XC86Config mouse settings for VirtualBox?
I'm running FreeBSD 5.2 in VirtualBox. The reason for the old version is that that's the version described in The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System - I want to browse and tinker with the kernel sources as I read the book. (Which is excellent - I recommend it highly.) The problem I've got is that I cannot get the mouse to work under X11. If I don't enable the mouse daemon in sysinstall, then I can't move the mouse at all in X11. If I do enable the mouse daemon, then in X11 the cursor mostly stays in one corner or another, but flies wildly about the screen if I try to move it. I've spent two or three hours monkeying with this, and have gotten nowhere. Frankly I am astonished that I couldn't find what I needed either at the http://www.virtualbox.org/ website or in google. VirtualBox is nice when it works, but a major problem with it is that it is *very* poorly documented. For example nowhere on the VirtualBox website does it say that it emulates a PS/2 mouse, or that the emulated video is only VESA and not any particular model of video card. Wherever it might come close to clueing me in on these things, it just says to install the VirtualBox Guest Additions - which are not yet available for FreeBSD! I'm able to get the X11 video working OK, using the VESA driver. Just not the mouse. Once I get a working XF86Config, I'll be happy to share it with the world. I'm using VirtualBox 2.2.4 under Fedora 10 on an x86_64 Xeon e5420 box. Thanks! Mike -- Michael David Crawford m...@prgmr.com prgmr.com - We Don't Assume You Are Stupid. Xen-Powered Virtual Private Servers: http://prgmr.com/xen ___ 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-questions Archives
Hello list! I try not to disturb the list unless I need to using the list archive to find answers. I've never been successful in searching the archives it always returns No matches were found for ... Now I see that the search index is not rebuild for a long time -- Note:The archive search index was last rebuilt at Thursday, 08 Feb 2007 06:16:51 UTC. Any postings after that will not be found by a search. Index rebuild is usally done once every 24 hours for this list. You can use a View by date link below to access more recent postings. --- How should I search the list ? /Leslie ___ 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: The freebsd-questions Archives
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:21:08 +0200 Leslie Jensen les...@eskk.nu wrote: Hello list! I try not to disturb the list unless I need to using the list archive to find answers. I've never been successful in searching the archives it always returns No matches were found for ... Now I see that the search index is not rebuild for a long time -- Note:The archive search index was last rebuilt at Thursday, 08 Feb 2007 06:16:51 UTC. Any postings after that will not be found by a search. Index rebuild is usally done once every 24 hours for this list. You can use a View by date link below to access more recent postings. --- How should I search the list ? The easiest way is probably to use Google - start at http://groups.google.com/group/ml-freebsd-questions?lnk=srg -- Bruce Cran ___ 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
Any chance to get the SANE epkowa backend to work on Freebsd?
I got a good deal on a Epson Perfection 4490 PHOTO scanner, but it's not supported by the SANE Epson backend. One needs the epkowa external backend. Any chance to make it work? /Leslie ___ 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: The freebsd-questions Archives
Leslie Jensen wrote: Hello list! I try not to disturb the list unless I need to using the list archive to find answers. I've never been successful in searching the archives it always returns No matches were found for ... Now I see that the search index is not rebuild for a long time -- Note:The archive search index was last rebuilt at Thursday, 08 Feb 2007 06:16:51 UTC. Any postings after that will not be found by a search. Index rebuild is usally done once every 24 hours for this list. You can use a View by date link below to access more recent postings. --- How should I search the list ? /Leslie ___ 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 unix.derkeiler.com mail-archive.com and alikes ___ 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: (no subject)
Fred Terp wrote: This is a dumb Question which I should know the answer to. I can get gdm to recogize my logins but xdm and wdm wont accept my username/password entrys what am I forgetting? Not sure if this will help, but are you configuring the ttyv8 line in /etc/ttys? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-xdm.html -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: cups 1.3.10 problem?
Le Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:40:52 -0400, B. Cook bc...@poughkeepsieschools.org a écrit : Hello, installed cups 1.3.9 on a machine a while back and successfully sharing a dozen or so jetdirects via samba. as part of regular updates I updated to 1.3.10 (no visible problems) until I tried to access the web interface. https://servername:631 E [12/Jun/2009:15:35:10 -0400] encrypt_client: error:14094418:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:tlsv1 alert unknown ca Do have a certificate in /usr/local/etc/cups/ssl ? ___ 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: Program update(s)
RW wrote: For the most part you don't, you can just run perl-after-upgrade. Good suggestion, thanks. If you are referring to the switch from lang/perl5.8 to lang/perl5.10, then that's exceptional and optional. Exceptional oke, but optional? I have to make sure that all related programs are in line with this version; or do you refer to the perl-after-upgrade option? thanks for sharing, Jos Chrispijn ___ 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: Compiling in sound driver in kernel
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 04:39:19PM +0200, Bernt Hansson typed: Polytropon said the following on 2009-06-12 12:54: On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:45:59 +0200, Bernt Hansson be...@bah.homeip.net wrote: Mel Flynn said the following on 2009-06-12 01:23: FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE #0: Thu Jun 11 21:56:24 CEST 2009 r...@fqdn:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC ^^^ Did you edit GENERIC Yes. Added sound and snd_hda Polite note: This is NOT the way to create a custom kernel. The handbook mentions that it's advised to create a copy of GENERIC and work with that. The handbook, IMO, is wrong. The copy of GENERIC will in the course of upgrades deviate from the original one. You won't pick up improvements, like the scheduler change from 4BSD - ULE What I do is include the GENERIC file and override things with nooption/nodevice directives. Ruben ___ 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 7.2 Installation Manual
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 06:25:07PM +, Paul Schmehl typed: Is there a right way to do things in Unix? Yes there is. But the burden is on the developer/packager. The right way to do things is to leave the choice to the end-user. ___ 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: Program update(s)
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:09:17 +0200 Jos Chrispijn j...@webrz.net wrote: RW wrote: For the most part you don't, you can just run perl-after-upgrade. Good suggestion, thanks. If you are referring to the switch from lang/perl5.8 to lang/perl5.10, then that's exceptional and optional. Exceptional oke, but optional? I have to make sure that all related programs are in line with this version; It's optional to go from lang/perl5.8 to lang/perl5.10. ___ 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: Program update(s)
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 09:47:39PM +0200, Jos Chrispijn typed: Can someone tell me why I have to recompile all related programs when I upgrade to a newer version of Perl? How easy it would be that all these 'to be recompiled' programs only were linked to just Perl instead of Perl.x.x.x. Or is that a complete wrong way of approach? Can you guarantee that all these programs will work with perl.y.y.y ? ___ 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: The freebsd-questions Archives
Leslie Jensen wrote: Hello list! I try not to disturb the list unless I need to using the list archive to find answers. I've never been successful in searching the archives it always returns No matches were found for ... Now I see that the search index is not rebuild for a long time -- Note:The archive search index was last rebuilt at Thursday, 08 Feb 2007 06:16:51 UTC. Any postings after that will not be found by a search. Index rebuild is usally done once every 24 hours for this list. You can use a View by date link below to access more recent postings. --- How should I search the list ? Try http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists (and search for archive search working) Chris /Leslie ___ 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: The freebsd-questions Archives
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 1:21 AM, Leslie Jensenles...@eskk.nu wrote: Hello list! I try not to disturb the list unless I need to using the list archive to find answers. I've never been successful in searching the archives it always returns No matches were found for ... Now I see that the search index is not rebuild for a long time -- Note:The archive search index was last rebuilt at Thursday, 08 Feb 2007 06:16:51 UTC. Any postings after that will not be found by a search. Index rebuild is usally done once every 24 hours for this list. You can use a View by date link below to access more recent postings. --- How should I search the list ? http://marc.info/?w=2 /Leslie ___ 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: Program update(s)
Ruben de Groot wrote: On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 09:47:39PM +0200, Jos Chrispijn typed: Can you guarantee that all these programs will work with perl.y.y.y ? That is another thread and a question that someone should ask him/herself prior to the installation itself :-) Jos Chrispijn ___ 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-questions Archives
Leslie Jensen writes: I try not to disturb the list unless I need to using the list archive to find answers. I've never been successful in searching the archives it always returns No matches were found for ... Now I see that the search index is not rebuild for a long time -- Note:The archive search index was last rebuilt at Thursday, 08 Feb 2007 06:16:51 UTC. Any postings after that will not be found by a search. Index rebuild is usally done once every 24 hours for this list. You can use a View by date link below to access more recent postings. If this is true - if this represents a failure to rebuild the index, instead of a failure to accurately record when the index was rebuilt - well, actually it's a problem in both cases just a much bigger one in the former. Please test to make sure (for example, are these messages indexed within 48 hours?) and if true file a PR. You may be on to something. Messages I sent to ports@ on Tuesday have not appeared on the index. 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
I/O Serial Tunnel over Ethernet - Cellular - WiFi
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Re: Compiling in sound driver in kernel
On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:35:42 +0200, Ruben de Groot mai...@bzerk.org wrote: The handbook, IMO, is wrong. The copy of GENERIC will in the course of upgrades deviate from the original one. You won't pick up improvements, like the scheduler change from 4BSD - ULE I don't think the handbook is wrong, but you mentioned a different, but still completely valid solution: What I do is include the GENERIC file and override things with nooption/nodevice directives. Never tried this, but surely will. The last time I compiled a kernel, I made a copy of GENERIC, edited the copy to only include what is really present on the system, and used KERNCONF with this file. So I composed a new file on the example of GENERIC. Of course I know that it's not possible to use a kernel config from 4.10 to build a kernel on 7.2, so caution is intended. :-) The benefit of my solution is that you are not depending on another file, or have to read it through in order to form the intended nodevice and nooption statements. Anyway, you have to review the file with each system update, to find out if something important changed (e. g. the default scheduler, as you mentioned). -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ 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
Google groups
hi there, i've been using the mailman interface for a long time now to read the various freebsd mailinglists. recently i found out about Google groups which are great and a lot better than the mailman interface imo. (no broken search, etc.) however a lot of mailinglists seem to be missing on google. what's the reason for that and is there a way to tell the guys at google to also list groups like freebsd.usb or freebsd.svn-src-head e.g.? cheers. ___ 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
some suggestions
Hi, Recently some errors occurred while I upgrade ports, turned out it was a null entry of dependence in the ports' +CONTENTS, a line of @pkgdep but no corresponding DEPORIGIN. I am not sure which port management caused this trouble, though I used portmaster most of the time, but sometimes I used portupgrade if specified in /usr/ports/UPDATING. I just wonder if some corrections can be made to the port management apps, or to modify pkg install/deinstall app to ignore null entry of dependence. Regards, TFC ___ 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: 2009-06-13
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
Terminal / vim / shortcuts
I edit python code in vim using Terminal on xfce. I find myself, not surprisingly, having to exit insert mode and save changes frequently (when making code changes and wishing to test the immediate effects of the changes in a separate terminal). This requires pressing 4 keys: esc, :, w, and enter. How can I configure a shortcut (ideally using an F# key) that will perform this sequence of 4 key-presses? TIA, Daniel ___ 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: CPU/motherboard recommendations
Robert Huff wrote: I am actively building the parts list for a new system, and would welcome advice on motherboards. Quick research has pointed me to two paths with regard to CPUs: Intel Q9550(s)/Q9650, and AMD Phenom II 925/945. (Unfortunately, the 925 doesn't seem to be available to the general public yet.) The ideal motherboard would be small on bells and whistles (onboard NIC, video, and RAID are optional (even undesirable) though a decent sound chip would be good) and big on reliability, expandability (this machine might end up with 8gbytes memory and many storage devices), and good layout. I've had good luck with Intel Desktopboards...it's a boring choice, since everything just works. Desktopboards tried: 1) DG965RY - 4DIMM, max 8GB, Intel GbE, 4 sata w/PS2 2) DG31PR - 2 DIMM, max 4GB, Realtek GbE, 4 sata w/PS2. 3) DQ35JOE - 4 DIMM max 8GB, Intel GbE, 6 sata, no PS2 -- TJ smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: Terminal / vim / shortcuts
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 08:18:02PM -0400, Daniel Underwood wrote: I edit python code in vim using Terminal on xfce. I find myself, not surprisingly, having to exit insert mode and save changes frequently (when making code changes and wishing to test the immediate effects of the changes in a separate terminal). This requires pressing 4 keys: esc, :, w, and enter. How can I configure a shortcut (ideally using an F# key) that will perform this sequence of 4 key-presses? Dunno about vim, but for vi, I'd put the following into ~/.exrc map #5 ^[:w^M where ^[ is esc, and ^M is enter. This maps the keys to F5. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen j...@chen.org.nz -- A person should be able to do a small bit of everything, specialisation is for insects ___ 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
