BTX loader halt on 1st boot
Hello I am able to install freebsd 7.0 with the CD, but never been able to reboot into it after that. I've tried 5 times since june now. I install a standard MBR during install since I already have ububtu grub as boot manager. I get a BTX halt with what looks like cpu register output dumped on screen. Since I cannot boot, I am unable to collect any dmesg output or any debug info from freebsd, therefore the bug report is not entertained. Will linux lspci/dmesg output help as a substitute for the bug report? This is for an AMD780G/SB700 chipset with sata in ahci mode. PS: Please cc me as I am not subscribed TIA -- Kind Regards GobbleDeGeek [For everything Gobbledegook!!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BTX loader halt on 1st boot
Possibly I could copy my MBR to? Regards On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Gobbledegeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I am able to install freebsd 7.0 with the CD, but never been able to reboot into it after that. I've tried 5 times since june now. I install a standard MBR during install since I already have ububtu grub as boot manager. I get a BTX halt with what looks like cpu register output dumped on screen. Since I cannot boot, I am unable to collect any dmesg output or any debug info from freebsd, therefore the bug report is not entertained. Will linux lspci/dmesg output help as a substitute for the bug report? This is for an AMD780G/SB700 chipset with sata in ahci mode. PS: Please cc me as I am not subscribed TIA -- Kind Regards GobbleDeGeek [For everything Gobbledegook!!] -- Kind Regards GobbleDeGeek [For everything Gobbledegook!!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AMD SB700 southbridge sata ahci supported?
Thanks for responding. My problem is different.I think it is in boot stage 2 possibly a problem with the loader. Hence my problem does not resemble yours. I am able to run the install disk just fine nd complete installation. Its the installed Os that I cannot boot. Kind Regards On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 2:28 AM, Rhomel Chinsio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try disabling USB in the BIOS: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/122880 On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Gobbledegeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I install freebsd 7 i386 twice, installed mbr, both times boot loader failed to load at 1st stage with cpu register values displayed on screen. Mobo - gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H, AMD 780G chipset with ATI Radeon3200 IGP, cpu amd BE-2350, 2GB transcend DR2800 ram, barracuda hdd with SATA in AHCI mode in bios. I could not find this in the i386 or amd64 platform list. Anyone has any ideas about support for this? Please copy me as I am not subscribed. -- Kind Regards GobbleDeGeek [For everything Gobbledegook!!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Kind Regards GobbleDeGeek [For everything Gobbledegook!!] -- Kind Regards GobbleDeGeek [For everything Gobbledegook!!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
AMD SB700 southbridge sata ahci supported?
Hi I install freebsd 7 i386 twice, installed mbr, both times boot loader failed to load at 1st stage with cpu register values displayed on screen. Mobo - gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H, AMD 780G chipset with ATI Radeon3200 IGP, cpu amd BE-2350, 2GB transcend DR2800 ram, barracuda hdd with SATA in AHCI mode in bios. I could not find this in the i386 or amd64 platform list. Anyone has any ideas about support for this? Please copy me as I am not subscribed. -- Kind Regards GobbleDeGeek [For everything Gobbledegook!!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tinybsd not recognizing /dev/acd0
Hi I build tinybsd from freebsd 6.2, copying sbin/mount_cd9660 and all other sbin/mount_* files via the tinybsd.basefiles. /dev/acd0 is listed correctly during startup in dmesg and /dev/acd0 exisits as a device file. However when I try to mount with mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0 /mnt get a /dev/acd0: no such file or directory error. Any ideas why? Please cc me as I'm not subscribed. -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ralink 2561 wireless chip on 6.2 devel
I upgraded from 6.2 production to 6.2-RELEASE #1 in order to get the ral driver support for my D-Link Rec C G510 wireless card. This is the string from pciconf [EMAIL PROTECTED]:7:0: class=0x028000 card=0x3c091186 chip=0x03021814 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Ralink Technology, Corp' class = network and I verified that the if_ral_pci.c source file has the string { 0x1814, 0x0302, Ralink Technology RT2561 }, in it. Yet loading ral using kldload does not show me any interface in ifconfig. I have the following modules loaded: 61 0xc07bd000 b7fc if_ral.ko Contains modules: Id Name 15 pccard/ral 16 cardbus/ral 17 pci/ral 75 0xc07c9000 1d7e4wlan.ko Contains modules: Id Name 14 wlan 81 0xc07e7000 1b10 wlan_xauth.ko Contains modules: Id Name 18 wlan_xauth I am able to ping this interface from a remote laptop when booted from windows XP. What more do I need to get this interface working? Please cc: me as I am unsubscribed. -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
error compiling linux-base-fc4
Hi All build fails with the following error === Generating temporary packing list ** Missing pkg-descr for autoconf-2.13.000227_5. *** Error code 1 The full sequence is copied below: - === linux_base-fc-4_9 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/rpm2cpio - not found ===Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/rpm2cpio in /usr/ports/archivers/rpm === rpm-3.0.6_13 depends on executable in : gmake - found === rpm-3.0.6_13 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/automake14 - not found ===Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/automake14 in /usr/ports/devel/automake14 === automake-1.4.6_2 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 - found === automake-1.4.6_2 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf213 - not found ===Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/autoconf213 in /usr/ports/devel/autoconf213 === Installing for autoconf-2.13.000227_5 === autoconf-2.13.000227_5 depends on executable in : gm4 - found === autoconf-2.13.000227_5 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.8 - found === Generating temporary packing list ** Missing pkg-descr for autoconf-2.13.000227_5. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/devel/autoconf213. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/devel/automake14. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/archivers/rpm. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-fc4. - Thanks for your help -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: error compiling linux-base-fc4
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windows behaviour on installing new packages
Hi I noticed over the past few weeks, that after installing numerous packages (pkg_add -r), I could not execute them (not found). They were standard packages installed in the standard locations like /usr/local/bin or sbin (already in $PATH). Running ldconfig, logging out and logging back in did not help either. *Rebooting* helps however. What gives?Are the package install scripts missing some install command ? System is 6.2 production release. Mine is a home desktop, but in the context of a server this is completely unacceptable. Please copy me as I am not subscribed. -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: windows behaviour on installing new packages
yes yes yes yes to all... thanks for the tip about the rehash and csh behaviour though. Regards On 2/2/07, Kris Maglione [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 12:57:29AM -0500, Kris Maglione wrote: On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 11:07:58AM +0530, Gobbledegeek wrote: I noticed over the past few weeks, that after installing numerous packages (pkg_add -r), I could not execute them (not found). They were standard packages installed in the standard locations like /usr/local/bin or sbin (already in $PATH). Running ldconfig, logging out and logging back in did not help either. *Rebooting* helps however. The problem is that csh does not recheck your $PATH, but only hashes it once. You can get it to rehash by running the aptly named `rehash` command, or starting a new shell. ldconfig has nothing to do with locating executables. Sorry, I missed the part about logging out and back in before. In that case, this is a strange issue. Have you varified that the executables exist and are executable when you try them? Are you sure that you've typed them correctly? Have you tried entering the entire paths of the executables? Are any of the executables scripts with initial shebang (#!) lines, and, if so, do the targets of the lines exist? -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does KDE on freeBSD use Qt toolkit or some other one?
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Xorg/Gnome/KDE freeze on latest release
Hello All I've been seeing system freezes on freebsd 6.2 Release and also the older RC2. Absolutely No errors reported in logs. Suddenly the mouse cursor movement is reduced to a crawl, and the keyboard freezes. Mouse-clicks do not launch any applications or switch tasks. I cannot switch back to vty1/2/3... or any console and had to resort to cold-starting a dozen times to recover from the hangs in the last few days, dirtying my filesystem in the process each time.. sometimes had to reinstall corrupted kde/xorg packages I'm writing this mail from windows, so I do not have the uname and Xorg logs with version numbers, but from memory its freebsd 6.2 release#3 i386 machine. Xorg release 6.9. KDE version 3.5.4 . In case my version number recall is mistaken - Gnome/KDE are the versions obtained remotely on the 15th of Jan. I did cvsup and buildworld steps today 17th of Jan. The problem has remained since RC2. I did not have X during RC1, so I don't know if it was present in that release. This is on an athlon64 cpu soc 754 with nforce3 250gb chipset with Radeon 7500. DRI is loading correctly on startup. No hangs on windoz, so its not a hardware issue. Unless its got to do with freebsd drivers for usb wireless (iBall) keyb/mouse. But the system never hangs if I don't load X/Gnome/KDE. Sound/Artsd seems to work fine. I see this on both regular 4.4BSd and ULE scheduler based kernels Please reply-to-all as I am not subscribed. -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xorg/Gnome/KDE freeze on latest release
PS: This can happen some 10-15 mins into an X session, not always immediately on login. Suspect applications are firefox 1.5.0.8 and firefox2.0 and Konqueror. Seems to happen soon after launching any of these applications. Regards On 1/18/07, Gobbledegeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All I've been seeing system freezes on freebsd 6.2 Release and also the older RC2. Absolutely No errors reported in logs. Suddenly the mouse cursor movement is reduced to a crawl, and the keyboard freezes. Mouse-clicks do not launch any applications or switch tasks. I cannot switch back to vty1/2/3... or any console and had to resort to cold-starting a dozen times to recover from the hangs in the last few days, dirtying my filesystem in the process each time.. sometimes had to reinstall corrupted kde/xorg packages I'm writing this mail from windows, so I do not have the uname and Xorg logs with version numbers, but from memory its freebsd 6.2 release#3 i386 machine. Xorg release 6.9. KDE version 3.5.4 . In case my version number recall is mistaken - Gnome/KDE are the versions obtained remotely on the 15th of Jan. I did cvsup and buildworld steps today 17th of Jan. The problem has remained since RC2. I did not have X during RC1, so I don't know if it was present in that release. This is on an athlon64 cpu soc 754 with nforce3 250gb chipset with Radeon 7500. DRI is loading correctly on startup. No hangs on windoz, so its not a hardware issue. Unless its got to do with freebsd drivers for usb wireless (iBall) keyb/mouse. But the system never hangs if I don't load X/Gnome/KDE. Sound/Artsd seems to work fine. I see this on both regular 4.4BSd and ULE scheduler based kernels Please reply-to-all as I am not subscribed. -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
console vesa mode switch needed earlier in boot phase
Hiello Currently the allscreens flags from /etc/rc.conf is set at the very last during bootup - much after most kernel boot messages are logged to screen. Is there a way to make the switch to 1024x768 console much earlier in the boot process? For example if I boot into single user mode, I get the regular console with large fonts. Is it possible to switch to vesa modes much ealier than that? Linux does it (why can't freebsd?!!) :) Does it require patching the kernel? Has anyone done this before? Please reply-to-all as I'm not subscribed. Thanks. -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: custom rc.d script not working
My script is in /etc/rc.d and it executes - only when I login and find no zebra process... executing it manually starts zebra allright. Why should I put it in /usr/local/etc/rc.d ? I think I see a 0.99.5 version in freshports.org. I'll just use that instead. Thanks ye all for the help... Rgrds On 12/5/06, Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 11:30:41AM +, Tom Judge wrote: Gobbledegeek wrote: I compiled quagga 0.99.5 from source (not freebsd port) and wrote this little script in the /etc/rc.d/zebra file. --- #!/bin/sh # PROVIDE: zebra # REQUIRE: NETWORKING . /etc/rc.subr name=zebra rcvar=${name}_enable required_files=/usr/local/etc/${name}.conf command=/usr/local/sbin/${name} command_args=-d pidfile=/var/run/${name}.pid load_rc_config $name run_rc_command $1 -- /etc/rc.conf has zebra_enable=yes However it only starts zebra when I execute it manually from command line. When I boot freebsd, it executes and I see message in boot screen that zebra is starting, but on login I find zebra isn't running. all files in /usr/local/sbin/ for zebra executables are owned by quagga/quagga user/group. Once I get this working, I will ofcourse add scripts for ospfd and bgpd and isisd.. but it beats me why this isn't working... This is on freebsd 6.2 RC1 i386. Thanks very much in advance for your help... PS: Please CC me as I am not subscribed. First, I presume you mean to say that you put the script in the '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/' directory and not just /etc/rc.d Secondly, my most frequent error is error with these is to forget to make them executable. If the script does not have execute permission, it is ignored. jerry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
custom rc.d script not working
I compiled quagga 0.99.5 from source (not freebsd port) and wrote this little script in the /etc/rc.d/zebra file. --- #!/bin/sh # PROVIDE: zebra # REQUIRE: NETWORKING . /etc/rc.subr name=zebra rcvar=${name}_enable required_files=/usr/local/etc/${name}.conf command=/usr/local/sbin/${name} command_args=-d pidfile=/var/run/${name}.pid load_rc_config $name run_rc_command $1 -- /etc/rc.conf has zebra_enable=yes However it only starts zebra when I execute it manually from command line. When I boot freebsd, it executes and I see message in boot screen that zebra is starting, but on login I find zebra isn't running. all files in /usr/local/sbin/ for zebra executables are owned by quagga/quagga user/group. Once I get this working, I will ofcourse add scripts for ospfd and bgpd and isisd.. but it beats me why this isn't working... This is on freebsd 6.2 RC1 i386. Thanks very much in advance for your help... PS: Please CC me as I am not subscribed. -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
totem crashes on launch - gnome 2.16
Hello Folks Compiled gnome 2.16 last fortnight. Cannot run any multimedia clips however. Totem disappears with a flash and a popup that sez could not open resource for writing. Which filesystem/folder/device file is this referring to? I have no clue. Any help will be appreciated. -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
gnome 2.16 - gdm ignores modelines or mode in xorg.conf
Hi all Got the following in xorg.conf Section Monitor: Modeline 1280x1024 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync Section Screen: Modes 1280x1024 1024x768 Login screen is flickering at max resolution of my radeon 7500 @60hz Setup resolution from within gnome and now it changes resolution correctly after login. I want the default resolution at login screen also. This is for gnome 2.16 compiled from source. Any help deeply appreciated. Please cc me as I am not subscribed. -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gnome-settings-daemon 2.14.1 isn't starting
Hi This isn't fixed yet? I'm on the latest cvsup ports tree, and been getting the same issue since a couple of weeks. Did a manual make install and also portupgrade -a, no luck. M on freebsd 6.1-p3 amd64. Gnome 2.14. -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Deleted /var/db/pkg, gnome_upgrade aborts
yup ! doing that! Thanks for the tip! Rgrds On 8/4/06, michael johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/4/06, Gobbledegeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I rebuilt the pkgdb.db but all the other files are gone... Now portupgrade thinks no packages are installed. gnome-upgrade.sh aborts because it cannot handle 'nilclass' string. Any tips to get back my list of installed packages, or get gnome_upgrade to run? You have no files under /var/db/pkg ? you might as well rm -rf /usr/X11R6 /usr/local and reinstall everything. Please cc to me as I'm not subscribed. -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-gnome To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
deleted /var/db/pkg, now what?
I rebuilt the pkgdb.db but all the other files are gone... Now portupgrade thinks no packages are installed. gnome-upgrade.sh aborts because it cannot handle 'nilclass' string. Any tips to get back my list of installed packages? -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using extended partitions.. ?
Well Well. .Surprise surprise!! Using extended logical partitions in freebsd is easier than I thought! I ran disklabel -w /dev/ad8s9 , then newfs to create a new ufs2 filesystem, and then added the new ufs partition to /etc/fstab. Likewise with my other logical partitions /dev/ad8s10, ad8s11 etc... which were linux ext3fs earlier. Now I'm richer by 30gb!! Hiyaaa! Whaddayaknow! I also read my xp ntfs logical d: drive, so now I can download in any OS and still access them from fbsd. My linux is gone of course, but who wants linux with the linux ABI on fbsd? As simple as that! I'm on fbsd 6.1-p3 fyi. Rgrds On 7/29/06, Gobbledegeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Partition magic looks like the least painful option. Thanks for the tip. I'm just gonna try newfs on the logical partitions once and see :) after I change t ptype to ufs from linux fdisk just for kicks.. Rgrds On 7/29/06, Ian Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 15 Thanks all. I have XP and linux share the xtended partition, and now I want to say bye bye linux (I need XP for worldwind s/w) . That's different then. If you want to keep XP (and keep it within that extended partition) then you can't delete the extended partition. You could use Partition Magic (ono) to delete the linux logical drive, then shrink the extended partition to make space for another slice (maximum of four), which is what you'll need for another UFS slice. Ido not see the extended logical drives containing ext3 from sysinstall that is the problem. You won't - fdisk sees the four slices only, the 'extended partition' being one of those entire, with it's specific type. What does just 'fdisk' say? (you can do this anytime, it just lists) The view from linux | XP fdisk may be useful also. The cmdline freebsd fdisk feels like a throw back tp the pdp-11 days :) Definitely to be used with due care. I generally prefer trusting sysinstall to be good with the maths - but keep a beady eye on it too. So I'm going to try and mount them from bsd below my home folder, without deleting them first... until I work out exactly how to use the fbsd fdiks cmdline without damaging anything. You can mount them, readonly anyway, knowing that the first 'logical drive' within the 'extended partition' appears as ad0s5, the second as ad0s6 etc, assuming ad0 of course. Cheers, Ian -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using extended partitions.. ?
Partition magic looks like the least painful option. Thanks for the tip. I'm just gonna try newfs on the logical partitions once and see :) after I change t ptype to ufs from linux fdisk just for kicks.. Rgrds On 7/29/06, Ian Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message: 15 Thanks all. I have XP and linux share the xtended partition, and now I want to say bye bye linux (I need XP for worldwind s/w) . That's different then. If you want to keep XP (and keep it within that extended partition) then you can't delete the extended partition. You could use Partition Magic (ono) to delete the linux logical drive, then shrink the extended partition to make space for another slice (maximum of four), which is what you'll need for another UFS slice. Ido not see the extended logical drives containing ext3 from sysinstall that is the problem. You won't - fdisk sees the four slices only, the 'extended partition' being one of those entire, with it's specific type. What does just 'fdisk' say? (you can do this anytime, it just lists) The view from linux | XP fdisk may be useful also. The cmdline freebsd fdisk feels like a throw back tp the pdp-11 days :) Definitely to be used with due care. I generally prefer trusting sysinstall to be good with the maths - but keep a beady eye on it too. So I'm going to try and mount them from bsd below my home folder, without deleting them first... until I work out exactly how to use the fbsd fdiks cmdline without damaging anything. You can mount them, readonly anyway, knowing that the first 'logical drive' within the 'extended partition' appears as ad0s5, the second as ad0s6 etc, assuming ad0 of course. Cheers, Ian -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Using extended partitions.. ?
I've wanted to try this for a long time, but I believed its not possible, but never asked anyone so Is it possible to have multiple freebsd slices (partitions) on a single disk ? For example, I already got a fbsd slice with partitions in it, now I want to add another and use that space, after deleting a windoze partition. What about using an extended logical partition as a freebsd slice? I am quite comfortable with linus fdisk, but the fbsd one feels like the plauge to me. Is the linux port of fdisk a better choice? I run all my linux partitions from within ext-logical ones (all but root) and I want to clear them and reuse them for freebsd. Please cc me as I am not subscribed. -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using extended partitions.. ?
Thanks all. I have XP and linux share the xtended partition, and now I want to say bye bye linux (I need XP for worldwind s/w) . Ido not see the extended logical drives containing ext3 from sysinstall that is the problem. The cmdline freebsd fdisk feels like a throw back tp the pdp-11 days :) So I'm going to try and mount them from bsd below my home folder, without deleting them first... until I work out exactly how to use the fbsd fdiks cmdline without damaging anything. Thanks once again! Rgrds On 7/29/06, Charles Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 28, 2006, at 4:55 PM, Gobbledegeek wrote: I've wanted to try this for a long time, but I believed its not possible, but never asked anyone so Is it possible to have multiple freebsd slices (partitions) on a single disk? Sure. You'd be mounting filesystems from /dev/ad0s2 rather than ad0s1, for example, depending on your hard drive position in the ATA chain and which FDISK partitions you've used. For example, I already got a fbsd slice with partitions in it, now I want to add another and use that space, after deleting a windoze partition. Should be no problem. What about using an extended logical partition as a freebsd slice? IMHO, logical partitions are pure evil which was invented to work around the 4-partition FDISK limit, and are nearly useless to anything which creates its own slices or subpartitions within an FDISK partition the way BSD or Linux can. YMMV, but I would convert the extended partition into a normal one and use it directly within FreeBSD, as I do not believe you can boot from extended partitions... -- -Chuck -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: radeon option agpmode 4 hangs system
I tried toggling most options one at a time - no luck. Thanks. Rgrds On 7/18/06, Karol Kwiatkowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 17/07/2006 21:15, Gobbledegeek wrote: After a long search and no solution in sight, I have to ask here - many people have reported this problem, the xorg developers deliberately default to agpmode 1x because they know it hangs unpredictably otherwise. The problem has been around for a few years now. Am I stuck with agp mode 1x for good? I'm sorry I brought a radeon in the first place. Pay for mobike but ride a bullock-cart! Do you have AGPFastWrite on in xorg.conf by any chance? My radeon card works well with AGP 4 but locks up when fast writes enabled. That's Radeon 9000 Pro, agp and drm in the kernel, FreeBSD 6.1-Stable, Xorg, xorg.conf: % Section Device % Identifier Card0 % Driver radeon % VendorName ATI Technologies Inc % BoardName Radeon RV250 If [Radeon 9000] % BusID PCI:1:0:0 % Option AGPMode 4 % Option EnablePageFlip on % EndSection HTH, Karol -- Karol Kwiatkowski freebsd at orchid dot homeunix dot org OpenPGP: http://www.orchid.homeunix.org/carlos/gpg/0x06E09309.asc -- Rgrds GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: radeon option agpmode 4 hangs system
On 7/18/06, Derek Ragona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have no other ideas. Unfortunately ATI doesn't support anything but windows and Mac OS X. And with agp being replaced with PCI Express, this issue is unlikely to get resolved. You might want to change to an nvidia card. -Derek If you google for agpmode 4 hang you will find tons of links but no solution. Even for linux. The xorg developers know about it, which is why default is to comment out this option. Thanks a ton for the kernel tip btw. Rgrds ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: radeon option agpmode 4 hangs system
Removing agp from kernel didn't work. It still freezes unless I comment out the agpmode 4... Any other tips? Rgrds On 7/18/06, Derek Ragona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have the agp kernel module not loaded? In 6.x there are known problems with the agp kernel module which is compiled in by default. If you haven't tried removing it, try that. -Derek At 02:15 PM 7/17/2006, Gobbledegeek wrote: After a long search and no solution in sight, I have to ask here - many people have reported this problem, the xorg developers deliberately default to agpmode 1x because they know it hangs unpredictably otherwise. The problem has been around for a few years now. Am I stuck with agp mode 1x for good? I'm sorry I brought a radeon in the first place. Pay for mobike but ride a bullock-cart! Googlers! Don't buy radeon folks! You've been warned! Rgrds PS: please cc me as I'm not subscribed. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
radeon option agpmode 4 hangs system
After a long search and no solution in sight, I have to ask here - many people have reported this problem, the xorg developers deliberately default to agpmode 1x because they know it hangs unpredictably otherwise. The problem has been around for a few years now. Am I stuck with agp mode 1x for good? I'm sorry I brought a radeon in the first place. Pay for mobike but ride a bullock-cart! Googlers! Don't buy radeon folks! You've been warned! Rgrds PS: please cc me as I'm not subscribed. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: output of top command question
Yep! Thanks Giorgos. Bye! Rgrds On 11/14/05, Giorgos Keramidas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2005-11-14 09:20, Gobbledegeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: like the old sticky bit I see .. Almost. But it applies to virtual memory pages, regardless of their attachment to any particular process and it's controlled by the kernel itself, not by userlevel :) So to find out physical ram used, I need to subtract total physical ram - free, to arrive at the figure I suppose.. or add up active, inactive, wired, buf .. ?? Sounds reasonable :) -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Out of Office AutoReply: output of top command question
Don't forget... Get me a cigar ;) Rgrds On 11/14/05, Matthias Apitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keep in mind: I'm in Cuba from 20 of November until 20 of December. I will read (and answer if necessary) all your messages when I return. If you have something urgent, please contact Christian Rehberger, r e h @ S i s i s . d e . This message was generated automatically and you will receive it only once, although all the messages you send me while I am away will be saved. Anuncio con antelación: Estoy en Cuba desde el 20 de noviembre hasta el 20 de diciembre. Cuando vuelva, leeré todos los mensajes y, si es necesario, te responderé. Si tienes algo urgente, por favor mándalo a Christian Rehberger, r e h @ S i s i s . d e . Esta contestación automática la vas a recibir sólo una vez aunque el sistema graba todos tus mensajes. Matthias -- http://www.sisis.de/ The information in this electronic mail message is private and may be confidential. It is intended solely for the use of the recipient. Should you receive this message by mistake, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or use of this message is prohibited. Please delete this message and notify the sender immediately by return email. OCLC PICA and all subsidiaries accept no liability for the improper transmission of information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt. Although we have taken steps to ensure that this email and attachments are free from any virus, we do advise you to scan attachments before opening them. -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: output of top command question
Thanks. From the article I conclude that Active pages are: Pages with page-used bit set Inactive and cached refers to the different page queues. But I could not correlate wired with anything. Any Tips? Rgrds On 11/12/05, Giorgos Keramidas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2005-11-12 12:47, Gobbledegeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanted to know how to estimate at a quick glance, the TOTAL amount of physical memory consumed by the system - if is it the Active pages in Kbytes of Top command.. Not really. Active, Cached, Wired and Buf memory is also 'in use'. -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: output of top command question
Thanks Giorgos Thanks. Ill do that. This article looks different from the article that comes with cd documentation. I wanted to know how to estimate at a quick glance, the TOTAL amount of physical memory consumed by the system - if is it the Active pages in Kbytes of Top command.. I'll read the article again before posting next question. Thanks Rgrds On 11/11/05, Giorgos Keramidas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2005-11-11 12:28, Gobbledegeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello What does the memory row in top command mean by Inactive,Wired,Cached ?? You can find out a lot of details about these fields and the design of the virtual memory subsystem of the FreeBSD kernel at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/vm-design/ -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
output of top command question
Hello What does the memory row in top command mean by Inactive,Wired,Cached ?? Please cc to me as I'm not subscribed... -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Everything but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvsup upgrade from 4.7 to 5.4
Hello I'm upgrading from 4.7 to 5.4 using cvsup and I see that with src-all, files specific to s390, sparc, ppc are also being downloaded. How can I prevent this from happening? I only want to download i386 files... TIA -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Every thing but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Installing zebra on minimal setup
Hello I did a minimal setup on a 500mb hdd - no ports, developer tools.. 4.7 bsd. Now I need to install zebra and zebra only without other ports. Its not on the install cd, So I need a binary image from where. Can I download a binary from somewhere that will unzip itself? Or Will someone kindly zip me one? How? -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Every thing but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing zebra on minimal setup
PS: I need to add this to multiple machines without internet connection. rgrds On 10/6/05, Gobbledegeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I did a minimal setup on a 500mb hdd - no ports, developer tools.. 4.7 bsd. Now I need to install zebra and zebra only without other ports. Its not on the install cd, So I need a binary image from where. Can I download a binary from somewhere that will unzip itself? Or Will someone kindly zip me one? How? -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Every thing but Gobbledegook.. !!] -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Every thing but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fwd: cvsup upgrade from 4.7 to 5.4
See below Ps: I joined the list only for this answer... -- Forwarded message -- From: Gobbledegeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Oct 6, 2005 9:02 PM Subject: Re: cvsup upgrade from 4.7 to 5.4 To: Chuck Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] There isn't a a category to refuse under src-* for s390,sparc,amd64, ppc etc... hence the question. I'm still on dial-up in this age hence the need Rgrds On 10/6/05, Chuck Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gobbledegeek wrote: I'm upgrading from 4.7 to 5.4 using cvsup and I see that with src-all, files specific to s390, sparc, ppc are also being downloaded. How can I prevent this from happening? I only want to download i386 files... You've already asked this question. This isn't a problem that you ought to try to solve, because the size of architecture-specific files is tiny, but if you are determined, read the section of man cvsup about REFUSE FILES. -- -Chuck -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Every thing but Gobbledegook.. !!] -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Every thing but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvsup and non-arch specific files download prevention
Hello I'm upgrading from 4.7 to 5.4 using cvsup and I see that with src-all, files specific to s390, spark, ppc are also being downloaded. How can I prevent this from happening? I only want to download i386 files... TIA Please cc to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] as i'm not subscribed -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Every thing but Gobbledegook.. !!] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]