Re: self-serving redeux/revisited, and more questions?

[Polytropon]

On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:52:39 -0700, Gary Kline  wrote:
> i'll explain
> later, but if i can use a lightweight computer that has audio with the
> kde apps, i can create a reasonably priced tts or speech synthesizer that
> would be accessible to a great many people.  instead of the $8-9 kilobuck
> windose devs.

"Lightweight computer" and "KDE apps"? You must be joking. :-)



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SSL Acceleration cards

[Cameron Jacobson]

I posted a message about SSL Acceleration cards a while back on one of
the newsgroups, but never got a response.  I'm revisiting this now
that I've got a project in the works that I'd like to utilize this
technology, but still don't think I have the equipment I need.  I
purchased several SSL cards a while back and all of them did quite
well on OpenSSL when I ran the 'speed' utility for Synchronous
algorithms, but it was obvious FreeBSD wasn't utilizing the
Asynchronous functionality of the cards.

Does anyone have recommendations on some relatively inexpensive SSL
Acceleration cards (recommended, preferably where the manufacturer
actually supports the BSD drivers) where FreeBSD can perform with
asynchronous algorithms as well?

Thanks,
Cameron
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self-serving redeux/revisited, and more questions?

[Gary Kline]

for the dedicated nerds on-list now on the weekend, i just edited [[ this
is my LAST edit ]] of  ``slicejourney.php''.  it goes away in ten days. 

i have another issue that has more to do with freebsd on the new and
lost cost notebook computers i had heard of.   how many and which ones
work best with our flavor of BSD.  turns out that sometimes things-ubuntu
fail, and i need something failsafe and with a keyboard.  i'll explain
later, but if i can use a lightweight computer that has audio with the
kde apps, i can create a reasonably priced tts or speech synthesizer that
would be accessible to a great many people.  instead of the $8-9 kilobuck
windose devs.


anybody know?

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OT: Dark humor (Re: No sound, no mouse and now X applications won't start)

[perryh]

Daniel Underwood  wrote:
> Aside:
>
> > My Bonnie looked into a gas tank,
> > The height of its contents to see!
> > She lit a small match to assist her,
> > Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.
>
> Hah... I like that.  Dark, but witty.

I first heard it some 50 years ago,
and it was not new even then :)

I wouldn't be surprised if it dated
from the turn of the last century,
when some gasoline-powered automobiles
may not have had fuel gauges.
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Audio

[Jeff Molofee]

Just wondering what changed with the sound on BSD? My system way back in 
the 4.x days sounded not too bad... good bass, etc.


After dropping my audio cards for on board audio (intel hda) I noticed 
the sound was really BAD... tin can, bad separation, no bass at all.


Some time this past week, my audio went from sounding like crap to 
absolutely phenomenal!!! My sub works again, audio is coming out of the 
center channel, left and right speakers are not putting out ALL of the 
sound.


Is it just me? Did I miss a notice about upgrades to the sound drivers? 
Whatever it is... AMAZING!!!


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Re: No sound, no mouse and now X applications won't start

[Daniel Underwood]

Aside:

> My Bonnie looked into a gas tank,
> The height of its contents to see!
> She lit a small match to assist her,
> Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.

Hah... I like that.  Dark, but witty.
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Vim-Lite Port Refuses to Update

[APseudoUtopia]

Hey,

I'm having issues with the vim-lite port. I have it installed, and I'm
trying to update it. However, when the system attempts to fetch the
patches, it fails.
Here's the log: http://pastebin.ca/1468178

It seems like it's putting a % on the end of the URL that it is trying
to fetch. Any ideas?

Thanks.
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The FreeBSD Diary: 2009-06-20

[Dan Langille]

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Re: portell breakage

[Manolis Kiagias]

Joshua Isom wrote:
> I recently upgraded my ports tree which included the python update. 
> Everything went smoothly(except that openchrome on amd64 requires a
> hand patch), but now portell won't run.  I can create a database, but
> all I get otherwise is:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/bin/portell", line 93, in 
> main()
>   File "/usr/local/bin/portell", line 73, in main
> if d.has_key(portname):
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/shelve.py", line 107, in has_key
> return key in self.dict
> TypeError: argument of type 'bsddb.bsddb' is not iterable
>
> I've tried reinstalling python26 and portell, as well as seeing if a
> missing dependency of databases/py-bsddb was the cause to no avail.  I
> haven't found anyone else having this error, so I'm not sure how to
> fix it.  Has anyone else had this happen and know how to fix it?
>

Same here. First I thought something went wrong with the python upgrade,
but then checked in a clean vmware install and got the same results. Not
sure about the fix, but this is either an incompatibility  of portell
with 2.6, or a python bug.
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Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

[Jeff Laine]

A vote for C-net devices. Pretty cheap and I can't recall any troubles caused 
by 'em.

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portell breakage

[Joshua Isom]

I recently upgraded my ports tree which included the python update.  
Everything went smoothly(except that openchrome on amd64 requires a 
hand patch), but now portell won't run.  I can create a database, but 
all I get otherwise is:


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/portell", line 93, in 
main()
  File "/usr/local/bin/portell", line 73, in main
if d.has_key(portname):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/shelve.py", line 107, in has_key
return key in self.dict
TypeError: argument of type 'bsddb.bsddb' is not iterable

I've tried reinstalling python26 and portell, as well as seeing if a 
missing dependency of databases/py-bsddb was the cause to no avail.  I 
haven't found anyone else having this error, so I'm not sure how to fix 
it.  Has anyone else had this happen and know how to fix it?


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Re: Can't boot 7.2-RELEASE i386 or AMD64 on an Abit KV8 Pro motherboard with Sempron 3100+ CPU

[Kent Stewart]

On Saturday 20 June 2009 11:00:45 am ericr wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As the subject says, I can't get the 7.2-RELEASE i386 CD to boot on a
> system that has:
>
> Abit KV8 Pro (K8T800P-8237-6A7L1A1BC-26) motherboard with the most recent
> BIOS - BIOS release 26 4/20/2007
> (
> http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NA
>ME=KV8+Pro&fMTYPE=Socket+754)
>
> An AMD Sempron 3100+ 1.8Ghz CPU
>
> 1 Gb RAM
>
> An ATI 1050 256mb AGP video card
>
> I think I have turned off everything ACPI related in the BIOS setup.
>
> When I boot the i386 ISO, the kernel boots to the point of probing the PCI
> bus and then hangs completely, even the keyboard is locked up.
>
> I've unplugged all the disks, so the only things in the system are the CD
> drive, the floppy drive, and the video card.
>
> I have turned off acpi at boot time, and when I boot the i386 ISO
> verbosely, the last few lines the kernel spews are:
>
> pci_open(1): mode 1 addr port (0x0cf8) is 0x8000c060
> pci_open(1a): mode1res=0x8000 (0x8000)
> pci_cfgcheck: device 0 [class=06] [hdr=80] is there (id=02821106)
> pcibios: BIOS version 2.10
> pcib0:  pcibus 0 on motherboard
> pci0:  on pcib0
> pci0: domain=0, physical bus=0
>
> There's no PCI cards plugged in, just the AGP video card.
>
>
> When I try booting the AMD64 ISO, the boot loader runs, I get the boot
> menu, and regardless of what boot options I give the kernel, I get the
> message "CPU doesn't support long mode" and then I get the OK prompt.
>
>
> I'm pretty sure it doesn't have a h/w problem, it'll boot and install
> Fedora 11, Win2K, WinXP, and runs every DOS based diagnostic app I can find
> with no problems.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions, or should I file a PR?

Did you follow the suggestion on the release announcement of using the other 
CDs and switching before you start the install.

Kent
>
> Thanks!
>
> - ericr
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Re: No sound, no mouse and now X applications won't start

[Roland Smith]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 01:31:45AM +0530, Manish Jain wrote:
> 
> Hi Roland,
> 
> Looks like nobody at freebsd-questions has any answers for me. Maybe 
> 7.2-x86 doesn't like newish amd hardware. Anyway, here are the 
> contents of /dev/sndstat :
> 
> > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2007061600/i386)
> > Installed devices:
> > pcm0:  at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0 kld 
> > snd_hda [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/0r:0v channels default)
> > pcm1:  at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac1 kld 
> > snd_hda [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex)
> > pcm2:  at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac1 kld 
> > snd_hda [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex)
> > pcm3:  at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac1 kld 
> > snd_hda [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex)

> I tried snd_hda, even though it's listed as the driver for Intel
> HDA, not Realtek HDA on AMD hardware. It doesn't work. The volume
> control applet still complains no sound device has been configured.

The fact that /dev/sndstat exists means that there is a sound driver
that works. From the contents you can see that it is indeed the snd_hda
driver ("HDA Realtek ALC885 "). You can also see that there are four
sound outputs. Currently the digital HDMI is the default.

You can configure the sound hardware through sysctls. If you run "sysctl
hw.snd" you'll see a list of things you can change. With 'sysctl -d' you
can see what a particular sysctl does. In this case one that is
interesting is 'hw.snd.default_unit'. The different outputs in
/dev/sndstat will be connected to different sockets on the machine
(e.g. front/back panel). Try setting hw.snd.default_unit to 1, 2 or 3
and see if that helps.

It could be that you have to unload and reload the snd_hda module after
setting the default channel. You might also have to restart the volume
control applet.

> /dev/ums0 does get created I if plug in the mouse after the login 
> prompt has appeared.

Ok. I think it should be a bug that the mouse isn't properly detected
when connected at boot, but since the USB stack has been replaced in
8-CURRENT, I don't know if anyone is willing to go bughunting in the 7.x
USB stack.

> But the mouse would behave crazy till I changed the Xorg generated
> xorg.conf's setting of ZAxisMapping from "4 5 6 7" to "4 5".

That is not abnormal. A lot of mice need special zaxis mappings.

> I have still more problems. After all ports finished installing, 
> some X applications just don't start (eg Acroread). I can't any 
> error messages from the terminal because gnome-terminal itself 
> doesn't start.

Then use an xterm instead of a gnome-terminal. Acroread depends on Linux
emulation. Maybe you're missing some bits there?

> Given time, maybe I could ultimately figure this problem out, but if 
> you have any ready ideas, please be kind enough to share them me.
> 
> Here are some messages.
 
> #/var/log/console.log :
> > Jun 20 01:17:01 pbbi kernel: Jun 20 01:17:01 pbbi pulseaudio[1276]: main.c: 
> > Daemon startup without any loaded modules, refusing to work.

I've never used pulseaudio. I prefer esound.

> > Jun 20 01:18:04 pbbi kernel: Jun 20 01:18:04 pbbi 
> > gnome-keyring-daemon[1251]: dbus failure unregistering from session: 
> > Connection is closed

This looks pretty harmless.

> #/var/log/messages :
> > Jun 20 02:00:07 pbbi kernel: info: [drm] Loading RS780 CP Microcode
> > Jun 20 02:00:07 pbbi kernel: info: [drm] Loading RS780 PFP Microcode
> > Jun 20 02:00:07 pbbi kernel: info: [drm] Resetting GPU
> > Jun 20 02:00:07 pbbi kernel: info: [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs
> > Jun 20 02:00:07 pbbi kernel: drm0: [ITHREAD]
> > Jun 20 02:00:07 pbbi console-kit-daemon[1135]: WARNING: kvm_getenvv failed

Look at kvm_getenvv(3), in the BUGS section: 

 "In order for kvm_getenvv(3) to function correctly, procfs(5) must be
  mounted on /proc"

> loader.conf looks like following :
> > kern.maxdsiz="734003200"
> > ums_load="YES"
> > linprocfs_load="YES"
> > linsysfs_load="YES"
> > sound_load="YES"
> > snd_hda_load="YES"

Looks OK. 

Roland
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Re: No sound, no mouse and now X applications won't start

[Jerry]

On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:31:45 +0530
Manish Jain  wrote:

> Looks like nobody at freebsd-questions has any answers for me. Maybe 
> 7.2-x86 doesn't like newish amd hardware.

post the output of: pciconf -lv as well as dmesg. Also your rc.conf and
PolicyKit.conf files might be useful.

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Re: PACKAGESITE Directory Structure

[Mel Flynn]

On Thursday 18 June 2009 18:31:02 Glen Barber wrote:
> Hello, list.
>
> After trying to figure out the incorrect directory structure for some
> of the packages hosted on my site, I am at a loss.
>
> After reading through /usr/src/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/main.c from
> HEAD, lines 337-340 seems to suggest that if 'Latest' is not found,
> 'All' is implied to pkg_add when PACKAGESITE is explicitly defined
> (otherwise overridden with hard-coded values).

The most intuitive PACKAGESITE is the one pointing to the directory *before* 
All including trailing slash. This way one can add packages by origin, which 
is more human friendly then knowing the specific version or what the mangled 
LATEST_LINK is. pkg_add will then do the right thing with respect to 
dependencies.

But to explain the PACKAGESITE variable: it is expected to point to the final 
location (including trailing slash) for the command line argument(s) given. 
pkg_add will try to figure out how to get to 'All/' and 'Latest/' the best it 
can if the url ${PACKAGESITE}$1 returns not found and for dependencies.
-- 
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No sound, no mouse and now X applications won't start

[Manish Jain]

Hi Roland,

Looks like nobody at freebsd-questions has any answers for me. Maybe 
7.2-x86 doesn't like newish amd hardware. Anyway, here are the 
contents of /dev/sndstat :



FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2007061600/i386)
Installed devices:
pcm0:  at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac0 kld 
snd_hda [MPSAFE] (1p:1v/0r:0v channels default)
pcm1:  at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac1 kld snd_hda 
[MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex)
pcm2:  at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac1 kld snd_hda 
[MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex)
pcm3:  at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac1 kld snd_hda 
[MPSAFE] (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex)


I tried snd_hda, even though it's listed as the driver for Intel
HDA, not Realtek HDA on AMD hardware. It doesn't work. The volume
control applet still complains no sound device has been configured.

/dev/ums0 does get created I if plug in the mouse after the login 
prompt has appeared. But the mouse would behave crazy till I changed 
the Xorg generated xorg.conf's setting of ZAxisMapping from "4 5 6 
7" to "4 5".


I have still more problems. After all ports finished installing, 
some X applications just don't start (eg Acroread). I can't any 
error messages from the terminal because gnome-terminal itself 
doesn't start.


Given time, maybe I could ultimately figure this problem out, but if 
you have any ready ideas, please be kind enough to share them me.


Here are some messages.


#/var/log/console.log :

Jun 20 01:17:01 pbbi kernel: Jun 20 01:17:01 pbbi pulseaudio[1276]: main.c: 
Daemon startup without any loaded modules, refusing to work.
Jun 20 01:18:04 pbbi kernel: Jun 20 01:18:04 pbbi gnome-keyring-daemon[1251]: 
dbus failure unregistering from session: Connection is closed
Jun 20 01:21:50 pbbi kernel: Jun 20 01:21:50 pbbi pulseaudio[1686]: main.c: 
Daemon startup without any loaded modules, refusing to work.
Jun 20 01:21:51 pbbi kernel: Jun 20 01:21:51 pbbi dbus-daemon: Would reject message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", 
sender=":1.10" (uid=0 pid=1292 comm=") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable" member="Introspect" error 
name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="org.freedesktop.SystemToolsBackends.Platform" (uid=0 pid=1723 comm="))
Jun 20 01:21:51 pbbi kernel: Jun 20 01:21:51 pbbi dbus-daemon: Would reject message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", 
sender=":1.10" (uid=0 pid=1292 comm=") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable" member="Introspect" error 
name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="org.freedesktop.SystemToolsBackends.Platform" (uid=0 pid=1723 comm="))
Jun 20 01:22:04 pbbi kernel: Jun 20 01:22:04 pbbi gnome-keyring-daemon[1665]: 
dbus failure unregistering from session: Connection is closed
Jun 20 02:00:18 pbbi kernel: Jun 20 02:00:18 pbbi pulseaudio[2068]: main.c: 
Daemon startup without any loaded modules, refusing to work.
Jun 20 02:00:19 pbbi kernel: Jun 20 02:00:19 pbbi dbus-daemon: Would reject message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", 
sender=":1.10" (uid=0 pid=1292 comm=") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable" member="Introspect" error 
name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="org.freedesktop.SystemToolsBackends.Platform" (uid=0 pid=1723 comm="))
Jun 20 02:00:19 pbbi kernel: Jun 20 02:00:19 pbbi dbus-daemon: Would reject message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", 
sender=":1.10" (uid=0 pid=1292 comm=") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable" member="Introspect" error 
name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="org.freedesktop.SystemToolsBackends.Platform" (uid=0 pid=1723 comm="))
Jun 20 02:22:14 pbbi kernel: Jun 20 02:22:14 pbbi pulseaudio[7162]: main.c: 
Daemon startup without any loaded modules, refusing to work.
Jun 20 02:22:14 pbbi kernel: Jun 20 02:22:14 pbbi dbus-daemon: Would reject message, 1 matched rules; type="method_call", 
sender=":1.10" (uid=0 pid=1292 comm=") interface="org.freedesktop.DBus.Introspectable" member="Introspect" error 
name="(unset)" requested_reply=0 destination="org.freedesktop.SystemToolsBackends.Platform" (uid=0 pid=1723 comm="))



#/var/log/messages :

Jun 20 02:00:07 pbbi kernel: info: [drm] Loading RS780 CP Microcode
Jun 20 02:00:07 pbbi kernel: info: [drm] Loading RS780 PFP Microcode
Jun 20 02:00:07 pbbi kernel: info: [drm] Resetting GPU
Jun 20 02:00:07 pbbi kernel: info: [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 usecs
Jun 20 02:00:07 pbbi kernel: drm0: [ITHREAD]
Jun 20 02:00:07 pbbi console-kit-daemon[1135]: WARNING: kvm_getenvv failed
Jun 20 02:00:07 pbbi gnome-session[2036]: WARNING: Unable to determine session: 
Unable to lookup session information for process '2036'
Jun 20 02:00:18 pbbi gnome-session[2036]: WARNING: Application 
'metacity.desktop' failed to register before timeout
Jun 20 02:00:18 pbbi pulseaudio[2068]: main.c: Daemon startup without any 
loaded modules, refusing to work.
Jun 20 02:00:19 pbbi console-kit-daemon[1135]: WARNING: kvm_getenvv failed
Jun 20 02:00:19 pbbi console-kit-daemon[1135]: WARNING: kvm_getenvv failed
Jun 20 02:00:19 pbbi dbus-daemon: Would reject message, 1 matc

Can't boot 7.2-RELEASE i386 or AMD64 on an Abit KV8 Pro motherboard with Sempron 3100+ CPU

[ericr]

Hi,

As the subject says, I can't get the 7.2-RELEASE i386 CD to boot on a system
that has:

Abit KV8 Pro (K8T800P-8237-6A7L1A1BC-26) motherboard with the most recent
BIOS - BIOS release 26 4/20/2007
(
http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?pMODEL_NAME=KV8+Pro&fMTYPE=Socket+754)

An AMD Sempron 3100+ 1.8Ghz CPU

1 Gb RAM

An ATI 1050 256mb AGP video card

I think I have turned off everything ACPI related in the BIOS setup.

When I boot the i386 ISO, the kernel boots to the point of probing the PCI
bus and then hangs completely, even the keyboard is locked up.

I've unplugged all the disks, so the only things in the system are the CD
drive, the floppy drive, and the video card.

I have turned off acpi at boot time, and when I boot the i386 ISO verbosely,
the last few lines the kernel spews are:

pci_open(1): mode 1 addr port (0x0cf8) is 0x8000c060
pci_open(1a): mode1res=0x8000 (0x8000)
pci_cfgcheck: device 0 [class=06] [hdr=80] is there (id=02821106)
pcibios: BIOS version 2.10
pcib0:  pcibus 0 on motherboard
pci0:  on pcib0
pci0: domain=0, physical bus=0

There's no PCI cards plugged in, just the AGP video card.


When I try booting the AMD64 ISO, the boot loader runs, I get the boot menu,
and regardless of what boot options I give the kernel, I get the message
"CPU doesn't support long mode" and then I get the OK prompt.


I'm pretty sure it doesn't have a h/w problem, it'll boot and install Fedora
11, Win2K, WinXP, and runs every DOS based diagnostic app I can find with no
problems.

Anyone have any suggestions, or should I file a PR?

Thanks!

- ericr
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Re: The short and curlies of vista networking

[Mel Flynn]

On Thursday 18 June 2009 13:51:32 Tim Judd wrote:
> Replies inline
>
> On 6/18/09, Mel Flynn  wrote:
> > On Thursday 18 June 2009 10:27:44 Tim Judd wrote:
> >> Long ago in 2007, I saw a M$ article that describes that Vista has an
> >> extremely short delay period to get an IP.  If it doesn't get it
> >> within 1 second, it gives up (and maybe tries again).  Common DHCP
> >> servers ping an IP address, wait 1 second for a reply, and if no
> >> reply, assumes the IP is available and leases it to the booting
> >> computer.
> >
> > ISC-dhcpd doesn't work that way. It keeps a lease db and assumes it's db
> > is the authority on available iP's for the range.
>
> dhcpd.conf(5)
> search for ping-check or ping-timeout
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=dhcpd.conf&apropos=0&sektion=5&man
>path=FreeBSD+7.2-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html

Be that as it may, the offers always occur within the same second:
Jun 18 08:56:24 gate dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 00:c0:a8:f1:e8:c3 (Tyler-PC) via 
bridge0
Jun 18 08:56:24 gate dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.2.251 to 00:c0:a8:f1:e8:c3 
(Tyler-PC) via bridge0

I will disable the ping check in today's tests though.
-- 
Mel
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Re: The short and curlies of vista networking

[Mel Flynn]

On Thursday 18 June 2009 14:30:21 Chuck Swiger wrote:
> On Jun 18, 2009, at 3:14 PM, Glen Barber wrote:
> >> A broadcast of 255.255.255.255 is misconfigured (not saying it's not
> >> gonna work, I'm saying for your network, it's not configured right).
> >> you need broadcast-address 192.168.2.255
> >
> > That is not 100% correct.  By default, dhclient will send an initial
> > DHCPREQUST to 0.0.0.0 (meaning "this network").  The request is picked
> > up from the DHCP server broadcasting on 255.255.255.255.
>
> The inconsistency between these two points might actually lead the OP
> to a solution.  Evidently Vista does something different with the DHCP
> broadcast flag, see:  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233
>
> If you specify a network and netmask in the subnet statement, you
> shouldn't need to override the broadcast address it computes, which
> for the config posted ought to be "192.168.2.255".  Using the all-ones
> broadcast address should not be done by normal members of the
> network-- only for things which need to go beyond the network subnet/
> topology (ie, the DHCP server itself might choose to send to
> 255.255.255.255 to make sure that anything else on the local collision
> domain sees it, even if the local network is split into multiple
> logical subnets).

This is part of a "tried fix". I noticed while I was in Switzerland the 
Swisscom adsl+wireless router gave me a all ones broadcast thus I figured what 
the hell, might as well try that. So I had configured my bridge with this 
broadcast address.

I deleted the broadcast argument from ifconfig now and matched dhcpd.conf 
accordingly, but no changes in behavior.
-- 
Mel
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ANNOUNCING: Web site for the "FreeBSD Custom Releases" project

[Manolis Kiagias]

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Hey all,

Most members of the list have probably noticed my latest posts on a
project to create custom FreeBSD CD/DVDs with updated (or different)
set of packages.

There is also an ongoing effort to provide pre-compiled packages for
larger applications like OpenOffice.
Glen Barber, who is providing the space and bandwidth for the above,
has also joined in the building process and created VirtualBox
packages for download.

I've so far received very positive feedback, and would like to thank
everyone who took the time to send me comments, suggestions and
appreciation ;)

In order to have a central hub for easily locating the download files
and receiving news about this project, I created a small wiki-based site:

http://freebsd-custom.wikidot.com

It contains just the essentials for now, but will expand with more
material as the need arises. It will also contain announcements for
new releases.

Thanks for your support!

Manolis Kiagias
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Re: Announcing: FreeBSD Custom XFCE ISO (take II) - Openoffice packages

[Peter Harrison]

Wednesday, 17 June 2009 at 10:02:47 +0300, Manolis Kiagias said:
> Chris Whitehouse wrote:
> >
> >
> > I would vote for including openoffice, it takes much longer to compile
> > than to download, or maybe make the package and any dependencies that
> > are not already included available as a separate tarball.
> >
> 
> I've implemented this neat idea, the tarball is here:
> 
> http://freebsd.dev-urandom.com/iso/i386/xfce-desktop/openoffice.tar.gz
> 
> Instructions:
> 
> http://freebsd.dev-urandom.com/iso/i386/xfce-desktop/README.openoffice

Manolis,

Just wanted to say thanks so much for the openoffice package and clear 
instructions. I've never managed to successfully run openoffice on FreeBSD, but 
now I'm up and running.

Great job, thanks.


Peter Harrison.


> 
> As a matter of fact, I noticed only the main openoffice package is
> needed - every other run dependency is already present in the XFCE iso.
> The few other packages in the tarball are build dependencies.
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Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

[Peter]

Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>> spikes).
>>
>> I have found that D-Link are quite cheap and somebody on the
>> list suggested them. In that price range TP-LINK is also a
>> choice. Anybody advises against TP-LINK?
> 
> i advise for. have a lot of this cheap things, works fine.
> 

1 more vote for TP-Link - cheapest on the market !

Peter
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Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

[Wojciech Puchar]

spikes).

I have found that D-Link are quite cheap and somebody on the
list suggested them. In that price range TP-LINK is also a
choice. Anybody advises against TP-LINK?


i advise for. have a lot of this cheap things, works fine.
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Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

[Wojciech Puchar]

I have found that D-Link are quite cheap and somebody on the
list suggested them. In that price range TP-LINK is also a
choice. Anybody advises against TP-LINK?


TP-Link is OK and is really cheap (D-Link is not). Buy it. I use lots of 
pure-100 and 100+1000 ones

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