print to fax
Hi all my project at home last month was a print server its now running leading on from this ive been given an external modem im looking to add this to the print server and add a fax service google just turns up fax numbers of bsd vendors just wondered it anyone had any pointers as to where to look thanks Arden ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Connecting to internet.
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 23:41:57 -0500 Chris Saunders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the reply Ruben (and others). I did see these sections when having a cursory look at the docs but was hoping for something simpler. On some older versions of Linux that I have installed there was a program called adsl-setup that I used to get connected. I thought FreeBSD would have something similar and I was just not finding it. Thanks again. Regards Chris Saunders how is the internet connecting to your machine? usb or ethernet ? Im guessing since you are using usb as far as I understand adsl-setup is a scipt to make setting up a usb device easier you would find it alot easier if you have an ethernet device just put in the log in details over a web browser interface connect to your machine(s) via dhcp and it dose all the work for you I dosnt care if the client attached of the bds linux mac skyOS (off topic has anyone tryed skyos) windows BeOS or something you've roled yourself as long as its talking the correct standard Arden - Original Message - From: Ruben Bloemgarten [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Chris Saunders' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 11:17 PM Subject: RE: Connecting to internet. Chris, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-network-set up.html and http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/configtuning-confi gfiles.html Do try to take a *slightly* closer look next time, preferably before you post a question. Thanks. Regards, Ruben ___ 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]
*nix qualification
Hi All Slightly off topic sorry but Im trying to brake out of my hardware suppport role and into a more sys admin role My company will not support this so im doing this off my own back What cert would people recomend to do at home ? (This my own money here so cant afford corporate rates) I have a small home network running x86 machines So Aix is out unless can find a p-series box cheap Arden ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbie
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 23:30:25 +0100 Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 03:54:46PM -0600, Douglass, Erik wrote: After being an Windows/Cisco IT professional for the past 7 years, I have decided to make the plunge over to FreeBSD on my own time. I have it installed, and it is quite overwhelming. If anyone has any recommendations/tips or books for acquainting one's self with FreeBSD with no *nix experience I would greatly appreciate them. It's easiest to start with the stuff that comes with it: the FreeBSD Handbook. It should be installed in /usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ For a beginner, I would especially reccommend chapters 3, 11 and 13. Roland -- R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt I've been playing with *nix for a few years now still class myself as a newbie found the best way to learn is though practice have a project you want from the box this month lots of google.com/bsd then when/if you brake something ask for help on here :) you learn learn lots by putting things right After all its not a production box you are playing with Arden ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Setting up a print-server
On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:15:59 -0600 Charles Howse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have the task of setting up a FreeBSD box as a print-server for the lan here at home. I've used FreeBSD for quite a while, but am currently just a little rusty. I was hoping the list members could help me with planning a strategy, and possibly point me to some resources for help. I have my copies of The Handbook and FreeBSD Unleashed at my side. :-) The printers are: HP1100 LaserJet (non-postscript, parallel only) Epson Stylus C86 (postscript, USB only) Here is my current list of requirements: My daughter's WinXP Pro SP2 box must be able to print to either printer. My Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.3 box must be able to print to either printer. (I may not know what I'm talking about here, but) I would prefer IP printing as the only means of serving the printers, rather than Samba for serving to Windows, AND CUPS or something else for serving to OS X. The FreeBSD machine is quite capable hardware-wise of doing all this. I have a copy of 4.11-RELEASE, but will be glad to install whatever version makes it easiest to do what I need. Any help = appreciation! -- Thanks, Charles google.com/bds http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/02/05/Big_Scary_Daemons.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: doubts
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:26:43 +0100 Stevan Tiefert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anirban Adhikary schrieb: Hi this is Anirban. I have to write a shell script that will take the tar back-up of a directory (named anirban)on a dialy basis Hope i will receive the ans soon. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use this script: #!/bin/sh echo Do it yourself! you will prob get a better answer if you try then ask questions when it goes wrong -- Why my wife is happy when I do a make buildkernel and a make installkernel? I have then a lot of time to do my housework :-( ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HOWTO write udf (on cd/dvd/hd wherever)
On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:14:56 +0100 Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 12:48:24AM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 09:46:50PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: I see mount_udf(8), and I see many mentions of dvd+rw-tools, and growisofs. tried to use mount_udf - no success. can't even mount dvd+rw that was treated with newfs_udf (which works) I couldn't find a newfs_udf on 6.0, although there is a userspace implementation called UDFclient: http://www.13thmonkey.org/udfclient/ thats what i used. As I understand it, UDF is an extension of ISO9660. An explanation of no it is not an extension. See the wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Disk_Format It [UDF] is an implementation of the ISO/IEC 13346 standard (also known as ECMA-167), and an extension of ISO 9660. And (somewhat paraphrased): A variable-length 'packet-written' CD-R(W) can be closed to a ISO9660 format by writing just by writing a table of contents on the CD. UDF can be found here: http://homepage.mac.com/wenguangwang/myhome/udf.html Dvd+rw-tools uses ISO9660, not UDF. dvd+rw-tools do't use any filesystem! they just write to device. I beg to differ. Growisofs is a front-end for mkisofs, combined with a DVD recording program. See the growisofs manual page. Roland -- R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt im confused do you want to mount a udf cd in a drive or want to make a udf iso ? mount -t udf /device /mount point or mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o test.iso /location Arden ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
linux partitions
Hi all I want to duel boot BSD with Slackware whats the best Linux file system to use for reading and write to I would normally use ReiserFS would this be ok ? Arden ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Serial console prob on amd64
On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:28:54 +0100 Freminlins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have a dual amd64 machine on which serial console is not working properly. I've configured dozens of Intel machines without a problem. I have set up boot.config and /etc/ttys. If I boot the machine some data is printed to console. Rather than paste the whole lot here, here's the last few lines: Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec ad0: 78167MB Maxtor 6Y080L0 YAR41BW0 at ata0-master UDMA133 ad1: 78167MB Maxtor 6Y080L0 YAR41BW0 at ata0-slave UDMA133 acd0: CDROM SR244W/T01A at ata1-master UDMA33 SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched! Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a bge0: link state changed to DOWN bge1: link state changed to DOWN And that's it. Serial console is frozen, but the machine boots up and runs fine. Any suggestions? Thanks, Frem. has this ever worked? If its a new box could be a hardware prob could try a loop-back test if you have the wrap plugs Arden ___ 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]
remote install
hi folks I have some old machines (amd400s) which I'm using for education I only have the one spare monitor and I don't have a KVM switch at the mo and I'm sick of moving the connectors they are all on the same network as my BSD and Linux box is it possible to reload the os using remote log-in ssh or the like ? thanks in advance Arden ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
makings of a junk yard cluster ??
Hi Folk like most people involved in IT you tend to build you a junk yard of redundant machines Ive just been through mine and found could at a push make 5 x86 PCs 2x amd 400mhz 2x via 700mhz 1x amd duron 1200 also have lots of spare nic cards Ive never looked at clusters before and this is just for fun (must have way to much time on my hands) :) So I need to know would it be possible to build a cluster from these ? I'm not sure if the nodes need to be matched in any way ? dose anyone know where to find an idiots to setting one up ? also what would the equivelent power be i.e would i just be making a 1gig space heater ? Arden ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: makings of a junk yard cluster ??
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:46:02 +0300 Andrew P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/15/05, Arden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Folk like most people involved in IT you tend to build you a junk yard of redundant machines Ive just been through mine and found could at a push make 5 x86 PCs 2x amd 400mhz 2x via 700mhz 1x amd duron 1200 also have lots of spare nic cards Ive never looked at clusters before and this is just for fun (must have way to much time on my hands) :) So I need to know would it be possible to build a cluster from these ? I'm not sure if the nodes need to be matched in any way ? dose anyone know where to find an idiots to setting one up ? also what would the equivelent power be i.e would i just be making a 1gig space heater ? It's hard to tell for sure, but one AMD 3000+ should eat them all for lunch. So there's no practical interest in it. But you can learn much from using all these machines together. First, do you need a real-deal cluster with MPI and other industrial protocols? If I were you, I'd call these machines a farm, and would first try some fail-over mechanisms (routing, http, dns, ipsec). We usually get to test fail-over using virtual pc's. Real boxes are somewhat harder to manage, but they are real, and the experience you get is a real hands-on encounter. Then, some distributed jobs would be fun. I use distcc to compile many large pieces of software. Try it. Then you can try running something like dnetc or boinc and compare the results your farm produce to those your desktop shows. If you have a lot of NIC's, populate the boxes with all of them. Install FreeBSD everywhere and you can emulate _very_ complicated environments with vlans, trunks, OSPF, BGP and what not. Then go and get your CCIE. ... Take care! thanks I'm going to try and make a start on on the installs for this project this evening what version of freebsd would be best to use would the latest really be the greatest ? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
discjuggler cdi image
Hi all I've been given a dvd of images that are in disc juggler *.cdi format Ive googled around but not found any working solution I have no windows m/c here so any help would be appreciated Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
realtek rl0 not working with dchp
hi folks Im setting up an extra box on my home dchp network to use as an internet station it just will not pick up an ip address by dchp even when nothing else is on the network i can manually assign an ip with ifconfig so pretty sure its detected ok also tried 3 different linux distros and get the same prob with this card the case is compact (built into the monitor) so a different nic is not an option Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: English BT Voyager 105 USB ASDL modem
On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 20:55, Michael Vigar wrote: Hello, Being a newbie, I need some guidance and support. To cut to the chase, does FreeBSD support the aforementioned device? I would like to install the base unit, then use my ADSL connection for the rest. Go well, Mike. I would recommend using an Ethernet device for ADSL regardless of what OS you use Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: hot swap scsi drive
On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 22:04, luke wrote: i have a pe2450 with 4 sca bays. i've tried to find information on hotswapping hard drives on google, but to no avail. is there something i need to do before i unplug a drive? obviously, i will not have any slices from it mounted when i unplug it. also, if i add a drive, do i need to rescan the scsi bus somehow? under normal circumstances i would just try to pull one and put another in, but i don't want to damage a drive or corrupt the data thereon. thanks luke Is this box designed do be hot pluggable? the IBM p-series servers I use at work have a back plane that allows this and sets the address Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 5.3 stable when?
On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 00:29, Kris Kennaway wrote: On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 10:35:38AM -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote: Isn't 5.3 supposed to be going stable here soon? Any time line? Also, since I have 5.3-BETA1 and I see it's at 5.3-BETA5, should I worry about upgrading to BETA5 or just wait till it goes stable? Updating to BETA5 (and reporting any problems you encounter) will help to test the release, thus making it better for everyone. Kris Taking your advice downloading it now. Is there a list anywhere of tests that are required? and what is the process of reporting bugs? Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: no pipe without x
hi the prob i had was the opposite to yours turned out to be a duff install some commands did not work either (like sysinstall) reinstalled and its fine If your pipe dose not work in x then my gut feeling is your x config is wrong in some way are any of your other keys giving strange/wrong symbols Arden On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 19:04, Florian Hengstberger wrote: Hi! Unfortunatly I cant offer a solution for your problem, because my pipe key does work too. Its working well under the text console, but not under X. If youve found a solution, please tell me. I posted a similar question a few days before but there was only one suggestion that didnt work. Thanks in advance Florian arden [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: hi all Has any one any idea why unless I open a terminal inside X I cant get the pipe | to work ? Guessing its to do with my keyboard setup but all the other regional stuff (UK) works fine and the key obviously works cause it dose in X Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
no pipe without x
hi all Has any one any idea why unless I open a terminal inside X I cant get the pipe | to work ? Guessing its to do with my keyboard setup but all the other regional stuff (UK) works fine and the key obviously works cause it dose in X Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: no pipe without x (sorted)
On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 11:14, arden wrote: hi all Has any one any idea why unless I open a terminal inside X I cant get the pipe | to work ? Guessing its to do with my keyboard setup but all the other regional stuff (UK) works fine and the key obviously works cause it dose in X Arden sorted this out if was a fresh install and found some commands like sysinstall also missing re-installed now work ok Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
listing devices
hi all I use AIX at work if I want to view devices on my system i use lsdev and lscfg These commands seem not to be there in freebsd What do you use to list the devices on you system ? Arden btw really impressed with the way freebsd preforms on low end systems ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DVD question...
On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 06:48, Vulpes Velox wrote: On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 22:44:14 -0400 Glenn Sieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey list! I'm a BSD guy for servers such. My own server (wingfoot) runs 4.10-STABLE, and my last job was 95% FreeBSD in the data center. I'm getting sick of Windows on my desktop at home. (No kidding, right?!) I'd really really really love to move my desktop to FBSD. One thing is really holding me back. In Windows, I have Roxio Easy Media Creator 7, which allows me to manipulate AVI/MPEG streams, and format a DVD video disc and burn it, using my nifty TDK DVD 8x +/-RW drive. I'm pretty sure I can find AVI/MPEG editing packages for BSD easy enough. avidemux, mplayer, ffmpeg should take care of nearly all of your needs But I'm having a dickens of a time finding something that will let me author DVDs. Any pointing in directions or help would be greatly appreciated! Try searching the ports tree :P man ports http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=dvdstype=all I've personally have had better luck with mutlimedia and the like under freebsd, than I ever have under windows. Transcode is worth a look as is dvdauthor the thing i think is missing is a *nix answer to dvd2one Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can we run Windows software packages in BSD
you could try running them inside a windows emulator like wine,or duel boot your system if you have paid for your windows I cant see any reason not to use it if its needed (sure someone here will tell me otherwise ) Arden On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 21:42, =?gb2312?q?=FFc6=FFdc=20=FFd5=FFc5?= wrote: Hello, I am using a lot of software packages in my study. I can't find the Unix editions for these software. Is there any way that I can run them in BSD? Thanks! - Do You Yahoo!? 150MP3 1G1000 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Linux vs FreeBSD: wlan-cards
ive been looking for this too im about to order netgear wg511t and wg311t cards from the google searches ive done they look to be supported Arden On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 20:01, Florian Hengstberger wrote: Hi! I know I posted a similar question two days ago, sorry - I?m still in trouble with finding a proper wlan-card. The hardware database on the freebsd-site did not help me: most cards are either not avaiable in Austria or simply to expensive. So my question is: Has anybody found a cheap wlan-card running under freebsd? I bet that most experienced users have a wlan card working. What about the cheap d-link and netgear cards, is the prism-chipset supported? (Sorry, but that?s a very important to me: I think of changing to FreeBSD from Linux and both OS are now competing! I want to give both a fair chance in hardware-questions.) Thanks in advance Florian ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need advice
On Sat, 2004-09-11 at 10:37, Bill Schmitt (SW) wrote: I'm a newbie to FreeBSD, and I like what I've seen so far. I've been trying it on a machine I have here to get an idea of the plusses and minuses of using it as a basic desktop system. I could use a little advice to guide me in the process. I'm working with Version 4.10 now, simply because at the time I downloaded it, the 5 release kept locking up in the middle of the detection process. Also, my configuration seems to indicate that I should be using XFree86, too, and a lot of the comments here have stated that 5 will begin the use of xorg. However, xorg doesn't seem to support the graphics adapter on the machine I'm working with (though, tweaking XFree86 has been a bit of a challenge!). The machine I'm working with is a Gateway with a 300MHz PII that had otherwise been retired. It started with 32MB of memory which I replaced with a single 128MB chip. The motherboard has a built-in graphics adapter that was put out by a company called Mpact, which doesn't appear on any support list I've been able to find. Apparently the company was acquired by somebody, who was then acquired by somebody else (ATI, I believe) which then retired the processor. Because of that, when it didn't work right away I didn't put too much effort into it. Instead, I added a Diamond Stealth 2001 I had with the Arklogic 2000pv chip set and 2MB of DRAM (from another retired machine) and used xf86cfg to create a configuration file that disabled the onboard adapter and worked with the Stealth adapter. While I'm not done tweaking it, I have managed to bring up xfce at 800x600 in a low color mode, so far. I intend to try out the various desktops and Window managers I've seen documented but chose xfce to start because the comments here have generally indicated that it's a good choice for a light, speedy, environment to begin. I did a full install of FreeBSD, beginning with a minimal system from a CD, then switching to FTP to continue, which seems to give me more options to choose from. I used xf86cfg to get to the point where I can where I can use xstart to bring up xfce with the a basic desktop on it. First, I got it working with the basic VESA driver, and then with the ARK driver. However, While I don't expect the machine to be a speed demon, it still seems quite slow in comparison to the MS Windows versions (95 and ME) that had previously been on the machine (I did a completely clean install, so there are no Windows components, or anything else, left on the drive). Considering all of that, my questions are: - Am I being unrealistic in choosing a machine with a 300MHz processor? - If I add another 128MB of memory, should I expect to see a dramatic improvement? - Could the graphics adapter itself be the bottleneck? - If I picked up a newer graphics adapter that was supported by xorg, would a switch to 5.x and/or xorg be expected to pick up the speed a bit? Thanks to anyone who might help fill in the blanks. Bill From my limited experience I'm not expert when it comes to free BSD It depends what you expect from the box but I have a similar box (amd 400) running 5.2.1 and its quite happy :) in my opinion adding ram to any box will may things improve I added a cheap Nivdia 64meg video card that works well with Xf86 and the driver is on the Nvidia site if you want 3d to work plan to play with x.org this weekend just downloaded 5.3 hope this helps Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wireless pci card
hi all I'm making some changes to my home network and my BSD 5.2.1 box is going to act as a gateway/firewall I would like to add a wireless card to give my Linux laptop access to the net in any room. Dose anyone have any recommendations as to which cards are supported? also are they supported out of the box or will i need to do any kernel tweaking? Thanks in advance Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
updating code
hi all I downloaded the 5.3 beta2 edition the other night Before i have had time to test it beta 3 came out Is there a way of installing beta 2 then updating the code like debian apt-get update ? Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to install FreeBSD on 2nd removable UltraBay Drive of a Dell600 NoteBook
how about getting a usb floppy drive ? Arden On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 20:07, Gilbert Laprise wrote: I have Windows/XP install on my Dell 600 Notebook. Since with that Notebook I have the option of booting from a removable Ultrabay disk drive, I would like to install FreeBSD on the second drive. The problem is that in order to initiate the installation whether I do it using FTP, HTTP or NFS, I have to remove the 2nd drive to replace it with a CD/DVD or Floppy drive to boot and start the install process. It is during this initial phase that my notebook hardware is detected. Naturally at that time the 2nd drive is not in the ultrabay, so it is not detected, but either the floppy or CD/DVD drive is. Once the sysinstall program is running when I replace my boot device by the 2nd disk, I don't see the second drive when I try to define the partition. I have a local net with a desktop already running FreeBSD and a FreeBSG 5.1 bootable install CD. Any suggestion how to proceed to install FreeBSD on the 2nd UltraBay drive of my Dell 600 Notebook. Gilbert Laprise ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: burncd question
have you tried cdrecord? On Sun, 2004-07-25 at 16:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: %uname -a FreeBSD SOULFLY.BACK.TO.THE.PRIMITIVE.PH 5.2.1-RELEASE-p8 FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p8 #0: Mon Jun 21 14:53:05 PHT 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/MMP i386 cd-RW dmesg: ata1-slave: FAILURE - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE no interrupt acd0: CDRW SONY CD-RW CRX185E1 at ata1-slave BIOSPIO SOULFLY# burncd -f /dev/acd0 -s 12 data downloads.iso fixate burncd: ioctl(CDIOCSTART): Device busy SOULFLY# $ ls -l /usr/sbin/burncd -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 18196 Jun 24 17:51 /usr/sbin/burncd i always get this message, when i attempt to burn an .iso, anyone whats this error is all about, my sony 24x burner is fine when i burn files from my windows XP which is my first partition, i hope anyone can help me fixing this problem, thanks ;) ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: runing FreeBSD on WinXP using free PC virtualization software
i know its not free but vmware must be an option arden On Sun, 2004-07-18 at 17:27, James W. Thompson, II wrote: Virtual PC works really well too, but the original poster asked about 'free' options...honestly, I prefer MS Virtual PC to Bochs at this point, at least on my Mac; but Bochs is coming along nicely. On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 01:59:59 -0400, Aaron Myles Landwehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ashadul hoque wrote: Hello everyone, Is there any free software to run FreeBSD on WinXP? I tried google and it looks like there is no free software to run FreeBSD on WinXP. regards Ashadul ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Micriosoft Virtual PC works. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cd clone img cd image
hi all dose anyone know of a way to burn an img image that was created in windows at home i don't have any windows machines anymore Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Replacing hd
in aix there is a migratepv command which would be ideal for this. Not sure if its available in bsd a quick google/bsd brought up a couple of hits arden On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 16:42, Mark wrote: Hello, I have a hd going bad. It is not the primary drive but is ad2s1e ad2s1f it holds /usr and /tmp How can I put in a new drive and copy everything over and not miss a beat. if possible. THanks Mark ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cd clone img cd image
this image is *.img was expecting *.iso .img appears to be unique to clone CD On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 19:27, Wojciech Puchar wrote: hi all dose anyone know of a way to burn an img image that was created in windows at home i don't have any windows machines anymore isn't windows-created images just normal images+few extra info files? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dsl modem configuration
is this a usb modem ? in my experience Ethernet are much easier arden On Sat, 2004-07-17 at 20:57, Gerardo wrote: Hello group, this is my first post to the forum. I´m gerardo, from argentina. I have a little problem with my dsl modem: CA-80U (Amigo USB). i can´t install it. The machine is a PIII 600, 256MB RAM, 40GB Maxtor, Anihilator Pro DDR 32MB, Sound Blaster Live Platinum (doesn´t work in freebsd), 4.10 freebsd. Anybody knows how to install and configure the modem? Thanks for the help. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbieish Desktop Questions
On Sat, 2004-07-10 at 10:03, Kristian Holdich wrote: Hi, I've recently installed FreeBSD 5.2.1 onto my home pc to use as a desktop OS and am working through getting it going just right. I have some experience with administrating earlier versions as headless servers with 4.x and Solaris, but very little experience with multimedia. I have a ton of little questions, and minor niggles that i'm sure could be solved by RTFM and a lot that will be down to personal preference ;) First up, the system is was an absolute minimal 5.2.1 install, no X, no packages etc. First thing I did was build cvsup in ports, cvsup ports and get portupgrade going. I've recompiled the kernel a few times tuning it to my hardware, getting scsi support for my ide cdrw amongst other things. I installed x.org from source and put gnome2 / gdm on top of it. The NVIDIA drivers are running accelerated and my Aureal Vortex2 sound card works. On top of that I have linux-flash running on Firebird 0.9.1, Evolution as a mail client and OpenOffice.org running happily. All in all it's working pretty good, but there are some issues :) When i su - root, the DISPLAY doesn't seem to get set properly and root can't open X windows, I can hack this in roots profile, but is there a better way of doing it? Speaking of root, i'm so used to Bash i'd like to switch to it for the root user - is there any gotchas with moving bash to /bin and updating /etc/shells to allow it? More media orientated questions, when using Gentoo during bootup before X started you could switch the console into VESA SVGA and have high resolution, including having a graphical splash screen to obscure the boot text before X came up - is there any way to do that. Another thing Gentoo had was a very flashy screen for GDM, and I assume KDM too - anyone knowof resources for doing something like that, even if it's just clip art of Beastie. Boot sequence, I have FreeBSD on the master drive and Win98 for gaming on the slave drive, but the boot loader never picked up Win98 during install what do I edit it get it to see it, or should I install an alternative loader such as Grub? I have my fat32 filesystem mounted at /mnt/windows: /dev/ad1s1 /mnt/windowsmsdos rw0 0 But it mounts 700 as root, what should I use to change it to 775 root:wheel? Onto mplayer, got this installed with all the codecs, and installed the skins and fonts to get it graphical, but it just wont seem to start up with a gui, and yes i'm using gmplayer any suggestions? Another odd thing is after it finishes playing it messes up the console and somehow turns off local echo - anyone experienced this? DVD playback, neither mplayer nor xine seem to recognise my dvd, i did the kernel tweaks and devfs tweaks in the handbook: lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 5 Jul 9 20:14 /dev/cdrom - acd0 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3 Jul 9 20:14 /dev/dvd - acd0 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 4 Jul 9 20:14 /dev/rdvd - acd0 CDRW burning, what works well on FreeBSD? - I've been a bit spoiled by Nero on Windows so ideally want something as hassle free as that, used XCDRoast on Linux and it wasn't bad. http://www.freebsdsoftware.org/ports.php?c=sysutilsn=k3b try k2b work great for me in linux Anyway thanks in advance, no doubt more questions will come up With Regards Kristian ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Moving my Outlook PST file to any BSD E-mail client
try ximian evolution you will need to convert the files in windows first since pst is proprietary http://support.ximian.com/cgi-bin/ximian.cfg/php/enduser/faq.php?p_prod_lvl1=2#q-6 arden On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 20:50, MikeM wrote: On 7/9/2004 at 9:20 AM Joshua Lewis wrote: |Does anyone know of an e-mail client that supports importing an outlook |.PST file. | |If I can move my old e-mail onto my new machine then I can be done with |Microsoft. | = I used Eudora (I believe there is a no-charge version) to convert the .pst file to mailbox format on the Windows box, then just copied the mailbox tree over to the destination. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Moving my Outlook PST file to any BSD E-mail client
this may be of interest http://outport.sourceforge.net/ On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 20:50, MikeM wrote: On 7/9/2004 at 9:20 AM Joshua Lewis wrote: |Does anyone know of an e-mail client that supports importing an outlook |.PST file. | |If I can move my old e-mail onto my new machine then I can be done with |Microsoft. | = I used Eudora (I believe there is a no-charge version) to convert the .pst file to mailbox format on the Windows box, then just copied the mailbox tree over to the destination. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mini itx
im collecting some bits to start a mini itx project http://www.mini-itx.com/projects.asp i have the need for a small silent pc has anyone used these boards with bds? also is decss in the ports? arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
voodoo 2
hi all I've been trying to re-use some old pcs i have kicking around i really amazed at how much you can do with a k6/2 400 if you tweak it right one of these pcs has an 16 meg voodoo 2 card is it possible to use the 3d functions of this card in bsd ? been looking around without much luck arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ports cd
hi all is it possible to download a cd of the ports so i can use it on a standaloan machine arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD weakness.
On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 02:36, Tom McLaughlin wrote: On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 02:59, Lloyd Hayes wrote: Linux is for people who hate Micro$oft. BSD is for people who love Unix. Under these conditions, I guess that I need to go for Linux... I'f you're going to go with Linux then I'd recommend Mandrake. Many people would also recommend Suse as well but I never personally used that so I can't vouch for it but you many want to give that a whirl. I'd stay away from Fedora though, I don't think it's meant for anyone besides those willing to work on it when they find problems. Mandrake has the Community Download edition available about a month I think before the pay CD release. It's a way for all the early adopters to leach, find bugs, and kvetch before the people paying Mandrakesoft's bills get their version. :) Wait two weeks or so after the release for the errata to flow in then install and run their update utility. Mandrake served me well for a number of years until I felt I needed something different which is why I am here. It's still the distribution I'd recommend to anyone who doesn't feel like bothering with all the internals. Tom id second the mandrake vote I started with mandrake thought id be cleaver an go hardcore with slackware then went back to mandrake as a desktop os arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ports cd
On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 15:31, Jerry McAllister wrote: Howdy, hi all is it possible to download a cd of the ports so i can use it on a standaloan machine The entire ports collection would not fit on a CD or even a boxful of CDs. Someone counted a little while ago and found there were more than 10,000 ports available in the system. I think you may be misunderstanding the ports system and the way it works. It is a bit confusing because the word 'ports' is gets used to refer to two different things; the ports system that handles downloading and installing extra utilities and those extra utilities themselves. So, you use the ports system to install ports... When you install the 'ports' system you really only install the skeleton for the installation of 'ports'. It is a bunch of makefiles and lists of files and the addresses of where to get them for download, etc. When system (and ports system) installation is complete, you can cd in to the /usr/ports/ tree and find whatever you want and type make and when it finishes, make install and the ports system will go out to whatever maintainer is distributing that particular port, download it, configure it, compile it, download and install any dependancies and then finally install the port you want - all magically before your very eyes. Do this for each port you want installed. Notice by this, that the actual ports are kept in source form by the various maintainers. Some of them also build packages of their ports, but not all of them do that (I would guess, most don't) A few, such as OpenOffice are so big and take so long to build and depend on so many things that it is convenient to just install their premade package rather than building it all from ports. But most are not that big and take only a couple of minutes or so, depending on your network and machine speed. So, there is not benefit in creating binary install packages for them - and some significant disadvantages. So, more than you wanted to know, but what you need to know, jerry thanks for the explanation jerry its clearer now (stuffs up my idea lol) but clearer on how it works arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Encoding MPEG2 using open source software
i use transcode under linux to re-encode movies into different standards i think you can do the same under bsd ive burned mpeg2 as svcd before using vcdimager prob i have is producing a dvd standard file system also would like to know if there is a way to shrink dvds down to 4gig in bsd arden On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 15:33, Vulpes Velox wrote: On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:52:45 +0100 Edd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, Maybe the question I am asking is how do I burn a dvd using open source. But I know that dvd's ar encoded in MPEG2. Apparently ffmpeg can encode mpeg2, but I havent been able to get mencoder (compiled against ffmpeg) to work for me. Anyone have any tips? AFAIK mencoder can just kick out stuff to a avi container and not mpeg2 streams. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Encoding MPEG2 using open source software
---BeginMessage--- i use transcode under linux to re-encode movies into different standards i think you can do the same under bsd ive burned mpeg2 as svcd before using vcdimager prob i have is producing a dvd standard file system also would like to know if there is a way to shrink dvds down to 4gig in bsd arden On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 15:33, Vulpes Velox wrote: On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:52:45 +0100 Edd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, Maybe the question I am asking is how do I burn a dvd using open source. But I know that dvd's ar encoded in MPEG2. Apparently ffmpeg can encode mpeg2, but I havent been able to get mencoder (compiled against ffmpeg) to work for me. Anyone have any tips? AFAIK mencoder can just kick out stuff to a avi container and not mpeg2 streams. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---End Message--- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
package managment
hi all I'm just getting to know my way round BSD now Ive got my box running and am happy with it i want to make it more useful. on my Linux boxes i set up ftp sources of applications (most of which i now keep a local copy.) and then just ask the package management tool to install it as long as all the deps are in my list it then dose it all for me. I'm guessing this is similar in bsd ? 1st question is, is there a list somewhere of available sites 2nd is how do i point my box at them 3rd what is the command to tell it to install them thanks in advance arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD weakness.
On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 20:33, Tom McLaughlin wrote: On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 14:23, Lloyd Hayes wrote: I finally decided that I needed to get more information on FreeBSD. I got it up and running, then I did something else and I start getting errors again So I just ordered 3 books on FreeBSD from Amazon. In most of the reviews posted there about the books, people were complaining about weak documentation, too much information about things that they were not interested in, and errors in the in the books which seems to be the most common complaint. In my very short recent history with FreeBSD, I've formed the opinion that documenting FreeBSD is it's greatest weakness. FreeBSD needs someone who can actually type to write a good book for beginners who have never seen UNIX code. A book is needed with examples that actually WORK! Examples that are explained in plain English. There seems to be very few books on FreeBSD around. Of the free OSs I think the different BSDs tend to be the better documented. Along with the man pages (don't short them, some can be obtuse at times but overall they give me what I need most of the time), this has served as my primary source of documentation for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/docs.html Book wise, there are more on Linux. This is starting to change though which is great. I think what you are looking for isn't necessarilly a FreeBSD specific book, though having at least one is great, but a general unix primer to help you get more familiar with unix concepts. I remember when I started toying around with linux and stared at the command line not knowing what to do. I had Running Linux back then which had a great intro to such things like file permissions, users/groups, and navigating around the system. Since I really can't from looking at my bookshelf, can anyone recommend a book with a few good chapters on general unix concepts to get a completely green user familiar and comfortable with the way things are done? Comming from $OTHER_OS to unix can be daunting but once you get the basics down, you start to complain that $OTHER_OS is too hard to do what you want. :) Tom I have decided that it is a very good operating system which I need to learn more about. And yes, I have all of the links that everyone sent me. Thanks for all of the info. ive also just started down the bsd route started on linux 2/3 years back then m$ was my desktop OS now thats been replaced by mandrake and bsd is my play OS i have to say its done me no end of good at work now been sent on aix courses in order to become a member of our risc team :) on a side not ive still have a small windows partition for running dvd2one dose any one know an equivalent in the *nix world arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cd burning and what app to use
On Sun, 2004-06-20 at 05:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 11:26:13PM -0400, Bruce wrote: Hello all, Currently, I am running Gnome 2.6 and I am just wondering what cd burning software is really good from the ports collection? I want to burn cd's from iso files or copy music cd's to cd's. Or make data cd's. burncd in the base system will do. k3b is cool if you like graphics ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: aix
thanks for all the info :) just looked at my company mail in addition to rs6000 and aix, on a shark course and as400 before the end of the year think I'm going to see allot of hotels in the next 6 months. arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
aix
hi all my company is sending me on an aix/rs6000 course next month Ive been using Linux as my main OS for 2 years (thats when M$ went for good from my home :) )and been playing with BSD for about 6 months are there any fundamental differences i should be aware of before admitting any knowledge of *nix Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: freebsd- Newby question
On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 23:09, Bill Moran wrote: LW Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to learn unix. I need a recommendation for a good beginers book (eg: Unix for dummies) I install Freebsd on an old desktop, but I have never used unix, and need a starting point. _The_Comlete_FreeBSD_ by Greg Lehey has a lot of good chapters for beginners, and as you learn, it'll still have a lot to teach you. The online FreeBSD Handbook also has a chapter on basics: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics.html im not a book sort of person I tend to find the best way to learn a new os is to decide what i need it to do and research it on the web. When you have a system you can use then start exploring what other cool functions it has arden HTH ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: free
can't believe I'm answering this especially on here but the min spec for XP is 1.5 gig that doesn't leave much for BSDs or to run any applications in either OS hard disks are cheap as chips these days think its time to upgrade arden On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 18:38, Bill Moran wrote: [Please use reply all to include the mailing list in subsequent questions, I do not always have time to respond to all follow-ups.] dauda braimah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Bill, thanks for that email and the prompt reply. What practical minimum size required to install freebsd and XP I have not idea how little a disk Windows XP will fit on, but I doubt 2G will be big enough. How much space you need for FreeBSD depends entirely on what you want to do. If you just want to use it as an internet firewall, you can do a minimal installation of less than a few hundred meg. If you want to do C-language development for servers or console applications, you could probably get away with less than 1G. If you want a full-blown graphical interface with web browser and office suite, you're going to need at least 10G. Thanks dauda braimah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do I install freebsd and another Os in a pc with 2gigabyte hdd disk eg Window XP and freebsd. How do I format a system that has freebsd 4.5 in it Have you read the install docs?: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html Be sure you back up any important data before starting, _especially_ if you're unfamiliar with the process. If you hit specific questions or problems as you go, don't hesitate to ask the list again. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mouse doesn't work correctly
On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 21:38, Janet Doong wrote: Hello Sir, I bought a box of CDROM of FreeBSD couple month ago and try to install to my PC (COMPAQ presario 8000T) with 80G hard drive and Pentium 4 processor. I have followed the instruction of sysinstall to install the software but the mouse alway doesn't work correctly (when I test the mouse, the arrow on the screen move so slow not very sensitive but it did working when I made a click) The type of mouse is compaq ps/2 (3 bottons with one in middle) and ps/2 keyboard. Can you tell me what should I do? My email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Alex Tsao may seem a daft question but is the mouse a known good one? arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sending messages
hi all reading the windows messaging thread with interest was wondering how you would message a *nix box on the same network ? arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
view the console on the serial port
hi all ive just seen this working and curious as to how its done so thought id ask dose anyone know how to configure a machine to run headless then view the console by connecting a laptop to a serial port on a null modem cable arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: view the console on the serial port
On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 17:47, Vince Hoffman wrote: On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, arden wrote: hi all ive just seen this working and curious as to how its done so thought id ask dose anyone know how to configure a machine to run headless then view the console by connecting a laptop to a serial port on a null modem cable http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html thanks for that what do i need at the client end? arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Fwd: Re: FreeBSD to Windows No Reboot]
---BeginMessage--- On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 17:20, Bryan Maxwell wrote: Is there a way I can go from FreeBSD to windows without rebooting? Also if I have an active serial line sl0, can i run hyper terminal in windows with that same line? And lastly, is there a hyperterminal program in FreeBSD and do i have to turn off the SLIP sl0 for it to run properly? Basically I have a PIC 16F819, it will respond to a character and display an array. Im trying to collect the packet that is sent for an HTML request and display what the PIC itself received. I have already seen the tcpdump/tcpshow packets. This will help me decode the TCP and my C++ code in my PIC. Thanks in advance. Bryan Maxwel im not sure if i fully understand what it is you are doing but how about running windows inside a virtual machine like vmware ? arden - Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---End Message--- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cheap sun machine
hi all I'm looking for a cheap sun system to play with solaris 9 and BSD on Ive seen some on ebay but unsure of what to go 4 and who's trust worthy has anyone any suggestions of where to get one (needs to be cheap) skint at the moment i live in the north of england arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is www.freebsd.org down.
On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 19:39, Kent Stewart wrote: http://www.freebsd.org seems to be down. Everything else appears to be working. Kent just tried it i cant connect either arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
keyboard country mapping
hi folks I'm in the UK but my install has set up my keyboard as American how can i alter it ? arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
backing up dvd to dvd-r
hi folks as i have a child that thinks of dvds as occasional Frisbees\drink mats and throwing stars ive taken to giving him back-ups as of my shop bought dvds this is my prob : the only reason i have a windows partition is to run a nice freeware apt called dvd shrink ive tried running it under wine and it wont have it dose anyone know of an easy way to shrink a 6 gig retail dvd down to 4 gig keeping chapters in either bsd or linux arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
permissions
hi all i only have two users on my bsd box me as a standard user and root the prob ive got at the mo is that only root can mount my cd drive how do i halter its permissions so standard user can use it on a similar vain on my linux boxes i can su root but i get a message saying sorry is this a bsd thing ? arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sound driver not loading
hi all another newbie question I'm afraid when i boot my machine the sound driver module is not loading and have to type kldload snd_drivers every time did i miss something on install? is it time to get a crash course in kernel compiling? arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sound driver not loading
thanks that sorted it another quick one how do you access the cdrom? tried cd /mnt/cdrom as would do in linux arden On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 15:59, Kent Stewart wrote: On Tuesday 18 May 2004 07:46 am, arden wrote: hi all another newbie question I'm afraid when i boot my machine the sound driver module is not loading and have to type kldload snd_drivers every time did i miss something on install? You have to add something like snd_driver_load=YES to /boot/loader.conf for it to be run everytime you boot. is it time to get a crash course in kernel compiling? That is what I did. I added options pcm to my kernel config file, which requires building a kernel, but why do it if the loader.conf addition works :). Kent ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Creating ISO image question
im guessing this is what you mean ? mkisofs -r -J -o cd_image.iso dir/ arden On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 12:28, Stephen Liu wrote: HI folks, I tried to solve following questions on creating ISO image with reference to 'man mkisofs' but could not resolve; Tree of diectories e.g. /usr/home/user-A/document-AAA/subdirectories 1) To include the complete tree starting from /user-A/document-AAA/subdirectories 2) To include the complete tree starting from /document-AAA/subdirectories Kindly advise. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
bit torrent
hi all has bit torrent been ported to bsd i use btdownloadcurses.py under linux at the mo arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
properties of a file
just a quick question i know df will tell me the properties of the partition im in, but how do i find out how big a signal file is ? arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
possible virus
hi all Ive just received an e-mail claiming to be from Microsoft telling me to run the attached patch which must be bogus since I've never registered with m$ and don't connect to the net with any Microsoft operating systems May-be one for sysadmin people to look for Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
startx kde
hi all im pretty new to bsd so sorry if this is a stupid question on my linux system i use kde as default desktop and as such when i type startx kde starts on bsd i get an xterm the have to type startkde after startx is there a way to do it in one command? arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi all
hi folks thanks for the quick replies i got for my newbie questions thought i would be OK with my Linux knowledge but there is defiantly a learning curve there. I'm based in york in England just wondered where everyone else is in the world Arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sound set up
hi all ive been using linux for some time and thought was time to try something new the install of 5.2 went without a prob but did not set up my sound card in linux would be able to probe the pci bus to get an id of the card with cat /proc/ pci but could not under bsd can you please point me in the right direction arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sound set up
sorted it out thanks for pointing me in the right direction kldload snd_driver sorted it out arden On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 13:56, Roop Nanuwa wrote: On Tue, 11 May 2004 13:47:26 +0100, arden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all ive been using linux for some time and thought was time to try something new the install of 5.2 went without a prob but did not set up my sound card in linux would be able to probe the pci bus to get an id of the card with cat /proc/ pci but could not under bsd can you please point me in the right direction Take a look here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html Most likely, running `kldload pcm` will get it working if your sound card is one of the common ones. --roop ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re:
On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 16:52, wendy wrote: Easy to install FreeBSD can be installed from a variety of media including CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, floppy disk, magnetic tape, an MS-DOS® partition, or if you have a network connection, you can install it directly over anonymous FTP or NFS. All you need is a couple of formatted 1.44MB floppies and these directions. THIS IS NOT TRUE! - the installation actually is very difficult and so this Superior OS is not for 99.9% computer users - I'll probably kill my time only if I lost my job and stay home having nothing to do to configure how to install it. Comparing to Windows, this BSD is very dumb- want to me to tell it everything. No wonder it's Free. I have to disagree ive installed it today for the first time on test machine and apart from having slight problems with sound driver (which m$ windoze did not auto configure either) didn't have much trouble looks to be pretty solid have to say boot up and shutdown seem alot quicker than linux arden ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
