Re: FreeBSD network ISP provider
Pieter Donche wrote: I installed FreeBSD 7.0 already on a system at my office (from CDs) and set up internet connection while installing using the office LAN (and its DHCP service). I installed FreeBSD also on my laptop at home (with no network connection). (with X windows; startx gives me twm ..) I want to install KDE3 from /usr/ports/x11/kde3 Tried as described: # cd /usr:ports/x11:kde3; make install clean I had hoped everything necessary would be found in the disk. But not: It returns errors because it tried to fetch packages from ftp sites ... an soon stops.. So I still need Internet connection? At home, I have an Internet connection via a Broadband Modem and an account at an Internet Service Provider. This was set up in WindowsXP succesfully (with IP 10.0.0.something, netmask 255.255.255.0, no gateway, 2 DNS server IP addresses provided by the ISP). When making the connection to my ISP I have to enter my username at the ISP provider ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and my password) But how do I set up that in FreeBSD ?? In the Post-installation section during Setup, at the question 'Would you like to configure any Ethernet or SLIP/PPP network devides?) answering Yes shows the correct on-board netwerk interface (Broadcom BCM570xx PCI Gigabit ethernet card) I tried DHCP, but no success (which was to expect) Then I get the screen to fill in Host, Domain, Gateway, Name server IPv4 address, netmask ... What do I have to enter (Name server, netmask I can guess) for IP?, host?, domain? and where will come in my username/password for my ISP connection Thanks for hints. Is there any document describing such a connection? pieter ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is step by step instructions in the installer guide at www.a1poweruser.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gconf error in Pidgin Abiword application on xfce Desktop
I installed the package of the Generic instant messenger application (Pidgin)on xfce desktop. It seems to work fine, but in the log it gives this message text. GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://www.gnome.org/projects/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: IOR file '/var/tmp/gconfd-aiza/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory 2: IOR file '/var/tmp/gconfd-aiza/lock/ior' not opened successfully, no gconfd located: No such file or directory) Inspection shows that the directory '/var/tmp/gconfd-aiza/lock/' is present, but its empty. Aiza in this case is the user name. There is also in empty directory '/var/tmp/orbit-aiza'. The package install of the word processing application Abiword also generates this same error message, but it is displayed as a startup error popup window when Abiword is launched from the xfce menu. I tried creating am empty 'ior' file but that had no effect. Question is: How can I correct this error? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
recommendation word processer for xfce
Looking for word processer that runs on xfce and can output document in ms/word format. Thanks for your help. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: recommendation word processer for xfce
I looked at OpenOffice but there is no package of it since freebsd release 6 stable. It takes a very very long time to compile this port. -Original Message- From: mdh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 10:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: recommendation word processer for xfce OpenOffice.org 3. There's a port. - mdh --- On Thu, 11/6/08, FBSD1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: FBSD1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: recommendation word processer for xfce To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 8:40 PM Looking for word processer that runs on xfce and can output document in ms/word format. Thanks for your help. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: recommendation word processer for xfce
Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7 .1-release/Latest/openoffice.tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) Where did you get the package from or what name did you use for the package? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Glen Barber Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 11:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG Subject: Re: recommendation word processer for xfce On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 10:01 PM, FBSD1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I looked at OpenOffice but there is no package of it since freebsd release 6 stable. It takes a very very long time to compile this port. There is a package available. I installed it yesterday. Look at the ftp site. -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: recommendation word processer for xfce
Top posting is how Microsoft outlook works. Nothing I can do about it. sorry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sahil Tandon Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 11:18 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recommendation word processer for xfce FBSD1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I looked at OpenOffice but there is no package of it since freebsd release 6 stable. It takes a very very long time to compile this port. Please don't top-post. OpenOffice packages are available via the FreeBSD FTP sites. -- Sahil Tandon [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
irc usenet clients for xfce
What irc, pop mail, and usenet clients from gmone or kde or x would you recommend to use on xfce? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
xfce decktop time display
Using Xfce4 and the time is displayed in military time 2200. Want to change this to regular AM/PM displayed time. 10pm Been through the manual and all the menus and can not find knob to change the time setting. Thanks for any help you can give. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Is KDE4 usable on FreeBSD?
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chad Perrin Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 12:40 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is KDE4 usable on FreeBSD? Ok now that you have all let off steam about the off topic of desktop verses ms/windows lets return the meaning of the original poster. I spent this weekend playing with kde4 as root and had problems with it not working. Could not change the displayed time to from 20.00.00 to 8:00PM When I changed the resolution from the default to 800x600 and the refresh rate to 60.0 many of the applications did not auto fit to the new setting and the change would not carry over between logons. Some times the desktop just froze up and had to do alt-ctrl-backspace to force return to command line. When I changed the font type and size to use, the change would not carry over between logons. Could not find a way to remove items from the menu. Some icons would not display at all. Koffice was missing. Not all the application use the new window format which has the option to return to menu that launched it. Only has x out to return to desktop screen. Bottom line is imho kde4 is not stable, is not ready for general use. Needs more development and testing. Should only be contained in the development ports category. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
XFCE4
What port names need to be installed to create a XFCE4 desktop environment? I was looking for a mega port like kde3 has but could not identify one. Thanks in advance. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ports missing their packages.
It's my understanding that a port maintainer has to install the port for real any time a change is made to the port make files or a update to the source of the software to test and verify the changes work as wanted. Creating the package after this is just one command and a ftp upload to the package server. Why are maintainers being given approval to apply their changes without creating the required package? This is just lax management on the part of the people who do the authorizing of the changes. Missing packages increases user frustration level and makes FreeBSD look like its being mis-managed. An alternate solution to this problem is to allow users to upload missing packages to the package server direct or to a staging ftp server so port/pkg management staff can review first and them populate the production package server. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: flash-9, 10 on FreeBSD
Mikhail Teterin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sent by Glyn Millington: My solution was to install Wine and run the MS port of Firefox. So far it works flawlessly for me. This has two problems: 1. It requires a (licensed) Windows install handy. No it doesn't. The MS version of Firefox is running here under Wine with no problems and definitely no Windows. Why do you think it needs a Windows install? 2. The solution is only suitable for i386 -- not for amd64, which is what I'm using. Ah well, there you have me! Glyn ___ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Glyn Millington Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 3:41 PM To: Mikhail Teterin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Danielisz Laszlo; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: flash-9, 10 on FreeBSD What is not clear is do you run wine/firefox from the command line or from within KDE or gnome? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How to restore a lost root password...
Go to www.a1poweruser.com and read section 13.7 Forgot Root password -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of DSA - JCR Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 9:56 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How to restore a lost root password... Hi all I have lost the neuron where I stored the root password of an installation ;D I have seen a How to about this but I have a problem, i set the console to insecure, so when I try to do the step of the how to i get a message to input the root password or Ctrl-D to enter in multiuser mode. Is there a way to restore/modify it, or not? Some ideas? Thanks in advance Juan Coruña Desarrollo de Software Atlantico ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
restrict FreeBSD users to their home directory
How do it configure FreeBSD to restrict users to their home directory? I don't want them to be able see any system directories or other users? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KDE and yahoo IM
Does anyone have yahoo instant messenger working on KDE desktop?? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: cannot install from existing UFS thumb drive with sysinstall
There is a outstanding PR on sysinstall from usb flash drive which is now
over a year old. The sysinstall install program needs to be updated to use
usb drives as the source of the install media. You could always edit the
sysinstall program source code and make a patch to allow usb sysinstall
media. Other than that you are S.O.L.
I use this script to build my bootable 1GB USB flash drive
#!/bin/sh
#Purpose = Use to transfer the FreeBSD install cd1 to
# a bootable 1GB USB flash drive so it can be used to install from.
# First fetch the FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso to your
# hard drive /usr. Then execute this script from the command line
# fbsd2usb /usr/6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso /usr/6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.img
# Change system bios to boot from USB-dd and away you go.
# NOTE: This script has to be run from root and your 1GB USB flash drive
# has to be plugged in before running this script.
# On the command line enter fbsd2usb iso-path img-path
# You can set some variables here. Edit them to fit your needs.
# Set serial variable to 0 if you don't want serial console at all,
# 1 if you want comconsole and 2 if you want comconsole and vidconsole
serial=0
set -u
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
echo Usage: $0 source-iso-path output-img-path
exit 1
fi
isoimage=$1; shift
imgoutfile=$1; shift
# Temp directory to be used later
#export tmpdir=$(mktemp -d -t fbsdmount)
export tmpdir=$(mktemp -d /usr/fbsdmount)
export isodev=$(mdconfig -a -t vnode -f ${isoimage})
ISOSIZE=$(du -k ${isoimage} | awk '{print $1}')
SECTS=$((($ISOSIZE + ($ISOSIZE/5))*4))
#SECTS=$((($ISOSIZE + ($ISOSIZE/5))*2))
echo
echo ### Initializing image File started ###
echo ### This will take about 4 minutes ###
date
dd if=/dev/zero of=${imgoutfile} count=${SECTS}
echo ### Initializing image File completed ###
date
echo
ls -l ${imgoutfile}
export imgdev=$(mdconfig -a -t vnode -f ${imgoutfile})
bsdlabel -w -B ${imgdev}
newfs -O1 /dev/${imgdev}a
mkdir -p ${tmpdir}/iso ${tmpdir}/img
mount -t cd9660 /dev/${isodev} ${tmpdir}/iso
mount /dev/${imgdev}a ${tmpdir}/img
echo
echo ### Started Copying files to the image now ###
echo ### This will take about 15 minutes ###
date
( cd ${tmpdir}/iso find . -print -depth | cpio -dump ${tmpdir}/img )
echo ### Completed Copying files to the image ###
date
if [ ${serial} -eq 2 ]; then
echo -D ${tmpdir}/img/boot.config
echo 'console=comconsole, vidconsole'
${tmpdir}/img/boot/loader.conf
elif [ ${serial} -eq 1 ]; then
echo -h ${tmpdir}/img/boot.config
echo 'console=comconsole' ${tmpdir}/img/boot/loader.conf
fi
echo
echo ### Started writing image to flash drive now ###
echo ### This will take about 30 minutes ###
date
dd if=${imgoutfile} of=/dev/da0 bs=1m
echo ### Completed writing image to flash drive at ###
date
cleanup() {
umount ${tmpdir}/iso
mdconfig -d -u ${isodev}
umount ${tmpdir}/img
mdconfig -d -u ${imgdev}
rm -rf ${tmpdir}
}
cleanup
ls -lh ${imgoutfile}
echo ### Script finished ###
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Carl Voth
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 6:52 PM
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: cannot install from existing UFS thumb drive with sysinstall
Is there no one out there that can help?
I've dug into NFS a little more and that does not appear to support
mounting a local filesystem under sysinstall.
In the following thread, Richard Tobin makes an assertion that suggests
that I might be able to mount my thumb drive's existing UFS partition in
the disk labelling step.
http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc/2004-10/0920
.html
[ http://tinyurl.com/3mknq7 ]
The first problem I ran into was that there is no way to add a second
drive (ie. target drive is SATA hard disk, thumb drive is install drive)
to the disk labelling step. The only way that that can be achieved is by
first adding it to the fdisk partitioning step. I'm willing to believe
that *maybe* there's no risk to my thumb drive in rewriting it's disk
label if I'm very careful not to newfs it. But nothing about the fdisk
partition editor gives me a sense that it will hold off of rewriting my
thumb drive's slice table even though I'm not trying to change anything.
It just seems perverse to have to reslice and relabel just to mount an
existing filesystem. If the only way one can mount a local filesystem in
sysinstall is using the disk label editor, can someone explain to me the
actual consequences and risks of this procedure? I did not proceed to
Write or Commit in this little experiment yet because of the unknown risks.
I have to say that I cannot believe how horribly unfriendly sysinstall
is for anyone wanting to use a USB thumb drive as an install medium. In
fact, it's looking totally unusable.
Clearly sysinstall is utilizing 'mount' functionality for it's own
purposes. Surely there's some way for me to access it too?!?
Carl
Xorg/kde startup errors
I am new user to xorg/kde. Installed xorg and kde using port system. Followed instructions in handbook for Freebsd 7.0 The following is the startx log from when I enter startx command. Have no idea what is wrong since I expected the xorg and kde port to be completely functional. Kde seems to run ok except for all the repeating warnings about missing mimetypes and the invalid Window parameter error for every screen I navigate through using KDE. Any help is welcomed Script started on Tue Oct 7 19:13:25 2008 # /root startx xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.1236 X.Org X Server 1.4.0 Release Date: 5 September 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE i386 Current Operating System: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p4 #0: Tue Sep 2 19:32:35 UTC 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 Build Date: 13 February 2008 05:50:12PM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Tue Oct 7 19:13:31 2008 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf (II) Module i2c already built-in (II) Module ddc already built-in (II) Module ramdac already built-in Warning: kbuildsycoca is unable to register with DCOP. kbuildsycoca running... kbuildsycoca running... Reusing existing ksycoca kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/local/share/applications/kde/ark.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/x-tbz2' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/local/share/applications/kde/ark.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/zip' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/local/share/applications/kde/ark.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/x-7z' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'ark_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/x-tbz2' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'ark_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/x-7z' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'karm_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/english' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'karm_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-c' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'karm_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-c++' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/local/share/applications/kde/kpovmodeler.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'KPovModeler/Document' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kfile_ooo.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.global' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kfile_ooo.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/vnd.sun.xml.writer.math' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'klinkstatus_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/english' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'klinkstatus_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-c' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'klinkstatus_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-c++' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kchartpart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart-template' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/local/share/applications/firefox.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/mml' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/local/share/applications/kde/kvoctrain.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/x-kvoctrain' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/local/share/applications/kde/kvoctrain.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-kvtml' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '.hidden/krita_magick.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'image/x-xcf' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kcertpart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/binary-certificate' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/local/share/applications/kde/kmid.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'audio/midi' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kformulapart.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula-template' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kxsldbg_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/english' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kxsldbg_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-c' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'kxsldbg_part.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'text/x-c++' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'knotify.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'KNotify' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: 'ksvgplugin.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'image/svg' kbuildsycoca: WARNING: '/usr/local/share/applications/kde/kexi.desktop' specifies undefined mimetype/servicetype 'application/x-kexiproject-sqlite' startkde: Starting up... kdeinit: Shutting down running client. kbuildsycoca running... X Error: BadValue (integer parameter out of
RE: My unqualified host name
Simple solution is to add hostname=nyana.com to rc.conf then everything is happy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dánielisz László Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 2:40 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My unqualified host name True, the system boots without any problem but its annoying to wait for that failure. - Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 7:05:16 AM Subject: Re: My unqualified host name nyana sm-mta[803]: My unqualified host name (nyana) unknown; sleeping for retry ... sendmail expects your machine to have working DNS and for the machine to have a valid FQDN. Either set that up, or add sendmail_enable=NONE to /etc/rc.conf to disable sendmail ... There is another approach, which is to ignore the message. After something like 3 repetitions, at something like a minute apart, it will give up on qualifying its name. Everything seems to work just fine thereafter until the next boot, when the entire sequence repeats. This leads to the question of how to get sendmail -- or whatever -- into the state where it will eventually land after the 3-miunte delay, without the delay and the messages. It seems as if this ought not be all that difficult. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: nat and firewall
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of fire jotawski Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 12:13 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: nat and firewall hi sirs, i am confused now that what is the difference between nat and firewall_nat in /etc/rc file natd_enable=YES firewall_nat_enable=YES just one question per asking. there will be another more questions about this but for this moment only this one first. thanks in advance for any helps and hints regards, psr ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] natd_enable=YES This statement in rc.conf enables ipfw nated function. firewall_nat_enable=YES This is an invalid statement. No such thing as you have here. FreeBSD has 3 different built in firewall for you to chose from. IPFW, Ipfilter, and PF Review /etc/defaults/rc.conf for their statements. It would do you good to read the firewall section of the FreeBSD Handbook for a complete explanation of the 3 firewalls and the differences between them. In my option the PF firewall has the easiest to use rule set and built in table functions for automated black listing attacking IP address. Its major weakness is it has very poorly designed logging function that results in very cumbersome usage. IPFilter comes next. It has easy logging and rules usage. It lacks the auto black listing table building of PF. These two firewalls were ported to FreeBSD from other Unix flavored operating systems. Both have teams supporting and maintaining them. The final firewall is IPFW that is the first firewall included in FreeBSD many years ago and was developed by the FreeBSD team. IPFW also lacks the auto black listing table building of PF, and its nated rules are much harder to get working using all stateful rules. IPFW had a major coding overhaul a few years back but the inhered design flaw of how nated rules are handled was not touched. Grape vine says IPFW nated code is a messed up can of worms and no one wants to touch it. I have used all 3 firewalls at one time or another to learn about them. I found IPFilter to be the easiest to use and get logging out put in standard format like all the other FreeBSD logs are. But you should ready the handbook and decide for your self what best satisfies your firewall needs. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is the freesbie project dead????????
I can't reach http://www.freesbie.org/ to official site for the project. Has this project disbanded? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Exiting Gnome
Started Gnome for first time. Can not figure how to exit (stop) gnome and return to the FreeBSD command line. The System/logout option just hangs. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ssh
On FreeBSD 7.0 how do I tell ssh to allow login from root and also to listen on port 9922 instead of port 22? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: switching discs during install
All this talk about changing the order of the ports on the install cd's is
just so much hot air because cd's install media belong to the legacy world.
They are fast becoming obsolete just like floppy drives are. Can't even buy
a computer these days with a floppy drive and still FreeBSD distributes
floppy install images. How absurd is that?
FreeBSD needs to come of age in the 21st century and be changed to install
using USB memory flash stick technology. Just a little tweaking of the
sysinstall program to add USB stick as an option for source of install
source would do it.
Here is a little script to populate a USB flash stick with the cd1.iso that
you may find interesting. This way you can combine the cd1 cd2 install
cd's to a 4GB USB stick and install the system and all the ports you want
without switching any install media. You could even use a USB flash stick as
the target to install FreeBSD on giving you an mobile FreeBSD system you can
plug into any computer and boot from.
#!/bin/sh
#Purpose = Use to transfer the FreeBSD install cd1 to
# a bootable 1GB USB flash drive so it can be used to install from.
# First fetch the FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso to your
# hard drive /usr. Then execute this script from the command line
# fbsd2usb /usr/6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso /usr/6.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.img
# Change system bios to boot from USB-dd and away you go.
# NOTE: This script has to be run from root and your 1GB USB flash drive
# has to be plugged in before running this script.
# On the command line enter fbsd2usb iso-path img-path
# You can set some variables here. Edit them to fit your needs.
# Set serial variable to 0 if you don't want serial console at all,
# 1 if you want comconsole and 2 if you want comconsole and vidconsole
serial=0
set -u
if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
echo Usage: $0 source-iso-path output-img-path
exit 1
fi
isoimage=$1; shift
imgoutfile=$1; shift
# Temp directory to be used later
#export tmpdir=$(mktemp -d -t fbsdmount)
export tmpdir=$(mktemp -d /usr/fbsdmount)
export isodev=$(mdconfig -a -t vnode -f ${isoimage})
ISOSIZE=$(du -k ${isoimage} | awk '{print $1}')
SECTS=$((($ISOSIZE + ($ISOSIZE/5))*4))
#SECTS=$((($ISOSIZE + ($ISOSIZE/5))*2))
echo
echo ### Initializing image File started ###
echo ### This will take about 4 minutes ###
date
dd if=/dev/zero of=${imgoutfile} count=${SECTS}
echo ### Initializing image File completed ###
date
echo
ls -l ${imgoutfile}
export imgdev=$(mdconfig -a -t vnode -f ${imgoutfile})
bsdlabel -w -B ${imgdev}
newfs -O1 /dev/${imgdev}a
mkdir -p ${tmpdir}/iso ${tmpdir}/img
mount -t cd9660 /dev/${isodev} ${tmpdir}/iso
mount /dev/${imgdev}a ${tmpdir}/img
echo
echo ### Started Copying files to the image now ###
echo ### This will take about 10 minutes ###
date
( cd ${tmpdir}/iso find . -print -depth | cpio -dump ${tmpdir}/img )
echo ### Completed Copying files to the image ###
date
if [ ${serial} -eq 2 ]; then
echo -D ${tmpdir}/img/boot.config
echo 'console=comconsole, vidconsole'
${tmpdir}/img/boot/loader.conf
elif [ ${serial} -eq 1 ]; then
echo -h ${tmpdir}/img/boot.config
echo 'console=comconsole' ${tmpdir}/img/boot/loader.conf
fi
echo
echo ### Started writing image to flash drive now ###
echo ### This will take about 20 minutes ###
date
dd if=${imgoutfile} of=/dev/da0 bs=1m
echo ### Completed writing image to flash drive at ###
date
cleanup() {
umount ${tmpdir}/iso
mdconfig -d -u ${isodev}
umount ${tmpdir}/img
mdconfig -d -u ${imgdev}
rm -rf ${tmpdir}
}
cleanup
ls -lh ${imgoutfile}
echo ### Script finished ###
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Burncd 700MB rw/cd
Been using burncd since Freebsd 4.0 with 650MB rw/cd's just fine. My local computer store had a sale on 700MB rw/cd's and I picked up a few. Burncd gives msg (Failure - read_big illegal request) on these 700MB rw/cd's. The Freebsd 7.0 man burncd has no info on large sized rw/cd's? Does burncd need a programming update to handle these newer larger sized rw/cd's? What other (built in with the release) program can be used to burn 700 MB rw/cd's? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Custom Kernel Help!
Read the handbook. It has section on customizing the kernel source explaining what you can comment out of the source. About adding one of the firewalls into the kernel, it's a waist of time. When you put the appropriate firewall statements in /etc/rc.conf the selected firewall module is dynamically loaded for you. Read the handbook firewall section. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of VeeJay Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 4:47 AM To: FreeBSD-Questions; VeeJay Subject: Custom Kernel Help! Hi guys, I shall appreciate if you could spare a couple of minuts to look into and advise that which bits of Kernel, I should install from FreeBSD 7 (production release) Generic Kernel? And if I want to install IP filter / IP firewall / IPSec, etc on Kernel level, would it be wise or what? and if so, what sort of configuration I should use? what does est: CPU supports Enhanced Speedstep, but is not recognized. mean? Thanks for your really kind help --- Thanks! BR / vj Copyright (c) 1992-2008 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE #0: Mon Aug 25 20:54:49 CEST 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC Timecounter i8254 frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5450 @ 3.00GHz (2995.54-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin = GenuineIntel Id = 0x10676 Stepping = 6 Features=0xbfebfbffFPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA ,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE Features2=0xce3bdSSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,DCA ,b19 AMD Features=0x20100800SYSCALL,NX,LM AMD Features2=0x1LAHF Cores per package: 4 usable memory = 17161629696 (16366 MB) avail memory = 16614514688 (15844 MB) ACPI APIC Table: DELL PE_SC3 FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 8 CPUs cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 cpu2 (AP): APIC ID: 2 cpu3 (AP): APIC ID: 3 cpu4 (AP): APIC ID: 4 cpu5 (AP): APIC ID: 5 cpu6 (AP): APIC ID: 6 cpu7 (AP): APIC ID: 7 ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 8 ioapic0 Version 2.0 irqs 0-23 on motherboard kbd1 at kbdmux0 ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413) acpi0: DELL PE_SC3 on motherboard acpi0: [ITHREAD] acpi0: Power Button (fixed) Timecounter ACPI-fast frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 acpi_timer0: 24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0 pcib0: ACPI Host-PCI bridge port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 pci0: ACPI PCI bus on pcib0 pcib1: ACPI PCI-PCI bridge at device 2.0 on pci0 pci4: ACPI PCI bus on pcib1 pcib2: ACPI PCI-PCI bridge at device 0.0 on pci4 pci5: ACPI PCI bus on pcib2 pcib3: ACPI PCI-PCI bridge at device 0.0 on pci5 pci6: ACPI PCI bus on pcib3 pcib4: PCI-PCI bridge at device 0.0 on pci6 pci7: PCI bus on pcib4 bce0: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T (B2) mem 0xf400-0xf5ff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci7 miibus0: MII bus on bce0 brgphy0: BCM5708C 10/100/1000baseTX PHY PHY 1 on miibus0 brgphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto bce0: Ethernet address: 00:1e:c9:d5:83:79 bce0: [ITHREAD] bce0: ASIC (0x57081020); Rev (B2); Bus (PCI-X, 64-bit, 133MHz); F/W (0x04000305); Flags( MFW MSI ) pcib5: ACPI PCI-PCI bridge at device 1.0 on pci5 pci8: ACPI PCI bus on pcib5 pcib6: PCI-PCI bridge at device 0.3 on pci4 pci9: PCI bus on pcib6 pcib7: ACPI PCI-PCI bridge at device 3.0 on pci0 pci1: ACPI PCI bus on pcib7 mfi0: Dell PERC 6 port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xfc48-0xfc4b,0xfc44-0xfc47 irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 mfi0: 534 (273014201s/0x0020/info) - Shutdown command received from host mfi0: 535 (boot + 3s/0x0020/info) - Firmware initialization started (PCI ID 0060/1000/1f0c/1028) mfi0: 536 (boot + 3s/0x0020/info) - Firmware version 1.11.52-0396 mfi0: 537 (boot + 3s/0x0008/info) - Battery Present mfi0: 538 (boot + 3s/0x0020/info) - Package version 6.0.2-0002 mfi0: 539 (boot + 21s/0x0004/info) - Enclosure (SES) discovered on PD 20(c None/p0) mfi0: 540 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: Encl PD 20 mfi0: 541 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 20(c None/p0) Info: enclPd=20, scsiType=d, portMap=09, sasAddr=5001e0f03d0c6900, mfi0: 542 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 00(e0x20/s0) mfi0: 543 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 00(e0x20/s0) Info: enclPd=20, scsiType=0, portMap=00, sasAddr=5000cca00904c3d1, mfi0: 544 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 01(e0x20/s1) mfi0: 545 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 01(e0x20/s1) Info: enclPd=20, scsiType=0, portMap=01, sasAddr=5000cca00904d6ed, mfi0: 546 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 02(e0x20/s2) mfi0: 547 (boot + 21s/0x0002/info) - Inserted: PD 02(e0x20/s2) Info: enclPd=20, scsiType=0,
turn on beastie beside the 'Welcome to FreeBSD' boot options menu
Is there a way to reactivate the black and white beastie which used to display to the right of the 'Welcome to FreeBSD' boot options menu? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: turn on beastie beside the 'Welcome to FreeBSD' boot optionsmenu
beastie_disable=NO had no effect. All that was needed was loader_logo=beastie which produced beastie in color Its good to see my old friend back where he belongs Thanks for your help. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael Powell Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 5:16 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: turn on beastie beside the 'Welcome to FreeBSD' boot optionsmenu enom-FBSD1 wrote: Is there a way to reactivate the black and white beastie which used to display to the right of the 'Welcome to FreeBSD' boot options menu? Look at /boot/defaults/loader.conf for the following: #beastie_disable=NO # Turn the beastie boot menu on and off #loader_logo=fbsdbw # Desired logo: fbsdbw, beastiebw, beastie, none As always, put your overrides in /boot/loader.conf and leave the defaults alone. -Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
