vmware / vmplayer on freebsd?
I'm trying to find some info on google on using vmware server or vmplayer on freebsd. In essence, one of my classes is expecting us to do some windows work, and i'd like to do it in vmware or something similar so that I don't have to actually install windows Is it even possible currently to use the most recent version of vmware or vmplayer on freebsd? I saw a port for vmware3, but in talking to a friend, he said that's really old... Thanks, ~Erin -- http://www.tuxgirl.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
flash / pandora.com / google video
I've been working on trying to get flash working on my freebsd 6.1 system, and have had a bit of luck, but not quite as much as I'd like to have. After recovering from some less-successful attempts, I followed the instructions at http://www.jail.se/freebsd.html, and can now get most flash websites to work correctly. However, Google Video and Pandora.com both completely crash firefox. Has anybody found a solution to this problem? Thanks, ~TuxGirl -- http://www.tuxgirl.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cdrecord on Thinkpad T43
I've been having some problems getting cdrecord to work on my thinkpad. http://www.mathematik.uni-marburg.de/~schmidtm/ibm/index.php says: To burn CDs with cdrecord don't forget to enable atapicam during kernel configuration. In his kernel config, he used this with device atapicd, so I ran: [amon-re /root] cat /sys/i386/conf/GENERIC | grep atapicd device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives In the past (on Linux), I had always used 'cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrom', so I initially tried 'cdrecord dev=/dev/acd0', but I learned from 'cdrecord dev=help' that apparently open via UNIX device is not supported. SCSI Bus scanning is supposed to be supported, but when I run 'cdrecord -scanbus', it gives: [amon-re /root] cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i386-unknown-freebsd6.1) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling cdrecord: Error 0. Cannot open SCSI driver. cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'. (it would be nice if cdrecord -scanbus didn't tell me to run it again... but that's a different issue) Here is some (hopefully) relevant information about my system: [amon-re /root] uname -a FreeBSD amon-re 6.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #1: Sat Feb 11 21:55:30 MST 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 [amon-re /root] sysctl -a | grep -i cd kern.cam.cd.changer.min_busy_seconds: 5 kern.cam.cd.changer.max_busy_seconds: 15 allocdirect 4 1K -79793 128 acd_driver 1 2K -1 2048 cdev31 4K - 31 128 debug.sizeof.cdev: 184 debug.sizeof.cdev_priv: 216 dev.acpi_ec.0.%desc: Embedded Controller: GPE 0x1c, ECDT dev.cbb.0.%location: slot=0 function=0 handle=\_SB_.PCI0.PCI1.CDBS dev.acd.0.%desc: MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-822S/1.61 dev.acd.0.%driver: acd dev.acd.0.%parent: ata1 [amon-re /root] dmesg | grep -i cd acpi_ec0: Embedded Controller: GPE 0x1c, ECDT port 0x62,0x66 on acpi0 acd0: DVDR MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-822S/1.61 at ata1-master UDMA33 I'd appreciate any help that anyone can provide. I'm somewhat stumped, and I'm not seeing much on google regarding this problem. Thanks! ~Erin -- http://www.tuxgirl.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I can't mount my USB thumb drive or ipod -- no /dev/da*
I believe you need this entry in you kernel config file device pass It's in there already. I just didn't know that it was related... :) Thanks, ~Erin -- http://www.tuxgirl.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I can't mount my USB thumb drive or ipod -- no /dev/da*
try kldstat and see if da.ko is listed. if it isn't, try kldload da the problem is that while the machine see the usb device attached, it hasn't loaded the driver for the disk, hence the absense of anything in dmesg about da0... good luck. oh, the module might not be called da.ko exactly, but it will have a similar name. i'm not at my fbsd box now. I think you're probably getting to the right problem, but I'm still having a few issues. Here's what kldstat shows: [amon-re conf] kldstat Id Refs AddressSize Name 1 13 0xc040 63070c kernel 21 0xc0a31000 57c8 snd_ich.ko 32 0xc0a37000 1d408sound.ko 41 0xc0a55000 2364 accf_http.ko 51 0xc0a58000 a30c if_iwi.ko 6 16 0xc0a63000 568dcacpi.ko 71 0xc3079000 15000linux.ko I'm not seeing anything similar to da.ko there, but da.ko isn't right, and in looking through what shows up when I hit tab after kldload, I'm not seeing anything similar to it. The interesting thing is, some things like umass are not listed in kldstat, and yet I know that they're working. Does that mean that they're built-in instead of modules? or what? (sorry... i'm stll really new to *bsd). Anyway, if anybody knows what the actual name for the module I'm looking for is, I'd appreciate it. I'm also curious why it's not just working automagically, like it seems to do for many people. Thanks a ton! ~Erin -- http://www.tuxgirl.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I can't mount my USB thumb drive or ipod -- no /dev/da*
I think you're probably getting to the right problem, but I'm still having a few issues. Here's what kldstat shows: [amon-re conf] kldstat Id Refs AddressSize Name 1 13 0xc040 63070c kernel 21 0xc0a31000 57c8 snd_ich.ko 32 0xc0a37000 1d408sound.ko 41 0xc0a55000 2364 accf_http.ko 51 0xc0a58000 a30c if_iwi.ko 6 16 0xc0a63000 568dcacpi.ko 71 0xc3079000 15000linux.ko I'm not seeing anything similar to da.ko there, but da.ko isn't right, and in looking through what shows up when I hit tab after kldload, I'm not seeing anything similar to it. The interesting thing is, some things like umass are not listed in kldstat, and yet I know that they're working. Does that mean that they're built-in instead of modules? or what? (sorry... i'm stll really new to *bsd). Anyway, if anybody knows what the actual name for the module I'm looking for is, I'd appreciate it. I'm also curious why it's not just working automagically, like it seems to do for many people. Someone on ##freebsd suggested that i try rebooting with the ipod plugged in, so I tried that. Right after detecting my hard drive and my dvd burner, the system just hung for about a minute and a half until i unplugged the ipod. Then, it printed something about umass0 detatched (it went by really fast), and then it continued booting. I tried rebooting again, this time with my thumb drive, and it booted fine, but i still didn't have /dev/da* and dmesg still didn't have any more information than before. I tried it also with a full power-off between each part, but the only difference was that this time, the kernel panicked when i unplugged the ipod after a couple minutes of hanging... Anyway, maybe that will give someone an idea as to what could be causing this? Thanks, ~Erin -- http://www.tuxgirl.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I can't mount my USB thumb drive or ipod -- no /dev/da*
Unfortunately a number of Apple iPod devices don't work with 6.0
release. FreeBSD sends a command to the device that causes the iPod
USB interface to get confused and it stops responding. This was
fixed in 6-stable, so you'll need to upgrade or patch the kernel
to get it to work.
You could also just manually remove the offending code. The change
you need to make is in /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usb_subr.c. Find the
usbd_setup_pipe() function, and then put a '#if 0' and '#endif'
around the code for clearing stall conditions, i.e.:
#if 0
/* Clear any stall and make sure DATA0 toggle will be used next. */
if (UE_GET_ADDR(ep-edesc-bEndpointAddress) != USB_CONTROL_ENDPOINT)
{
err = usbd_clear_endpoint_stall(p);
...
return (err);
}
}
#endif
Then recompile and install the kernel, reboot, and the iPod should work.
Will this help, even though I can't mount any usb thumb drives or
anything like that?
~Erin
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Re: I can't mount my USB thumb drive or ipod -- no /dev/da*
It's definitely worth a try. People have reported exactly this issue with both recent iPods, and PNY Attache devices. In the case of the iPods, removing the stall-clearing code was reported to fix the problem, but I don't know whether it will help with the thumb drive. And, we've got a winner! Any idea if there are plans to fix this in the kernel itself? I looked and found this: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=usb/86438 but it appears to still be open... Anyway, many thanks to everybody who provided suggestions and help here! Most especiall, thank you to Ian for finding this solution! ~Erin -- http://www.tuxgirl.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I can't mount my USB thumb drive or ipod -- no /dev/da*
I'm a bit of a newbie, but I've done a good bit of research, and some asking around on this issue, and haven't been able to resolve it yet. I'm using FreeBSD 6.0 RELEASE with the GENERIC kernel. (from what i can tell, it has all of the necessary pieces to allow usb drives). When I plug my ipod into my computer, dmesg gets the following addition: umass0: Apple iPod mini, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2 However, that's all that appears there relative to it. From google, I found that plugging in an ipod or a usb thumb drive should add a /dev/da0 (or similar) entry to /dev, which you should mount. I still don't have a /dev/da*, and I actually checked, and nothing is getting added to /dev when I plug the ipod in. I thought that perhaps this was a problem related to support for the ipod, but I have the exact same problem whenever I try to mount a usb thumb drive. Nothing new appears in /dev, and dmesg simply gives one line explaining that umass0 sees the item. A TA's thumb drive had the same problem. The ipod is FAT32, and has been used in linux many times. The thumb drive is currently ext3, but I'd like to reformat it to FAT32 once I can get FreeBSD to recognize it. Here's the info I can find about the ipod: from dmesg: umass0: Apple iPod mini, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2 from usbdevs -d: addr 1: EHCI root hub, Intel uhub4 addr 2: iPod mini, Apple umass0 And the info from my usb thumb drive: from dmesg: umass0: PNY Attache 2.0, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 2 from usbdevs -d: addr 1: EHCI root hub, Intel uhub4 addr 2: Attache 2.0, PNY umass0 Lines that I think are important from the kernel config: # USB support deviceuhci# UHCI PCI-USB interface deviceohci# OHCI PCI-USB interface deviceehci# EHCI PCI-USB interface (USB 2.0) deviceusb # USB Bus (required) #device udbp# USB Double Bulk Pipe devices deviceugen# Generic deviceuhid# Human Interface Devices deviceumass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da # SCSI peripherals devicescbus # SCSI bus (required for SCSI) devicech# SCSI media changers deviceda# Direct Access (disks) If there's any further information that would help, please let me know. These are the things I've found mentioned on google... Thanks, ~Erin -- http://www.tuxgirl.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
