Re: VirtualBox from the command line
On 19/03/2010 03:45, Warren Block wrote: On Thu, 18 Mar 2010, Adam Vande More wrote: On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Aiza aiz...@comclark.com wrote: Does VirtualBox launch from the FBSD command line? Is there a package for it in the pkg system? # VirtualBox -h Sun VirtualBox Graphical User Interface 3.1.2_OSE (C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Usage: --startvm vmname|UUID start a VM by specifying its UUID or name --rmode sdl|image select different render mode (default is sdl) There are other ways too, eg VBoxHeadless And VBoxSDL. And VBoxManage. You can even create VMs from the command line, but it's fairly involved. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org The problem with headless VirtualBox on FreeBSD is that the VRDP Connection is set to not active on VirtualBox OSE. AFAIK that makes it impossible to use headless VirtualBox on FreeBSD. ___ 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: Which version of FreeBSD is it?
On 17/03/2010 14:45, Антон Клесс wrote: That is what I suspected for. What is the most safe way to upgrade it, remembering that this is production server and I have to keep it working properly? 6.2-RC1 - 6.2 RELEASE - 7.2 RELEASE - 8.0 RELEASE, or somehow in this style? 2010/3/17 Bas v.d. Wielb...@kompasmedia.nl On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:56:20 +0300, Антон Клесс antoniok@gmail.com wrote: I have the server that's running FreeBSD for the last few years, but I saw it only year ago and know nothing about when and how was installed FreeBSD on it. # uname -a FreeBSD myhost.net 6.2-RC1 FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 #4: Fri Mar 5 01:37:03 MSK 2010 r...@myhost.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERN amd64 Is it RELEASE, STABLE or what? It is what it says it is: 6.2-RC1, meaning Release Candidate 1. That's a development/test version. If this is a production system it would be a very good idea to replace it with the current 8.0 RELEASE, which will give you at least proper patch maintenance. Bas It should be 6.2-RC1 - 6.2 - 6.4 - 7.2 - 8.0 Dont' think freebsd-update supports 6.2 (AFAIR it supports from 6.4 onwards), so you probably will have to use csup. ___ 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: Updating the system and ports
On 09/03/2010 17:58, Pongthep Kulkrisada wrote: * RW (rwmailli...@googlemail.com) wrote: that should be RELENG_8_0 Sorry for typo, but actually I only appended to the existing supfile. Thing goes well. Stable is a stable development branch, if you want to use freebsd-update you need to use a proper release security branch. Does that mean -STABLE can not use freebsd-update? If so, I am clear now because I encountered the problem when I used freebsd-update from -STABLE. It failed. Thanks, Pongthep ___ 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 If you're using STABLE you won't be able to update the base system using freebsd-update, use csup for that purpose. Also have a look to freebsd-update man page, the Description section explains the tool's purpose. ___ 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: FreeBSD Support Cycle
On 08/03/2010 15:39, mailinglist wrote: I'm possibly considering building a FreeBSD based NAS to provide NFS storage for vSphere in a production environment. I would use FreeBSD-8, amd64 variety. What is the expected EOS EOL dates (end of support/end of life) for FreeBSD 8? I'm not sure if the EOL question matters for an open source OS, but basically I'm just asking at what point in time would there no longer be security updates and bug fixes made to the OS?___ 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 Have a look at http://security.freebsd.org/#sup. ___ 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: ifdown/ifup under FreeBSD?
On 17/12/2009 14:19, Bas Smeelen wrote: Bas Smeelen wrote: Sandra Kachelmann wrote: Under RedHat Linux I can configure an interface, routes and so on in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1, /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/routes-eth1 then simply run: $ ifup eth1 and it will set all the routes/netconfig/aliases I just configured. Is there something similar in FreeBSD? I tried configuring aliases in /etc/rc.conf and running: $ /etc/rc.d/netif restart but that just ended in errors that the route was already configured and so on. Sure I could do all the work manually with ifconfig and route but that's not my question. Usually I do this from remote with /etc/rc.d/netif restart /etc/rc.d/routing restart Maybe you are not root (because of the $ prompt)? #/etc/rc.d/netif restart /etc/rc.d/routing restart This always works for me Sorry, omit the last DISCLAIMER: This e-mail is for the intended recipient(s) only If you have received it by mistake please let us know by reply and then delete it from your system; Access, disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance on any of it by anyone else is prohibited. If you as intended recipient have received this e-mail incorrectly, please notify the sender (via e-mail). ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org The configuration files you're looking are /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/rc.conf. The start/stop scripts are /etc/rc.d/routing and /etc/rc.d/netif respectively. You can view then to check out what arguments they accept (restart, stop, etc). You can have a look at man resolv.conf and rc.conf man pages for more info. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to upgrade
On 10/12/2009 10:36, Dimitar Trandov wrote: Hi list, Yesterday I decided to upgrade my server, which currently running 7.1rel. p8. Do I have to first upgrade to 7.2 release and then to 8.0, or instead of this, directly do a safe step to 8.0 release ? Thanks in advance Dimitar, ___ 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 7.2 first then 8.0. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to upgrade
On 10/12/2009 15:50, Alexandre L. wrote: I think you wrong. I read the Official Announce for FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.0R/announce.html You can find this sentence : Systems running 7.[012]-RELEASE, 8.0-BETA[1234], or 8.0-RC[123] can upgrade as follows: You can upgrade directly from 7.1 to 8.0 with the steps described in the Handbook (from sources with csup or binaries with freebsd-update). You must recompile your ports after this major upgrade. Alexandre. --- En date de : Jeu 10.12.09, Ricardo Jesusricardo.meb.je...@gmail.com a écrit : De: Ricardo Jesusricardo.meb.je...@gmail.com Objet: Re: How to upgrade À: Dimitar Trandovd.tran...@tcebank.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Jeudi 10 Décembre 2009, 13h35 On 10/12/2009 10:36, Dimitar Trandov wrote: Hi list, Yesterday I decided to upgrade my server, which currently running 7.1rel. p8. Do I have to first upgrade to 7.2 release and then to 8.0, or instead of this, directly do a safe step to 8.0 release ? Thanks in advance Dimitar, ___ 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 7.2 first then 8.0. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Either way you achieve your goal. And there is nothing like reading the documentation before upgrading. ___ 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: Wireless network control
Sean Cavanaugh wrote: I am just trying to find out if theres an easier way to do this. currently to get wireless to work on my system, i have to clone the wireless interface to a wlan0 interface to actually do any real connections. My home network uses WPA2 encryption so i use the wpa-supplicant to set that up, but if i go out and about and hit free wifi spots, I have to add the info for them into the wpa-supplicant.conf file to get it to access it. keep in mind that ideally I use the latest gnome as my desktop. is there an easier tool to do this all with? I remember there was an issue with the gnome-network tool that it could not actually make any changes in freebsd, but i cannot find if that is still true or if it has been fixed. End goal, I am trying to get this set up to be equally as idiot-proof as most linux distros in case i have to hand this off to someone a bit less technically inclined. sorry if this is a bit hard to read, i have ADHD so it someti..OHLOOKASQUIRREL -Sean ___ 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 There was a person asking for a similar thing on this same list. I think the subject was something like ifconfig - GUI interface. Have a search on the list's archive. ___ 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: nvidia GeForce 9300/730i on 7.2, Core 2 Quad, ASUS P5N7A-VM
Mark Terribile wrote: Hi, I've recently put FreeBSD 7.2 on an ASUS P5N7A-VM. This is a uATX (Intel) with an integrated NVIDIA GeForce 9300/730i; I have a Core 2 Quad 2.33 on it. I've installed the latest NVIDIA FreeBSD driver (NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-190.42.tar.gz) and the machine crashes when I try to run the xorg server. At first the console goes blank and locks up. The function-key terminal switching does not work; neither does control-alt-backspace. Remote logins (ssh) work for a while, then lock up as well. Has anyone used this driver with success on 7.2 with an integrated GeForce? What about the nouveau and nv drivers? Information follows. If there's anything else you need, please let me know. Stick with the ports tree. NVIDIA's driver runs nativelly on i386 and you can find it under /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver. Alternatively nv and noveau are also available. NVIDIA is developing the amd64 version atm: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=8271highlight=nvidia+amd64. ___ 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: View font selection
Chris Stankevitz wrote: Hello, Question: What command should I issue to see what each of my installed x11 fonts looks like? Thank you, Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org xfontsel. To install the port: cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/xfontsel/ make install clean ; rehash To use it: xfontsel ___ 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: Punkbuster
Jeff Molofee wrote: Can anyone tell me how to update punkbuster ... seems pbweb.x86 doesn't work anymore (302 errors) and I'm unable to run pbsetup.run it gives me a float point error, even after unpacking it with upx -d Specifically for enemy territory. ___ 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 Have a look at http://linux-bsd-sharing.blogspot.com/2009/05/howto-enemy-territory-on-freebsd.html. ___ 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: 7.2 don't set xorg.conf
Tony wrote: hi, i re-install standar (recommended) way 7.2 version, and finish setp when i reboot.. i set Xorg -configure and failed,... this works when i select the packages to install to by group (*) User % X-Interfaces before when i install 1st time i select one-by-one and when i finished and restarted Xorg -configure rowks to wrote xorg.conf.new and any way last i said either start X what i do? regards from cuba Tony --- Red Telematica de Salud - Cuba CNICM - Infomed ___ 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 Hi Tony, I think this answers your question: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html. Regards. ___ 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: 64-Bit Linux Applications
Konrad Heuer wrote: Hello, can I run 64 bit Linux applications on FreeBSD/amd64? Or is Linux emulation 32 bit only? Thanks and best regards Konrad Konrad Heuer GWDG, Am Fassberg, 37077 Goettingen, Germany, kheu...@gwdg.de ___ 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 To my knowledge 32 bit only. ___ 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: X Window - how to get the standard font
herbert langhans wrote: Hi Daemons, a little question: I open a shell and invoke: #xmessage 'hello world' - it opens the window, but a rather tiny font. So I invoke: #xmessage -fn -*-fixed-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* 'hello world' - the same appears in the fontsize I like. Now the question: Can I set the bigger font somewhere, so that i.e. xmessage appears always in the preset, bigger font without typing the whole -fn -*-* string in? Somewhere in .xinitrc? Checked the man pages, but its a science to find a solution there. Thanks herb langhans I've seen .Xdefaults files that setup resources for apps such as xcalc and xmessage. Have a look at http://dotfiles.org/~n0nsense/.Xdefaults. ___ 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: freebsd vs. pc-bsd
Michael Jr. wrote: Hi, I was just wondering what are the major differences between freebsd and pc-bsd and is it harder or just as easy to setup freebsd as a desktop compared to pc-bsd? Will freebsd work with sager laptops, and will freebsd recognize 4 gigs of ddr3 memory and if it does not regularly, how can I get freebsd to recognize 4 gigs of ddr3 memory? Will freebsd be able to recognize the latest technologies, like intel core 2 duo and the new Nvidia GTX260m, and hard drives at any speed like 7200 rpm? I don't know any kind of code so is there any books or any kind of resources that you recommend I look at? Sorry I have so many questions but I just ordered a new sager laptop and I do not really want to have to use windows vista if I don't have to, and I think it would be fun to learn how to use freebsd. Thank you, Michael Haid ___ 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 There's tons of documentation at FreeBSD's site, namely http://www.freebsd.org/docs.html. If your willing to buy books concerning FreeBSD I'd suggest Absolute FreeBSD 2nd edition (if you have use Unix like systems) or FreeBSD Unleashed 6 (though it was published at the of FreeBSD 6 it is still very applicable and provides introduction to Unix like systems). Regarding your hardware questions FreeBSD support more that 4GB in both i386 and amd64 (for i386 PAE kernel needs to be used to access 3GB). Nvidia drivers exist for i386. FreeBSD supports multi cores and multi cpus. And regarding hard drives, my 3 1TB 7200 RPM SATA drives aren't complaining ;) Hardware support for FreeBSD 7.1 can be found at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.1R/hardware.html Also, FreeBSD has a friendly forum at http://forums.freebsd.org/index.php. Regards, Ricardo Jesus. ___ 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: Console mode scrolling
Fernando Apesteguía wrote: Hi, Is there a way to scroll the screen in console mode? Something like I do in Linux with Ctrl + Page Up? I find it specially useful, but I don't know how to do it in FreeBSD. I'm using FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p4 #12 Thanks in advance. ___ 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 ScrollLock. Then Page Up or Page Down. ScrollLock again to go back to previous behaviour. ___ 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: Loading sound drivers
af300...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, My motherboard, an ASUS K8V-X, has a generic type sound chip on board, according to ASUS' specifications, it is an AD1980 chipset. The hardware notes, linked from the handbook, does not list this chipset but does list several Intel type HDA chipsets including one AD1981 chipset. Never the less, using the handbook instructions I loaded the meta sound driver and my chipset was identified as a via8233 chipset. The meta driver loaded many drivers into the kernel, but through trial and error I've discovered that only sound.ko and snd_via8233.ko need to be loaded. So, I put these two lines into /boot/loader.conf: sound=YES snd_via8233=YES However, these two modules do not load on bootup. Why? How do I fix this? Thanks, Andy ___ 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 From man snd_via8233: Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): snd_via8233_load=YES ___ 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: Loading sound drivers
kyanh wrote: On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:47:15 + af300...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, My motherboard, an ASUS K8V-X, has a generic type sound chip on board, according to ASUS' specifications, it is an AD1980 chipset. The hardware notes, linked from the handbook, does not list this chipset but does list several Intel type HDA chipsets including one AD1981 chipset. Never the less, using the handbook instructions I loaded the meta sound driver and my chipset was identified as a via8233 chipset. The meta driver loaded many drivers into the kernel, but through trial and error I've discovered that only sound.ko and snd_via8233.ko need to be loaded. So, I put these two lines into /boot/loader.conf: sound=YES snd_via8233=YES The correct lines are sound_load=YES snd_via8233_load=YES Regards, You even need sound_load=YES in the loader.conf. snd_via8234 pulls it upon loading. ___ 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: Loading sound drivers
Ricardo Jesus wrote: kyanh wrote: On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:47:15 + af300...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, My motherboard, an ASUS K8V-X, has a generic type sound chip on board, according to ASUS' specifications, it is an AD1980 chipset. The hardware notes, linked from the handbook, does not list this chipset but does list several Intel type HDA chipsets including one AD1981 chipset. Never the less, using the handbook instructions I loaded the meta sound driver and my chipset was identified as a via8233 chipset. The meta driver loaded many drivers into the kernel, but through trial and error I've discovered that only sound.ko and snd_via8233.ko need to be loaded. So, I put these two lines into /boot/loader.conf: sound=YES snd_via8233=YES The correct lines are sound_load=YES snd_via8233_load=YES Regards, You even need sound_load=YES in the loader.conf. snd_via8234 pulls it upon loading. ___ 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 It should read *you don't even..* Oops ;) ___ 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: Change to Graphical Mode from DOS Mode
Rajeev Sharma wrote: Sir, I have successfully downloaded FreeBSD 6.4 Release linux installed on my PC. But it starts in DOS Mode. I want to shift to Graphical Mode. Kindly advice me what to do. Thanks Rajeev Sharma rajb3...@gmail.com rajb3...@rediffmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Better read this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x11.html ___ 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: Portsnap question
Leslie Jensen wrote: I used to use csup and in my /root/ports-supfile I changed the default host line to a server near me. *default host=cvsup.se.FreeBSD.org Now I've been using portsnap for a while and when installing a new system I got to question if portsnap look in this file for an update server or does portsnap need to be configured somewhere else? Thanks /Leslie ___ 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 Portsnap uses /etc/portsnap.conf and doesn't read supfiles. man portsnap.conf for more info. ___ 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: mount 2nd HD containing running Freebsd system
Fbsd1 wrote: Ricardo Jesus wrote: Fbsd1 wrote: I have run out of space on my running 7.1 system. I have a 2nd HD containing 6.1 that I want to mount and use the 80gb /usr slice. What is the mount command to use? Thinking mount /dev/ad1 /mnt but un-sure how this handles the 6.1 slices on that HD. Read up http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html, namely entries 9.1 and 9.2. Very detailed and helpful stuff. None of that was helpfull. Found post in questions archives from 1992 that gave me pointer to correct direction. Here is the solution I used. ls /dev/ad* listed all the slices on both HDs. mount /dev/ad1s1f /mntmounted the /usr dir from the second HD just like i wanted. ___ 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 My interpretation of your original post was that you wanted to move /usr to the 2nd HD ;) So I pointed to 2 FAQs that addressed the matter. Anyways glad that you worked it out. Regards. ___ 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: mount 2nd HD containing running Freebsd system
Fbsd1 wrote: I have run out of space on my running 7.1 system. I have a 2nd HD containing 6.1 that I want to mount and use the 80gb /usr slice. What is the mount command to use? Thinking mount /dev/ad1 /mnt but un-sure how this handles the 6.1 slices on that HD. ___ 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 Read up http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html, namely entries 9.1 and 9.2. Very detailed and helpful stuff. ___ 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: Linux Compatability
rasz wrote: hi i have 2 distinct questions, and first is, i installed a linux app (binaries) and it failed when run complaining that it needs a CPU with SSE instuctions enabled. does anyone know what this is and related too? i am running 7.2-prerelease i386 with linux_base-fc4. the only setting i have is fallback_elf_brand=3 (no osrelease) has anyone ever come across this? 2nd question, is the freebsd base (usr/src) documented anywhere, as to the programs it entirely contains? i thought developers handbook, but all i found is description of the directories in usr/src/ (unless i missed it elsewhere). besides that, is there any kind of database app in the base system no matter how compact/basic? if not, what would be the *closest* in ports? thanks in advance for any info ___ 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 Regarding the 2nd question... As /usr/src contains the source of building the userland and kernel, if you can always man something that is interesting. You can also do a man hier, but it will present a description of each directory content like the Developers Handbook (although more verbose). There are also the Makefile and the actual source. ___ 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: Jail limits
Espartano wrote: Hi folk, sorry for my bat english, i have a question: there is any initiative to implements limits (like cpu limits, memory limits) inside a jail ? or already exists anything to do it ? thanks a lot. You can check sysctl MIB entries for security.jail.* Using login.conf you can control resource limits and account limits. Take a look at man login.conf maybe it can help you on your situation. ___ 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: Fluxbox problem..
Fabian Krook wrote: Hello, when i type startx it doesn't start with Fluxbox only X i been set in .xintrc exec fluxbox. When it's in X and type fluxbox it comes: -- Failed to read: session.ingoreBorder Setting default value Failed to read: session.screen0.AutoRaise Setting default value -- This just of around 14 of them just toke the two of them. Bye thanks ___ 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 If I recall correctly it should be exec startfluxbox in .xinitrc. Try it. ___ 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: Need help for acroread8
Manish Jain wrote: Hi all, After browsing mailing lists for hours, I was finally able to install acroread8 on my FreeBSD 7.1R system. But it STILL does not start. Attached below is the output (repeated messages removed) : Gtk-Message: Failed to load module gnomebreakpad: libgnomebreakpad.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (acroread:9218): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: Cannot open pixbuf loader module file '/etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders': No such file or directory (acroread:9218): GdkPixbuf-WARNING **: Error loading XPM image loader: Image type 'xpm' is not supported (acroread:9218): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed (acroread:9218): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_window_set_icon_list: assertion `GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed (acroread:9218): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_get_width: assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed (acroread:9218): Pango-WARNING **: No builtin or dynamically loaded modules were found. Pango will not work correctly. This probably means there was an error in the creation of: '/etc/pango/pango.modules' You may be able to recreate this file by running pango-querymodules. (acroread:9218): Pango-CRITICAL **: _pango_engine_shape_shape: assertion `PANGO_IS_FONT (font)' failed Pango-ERROR **: file shape.c: line 75 (pango_shape): assertion failed: (glyphs-num_glyphs 0) aborting... [2]+ Exit 1 acroread My loader.conf has linux_load=YES, rc.conf has linux_enable=YES, linprocfs_enable=YES and fstab has an entry for linproc. I downloaded the latest ports tarball yesterday, did a 'portupgrade -rf emulators/linux_base-fc4', and [re]installed a number of ports (pango, linux-pango, cairo, linux-cairo, gdk-pixbuf, linux-gdk-pixbuf, pixman and may be a couple more). Then I installed acroread8. But it still does not start, as you can from the message above. Actually, there is at least one bug in the port as the message reveals. At runtime, acroread8 tries to look for /etc/pango/pango.modules, which - because of the port's linux heritage - translates to /compat/linux/etc/pango/pango.modules. This path is incorrect, at least with linux_base-fc4 - with which the correct path turns out to be /compat/linux/etc/pango/i686-redhat-linux-gnu/pango.modules in my case. The user has to fix it with a symlink himself. I am beginning to wonder why can't FreeBSD simply put on the distribution media binary packages for programs that almost everyone uses these days (thunderbird, acroread) and which take an immense amount of time/effort to build. The FreeBSD DVD is more than half empty and I am sure nobody would mind spending a couple of hours extra at download-time what possibly might save a couple of weeks and a whole lot of headaches at install-time. Anyway, if anyone has any clue how to get me out of this acroread mess, I would be really grateful. Thanks in advance Manish Jain invalid.poin...@gmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org I like epdfview, xpdf and kpdf (under KDE). Under Gnome epdfview and evince are very good alternative. Personally I've never used Acrobat Reader in any Unix-like system, but some people do have specific needs. If that's you case please raise a PR, otherwise just give a chance to other applications. If want to save building time stick with packages (smaller download and no compiling) but don't mix ports and packages if possible. Regards, Ricardo Jesus. ___ 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: hardware list in a machine
Josh Carroll wrote: On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:59 PM, gahn ipfr...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi all: How could I find out the list of hardware in my machine? I used dmesg and var/run/dmesg.boot, it didn't seem to help that much as I expected. which file lists all of hardware in the machine? Thanks. Give the sysutils/dmidecode port a shot. Josh ___ 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 % pciconf -lv man pciconf for further details. ___ 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: hardware list in a machine
Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:07:51 +, Ricardo Jesus ricardo.meb.je...@gmail.com wrote: % pciconf -lv man pciconf for further details. Additionally: usbconf to list USB devices, and camcontrol to list SCSI devices, as well as atacontrol for ATA devices. And finally, dmesg. :-) Note that these are *system tools*. In order to obtain more information, it may be required to install some tools from the Ports Collection. Polytropon I can't seem to find usbconf. % usbconf usbconf: Command not found. % whereis usbconf usbconf: Is it a third party application? ___ 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: Help required for configuring FreeBSD with DHCP
manish jain wrote: Hi all, I have a dual boot system (FreeBSD 7.1 + Windows 2000). I am trying out FreeBSD for the first time with an ISP who runs a DHCP server. Until the times of static addresses, everything was so simple in FreeBSD. Now I am forced to ask for help because the ISP is willing to help only for Windows. And indeed my Windows 2000 is sailing the internet smoothly enough, so I can't really blame him. I am using a Realtek 8139D NIC on an x86 system. When I ask sysinstall to configure rl0, it asks me whether I want to use DHCP. When I say yes, it still gives me the same form to fill out as it does for static IP addresses. I don't have any idea how to fill out this form when DHCP is being used. Please note that on Windows, the following are enabled : 1) Obtain an IP address automatically 2) Obtain DNS server address automatically Everything else (IP address/Default dateway/etc) is greyed out. Can anyone please tell me how to get my FreeBSD system up on DHCP. The only other piece of information I can provide is the hostname I have been using so far : unxfbsdi.freebsd.localdomain Thanks in advance for any help. Regards Manish Jain invalid.poin...@gmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org I think Realtek 8139D fall into re(4) driver, but do take a look at dmesg | less to confirm this. To display the current configuration for the network interfaces on your system run: % ifconfig You need to edit rc.conf and add the following to have the network card configured at boot time: ifconfig_re0=DHCP To configure the card from the command line simply run: # ifconfig re0 dhcp ___ 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: Help required for configuring FreeBSD with DHCP
Remorque wrote: On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Ricardo Jesus ricardo.meb.je...@gmail.comwrote: manish jain wrote: Hi all, I have a dual boot system (FreeBSD 7.1 + Windows 2000). I am trying out FreeBSD for the first time with an ISP who runs a DHCP server. Until the times of static addresses, everything was so simple in FreeBSD. Now I am forced to ask for help because the ISP is willing to help only for Windows. And indeed my Windows 2000 is sailing the internet smoothly enough, so I can't really blame him. I am using a Realtek 8139D NIC on an x86 system. When I ask sysinstall to configure rl0, it asks me whether I want to use DHCP. When I say yes, it still gives me the same form to fill out as it does for static IP addresses. I don't have any idea how to fill out this form when DHCP is being used. Please note that on Windows, the following are enabled : 1) Obtain an IP address automatically 2) Obtain DNS server address automatically Everything else (IP address/Default dateway/etc) is greyed out. Can anyone please tell me how to get my FreeBSD system up on DHCP. The only other piece of information I can provide is the hostname I have been using so far : unxfbsdi.freebsd.localdomain Thanks in advance for any help. Regards Manish Jain invalid.poin...@gmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org I think Realtek 8139D fall into re(4) driver, but do take a look at dmesg | less to confirm this. To display the current configuration for the network interfaces on your system run: % ifconfig You need to edit rc.conf and add the following to have the network card configured at boot time: ifconfig_re0=DHCP To configure the card from the command line simply run: # ifconfig re0 dhcp I would do: dhclient re0 Is the behaviour the same? I guess so. If rc.conf is set up with the line ifconfig_rl0=DHCP then it is no need to run the dhclient command manually. For 8139D the correct driver is rl as Michael Powell pointed out in his reply. ___ 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: local copy of handbook
Daniel Gerzo wrote: Hello Jerry, For more information see http://docsnap.sk.freebsd.org/ and possibly the rsync manual page. I was having a problem reaching that URL; however, I found that this one: http://www.oook.cz/bsd/docsnap.html did seem to work. In any case, I am unable to get the 'rsync' command to work. This is the output of one such attempt. ~ $ sudo rsync -rltvz docsnap.sk.FreeBSD.org::docsnap /usr/share/doc/ rsync: failed to connect to docsnap.sk.FreeBSD.org: Operation timed out (60) rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(124) [receiver=3.0.5] This has happened continually for the past few days. I am not sure if it is a temporary problem or or permanent one. The docsnap.sk.FreeBSD.org (as well as ftp.sk and cvsup.sk) server is currently offline due to some problems after its update. Unfortunately it's been a vacations period here and we were unable to get personally to the box and fix it. However I have been told that the issue should be resolved tommorrow, so I would recommend you to try tommorrow or a bit later. I tried to update my doc with DocSnap but it seems the is no docsnap rsync module in the server. flumen# rsync -rltvz docsnap.sk.FreeBSD.org::docsnap /usr/share/doc rsync: failed to connect to docsnap.sk.FreeBSD.org: Connection refused (61) rsync error: error in socket IO (code 10) at clientserver.c(124) [receiver=3.0.5] flumen# ping docsnap.sk.FreeBSD.org PING sk.FreeBSD.org (81.89.56.57): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 81.89.56.57: icmp_seq=0 ttl=243 time=67.247 ms 64 bytes from 81.89.56.57: icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=68.471 ms 64 bytes from 81.89.56.57: icmp_seq=2 ttl=243 time=68.076 ms 64 bytes from 81.89.56.57: icmp_seq=3 ttl=243 time=72.538 ms 64 bytes from 81.89.56.57: icmp_seq=4 ttl=243 time=67.705 ms ^C --- sk.FreeBSD.org ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 67.247/68.807/72.538/1.909 ms flumen# rsync docsnap.sk.FreeBSD.org rsync: link_stat /usr/ports/net/rsync/docsnap.sk.FreeBSD.org failed: No such file or directory (2) rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code 23) at main.c(1040) [sender=3.0.5] Any news regarding the server's availability? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to use portmanager/portmaster?
Da Rock wrote: On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 23:33 +0100, Frank Wißmann wrote: Am Samstag 28 Februar 2009 22:39:26 schrieb Roland Smith: On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 10:08:45PM +0100, Frank Wißmann wrote: Am Samstag 28 Februar 2009 21:42:35 schrieb Roland Smith: On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 07:49:16PM +0100, Frank Wißmann wrote: Hi, list! I have a problem using the above mentioned programs because there doesn't seem to be a manpage installed. Can anybody give me a clue on how to get help? Both do have manpages. What kind of error do you get when you try e.g. 'man portmaster'? It might be that your manual pages setup is broken. I get the message No manual entry for portmaster, but using your command I can read it. man man e. g. works perfectly. That sounds to me that the configuration for the man command is broken. If you give the 'manpath' command, does the output include /usr/local/man? If not, add the following lines to /etc/manpath.config: OPTIONAL_MANPATH/usr/local/man MANPATH_MAP /usr/local/bin /usr/local/man Roland manpath does show correct settings AFAIK meaning that the answer to your question is yes. Frank Try a rehash. $ rehash ___ 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 Do a Da Rock said. Do notice that both portmaster and portmanager are third party applications and need to be installed. cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster/; make install clean; rehash cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmanager/; make install clean; rehash ___ 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: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install
new_guy wrote: Hi, We normally use OpenBSD, but would like to try FreeBSD on a test system. Usually, when updating from one OpenBSD release to another, we do so by downloading the latest bsd.rd and booting from that to complete the install. Our machines have no optical drives. Does FreeBSD have a similar method to installation? Thanks! As far as I know OpenBSD advises on binary upgrades so I'd say you're probably looking for freebsd-update as it provides binary updates. This utility is great for binary updates to both kernel and world. Do take a look at FreeBSD's Handbook. To update third party applications e.g. ports read this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/ports.html If you want to compile a custom kernel: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html Update and upgrade methods are described here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/updating-upgrading.html Have fun, Ricardo Jesus. ___ 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: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install
new_guy wrote: You misunderstand. I want to install FreeBSD from a ramdisk image (bsd.rd). Is that possible? It's basically a small kernel that boots the machine, formats the hard drive, setups root and installs the operating system over ftp. If that's what you want I definitely misunderstood. Maybe someone of the list can give a hand and help you out. ___ 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: bsd.rd for FreeBSD install
Jerry McAllister wrote: On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 10:02:25AM -0800, new_guy wrote: You misunderstand. I want to install FreeBSD from a ramdisk image (bsd.rd). That is called md (memory disk) in FreeBSD land. Is that possible? It's basically a small kernel that boots the machine, formats the hard drive, setups root and installs the operating system over ftp. That is what sysinstall is, plus the boot. It is a program that builds the filesystems, sets up the system and loads everything on the disk.The big problem is how to boot and bring it up without any external media. I think some people have done it from network and second Hard drive boots as well as floppy and CD boots. jerry -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/bsd.rd-for-FreeBSD-install-tp22292723p22293310.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ 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 One approach could be using an existing install like described here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/fbsd-from-scratch/article.html Or even going the nanoBSD way: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/nanobsd/article.html But this defeats the OP's originial intent, e.g., ramdisk ___ 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: Steps to upgrade from 7.0-RELEASE to 7.1-RELEASE
k...@snaffler.net wrote: here is howto rebuild you system via cvs dump this into a file ---8 *default host=cvsup.uk.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7 *default delete use-rel-suffix src-all ---8 add these lines to /etc/make.conf SUP_UPDATE= yes SUPFILE= file u just created then cd /usr/src make update make buildworls make buildkernel make installkernel ( if you are multicore do a -j 8 or something on the build lines, anything upto 32 should build ok ) reboot cd /usr/src mergmaster -p make installworld mergmaster reboot i theory tou should rebuild all your ports now as well, but generally i never both and havent had trouble if you dont have anything in /usr/src or dont have one just install the base src distribution from sysinstall or download install.sh, sbase.aa, sbase.inf from you favorite freebsd mirror and do a ./install.sh base eg mine is here http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/7.1-RELEASE/src/ Akenner wrote: RW wrote: On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:07:46 -0700 Tim Judd taj...@gmail.com wrote: Nothing really beats the CVS way. And when I tried a 7.0 to a 7.1, it wanted like 30,000 updates and was taking forever. It seems to me that most people that come to this list with base-system update problems are using freebsd-update. ___ This is going to seem stupid, but instead of making a new topic, can someone link to me a working link of the handbook where you update your CVS and so on? I know that on the FreeBSD page there is a handbook that has exactly what I'm looking for, and for some reason I'm having trouble finding it even though I used to have it saved but I don't anymore and I wanted to get CVS sources updated so I can do some updating. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Not sure if the OP wants to track the errata ou the stable branch so little heads up: tag=RELENG_7_1 to follow the errata branch tag=RELENG_7 to follow stable Regards, Ricardo Jesus. ___ 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: freebsd-update doesn't seem to update to Latest
Sebastian Setzer wrote: Reading the handbook and several pages on the web, i got the impression that ports are always compiled from source. I should have read the handbook more thorougly, sorry. It mentions portupgrade -P. -Original Message- From: Erik Osterholm [mailto:freebsd-lists-e...@erikosterholm.org] Sent: Tue 1/13/2009 11:01 PM To: Sebastian Setzer Subject: Re: freebsd-update doesn't seem to update to Latest On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 09:47:33PM +0100, Sebastian Setzer wrote: Hi, I did a freebsd-update to 7.1-RELEASE as described in the release notes. After that, I installed Openoffice (with pkg_add) and got several warnings like this one: pkg_add: warning: package 'gnome-vfs-2.22.0_2' requires 'atk-1.22.0_1', but 'atk-1.20.0' is installed Now I did # pkg_add -r atk pkg_add: package 'atk-1.22.0_1' or its older version already installed so with pkg_add -r I get newer packages than I got with freebsd-update. Why? freebsd-update only updates the base system. It doesn't touch ports. Erik ___ 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 Portmaster is also nice to update ports. Plus its doesn't have dependecies. ___ 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: Disk Label Editor problem
luizbcampos wrote: I installed FreeBSD-7.0amd64 on my 40GB disk and I chose automatic partition at disk label editor. I need to download a 665GB OS but at a given moment the system complains about lack of space on the disk (469GB). It has happened for two times. ad4s1a none 512MB* ad4s1b swap 2015MB SWAP ad4s1d none 2031MB* ad4s1e none 512MB* ad4s1f none 33084MB* Is there any way to correct the problem without reinstalling the OS? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org The values you point don't add up (40GB HDD but you mention a download of 665GB). Consider maybe adding a new HDD. ___ 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: FreeBSD Transition Questions.
Grant Peel wrote: Hi all, Well, over the past few days I have made the transition to FreeBSD (6.4) as the primary OS on my home computer. I am currently running GNOME as a desktop, and it seems to be running well. Indeed, I am using Thunderbird to write this email! I have a couple of questions regarding the transition: 1. Does there exist a port or package, a messenger program, that is compatible with Windoze Live Messenger? i.e. can I log in similar to live messenger and see my contacts and collaborate with them? Pidgin is a nice GTK program that works well with Windows Live Message network. 2. Can I use any type of pictures for the desktop wallpaper? Where might I find some good wallpaper depicting the FreeBSD Daemon and Logo? Take a look at http://www.freebsd.org/art.html 3. How does one add a device to the desktop as an icon? i.e. an external USB drive? Take a look at http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/index.html. I'm sure it will answer (or point you to) your Gnome related questions. TIA, -Grant ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD USB Install
Brian McCann wrote: On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de wrote: El día Wednesday, January 07, 2009 a las 03:17:02PM +0100, Polytropon escribió: I could only suggest to eliminate all slices and partitions on the thumb drive (such as it was a new disk right from the factory) and let sysinstall put slice and partitions onto it. The problem is that 'from the factory' sometimnes they come already Windows-like formated; I've wiped out all with: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=1m (double check that /dev/da0 is really the device you want to clean) matthias Ok...so I zero'd out two different thumb drives (one 1gb stick, another a 4gb stick...not that it matters)...and both of them failed in the same way. I boot the machine with nothing but the CD-Rom drive and the USB stick. No fancy options or anything in the install process...just create one slice that takes up the whole drive, then one parition (da0s1a) mounted as /...about as basic as you can get. Any other thoughts? I don't understand why this wouldn't work...it's just another drive... Thanks for all the input! --Brian You're installing it into a single partition? Just / with everything on it? Maybe try the standard installation procedure with a /, swap, tmp, var and user. Let sysinstall do its job and use auto-defaults. Regards. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Best torrent client/server available for FreeBSD?
Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: On Wednesday 07 January 2009 10:09:23 pm Nerius Landys wrote: rtorrent is very good, have been using it on my server for many months. ___ 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 rtorrent in here too ... I tried it once, I never left it or felt the need to move to other client. For torrents only I'd suggest rtorrent. Very nice with a screen sessions. Recently I've moved to MLDonkey as it supports torrents and ed2k. Plus the webserver own me over. You'll find an How-To setup MLDonkey on the forums. Regards. ___ 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: FreeBSD USB Install
Steve Bertrand wrote: Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Wednesday, January 07, 2009 a las 03:17:02PM +0100, Polytropon escribió: On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:25:45 -0500, Brian McCann bjmcc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all. I'm trying to install FreeBSD 7.1 off the CD to a USB thumb drive, but every time I try it fails. sysinstall says Unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/da0s1a1. Command returned status 38. When I switch to the debug console, I get cg 0: bad magic number. This thumb drive was being used on my Windows machine previously, then I re-formatted it as UFS to use it on a FreeBSD machine...so I know the thumb drive itself works. Can someone shed some light on this problem? I could only suggest to eliminate all slices and partitions on the thumb drive (such as it was a new disk right from the factory) and let sysinstall put slice and partitions onto it. The problem is that 'from the factory' sometimnes they come already Windows-like formated; I've wiped out all with: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=1m (double check that /dev/da0 is really the device you want to clean) sysinstall will provide you an option to erase any existing 'partitions' that exist on the drive during install, so the 'dd' is redundant. I've never installed directly to a thumbdrive before. Normally I'd install to a hard disk, pear it down, and then effectively copy the system to the thumb drive manually. I end up with a system as such (so I don't need a hard disk): router# df -h FilesystemSizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/da0a 939M410M454M47%/ devfs 1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/md0 31M 20K 28M 0%/tmp /dev/md1 15M 36K 14M 0%/var/run /dev/md2 31M318K 28M 1%/var/log /tmp 31M 20K 28M 0%/var/tmp That said, installing to a USB disk through sysinstall should technically (AFAIK) be no different than installing to a standard SCSI hard disk (da0). What options are you supplying when you reach the 'FDISK Partition Editor' screen? Also, if you are installing the system via sysinstall that is running on an already installed FreeBSD, you must use the 'w' option before 'q'. Quit within the disk editor while running under FreeBSD does not imply 'write'. (This being opposed to booting from a CD to install). Steve ___ 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 I've installed 7.0 on an USB IDE drive last week. At the time the USB drive had a Linux distro on it which I destroyed, place the install CD on the CD drive, selected boot from USB, the drive showed up on sysinstall, and performed a pretty standard FreeBSD install. Regards. ___ 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: portsnap and portupgrade
RW wrote: On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:08:44 +0100 (CET) Pieter Donche pieter.don...@ua.ac.be wrote: ( decompress to /usr/ports ) # portsnap extract ( it is not clear to me if this is correct if one already has a /usr/ports created during sysinstall .. ) You need the extract so that the tree is exactly matched to the snapshot and the correct metadata is created, it's installing the tree from disk that's not needed. In root /etc/crontab, shedule daily updates of /var/db/portsnap : 0 3 * * * root /usr/sbin/portsnap cron ... b. For every future upgrade of gv (using portupgrade): b.1. ( update ports collection ) # portsnap update ... b.5. do the port upgrade # portupgrade -R gv b.6. install the updated version of ghostview # cd /usr/ports/print/gv # make install clean You don't need the last step, that's what portupgrade does. For the most part it's better to bring all you ports up-to date if you can, rather than doing it piecemeal. ___ 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 Also use portaudit to check for security issues with installed ports. # portaudit -Fda (fecth the updated audit database and check your ports against it) ___ 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: Upgrade from FreeBsd 6.3 to 6.4 freebsd-update
Renat wrote: Yes. I try . But not worked!! - webarchive# freebsd-update -r 6.4-RELEASE upgrade Looking up update1.FreeBSD.org mirrors... none found. Fetching metadata signature for 6.3-RELEASE from update1.FreeBSD.org... done. Fetching metadata index... done. Fetching 1 metadata files... failed. I probe you solution change change server from update.freebsd.org to update1.freebsd.org Not worked((( What's is is the Bug on the FreeBSD servers? ___ 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 Try this: # env UNAME_r=6.3-RELEASE-p6 freebsd-update upgrade -r 6.4-RELEASE install ___ 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: freebsd-update killed my /var
Mel wrote: On Sunday 14 December 2008 15:28:16 FuLLBLaSTstorm wrote: Hey all, Recently I've run freebsd-update on my desktop machine, but it failed saying that it cannot save its files anymore to /var because the filesystem is full. now df shows something like this: # df /dev/ad0s1d253678 250630 -17248 107% /var If this is what I think it is, a 256k /var, then I'm not surprised. Handbook, online tutorials all recommend at least 1G for /var ever since the 4.x days. I use 5G, but I save logs for a year. I faced the same problem last week while trying to update to 7.1-RC1 on a disk with 197MB /var. Here's how I fixed the problem: # freebsd-update -d /path/to/big/path/directory/ upgrade -r 7.1-RC1 # freebsd-update -d /path/to/big/path/directory/ install Simply use freebsd-update's -d option. man freebsd-update for more info. ___ 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: newb questions
Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 08:16:36AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: 1. when I run startx it auto logs me in on a minimal gui ( twm?). I installed gnome, I think, and want to log in using gnome, how do I change that? 2. I cannot su - to root, it says sorry. pam_group didn't seem like the answer, or I didn't read it right. How can I su to root from my account? Is there anything special to able to do that from ssh? I can't answer question #1. As for #2, you need to add your username to the wheel group in /etc/group. That's all. (You will have to log out then back in for the changes to take effect) 3. the boot loader... This server has 2 drives, and I already had w2k server on drive 1, and ubuntu-server on drive 2. when I boot, I now get options for F2-DOS ( win2k boots) and F5 disk0/1. I can't seem to find any option for my ubuntu OS. Is there a way to change that bootloader option to add /dev/sdb6-ubuntu? I think boot0cfg is the tool you'll want to use for this. I've never been in this situation, so I don't have a command to give you. You can use boot0cfg -v disk (e.g. boot0cfg -v ad0) to get information about the boot0 configuration. maybe I was looking in the wrong documentation, if any/all of this is in the docs, which one? the handbook? Yes. Paul, Regarding question #1 just take a look at the FreeBSD Handbook, namely Chapter 5 The X Window System under section 5.7.1.2. Regards, Ricardo Jesus. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What is a recommended soundcard for FreeBSD?
Aniruddha wrote: On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 23:46 +0200, Patrick Lamaizière wrote: Le Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:42:43 +0200, Aniruddha [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : Because of the problems with my onboard Intel HDA audio chip I plan to buy a soundcard that is supported by FreeBSD. There is a new hda driver in current, may be you can try it on RELENG_7? See http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-New-snd_hda-driver-came-in.-p19499206.html Good luck! Regards. Thanks I'll check it out.v In the meantime I'm real curious about FreeBSD user experience with X-fi :) Hi, I don't think the X-fi cards are supported in FreeBSD but I do know that in Linux they aren't. Personally, I have a Creative Audigy 4 and it works great. The snd_emu10kx driver provides support for Creative SoundBlaster Live! and Audigy sound cards. Best regards. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ethernet statistics
Gian Paolo Buono wrote: Hi, try systat and :ifstat bye On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Erik Osterholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 04:39:35PM +0200, Vonarburg, David wrote: Hi, I am using Intel PRO/1000PT Server adaptor with freeBSD 7.0. How can I read out the statistics of the card from software? (num bytes received, packets sent and more) Thanks in advance David Is netstat -i what you're looking for? Erik ___ 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] Hi, I'd suggest vnStat. I've posted a post on my blog a few days ago on how to set it up on FreeBSD: http://linux-bsd-sharing.blogspot.com/2008/09/howto-monitor-network-traffic-with.html Best Regards. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ethernet statistics
Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote: - Original Message From: Ricardo Jesus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 10:50:59 PM Subject: Re: ethernet statistics Gian Paolo Buono wrote: Hi, try systat and :ifstat bye On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Erik Osterholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 04:39:35PM +0200, Vonarburg, David wrote: Hi, I am using Intel PRO/1000PT Server adaptor with freeBSD 7.0. How can I read out the statistics of the card from software? (num bytes received, packets sent and more) Thanks in advance David Is netstat -i what you're looking for? Erik ___ 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] Hi, I'd suggest vnStat. I've posted a post on my blog a few days ago on how to set it up on FreeBSD: http://linux-bsd-sharing.blogspot.com/2008/09/howto-monitor-network-traffic-with.html Best Regards. I think there is small error with this port. BB# vnstat -l Monitoring eth0...(press CTRL-C to stop) getting traffic...Error: Unable to get interface statistics. Is it made to be used for linux as default? Regards, -Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri Arab Portal http://www.WeArab.Net/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Abdullah, That's why you should specify the interface, like so: alterran# vnstat -l -i rl0 Monitoring rl0...(press CTRL-C to stop) rx: 9.13 kB/s20 p/stx: 21.15 kB/s25 p/s Best regards. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Automatically starting user programs on boot
David Collins wrote:
| Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:06:54 +0200 (CEST)
| From: Sa?a Stupar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Subject: Automatically starting user programs on boot
| To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
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| Hi!
|
| On my FBSD 7 server I also use screen with rtorrent. In case of server
| reboot (power outage, server goes on UPS then power down) the user need
| manually to login, then start screen and then rtorrent. Is it possible to
| start this procedure automatically and of course as certain user and not
| as root?
| I was thinking about .startup file or something in users home directory.
|
| Regards,
| Sasa
Hi,
I have been using rtorrent and screen for a while now, it is a great
setup. Anyway, I found an rc.d file for debian that I have changed to
make work for me on freebsd 7. I doubt it is as good as it could be,
but hey, it works fine for me :)
You will have to change some of the variables at the top of the file.
It opens screen on boot, names it rtorrent and starts rtorrent, does
its thing in the background. To connect to it type screen -r rtorrent
I placed it in /usr/local/etc/rc.d since it isn't part of the base
distribution. I also named it with a .sh suffix, I forget why but it
is something to do with a controlling terminal, I think. I also have a
nice .screenrc file if you would like since I know how much of a pain
it is to figure out!
$ cat /usr/local/etc/rc.d
#!/bin/sh
# PROVIDE: rtorrent
# REQUIRE: DAEMON
#
###Notes###
#
# This script depends on screen.
# For the stop function to work, you must set an
# explicit session directory using ABSOLUTE paths (no, ~ is not
absolute) in your rtorrent.rc.
# If you typically just start rtorrent with just rtorrent on the
# command line, all you need to change is the user option.
# Attach to the screen session as your user with
# screen -dr rtorrent. Change rtorrent with srnname option.
# Licensed under the GPLv2 by lostnihilist: lostnihilist _at_ gmail _dot_ com
##
###/Notes###
##
###
##Start Configuration##
###
# You can specify your configuration in a different file
# (so that it is saved with upgrades, saved in your home directory,
# or whateve reason you want to)
# by commenting out/deleting the configuration lines and placing them
# in a text file (say /home/user/.rtorrent.init.conf) exactly as you would
# have written them here (you can leave the comments if you desire
# and then uncommenting the following line correcting the path/filename
# for the one you used. note the space after the ..
# . /etc/rtorrent.init.conf
# system user to run as
user=davidcollins
# the system group to run as, not implemented, see d_start for
beginning implementation
# group=`id -ng $user`
# the full path to the filename where you store your rtorrent configuration
config=`su $user -c 'echo $HOME'`/.rtorrent.rc
# set of options to run with
options=
# default directory for screen, needs to be an absolute path
base=`su $user -c 'echo $HOME'`
# name of screen session
srnname=rtorrent
# file to log to (makes for easier debugging if something goes wrong)
logfile=/var/log/rtorrentInit.log
###
###END CONFIGURATION###
###
. /etc/rc.subr
PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin
name=rtorrent
rcvar=`set_rcvar`
eval ${rcvar}=\${${rcvar}:-'NO'}
start_precmd=checkcnfg
start_cmd=${name}_start
stop_cmd=${name}_stop
checkcnfg() {
exists=0
for i in `echo $PATH | tr ':' '\n'` ; do
if [ -f $i/$name ] ; then
exists=1
break
fi
done
if [ $exists -eq 0 ] ; then
err 3 cannot find rtorrent binary in PATH $PATH
fi
if ! [ -r ${config} ] ; then
err 3 cannot find readable config ${config}. check that it is
there and permissions are appropriate
fi
session=`getsession $config`
if ! [ -d ${session} ] ; then
err 3 cannot find readable session directory ${session} from
config ${config}. check permissions
fi
}
rtorrent_start()
{
echo Starting $name.
[ -d ${base} ] cd ${base}
stty stop undef stty start undef
## start screen with rtorrent inside
su ${user} -c screen -dm -S ${srnname} ${name} ${options} 21
1/dev/null | tee -a $logfile 2
}
rtorrent_stop()
{
echo Stopping $name.
session=`getsession $config`
if ! [ -s ${session}/rtorrent.lock ] ; then
return
fi
pid=`cat ${session}/rtorrent.lock | awk -F: '{print($2)}' | sed
s/[^0-9]//g`
## make sure the pid doesn't belong to another process
if ps -A | grep -sq ${pid}.*rtorrent ; then
kill -s INT ${pid}
fi
}
getsession()
{
session=`cat $1 | grep ^[[:space:]]*session[[:space:]]*= | sed
s/^[[:space:]]*session[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*// `
echo $session
}
load_rc_config $name
run_rc_command $1
Re: rtorrent refuses to open bittorrent file
Norberto Meijome wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:20:05 -0300
luizbcampos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As I am a new user to rtorrent I would like to know how to set it
up properly. After I had configured .rc.rtorrent when I type
--anyfile.torrent -- I got the answer that rtorrent is unable to open
such a file...
hey,
what happens if you type /the/full/path/to/anyfile.torrent ?
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If you are using the default config and have a .torrent on your ~, load
rtorrent:
1. $ cd ~
2. $ rtorrent
3. press ENTER
4. press TAB for list of torrent in ~
To resume a download, if using the default config and with the .torrent
in your ~, do the same exact steps as above and the program will re-hash
and resume the download.
Hope I've helped.
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