How older files installed by previous versions of FreeBSD are supposed to be deleted?
I updated my system many times. As a result I have many older libraries with different numbers: /lib/libm.so.4 /lib/libm.so.5 /lib/libutil.so.5 /lib/libutil.so.7 /lib/libutil.so.8 /lib/libutil.so.9 /lib/libc.so.6 /lib/libc.so.7 How older files are normally deleted? Is there a script that finds older versions and deletes them? Otherwise after a while all possible versions will accumulate there. I suspect the same happens under /etc with various renamed/deleted files. Yuri ___ 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: variable line-display pager?
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 04:44:32PM -0800, Chip Camden wrote:
Quoth Chip Camden on Saturday, 19 February 2011:
Quoth Gary Kline on Saturday, 19 February 2011:
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 03:52:40PM -0800, Chip Camden wrote:
Quoth Gary Kline on Saturday, 19 February 2011:
Need help findind a way of using existing unix utilities to diplay
chunks of N lines of a text files. Here N = the number of lines in
the file.
[[ . ]]
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'optparse'
pagesize = 15
optparse = OptionParser.new do |opts|
opts.banner = 'usage: npg [-n pagesize] file...'
opts.on('-n', '--numlines pagesize', 'Specify page size in number of
lines') do |n|
pagesize = n.to_i
end
end
begin
optparse.parse!
rescue OptionParser::InvalidOption, OptionParser::MissingArgument = e
puts e
puts optparse
exit 1
end
loop do
pagesize.times do
if line = gets
puts line
else
exit
end
end
print More...
STDIN.getc
end
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Yes, this is much nicer that the more -15 that messes up the
text with it's [MORE...] white within black. But here you can't
just tap the spacebar; is there a way around that cr and
turning it into a space...?
Also, can you insert
^+++
text
^+++
top And bottom? Pretty sure that the user would have the large
font to read aloug with that espeak read to hijm. Having the
top/bottom delimiters might make scanning the text easier.
(It messed up with more.
Anyway, thanks foe something that actually works, :_)
gary
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Re: variable line-display pager?
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 06:28:07PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 19 Feb 2011, Gary Kline wrote: Zank you, Sir Chip.. Anybody else? I'm loathe to use anything gui, but here's where I'll be happy w ith something GUI THat i can squeeze my 15 or small-n lines' worth into. xterm -geometry 80x18 -e 'less -N /var/log/Xorg.0.log' Why 18 to get 15 lines? One line for the less prompt, maybe two for the title bar on my system. EGAD! Did I _really_ type 80x18? I *,EANT* 80x48 which is the size of my Konsoles. Some reason, do not know, my mind gets Way ahead of my fingers. -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.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: How older files installed by previous versions of FreeBSD are supposed to be deleted?
On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:05:00 -0800 Yuri y...@rawbw.com wrote: I updated my system many times. As a result I have many older libraries with different numbers: /lib/libm.so.4 /lib/libm.so.5 /lib/libutil.so.5 /lib/libutil.so.7 /lib/libutil.so.8 /lib/libutil.so.9 /lib/libc.so.6 /lib/libc.so.7 How older files are normally deleted? Is there a script that finds older versions and deletes them? Otherwise after a while all possible versions will accumulate there. # cd /usr/src # make delete-old # make delete-old-libs Afterwards you probably have to rebuild many installed ports. I suspect the same happens under /etc with various renamed/deleted files. % man mergemaster ___ 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: 8.2-PRERELEASE?
On 20/02/2011 03:05, Frank Shute wrote: Just keep following RELENG_8 and once the 8.2-RELEASE is done it will become 8.3-STABLE. Well, yes. But not for something like 4 months until the process for releasing 8.3 has happened. Most of the time between now and then, it will appear as 8.2-STABLE Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: variable line-display pager?
From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sat Feb 19 18:28:20 2011 Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:23:00 -0800 From: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org To: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: variable line-display pager? On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 03:52:40PM -0800, Chip Camden wrote: Quoth Gary Kline on Saturday, 19 February 2011: Need help findind a way of using existing unix utilities to diplay chunks of N lines of a text files. Here N = the number of lines in the file. For instance, say that my xterm/console/Konsole is 80x53 lines. My text file is around 200 lines long and I want to use more or less or some GUI pager to display only 15 lines at one time. Tapping the space bar would display another 15 lines and so on until EOF. Is there a way of doing with with flags of the existing /usr/bin/less or is there some other pager that I can build? thanks, gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.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 The -z option is supposed to do this: less -z15 file.txt But it appears to work only on the second and successive pages. Oh. So _that's_ why. I tried less -m 15 [because the man pages sais z=N; i just tried what you did with -z15. Full page first time, 15 lines each spacebar thereafter. Zank you, Sir Chip.. Anybody else? I'm loathe to use anything gui, but here's where I'll be happy w ith something GUI THat i can squeeze my 15 or small-n lines' worth into. Can'y believe that there is nothing for all theses years I mean, geewhiz! Any idea where I Should look in ports or how to google this? how hard can it be? stty rows=15; less filename ___ 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 forward old root mails to an external email address?
--As of February 19, 2011 11:39:38 PM +0100, Andy Wodfer is alleged to have said: Cool. Procmail is now installed, but the procmail.rc file, should that be placed under root's home folder ie /root/procmail.rc or another user? I assume root since Daniel's command doesn't specify any users? That would mean I'm logged in as root, run the command, formail sends all mails to procmail which sees the alias in procmail rc and sends the mails out? Correct? --As for the rest, it is mine. Well, it doesn't have to be root, just $home/.procmailrc of some user that can read /var/mail/root... Otherwise, correct. Daniel T. Staal --- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. --- ___ 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: variable line-display pager?
On Sun, 20 Feb 2011, Gary Kline wrote: On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 06:28:07PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 19 Feb 2011, Gary Kline wrote: Zank you, Sir Chip.. Anybody else? I'm loathe to use anything gui, but here's where I'll be happy w ith something GUI THat i can squeeze my 15 or small-n lines' worth into. xterm -geometry 80x18 -e 'less -N /var/log/Xorg.0.log' Why 18 to get 15 lines? One line for the less prompt, maybe two for the title bar on my system. EGAD! Did I _really_ type 80x18? I *,EANT* 80x48 which is the size of my Konsoles. Some reason, do not know, my mind gets Way ahead of my fingers. You didn't, I did. An 80x18 geometry xterm provides 16 lines of text, one for the less prompt. ___ 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: variable line-display pager?
Quoth Robert Bonomi on Sunday, 20 February 2011: From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sat Feb 19 18:28:20 2011 Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:23:00 -0800 From: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org To: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: Re: variable line-display pager? On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 03:52:40PM -0800, Chip Camden wrote: Quoth Gary Kline on Saturday, 19 February 2011: Need help findind a way of using existing unix utilities to diplay chunks of N lines of a text files. Here N = the number of lines in the file. For instance, say that my xterm/console/Konsole is 80x53 lines. My text file is around 200 lines long and I want to use more or less or some GUI pager to display only 15 lines at one time. Tapping the space bar would display another 15 lines and so on until EOF. Is there a way of doing with with flags of the existing /usr/bin/less or is there some other pager that I can build? thanks, gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.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 The -z option is supposed to do this: less -z15 file.txt But it appears to work only on the second and successive pages. Oh. So _that's_ why. I tried less -m 15 [because the man pages sais z=N; i just tried what you did with -z15. Full page first time, 15 lines each spacebar thereafter. Zank you, Sir Chip.. Anybody else? I'm loathe to use anything gui, but here's where I'll be happy w ith something GUI THat i can squeeze my 15 or small-n lines' worth into. Can'y believe that there is nothing for all theses years I mean, geewhiz! Any idea where I Should look in ports or how to google this? how hard can it be? stty rows=15; less filename That's the V8 answer, but the syntax needs correcting: stty rows 15; less filename Works with 'more', too. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterl...@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://chipsquips.com | http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com pgpesJDVzfhqP.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: variable line-display pager?
Quoth Gary Kline on Sunday, 20 February 2011:
snip
Yes, this is much nicer that the more -15 that messes up the
text with it's [MORE...] white within black. But here you can't
just tap the spacebar; is there a way around that cr and
turning it into a space...?
Also, can you insert
^+++
text
^+++
top And bottom? Pretty sure that the user would have the large
font to read aloug with that espeak read to hijm. Having the
top/bottom delimiters might make scanning the text easier.
(It messed up with more.
Anyway, thanks foe something that actually works, :_)
gary
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Better?
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'optparse'
pagesize = 15
optparse = OptionParser.new do |opts|
opts.banner = 'usage: npg [-n pagesize] file...'
opts.on('-n', '--numlines pagesize', 'Specify page size in number of lines')
do |n|
pagesize = n.to_i
end
end
begin
optparse.parse!
rescue OptionParser::InvalidOption, OptionParser::MissingArgument = e
puts e
puts optparse
exit 1
end
puts ^+++
loop do
pagesize.times do
if line = gets
puts line
else
puts ^+++
exit
end
end
print More...
system stty raw
STDIN.getc
system stty -raw
end
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Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 350, Issue 10
Sorry Mats, I couldn't find anything in that email! Please would you resend it, with only relevant quotes and with an appropriate subject? Chris ___ 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
Backtick versus $()
$() apparently isn't quite the same as backticks, although sh(1) doesn't
mention that, or I just missed it. This script is just supposed to
escape special characters* in a path/filename:
#!/bin/sh
DESTDIR=./
COMPFILE=.cshrc
PSTR=`echo ${DESTDIR}${COMPFILE} | sed 's%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g'`
echo ${PSTR}
PSTR=$(echo ${DESTDIR}${COMPFILE} | sed 's%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g')
% ./test.sh
\1/\1cshrc
\./\.cshrc
With backticks, the backreference \1 never seems to be replaced with the
actual pattern, regardless of search pattern. Tested on 8-stable and
9-current.
*: That's special characters as less(1) -Ps sees them.
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Re: Backtick versus $()
On 20/02/2011 18:40, Warren Block wrote:
$() apparently isn't quite the same as backticks, although sh(1) doesn't
mention that, or I just missed it. This script is just supposed to
escape special characters* in a path/filename:
#!/bin/sh
DESTDIR=./
COMPFILE=.cshrc
PSTR=`echo ${DESTDIR}${COMPFILE} | sed 's%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g'`
echo ${PSTR}
PSTR=$(echo ${DESTDIR}${COMPFILE} | sed 's%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g')
% ./test.sh
\1/\1cshrc
\./\.cshrc
With backticks, the backreference \1 never seems to be replaced with the
actual pattern, regardless of search pattern. Tested on 8-stable and
9-current.
*: That's special characters as less(1) -Ps sees them.
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I'd prefere $() rather than ``. It's more powerful, for example you can
write a multiple $() but not `` see :
markand@Abricot ~ $ echo $(basename $(which dmesg))
dmesg
markand@Abricot ~ $ echo `basename `which dmesg``
usage: basename string [suffix]
basename [-a] [-s suffix] string [...]
which dmesg
Of course the example code is useless but shows the limitations of ``.
Nowadays all shells supports $() so I advise you to use it :).
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umass troubles again
Hello. I've a 4GB USB memory which is formatted as a single FAT32 partition. When I insert it, I get: root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x1e3d product 0x2092 bus uhub5 kernel: ugen5.3: USB0911B at usbus5 kernel: umass1: USB0911B Flash Disk, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 3 on usbus5 kernel: umass1: SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x kernel: umass1:3:1:-1: Attached to scbus3 kernel: da6 at umass-sim1 bus 1 scbus3 target 0 lun 0 kernel: da6: USB0911B Flash Disk 5.00 Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device kernel: da6: 40.000MB/s transfers kernel: da6: 3855MB (7895040 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 491C) kernel: GEOM: da6: geometry does not match label (16h,63s != 255h,63s). kernel: GEOM: da6: media size does not match label. # ls /dev/|grep da6 da6 da6a (I'd expect da6s1, instead of da6a...) # fdisk /dev/da6 *** Working on device /dev/da6 *** parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: cylinders=491 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl) parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: cylinders=491 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl) Media sector size is 512 Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 Information from DOS bootblock is: The data for partition 1 is: sysid 6 (0x06),(Primary DOS, 16 bit FAT (= 32MB)) start 63, size 7887852 (3851 Meg), flag 0 beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1; end: cyl 490/ head 254/ sector 63 The data for partition 2 is: UNUSED The data for partition 3 is: UNUSED The data for partition 4 is: UNUSED # mount -t msdosfs /dev/da6a /mnt/ # df Filesystem 1K-blocks UsedAvail Capacity Mounted on ... /dev/da6a 399904 4048 395856 1% /mnt Now... isn't that a tenfold error? # df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on ... /dev/da6a 391M4.0M387M 1%/mnt The partition should be 4GB, not 400MB... Any hint on this? System is 8.1-RELEASE-p2/i386. bye Thanks av. ___ 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: Best Laptop to buy for Freebsd Without OS?
snip After deciding I could not really buy a computer locally, I ordered my latest machine from Freedom Included, Inc from in the US. http://freedomincluded.com/product/lemote-yeeloong/ It is a MIPS-based subnotebook shipping with gNewSense (Linux distro). I don't think it is what the OP was looking for since it won't even run Windows without qemu (3hour+ compile for all targets). It is also a relatively small machine (netbook size). I am also not sure if the wireless would be supported in freeBSD. freedomincluded@freedomincluded:~$ lsusb Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0bda:8189 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB 2.0 multicard reader Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub (Camera not listed) Regards, James Phillips I highly doubt the OP wants a Yeeloong. I have two (and cannot recommend Dan enough, he's a very cool guy) and I love them, both running OpenBSD. They don't run FreeBSD, kfreebsd-yeeloong notwithstanding (it was a GSoC project), however the wireless would work just fine, it's a urtw(4), which has been supported since 8.0. Actually, everything on the computer *would* work if FreeBSD was ported to it, but this is a non-trivial task and simply isn't going to happen until there are people willing to make it happen. With that said, the Yeeloong is not a good recommendation for anyone, with the exception of someone who wants to buy a nascent, possibly (hopefully) emerging architecture, to play with or to port software. Or someone who cares that much about free software and doesn't care about the limitations of the architecture. This isn't what the OP wants. ~Brian ___ 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:Best Laptop to buy for Freebsd Without OS?
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:23:03 +0100 From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de Subject: Re: Best Laptop to buy for Freebsd Without OS? To: Brian Callahan kors...@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: 20110220042303.0f730c6b.free...@edvax.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:32:59 -0500, Brian Callahan kors...@gmail.com wrote: and By using the Software, you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the software. Instead, contact the manufacturer or installer to determine its return policy. You must comply with that policy, which might limit your rights or require you to return the entire system on which the software is installed. The major OEMs will say OK, then you must return the computer, and you have no option but to comply. This is true for the USA. Erm... and this is NOT a joke? Don't get me wrong, I had a good laugh about this... agreement... but nothing is too absurd to be true. In this specific context, does booting a FreeBSD and removing the Windows from the disk is equivalent to using the soft- ware? If I understand it correctly, using relates to the software, not the hardware. Unfortunately, it is *not* a joke unless it is some kind of elaborite prank. I don't know why people let computer (and peripheral) vendors get away with it. I briefly describe the inserts and stickers included with a computing console my sister bought here: http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=7t=55819start=120#p2001085 quote Anyway, as you may know, the End-user does not agree to the Microsoft version of the EULA directly. Rather, each manufacturer uses their own modified EULA that in turn, references the Microsoft EULA. The important thing is that they have changed the language from by clicking agree... to by using the (computer)... you agree to the license. /quote There is also a seal on the bag holding the computer to that effect. Just yesterday, made a post complaining about how you can't just buy a General Purpose computer anymore: http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?p=2227317#post2227317 In it I mention how I tried to buy a GNU/Liunx and BSD compatible printer, only to be confronted with: quote Please read before opening. Opening this package or using the patented cartridge included with this product confirms your acceptance of the following license agreement. The patented Return Program cartridge sold with this product is provided subject to the restriction that it be used only once. Following this initial use, you agree to return the empty cartridge only to Lexmark for remanufacturing and recycling. Lexmark provides a prepaid return label in every replacement cartridge package. If you don't accept these terms, return this unopened package to your point of purchase./quote Patent law is stronger than copyright law. Lexmark may be able to argue you are manufacturing printed documents and are subject to the Patent license. INAL either. After deciding I could not really buy a computer locally, I ordered my latest machine from Freedom Included, Inc from in the US. http://freedomincluded.com/product/lemote-yeeloong/ It is a MIPS-based subnotebook shipping with gNewSense (Linux distro). I don't think it is what the OP was looking for since it won't even run Windows without qemu (3hour+ compile for all targets). It is also a relatively small machine (netbook size). I am also not sure if the wireless would be supported in freeBSD. freedomincluded@freedomincluded:~$ lsusb Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0bda:8189 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB 2.0 multicard reader Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub (Camera not listed) Regards, James Phillips ___ 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: variable line-display pager?
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 08:26:32AM -0700, Warren Block wrote: On Sun, 20 Feb 2011, Gary Kline wrote: On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 06:28:07PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 19 Feb 2011, Gary Kline wrote: Zank you, Sir Chip.. Anybody else? I'm loathe to use anything gui, but here's where I'll be happy w ith something GUI THat i can squeeze my 15 or small-n lines' worth into. xterm -geometry 80x18 -e 'less -N /var/log/Xorg.0.log' Why 18 to get 15 lines? One line for the less prompt, maybe two for the title bar on my system. EGAD! Did I _really_ type 80x18? I *,EANT* 80x48 which is the size of my Konsoles. Some reason, do not know, my mind gets Way ahead of my fingers. You didn't, I did. An 80x18 geometry xterm provides 16 lines of text, one for the less prompt. My real aim is to have espeak | aplay running backgrounded and then have the text displayed in bite-sized chunks. The user can thus have some huge and maybe boring text Read me him and follow with his eyesight. My espeak script uses the MBROLA voice[s]. These are good but not perfect. Thus the more/less of the text. A fellow engineer in his mid-70's came over to check out my project. This guy is HOH and his hearing is slowly getting worse. That meant having to adjust the pitch and volume of the espeak voice. What I can hear clearly this guy heard as a jumble of mumbles. ---So one thing I've got to do is, after typing vim ~/tmp/sentence1, and playing it is save it away and have it easily available for replay after I have adjusted the pitch, speech, and other tweaks. I'd like to save between 3 and 5 sentences so that I don't have to retype the entire thing. Maybe use the arrow keys to go back to the last mid-understood sentence. ___ 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 -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.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: variable line-display pager?
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 08:44:10AM -0800, Chip Camden wrote:
Quoth Gary Kline on Sunday, 20 February 2011:
snip
Yes, this is much nicer that the more -15 that messes up the
text with it's [MORE...] white within black. But here you can't
just tap the spacebar; is there a way around that cr and
turning it into a space...?
Also, can you insert
^+++
text
^+++
top And bottom? Pretty sure that the user would have the large
font to read aloug with that espeak read to hijm. Having the
top/bottom delimiters might make scanning the text easier.
(It messed up with more.
Anyway, thanks foe something that actually works, :_)
gary
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Better?
The code does what you tell it to. It puts the +++ string
before the output and following the EOF. I was thinking of
having:
+++
15 lines of text
+++
After espeak speaks these lines, the user hits the spacebar and
another
+++
15 lines
+++
until EOF. I know zero ruby and am still learhnning python.
Thanks much for getting me going with ruby! FRom here on it is
just logic, :_)
gary
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'optparse'
pagesize = 15
optparse = OptionParser.new do |opts|
opts.banner = 'usage: npg [-n pagesize] file...'
opts.on('-n', '--numlines pagesize', 'Specify page size in number of
lines') do |n|
pagesize = n.to_i
end
end
begin
optparse.parse!
rescue OptionParser::InvalidOption, OptionParser::MissingArgument = e
puts e
puts optparse
exit 1
end
puts ^+++
loop do
pagesize.times do
if line = gets
puts line
else
puts ^+++
exit
end
end
print More...
system stty raw
STDIN.getc
system stty -raw
end
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Re: Set tty resolution using hint.sc.0.flags with VESA
Hello! 07.02.2011, 03:57, David Demelier demelier.da...@gmail.com: On 06/02/2011 17:52, Dima Panov wrote: Hello! [fluffy@Beastie] ~$ cat /boot/device.hints|grep sc.0 hint.sc.0.at=isa hint.sc.0.flags=0x180 hint.sc.0.vesa_mode=0x1f0 absolutely great! But where did you find these vesa_mode setting? It's not documented anywhere. man sc, at SYNOPSIS part But I have -CURRENT -- Dima Panov (flu...@freebsd.org) KDE@FreeBSD team Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/?id=10181104157 ___ 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: variable line-display pager?
Quoth Gary Kline on Sunday, 20 February 2011: On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 08:44:10AM -0800, Chip Camden wrote: Quoth Gary Kline on Sunday, 20 February 2011: snip Yes, this is much nicer that the more -15 that messes up the text with it's [MORE...] white within black. But here you can't just tap the spacebar; is there a way around that cr and turning it into a space...? Also, can you insert ^+++ text ^+++ top And bottom? Pretty sure that the user would have the large font to read aloug with that espeak read to hijm. Having the top/bottom delimiters might make scanning the text easier. (It messed up with more. Anyway, thanks foe something that actually works, :_) gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Better? The code does what you tell it to. It puts the +++ string before the output and following the EOF. I was thinking of having: +++ 15 lines of text +++ After espeak speaks these lines, the user hits the spacebar and another +++ 15 lines +++ until EOF. I know zero ruby and am still learhnning python. Thanks much for getting me going with ruby! FRom here on it is just logic, :_) gary I'm guessing you can see where to make that change, but let me know if you need help. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterl...@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://chipsquips.com | http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com pgpUzoANLb04F.pgp Description: PGP signature
Can FreeBSD be made to be as polished a desktop as Linux Mint?
I was wondering if there were any technical reasons why a FreeBSD desktop could not be hand-tweaked to be as nice as a Linux Mint 10 desktop. I only rarely use Linux Mint 10, but it's desktop and webrowsing seem to be about perfect (albeit green). The Gnome UI is very smooth to interact with, and website fonts in Firefox look better than on Windows. When I install gnome2 and firefox via pkg_add, everything works, but it is not as glassy smooth as LM10. I think the PC-BSD people are working on a Gnome-version, so I could wait and see what they put together. I was just curious if there was any technical reason why this could be done. I assume if they both use xorg, then it is possible. ___ 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
revised pager.....
THis is to the entire list, mostly to Chip. It is o8.rb, my
very slightly tweaked version of what you ma/// rather, what i
found and began messing with a couple, three hours ago.
I searched++ and could not find the C equivalent of
if counter % N == 0 in ruby. For some reason, use of parens
in ruby seems to be discouraged. Anyway, I would have coded that
ruby line as
if ( counter % 15) == 0
but didn't want to risk it since i don't know ruby.
Anyway, o8.rb included. This version, using the [][][][][] to
emulate a bar, makes reading a reasonably-sized bunch of text
much easier.
Thanks again for your help.
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ruby script appended.
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'optparse'
pagesize = 15
count = 0
optparse = OptionParser.new do |opts|
opts.banner = 'usage: npg [-n pagesize] file...'
opts.on('-n', '--numlines pagesize', 'Specify page size in number of lines')
do |n|
pagesize = n.to_i
end
end
begin
optparse.parse!
rescue OptionParser::InvalidOption, OptionParser::MissingArgument = e
puts e
puts optparse
exit 1
end
loop do
if count == 0
puts(\n[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][])
count += 1
end
pagesize.times do
if line = gets
puts line
if count % 15 == 0
puts(===)
count = 0
end
else
exit
end
end
puts(\n[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]\n\n)
print More...
system stty raw
STDIN.getc
system stty -raw
end
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Re: revised pager.....
Quoth Gary Kline on Sunday, 20 February 2011:
THis is to the entire list, mostly to Chip. It is o8.rb, my
very slightly tweaked version of what you ma/// rather, what i
found and began messing with a couple, three hours ago.
I searched++ and could not find the C equivalent of
if counter % N == 0 in ruby. For some reason, use of parens
in ruby seems to be discouraged. Anyway, I would have coded that
ruby line as
if ( counter % 15) == 0
but didn't want to risk it since i don't know ruby.
Anyway, o8.rb included. This version, using the [][][][][] to
emulate a bar, makes reading a reasonably-sized bunch of text
much easier.
Thanks again for your help.
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Try this version instead. There's no need to find the % 15, we're
already paging on the specified number.
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'optparse'
def banner
print \n[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]\n\n
end
pagesize = 15
optparse = OptionParser.new do |opts|
opts.banner = 'usage: npg [-n pagesize] file...'
opts.on('-n', '--numlines pagesize', 'Specify page size in number of lines')
do |n|
pagesize = n.to_i
end
end
begin
optparse.parse!
rescue OptionParser::InvalidOption, OptionParser::MissingArgument = e
puts e
puts optparse
exit 1
end
banner
loop do
pagesize.times do
if line = gets
puts line
else
banner
exit
end
end
banner
print More...
system stty raw
STDIN.getc
system stty -raw
banner
end
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Flac and/or shell problem
I found a recipe for converting flac to mp3: flac -cd in.flac | lame -h - out.mp3 and I thought I might be able to able to combine multiple flac files into a single mp3 file with something like the following: ( flac -cd file1.flac ; flac -cd file2.flac ) | lame -h - both.mp3 but in practice only the first flac command is executed (see below) I imagine it would be possible to convert to multiple mp3 files and join those, but I'm curious as to why it fails as a shell script. $ ( flac -cd file1.flac ; flac -cd file2.flac ) | lame -h - both.mp3 flac 1.2.1, Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 Josh Coalson flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type `flac' for details. file1.flac: done flac 1.2.1, Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 Josh Coalson flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Type `flac' for details. LAME 3.98.4 32bits (http://www.mp3dev.org/) CPU features: MMX (ASM used), 3DNow! (ASM used), SSE, SSE2 Using polyphase lowpass filter, transition band: 16538 Hz - 17071 Hz Encoding stdin to both.mp3 Encoding as 44.1 kHz j-stereo MPEG-1 Layer III (11x) 128 kbps qval=2 ___ 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 FreeBSD be made to be as polished a desktop as Linux Mint?
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 08:15:30PM -0500, Xn Nooby wrote: I was wondering if there were any technical reasons why a FreeBSD desktop could not be hand-tweaked to be as nice as a Linux Mint 10 desktop. I only rarely use Linux Mint 10, but it's desktop and webrowsing seem to be about perfect (albeit green). The Gnome UI is very smooth to interact with, and website fonts in Firefox look better than on Windows. When I install gnome2 and firefox via pkg_add, everything works, but it is not as glassy smooth as LM10. I think the PC-BSD people are working on a Gnome-version, so I could wait and see what they put together. I was just curious if there was any technical reason why this could be done. I assume if they both use xorg, then it is possible. What exactly do you mean by glassy smooth? Are you talking about how it looks? If so, you probably just need to turn on compositing (which requires an appropriate graphics card) and install a GTK theme suitable to the kind of look you want. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgpShLbzCNNab.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Backtick versus $()
Dropped the last line of the script. Also lined up the seds to show the
regex is the same in both.
#!/bin/sh
DESTDIR=./
COMPFILE=.cshrc
PSTR=`echo ${DESTDIR}${COMPFILE} | sed 's%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g'`
echo ${PSTR}
PSTR=$(echo ${DESTDIR}${COMPFILE} | sed 's%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g')
echo ${PSTR}
Also, the difference is in escapes; two more backslashes added to the
backtick version make it work:
PSTR=`echo ${DESTDIR}${COMPFILE} | sed 's#\([?:.%\\]\)#\1#g'`
echo ${PSTR}
Still: aren't backticks and $() supposed to be equivalent?
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Re: Backtick versus $()
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 1:42 PM, David Demelier demelier.da...@gmail.com wrote: I'd prefere $() rather than ``. It's more powerful, for example you can write a multiple $() but not `` see : that's not true for i in bash dash mksh; do echo $i: $i '!' echo `echo 1\`echo 2\\\`echo 3\\\`echo 4\\\`\\\`\`` ! done bash: 1234 dash: 1234 mksh: 1234 markand@Abricot ~ $ echo $(basename $(which dmesg)) dmesg markand@Abricot ~ $ echo `basename `which dmesg`` usage: basename string [suffix] basename [-a] [-s suffix] string [...] which dmesg Of course the example code is useless but shows the limitations of ``. Nowadays all shells supports $() so I advise you to use it :). no, not all shells support $() Cheers, -- David Demelier ___ 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: Backtick versus $()
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: With backticks, the backreference \1 never seems to be replaced with the actual pattern, regardless of search pattern. Tested on 8-stable and 9-current. this isn't really new and it's not particular to freebsd sh(1) for i in bash dash mksh; do echo $i: $i '!' ra=` printf %s 's%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g'` rb=$(printf %s 's%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g') printf %s\\n $ra $rb ! done bash: s%\([?:.%\]\)%\\1%g s%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g dash: s%\([?:.%\]\)%\\1%g s%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g mksh: s%\([?:.%\]\)%\\1%g s%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g if you add another backslash to double-slashes in backticks: for i in bash dash mksh; do echo $i: $i '!' echo $i: ra=` printf %s 's%\([?:.%\\\]\)%\1%g'` rb=$(printf %s 's%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g') printf %s\\n $ra $rb ! done bash: s%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g s%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g dash: s%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g s%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g mksh: s%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g s%\([?:.%\\]\)%\\\1%g no, backticks are not supposed to be equivalent ___ 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
openldap not starting
hello list!! I am building an ldap server on freebsd 8.1. For some reason if I include the inetorgperson schema in my slapd.conf slapd will not start here is the listing in slapd.conf # See slapd.conf(5) for details on configuration options. # This file should NOT be world readable. # include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/core.schema include /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/inetorgpreson.schema I do not know why this is the case as I can ls the file: [root@LBSD2:/usr/local/etc/openldap] #ls -l /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 6360 Feb 21 03:13 /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema If I comment out the inetorg schema slapd starts. And it looks like the ownership and permissions are the same as they are on the schema that is currently working: [root@LBSD2:/usr/local/etc/openldap] #ls -l /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/core.schema -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 20583 Feb 21 03:13 /usr/local/etc/openldap/schema/core.schema Boy would I love to get this working again! :) thanks for your help! -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B ___ 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: booting a kernel directly from stage 1/2
In the last episode (Feb 19), Alexander Best said: On Sat Feb 19 11, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 19/02/2011 02:47, Alexander Best wrote: but that won't work. i get some numbers and then it says: btx halted or something like that. Can't you boot into fixit mode from installation media? That should allow you to repair the boot blocks and make your system bootable again. sorry if i wasn't clear enough. my system works perfectly normal. all i want is to avoid running through the booting stage 3 (i.e. running /boot/loader), because i want to speed up the boot time. I don't think that's been possible for a long time. /boot/loader shouldn't add more than a fraction of a second if you set its timeout to 0. -- Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com ___ 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: openldap not starting
On 21/02/2011 04:16, Tim Dunphy wrote: I am building an ldap server on freebsd 8.1. For some reason if I include the inetorgperson schema in my slapd.conf slapd will not start openldap is like that: if it has a problem with your config, it exits. The trick is to get it to tell you what the problem is. Turn up all the logging to max and hunt for clues in the log files. You'll get a lot of log info, pretty much tracing out everything the server does. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[FYI] Bittorrent for 8.2 release
Some observations for those considering using bt this time... Vuze 4.6.0.2 under OpenJDK7 works fine. You need to grab swt-devel, log4j, junit, commons-cli. If you're using the ancient Vuze port, just replace the Vuze jar from that with the current one from sourceforge. Until swt is updated, you probably want the classic or console display. Dtorrent trunk works fine. QBitTorrent looks interesting. As do a couple other native FreeBSD clients. cdrtools works fine. (thanks joerg) As soon at the 8.2 torrent file is posted to the tracker, a number of folks I know will be seeding on the FreeBSD tracker and maybe on into openbittorrent. If you normally get the iso's via ftp, give bt a try, works great :) ___ 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
