Re: /boot is full after running make installkernel on FreeBSD 8.0
Henrik Hudson writes: Or just make one large partition. Not on a server, but I don't see much reason for using multiple partitions on a laptop. Multiple partitions still isn't a bad idea if you ever have to fsck and even on a desktop / laptop I usually mount /tmp as noexec. (note: installworld requires exec in /tmp, so you will have to remount /tmp if you use that). Also, it's easier to recover if you can boot single user mode and run a quick fsck on / when it's small. It doesn't happen often, but when it does it's easier. 1) The preferred backup method uses dump. 2) dump works on entire partitions. 2a) It makes little sense to back up 500 gbytes when all you need to preserve is 5 gbytes. 3) If you regularly need to dump more than a single partition, quite a few people have scripts they will probably be willing to share. Robert Huff ___ 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
Updating
Grant Peel writes: What would be the prefered method of upgrading servers from freebsd 6.x to 8.x ? Fresh install and reload users data, rebuild ports etc? This. Safer, expecially if you install to a clean disk. Possibly less time. Definitely less hassle (once you get the initial installation done). Robert Huff ___ 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: partition / is full
Jerry McAllister writes: Tool df showed me that the partition / has 102% of the occupied space (102% Capacity). Added a file? rc.conf -- clear_tmp_enable=YES but nothing that could not (although it has been emptied tmp). Personally, I think that you need to remove the old kernel (I did freebsd-update fetch and install), but I do not know how. Perhaps the reason is quite different - I'm just guessing. Do you know how to fix it? That could fill up your root (/) partition. Getting rid of obsolete kernels could help. Try: du -x / | sort -nr | head -n 30 and then figure out whether each of those directories is the correct size. Robert Huff ___ 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
Ownership of /var/named Changes on Reboot.
Martin McCormick writes: Is there a way to keep /var/named owned by bind across reboots? Yes. I had this happen for a long time. The bad news is it had been years since I fixed it, and I no longer remember exactly what I did. I will keep trying. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem upgrading ports - libintl.so.8 not found
Eitan Adler writes: What do I need to do to fix this problem? 20100530: AFFECTS: users of devel/gettext (i.e.: YOU) AUTHOR: a...@freebsd.org When doing this, I also had problems with something which led to a problem with textproc/flex. I have to completely de-install flex, then re-install. That fixed things. Robert Huff ___ 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: Simulate CRON
Carmel writes: I saw a posting here months ago regarding a way to simulate running a script under CRON. I wrote it down and now cannot find it. Googling has not proved very useful either. I just cannot remember the program name. Are you looking for a cron syntax check? If yes, then this site should be of some help: No, sorry. There was a command or program, I forgot which, that would allow a user to run a program under another environment, similar to the environment that a script under CRON would be running under. Are you possibly talking about a jail? Robert Huff ___ 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: dbus_enable and hald_enable
Polytropon writes: can you explain to me what is it : dbus_enable=YES and hald_enable=YES in file /etc/rc.conf? What is their function? Sadly, those don't provide man dbus or man hal in a very impolite manner. I'm sure you can find more documentation on the web, but it may already be outdated. Try man hald. If you ask what HAL and DBUS actually *ARE*, I'm not sure what to answer - to me, they are both useless. :-) I believe they involved with plug-and-play devices. Robert Huff ___ 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
Apache22 Upgrade Failure
Odhiambo Washington writes: Did I miss something? Trying to upgrade apache22 on my FreeBSD boxes results in: Have you read /usr/ports/UPDATING? Robert Huff ___ 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
increasing memory for no root users on freebsd 8.0
Vikash Badal writes: Can someone assist me with tunning freebsd 8.0 so that I can allocate more memory to a process that is not owned by root or running as root. man (5) login.conf ?? Robert Huff ___ 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: md5(1) and cal(1)
Warren Block writes: 1. Why doesn't cal(1) hilight the current day? cal on FreeBSD 8 does highlight the current date. Confirmed for both xterm and whatever the console driver is using. Robert Huff ___ 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: Small computer to run a GUI?
per...@pluto.rain.com writes: Sounds a bit like a ShivaPlug. Or something almost identical. Thanks. Robert Huff ___ 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: Small computer to run a GUI?
Andrew Gould writes: Sounds like you want a netbook. I was more thinking of something without a monitor, keyboard or mouse. I want to put it in a cupboard and not worry about it. With a netbook i'd probably have to leave it open (or else it would go into suspend mode or heat up or...). I was just hoping for something Soekris size but with a VGA output. Have you taken a look at the fit-PC2? Since it can run Linux, the odds are it can run FreeBSD as well. You might want to ask the creators. http://www.fit-pc.com/web/ I seem to have lost the bookmark, but within the last 18 months or so I saw an article for something that might work here. It ran Linux, so hopefully it would run *BSD. It had a 1 ghz processor, and 512 mbytes of RAM. The package was a a cube. 2x2x2. That's correct, inches. One face has a power plug; another had a USB connector; a third has a (100 mbit) ethernet connector. The price was (I think) under US $150. Robert Huff ___ 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: Addition to BSDstats
Chris Whitehouse writes: The problem with not including bsdstats in sysinstall or some other means of bringing it to peoples attention is that it gets forgotten and loses its effectiveness. What about a monthly (3 monthly, whatever) reminder saying what bsdstats is about and the reasons for installing it. Maybe it could go in the monthly list subscription reminder. As part of the installation process, offer to add a crontab entry? Robert Huff ___ 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
upgrading from i386 to AMD64
Neil Short writes: Based upon a different question in this forum, I find myself motivated to upgrade my i386 install to AMD64. Can this be done by a simple kernel rebuild or a binary upgrade? Is a full reinstallation necessary? Perhaps not strictly necessary, but the path of least resistance and lowest risk. Robert Huff ___ 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
parsing terminfo entries
Other than curses, is there a library that will let me parse a terminfo string? I.e. ask for the value of a particular setting? Robert Huff ___ 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: parsing terminfo entries
I found what I need, folks. Thanks for the help. Robert Huff ___ 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: mysql60 port broken? Its 10:00. Do U know where ur mysqlclient.16 is?
Jerry writes: Question 1) Why can mysqlclient.16 not be found? Could it actually need libmysqlclient.so.16? Question 2) What's up with mysql60-server? Is the port broken? The MySQL60 port has been gone for a while now. I know, because I was in the same boat. Use portupgrade with the -o flag to fix the problem. When this happened to me, I was tolk 5.5 is the line under active development. I (with trepidation) de-installed 6.0, installed 5.5, and everything worked. Of course, I'm using it mainly to learn how; your experience may be different. Robert Huff ___ 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: Online school for FreeBSD
herbert langhans writes: I sign here too - Lucas' Absolute FreeBSD covers practically all the aspects when you new to Unix. Its a good choice. A seperate computer for trying out and break'n'reinstall is also a good idea for a start. Its like learning a foreign language. At the beginning you may wonder how anybody can ever understand this mumbo jumbo. Then you will get an idea of it and go into an experimental stage where many things go wrong. And after some years you wonder that there was a time before where you could not understand such an obvious, logical concept. For UNIX novices willing to read, I strongly recomment _UNIX System Administration Handbook_ (http://www.amazon.com/UNIX-System-Administration-Handbook-3rd/dp/0130206016/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1271073058sr=1-1). My version, now out of date, covers Solaris, HP-UX, Red Hat, and FreeBSD. It's very readable, and while it doesn't cover everything it teaches enough (including some how and why to be able to figure things out from the man pages or third-party documentation. Robert Huff ___ 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
Online school for FreeBSD
jt writes: I've been doing searches for online schools that teach FreeBSD. I've been trying to learn on an off for years but when it starts getting complicated, I get stuck. The handbook don't do a lot of good. My goal is simply this. I want to open a small business, A server, To lease out web space, domains, etc etc. I want to start small and possibly expand to a rack of servers and so on. While there is applicable information, based on your description I do not believe this is a job the Handbook was ever intended to address. I've been searching all say and cannot find ANY online schools that teach FreeBSD. From what I understand, FreeBSD is the best for security and control. I'll be leasing out shell space too so I need security like sh3lls.net. A company like that is eventually what Id like to accomplish. But I need to know the ground up. I don't want to trust an employee with root access to my server. What is there in what you want to do that is specific to FreeBSD? Based on an uninformed guess, it sounds like 90+ percent of these tasks are UNIX-generic; what's left could easily vary with your unique case and might be best handled to questions to targeted mailing lists. I remember seeing a book out there specific to what I'm trying to do. However, if someone _has_ done this having that on the record would be nice. You guys do excellent work. I hope not only to learn but someday contribute back to the freebsd community. See? You have already. Robert Huff ___ 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: Kernel Config for NAT
Ian Smith writes: So ... double-checking I'm doing this right: 1) in /boot/loader.conf: ipfw_load=YES ipdivert_load=YES I thought from your earlier mail that you wanted to use in-kernel NAT? I want whatever works. :-) Beyond that ... all other things being more-or-less equal I'll do this with modules. Let's build that. So in /etc/sysctl.conf: net.inet.ip.fw.default_to_accept=1 net.inet.ip.fw.verbose=1 net.inet.ip.fw.verbose_limit=100 check. I believe all these can be accomplished with modules on GENERIC kernel, at least on 8.x, with the exception of FIREWALL_FORWARD functionality which does require a custom kernel as it messes with lots of ip paths. This machine has a custom kernel, so that's not a an issue. And in /boot/loader.conf: ipfw_load=YES ipfw_nat=YES # in-kernel ipfw nat libalias=YES # for in-kernel ipfw nat check. and in the kernel config: #options IPFIREWALL #firewall #options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE #enable logging to syslogd(8) options IPFIREWALL_FORWARD #options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=100#limit verbosity #options IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT#allow everything by default #options IPDIVERT #options IPFIREWALL_NAT #ipfw kernel nat support #options LIBALIAS # required for NAT check. This combination will get me a) ipfw, using the standard rc.conf firewall_ variables, and b) NAT ... do I still need to have a nat setting in the firewall rules? Less confused than last time, Robert Huff ___ 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: Kernel Config for NAT
Adam Vande More writes: If compiled into the kernel, there's a set of optional settings (VERBOSE, LOG_LINIT, DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT, etc) that can be set there. If using the module, how does one set these? Logging is compiled into the modules and there are a few sysctl's. AFAIK, everything else is the same. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/firewalls-ipfw.html It would be nice if this were made explicit in that handvook. And the other two secotions harmonized as well. Robert Huff ___ 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: Kernel Config for NAT
Adam Vande More writes: If compiled into the kernel, there's a set of optional settings (VERBOSE, LOG_LINIT, DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT, etc) that can be set there. If using the module, how does one set these? Logging is compiled into the modules and there are a few sysctl's. AFAIK, everything else is the same. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/firewalls-ipfw.html So ... double-checking I'm doing this right: 1) in /boot/loader.conf: ipfw_load=YES ipdivert_load=YES 2) in the kernel config: #options IPFIREWALL #firewall #options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE #enable logging to syslogd(8) #options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=100#limit verbosity #options IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT#allow everything by default #options IPDIVERT #options IPFIREWALL_NAT #ipfw kernel nat support options LIBALIAS # required for NAT 3) in /etc/sysctl.conf: net.inet.ip.fw.default_to_accept=1 net.inet.ip.fw.verbose=1 net.inet.ip.fw.verbose_limit=100 That cover it? Robert Huff ___ 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: Kernel Config for NAT
IMHO, and according to Adam Vandr More, kernel options are no longer required. The original reason I asked was: 30.6.2 Kernel Options It is not a mandatory requirement to enable IPFW by compiling the following options into the FreeBSD kernel, unless NAT functionality is required. I do want NAT, and there is no unambiguous path in the Handbook. Still need entries in /etc/rc.conf. See HB 30.9.5, 30.6.3, 30.6.5.7 Once ipfw is running, I should have the rulesets covered. Robert Huff ___ 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: Kernel Config for NAT
Adam Vande More writes: I am setting up a router to share one Wi-Fi link between a few computers that only support CAT-5. Like a wireless access point except wired and wireless sides are reversed. My question is about the ipfw packet filter. From the handbook section on NAT, 31.9.3, I can achieve what I need with boot loader options. Section 31.9.4 describes alternatives for building a custom kernel. In contrast, the chapter on ipfw states several times that NAT requires a custom kernel - 30.6.1, 30.6.2, 30.6.5.7. I want to use freebsd-update and building a custom kernel eliminates that option. Which is correct? Do I need to build a custom kernel to use NAT? You don't need to do build a custom kernel anymore, that's a relatively recent change. Another option is to use pf instead ipfw since it has built-in NAT. I'm not saying you should change as your current path has worked great for me for many years. If compiled into the kernel, there's a set of optional settings (VERBOSE, LOG_LINIT, DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT, etc) that can be set there. If using the module, how does one set these? Robert Huff ___ 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
why use diablo JDK/JRE ?
Masoom Shaikh writes: what is the need for FreeBSD Foundation to maintain dialbo JDK/JRE binaries when packages for openjdk are available on ftp servers ? ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-8-stable/java/openjdk-7.0.86.tbz stupid me, never realized, just assumed that openjdk binaries cannot be distributed I always used to download diablo, then build openjdk :( such a waste of time/effort As far as I know, openjdk does not provide browser plugins. If that's not a problem Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
problem with mailing list archives?
If I go to http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/archive/freebsd-questions.html;, the last weekly archive is dated March 07. What's up with that? :-) Robert Huff ___ 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
ipv6 changes in src/UPDATING
I am updating a system: FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #3: Tue Sep 15 18:49:58 EDT 2009 amd64 and failing to understand the (practical) consequences of UPDATING entries 20090926 and 20091202. The system runs ipv6, but external connectivity is though a v6-over-v4 tunnel (net/gateway6). rc.conf currently has: huff@grep v6 /etc/rc.conf ipv6_gateway_enable=YES # Set to YES if this host will be a gateway. ipv6_firewall_enable=YES # Set to YES to enable IPv6 firewall ipv6_firewall_type=UNKNOWN# see /etc/rc.firewall6 ipv6_firewall_script=/etc/ipfw.v6.set # Which script to run to set up the IPv6 firewall ipv6_firewall_flags= # see /etc/rc.firewall6 gateway6_enable=YES eyes glaze over Um ... er ... ah ... what needs to change? Respectfully, Robert Huff ___ 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
some qs
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E1rton_Sztriha?= beerkezopo...@gmail.com: I have some questions regarding free BSD. Can I run open office cross platform on BSD? /usr/ports/editors/openoffice.org-3 Does BSD run the .exe files? Only unde emulation. Does BSD recognise SATA drives? man 4 ata Robert Huff ___ 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
make buildworld runs out of space
Bill Tillman writes: I have built two machines with 8.0-STABLE-201002-amd64. When I updated the sources and ran make buildworld process it would fail claiming that / was full. It seems to be running into the problem when the make installkernel portion of my script was running. Both machines were built using the default of 512M for /. I rebuilt the machines with 1G / and all was well. But one shouldn't have to do this as 512M for / should be adequate. Can you show us a df and a du -x | sort -nr | head -n 25 for '/'? Robert Huff ___ 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 on Panasonic TV
Richard Tobin writes: I was interested to see that my Panasonic television displays a FreeBSD copyright notice. Does anybody know how much of FreeBSD it uses? (It apparently uses a UFS filesystem on disks attached for video recording.) My Toshiba manual includes a NetBSD copyright notice; I believe it is for the USB stack. Surprised me, too. Robert Huff ___ 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
multimon.cgi
=?iso-8859-1?Q?D=E1nielisz_L=E1szl=F3?= writes: I'm planning to buy an APC UPS becasue FreeBSD have a nice apcupsd daemon so I can control my system. Okay, but the thing is that apcupsd have a web interface for it, the main file is called multinom.cgi, I read the manual (http://www.apcupsd.com/manual/manual.html) but I seen no reference for FreeBSD. Did any of you do this before? How? huff@ dir /usr/local/www/apache22/cgi-bin/apcupsd/ total 274 drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel512 Jan 13 08:31 . drwxrwxr-x 3 root wheel512 Jan 13 08:31 .. lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7 Sep 7 2009 apcupsd - apcupsd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 73067 Jan 13 08:31 multimon.cgi -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 59369 Jan 13 08:31 upsfstats.cgi -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 70677 Jan 13 08:31 upsimage.cgi -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 69664 Jan 13 08:31 upsstats.cgi This help? Robert Huff ___ 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 ports was Flash viewer for FBSD
Polytropon writes: I am now thinking which one is better. I have used portupgrade / portinstall in the past, but I think portmaster really is the way to go, at least for me, As far as I can tell, for 90-95% of tasks they're indistinguishable. If (generic) you have special needs - ugdating a large user base, extensive local patches, or a non-standard set of dependencies - then you're going to have to do the research and test them for yourself. And instructions for using portmaster are increasingly common in /usr/ports/UPDATING. Robert Huff ___ 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: HTML5 under FreeBSD Desktop
Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri writes: Good bye adobe lame Flash player which never wanted to support FreeBSD and *BSD. HTML5, welcome abroad :) Unless you know something we don't, don't bet the rent money just yet. Robert Huff ___ 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: xorg, xdm, desktop env
Polytropon writes: A small addition: In order to be able to use X with an initialisation file even when not using XDM (i. e. starting X by startx) AND not having to maintain two startup files (.xsession and .xinitrc) AND furthermore incorporating shell settings for the shell of choice (default: the C shell), you can use this approach: Perhaps since I don't run xdm from ttys (having been bit by that in the past), I have for years simply linked one to the other. Works fine, and saves having to remember to update one when the other changes. There are no negatives I know about. Robert Huff ___ 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: Flash viewer for FBSD
Polytropon writes: And remember, youtube-dl is a hack. It can break anytime YT changes its embedding. That's what make update is used for. :-) More importantly, it's about the author (and maintainer, if they're different) fixing things promptly after a change, My experience has been 2-3 days. Robert Huff ___ 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: Flash viewer for FBSD
Chuck Swiger writes: For all practical purposes, if you upgrade to a new major version, then you must rebuild all installed ports. And if you have the time and knowledge to not have to do this ... you're probably not involved in the discussion to begin with. :-) Robert Huff ___ 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
Thousands of ssh probes
John writes: My nightly security logs have thousands upon thousands of ssh probes in them. One day, over 6500. This is enough that I can actually feel it in my network performance. Other than changing ssh to a non-standard port - is there a way to deal with these? Every day, they originate from several different IP addresses, so I can't just put in a static firewall rule. Is there a way to get ssh to quit responding to a port or a way to generate a dynamic pf rule in cases like this? There are several solutions in the ports system; I use security/denyhosts. Robert Huff ___ 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
Perl 5.8 - 5.10 On Current Production System
Tim Daneliuk writes: Is there a recommended procedure I can read somewhere on how to upgrade an entire production system from Perl 5.8 to 5.10 (or whatever is current) cleanly? /usr/ports/UPDATING ? Robert Huff ___ 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: creating htmls from a directory tree?
Anton Shterenlikht writes: I'd like to upload a directory structure to a web server. I'd like to create in each subdirectory an index.html with a simple list of files in this directory for a simple browsing. This sounds like a perl or shell script, but I was wondering if there is someting like this already available from ports. I couldn't find anything suitable. You could just turn on Apache's built-in directory listing capability and Apache will create those files on-demand. I see.. I need to talk to the web server guys then. The magic phrase is: IndexOptions FancyIndexing This can also be put in .htaccess; whether or not that file is honored is up to the server. Robert Huff ___ 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
HELP! Is that possible creating a user named root but acturally not the administrator root
Lin Taosheng writes: Is that possible to implementated? For most purposes, what's important is not the account name, but the User II. Root is special because it has UID 0. You can, create other accounts with UIS 0 ... but it's usually a Very Bad Idea. As far as I know, there's no reason you can't rename the root account and have a non UID 0 account with that name. On the other hand, if you're asking this question there may be a better way to accomplish your objective: would you care to share? Respectfully, Robert Huff ___ 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
documentation about enabling IPFW
Can someone affirmatively verify that this part (30.6.1) of the Handbook is correct? Particularly the last sentence. Quote: IPFW is included in the basic FreeBSD install as a separate run time loadable module. The system will dynamically load the kernel module when the rc.conf statement firewall_enable=YES is used. There is no need to compile IPFW into the FreeBSD kernel unless NAT functionality is desired. Robert Huff ___ 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
No floppy-images for FreeBSD 8.0 installation anymore?
herbert langhans writes: I cannot boot this computer from the SCSI-CD drives. Is there any chance to get 8.0 for floppies? I do not believe there are (by default) floppies for 8.0; whether this is new for this release of not I cannot say. Is the machine modern enough it could boot from a USB-connected CDROM? Robert Huff ___ 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: documentation about enabling IPFW
Matthew Seaman writes: Can someone affirmatively verify that this part (30.6.1) of the Handbook is correct? Particularly the last sentence. Quote: IPFW is included in the basic FreeBSD install as a separate run time loadable module. The system will dynamically load the kernel module when the rc.conf statement firewall_enable=YES is used. There is no need to compile IPFW into the FreeBSD kernel unless NAT functionality is desired. Yes, it is correct. You can also load during runtime: # kldload ipfw.ko That' not really the issue with what the quoted paragraph says. Enabling ipfw functionality by loading a kernel module is not under contention. The question is about ipfw+NAT. That paragraph says you have to compile ipfw into the kernel to use ipfw+NAT, however on a RELENG_8 system (at least) there's a loadable ipfw_nat.ko module. Which very much implies you *don't* need to compile ipfw into the kernel for ipfw+NAT nowadays. Exactly! Robert Huff ___ 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: Cannot build perl on FreeBSD 8.0
Warren Block writes: Not yet. I'm trying to do this - a lot of ports depend on perl, and I get stuck with it. No, there are no any extra settings in /etc/make.conf. You may be running into the situation where something Perl needs can't run because of mixed libraries. For the 7-8 major version upgrade, it's usually easier and faster to save your pkg_info output, backup /usr/local/etc, and pkg_delete everything. Then update the ports tree and start installing ports from scratch. There may be a way to automate that, like feeding the saved pkg_info output to portupgrade. I haven't done it often enough to investigate. pkg_sort, which is part of portupgrade, is a useful tool. Robert Huff ___ 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: this may be impossible: iis there a way to play streams on our firefox?
Mike Clarke writes: Is it just me or is the flash plugin still not fully functional? Possible causes: the Linux plugin doesn't have all the capabilities of the Windows version. the Linux plugin does not interface completely/correctly with the Linux emulation layer. the Linux emulation layer does not interface completely/ correctly with the rest of FreeBSD. I don't watch much Flash, so I almost never have the problem you describe. Robert Huff ___ 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! Upgrade from fbsd 5.4 to 8.x
Erich Dollansky writes: Remember, the USD stack was rewritten from scratch. It it my understanding that in most cases the new USB stack should ve compatible with the old USB stack, at least to the extent that programs that compile and run under $OldUSB should compile and run under $NewUSB out of the box. Robert Huff ___ 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: Recommendations for NICs?
Chuck Swiger writes: This used to be a hot topic long ago, but now seems to have become rather dormant. Intel (fxp, em) and Broadcom (bce, bge) make fine NICs, and the older DEC/Intel 21x4x Tulip series (dc/de) was quite good as well. Let me add my vote for Intel: I have a dual-port Pro/1000, and the thing is a rock: h...@jerusalem uptime 1:28PM up 3 days, 20:56, 7 users, load averages: 2.47, 2.32, 2.28 h...@jerusalem netstat -i NameMtu Network Address Ipkts IerrsOpkts Oerrs Coll em01500 Link#1 00:0e:0c:a8:a7:e8 7814719 0 5448800 0 354923 em01500 fe80:1::20e:c fe80:1::20e:cff:f0 -3 - - em01500 209.6.88.0/21 209.6.91.204 4586806 - 5448773 - - em11500 Link#2 00:0e:0c:a8:a7:e923378 0 1104 0 0 em11500 10.0.0.0 jerusalem.scallop 825417 - 1096 - - em11500 fe80:2::20e:c fe80:2::20e:cff:f0 -4 - - The other nifty thing? The driver. Written by Intel waves at Jack Vogel, with superlative turn-around on problems or documentation questions, and open source. Robert Huff ___ 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: Recommendations for NICs?
C. C. Tang writes: Let me add my vote for Intel: I have a dual-port Pro/1000, and the thing is a rock: I am planning to get a Pro/1000 MT dual port card, do you know that will it works well in 32bit PCI slot on FreeBSD? I have one of these: Pro/1000 GT Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller (82546EB) It has worked perfectly, with one tertiary exception that happened due to a (non-FreeBSD related) driver change: for some reason, DHCP tries to send packets before the driver decides it's ready to accept them. This causes a 30-60 second delay during startup, but afterwards everything is fine. Robert Huff ___ 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: Upgrading Standing Systems from 6.3 to 8.0
Martin McCormick writes: Robert Huff writes: Is it possible to have someone swap the hard disks of those machines? I pushed for hot-swappable drives back when we ordered these systems which are Dell 2950's, but I didn't get anywhere at all with that campaign. Hot swap would be great, but I was referring to regular swap: human being with a screwdriver and a clue. Reliable outside contractor, if you absolutely can't send someone in-house. Robert Huff ___ 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
Upgrading Standing Systems from 6.3 to 8.0
Martin McCormick writes: Can one upgrade a standing system from 6.3 to 8.0? We do have a few sacrificial systems to try the big upgrade on, but the actual systems are scattered through 3 towns over 200 miles. Not a one is just down the hall so it is all going to have to be done remotely. Is it possible to have someone swap the hard disks of those machines? Because not only are you going to have to upgrade the OS twice, you're going to have to re-install all the ports. (OK, you may not _have_ to reinstall - compatibility libraries exist - but it is clearly the path of greatest reliability.) It's just as easy to start with a clean installation, which has other benefits as well. Robert Huff ___ 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: Setup FTP service on FreeBSD 2.0.5?
Hello: The thing concerns me is exact the question you asked in the first place: Does FreeBSD 2.0.5 even have any support for wireless networking devices? Because I cannot find any reference it. I am wondering if anyone in this mailing list has a answer to this question. And I am just curious to see how people made wireless network back in 1990s. I believe the answer would be No.. The first mention I can find of wireless adapters in the release notes is for 3.3, in late 1998. Robert Huff ___ 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: Setup FTP service on FreeBSD 2.0.5?
Matthew Seaman writes: [*] The Beeb was still using that modem-handshaking sound clip as an aural clue that the subject of an item was 'computers' even up to a year or so ago. Which may be anachronistic, but is both audibly and conceptually distinct. Quickly - what's the sound of an OC3, or a web page loading? (I spent 1996 (I think) doing QA for a company building a remote access product. Got to the point I could name each phase of the modem handshake, and stood a good chance of being able to identify the speed and encryption method.) Robert Huff ___ 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: Where did the handbook go?
=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Frank_Wi=DFmann?= writes: I am wondering where my handbook is. Under /usr/share/doc/de/ where it used to be is nothing appropriate. Has anybody an idea for me? Using sysinstall to install additional docs didn't solve the problem. Or am I wrong? On FreeBSD 7.2, I see it at: /usr/share/doc/de_DE.ISO8859-1/books/handbook If you are on a different FreeBSD release version, I suppose your mileage may vary. Sorry, my friend. I'm on 8.0-RELEASE. I am not sure, but I believe that as of 8.0, the (standard system) docs are released as a port: huff@ dir /var/db/pkg | grep bsd-doc drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Dec 22 11:08 bn-freebsd-doc-20091219 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Dec 22 10:39 da-freebsd-doc-20091219 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Sep 14 08:30 de-freebsd-doc-20090913 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Sep 14 08:38 el-freebsd-doc-20090913 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Sep 14 08:50 en-freebsd-doc-20090913 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Sep 14 08:55 es-freebsd-doc-20090913 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Sep 14 09:02 fr-freebsd-doc-20090913 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Sep 14 09:10 hu-freebsd-doc-20090913 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Sep 14 09:15 it-freebsd-doc-20090913 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Dec 22 11:07 ja-freebsd-doc-20091219 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Sep 14 09:41 mn-freebsd-doc-20090913 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Sep 14 09:47 nl-freebsd-doc-20090913 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Sep 14 09:53 pl-freebsd-doc-20090913 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Dec 22 11:41 pt-freebsd-doc-20091219 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Sep 14 09:57 ru-freebsd-doc-20090913 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Dec 22 11:12 sr-freebsd-doc-20091219 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Dec 22 10:38 tr-freebsd-doc-20091219 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Sep 14 10:09 zh_cn-freebsd-doc-20090913 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Sep 14 10:19 zh_tw-freebsd-doc-20090913 Robert Huff ___ 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: fetchmail and plain text password
Anton Shterenlikht writes: I'd be more worried that your password is sent as plaintext over the network using e.g. POP3. You should use the --ssl option if your mailserver allows it. it looks like it doesn't allow ssl. It is my understanding ISPs - at least those in the U.S. oriented to the home user - rarely do, It's a non-trivial amount of work to get working and then monitor for correct behavior and possible breaches. Robert Huff ___ 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: request
Lars Eighner writes:
Isn't Iran one of the countries US does not export to? That
could explain the unability to download...
Shirley, there are mirrors outside the US.
Downloading isos by dial-up can be a pain, but a good ftp client which can
restart reliably makes it possible.
Does the OP have a friend or co-worker who has broasband
access? Would his ISP be willing to do this (and perhaps burn the
CD) for a small fee?
And yes, ftp is a better choice; while fewer every year, there
are still a lot of mail {user, transfer} agents that will choke on a
600 mb attachment. Also: crude calculations suggest this will
monopolize his phone line for over a day
(I'd send him my out-of-date (6.* and early 7.*) CDs, but a)
the postage would be huge and b) they'd probably get mauled by U.S.
postal inspectors.)
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Re: question about building a custom kernel
ill...@gmail.com writes: You aren't going to gain much in speed or size savings, so do take care to understand what you hope to gain. While I haven't done even an eyeball check recently, not too long ago the size savings for an aggressively pruned kernel could be quite noticable; there was also anecdotal support (waves hand) forfaster performance. Barring that? Every part of the kernel is something that can possbily go wrong, either by itself or by interacting with another part; if it isn't there, it can't break. Now the record on this really pretty awesome ... on the other hand, I can't argue with the person who doesn't want to roll those dice. And compile times of current generation hardware are pretty short. On an AMD Phenom II x4 940 (3 ghz) it's 5 minutes, maybe less. Robert Huff ___ 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: RFC: Fam/Python based script for bruteforce blocking
Matthew Seaman writes: The FreeBSD mailing list software is set to scrub all attachments as a security measure. To makew material available, post it in-line, or post a URL. The attachment eater doesn't actually eat *all* attachments. Just the ones with MIME types it thinks are tasty. You can generally get stuff through if it's marked as something innocuous like text/plain Point taken. Robert Huff ___ 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: RFC: Fam/Python based script for bruteforce blocking
Brandon Low writes: Not sure why this didn't attach the first time. The FreeBSD mailing list software is set to scrub all attachments as a security measure. To makew material available, post it in-line, or post a URL. Robert Huff ___ 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: Root exploit for FreeBSD
Paul Schmehl writes: And from I understand it's going to get worse. Apparently the IT services are drawing up plans to completely forbid use of non-autorized OS. I imagine fbsd will not be authorized. So I'm anticipating another battle already. Does this extend to computers used for academic research, student owned computers being used on campus, etc? Perhaps it's because we're conditioned to think this way but a lot of us at universities in the US see a lot of this as being commonplace and to *not* do them is generally considered bad security practice. This last part is surprising to me. Not only are we not Windows-centric, the very idea of not allowing a diversity of OSes is foreign to our operation. We are a heavy Solaris shop (as are many universities), have a good amount of Suse and RHEL and far less Windows servers exposed to the Internet. At the desktop users may install whatever they want, so long as it's maintained properly (which we audit routinely) and used in an acceptable manner (which you agree to when you get an account.) We have just about every OS you can imagine, including some you wouldn't believe still exist. I haven't worked directly with academic IT in decades ... but I live in Boston, which has the highest concentration of colleges on the planet, and talk to peopke who do. If any of the major local colleges tried to ban non-Windows OSs as either or desktop, the only question would be who got to IT first - the students with the stakes and holy water, or the professors with the tar and feathers. On the other hand a well considered security policy specifying ends and not means, and accompanied by end-user detection/correction mechanisms, would be adopted quite happily. Robert Huff ___ 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: Root exploit for FreeBSD
Ulf Zimmermann writes: Just go to Fry's Electronic. Most of their systems are still MS-Dos with Novell for network, running text based inventory/quote/sales app. Ca _lot_ of small businesses have something similar. Robert Huff ___ 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: Dangerously Dedicated
Jerry McAllister writes:
It is dedicated because only FreeBSD can talk to it.
Is this correct? What about {Net, Open, DregonFly}BSD, or
Linux?
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set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network
David Southwell writes: I am trying to set up a freebsd 7.2 p3 system to be able to print from an hp laserjet 2200dn equipped with a built in 10/100 jetdirect 610N. The printer is also used by a number of MS$ systems on the same subnet as the server so I know the printer is working and configured to print both text and graphics and to use the double sided facility. I need to use similar facilities from the server. I recently used CUPS to connect to a LaserJet 6 series with a non HP (but supposedly HP-compatible) print server. After some help, I entered socket://IP address in the appropriate field ... and everything Just Works. Robert Huff ___ 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
semi-problem starting sendmail
When I start sendmail, this: STARTTLS=server, error: SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file(/etc/mail/CA/private/cakey.pem) failed appears in the log. The file exists and has permissions 0600. What am I probably looking at, and how do I find more specific information on the cause? Respectfully, Robert Huff ___ 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: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network
David Southwell writes: Installed and configured cups but cannot get the online login system to work. It refuses to accept username/password combination. Not the CUPS expert. (Sorry.) Robert Huff ___ 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: semi-problem starting sendmail
Chuck Swiger writes: STARTTLS=server, error: SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file(/etc/mail/CA/private/cakey.pem) failed appears in the log. The file exists and has permissions 0600. What am I probably looking at, and how do I find more specific information on the cause? Make sure none of the directories in that path have 022 perms (go+write). Checked, and not the problem. Robert Huff ___ 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: semi-problem starting sendmail
I just generated new keys using the method specified the the article recommended by Giorgos, and I get the same result. Robert Huff ___ 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 migration and upgrade from 6.3 to 8.0 advice
Frank Wissmann writes: i am facing this situation, where i need to upgrade from my 6.3 i386 system, used as my main workstation, to a new hardware based on amd64 (phenom II x4). b) migrate all current data to the new hardware, kernel/system included, and then try to upgrade to 8.0 (by sysinstall or makeworld/makekernel) Item b) is not recommended. Confirmed. _Highly_ not recommended. .0 releases usually contain ABI/API changes (among other things) and you don't want anything getting confused. For me, a clean install of 8.0 and a move from the old data to the fresh install is better. To the OP: the machine I'm typing on is also AMD Phenom II x4 (940, if it matters) originally installed with 8.0-RC3/amd64. Once I got past the dangerously dedicated disk issue (and close relatives) everything went smoothly. Of the choices presented, I recommend (a1) with the old disk set to read-only in hardware. New disks are cheap, and this gives you a perfect backup for as long as you want it. Robert Huff ___ 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
Source Code Update Question
Jay Hall writes: This is the first time I have tried to upgrade FreeBSD's source code, and I have done something wrong, but I am not sure what. I am upgrading from 6.2 to 8.0. Have you read the Handbook entry on upgrading system source? Robert Huff ___ 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: Phoronix Benchmarks: Waht's wrong with FreeBSD 8.0?
Bill Moran writes: It's common knowledge that the default value for vfs.read_max is non- optimal for most hardware and that significant performance improvements can be made in most cases by raising it. Documentation/discussion where? Respectfully, Robert Huff ___ 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
MUA questions
Rem Roberti writes: I just installed FreeBSD 7.2 on a new box and am having trouble getting either fetchmail or getmail to talk to the ISP. Is this a question that can can be answered here, or is there another more appropriate forum. I thought it best to ask that question first before going any further. I use fetchmail, though I'm not an expert. What's the problem? Robert Huff ___ 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: GPUs on FBSD?
usleepl...@gmail.com writes: The talk/announcement on the Nvidia forum is about a native video driver for amd64 i believe. A lot of people are waiting for this ( currently there is only Nvidia support for i386 ). I do not believe this is correct. _As I understand it_ there are (currently) two options: 1) nv driver; written by nVidia, but does not support recent (last N generations) cards, works only for i386, and does not support 100% of 3d functions. Breakage fixed, but no new features added. 2) noveau driver; written by third parties, works for i386 and amd64 (maybe for others). For what works, see the (hopefully outdated) web page. Under development: 3) ; written (and maintained/improved) by nVidia, words for i386 and amd64, supports all cards, supports all functionality. ETA not announced; no public testing yet. If anyone knows better, please correct this. Robert Huff ___ 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: GPUs on FBSD?
usleepl...@gmail.com writes: as far as i know there have been Nvidia maintained/improved drivers for FreeBSD for ages ( ls /usr/ports/x11 | grep -i nvid ) I was looking at x11-drivers: h...@jerusalem dir /usr/ports/x11-drivers | grep video-n drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Aug 21 20:20 xf86-video-neomagic drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Aug 21 20:20 xf86-video-newport drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Aug 21 20:20 xf86-video-nouveau drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Aug 21 20:20 xf86-video-nsc drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Aug 21 20:20 xf86-video-nv If that's true, shouldn't the nvidia-drivers be moved? Robert Huff ___ 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: GPUs on FBSD?
usleepl...@gmail.com writes: as far as i know there have been Nvidia maintained/improved drivers for FreeBSD for ages ( ls /usr/ports/x11 | grep -i nvid ) And see this from the Makefile: # Starting with version 1.0-7667, NVidia has dropped support for # numerous legacy GPUs. Consult NVidia README (the Appendix) to # find out whether you need to use legacy driver version and install # one of corresponding `x11/nvidia-driver-71', # `x11/nvidia-driver-96', or `x11/nvidia-driver-173' slave ports. Robert Huff ___ 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: GPUs on FBSD?
usleepl...@gmail.com writes: as far as i know there have been Nvidia maintained/improved drivers for FreeBSD for ages ( ls /usr/ports/x11 | grep -i nvid ) And see this from the Makefile: # Starting with version 1.0-7667, NVidia has dropped support for # numerous legacy GPUs. Consult NVidia README (the Appendix) to # find out whether you need to use legacy driver version and install # one of corresponding `x11/nvidia-driver-71', # `x11/nvidia-driver-96', or `x11/nvidia-driver-173' slave ports. are you trying to be right afterall? Someone's confused. If it's me, that needs to get fixed. Robert Huff ___ 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: GPUs on FBSD?
Chris Rees writes:
Anybody knows of working GPUs under FBSD on any arch?
Any advice?
Nvidia GPUs work on IA-32 machines, but AFAIK there's still no
amd64 driver.
There was a posting within the last 24 hours on one of the
FreeBSD mailing lists that pointed to a post indicating nVidia is
working on native {i386, amd64} drivers. The post was dated
November 5th; it provided no expected release date beyond when it's
done. My personal _estimation_ would be when 8.0 ships, or soon
after.
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getting program.core, where and how?
How can I find out what the working directory of the binary is? I guess the problem is missing write permissions there. find directory -name filename See man find for details; look particularly at the 'x' option. Robert Huff ___ 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: libjpeg.so.9 missing from my installation of FBSD 7.2
Manolis Kiagias writes: Where you performing an upgrade of an existing system? AFAIK libjpeg.so.* libraries get installed by the graphics/jpeg port. This was (fairly) recently upgraded, and if you did not follow the /usr/ports/UPDATING instructions carefully, you probably ended up with some dependent apps still linked to the old version of the library. In short, try the following (assuming you use portupgrade): portupgrade -fr graphics/jpeg graphics/jpeg is a dependency for a _lot_ of ports. (100+ on my system.) Were I in the OP's shoes, I'd run pkg_info -R to find out which ones and feed the (edited) results through pkg_sort. Otherwise I might find myself rebuilding something like OpenOffice at an inopportune moment Robert thirty six hours and counting, tra-la Huff ___ 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 understanding basic FreeBSD concepts (ports, updates, jails)
andrew clarke writes: Don't bother with any of that. Just use portsnap. It's also part of base, and was written by the same person that wrote freebsd-update. It's lovely and much faster, although some people may argue with me on that. For your system, use freebsd-update. Seconded. Portsnap and freebsd-update are a cinch to use. As for freebsd-update: It has limitations; /inter alia/ see the DESCRIPTION section of the man page. If that's something one can live with, use it. If it's not, then the OP really needs to get familiar with the update-from-source method as described in the Handbook. It's scary at first (actually, it's still a teeny bit scary after ten years). but it helps one understand what goes into making a working system ... which is a really good thing if something does manage to go Horribly Wrong(tm). Robert Huff ___ 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: stuff and even more problems.... [ to mostly the hard core ]
Gary Kline writes: the keybd isn't the problem. it is in the box with a bunch of misc stuff i don't need. problem is that on my KVM switch are only ps2 plugs. on the back of the dell are USB jacks. i need something to convert from the PS2 plug to fit into the USB Have you actually tried this elsewhere and had it work? Because I'm certainly no expert on KVMs, but that sounds like a more likely to fail than succeed scenario. (I use a StarTech four port USB KVM, and would be interested in a good model that handles DVI/HDMI as opposed to 15 pin VGA video.) Respectfully, Robert Huff ___ 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: breakthru, maybe....
Matthew Seaman writes: All Intel processors produced in the last few years have been 64bit capable, including anything labelled 'core2'. You need to install the amd64 architecture binaries to get the system running in 64bit mode though, even though it's an Intel chip. Likewise, all Intel and AMD processors support running in 32bit mode, and you need to install the i386 architecture binaries to achieve that, irrespective of who actually manufactured your processor chips. As to which variant you should install? For servers, I'd go 64bit pretty much automatically. For desktops, especially if you need 3D graphics performance you're somewhat limited by the support available for your graphics adapter. There are 64bit drivers for various ATI cards, but I can't tell off hand if the one you have is supported. If it is, or if you don't care about 3D graphics support, then go 64bit. There are alsu a ((very) small) number of ports that do not compile or do not run in 64-bit mode. Figure out if one of them is mission-critical before installing; check for the NOT_FOR_ARCH and ONLY_FOR_ARCH settings in the port's Makefile. That said, the machine I'm typing on is about six weeks old and running an AMD Phenom II x4. I installed amd64 with some trepidation, fully prepared to re-install i386. However, it's now up over 675 ports - including apache, mysql, firefox, and OpenOffice - and everything works. Robert Huff ___ 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: gcc -pg and ld error, cannot find -lgcc_p
Vaibhav Gavane writes: Use sysinstall to add the proflibs distribution. Or one could rebuild/install world (and kernel if necessary) after investigating the NO_PROFILE option in /etc/make.conf. Robert Huff ___ 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 build from ports without downloading ports
Chuck Swiger writes: I have a server with minimal disk space. is there a way to build from ports without downloading ports or only downloading what is needed for the build and then it is removed? You're describing the default behavior of ports-- it only downloads sources which are needed for the current build. To clean up sources and so forth, look to portsclean (from portupgrade). There is also the distclean target of make, which will get rid of the source tarball. Robert Huff ___ 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 build from ports without downloading ports
Roland Smith writes: But why go to all this trouble? Disk space is cheap these days, why not add an extra disk? If you don't have space in the chassis, consider using an external USB disk for /usr/ports. Sometimes ... because the machine hardware is not under your control. In the mid 90's, I worked on a major workstation upgrade for the customer support division of a large financial services firm: we were replacing 386/20s with Pentium 90s. Most of the old machines were still serviceable - even the ones that were half-filled with dust still ran - so we looked around for something to do with them other than the scrap heap. Off in a cranny in one of the machine rooms was a 286/mumble, whose job it was to dial out twice a day, retrieve a specific piece of data, and put it in an equally specific place on the file server. It had been running 24/7 for, well, since you could hook a 286 up to a network file server.. Surely, we thought, we could move things over and increase reliability, etc.. The word came down from two or threee levels up the food chain: Absolutely not. Don't even shut it down to dust. Robert Huff ___ 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 C help, passing char buffer[] by-value....
Glen Barber writes: // redo, skip TAGS Is this C or C++ source code? I always thought // was C++ specific... // comments are recognized by both C and C++. How about ... are recognized by both C++ and more recent versions of C.? Robert Huff ___ 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
First time for everything
jeffry killen writes: How is a usb device accessed on Freebsd. I installed an SATA drive in a usb enclosure and plugged in into usb port on the machine. Console message indicated detection of the device when the power switch for the usb enclosure was set to on. When I did mount -w /dev/usb (or usbN) I got special device unknown. Look for /dev/da*. Also: I believe there's a section in the handbook that covers this. Robert Huff ___ 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: Graphics card recommendation
jgro...@es.net writes: I could be wrong but nVidia does not seem to be very interested in working with the FreeBSD project to address these problems. nVidia has offered what many/most hardware vendors* do not: to write and maintain a driver for their product. However, in order for that driver to be fully functional they want certain improvements in FreeBSD - particularly the virtual memory system. Not an unreasonable request. Some work has been done; there was a post somewhere within the last few months about John Baldwin making improvements. Check the archives of this list for pointers to the list of changes and the status of the work. Robert Huff * - a notable exception being Intel, for their network cards. ___ 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
man quits back to the prompt after CTRL-G
Chris Stankevitz writes: Please try this: 1. at the prompt type man man to get the man manual page. 2. press CTRL-G to to to the bottom of the document 3. press k to scroll up one line You'll notice you cannot perform step 3 because man quits back to the prompt after CTRL-G. Question: How can I make man not quit back to the prompt after CTRL-G? On my system, the result of (1) and (2) is the screen remains at the first page of output and lines 1-34 byte 1821 (press RETURN) appears at the bottom of the screen in reverse video. Robert Huff ___ 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
ASUS M4A78T-E Motherboard
Bryan Cassidy writes: ... I am wondering if I will have any problems with this motherboard amd its chipset. North Bridge is AMD 790GX and South Bridge is AMD SB750. it comes with a VIA VT1708S onboard soundcard and the handbook states the VIA VT1708 is supported so I am hoping it is the case with this one. Second, ATI Radeon HD 3300 onboard video. The machine on which I am composing this has a different motherboard (ASrock AOD290GX) but the same NorthBridge and integrated graphics. Works fine. (Except for one teeny thing, which I'm hoping is due to a bad BIOS setting. Symptom: shutdown -p now works as expected. shutdown -r now ... tha machine shuts down but does not restart. No screen messages, no nothing - just a one-way trip into the Twilight Zone. A teeny problem, since ot pnly gets rebooted on kernel upgrade.) Robert Huff ___ 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
ASUS M4A78T-E Motherboard
Robert Huff writes: The machine on which I am composing this has a different motherboard (ASrock AOD290GX) s/AOD290GX/AOD790GX/ Robert Huff ___ 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: / almost out of space just after installation
Jonathan Chen writes: I just installed FreeBSD. After I installed it, I was surprised to find only 26M of space on /. I used the auto-defaults during the Disklabel portion of the install. [cstankev...@crs-m6300 ~]$ df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad4s1a496M430M 26M94%/ devfs 1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/ad4s1e496M 14K456M 0%/tmp /dev/ad4s1f113G1.9G102G 2%/usr /dev/ad4s1d2.9G7.9M2.6G 0%/var Q1: Is 26M free space on / after installing FreeBSD normal? The amount used (ie: 430M) looks about right. On my FreeBSD-7.2-STABLE/amd64, running a GENERIC kernel with a minimal /etc, my / filesystem is using 443M. However, this has a /boot/kernel and a /boot/kernel.old, both of which chews up 210M each. Agreed. Other minor suggestions to the OP: check the contents of /root, and move anything large that can live elsewhere and create a symlink. And somethings can just be deleted: if root uses preferred web browser two or three times a year, then a large cache is probably superfluous. Look for any .core files, which can usually be deleted. It is my understanding that - providing /tmp is on a separate partition - / should receive very little traffic, and the size should stabilize quickly. Robert Huff ___ 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: Apache server imap.so ssl_once_only_init error
David Southwell writes: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit I look at this and ask (knowing very little about either) is this a problem with Apache, or a problem with PHP?. Robert huff ___ 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: Deleting the kernel source - just with #rm?
Roland Smith writes: I just compiled a nice, slim kernel on my laptop, but I dont want to carry all the kernel sources around there. Keep in mind that some ports (those that contain kernel modules) require the kernel sources. And not just kernel modules. The popular and useful sysutils/lsof not only requires the source tree (or at least some part of it), but requires the source match the running kernel. Robert Huff ___ 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: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player
Rolf G Nielsen writes: Let's vote to have a native i386 / amd64 flash player \o/ .. Where do I vote to have them continue forever not creating a FreeBSD version of that crap? Is your objection to Flash in particular, or to any product in that specific niche? Robert Huff ___ 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: Looking up libraries and header files
David Southwell writes: One problem How about ports that are not installed? Is there another route that will deal with stuff not on the system? I'm not quite sure what you're asking here; perhaps you could give a scenario? The above methods only work for things that are properly installed/registered with the ports(/packages) system. If you've installed something not from a port ... you're on your own. Robert Huff ___ 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: java/jdk16 vulnerability?
Greg Lewis writes: Your installed version of Java is vulnerable to a severe remote exploit (remote code execution!). You must upgrade to at least Java 5 update 20 or Java 6 update 15 as soon as possible. Freenet has disabled any plugins handling XML for the time being, but this includes searching and chat so you should upgrade ASAP! We're almost certainly vulnerable. The jdk16 port is at Update 3. We need an entry in the VUXML database I guess. Updating java/jdk16 is going to be a slow process. There are lots of changes between Update 3 and Update 15. I've partially merged Update 4, but obviously that still leaves many to go... As someone with zero knowledge of Java internals: what is the recommended version at the moment? Robert Huff ___ 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
ipfw + NAT doesn't work
I have a machine running FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #3: Tue Sep 15 18:49:58 EDT 2009 amd64 It has this in the config file for the running kernel: options IPFIREWALL #firewall options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE #enable logging to syslogd(8) options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=100#limit verbosity options IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT#allow everything by default options IPFIREWALL_NAT #ipfw kernel nat support options LIBALIAS It (10.0.0.1) connects correctly to another machine (10.0.0.3); I know because .3 mounts one of .1's disks using Samba. With the ipfw rules appended below, I can't NAT, nor should I be able to. (em0 faces the Internet; em1 faces the other machine.) However: using these I still can't get through ipfw add 5000 nat 15 all from any to any ipfw nat 15 config log same_ports ip 10.0.0.0/8 Have I forgotten something? Or misunderstood something? If not ... how do I figure out what's wrong? Respectfully, Robert Huff 00100 3830 864746 allow ip from any to any via lo0 00200 00 deny ip from any to 127.0.0.0/8 00300 00 deny ip from 127.0.0.0/8 to any 00350 11042464 allow udp from any 67-68 to any dst-port 67-68 00600 00 allow ip6 from any to any via lo0 00610 00 deny ip6 from any to ::1 00620 00 deny ip6 from ::1 to any 00630 3 256 allow ip6 from :: to ff02::/16 proto ipv6-icmp 00640 00 allow ip6 from fe80::/10 to fe80::/10 proto ipv6-icmp 00650 4 304 allow ip6 from fe80::/10 to ff02::/16 proto ipv6-icmp 00660 00 allow ip6 from 2001:db8:2:1::1 to 2001:db8:2:1::/64 00670 00 allow ip6 from 2001:db8:2:1::/64 to 2001:db8:2:1::1 00680 00 allow ip6 from fe80::/10 to ff02::/16 00690 00 allow ip6 from 2001:db8:2:1::/64 to ff02::/16 00700 00 allow ip6 from any to any established proto tcp 00710 00 allow ip6 from any to any frag 00720 00 allow ip6 from any to 2001:db8:2:1::1 dst-port 25 setup proto tcp 00730 00 allow ip6 from 2001:db8:2:1::1 to any setup proto tcp 00740 00 deny ip6 from any to any setup proto tcp 00750 00 allow ip6 from any 53 to 2001:db8:2:1::1 proto udp 00760 00 allow ip6 from 2001:db8:2:1::1 to any dst-port 53 proto udp 00770 00 allow ip6 from any 123 to 2001:db8:2:1::1 proto udp 00780 00 allow ip6 from 2001:db8:2:1::1 to any dst-port 123 proto udp 00790 00 allow ip6 from any to any ip6 icmp6types 1 proto ipv6-icmp 00800 00 allow ip6 from any to any ip6 icmp6types 2,135,136 proto ipv6-icmp 06000 00 deny log logamount 100 tcp from any to any dst-port 137 in via em0 0605032 3000 deny log logamount 100 udp from any to any dst-port 137 in via em0 06100 00 deny log logamount 100 tcp from any to any dst-port 138 in via em0 0615015 3465 deny log logamount 100 udp from any to any dst-port 138 in via em0 06200 00 deny log logamount 100 tcp from any to any dst-port 139 in via em0 06250 00 deny log logamount 100 udp from any to any dst-port 139 in via em0 07000 00 deny log logamount 100 tcp from any to any dst-port 111 in via em0 07050 00 deny log logamount 100 udp from any to any dst-port 111 in via em0 07100 00 deny log logamount 100 tcp from any to any dst-port 530 in via em0 07150 00 deny log logamount 100 udp from any to any dst-port 530 in via em0 07200 00 deny log logamount 100 tcp from any to any dst-port 161 in recv em0 07225 00 deny log logamount 100 udp from any to any dst-port 161 in recv em0 07250 00 deny log logamount 100 tcp from any to any dst-port 162 in recv em0 07275 00 deny log logamount 100 udp from any to any dst-port 162 in recv em0 07300 00 deny log logamount 100 tcp from any to any dst-port 194 07310 00 deny log logamount 100 udp from any to any dst-port 194 07320 00 deny log logamount 100 tcp from any to any dst-port 529 07330 00 deny log logamount 100 udp from any to any dst-port 529 07340 00 deny log logamount 100 tcp from any to any dst-port 994 07350 00 deny log logamount 100 udp from any to any dst-port 994 07360 00 deny log logamount 100 tcp from any to any dst-port 6667 07370 00 deny log logamount 100 udp from any to any dst-port 6667 1 45012 38961511 allow tcp from any to any established 10100 1452 112487 allow ip from any to any out via em0 10200 00 allow tcp from 10.0.0.0/8 to any dst-port 80 10300 00 allow tcp from any 80 to any dst-port 1024-65535 via em0 10400 00 allow tcp from any 443 to any dst-port 1024-65535 via em0 10500 00 deny
Re[2]: ipfw + NAT doesn't work
kes-...@yandex.ru writes: If not ... how do I figure out what's wrong? What is your ipfw rules? They were appended to the original post. Robert Huff ___ 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: rebinding keys to functions
Roland Smith writes: My laptop has a bunch of volume-up/down/mute internet/mail/etc keys. How do I map each of them to run a specific shell command when pressed? That depends on a couple of things (assuming you're running the X window system, I don't know if it is even possible on the console). First you have to make sure that you actually can see the key signals. In X you can test that with xev(1). If this is what I think it is, he probably can't. I have a Logitech iTouch keyboard; it has eighteen buttons and two dials. None of them register under xev. Robert Huff ___ 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
8.0-Beta installation problem -- Unable to find /dev/ad0s1b
Jin Guojun writes:
Tried to install from both 8.0-BETA{3, 4}-i386-dvd1.iso on a
Phenom 9600 system and having some disk problems.
After commit, installation says --
Unable to find device node for /dev/ad0s1b in /dev
The Creation of file system will abort.
OK
[Press enter or space]
Look at the archives of current@ within the last three weeks.
I (and I believe at least one other person) had what seems like the
same problem and found a work-around.
Robert Huff
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Re: reducing size of apache instances
John Almberg writes: I'm starting to wonder about the Swap info from top... it never changes. It has said the same thing all day, since I've been watching it. Does that make sense? The current machine has 8G, so ... porbably not a good test case. :-) It's predecessor succumbed when it had 2G; depending on what was running, sometimes the swap would stick for hours or even days, Robert Huff ___ 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
