using ntfs-3g
You have suggested the good solution, thank you. Marco Borsatino -- Original Header --- From : beni b...@brinckman.info To : freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc : marco.borsat...@poste.it Date : Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:30:04 +0100 Subject : Re: using ntfs-3g Op Friday 27 March 2009 18:41:52 marco.borsat...@poste.it schreef: Hi all. I'm trying to use ntfs-3g driver on FreeBsd 7.1. After installing the precompiled package, I try to mount a NTFS volume. The syntax seems to be quite simple, but I fail. First attempt: mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/ad0s3 /mnt/dati_vista/ mount: /dev/ad0s3 : Operation not supported by device Second attempt: ntfs-3g /dev/ad0s3 /mnt/dati_vista/ fuse: failed to open fuse device: No such file or directory The same volume mounted with the standard command: # mount_ntfs /dev/ad0s3 /mnt/dati_vista [r...@odino ~]# mount /dev/ad8s2a on / (ufs, local) devfs on /dev (devfs, local) /dev/ad8s2d on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/ad8s1 on /mnt/win_xp (ntfs, local, read-only) /dev/ad8s3 on /mnt/dati_xp (ntfs, local, read-only) /dev/ad0s3 on /mnt/dati_vista (ntfs, local) gives me the expected result. What is my mistake? Thanks. Marco Borsatino ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Hi, You added fusefs_enable=YES to your /etc/rc.conf ? -- Beni. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: freeBSD 6.4
Hi Mario! Did you installed the right vga driver? Did you make de right xorg.conf for Xserver? Please check this. Anyways, you can send your top processes, but I think that the Firefox uses the more from CPU, by the way, what is your load? Laci From: Mario PNH mario...@gmail.com To: Dánielisz László laszlo_daniel...@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 7:29:25 PM Subject: freeBSD 6.4 Hi Dánielisz I got this email of you on MAR 13, and today I got the GNOME running on freeBSD 6.4. I also installed KDE4 but haven't used it yet. My main question this time is about the whole freeBSD. As a matter of fact it is running the CPU above 50% as I start GNOME with no more application involved. I am right now emailing this from GMAIL/google using firefox loaded on GNOME 2.22.3 and the CPU is 75% busy. So it is kind of slow and lagging. I am using this ASUS machine: AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2000+ Memory 1 GB Which when I use windows XP as OS, does the same with CPU involved just 6%. I am sure freeBSD should do this much faster than Windows XP, but I have no idea how to detect what is wrong. I can also send the list of processes running on this 6.4 which i guess most of them are normal. and the only application open is firefox connected to GMAIL . Any idea what should I check? I like to have a UNIX like OP. System to work on my JAVA programs. That I was doing with WIN-XP so far. And I have WIN2003 also on another ASUS Core i7 machine. I want to know if the performance of freeBSD is very hardware related, then what type of motherboard / chip / CPU ..etc is recommended? I used to work with UNIX on SUN machines while at university, and I expect freeBSD to function almost the same, and even better these days concerning the time and new technologies but I am missing some info to get it done. Thanks Mario On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 5:04 AM, Dánielisz László laszlo_daniel...@yahoo.com wrote: You are welcome! Don't forget to upgrade your ports, I think after this it will work, if not than try pkg_add but first read the manual. From: Mario PNH mario...@gmail.com To: Dánielisz László laszlo_daniel...@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 9:07:56 PM Subject: Re: Ports Collection Thanks for your response. FreeBSD versions of 7.0 and 7.1 could never be booted on my computer, and it kept restarting with a short note of inflate on the screen. But 6.4 is running excellent, except for the gnome2 installation. I didn't update my ports, but I will, and I think I need to go though gnome installation instruction again. While installing gnome2, for near 2 hours, it finally went into a loop cycle of loading and repeating things, I can't remember exactly what but I am going to watch it closely as I redo it over next week I am trying 6.4 on my 5 yr old ASUS A7N266-VM, which still runs great with nVidia 220 North Bridge Chipset - CPU AMD Athlon(TM)2000+. 6.4 recognizes all components as I went through log files. This is a test for me, to learn about freeBSD. Once I am familiar with how it functions, I try it on my new ASUS P6T Deluxe - Intel X58 (core i7). However, with the fact that I may face drivers issue for this one, yet I am going to add new hard drive to test 7.1 on the P6T soon, as I get just a bit free time after MAR 21. I appreciate your response and I will provide more info later on. Thanks, Mario On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 6:06 AM, Dánielisz László laszlo_daniel...@yahoo.com wrote: Dear Mario Palmer, Did you tried to install the latest FreeBSD version instead of 6.4? Did you updated your ports tree before running the make command (eg. with cvsup)? You can also try installing gnome2 via pkg_add -r [-v] Laci From: Mario PNH mario...@gmail.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:01:41 PM Subject: Ports Collection I really liked the FreeBSD running on my ASUS desktop, until I tried to install gnome2 and I was surprised that it never finished it, during which it created some 20 and more user groups like 'nobody', 'anonymous', 'aiviah', 'games', etc ... and I am wondering if that was a normal process. # cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome2 # make install clean I have burned the DVD of 6.4 version lately and I don't know if that's all I needed to install gnome2 instead of using Ports Collection. Thanks, Mario Palmer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [pkg_add] PACKAGESITE weirdness - URL not correct for dependencies?
On Thursday 26 March 2009 21:46:07 L Campbell wrote: Okay, so apparently there's some serious weirdness in the logic in src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/url.c, in fileGetURL. This function takes two parameters, base and spec, and has the following behavior -- snip behavior and patch Yes, it is a bit counter-intuitive. However it's documented in the pkg_add(1) manpage that PACKAGESITE should resolve to the full URL where packages can be found (even the trailing slash). I've found in practice, that it is the easiest to set your webroot below All/, so that All/foo-1.2.3.tbz resolves to the foo 1.2.3 package. Then also maintain the various categories links like devel/foo.tbz and as human use pkg_add like so: pkg_add -r devel/foo This will do the right thing(tm) and you don't have to look up/remember the version numbers as a bonus. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: most signals not being delivered to processes
On Thursday 26 March 2009 21:50:36 Ian Rose wrote: However, hopefully the problem has gone away. Another member of our team thinks that somehow the issue is related to some system services (sshd and dhcpd) failing to completely detach from their controlling terminal due to a setuid wrapper he set up, and thus they are left holding on to some old bad controlling terminal even though they daemonize themselves. As a hint to your team member, daemon(8) program allows one to switch user before daemonizing and detaches properly when asked to. If he wishes to implement this in C himself, visit the setusercontext(3) manpage, which does the setuid() and login class limits automagically. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Wine without X
On Friday 27 March 2009 15:42:27 Barnaby Scott wrote: Can I ask one more possibly really dumb question, to which I can find no answer: Is there a 'conventional', or sensible for one reason or another, place to download application source to? Most systems I use or inherited use a variation of ~/src ~/cvs or ~/svn, where src are the tarballs + their extracted source and cvs/svn checkouts and/or exports. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Wine without X
Mel Flynn writes: Can I ask one more possibly really dumb question, to which I can find no answer: Is there a 'conventional', or sensible for one reason oranother, place to download application source to? Most systems I use or inherited use a variation of ~/src ~/cvs or ~/svn, where src are the tarballs + their extracted source and cvs/svn checkouts and/or exports. I have never done this, but if I were running a private ports tree I would be tempted to root it (if not on a separate partition) at /usr/priv_ports or something similar and have the structure minic /usr/ports whereever possible. The name would then be semi-intuitive, and a simple change of a few environment variables (perhaps in the login file of an account dedicated to working on those ports) would be all it took to change the framework. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: WINE installation problem
On Thursday 26 March 2009 14:10:48 RW wrote: On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:20:38 +0100 Alain G. Fabry alainfa...@belgacom.net wrote: Hi, My WINE was running fine, but while performing a portupgrade I got an error message. So I decided to remove WINE and reinstall. Now I can't install it either. If you ever do that again, make a package first. Using: mkdir ~/packages pkg_create -vb packagename-1.2.3 ~/packages/packagename-1.2.3.tbz -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to list all the installed packages...
On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:05:04 +0700 (ICT) Olivier Nicole o...@cs.ait.ac.th wrote: Hi, Is there a way to show a list of all installed packages that are not required by any other package? Some thing like pkg_info -aR where the Required by: field is empty. Ultimately, that would give a list of software versus libraries. The question arise because, while installing a new machine, I found out that I have help2man installed, that is not required by any other package, that I did not install myself, that looks unneeded to me (until I may need it one day). So I would remove it; and would like to make a list of what is removable (that I did not install, and that is not required). TIA, Olivier I use pkg_rmleaves. -- Regards, Ghirai. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: installing freebsd on windows
On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:45:33 + Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 08:31:31AM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:50:40 + Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 01:03:59AM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: It's certainly not slow and messy here. I installed PCBSD a couple of months ago after a few years of rolling my own desktop and I love it. On reasonable spec hardware it runs very well, the developers have done an excellent job of course. windows vista runs well too on overmuscled hardware. A system can never be over powered. No it doesn't. It doesn't run well on any hardware because it's got things like a file manager that is broken for all intents and purposes. No virtual desktops, undocumented shell etc. Actually, it supports at least four that I know of. You can Google for the information. Four of what? Virtual desktops. What are you referring to? Visit the power toys URL for further information. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx Why do I have to Google the info? Shouldn't there be a copy of the info locally? Not necessarily. Many people don't want to clutter up their system with documentation that they will never use. I certainly don't. If I actually need an obscure bit of information, I can always obtain it. I can google for unbroken filemanagers, documented shells, install cygwin etc. but the software as it stands is horribly inadequate and undocumented. In your opinion. I never have a problem finding what I am looking for. MS Windows is probably the best documented piece of software around. Are you being sarcastic? Where's the Handbook like FreeBSDs? Are you being sarcastic? You can read the source can you? I can't. If you are referring to the source code; well that is obvious. If something else, then what? People get paid to develop the software. If they gave it away, they would not make a living, the unemployment lines would swell, and crime would increase. Now, if you don't believe in a capitalistic system of free enterprise, please come over and paint my house this weekend. I promise not to insult you by offering to pay you. Maybe I'm just getting old but Vista documentation seems to be scattered to hell and west over the 'net - if you can find what you're looking for at all. Yes, it is fragmented. The simple fact that there is so much information is the cause, not the problem. What is it you are looking for? Where are the documents for using their crappy filemanager? There are some with what they call, exaggeratingly, their help system but they are useless compared to any unix documentation. Probably there are a limited number of ways you can describe such an excrescance as the Vista Explorer replacement. Where are the manpages for their shell? They should at least have some documentation that comes with the OS that lists and describes the commands it supports. It doesn't. Did you actually install the 'Power Shell?' I assume that is what you are talking about. Read the 'Getting Started pages. I just installed it and there is a wealth of information there. Certainly enough to get started with. BTW, many people consider 'man' to be an acronym for Much About Nothing. Therein lies the reason that O'Reilly has make a fortune distributing 'How-To' books. I'm looking for an OS with a sane file hierarchy and a shell I can use to manage the files therein. An editor better than Notepad would be a bonus too. Wrong, you are looking for a specific OS that is tailored to your very specific specification. Everyone does not (thank GOD) have the same criteria. If it suits you, then great. If not, find one that does. Bitching like an old wash woman accomplishes nothing. Extensive documentation on the machine is a must. Then install it. Everyone does not want massive amounts of useless clutter. I've searched on google for documentation on the powershell to no avail. All the docs as such seem to be available if you are a member of MSDN - I presume so anyway, but for the general public they don't seem to be readily available. Obviously, you have not installed the shell. Besides the info included with the program, you might want to check out the following URL. It should answer most of your immediate questions. I also question you 'search' ability. I don't seem to be having any problem finding gratuitous amounts of documentation. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926139 In short, I gave Vista a decent shot (I quite like XP) but it was like wading through treacle and I thought that if I am to get the best out of it, I'm probably going to have to sign up for MSDN and download vast amounts of missing software and spend inordinate amounts of time on google. Yes, it is commonly referred to as a 'learning curve' Personally, anyone who cannot handle a Win32 machine has serous problems. Six year old kids gleefully manipulate a PC without problems. I know several
nvidia-drivers crash computer on X start
I'm having something of a problem. X.org will not start whenever I load the drivers installed from the latest nvidia-drivers port. The error also happens with the older versions of said drivers. The error doesn't occur with the normal nv drivers. What happens: 1) $ startx 2) The normal startup stuff flickers by on screen. I'm not sure exactly what it says as the screen goes black to load up X in less than a second (it always does this). 3) It then switches display mode or something like that. It goes from proper this screen is currently not showing anything at all-black to this screen is on and is rendering black pixels-black. It might sound strange but I can't describe it any better. The black gets a different hue which isn't displayed when I start X with the default nv drivers. Not sure if this is relevant or not. 4) Everything just locks up. The new black stays. I can't switch to another terminal with CTRL+ALT+F#, I can't CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE nor CTRL+ALT+DELETE. I was playing music with the CLI player herrie once and it repeated the same millisecond of sound over and over and over. A proper lock-up. 5) I hit the reboot button. There's no log produced in /var/log/Xorg.0.log when this happens, nor can I find anything in the messages log. The only relevant log I have is the one created when I run X -configure, which lists no errors. This is the log: ### X.Org X Server 1.5.3 Release Date: 5 November 2008 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE i386 Current Operating System: FreeBSD sino.plas.se 7.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 1 14:37:25 UTC 2009 r...@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 Build Date: 27 March 2009 01:00:57AM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Sat Mar 28 09:46:07 2009 (II) Loader magic: 0x81bcde0 (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 X.Org Video Driver: 4.1 X.Org XInput driver : 2.1 X.Org Server Extension : 1.1 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.6 (II) Loader running on freebsd (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) (--) using VT number 9 (--) PCI:*(0...@1:0:0) nVidia Corporation GeForce 8800 GTS 512 rev 162, Mem @ 0xfd00/0, 0xd000/0, 0xfa00/0, I/O @ 0xbc00/0, BIOS @ 0x/131072 List of video drivers: nvidia (II) LoadModule: nvidia (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so (II) Module nvidia: vendor=NVIDIA Corporation compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver (II) System resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0x0010 - 0x3fff (0x3ff0) MX[B]E(B) [1] -1 0 0x000f - 0x000f (0x1) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0x000c - 0x000e (0x3) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0x - 0x0009 (0xa) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] [5] -1 0 0x - 0x00ff (0x100) IX[B] (II) Primary Device is: PCI 0...@00:00:0 (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 180.29 Tue Feb 3 10:12:46 PST 2009 (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs (++) Using config file: /home/lillis/xorg.conf.new (==) ServerLayout X.org Configured (**) |--Screen Screen0 (0) (**) | |--Monitor Monitor0 (**) | |--Device Card0 (**) |--Input Device Mouse0 (**) |--Input Device Keyboard0 (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices (==) Including the default font path /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF,/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/. (**) FontPath set to: /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF, /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/, /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/, /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF, /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ (**) ModulePath set to /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules (WW) AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using drivers 'kbd' or 'mouse' will be disabled. (WW) Disabling Mouse0 (WW) Disabling Keyboard0 (II) Loading sub module fb (II) LoadModule: fb (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so (II) Module fb: vendor=X.Org Foundation compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4 (II) Loading sub module wfb (II) LoadModule: wfb (II) Loading
Re: nvidia-drivers crash computer on X start
On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:53:43 +0100 Anders Holmström holmstrom.and...@gmail.com wrote: The current xorg.conf I'm using is listed below. It was generated with X -configure. I've used many different xorg.confs, but they've all more or less been using the same settings as below, I don't know if it will help, but the nvidia driver has its own utility for generating xorg.conf: x11/nvidia-xconfig ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
About boot from GPT
Hi men, FreeBSD 7.1 supports booting from GPT partitions. I want to know more about it. Without GPT, MBR reads the Disk Partition Table(DPT), and read the first sector of the boot partition. If map the bootable GPT-partition in to DPT in MBR, then the boot code in MBR reads this partition, just like it's a normal partition. What else need to do to support booting from GPT partition? Thanks, Wu ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: nvidia-drivers crash computer on X start
RW wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:53:43 +0100 Anders Holmström holmstrom.and...@gmail.com wrote: The current xorg.conf I'm using is listed below. It was generated with X -configure. I've used many different xorg.confs, but they've all more or less been using the same settings as below, I don't know if it will help, but the nvidia driver has its own utility for generating xorg.conf: x11/nvidia-xconfig ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org did you try Option AllowEmptyInput off in Serverlayout section under screen, keyboard, mouse? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 252, Issue 11
Hello :) Thank you very much! I added the line in ipfw script, loaded the script, and was able to send the email with attachment. Then tried again without the line $cmd 00151 allow icmp from any to any icmptypes 3 (after reboot) and it didn't send the email. So including the line did the trick .. Thanks Bravo! Regards, Roy. On Sat, 2009-03-28 at 12:00 +, freebsd-questions-requ...@freebsd.org wrote: -- Message: 3 Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:54:29 + From: RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com Subject: Re: Problem with Gmail/Evolution and IPFW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: 20090327215429.17222...@gumby.homeunix.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:01:51 +0100 Roy Stuivenberg roys1...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm having a problem with Gmail and IPFW. Gmail is configured in Evolution. running prerelease 7.2 / stable + Gnome2 When I can't send mail (with attachment), I have to disable IPFW, and at that point I'm able to send mail. This sounds like it could be a path mtu discovery problem; try adding the following: allow icmp from any to any icmptypes 3 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: installing freebsd on windows
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 08:39:32AM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:45:33 + Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 08:31:31AM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:50:40 + Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 01:03:59AM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: It's certainly not slow and messy here. I installed PCBSD a couple of months ago after a few years of rolling my own desktop and I love it. On reasonable spec hardware it runs very well, the developers have done an excellent job of course. windows vista runs well too on overmuscled hardware. A system can never be over powered. No it doesn't. It doesn't run well on any hardware because it's got things like a file manager that is broken for all intents and purposes. No virtual desktops, undocumented shell etc. Actually, it supports at least four that I know of. You can Google for the information. Four of what? Virtual desktops. What are you referring to? Visit the power toys URL for further information. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx Thanks for that. Did they use to be called PowerTools? I downloaded them a few years ago but it didn't come with virtual desktops. Why do I have to Google the info? Shouldn't there be a copy of the info locally? Not necessarily. Many people don't want to clutter up their system with documentation that they will never use. I certainly don't. If I actually need an obscure bit of information, I can always obtain it. And when your 'net connection is down, then you can obtain it? I maintain the Handbook locally. It's no effort and can save my bacon for whenever I don't have 'net access. I can google for unbroken filemanagers, documented shells, install cygwin etc. but the software as it stands is horribly inadequate and undocumented. In your opinion. I never have a problem finding what I am looking for. MS Windows is probably the best documented piece of software around. Are you being sarcastic? Where's the Handbook like FreeBSDs? Are you being sarcastic? No. You can read the source can you? I can't. If you are referring to the source code; well that is obvious. If something else, then what? People get paid to develop the software. If they gave it away, they would not make a living, the unemployment lines would swell, and crime would increase. Now, if you don't believe in a capitalistic system of free enterprise, please come over and paint my house this weekend. I promise not to insult you by offering to pay you. You've fallen hook, line sinker for the broken windows fallacy. I support free software with a subscription to TUG. It's not my job to keep software developers in employment though. Maybe I'm just getting old but Vista documentation seems to be scattered to hell and west over the 'net - if you can find what you're looking for at all. Yes, it is fragmented. The simple fact that there is so much information is the cause, not the problem. It maybe the cause but it's also a problem. There should be one page on microsoft.com for each of their OSes where one can start looking for info. For instance, I did a search for cmd.exe commands on Google and it didn't return a useful page from microsoft.com on the first page. That's weak. What's even weaker is that cmd.exe isn't described in any of the local documentation on Vista/XP. What is it you are looking for? Where are the documents for using their crappy filemanager? There are some with what they call, exaggeratingly, their help system but they are useless compared to any unix documentation. Probably there are a limited number of ways you can describe such an excrescance as the Vista Explorer replacement. Where are the manpages for their shell? They should at least have some documentation that comes with the OS that lists and describes the commands it supports. It doesn't. Did you actually install the 'Power Shell?' I assume that is what you are talking about. Read the 'Getting Started pages. I just installed it and there is a wealth of information there. Certainly enough to get started with. I was talking about cmd.exe. That's the shell on Windows isn't it? I thought Powershell shipped with my version of Vista (business) but I guess I was wrong. BTW, many people consider 'man' to be an acronym for Much About Nothing. Therein lies the reason that O'Reilly has make a fortune distributing 'How-To' books. I own a shelf full of O'Reilly books. If I get my softs for free, I don't mind paying for extra documentation. When I pay for software, I expect it to be thoroughly documented (à la AutoCAD with a big thick manual). I'm looking for an OS with a sane file hierarchy and a shell I can use to manage the files therein. An editor better than Notepad would be a bonus too. Wrong, you are looking for a specific OS
Software installasion (Was: Re: Wine without X)
On Saturday 28 March 2009 13:06:44 Robert Huff wrote: Mel Flynn writes: Can I ask one more possibly really dumb question, to which I can find no answer: Is there a 'conventional', or sensible for one reason oranother, place to download application source to? Most systems I use or inherited use a variation of ~/src ~/cvs or ~/svn, where src are the tarballs + their extracted source and cvs/svn checkouts and/or exports. I have never done this, but if I were running a private ports tree I would be tempted to root it (if not on a separate partition) at /usr/priv_ports or something similar and have the structure minic /usr/ports whereever possible. The name would then be semi-intuitive, and a simple change of a few environment variables (perhaps in the login file of an account dedicated to working on those ports) would be all it took to change the framework. A private portstree (as in: uses the ports framework for compiling and installing software, including registering the port in /var/db/pkg) is best kept in /usr/ports/local. One needs to set VALID_CATEGORIES=local in /etc/make.conf and optionally add SUBDIR+=local in /usr/ports/Makefile.local if one cares about the ports ending up in the INDEX and make search. Ideally software not registering itself inside /var/db/pkg (as in software compiled by hand) should NOT be installed in $LOCALBASE (/usr/local by default) as there is no guarantee through the ports CONFLICTS mechanism, that a port overwrites files installed by your hand-compiled software. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: nvidia-drivers crash computer on X start
Anders Holmström wrote: did you try Option AllowEmptyInput off in Serverlayout section under screen, keyboard, mouse? I was told by a guy on the nvnews.net forums that I should put machdep.disable_mtrrs=1 in my /boot/loader.conf. Apparently he had had the same problem and he said it was because he had more than 2 gigs of ram. He had solved it by that setting, and later by simply removing the ram. I have 4 gigs, and the setting did work for me. HOWEVER, now that I startx it's impossible to move the mouse/use the keyboard. It also complaints about not being able to locate driver kbd and driver mouse, plus mentions AllowEmptyInput as the culprit. I tried disabling it but it in xorg.conf, but didn't help on the input device issue. X still started though. I didn't think the two were related, but based on your post I guess they are. You could (or somebody else) possibly enlighten me a bit more about the relationship, or point me in the right direction? man xorg.conf didn't give much info. i am not sure about the machdep setting there so i cc'd the mailing list maybe someone else can help you there. about the AllowEmptyInput however, there is some info in ports/UPDATING round about when xorg was updated because I am not sure if you said you disabled the mouse from xorg config instead of moused in etc/rc.conf ( if that is what you said). i have moused_enable=NO in etc/rc.conf and add Option AllowEmptyInput off in xorg.conf.new right after a Xorg -configure. also, i think you have to test cuz ppl get different setting to work depending their hardware, but i have had similar problem as you with moused enabled and AllowEm...added. ( i have only 1gb memory fyi) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: nvidia-drivers crash computer on X start
On Saturday 28 March 2009 13:53:43 Anders Holmström wrote: The current xorg.conf I'm using is listed below. It was generated with X -configure. I've used many different xorg.confs, but they've all more or less been using the same settings as below, except when I tried NvAGP which didn't seem to work either (unless I was missing something). When using NvAGP, /boot/device.hints MUST contain a line that disables agp. In dmesg.boot this is displayed: ### nvidia0: GeForce 8800 GTS 512 on vgapci0 vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_busmaster vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io Harmless, as these interfaces are still supported. It should be seen as deprecation warning. nvidia0: [GIANT-LOCKED] nvidia0: [ITHREAD] ### I have tried reinstalling xorg-server and nvidia-driver many times. I've also had the same problem on a completely different FreeBSD install on the same computer, before a broken HDD forced me to reinstall completely. It was the same BSD version. I've made sure that the driver is actually loaded with kldstat, and have not used kldload nvidia as it's said that it's best to put an entry in /boot/loader.conf and restart instead. /dev/nvidia0 and /dev/nvidiactl show up after the drivers are installed and the computer rebooted. I've tried disabling FreeBSD AGP and using NvAGP instead, but the exact same thing happens. My card is a GeForce 8800 GTS 512 MB, and is supported by the drivers. You properly walked all avenues that would resolve a configuration issue on your part. There's one more to try, disable the composite extension, yet this is a long shot if not using a window manager that uses composite. Section Extensions Option Composite disable EndSection If that does not help, then the proper action would be to file a bug report with nvidia, using the nvidia-bug-report.sh script, that unfortunately isn't installed by the port. It's easiest to get a hold of that script using: make -C /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver extract cp `make -C /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver -V WRKSRC`/obj/*.sh . -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to list all the installed packages...
On Friday 27 March 2009 10:12:57 Jan Henrik Sylvester wrote: Is there anything about build dependencies in cutleaves? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg_cutleaves/files/ pkg_cutleaves?rev=1.2 I do not see it at a quick glance. No. Typically one knows the leaves that one has installed for a reason. Build dependencies are the rest. While not 100% perfect it covers the practical usage case. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: nmap as user works, root doesn't
On Thursday 26 March 2009 03:39:15 Jimmie James wrote: Can anyone make sense of this? Straight DSL connection, no router. using -e [any interface] results in the same errors nmap-4.76 As root: #nmap -v -v google.ca Starting Nmap 4.76 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2009-03-25 22:35 EDT Warning: Hostname google.ca resolves to 3 IPs. Using 64.233.161.104. WARNING: Unable to find appropriate interface for system route to 64.230.197.58 nexthost: failed to determine route to 64.233.161.104 QUITTING! Search google for pppoe+nnmap. Haven't seen a solution for this on any of my gateways, so I'm simply using a machine behind it to do my bidding. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Too many active children of 'whole'
Hi: Using FreeBSD 8.x snapshot 200902, On a 160GB SATA HDD, i tried creating a 25GB slice and then selected 'install a standard MBR (no boot manager)', the installer gave a warning as: Disk Slicing warning: Too many active children of 'whole' What exactly does this mean ? thanks Saifi. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: how to configure xbiff
On Thursday 26 March 2009 16:39:18 Frank Shute wrote: ~/.xinitrc is only run when you use startx and ~/.xsession is used when you run the display manager xdm(1). I believe kdm also uses xsession. This is all IIRC. I haven't used a display manager for sometime and I've never used kdm. Default kdm simply runs startkde. You will have to set your session to custom in the login screen. Then .xsession will be used to set up your environment and is responsible for starting startkde in the end to use KDE. On the plus side, once done, your next login will again use the custom session. Of course, one may also use kmailnotify. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: installing freebsd on windows
On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:49:48 + Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: Virtual desktops. What are you referring to? Visit the power toys URL for further information. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx Thanks for that. Did they use to be called PowerTools? I downloaded them a few years ago but it didn't come with virtual desktops. I don't remember. Maybe. They have had virtual desktops for years though. Why do I have to Google the info? Shouldn't there be a copy of the info locally? Not necessarily. Many people don't want to clutter up their system with documentation that they will never use. I certainly don't. If I actually need an obscure bit of information, I can always obtain it. And when your 'net connection is down, then you can obtain it? I maintain the Handbook locally. It's no effort and can save my bacon for whenever I don't have 'net access. If the connection is down, I am probably NOT using the PC. Hell, if the power is out for more than 30 minutes, my UPS is dead so I am most definitely not using the machine. I can google for unbroken filemanagers, documented shells, install cygwin etc. but the software as it stands is horribly inadequate and undocumented. In your opinion. I never have a problem finding what I am looking for. You can read the source can you? I can't. If you are referring to the source code; well that is obvious. If something else, then what? People get paid to develop the software. If they gave it away, they would not make a living, the unemployment lines would swell, and crime would increase. Now, if you don't believe in a capitalistic system of free enterprise, please come over and paint my house this weekend. I promise not to insult you by offering to pay you. You've fallen hook, line sinker for the broken windows fallacy. I support free software with a subscription to TUG. It's not my job to keep software developers in employment though. I am strong believer in the free enterprise system. It is certainly not your responsibility to keep anyone employed. Use whatever you want. Maybe I'm just getting old but Vista documentation seems to be scattered to hell and west over the 'net - if you can find what you're looking for at all. Yes, it is fragmented. The simple fact that there is so much information is the cause, not the problem. It maybe the cause but it's also a problem. There should be one page on microsoft.com for each of their OSes where one can start looking for info. Are you joking? There all ready is. There is a home page for each of their major products. From there you can pretty much wander anywhere you want. I find it beyond belief that you cannot find one. For instance, I did a search for cmd.exe commands on Google and it didn't return a useful page from microsoft.com on the first page. That's weak. What's even weaker is that cmd.exe isn't described in any of the local documentation on Vista/XP. 1) That is a Google limitation. On WinXP 2) START Help and Support type: cmd.exe into the search box Honestly, have you actually tried? Honestly, that is pretty pathetic. Did you actually install the 'Power Shell?' I assume that is what you are talking about. Read the 'Getting Started pages. I just installed it and there is a wealth of information there. Certainly enough to get started with. I was talking about cmd.exe. That's the shell on Windows isn't it? I don't know. It is your system, you tell me. I thought Powershell shipped with my version of Vista (business) but I guess I was wrong. You are incorrect. At least it did not ship with the original version of Vista. That, like everything else, is subject to change. BTW, many people consider 'man' to be an acronym for Much About Nothing. Therein lies the reason that O'Reilly has make a fortune distributing 'How-To' books. I own a shelf full of O'Reilly books. If I get my softs for free, I don't mind paying for extra documentation. I have a whole wall in my office filled with mostly O'Reilly books dealing with everything from Postfix, Sendmail, etc. to common tasks like Regular Expressions, Sed Awk, ad-infinitum. Contrary to you statement, the 'man' for most products, commands, etc. is usually quite weak. Hence the acronym I previously described. At best it only touches the surface. There are a few exceptions, but they are few and far between. When I pay for software, I expect it to be thoroughly documented (à la AutoCAD with a big thick manual). IBM did a study approximately 10 years ago regarding software documentation included with the software. They found what most users all ready knew; most end users NEVER read the documentation. They either use on-line help or telephone support. IBM, Microsoft and most other major software publishers saved millions by discarding what the end user was all ready discarding; i.e. the MANUAL. Norton I believe is still one of the few that produces a fairly concise
Re: FreeBSD Networking Questions / vlan, lagg, routing, FIBs, ezjail
Now, it is my suspicion that the apparent need for promisc at the router end indeed is an apperent one and not really the router's fault but rather the other end's. The other end, in this case, is the server below. If the server, with its single MIB, default-routes its packets through one specific of its vlans which may not be the one, at the router's end, with the corresponding IP network the traffic entered into the net, would it be possible that there's something preventing them be received? Unless there's promisc on, of course... I'll grab the laptop next time I think of it and have the switch monitor traffic to it to see what really is on the wire, maybe that helps and gives me a clue. I just keep forgetting the bl**dy thing each time I leave... Ok, after a good portion of fiddling with the switch, it seems that you cannot copy traffic from link-aggregated ports to a monitor port on a Linksys SRW2016. Now out at my wits end here it seems. I'll try the FIB approach hopefully next week then. - On my server, is there any way to set up individual default routes (to the router) for each of the vlans short of tucking the ezjails behind the vlan interfaces each into their own FIB (btw,. has anyone ever done that?)? Yes, from FreeBSD-7.1 and beyond, there is support for up to 16 routing tables. Use the setfib command to select routing table for outgoing connections. So, I interpret your response as that I am correct, I have a single default route per FIB, and that's it. Which effectively means that I do need FIBs. I agree that this behaviour might make some sense :) Something like, setfib 10 jail $JAILOPTSANDARGS, in the jail case. You have to compile a kernel with the option ROUTETABLES=n. Read the message for revision 1.1485 from here: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/conf/NOTES (...) Generally speaking, or rather, inquiring, has anyone ever done FIBs with ezjail? It probably is very easy, and I consider(ed) looking into it myself but I currently spend about max. an hour every 2-3 days on FreeBSE so I don't really progress. Well, might eventually, but that'll be dunno when. But well, such is life, and this is pleasure not work :) and I hope to learn something useful on the way. (...) [1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2007-December/007331.html Regards, Peter. -- Pt! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger01 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: installing freebsd on windows
got completely off topic. please get that discussion off the list FreeBSD is not windows program, but standalone OS. Possibly it can be run under windows and some kind of VM but it should be discussed on windows support list etc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Which is the best Free BSD for each of my computers?
Free BSD Team, iMac with the 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with Mac OS X version 10.5.6 Model Name: iMac Model Identifier: iMac8,1 Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Speed:2.8 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 6 MB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz Boot ROM Version: IM81.00C1.B00 SMC Version:1.30f1 Serial Number: W88106UGZE4 - Break - Gateway Laptop MT6460 Notebook Specifications Part Number: 2905931RGateway MT6460 Notebook Feature Description Processor AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TK-53 1.7 GHz | 512 KB L2 cache | HyperTransport™ technology up to 1600 MHz Chipset ATI RS485M Display panel 15.4-inch WXGA (1280 × 800) Memory Installed memory: 1024 MB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2 × 512) Total slots: 2 DDR2 slots | Available slots: 0 DDR2 slots Video controllerIntegrated ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 Up to 256 MB of HyperMemory™ Audio High definition audio. 2 channel Hard drive 80 GB 5400 RPM PATA hard drive - Break - Sony VAIO FRV37 - Pentium 4 2.8 GHz - 15 - 512 MB Ram - 60 GB HDD General System Type Notebook Built-in DevicesStereo speakers Width 13 in Depth 10.8 in Height 2.2 in Weight 7.7 lbs Processor Processor Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz Data Bus Speed 533 MHz Cache Memory TypeL2 cache Installed Size 512 KB RAM Installed Size 512 MB / 1 GB (max) Technology DDR SDRAM Storage Controller TypeIDE Storage Hard Drive 60 GB - Break - and what if anything, would having this software do in relation to my Apple TV? Thank you for your time, Chris Schneider___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Wine without X
2009/3/28 Robert Huff roberth...@rcn.com: Mel Flynn writes: Can I ask one more possibly really dumb question, to which I can find no answer: Is there a 'conventional', or sensible for one reason oranother, place to download application source to? Most systems I use or inherited use a variation of ~/src ~/cvs or ~/svn, where src are the tarballs + their extracted source and cvs/svn checkouts and/or exports. I have never done this, but if I were running a private ports tree I would be tempted to root it (if not on a separate partition) at /usr/priv_ports or something similar and have the structure minic /usr/ports whereever possible. The name would then be semi-intuitive, and a simple change of a few environment variables (perhaps in the login file of an account dedicated to working on those ports) would be all it took to change the framework. Robert Huff I'm always inclined to use --PREFIX=/sw/local/ when compiling; I'm used to Fink on my Mac, so /sw is a nice directory for that. Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: installing freebsd on windows
Wojciech Puchar wrote: got completely off topic. please get that discussion off the list FreeBSD is not windows program, but standalone OS. Possibly it can be run under windows and some kind of VM but it should be discussed on windows support list etc. ___ I'm sorry that I even brought up the windows and freebsd questions if it was going to bring out such nonsense answers or atitudes from some. I was always told that to learn about something is to ask the question no matter how silly it may be. Harold ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: web based file sharing
On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:13:12 +, Terry te...@bluelight.org.uk said: T Just looking for a way to give easy access over the internet to some files T for multiple users. Web based would be ideal as they all know how to open a T browser. Try drall, it's easy to set up and works like a charm. http://home.gna.org/drall/ was the original link, but it doesn't seem to be working today, so you might want to Google drall 1.17 and grab it from a mirror. -- Karl Vogel I don't speak for the USAF or my company He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know. --Abraham Lincoln ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: installing freebsd on windows
Jerry ges...@yahoo.com wrote: If the connection is down, I am probably NOT using the PC. Hell, if the power is out for more than 30 minutes, my UPS is dead so I am most definitely not using the machine. So you never experience connectivity problems for any reason other than a local power failure? Astonishing! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Heller-Johnson syndrome (Re: installing freebsd on windows)
Heller's Law: The first myth of management is that it exists. Johnson's Corollary: Nobody really knows what is going on anywhere within the organization. Author unknown: If someone *does* know what is going on in the organization, that person must be fired. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
if anyone needs OOo 3.0.1 i386 package
Seeing as good-day.net only has packages for amd64, i figured i'd make one; it only took about 9 hours or so :P http://ghirai.com/openoffice.org-3.0.1.tbz (~130MiB) Created with pkg_create -b on 7.1. Tried to install on another box and it worked fine, provided you have the required deps installed. -- Regards, Ghirai. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
The FreeBSD Diary: 2009-03-28
The FreeBSD Diary contains a large number of practical examples and how-to guides. This message is posted weekly to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org with the aim of letting people know what's available on the website. Before you post a question here it might be a good idea to first search the mailing list archives http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists and/or The FreeBSD Diary http://www.freebsddiary.org/. RECENT ARTICLES: 2-Dec : Obscuring smtp auth headers If you consider your smtp-auth location to be private, this is what you want. http://freebsddiary.org/smtp-headers-rewrite-auth.php?2 29-Nov : OpenVPN - creating a routed VPN If you have multiple VPN clients, this is a practical solution. http://freebsddiary.org/openvpn-routed.php?2 27-Nov : Creating your own Certificate Authority How to create a CA and generate your own SSL certificates http://freebsddiary.org/openvpn-easy-rsa.php?2 27-Nov : OpenVPN - getting it running Using OpenVPN to create a secure pathway between home and office http://freebsddiary.org/openvpn.php?2 5-Oct : Removing dead mailing lists from Mailman Mailing lists can outlive their usefulness http://freebsddiary.org/mailman-removing-dead-lists.php?2 30-Aug : gmirror - recovering from a failed HDD an HDD failed. gmirror to the rescue. http://freebsddiary.org/gmirror-failure.php?2 6-Jul : ezjail - A jail administration framework This makes jails easier http://freebsddiary.org/ezjail.php?2 24-Jun : Adding gmirror to an existing installation Adding RAID-1 to an existing FreeBSD 7 installation http://freebsddiary.org/gmirror.php?2 20-Mar : ThinkPad x61s Unpacking the box, installing PC-BSD http://freebsddiary.org/thinkpad-x61s.php?2 17-Mar : Using two monitors with X.org The GeForce 8600 GT with two monitors http://freebsddiary.org/xorg-two-screens.php?2 -- Dan Langille BSDCan - http://www.BSDCan.org/ - BSD Conference ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: installing freebsd on windows
Harold Hartley wrote: I am wondering if the freebsd team has ever thought of making freebsd to install on windows like ubuntu does. Sorry - I am not quite certain what you mean by this. FreeBSD is an operating system, just as Windows, Linux, Solaris, etc are different operating systems. If you mean as in a dual-boot configuration it is doable and has been done by users for many years. It is easiest to install Windows first and leave sufficient free space on the rest of the hard drive into which FreeBSD can be installed. As to boot loaders there is a choice to make, but some form of boot loader which presents a menu at boot time will enable one to choose which OS to enter. Much of this requires knowledge a neophyte may not possess. While there is much excellent documentation within the FreeBSD project, it may not be easy stuff for the non-computer geek. However, with study, patience, and some degree of trial and error the knowledge is ultimately attainable. I'm just a person that can't afford more than one computer cause I live in a nursing home and I would like to be able to use one computer to choose what I want to boot into, such as windows or unbuntu and maybe a freebsd choice. While I don't wish to enter the desktop flame war, FreeBSD can make an excellent desktop. There are even a couple of desktop oriented projects which are probably easier for a beginner to get going with. One thing you should probably be aware of though - in spite of the above statement FreeBSD has historically been more server oriented. If you are not a system administrator in a data center running servers there is less impetus for you to choose it as a desktop OS. If you are already utilizing a Linux desktop such as Ubuntu with Gnome or KDE and are satisfied you may only be duplicating your efforts for no real particular advantage. FreeBSD is historically a better server operating system. I don't always want to boot into windows, except for the 3 apps I have to use windows for. Lol! The opposite is true for me. I keep a VirtualBox VM with Windows XP handy in case I need some Windows app temporarily (Office). I do boot into ubuntu 90% of the time and enjoy it so much, but I have read about freebsd and researched it fully and I wish I could be able to run freebsd as with all the apps freebsd has to offer. I would love to be able to install freebsd under windows so I could choose freebsd to boot into when I want. If you have a sufficiently powerful machine you can use a Virtual Machine such as VMware or VirtualBox where you can install and run other operating systems in a virtual environment. This is opposed to the dual-boot described above, as it enables you to run multiple Virtual computers at the same time - no need to reboot. This is also a great way to go if you want to experiment with varieties of different software(s) without trashing your main operating system. These VMs are all available as packages for Ubuntu. I hope to hear from freebsd about my request, and by the way, I'm not a linux expert so I don't know everything about linux, but I'm always learning. IMHO learning is a good thing. You should know that we are not FreeBSD, but rather a mailing list of people who use FreeBSD. Communities of aficionados will be quite diverse, but while many in a hardcore Unix group will be sympathetic to a point many others will not. YMMV I noticed quite a few years ago a striking difference between the Microsoftian Windows world and Unix. Many in the Windows world pop a disk in a machine and click OK in a dialog box a few dozen times and consider themselves instant Computer Knowledgeable. I work in both environments and one thing attracting me more to the Unix world was the fact that many more Unix workers were college graduates with Computer Science degrees. It is very easy for such highly educated individuals to look down upon those from the Windows universe. One group knows what the other is missing, in spite of the fact the other may not. Couple that with geeky personalities in general and it can be abrasive at times. Such highly educated people typically can seem somewhat intolerant towards those who haven't yet acquired a certain ground floor skill level. Many others are more welcoming when they perceive someone who truly wants to learn. again: YMMV! Don't let it discourage you from learning. Learning new stuff constantly is a good thing, and if you don't push a little into uncharted territory you'll stagnate, and that's just not interesting. Just my $.02:-) -Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: if anyone needs OOo 3.0.1 i386 package
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Ghirai ghi...@ghirai.com wrote: Seeing as good-day.net only has packages for amd64, i figured i'd make one; it only took about 9 hours or so :P http://ghirai.com/openoffice.org-3.0.1.tbz (~130MiB) Created with pkg_create -b on 7.1. Tried to install on another box and it worked fine, provided you have the required deps installed. -- Regards, Ghirai. What options (config), if any, did you build with? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
qemu-launcher problem
I am trying to run qemu-launcher from the command line and receive the following error: # qemu-launcher Xlib: extension Generic Event Extension missing on display :0.0. Xlib: extension Generic Event Extension missing on display :0.0. Xlib: extension Generic Event Extension missing on display :0.0. Xlib: extension Generic Event Extension missing on display :0.0. Xlib: extension Generic Event Extension missing on display :0.0. Xlib: extension Generic Event Extension missing on display :0.0. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated at /usr/local/bin/qemu-launcher line 2000. Bad system call: 12 (core dumped) I am running 7-stable amd64, Xorg7.4, gnome 2.24.3, qemu-0.10.1_1, kqemu-kmod-devel-1.4.0.p1_2, qemu-launcher-1.7.4_2. Any help is appreciated. What other info can I provide to troubleshoot? TIA ___
Re: Can't upgrade to 7.1-RELEASE
I thought I should mention that I'm booting off of ZFS, perhaps that's related to my problem. R. http://dabas.untu.ms/ On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 02:41, Reinis Ivanovs da...@untu.ms wrote: Hello, I'm trying to upgrade a 7.0 system to 7.1-RELEASE, and it isn't working. I switch to the superuser, do freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.1-RELEASE, and then when I try running freebsd-update install, I get this: .chflags: ///.profile: Operation not supported Any hints as to what could be the problem? Best, R. http://dabas.untu.ms/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Can't upgrade to 7.1-RELEASE
Hello, I'm trying to upgrade a 7.0 system to 7.1-RELEASE, and it isn't working. I switch to the superuser, do freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.1-RELEASE, and then when I try running freebsd-update install, I get this: .chflags: ///.profile: Operation not supported Any hints as to what could be the problem? Best, R. http://dabas.untu.ms/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Can't upgrade to 7.1-RELEASE
Hi, .chflags: ///.profile: Operation not supported Could that be that you are running with some kernel security level? sysctl -a |grep kern.securelevel And that your file /.profile has some flag set on it? ls -lo ./profile Then you will need to reboot in a lower level so you can either remove the flag (chflags(1)) and/or complete the install. Best regards, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
gvinum RAID 5+0?
Hello, How does one configure gvinum for RAID 5+0 (distributed parity nested in stripe)? The configuration I've tried seems to be incorrect. Config: drive a device /dev/ad10 drive b device /dev/ad12 drive c device /dev/ad14 drive d device /dev/ad4 drive e device /dev/ad6 drive f device /dev/ad8 volume storage plex org striped 512k plex org raid5 512k sd length 953869m drive a sd length 953869m drive b sd length 953869m drive c plex org raid5 512k sd length 953869m drive d sd length 953869m drive e sd length 953869m drive f What gvinum creates: 6 drives: D f State: up/dev/ad8A: 0/953869 MB (0%) D e State: up/dev/ad6A: 0/953869 MB (0%) D d State: up/dev/ad4A: 0/953869 MB (0%) D c State: up/dev/ad14A: 0/953869 MB (0%) D b State: up/dev/ad12A: 0/953869 MB (0%) D a State: up/dev/ad10A: 0/953869 MB (0%) 1 volume: V storage State: upPlexes: 3Size: 1863 GB 3 plexes: P storage.p2 R5 State: upSubdisks: 3Size: 1863 GB P storage.p1 R5 State: upSubdisks: 3Size: 1863 GB P storage.p0 S State: downSubdisks: 0Size: 0 B 6 subdisks: S storage.p2.s2 State: upD: fSize:931 GB S storage.p2.s1 State: upD: eSize:931 GB S storage.p2.s0 State: upD: dSize:931 GB S storage.p1.s2 State: upD: cSize:931 GB S storage.p1.s1 State: upD: bSize:931 GB S storage.p1.s0 State: upD: aSize:931 GB Thanks, Mike Manlief ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [pkg_add] PACKAGESITE weirdness - URL not correct for dependencies?
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net wrote: On Thursday 26 March 2009 21:46:07 L Campbell wrote: Okay, so apparently there's some serious weirdness in the logic in src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/url.c, in fileGetURL. This function takes two parameters, base and spec, and has the following behavior -- snip behavior and patch Yes, it is a bit counter-intuitive. However it's documented in the pkg_add(1) manpage that PACKAGESITE should resolve to the full URL where packages can be found (even the trailing slash). The additional stipulation that any dependent packages must be in an ../All/ directory relative to the path of the initial package is an undocumented feature. It's a bit counter-intuitive, but once it works, it works. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
analyzing httpd-error.log
Hi, I'm running 6.4-STABLE, Apache22, logwatch and Webalizer. Webalizer is doing what it's supposed to with httpd-access.log, but when I give it the error log to process is coughs, spits and spills out errors with no data processed. My research hasn't turned up a good solution for webalizer and -error.log. In httpd.conf, I'm using both common and combined log formats. Webalizer will read them both. With logwatch, and even with the log detail turned up to 7, I'm not getting the detail I want from the error.log. I want to see *everything* in that log. Anybody got a solution? -- Thanks, Charles Things that make you say, Hmm... If you were a pastor, and you were getting married, would you hire a pastor, or would you do the wedding yourself? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Stock OpenSSL is multithread or not?
Hi, I am trying to use Pound (/usr/ports/www/pound). From the documentation I read; Warning: as Pound is a multi-threaded program it requires a version of OpenSSL with thread support. This is normally the case on Linux and Solaris (for example) but not on *BSD. Is that still true on FreeBSD 6.4 RELENG amd64? And should I install another version of OpenSSL that includes threads? TIA, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: analyzing httpd-error.log
Hi, Webalizer is doing what it's supposed to with httpd-access.log, but when I give it the error log to process is coughs, spits and spills out errors with no data processed. My research hasn't turned up a good solution for webalizer and -error.log. The format of error log is pretty much different from the format of transfer log. No wonder webalizer is not liking it. You may have to write your own format for th error log. Bests, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
