not on the team or at least contributing code? To insult one person for not seeing your point of view is a show of closed mindedness - to insult a whole list of users ... Well, I do think that speaks volumes about you - as a whole. If you feel the need to insult Kris - keep it off-list. If you feel the need to insult the rest of us, you may be better off seeking help in the real world and moving on. Why would you continually expose yourself to us if we make you that unhappy? Or - is it a craving you need to satisfy by either bitching and moaning or insulting us to make yourself feel superior? If that's the case - then professional help is for you. Seek it, feel better about yourself - and move on. -- Best regards, Chris A Smith and Wesson beats four aces. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Freebsd Theme Song
Danial Thom wrote: Kris is just a PR front man for a team of developers that is lost. Their theory on how to build a better mousetrap for MP is completely wrong, and now they're going to try something else, using the entire FreeBSD community as guinea pigs. First 5.4 was the answer. Then 6.0. Now it looks like 6.0 sucks too. Its a damn shame. DT IF you are such a man that can actually call himself an engineer - why hide behind Yahoo mail? Next, IF you are as you claim to be - WHY are you not on the team or at least contributing code? To insult one person for not seeing your point of view is a show of closed mindedness - to insult a whole list of users ... Well, I do think that speaks volumes about you - as a whole. If you feel the need to insult Kris - keep it off-list. If you feel the need to insult the rest of us, you may be better off seeking help in the real world and moving on. Why would you continually expose yourself to us if we make you that unhappy? Or - is it a craving you need to satisfy by either bitching and moaning or insulting us to make yourself feel superior? If that's the case - then professional help is for you. Seek it, feel better about yourself - and move on. -- Best regards, Chris Because those of us with real jobs are required to do so. Kris doesn't just not see my point. If you can't see that then you can't be reasoned with either. See - there you go. The need to belittle. those of us with real job I guess all of us that have legit email address and NOT any of the freebie ones don't have legit jobs. I assume that's how you meant it. It does not matter whether I see your point or Kris's. The point that I'm making is simply this - if all that disagree with your point of view, are the ones that can't be reasoned with. That my friend - is surely showing us that YOU can't be reasoned with. It's either your point of view or not. You are right, and if we can't see it or don't agree, then we're wrong and can't be dealt with. You my friend, NEED that professional help. I think I am beginning to see why you use a freebie email address. Case in point - if your employer were to see that it's really you - they might see that you may need some help. Just an observation - from someone that you can't reason with, and most likely - don't have a real job because I don't have a Yahoo email address. -- Best regards, Chris Don't let your superiors know you're better than they are. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Freebsd Theme Song
--- David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Danial Thom wrote: developers that is lost. Their theory on how to build a better mousetrap for MP is completely wrong, and now they're going to try something else, using the entire FreeBSD community as guinea pigs. First 5.4 was the answer. Then 6.0. Now it looks like 6.0 sucks too. Its a damn shame. Question: how's DragonFly looking on this score? I realise it's not production ready, but the project intrigues me. For UP, they are about the same as Freebsd, performance-wise. DP DFKY is already much better, at least from a consistency standpoint. With FreeBSD some things are actually slower DP than UP. At least DFLY has somewhat linear performance, although far from optimal. Of course FreeBSD has more bells and whistles that work, as DFLY is not focused on features at the moment. Of course Matt is difficult to convince of anything, and he's trying to do everything by himself. He has tremendous strengths but will never admit to his areas of weakness, which is a big problem. But I think fundamentally their approach is a good one. Its going to be a lot easier for DFLY to adjust on the fly then FreeBSD. FreeBSD is just a big mess, IMO. But I may retire before either of them are what they hope to be. And I'm not that old :-) anyone tested OPenBSD lately? DT __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Freebsd 5.4+samba
Hi all, I just installed Freebsd 5.4 with samba 3.x, I'm running a calyx software, and the 6 clients are winxp. The smb.conf is as simple as possible. I noticed that some clients are very slow to connect to the share drive and run a database search. The server is a dell 8400 optiplex, no scsi HDD (sata I think), 3Ghz and 512MB Ram. I was wandering if there's a way to optimize samba, or freebsd. Right now performance wise is worse then when they connect to the same database on a win2003 server and I need to get the win2003 server out of the picture. Thank you ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cvsup question
Vasile C wrote: How can I modify the cvsup reconnect time form 5 to 1 min ? A more useful approach would be to switch to downloading from another cvsup server... -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cvsup question
I have a script in cron that does cvsup and portupgrade ... That is why I want to change the reconnect time .. On Sunday 11 December 2005 18:21, Chuck Swiger wrote: Vasile C wrote: How can I modify the cvsup reconnect time form 5 to 1 min ? A more useful approach would be to switch to downloading from another cvsup server... -- Regards , Vasile C If UNIX doesn't have the solution you have the wrong problem. UNIX is simple, but it takes a genius to understand it's simplicity. pgpTR7G0U0h9u.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: cvsup question
Vasile C wrote: A more useful approach would be to switch to downloading from another cvsup server... I have a script in cron that does cvsup and portupgrade ... That is why I want to change the reconnect time .. I hope this is a testbed and is not a production system. Automaticly running portupgrade on a production system is a mistake... -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cvsup question
On Sunday, December 11, 2005 11:26:24 AM Vasile C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: cvsup question Wrote these words of wisdom: I have a script in cron that does cvsup and portupgrade ... That is why I want to change the reconnect time .. On Sunday 11 December 2005 18:21, Chuck Swiger wrote: Vasile C wrote: How can I modify the cvsup reconnect time form 5 to 1 min ? A more useful approach would be to switch to downloading from another cvsup server... -- Regards , Vasile C If UNIX doesn't have the solution you have the wrong problem. UNIX is simple, but it takes a genius to understand it's simplicity. * REPLY SEPARATOR * On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied: I have a script, run from CRON also, that runs cvsup, portsdb -Uu and then portupgrade. Since each succeeding program will not run until the preceding one has finished, I have no need to change the timing on cvsup. Are you perhaps trying to run each program individually from CRON, rather than through a script? -- Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] A Smith Wesson beats four aces. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 5.4 vs. 6.0
--- Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Danial Thom wrote: Kris is just a PR front man for a team of developers that is lost. Their theory on how to build a better mousetrap for MP is completely wrong, and now they're going to try something else, using the entire FreeBSD community as guinea pigs. First 5.4 was the answer. Then 6.0. Now it looks like 6.0 sucks too. Its a damn shame. DT IF you are such a man that can actually call himself an engineer - why hide behind Yahoo mail? My company requires it Next, IF you are as you claim to be - WHY are you not on the team or at least contributing code? I think your premise that all of the great engineers contribute to open source projects is broken. Perhaps Kris' participation makes him a better chum than me, and it surely says that he has a lot more time. As someone who doesn't contribute significant code (although I have contributed fixes and ideas over the years under various aliases), perhaps you might say that I have no right to criticize. I'll give you that to some extent. But, as somone who built a product on FreeBSD and has a significant financial stake in its existence, I'm mad as heck that this current team has taken a perfectly good O/S, arguably the best networking OS around in 4.x, and made it a lot worse. Considering that they continually bamboozle us by saying how great the next version is going to be (when they really just want to have a few 100 people test it for them), should give us a charter to be pissed off. At least if they admitted things it would help. Do some reading in lucky.freebsd.performance. They are in total denial. Every time someone complains about network performance they blame TCP settings or some other ridiculous thing. They continue to rely on netperf for their measurements, and its just not the correct way to test. The problem with netperf is that is loads a machine to capacity and measures the capacity of the system. The problem is that no-one runs their machine at 90%+ cpu. Things change when you approach the wall and when you load the bus, so you're not really measuring the machine under normal conditions. What you want to do is measure the CPU load under high-normal working conditions, which is more like 50-70% range. As bus bandwidth diminishes and queues fill, timings change, because non-normal conditions exist. So the measurements they use are just wrong. Or at least they are wrong in measuring the real performance of a production system. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cvsup question
Can someone PLEASE answer my question without asking me more questions ? Is there a way to change the reconnect time or not ? On Sunday 11 December 2005 18:54, Gerard Seibert wrote: On Sunday, December 11, 2005 11:26:24 AM Vasile C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: cvsup question Wrote these words of wisdom: I have a script in cron that does cvsup and portupgrade ... That is why I want to change the reconnect time .. On Sunday 11 December 2005 18:21, Chuck Swiger wrote: Vasile C wrote: How can I modify the cvsup reconnect time form 5 to 1 min ? A more useful approach would be to switch to downloading from another cvsup server... -- Regards , Vasile C If UNIX doesn't have the solution you have the wrong problem. UNIX is simple, but it takes a genius to understand it's simplicity. * REPLY SEPARATOR * On 10/11/2005 5:29:42 PM, Gerard Replied: I have a script, run from CRON also, that runs cvsup, portsdb -Uu and then portupgrade. Since each succeeding program will not run until the preceding one has finished, I have no need to change the timing on cvsup. Are you perhaps trying to run each program individually from CRON, rather than through a script? -- Regards , Vasile C If UNIX doesn't have the solution you have the wrong problem. UNIX is simple, but it takes a genius to understand it's simplicity. pgpB6LDoaFm2M.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: Freebsd 5.4+samba
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Monah Baki Subject: Freebsd 5.4+samba I just installed Freebsd 5.4 with samba 3.x, I'm running a calyx software, and the 6 clients are winxp. The smb.conf is as simple as possible. I noticed that some clients are very slow to connect to the share drive and run a database search. The server is a dell 8400 optiplex, no scsi HDD (sata I think), 3Ghz and 512MB Ram. I was wandering if there's a way to optimize samba, or freebsd. Right now performance wise is worse then when they connect to the same database on a win2003 server and I need to get the win2003 server out of the picture. I'm sure you'll get a lot of help on this forum, but I suggest you split your problem up. Focus first on your server: How is it configured? Have you tested the performance of file IO locally? Are you swapping? Is anything else running besides the samba processes and calyx? Have you considered 6.0 for file performance reasons? Test the speed of your database searches locally before you worry about testing them over the network. Next the network: What hardware are you using? How is it configured? Are all clients connecting at maximum speed (typically 100mbps full duplex)? How fast is a single client file transfer (without samba and without other connections to the server? Is the network overloaded with other traffic? Since you say some clients, what is different? Test using IP addresses not names. Next naming: If the low level network is fine, then slow connect time is usually a name resolution problem. What is different on the slow clients? Is samba your WINS server? Figure out how each client is resolving names and in particular resolving the name of the server. Do you have any master browser conflicts? Test each client's connect time with a non-samba program, e.g. ssh. Note ping sometimes gives you a clue if the first packet sent using a name and not an IP address times out. Check carefully that your default domain name suffixes are correct. Samba: It should be pretty fast out of the box if the above is working fine. I've never noticed any performance degradation using samba as a WINS server, and I recommend it. Turn it on in smb.conf and be sure to set it so that it wins any master browser elections. If you still think Win2003 is outperforming samba on comparable hardware, then you'll need to gather a lot more data. Calyx: I don't know anything about it. If local queries run fast (step 1), and the above are fast, then it would seem to me that its client has a problem. If it is only a client database (like QuickBooks or Access) that uses samba for its files, then you are into another class of performance problems and the calyx experts need to help you. (For example, the performance tunings for QuickBooks are much different that those for Access.) I'd recommend splitting your question to this forum up into separate questions formulating each so that it is interesting in its own right and includes what you have learned in previous steps. Best of luck, -gayn Bristol Systems Inc. 714/532-6776 www.bristolsystems.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: openoffice-2 openssl-beta-0.9.8a
Hello Mike, thanks for your response! I suppose you're using the ports openssl instead of the base system. Thus your solution is definitely a good way as far as I can see, but I would like to keep the base system openssl if possible. Best, Ben Hi Benjamin, I had the same problem. The solution to this problem for me was the portupgrade -o option to replace openssl-beta with openssl-stable and update all the dependencies. Have a look in the portupgrade man page. There is an example how to use this option. For me it looked something like 'portupgrade -o security/openssl-stable openssl-beta' to get rid of the beta dep. Actually I don't know at what point openssl is important to openoffice and if this might lead to some issues. However, I didn't have any problems so far. Greetings, Mike Benjamin Thelen wrote: You FreeBSD guys, This is a kind of reposting, I got no response to this question (Why? Is there something wrong how I write my my question(s)?), whether list (archives) nor google told me something _really_ helpful - just stupid work arounds -sorry. I suppose there are many of you using the OpenOffice-2.0 package from http://porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/ which requires openssl-beta-0.9.8a to be installed (I don't understand why). Installing openssl-beta from ports at first doesn't hurt. But at the stage of portupgrading next time it starts to be a pain, so I end up removing openoffice-2 and openssl-beta _before_ I do a portupgrade. If I don't remove both ports, any port that requires openssl is built with openssl-beta instead of openssl from the base system. If I add WITH_OPENSSL_BASE=yes, which seemd to be a good solution, net-snmp (required for kdeutils) complains that it cannot build if there is a newer openssl version installed by a port. There we are again, byebye openssl-beta/openoffice, portupgrade, reinstall both. I'm a bit of a loss, no answer, no help by google, but I can't be the only one who faces this problem. How are you dealing with this? Do I overlook something? Thanks, Ben ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
philip 2x Sun Ultra10 workstation will Received
Hi, I am looking for 2 Ultra 10 worksatation. Please let me know how can i have, because i found you have in your list as i cut and pasted. Thanks Rehman Toronto philip 2x Sun Ultra10 workstation will Received __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: openoffice-2 openssl-beta-0.9.8a
* Benjamin Thelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [09-12-2005 21:15:25 +0100]: I'm a bit of a loss, no answer, no help by google, but I can't be the only one who faces this problem. How are you dealing with this? Do I overlook something? Just force the thing to install and don't give another thought to that openssl dependency: pkg_add -f .tgz f like ... force! ;-) Martin, Usually force is something I like avoid ;-). Nevertheless I did it your way :-). But I additionally had to delete the dependency to openssl-beta, because portupgrade complained. I don't know it this was the best idea... Two messages were a little annoying, please see below. I don't know if it's bad to see dependency registration is incomplete. . . . pkg_add: can't open dependency file '/var/db/pkg/openssl-beta-0.9.8a/+REQUIRED_BY'! dependency registration is incomplete pkg_add: warning: package 'de-openoffice.org-2.0.20051202' requires 'perl-threaded-5.8.7', but 'perl-5.8.7' is installed And I really don't know where this perl-threaded comes from - I even couldn't find a port called like this - I suppose, it's a knob. Best, Ben HTH, Martin -- Martin Möller mm at andvari.de - ICQ # 82221572 GnuPG/PGP (DSA) Schlüssel-ID: 06746BEE - FAbdruck 9D2E 943F A669 50E4 A638 E42F 2699 2A76 0674 6BEE ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dansguardian port
Hi! I have installed dansguardian on FBSD 5.4 from the ports but I have found out that this port was not made for antivirus support - (need to patch the source). The port is fresh since I have just done cvsup my ports tree. Am I missing something? -- Sasa Stupar ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Copying kernel and OS
On Saturday 10 December 2005 12:05 pm, you wrote: On 12/10/05, Damon Blom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank's. Is there an easy way to install ports on slow machine using nfs after portupgrade on fast machine? For one port I guess you could do a nfs mount of faster machine ports after doing make on ithe port and just do install on slower machine? Check out pkg_create. You could use that to create packacges from installed ports on the fast maschine, and then installing those packages on the slower machine(s). Using some creative scripting, this could be done pretty transparently. Hi Thank's for reply! pkg_create makes almost instant package which I can then just do pkg_add -r to retrieve on slower machine. Can also make package-recursive (from chris) which puts packages in /usr/ports/packages. Maybe when I do portupgrade -a on fast machine I should do portupgrade -ap instead to also build a package. Thank's for idea. Damon ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cvsup question
Vasile C wrote: Can someone PLEASE answer my question without asking me more questions ? Is there a way to change the reconnect time or not ? Not without modifying the source code to cvsup. What I recommend you do is add the '-1' flag to your cvsup command line -- so cvsup will try once to pull down the updates and then exit. Then you can use a trivial bit of shell scripting to try again if the first attempt failed, although you should try to cvsup from a different server if you need to retry. eg. #!/bin/sh CVSUP=/usr/local/bin/cvsup CVSUPFLAGS=-1 -g -L2 /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile CVSUPSERVERS=' cvsup.xx.freebsd.org cvsup.yy.freebsd.org cvsup.zz.freebsd.org ' OTHERCMDS=portsdb -Uu portupgrade for $h in $CVSUPSERVERS ; do $CVSUP -h $h $CVSUPFLAGS \ $OTHERCMDS\ break done Note: untested code intended only as an outline of what you might do -- will need some work before suitable for serious use. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
linux-realplayer complains it can't find fonts
I installed the linux-realplayer but it complains that it can't find fonts. I am assuming that it is some TTF. I installed the webfonts package but that didn't help. I wonder what font it is looking for? Do I have to do anything special in /usr/compat ? Thanks, Rob. -- -- http://home.comcast.net/~europa100 A SETI-like Search for Intelligent Life in Central Pa. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Downgrade a port
Well, still haven't solved my problem with reaching kern.openfiles limit since upgrading several packages. I posted that last week and received some ideas. The /var had several problems, so I went to single user mode this weekend and cleaned it up, all other parts clean. So, I am now considering downgrading ports that were upgraded in an attempt to solve the issue. Stopping and starting Postfix will relieve the issue, if done every 10 minutes. I have tried 'make deinstall' and reinstalling Postfix, but this was upgraded from 2.2.x to 2.2.6, very minor. So, maybe the culprit is amavisd-new. Of all the packages that were upgraded at the time the problem started, this one was the most major coming from 2.2.1 to 2.3.3. All ports were upgraded via portupgrade, I can't seem to find how to get 2.2.1 loaded in the ports system, can someone help? Also, if anyone has another idea on my core issue, I have used lsof and most files open on the system are of the smtp and smtpd processes. -- Robert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Freebsd Theme Song
On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 06:33:49AM -0800, Danial Thom wrote: But thats not even the point. The point is that the purpose of tearing apart 4.x was to go MP, and MP performance is dismill across the board. This statement is simply false. It's actually quite funny to read. Whats false about it, Kris? I've quoted it again for you above. When you take your packet bridging blinders off, there are many performance improvements to be measured from SMP kernels (and UP, for that matter) on FreeBSD 6.0 compared to 4.11. Filesystem performance, for one. FreeBSD 6 is 30% faster than 4.11 at filesystem write operations (extracting a large tarball full of small files and many subdirectories) with an amr disk array on the same UP system. On this hardware FreeBSD 4.11 is unable to make effective use of a second CPU on the same test (it's often slightly slower); FreeBSD 6.0 receives a 10-15% boost on this workload from a second CPU (this seems to be limited by hardware access constraints - the amr hardware API does not encourage concurrency). Performance on a benchmark that does a lot of parallel filesystem reads and forks tens of thousands of processes (ports collection INDEX builds) is 25% faster on 6.0 than 5.4, and is about 3 times faster under SMP than UP on a 4-CPU machine. On a 4-CPU amd64 machine running 6.0, concurrent write performance to a md is 2.7 times faster under SMP than UP. On a 14-CPU sparc64 machine it is 6.1 times faster (and it would be higher except the very low memory bandwidth and 400MHz CPU speed cause some of the kernel threads to saturate easily). But of course, Denial tells us that none of this means anything about FreeBSD performance and scalability, because it doesn't help him with the only thing he cares about, which is to sell systems that bridge high-speed networks. Kris pgp5viM3JQCsq.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Downgrade a port
On Sunday 11 December 2005 11:55, Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: Well, still haven't solved my problem with reaching kern.openfiles limit since upgrading several packages. I posted that last week and received some ideas. The /var had several problems, so I went to single user mode this weekend and cleaned it up, all other parts clean. So, I am now considering downgrading ports that were upgraded in an attempt to solve the issue. Stopping and starting Postfix will relieve the issue, if done every 10 minutes. I have tried 'make deinstall' and reinstalling Postfix, but this was upgraded from 2.2.x to 2.2.6, very minor. So, maybe the culprit is amavisd-new. Of all the packages that were upgraded at the time the problem started, this one was the most major coming from 2.2.1 to 2.3.3. All ports were upgraded via portupgrade, I can't seem to find how to get 2.2.1 loaded in the ports system, can someone help? Also, if anyone has another idea on my core issue, I have used lsof and most files open on the system are of the smtp and smtpd processes. -- Robert Here is how you can bring all ports back to a prior day: make install sysutils/portmanager mv /usr/ports /usr/ports.CURRENT mkdir /usr/ports.PREVIOUSDATE ln -sv /usr/ports.PREVIOUSDATE /usr/ports ln -sv /usr/ports.CURRENT/distfiles /usr/ports.PREVIOUSDATE/distfiles below set what ever date you want *default host=cvsup17.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs *default tag=. *default delete *default compress *default date=2005.11.08.12.00.00 ports-all run cvsup on the above file and you will have a back dated ports tree run portmanager -u -l -ip sysutils/portmanager (the -ip portmanager is so you don't set it back to a previous date) portmanager will backdate all installed ports to the date of your previousdate port tree. When you want to move forward just swap the links between ports.PREVIOUSDATE and ports.CURRENT then update with either portmanager or portupgrade if you prefer. -Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Freebsd Theme Song
Kris Kennaway wrote: But of course, Denial tells us that none of this means anything about FreeBSD performance and scalability, because it doesn't help him with the only thing he cares about, which is to sell systems that bridge high-speed networks. Kris Observation: His name - Denial From Dictionary.com: Entries found for denial. de·ni·al Audio pronunciation of denial ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d-nl) n. 1. A refusal to comply with or satisfy a request. 2. 1. A refusal to grant the truth of a statement or allegation; a contradiction. 2. Law. The opposing by a defendant of an allegation of the plaintiff. 3. 1. A refusal to accept or believe something, such as a doctrine or belief. 2. Psychology. An unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful realities, thoughts, or feelings. 4. The act of disowning or disavowing; repudiation. 5. Abstinence; self-denial. [From deny.] -- Best regards, Chris No news is ... impossible. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Freebsd Theme Song
Chris wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: But of course, Denial tells us that none of this means anything about FreeBSD performance and scalability, because it doesn't help him with the only thing he cares about, which is to sell systems that bridge high-speed networks. Kris Observation: His name - Denial From Dictionary.com: Entries found for denial. de·ni·al Audio pronunciation of denial ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d-nl) n. 1. A refusal to comply with or satisfy a request. 2. 1. A refusal to grant the truth of a statement or allegation; a contradiction. 2. Law. The opposing by a defendant of an allegation of the plaintiff. 3. 1. A refusal to accept or believe something, such as a doctrine or belief. 2. Psychology. An unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful realities, thoughts, or feelings. 4. The act of disowning or disavowing; repudiation. 5. Abstinence; self-denial. [From deny.] Ooops - my bad. I took the nam in the message and not the actual Sorry - It's Danial -- Best regards, Chris No news is ... impossible. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Downgrade a port
On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 12:18:05PM -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote: Here is how you can bring all ports back to a prior day: Or even simpler, if you want to only downgrade one port at a time: sysutils/portdowngrade cheers, t. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
_still_ looking for FreeBSD dvd ripping software...
In the windows world I used dvd decrypter. It output .iso files directly, and it supported removing macrovision (and most importantly) removing prohibited user actions ( PUA / PUO ). I cannot find anything like this for FreeBSD. I asked previously, and was shown sysutls/dvdbackup. This program is extremely limited, has no macrovision or PUA functionality, _and_ does not output ISO files. I know I can take its output and re-form it back to an ISO, but I bet it is not the same as a direct ISO. And a perfect copy is important to me. So, does anyone know of any _decent_ way to rip a dvd _directly_ to an ISO on FreeBSD, and that also supports advanced features like I mention above? (a linux program that could be run under binary compatibility would be fine with me ...) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: _still_ looking for FreeBSD dvd ripping software...
On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 06:04:10PM -0500, user wrote: So, does anyone know of any _decent_ way to rip a dvd _directly_ to an ISO on FreeBSD, and that also supports advanced features like I mention above? multimedia/dvdrip has worked well for me in the past. I've never ripped straight to .iso, but I think dvdrip can handle it. --Mac pgpjbeu8PzbxL.pgp Description: PGP signature
HBA support
Hi FreeBSD, Can you please advise which HBA's will work within the FreeBSD OS. We are primarily interested in Emulex and QLogic cards. If you could supply which models are supported that would be most appreciated. Cheers Justin Justin Apperley Systems Engineer HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS Level 4, 441 St Kilda Rd Melbourne Victoria 3004 Australia P +613 9281 9179 M +614 1998 6407 F +613 9281 9191 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NVRM errors from nvidia.ko
I get this message with FreeBSD 6.0 and nvidia ports driver NVRM: AGP cannot be enabled with this combination of AMD cpu and OS kernel, upgrade reccomended. Athlon 64 754 3000+ newcastle. I get pci transfer rates and i need agp with FreeBSD's gart or nvidias gart doesnt matter. -Cole _ Designer Mail isn't just fun to send, it's fun to receive. Use special stationery, fonts and colors. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-capage=byoa/premxAPID=1994DI=1034SU=http://hotmail.com/encaHL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Removing a port without upsetting dependencies
On Saturday 10 December 2005 22:46, Ian Moore wrote: Hi, I have mplayer installed and at one stage I installed the mplayer-skins port as well. Then I got sick of dealing with the skins port being broken a lot because the source files are often unfetchable, so I removed the port (I can't remember what method I used to do that now). A much better solution is to: cd /usr/ports/multimedia/mplayer-skins make config then deselect everything, but the default skin. Since I did that I haven't had any problem with unfetchable skins. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
courier-authlib-0.58 dumps core at login
Hey folks. Is it me, or is the courier-authlib port the absolute worst thing to upgrade? It seems like *every* single time I try to upgrade this port, I wind up with nobody being able to log into my courier installation. Usually, it's a simple matter of a simple manual restart of the daemon (it shuts down fine at deinstallation, but won't start back up when portupgrade is used), sometimes it's a minor config tweak. The thing is I keep forgetting this little issue for some stupid reason, and this time, I've got the darn thing dumping core every time someone tries to log in. The ports/security/courier-authlib-base/ port installs without any problems, but it only builds and installs the libauthpam.so module. This is fine, I guess, since I've removed all the other modules from the authmodulelist config - that's the only one it ever used before anyway. So, now I've gone through the whole fiasco of re-installing my entire courier-* setup, verifying ALL the configs for authdaemonrc, imapd, and imapd-ssl. Still, authdaemond dumps core anytime someone tries to log in. Anyone else see anything wierd with courier-authlib-base-0.58? I have googled for it, and all I get are links to the various copies of the ports/UPDATING file. Of course, it contains all the keywords I can come up with, but none are relevant to the recent issue - and the current UPDATING file has nothing about the latest courier-authlib update. BTW, I'm the only one on the system that can get mail, because I'm using mutt. My Thunderbird and Squirrelmail users cannot log into either imap service (imapd with squirrelmail, imapd-ssl remotely). So, this is a little annoying, and probably a bit urgent. I have the entire port configuration output if it's of any help. It looks like the config process cycles through 12 times. Any help would be appreciated. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 First law of debate: Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference. pgpCLo4twcJfC.pgp Description: PGP signature
FreeBSD router two DSL connections
Hi all, I am trying to figure out if *BSD can achieve this: I have two DSL connections to play with, and I would like to configure a *BSD router that can combine the two DSLs together. There is a howto at http://stevenfettig.com/mythoughts/archives/000173.php But it concerns OpenBSD and it was for a T1 connection using a dual T1 card. I would like to configure one on 2 DSLs connected to two individual NICs. Is this feasible at all, or should I just invest in a dual Wan hardware? Kind regards, Yance __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: _still_ looking for FreeBSD dvd ripping software...
On Sun, 2005-12-11 at 18:04 -0500, user wrote: In the windows world I used dvd decrypter. It output .iso files directly, and it supported removing macrovision (and most importantly) removing prohibited user actions ( PUA / PUO ). I cannot find anything like this for FreeBSD. I asked previously, and was shown sysutls/dvdbackup. This program is extremely limited, has no macrovision or PUA functionality, _and_ does not output ISO files. I know I can take its output and re-form it back to an ISO, but I bet it is not the same as a direct ISO. And a perfect copy is important to me. So, does anyone know of any _decent_ way to rip a dvd _directly_ to an ISO on FreeBSD, and that also supports advanced features like I mention above? (a linux program that could be run under binary compatibility would be fine with me ...) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] lxdvdrip works well. And ShrinkTo5 should be ported over to linux soon. once that happens we should have a very good program to use. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: courier-authlib-0.58 dumps core at login
On 12/11/05 09:44 PM, Louis LeBlanc sat at the `puter and typed: Hey folks. Is it me, or is the courier-authlib port the absolute worst thing to upgrade? It seems like *every* single time I try to upgrade this port, I wind up with nobody being able to log into my courier installation. Usually, it's a simple matter of a simple manual restart of the daemon (it shuts down fine at deinstallation, but won't start back up when portupgrade is used), sometimes it's a minor config tweak. The thing is I keep forgetting this little issue for some stupid reason, and this time, I've got the darn thing dumping core every time someone tries to log in. The ports/security/courier-authlib-base/ port installs without any problems, but it only builds and installs the libauthpam.so module. This is fine, I guess, since I've removed all the other modules from the authmodulelist config - that's the only one it ever used before anyway. So, now I've gone through the whole fiasco of re-installing my entire courier-* setup, verifying ALL the configs for authdaemonrc, imapd, and imapd-ssl. Still, authdaemond dumps core anytime someone tries to log in. Anyone else see anything wierd with courier-authlib-base-0.58? I have googled for it, and all I get are links to the various copies of the ports/UPDATING file. Of course, it contains all the keywords I can come up with, but none are relevant to the recent issue - and the current UPDATING file has nothing about the latest courier-authlib update. BTW, I'm the only one on the system that can get mail, because I'm using mutt. My Thunderbird and Squirrelmail users cannot log into either imap service (imapd with squirrelmail, imapd-ssl remotely). So, this is a little annoying, and probably a bit urgent. I have the entire port configuration output if it's of any help. It looks like the config process cycles through 12 times. Quick followup: I ran a couple tests with this as follows: Using authtest, I was able to see what the encrypted password was on my user account. I then set DEBUG=2 in the authdaemonrc file, and restarted the authdaemon. This routs encrypted passwords to the debug file when a login is attempted. These passwords do match, but the debug log shows a rejection. Here's the output to the debug log: Dec 11 22:08:07 keyslapper imapd: Connection, ip=[::1] Dec 11 22:08:07 keyslapper authdaemond: received auth request, service=imap, authtype=login Dec 11 22:08:07 keyslapper authdaemond: authpam: trying this module Dec 11 22:08:07 keyslapper authdaemond: authpam: sysusername=leblanc, sysuserid=null, sysgroupid=1001, homedir=/home/leblanc, address=leblanc, fullname=Louis LeBlanc, maildir=null, quota=null, options=null Dec 11 22:08:07 keyslapper authdaemond: authpam: clearpasswd=null, passwd=$1$zXwYvUtS$W1234567890ABCdefGHIj/ Dec 11 22:08:07 keyslapper authdaemond: pam_service=imap, pam_username=leblanc Dec 11 22:08:07 keyslapper authdaemond: authpam: REJECT - try next module Dec 11 22:08:07 keyslapper authdaemond: FAIL, all modules rejected and the authtest output: root# authtest leblanc Authentication succeeded. Authenticated: leblanc (system username: leblanc) Home Directory: /home/leblanc Maildir: (none) Quota: (none) Encrypted Password: $1$zXwYvUtS$W1234567890ABCdefGHIj/ Cleartext Password: (none) Options: wbnodsn=1 Naturally, I changed the encrypted password here, but rest assured I did check them character by character. BTW, authdaemond did dump core again. Thanks again. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 God doesn't play dice. -- Albert Einstein pgpZRHWzgbTjF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Removing a port without upsetting dependencies
On Sunday 11 December 2005 06:10 pm, RW wrote: On Saturday 10 December 2005 22:46, Ian Moore wrote: Hi, I have mplayer installed and at one stage I installed the mplayer-skins port as well. Then I got sick of dealing with the skins port being broken a lot because the source files are often unfetchable, so I removed the port (I can't remember what method I used to do that now). A much better solution is to: cd /usr/ports/multimedia/mplayer-skins make config then deselect everything, but the default skin. Since I did that I haven't had any problem with unfetchable skins. If you go into distfiles/mplayer and rm all of the files that are out of date, you won't have any problem either. IIRC, the names haven't changed but the MD5 and sizes have and it won't refetch them until you remove them. The skins aren't broken. There is something slightly out of whack with the Makefile. There may be an easier way but cd and rm * works just fine. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: _still_ looking for FreeBSD dvd ripping software...
In the windows world I used dvd decrypter. It output .iso files directly, and it supported removing macrovision (and most importantly) removing prohibited user actions ( PUA / PUO ). I cannot find anything like this for FreeBSD. I asked previously, and was shown sysutls/dvdbackup. This program is extremely limited, has no macrovision or PUA functionality, _and_ does not output ISO files. I know I can take its output and re-form it back to an ISO, but I bet it is not the same as a direct ISO. And a perfect copy is important to me. So, does anyone know of any _decent_ way to rip a dvd _directly_ to an ISO on FreeBSD, and that also supports advanced features like I mention above? (a linux program that could be run under binary compatibility would be fine with me ...) lxdvdrip works well. And ShrinkTo5 should be ported over to linux soon. once that happens we should have a very good program to use. Ripping a dvd to an image that can be burned to a writable dvd is not a cut and dried procedure for a number of reasons. I have used a number of tools on bsd to get the job done in various circumstances. The tools I've used include vobcopy, mplayer/mencoder, transcode (for tcrequant), mjpeg-tools (for mplex), dvdauthor, and growisofs. I have also used dvdrip with some success. Hope this information moves you in the right direction. Aaron ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD starter machine
I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning to get into UNIX. I know a few line commands, but really want to get familiar and comfortable with the OS. I have been intrugued by FreeBSD for many years now, but I own a windows-based PC and am not keen about running dual OS's. I would like to get a cheap, used, small desktop or laptop to tinker with Unix/Linix and FreeBSD. However, I know little to nothing about system requirements and/or hardware compability. I was thinking of an old 486 or Pentium 1 to get started. Any thoughts on what I could start with? Sincerely, Matt S. Gann - Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
IBM xSeries 226 ips problem
i got a problem during boot of FreeBSD 6.0 Release on my new IBM @Server xSeries 226. there is something like resetting ips driver it will take a 5 minute message occurs and system not continue to other process. What is wrong with that. How do I install FreeBSD in this situation? - Yahoo! Shopping Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD starter machine
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, Matt S. Gann wrote: I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning to get into UNIX. I know a few line commands, but really want to get familiar and comfortable with the OS. I have been intrugued by FreeBSD for many years now, but I own a windows-based PC and am not keen about running dual OS's. I would like to get a cheap, used, small desktop or laptop to tinker with Unix/Linix and FreeBSD. However, I know little to nothing about system requirements and/or hardware compability. I was thinking of an old 486 or Pentium 1 to get started. Any thoughts on what I could start with? Please press Return (or Enter) every once in a while. Your message was one long line. As for the question, I think you'd want a relatively modern machine to start with; in your example, I'd go with the Pentium over the 486. But either one might give you grief. I've had problems installing late model FreeBSD on truly ancient hardware, so I'd suggest you go with something that's not too long in the tooth. The website recommendations regarding CPU, RAM and disk space are really bare minima; in reality, you can't have too much of any of these, just as with any OS. Here's a comparison of extremes: I built my newest machine earlier this year with a 3.4GHz P4, 1GB of RAM and 160GB disk. My oldest machine dates from the late 1990s and has a 266MHz AMD K6-2, 32 MB of RAM, and 4GB of disk. The old machine works fine, but building anything is excruciatingly slow. I think you're right about not being keen about running dual OS's - I prefer to keep one OS per machine. Lots of people dual-boot with no problem, but it just doesn't feel right to me. Maybe it's a personal preference issue. Here's a thought: Since it's the holiday season, many retailers are offering deals on new computers. If your current Win* box is a few years old, how about upgrading to a new machine? Once your stuff is tranferred over, install FreeBSD on the old machine. At least you'll get known-good hardware (assuming everything worked before), and it will be somewhat modern since your current box is probably not more than three to five years old. Also, since the box is not brand-new, there's a good chance that the hardware is fully supported under FreeBSD - it sometimes takes a little time before the newest hardware is useable under FreeBSD, depending on what it is. Good luck, and welcome to sanity :^) -- Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** [ Busy Expunging | ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HBA support
In the last episode (Dec 12), Justin Apperley said: Can you please advise which HBA's will work within the FreeBSD OS. We are primarily interested in Emulex and QLogic cards. If you could supply which models are supported that would be most appreciated. There is no emulex support for FreeBSD; Qlogic 2[123]xx cards are supported by the isp driver. There is also support for LSI-Logic fibre-channel cards with the mpt driver. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cardbus panics
- Forwarded message from Josef Grosch [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 13:52:43 -0800 From: Josef Grosch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Cardbus panics I have an IBM T22 thinkpad running FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p8. I have the CardBus devices in the current kernel. When I insert a CardBus device, A Xircom RealPort CardBus Ethernet I get a kernel panic like so; Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: cbb alloc res fail Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: cardbus1: Can't get memory for IO ports Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: dc0: Xircom X3201 10/100BaseTX port 0-0x7f mem \ 0x8800-0x880007ff,0x88000800-0x88000fff at device 0.0 on cardbus1 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: cbb alloc res fail Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: dc0: couldn't map ports/memory Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: fault virtual address = 0x30 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: fault code= supervisor write, pag\ e not present Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: instruction pointer = 0x8:0xc07b01f2 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: stack pointer = 0x10:0xd5428c10 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: frame pointer = 0x10:0xd5428c14 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfff\ ff, type 0x1b Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IO\ PL = 0 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: current process = 38 (cbb1) Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: trap number = 12 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: panic: page fault Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: Uptime: 35s Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: Cannot dump. No dump device defined. Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on t\ he console to abort Any ideas How I can fix this? The suggested sysctl, hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range, does not seem to exist in the kernel. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 5.4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Micro$oft free world | Berkeley, Ca. - End forwarded message - -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 5.4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Micro$oft free world | Berkeley, Ca. pgpHmFFMe4yu3.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: FreeBSD starter machine
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt S. Gann Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 8:08 PM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD starter machine I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning to get into UNIX. I know a few line commands, but really want to get familiar and comfortable with the OS. I have been intrugued by FreeBSD for many years now, but I own a windows-based PC and am not keen about running dual OS's. I would like to get a cheap, used, small desktop or laptop to tinker with Unix/Linix and FreeBSD. However, I know little to nothing about system requirements and/or hardware compability. I was thinking of an old 486 or Pentium 1 to get started. Any thoughts on what I could start with? Dual booting works fine if you have some extra disk space (or an extra disk you can add.) If you want a separate PC, then don't use too old of a machine. While it is fun doing useful things on old systems, for your first unix system you don't want to spend too much time getting old hardware to work or repairing it when it dies. Your time is better spent learning the OS. Also, while I would recommend learning a unix system in command mode before bringing up a windowing system, if you want to learn unix windowing systems, then you are going to want a somewhat faster cpu with a decent video system. With a little looking around, you can probably get, at near zero cost, a PC that is 5 years old. That will put you in the 400Mhz+ range and any unix will be very happy with most configurations that you find on such a PC. I'd insist on a 100mbps NIC and a decent CDROM as well. Make sure the PC boots from the CDROM. (Try before you buy.) Not only is a unix installation easier when booting from a CD, but there are several handy CD based tools and diagnostics. I'd also look for a bigger box with a few spare PCI slots so that you can add stuff easily as you are learning. For $19 I bought a new 2-port Belkin KVM switch, which I use to switch between my MS-Windows PC and my other desktop, which I will soon upgrade from FreeBSD 5.4 to 6.0. This saves a lot of space on my desk, and switching between the two is just a couple keystrokes. You might consider it. It is especially handy when you are trying out different installations. For my FreeBSD servers, I use Putty to ssh into them from my Windows machine (and openssh from my FreeBSD machines.) The key thing is to make it easy to access your unix system(s) so that you learn faster. Have fun! -gayn Bristol Systems Inc. 714/532-6776 www.bristolsystems.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD starter machine
Chris Hill writes: Here's a thought: Since it's the holiday season, many retailers are offering deals on new computers. If your current Win* box is a few years old, how about upgrading to a new machine? Or find a friend who's upgrading, and offer them a reasonable price for their old machine. Pentiums in the mid 1 ghz range are disgustingly cheap. Some thoughts: 1) _Big_ disk. Even for a training machine, an installation with the source tree and X will run larger than you think. 2) Memory. At least 256M, and 512M if you can get it. 3) Unless you're planning on replacing it anyway, check the ethernet card. Some older cards are notorious for poor performance; search the mailing list archives for discussions. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cardbus panics
I have an IBM T22 thinkpad running FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p8. I have the CardBus devices in the current kernel. When I insert a CardBus device, A Xircom RealPort CardBus Ethernet I get a kernel panic like so; Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: cbb alloc res fail Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: cardbus1: Can't get memory for IO ports Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: dc0: Xircom X3201 10/100BaseTX port 0-0x7f mem \ 0x8800-0x880007ff,0x88000800-0x88000fff at device 0.0 on cardbus1 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: cbb alloc res fail Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: dc0: couldn't map ports/memory Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: fault virtual address = 0x30 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: fault code= supervisor write, pag\ e not present Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: instruction pointer = 0x8:0xc07b01f2 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: stack pointer = 0x10:0xd5428c10 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: frame pointer = 0x10:0xd5428c14 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: code segment = base 0x0, limit 0xfff\ ff, type 0x1b Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: processor eflags = interrupt enabled, resume, IO\ PL = 0 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: current process = 38 (cbb1) Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: trap number = 12 Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: panic: page fault Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: Uptime: 35s Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: Cannot dump. No dump device defined. Dec 9 18:42:32 paris kernel: Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on t\ he console to abort Any ideas How I can fix this? The suggested sysctl, hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range, does not seem to exist in the kernel. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 5.4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Micro$oft free world | Berkeley, Ca. pgpVK2696j2zz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Changing maximum number of groups in FBSD - is it feasible?
On Sat, Dec 10, 2005 at 09:26:36AM +1030, Ian Moore wrote: So it actually does work! And there's no need to adjust or re-compile any ports, just world and kernel? World, kernel, static linked ports and all ports which use NGROUPS_MAX constant for space allocation. Samba worked fine for me without recompilation :-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: FreeBSD router two DSL connections
If both DSL lines go to the same ISP it is easy, run PPP on them and setup multilink PPP. The ISP has to do so also. If they are going to different ISP's then you cannot do it with any operating system or device save BGP - the idea is completely -stupid- to put it simply. If you think different, then explain why and I'll shoot every networking scenario you present so full of holes you will think it's swiss cheese. And if you think your going to run BGP I'll shoot that full of holes also. Note that Steven's scenario below is for 2 circuits that both start at a single entity, and both end at a single entity. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Yance Kowara Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 7:03 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD router two DSL connections Hi all, I am trying to figure out if *BSD can achieve this: I have two DSL connections to play with, and I would like to configure a *BSD router that can combine the two DSLs together. There is a howto at http://stevenfettig.com/mythoughts/archives/000173.php But it concerns OpenBSD and it was for a T1 connection using a dual T1 card. I would like to configure one on 2 DSLs connected to two individual NICs. Is this feasible at all, or should I just invest in a dual Wan hardware? Kind regards, Yance __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/197 - Release Date: 12/9/2005 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Freebsd Theme Song
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kris Kennaway Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 12:13 PM To: Danial Thom Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: Freebsd Theme Song On Sun, Dec 11, 2005 at 06:33:49AM -0800, Danial Thom wrote: But thats not even the point. The point is that the purpose of tearing apart 4.x was to go MP, and MP performance is dismill across the board. This statement is simply false. It's actually quite funny to read. Whats false about it, Kris? I've quoted it again for you above. When you take your packet bridging blinders off, there are many performance improvements to be measured from SMP kernels (and UP, for that matter) on FreeBSD 6.0 compared to 4.11. Filesystem performance, for one. FreeBSD 6 is 30% faster than 4.11 at filesystem write operations (extracting a large tarball full of small files and many subdirectories) with an amr disk array on the same UP system. On this hardware FreeBSD 4.11 is unable to make effective use of a second CPU on the same test (it's often slightly slower); FreeBSD 6.0 receives a 10-15% boost on this workload from a second CPU (this seems to be limited by hardware access constraints - the amr hardware API does not encourage concurrency). Performance on a benchmark that does a lot of parallel filesystem reads and forks tens of thousands of processes (ports collection INDEX builds) is 25% faster on 6.0 than 5.4, and is about 3 times faster under SMP than UP on a 4-CPU machine. On a 4-CPU amd64 machine running 6.0, concurrent write performance to a md is 2.7 times faster under SMP than UP. On a 14-CPU sparc64 machine it is 6.1 times faster (and it would be higher except the very low memory bandwidth and 400MHz CPU speed cause some of the kernel threads to saturate easily). But of course, Denial tells us that none of this means anything about FreeBSD performance and scalability, because it doesn't help him with the only thing he cares about, which is to sell systems that bridge high-speed networks. Kris, To me, this argument sounds suspiciously like I don't care that networking performance is slower because the shit in the OS that _I_ use is faster, so fuck all the rest of you who want faster network performance. You, meanwhile, are criticizing Danial for in effect saying I don't care that filesystem stuff is faster because the shit in the OS that _I_ use is slower, so fuck all the rest of you who are happy you have faster filesystem performance Kind of pot calling kettle black, here. If you are AGREEING with Danial that 5.4 and 6.0 networking performance is SLOWER then 4.X performance, why are you HAPPY and CONTENTED with this? Is it now OK to speed up one part of the system at the expense of slowing down another part? Sounds to me like the argument Microsoft makes that so what that Windows XP is slower than Windows 2K, it has lots of better eye-candy. Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Freebsd Theme Song
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 6:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: Freebsd Theme Song Danial Thom wrote: Kris is just a PR front man for a team of developers that is lost. Their theory on how to build a better mousetrap for MP is completely wrong, and now they're going to try something else, using the entire FreeBSD community as guinea pigs. First 5.4 was the answer. Then 6.0. Now it looks like 6.0 sucks too. Its a damn shame. DT IF you are such a man that can actually call himself an engineer - why hide behind Yahoo mail? Good point. Legally no entity can compel Danial to hide his real name when he's making posts on his own time. This business about his job requiring it is pure bullcrap. Get on the cisco-nsp mailing list, there's plenty of Cisco developers who post from time to time with real cisco.com e-mail addresses. The only thing an employer can demand is such posts if they refer to the employee position at a company that the poster attach a disclaimer stating that it's not an official corporate communication, etc. as well as the person cannot disclose trade secrets. (and no, under the law an employer cannot claim that an employee simply talking about FreeBSD is revealing a trade secret, the definition of that term is fairly strict) But an employer cannot demand an employee must not identify his employer. Only a government can do that to a government employee such as military or cia or some such. I choose to use the same name in cyberspace as IRL, for a number of reasons, the primary one being I know that when it comes to brass tacks, you can run but you cannot hide on the Internet. Any investigative agency with police powers can get Danial's real name if they really wanted to, and there's plenty of illegal ways to to it too. I regard people who hide behind aliases as rather inexperienced and immature people, who have little understanding of how the Internet really works, but the fact is that a lot of people do it, and it is not impossible to develop some credibility with an alias. Next, IF you are as you claim to be - WHY are you not on the team or at least contributing code? Chris, you cannot effect change by being part of the problem. If Danial truly thinks that the direction the core team is going with FreeBSD is wrong, then why would he be contributing to the problem by helping them? To insult one person for not seeing your point of view is a show of closed mindedness - to insult a whole list of users ... Well, I do think that speaks volumes about you - as a whole. Well here's from my POV for what that's worth: 1) Why the hell is this discussion even taking place under a thread titled FreeBSD Theme Song? 2) While the topic of this discussion is pertinent and interesting, I have seen no repeatable and even somewhat authoratative test results on all the systems in question. Simply saying I copied a 200MB file across FreeBSD in bridged mode is not enough. If Danial has seen problems he needs to post a website that details the issues down to a complete hardware workup and rundown on his network and test systems, and that includes results from the managed switches that he's using. 3) You by contrast and others have also not posted a scrap of hard data or results that contradicts Danial, testing that is repeatable and such. This entire thing would be easily solved by someone actually doing the work to verify test results, rather than a bunch of opinions. There's plenty of valid opinion-only topics out there, but this isn't one. Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD starter machine
On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:07:44 -0800 (PST) Matt S. Gann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a few questions about FreeBSD. I am just beginning to get into UNIX. I know a few line commands, but really want to get familiar and comfortable with the OS. I have been intrugued by FreeBSD for many years now, but I own a windows-based PC and am not keen about running dual OS's. I would like to get a cheap, used, small desktop or laptop to tinker with Unix/Linix and FreeBSD. However, I know little to nothing about system requirements and/or hardware compability. I was thinking of an old 486 or Pentium 1 to get started. Any thoughts on what I could start with? Sincerely, Matt S. Gann I've had no problems installing FreeBSD on old Pentiums. I also have a Dell Inspiron 8100 (laptop) that dual boots Windows XP and FreeBSD 5- STABLE. The problem with old equipment is that it will be slow. Whether your using a resource intensive desktop environment such as KDE or learning to customize the kernel, you'll want a bit of speed and a bit more of RAM. If you go with an old system, try to max out the motherboard's RAM. Once you're happy with FreeBSD on old equipment, you'll get the itch to see what it can do on really good hardware. I'm currently installing FreeBSD 6.0 on a Pentium II 333 with 128MB RAM for my grandson. To help compensate for the system's limitations, I've installed a light weight window manager. It's in situations like this that you see real benefits to having choices in software. Good luck (and welcome to sanity)! Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
