When to submit regression in a PR
Hello everyone, I am a FreeBSD newbie. I started to use it regularly for the first time a couple of weeks ago and at the moment I am happily running 10.0-CURRENT with a custom kernel on my Thinkpad x61. One of the software that I also started to use a couple of weeks ago (acme from the plan9port port) was recently updated and this introduced two regressions. One of them is mentioned but not really solved in the upstream bug tracker (compose key broken), the other is not (constant CPU usage). This make the current port quite unusable. As a personal workaround I used portdowngrade to compile the previous commit. I was thinking about making a PR for this issue, however I read the following in the handbook: Individual applications that are not in the base system but are instead part of the FreeBSD Ports Collection (category ports). Most of these applications are not written by FreeBSD developers; what FreeBSD provides is merely a framework for installing the application. Therefore, you should only report a problem to the FreeBSD developers when you believe the problem is FreeBSD-specific; otherwise, you should report it to the authors of the software. My question therefore is: while I will mention these problems upstream, should I also make the PR? Contact the port maintainer directly? I understand it is not FreeBSD specific (same issue on Debian Sid) however it really make the current port unusable for those working on laptops and those needing to input characters only reachable with the compose key. Thanks! a. -- http://su.kuri.mu ___ 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
Problem in installing textproc/asciidoc
Hi, On new 9.1 systems, textproc/asciidoc is being installed as dependency to many other ports. But the make install fails with the error: installing Vim files in //usr/local/share/vim/vimfiles cp: /usr/local/ETC/asciidoc.conf.sample: No such file or directory *** [post-install] Error code 1 It is consistent on all the machines. I can install the 20 or so files xxx.conf.sample by hand, it's tedious, but it works. But then, any other port that depend on asciidoc will fail to install, saying that asciidoc have not been installed properly. The version of asciidoc in the ports is asciidoc-8.6.8 I could not find any answer an Google, so I ask the question here: what do I do wrong? Or is there something to tweak to make asciidoc install and work normally? Thanks in advance, 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: Problem in installing textproc/asciidoc
On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:36:35 +0700 (ICT), Olivier Nicole wrote:
Hi,
On new 9.1 systems, textproc/asciidoc is being installed as dependency
to many other ports.
But the make install fails with the error:
installing Vim files in //usr/local/share/vim/vimfiles
^
Two slashes here?
cp: /usr/local/ETC/asciidoc.conf.sample: No such file or directory
^^^
Is this correct? In my opinion, the correct path name
should be /usr/local/etc/, _not_ in caps!
It is consistent on all the machines.
Maybe an error in the port's configuration?
I can install the 20 or so files xxx.conf.sample by hand, it's
tedious, but it works.
That step should be completed by the post-install target
in /usr/ports/textproc/asciidoc/Makefile. Is there some
variable, like ${ETCDIR}, set wrongly?
But then, any other port that depend on asciidoc will fail to install,
saying that asciidoc have not been installed properly.
You could forcedly register the installation of the port that
you have manually completed.
I could not find any answer an Google, so I ask the question here:
what do I do wrong? Or is there something to tweak to make asciidoc
install and work normally?
Check if you have anything suspicious set in /etc/make.conf
or in your environment that might override the logic of the
Makefile. Check the Makefile as well (I've checked 8.6.6's
on my 8.2 home system).
Just to be sure, make clean and re-checkout the port, then
try again.
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Re: setting VGA output from laptop
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Re: setting VGA output from laptop
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 01:40:14PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: Hi Robert, Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:24:26 +0200 Subject: setting VGA output from laptop From: Xavier xavierfreebsdquesti...@gmail.com Hi, Is there any way to configure VGA width output from one laptop ? Authoritative answer: Maybe It's not clear =exactly= what you're asking. The standard FreeBSD video driver supports 80 and 90 column wide text displays, with the caveat that 90-colum mode may not be usable on some laptops. If you're dealing with a graphics display, minimal VGA is 640x480 pixels. virtually every even remotely moddern display supports 800x600 as well, many support 1024x768, and a fair number go to even higher resolutions. 'man vidcontrol' will tell you how to find out what is supported on _your_ machine. For example if I try to set 40x25 text mode with VIDCONTROL(1) it don't work. And 'vidcontrol -i mode | grep T' show this mode. I don't understand why if 40x25 mode if supported, VIDCONTROL(1) don't set it ? Thanks, see you. ___ 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
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Re: mouse configuration question
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 21:21:45 +0200 Subject: Re: mouse configuration question From: Xavier xavierfreebsdquesti...@gmail.com On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 02:09:13PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: Hi Robert, I have a ps/2 mouse attached to a HP mini-tower running FreeBSD 8.3, with a stripped-down kernel (no loadable modules). I've apparently removed something necessary for standard mouse functionality, but I have no clue as to -what- is missing. Gory details: 1) '/dev/psm0' exists and +is+ the mouse, 2) 'moused' detects the mouse: psm0 sysmouse Intellimouse 3) 'moused -d' properly reports mouse activity -- button press/release and mouse motion. 4) 'vidcontrol -m on' reports inappropriate ioctl for device. Try another time out of any TMUX(1), SCREEN(1) or similar application, and it work right. Unfortunately, _not_ true. I've made multiple attempts from multiple screen sessions, and even after multiple reboots. No luck. moused _is_ loaded on system boot, further there are multiple 'vidcontrol: inappropriate ioctl for device' messages on the console as the last thing before the login prompt is displayed. I've tried sending SIGHUP and/or SIGUSR1 to moused, with no effect on the issue. no '/dev/sysmouse', curses mouse routines still report total failure, and all the rest. ___ 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
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Re: When to submit regression in a PR
On 21/06/2013 17:12, Aymeric Mansoux wrote: My question therefore is: while I will mention these problems upstream, should I also make the PR? Contact the port maintainer directly? I understand it is not FreeBSD specific (same issue on Debian Sid) however it really make the current port unusable for those working on laptops and those needing to input characters only reachable with the compose key. I would. While the ports are handled separately from the base system they need to be maintained as well. If a version of a port has issues then an older version could stay in place. The pr system is used for ports as well as the base system. Can't say I'm sure which key you refer to as compose - do you mean Alt or Ctrl? I have heard of the ctrl key being remapped to the caps lock for continuous use. You may also look into turning on sticky keys, it keeps a modifier key active without holding it down so that the next key pressed has the modifier included. see x11/xkbset ___ 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
