corrupt package info.
Hi all, During a recent portupgrade, I got a hard crash of some sort... (I was out of the room, and the machine was sounding an alarm when I came back.) At any rate, portupgrade was probably altering the package database at the time of the crash, as I now get this error: pkg_info: the package info for package 'nvidia-driver-1.0.6113_1' is corrupt Needless to say, many of the other pkg tools won't work either. As for the nvidia pkg directory: ls /var/db/pkg/nvidia-driver-1.0.6113_1/ +REQUIRED_BY cat /var/db/pkg/nvidia-driver-1.0.6113_1/+REQUIRED_BY kdemultimedia-xine_artsplugin-3.3.0 Any suggestions? (If you want more info., just tell me what would be useful.) Best Regards, Clayton PS. please remember to CC... _ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Retrieving audio from memory
OK, funny one. I accidentally deleted a media file... However, I did have the file opened in kaboodle. The file appears to be intact in memory; I can listen to it from start to finish. Kaboodle, unfortunately, doesn't have any save feature, so that's out. I'm wondering if there is some way I could hack in and read the file out of memory. (I have root access, and am comfortable with reading directly from memory.) Lacking that, is there any tool that could capture the audio as it plays out the card? Though I worry about loss of audio quality, looping the sound card output back to an input might be a possibility. Anyone have ideas on that? TIA, Clayton PS. please CC... _ On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on how to get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[from newbies]: SSH port forwarding and Webmin
On July 12, 2004, Eddie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have webmin installed on a brand new installation of FreeBSD 5.2.1. I tunnel port 1 to my localhost and connect to wemin like this: http://127.0.0.1:1 I always connect to webmin this way, with all *nix machines I admin. This does not seem to work with FreeBSD 5.2.1. It does work out of the box for other versions (4.7 and 4.8 at least) of FreeBSD though. Is there some rule somewhere preventing port forwarding in 5.2? Here's my netstat output: bsd3c# netstat -nat Active Internet connections (including servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address(state) tcp4 0 0 192.168.1.19.22 69.91.145.220.46031 ESTABLISHED tcp4 0 0 127.0.0.1.25 *.*LISTEN tcp4 0 0 *.22 *.*LISTEN tcp6 0 0 *.22 *.*LISTEN tcp4 0 0 *.1*.*LISTEN udp4 0 0 *.1*.* udp4 0 0 *.514 *.* udp6 0 0 *.514 *.* webmin is running and listening on port 1 as it's supposed to, and I can connect to webmin on the localhost with links. The sshd config file gives no indication that tunneling is disabled, and it has not been modified in any way. I would be glad to hear what anyone's thoughts are on this. Eddie Hi Eddie, freebsd-newbies is not meant for technical questions nor replies. I'm forwarding this along to freebsd-questions. (You should be CC'ed on any replies...) My first thought is that maybe 5.2.1 uses a more restrictive ruleset for firewalling or that you specified a more restrictive ruleset in rc.conf (firewall_type, which is used by rc.firewall). You can view current rules with 'ipfw show'. Of course, this all assumes you've kept ipfw as the firewall. Also, I could be missing the obvious. (That's one of the reasons to not ask on -newbies...) Regards, Clayton _ MSN 9 Dial-up Internet Access helps fight spam and pop-ups now 2 months FREE! http://join.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[from newbies] RE: Command path
Hi, On June 29, 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any reason why I can't directly run sysinstall when I am already currently in the /stand directory? The only way I can execute it is to enter /stand/sysinstall Is there a path configuration I can edit to get FreeBSD to search the current directory as well as common places like /bin? JS I can't reply on newbies@; all technical advice should at least be subjected to wide peer review. (It's in the list charter...) I'm replying on questions@, which is more proper for this discussion. I don't know the rhyme or reason to which shells include or don't include the current directory in the default PATH or why... That discussion aside, the PATH is an environment variable. The way you set (and maybe view) it is shell-dependent. I'll give descriptions for sh and (t)csh, which are most common; if you use another, you might write back and be more specific. In both shells, you can view environment variables with the command 'env'. In sh, you could do: 'PATH=.:$PATH' in (t)csh, you could do: 'setenv PATH .:$PATH' Adding such a statement to your ~/.shrc and/or ~/.cshrc startup script would save you from typing it each time... Hope that helps, Clayton _ From will you? to I do, MSN Life Events is your resource for Getting Married. http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=married ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[from newbies] RE: IPFW2 + 4.10
On June 28, 2004, Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello freebsd-newbies, I am still fairly new at the BSD level, migrated from linux. The question that I have is, is Version 4.10 kernel compiled with IPFW2, I know the doc's say that CURRENT version has and that it was implemented in 2002, yet the doc's say that STABLE does not have it compiled into the kernel. Can some one please clarify -- Best regards, Matt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Matt, (Can't reply on -newbies, it's a list charter thing :).) 4.x versions come from the STABLE branch and, so, do not have ipfw2 compiled in the kernel by default. (Instead, they use the older, and more tested, ipfw.) If you want ipfw2, refer to 'man 8 ipfw', the section using ipfw2 on freebsd-stable, for very good instructions. Regards, Clayton _ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[from newbies] portupgrade -a
On June 6, 2004, Joshua Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, After running portsdb -Uu I ran a portupgrade -a. Other than taking two days to finish is there a reason why upgrading ALL ports at one time is a bad idea? one other thing. I got hundreds of _POSIX_C_SOURCE: not defined errors. I am assuming this is some kind of system variable that defines where my C Source files are located. If I am correct would someone tell me what this setting should be and where to find the file that I set it in? As always the newbies mailing list is a great help. Thanks in advance. Thank you, Joshua Lewis Hi Joshua, freebsd-questions is a better (well, the only) forum for asking questions. I'm forwarding it there for you. You shouldn't need to subscribe to the list; you should be CC'ed on any replies. The only real advice I might give is that you should definitely read UPDATING before running portupgrade -a. Sorry I can't help more, but I'm a newbie :). Regards, Clayton _ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[from newbies]: XP + FreeBSD
On June 6, 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, This has probably been answered before, but I was unable to find explicit confirmation. The installation guide (2.5.3) states that You now have the option to install a boot manager. In general, you should choose to install the FreeBSD boot manager if: *You have more than one drive, and have installed FreeBSD onto a drive other than the first one. *You have installed FreeBSD alongside another operating system on the same disk, and you want to choose whether to start FreeBSD or the other operating system when you start the compute Will installing FreeBSD's boot manager render my exisiting XP installation inoperable? I have been down this route with Linux in the past with the result that my NT partition was unusable after Linux installation. Many thanks, Dave. Hi Dave, Freebsd-questions is the proper forum for questions; I'm sending my answer there as replying on newbies is against the charter. (Also, if I make a mistake, it'll get corrected here :).) You don't need to subscribe to the list; you should be CC'ed on any replies. As I understand it, the boot manager allows for one other OS to be bootable or for an OS to be booted which is not on the same drive as the MBR. It should not conflict with XP, afaik, and I've used XP and FreeBSD together in the past. As a cautionary note, though, I've seen others hang themselves with this. (I never figured out what they could have done wrong.) You should back up any data from the XP installation you wish to keep, to be safe. Regards, Clayton _ Getting married? Find great tips, tools and the latest trends at MSN Life Events. http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=married ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD-newbies group is a compromise community.
Hi Randy, On March 24, 2004, Randy Pratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:36:11 + Clayton Rollins wrote: Hi List, Hi Clayton, Please don't take my comments as any personal affrontation since I have quite different views. No worries. :) Sorry, the thread has become so fragmented at this point, I can't really find a good last message to send a reply to. Nor can I really find a good way to integrate the past comments. This message is intended as a general reply to all the previously mentioned points in this thread. To state my main point firstly, the problem, as I see it, is not a matter of people asking technical questions, but a matter of people answering questions here. This is a problem (again, IMHO) because more authoritative and knowlegable voices are not generally present here. Asking technical questions in -newbies does not follow the FAK: http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] is the place to send all questions about installing, configuring, running and using FreeBSD. All help requests are handled by FreeBSD-Questions, including newbies questions. While I've read the FAK, not all people do. My comments were directed more for the situation where a question does end up here. My intention is not to encourage asking questions here, but to find a consensus method of dealing with such questions. I would then propose that, in cases of technical replies, that a minimal rule of CC'ing the -questions list be imposed. (With the more knowledgeable members of this list forwarding to questions when another newbie forgets.) I don't think this will help since it would only encourage asking of technical questions here. Invariably, people will start answering. I've also noticed that people who have been doing this cause the person on -questions to CC the -newbies list, thereby perpetuating the asking/answering questions here myth. The convention is to use Reply All when answering a question is why this happens. The best approach would be to mail the -questions list directly and not CC the -newbies list. If the purpose is to expose new users to more information, then the -questions mailing list can be read online (highly suggested) without subscribing: http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/current/freebsd-questions.html Cross-posting should also be avoided since it only increases the noise level. Only some circumstances warrant cross-posting such as when you need to reach a wide range of people on a topic that affects them. Here, I agree with you. My main concern was to allow users a path to follow when answering questions, not with where they do it. A minor secondary concern was the consistency of threads but, if the person moving the thread to -questions were to post the fact that the thread has moved, this concern could be minimized. I see the danger of perpetuating the myth as a minimal danger because, as mentioned above, people do ask questions here. The new subscriber, having only read the list a short time, will generally see some questions posted, regardless of what policy may be. Bottom line: forwarding the thread to -questions and/or answering it there would be an acceptable course of action, in my opinion. While this uses far more bandwidth, it reduces the constraints presently on this list and allows for more colorful replies than send this to -questions. I have, personally, tried to follow such a path when I do actually attempt to answer a question. For me, a good guideline for a -newbies question has been: if the question is clear and I feel I can contribute something: Reply and CC to -questions Your intention is good but contrary to the charter for this group. If your going to answer a question, please trim the CC for the -newbies group and only CC the -questions list. I'll avoid doing so in the future. (see comments above.) If it's a FAQ or covered in the documentation: Give a link to the doc.s and let the sender know the proper list is -questions. If the question is unclear: Notify the user of the proper list and point out any problems with the question. This is covered in the weekly posting to -questions on How To Ask Questions: http://www.lemis.com/questions.html The same link is also given in the weekly FAK posting here. Again, not everyone reads it. (And, not everyone subscribes for a week before asking a question.) Although, I was being a bit unclear. My intention was that one should point the asker to that document and maybe point out what they would find useful, if they were trying to answer the question. While I know that many list members already follow personal rules, I would like to have solid guidelines and have them reflected in the charter. There are solid guidlines already. See the FAK link above. No matter what solid guidlines you make (unless its none) then there will always be a problem in getting people to read them and then getting people to follow them. Even on the -questions list, people
Re: FreeBSD-newbies group is a compromise community.
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porting julian time lib.; fortran errors
Hi List, I'm having some trouble getting some third-party software to compile on freebsd, and was hoping some fortran buff out there had time to enlighten me. (I know no fortran.) The specific software is the PDS Rings Node's Julian Library, version 1.3.2. overview: http://ringmaster.arc.nasa.gov/toolkits/julian_132_html/aareadme.html download: http://ringmaster.arc.nasa.gov/toolkits/order.html (Note that ordering requires no personal information or money, and goes through pretty fast.) The errors I get when compiling initially are only in one file, and are as follows: fjulian.for: In function `fjul_parsedt': fjulian.for:120: FJul_ParseDT = GJUL_PARSEDT(array1, array2, dutc, secs) 1 2 Type disagreement between expressions at (1) and (2) (happens 3x) I'm not entirely code illiterate, and looking at the code it would seem this is caused by the following lines: integer*4 function FJul_ParseDT(string, pref, dutc, secs) logical*4 GJul_ParseDT Changing the two declarations to similar types caused the first error to go away, however many undefined reference errors are given during linking. Sample: /tmp/cctHLBe5.o(.text+0x2d7): undefined reference to `fjul_taiofdutc__' All of these errors seem to occur where the C code is to link in to the fortran code, making me believe the symbols generated by the two are incompatible somehow. Seeing as how f77 and gcc are part of the same general package, though, this seems unlikely. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks, Clayton _ Find things fast with the new MSN Toolbar includes FREE pop-up blocking! http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ar, nm not reading library files (libz, etc.)
Hi List, I've been having problems with ar and nm not being able to use the library files installed on my system, though executables created with them seem to work fine. libz is not the only library this happens with, just using it as an example. The output: ar -t /usr/lib/libz.so.2 /usr/libexec/elf/ar: /usr/lib/libz.so.2: File format not recognized nm /usr/lib/libz.so.2 /usr/libexec/elf/nm: /usr/lib/libz.so.2: no symbols The problem was first noticed after a massive round of portupgrading (due to the threading change). Rebuilding the system with RELENG_4_9 as of today did not fix the issue. Any ideas? Regards, Clayton Rollins PS. please be sure to CC me, as I only receive the list in digest form. _ Say good-bye to spam, viruses and pop-ups with MSN Premium -- free trial offer! http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200359ave/direct/01/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ar, nm not reading library files (libz, etc.)
On Feb. 27, 2004 Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 03:29:34AM +, clayton rollins wrote: Hi List, I've been having problems with ar and nm not being able to use the library files installed on my system, though executables created with them seem to work fine. libz is not the only library this happens with, just using it as an example. The output: ar -t /usr/lib/libz.so.2 /usr/libexec/elf/ar: /usr/lib/libz.so.2: File format not recognized nm /usr/lib/libz.so.2 /usr/libexec/elf/nm: /usr/lib/libz.so.2: no symbols The problem was first noticed after a massive round of portupgrading (due to the threading change). Rebuilding the system with RELENG_4_9 as of today did not fix the issue. Any ideas? ar and nm work with static libraries, not shared. Perhaps you're looking for objdump. Kris Thanks Kris; I thought ignorance was partially to blame. I think the problem is actually a naughty makefile, an old version uses nm fine (for whatever it uses it for). Thanks for your time, Clayton _ Take off on a romantic weekend or a family adventure to these great U.S. locations. http://special.msn.com/local/hotdestinations.armx ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: asking for help
Hi Bogdan, On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 07:46:47 -0800 (PST) faina bogdan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, my name is Bogdan Faina and I wote you a couple oof times regarding to the HDF5 instalation. I read the notes abot this matter and I tried to install first only the precompiled binaries for freebsd_4.9 but I've fount out that in the ports packages exists the HD5 latest version available so I have updated the freebsd packages and then from ports I did make install clean. So that way the computer installed itself the Hdf5. Until here it,s all allright but I don't understand a thing: Why it is not included the fortran90 compiler h5fc. Please answer me this questions: How can I add the Fortran90 compiler to my actual Hdf5? What solution exists to this matter? How can I get some help regarding to the understanding how Hdf5 works? Can I get a mail adress from someone who uses Hdf5 and is available to explain to me how it works or if it is a forum for Hdf5 users? I'm a student at Physics and I need Hdf5 to complete my Bachelor Degree and to use it storing data from a program that simulates Crystals Growth. Thank you for your time and I can hardly wait to hear news from you. As far as I know, there is no native equivalent of the F90 compilers requested by hdf5's configure program. This is probably why it is disabled by default. (You can quickly hack graphics/hdf5/Makefile to include the cofigure option '--enable-fortran' to check this.) I know no fortran, so I can't really verify what's f77 versus f90, but I've read comments stating that 'f77 -ff90' should compile f90 programs. (No verification and hacking it directly into the configure program didn't work.) So far, I was unable to find a free source code distribution for a f90 compiler, though I imagine it exists somewhere. There are a number of linux native f90 compilers, but I'm not sure on run-ability or quality of such a thing. (One I found: http://www.intel.com/software/products/compilers/downloads/forlin.htm ) Maybe some of the others here can suggest an appropriate program... (Have homework to do, otherwise, I'd try some more; maybe later...) About your general questions, and all, try the site listed in the pkg-descr: http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/ Hope you get it working, Clayton PS. Please try to break lines at around 80 char.s in the future (standard for this list). _ Find high-speed net deals comparison-shop your local providers here. https://broadband.msn.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: gtk-gnutella-0.93.2 crashing frequently..
Quoting Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
anyone else seeing this app dumping core very frequently?
a core file can be seen at
http://monsterjam.org/core/
the previous version I portupgraded from 0.91 I believe was working fine
and dandy before I portupgraded it.
regards,
Jason
Hi Jason,
I can't access your core file (probably permissions). It
probably wouldn't help much, as I would need to reproduce
the executable it came from, and code. The crash output
would be more useful, for me.
At any rate, the problem you're experiencing is likely due to
a bug reported recently, which causes a segfault when
running the gtk1 version on freebsd. (Without getting too far
into it, a widget with 7 items is hard-coded with 5 items. The
problem wasn't noticed in advance as the dev.s mostly use
linux. I use the gtk2 version, so I was unaware of the bug.)
For fixing, there are three or four options for you.
1. Get and compile the newest cvs. (which is currently in
freeze for a bugfix release.)
This will also fix a minor memory leak that was discovered
recently.
Get a snapshot here:
http://gtk-gnutella.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=devel#devel-snapshots
Run:
./Configure -d -e -Dyacc='bison -y' -Dofficial='true'
-Dprefix=${PREFIX} -Dbindir=${PREFIX}/bin
-Dprivlib=${PREFIX}/share/gtk-gnutella
-Dsysman=${PREFIX}/man/man1
-Dlocale=${PREFIX}/share/locale
-Dccflags='${CFLAGS} -I${LOCALBASE}/include/'
(note 1: the above are defaults for the port.)
(note 2: if ICU is installed, you will need to run
interactively (remove -d) and remove the linking
to -licuuc, or edit it out in the Configure script.)
then make make install, as usual.
2. find a package from the previous release in ports
(0.93).
This was a very recent update, and it is likely there
are good package builds out there.
3. Wait a few days.
As I mentioned, a serious bug was found in the gtk1
version, and a bugfix release is imminent. The port will
be updated as soon as the source is available.
4. compile a gtk2 version.
Using gtk2 takes quite a bit of cpu (I'd say, don't bother
if you have less than 600 MHz), but should allow you to
run... (Use WITH_GTK2 to do.)
On behalf of the gtk-g project, I would like to formally
apologize. Many new people have joined the dev. team,
and some issues with memory leaks, etc., have been
occuring with some frequency. While work is being
achieved at a much faster rate than ever before, this
also means that undiscovered bugs enter the code
more than ever before.
In response, a new policy of doing a 'code freeze'
before release has been instituted now, and newer
version should, hopefully, show less and less of this.
(Keep in mind the software only purports to be beta
quality)
One criticism for you, though. Your statement that
0.91 I believe was working fine is a *very* bad point
of view. Gnutella is an evolving protocol, and frequent
updates of the client software are a neccesity. In fact,
version 0.91 is considered fully deprecated, and other
gtk-gnutella nodes will not even connect to you. (Their
existence is considered harmful to the network.)
I don't want to scold you or anything, but that is a
common thought that, really, *must* end.
Regards,
Clayton Rollins
PS. sorry for taking some time to respond. I only get
this list in digest form, so didn't see your post
immediately. On the same note, be sure to cc any
replies directly to me.
PPS. If you need personal assistance, help is available
on #gtk-gnutella on freenode.net.
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Fwd: newbee help on freebsd email server setup
This belongs on -questions; forwarding there. (To Dennis: you don't need to worry about registering to -questions, as you should be CC'ed any replies. You might want to read the style guide here: http://www.lemis.com/email.html and the general guide here: http://www.lemis.com/questions.html .) Original Message Nov. 19, 2003 Dennis M. Yocum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote hello still a newbee too i would like to ask a few questions in setting up my mailserver environment is simple.intel based solely running freebsd 4.7 right now wnd sendmail 8.12.6 and qpopper 4.0.4 all are running without error.i think the host command is replying correctly my remote dns service a and mx records are fine ping to the name resolves correctly host-names file modified with names inetd running modules without error messages mailserver sees internet ok here is the problem i cant track down.when i send mail to an account set up on mailserver (thru adduser) and using an remote source email server.when i use a pc through windows 2000 running outlook express i cannot retrieve the mail...it comes back with error message 550 host unknown can anyone steer me in the right direction.checked freebsd handbookfreebsd in 24 hoursand usual sites faq... thanks den _ Gift-shop online from the comfort of home at MSN Shopping! No crowds, free parking. http://shopping.msn.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
problems with libc_r, icu, and gtk-gnutella
First off, I'm somewhat of a newbie; sorry if this is daft... I have been trying to get gtk-gnutella cvs to compile with some new (internationalization) functions, using ICU. Neither of the versions currently in ports (devel/icu devel/icu2) work; version 2.6.1 passes configure tests for gtk-g, but produces a non-working executable. The best indicator I can seem to find of the error is messages I get from the compiler (or linker) when icu is compiled. These are as follows: /usr/lib/libc.so: WARNING! setkey(3) not present in the system! /usr/lib/libc.so: warning: this program uses gets(), which is unsafe. /usr/lib/libc.so: warning: mktemp() possibly used unsafely; consider using mkstemp() /usr/lib/libc.so: WARNING! des_setkey(3) not present in the system! /usr/lib/libc.so: WARNING! encrypt(3) not present in the system! /usr/lib/libc.so: warning: tmpnam() possibly used unsafely; consider using mkstemp() /usr/lib/libc.so: warning: this program uses f_prealloc(), which is not recommended. /usr/lib/libc.so: WARNING! des_cipher(3) not present in the system! /usr/lib/libc.so: warning: tempnam() possibly used unsafely; consider using mkstemp() I would like to just assume that icu is broken for this platform, but it passes it's check suite perfectly. Also, I've had a ton of programs give such errors and work fine. (I also assume it works for others.) The exact problem might be better pointed out by messages I get while compiling gtk-g. These are as follows: /usr/lib/libc_r.so.4: WARNING! setkey(3) not present in the system! /usr/lib/libc_r.so.4: warning: this program uses gets(), which is unsafe. /usr/lib/libc_r.so.4: warning: mktemp() possibly used unsafely; consider using mkstemp() /usr/lib/libc_r.so.4: WARNING! des_setkey(3) not present in the system! /usr/lib/libc_r.so.4: WARNING! encrypt(3) not present in the system! /usr/lib/libc_r.so.4: warning: tmpnam() possibly used unsafely; consider using mkstemp() /usr/lib/libc_r.so.4: warning: this program uses f_prealloc(), which is not recommended. /usr/lib/libc_r.so.4: WARNING! des_cipher(3) not present in the system! /usr/lib/libc_r.so.4: warning: tempnam() possibly used unsafely; consider using mkstemp() I'm working on this because I intend to update the gtk-gnutella port and would like to see this work for other people. I'd also be willing to update the icu2 port, if I can figure out what the issue is. I was thinking to mention some specifics about my platform, but can't think of much that would be of use, except that it is STABLE running SMP, as I think this is probably thread related. If you want to know more, just ask. Any help is appreciated, Clayton _ Add MSN 8 Internet Software to your current Internet access and enjoy patented spam control and more. Get two months FREE! http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/byoa ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best way to add serial ports to STABLE machine?
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a bunch of what I call 2nd generation HP Vectras that I'm redeploying for an application that gets input for Serial RS-232 devices. At the moment the most input devices any 1 computer has to deal with is 2, and I thought I would be in good shape using the on motherboard ports (as I have done on the first generation Vectras). However, I just discovered that these machines have a 8250 serial chip instead of a (useful) 16550A chip. Even ruining minicom against this port locks the machine up :-( Someone should smack that engineer around a bit. :) Now, I can easily disable this port in the BIOS. So, whats the best (most FreeBSD compatible way) of adding an extra good serial port or 2? I've had success in the past with ISA card serial port cards to add 3rd and 4th ports. But I'm wondering if I can even still buy something this old? Suggestions? It sounds like you've got the right idea, and being able to disable the onboard crap really helps. I want to say this, though. I'm a FreeBSD newbie, and may be overlooking bsd specific issues. (I do see a variety of serial controllers listed in the hardware guide for 4.8, so I'd assume that this is fully possible. Try it on a single machine before you order all your serial cards...) About availabiliy, I was able to find a variety of cards on http://www.pricewatch.com . So, they're out there. Good luck reviving those machines, Clayton _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I hate meeses to pieces
On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 00:34:12 -0600 Daryl Hunt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am an extreme newbie at FreeBSD. I have it installed but when I go into the Xserver in either of the two GUIs I get a weird mouse that seems to only be able to stay on the very top of the screen and has no vertical movement. I have it setup on Auto and PS/2 Busmouse settings. It works when the config is run from the command line but it blows up like I described upon entering the GUI (i.e. KDE) Beyond the obvious stuff, you might want to verify your video card setup. I had similar weirdness from an inaccurate chipset definition once. (mouse worked flawlessly from the command line...) Good Luck, Clayton _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Kernel compile error (from newbies)
On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 Mihail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
While building a custom kernel make failed with this error:
cc -c -O -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -Wall -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline
-Wcast-qual -fformat-extensions -std=c99 -nostdinc -I- -I. -I../../..
-I../../../dev -I../../../contrib/dev/acpica -I../../../contrib/ipfilter
-D_KERNEL -include opt_global.h -fno-common -falign-functions=4
-march=pentium4 -mfpmath=sse -msse -msse2 -mno-align-long-strings
-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -ffreestanding -Werror ../../../dev/fb/vga.c
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:3833: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `movd'
{standard input}:4053: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `movd'
*** Error code 1
I did make from /usr/src/sys/i386/compile/MYKERNEL just as described on
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html
BTW, how to change the _default_ CFLAGS? I would want to remove
-mcpu=pentiumpro that is being appended (in case -mcpu=pentiumpro
conflicts with my -march=pentium4 flag?)
I really can't figure why the kernel won't compile. (Other than the obvious
reason.)
If you're using gcc 3.2, the -msse2 flag is known to cause this problem.
Other than
that, what you propose sounds like the next thing to check.
I'll cc -questions, which is the proper list for tech. advice. Maybe someone
there
will have a better answer for you.
You can alter /etc/make.conf to change the flags; I'm not sure how it picks
up the
'automatic settings.' (Again, maybe someone at -questions will have a better
answer.)
Peace,
Clayton
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Re: wine/freebsd/kazaa.. (fwd)
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 18:51:40 -0400 (EDT) Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: nobody knows? I asked the wine-users list twice and nobody there answered either. -- Forwarded message -- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 20:18:55 -0400 (EDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: wine/freebsd/kazaa.. (fwd) freebsd fans.. running freebsd 4.8-stable and have installed wine from the ports. Wine-20030508.tar.gz It installed fine and I can run notepad with no problems.. Im running the kazaalite install binary for windows and it gets so far.. then it bombs out with err:module:BUILTIN32_dlopen failed to load .so lib for builtin msacm.imaadpcm: Cannot open /usr/local/lib/wine/msacm.imaadpcm.so err:module:BUILTIN32_dlopen failed to load .so lib for builtin msacm.msadpcm: Cannot open /usr/local/lib/wine/msacm.msadpcm.so (I cannot find those files on my system anywhere. btw. where should they come from?) I cant find anything useful on google/usenet about this. any ideas? regards, Jason -- Hi Jason, I have no idea about how/where to get those lib's. But, unless you're a big fan of kazaa and sharman networks, you might give gtk-gnutella a try. You'll be on a different network (gnutella instead of sharman's propreitary net), but I'd most definitely recommend giving it a try. Supposedly, most of the same things are available from either net', so they should be comparable as far as user experience is concerned. (e-mule and bit torrent are two other softwares that come to mind, though I haven't run either yet.) Aside from that, gtk-gnutella offers a quick, clean interface, and will allow P2P with a minimum of hassle. Peace, Clayton _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mplayer
On 10 Jun 2003 14:10:40 Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 13:39, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: I thought I'd install the mplayer port plus the mplayer-skins and have fun playing my DivX or Quicktime movies. ** wrong ** Running a GENERICS kernel mplayer complains about having to recompile the kernel w/ some extra options. I can't seem to find these instructions in the dox though, so I'll reluctantly ask you: What do I need to succesfully run mplayer. I mean: which port(s) and which kernel options need be set? An info page on FreeBSD and mplayer is also welcome ;-) For starters, you'll need to compile in support for your soundcard. The handbook goes over this in great detail: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html Beyond that, as long as your video driver is working OK, you should be able to use mplayer just fine. Please note the differences between 4.x and 5.x in setting up sound devices. Be sure you are reading the correct instructions for setting it up in 4.x (more steps). In addition you'll probably need to add: options USER_LDT to your kernel. (unless you're running current, or have done it already.) Before compiling mplayer you should read the makefile to check out the various options. (You won't get a gui by default...) You should also go over the documentation at http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu/homepage/design6/news.html. (The links are currently down, though... You probably won't need them to install, just make sure you change the ~/.mplayer/config file to reflect the gui, 'skin,' you want to use.) Best of luck, Clayton PS. you'll need to get the codecs too, if you haven't already. I have gotten them from the mplayer site before, though I see they exist in ports too. (I think the links on the mplayer site are screwy enough that I can't find the download page right now...) _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Changing to a PS/2 keyboard after install
On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 12:26:39 Gary Schenk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I installed FreeBSD on this machine which came with a USB keyboard and mouse. The keyboard has problems, and for various reasons, I'd like to replace it with a PS/2 keyboard. Only problem is I can't figure out how to do it. Getting a PS/2 mouse running was easy through sysinstall. Just plugging in the new keyboard did not work. After searching the web and mailing lists, I thought that recompiling the kernel with the following lines would work: # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse device atkbdc0 at isa? port IO_KBD device atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 # flags 0x1 device psm0at atkbdc? irq 12 I commented out the flag 0x1 and recompiled and rebooted. That did not work either. As of now the only way I can see to get the PS/2 keyboard working is to reinstall. That seems like overkill. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks Gary Schenk I'm not sure if this is your problem, but there is a line in generic: device ukbd # Keyboard toward the end, under #USB Support. Have you already tried commenting that out? As a side note, the above PS/2 keyboard config. (yours) matches what I have in my kernel. (with the flag.) Good luck, Clayton PS. re-installing is overkill here; the answer must be simpler. Though it may be quicker in the long run. _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD and Windows XP
On Sat, 31 May 2003 23:48:55 +0930 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote I feel bad about not finding this answer myself as I know how to do it with Win XP. My searching skills seem to be rusty. Question: How do I get my new Win XP box to talk to me FreeBSD Server? When I try to map a drive I get : The account is not authorized to log in from this station. What I think the answer is: I think it's the Plain Text Password issue. I've dealt with it before on Win 98 but can't figure out how to configure Win XP to allow a Plain Text Password. I've been searching for a few hours as I know it must be a common issue and the answer is there somewhere. If you can point me in the right direction it would be a great help. Thanks. Nigel Holloway I just went through this with win 2k... control panel - administrative tools - local security policy and set send non-encrypted passwords to third party samba... to enabled. Hope that works, Clayton _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: !!X and Securelevel!!
On Thu, 29 May 2003 20:02:05 Alejandro N??ez Sandoval[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Hi, I am tring to run my kdm in securelevel=2, put it is not working, when i try with /etc/ttys the x not open, when i try with rc.local, the X open but the console is block. I read about aperture in netbsd, is there a port to freebsd? Hi Alejandro, There is an aperture patch, though I don't know how/where to apply it. (Or, which one. There's two patches...) At any rate, a README is at: http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0015675/README.aperture Patches are at: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~tmm/ Hope that gets you started, Clayton PS. try http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=enlr=lang_engroup=mailing.freebsd.questions in the future. It's a great resource. (It's where I found this information...) _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fw: Installing on a IBM PC320 Server (from -newbies)
On Wed, 28 May 2003 David Nicholas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an old IBM PC320 Server with the following hardware (use to have Microsoft SBS 4.5 installed before I tried to install FreeBSD): 128MB RAM 2 (4.5GB) Quantum Viking WSE SCSI hard drives, one is SCSI ID#0 and the other SCSI ID#1 SCSI ID#7 Adaptec AHA-2940 SCSI controller SCSI ID#2 HP 35470A Tape Drive SCSI ID#3 IBM CDRM00203 SCSI CD-ROM Trident TGVA (1MB) video card 2 (100Mhz) Pentium Processors Installed FreeBSD 4.8 (and also tried FreeBSD 4.2) with no hiccups using the outlined installation in the FreeBSD handbook with no other operating systems. When I go to reboot, the Boot Manager comes up with two options: F1 FreeBSD and F5 Drive 1 (or F5 Drive 0, depending if I select F5). Neither work. It will not boot past this point. What am I doing wrong? I know it probably has something to do with my SCSI ID's but I don't have a clue what arrangement or BIOS settings that need to be adjusted. Has anyone installed on this type of server and if so, what settings are needed on the physical server. Or is there a way to get around it in the installation process. Thanks for all your help! I'd really like to get FreeBSD going on this particular box. David Nicholas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi David, It does sound like your hard drive is misconfigured somehow, but I don't know how much the -newbies list can help you. (Hence, I'm forwarding it to -questions; please continue that thread...) I can only think of a few things that you might try. One, verify that the disk geometry is set right during the install. Two, disable LBA and any other non-unix friendly settings in the bios. (As I don't know a whole lot about SCSI, I can't say much about the latter course of action.) Hope you get it worked out, Clayton _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ati rage 128 and X
On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 14:08:09 -0600 kitsune [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Re: To: adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 17:46:14 -0800 (PST) adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi, I have a problem when installing freeBSD 5.0. I can not find my vedio card. my card is: ATI rage 128. but I can not find it when config my Xserver. thanks so much for you reply. More info would be nice, but try XFree86 -configure I had a similar problem on a recent install. If the rest of your setup went fine, just edit XF86Config to reflect the card. Something like this 'should' work: Section Device Identifier ATI Rage 128 Driver r128 #VideoRam8192 # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate EndSection If you still have problems, check the content of /var/log/XFree86.0.log for more details... try http://www.google.com/bsd to find other examples... _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: running X from windows pc
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 16:38:32 -0600 Chad Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Subject: Re: [notspam] Re: Running X from a windows PC To: freebsd-questions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I believe there is an X server available in Cygwin http://www.cygwin.com/ Otherwise, here is a link to some instructions and a free version of Microimage. http://www.linuxnetmag.com/en/issue5/m5xserver1.html On 28-Mar-2003 Pierrick Brossin wrote: Marcel Stangenberger wrote: You will need something like Hummingbird Exceed or X-win32 to access the Xclient (which is running on your freebsd server) Do you know any free software to do display exporting on Windows ? A few years back a company called 'Microimage' used to offer a free MS-Windows X-Client. Regards, -- Don Read [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just wanted to say that I have used the cygwin setup to do this; it's pretty easy. Just establish a ssh X session (ssh -X), then launch an xterm. (though, you'll need to setup some things for ssh first. There's a variety of suggested methods for this. A good overview is available at http://www.cs.odu.edu/~cs252/unix/xwin.html#xx__1_5 ) Peace, Clayton _ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fwd: distfiles and ftp
In the course of running BSD, I have accumulated a number of ports/distfiles. I also have a public ftp which I have made these available on, and I was wondering if there was any system for reporting a possible source for other users who need these files. Also, I was wondering what everyone thinks about working a gnutella interface in to the distfile search. (nothing special, just a simple ?automatic? interface to look for the file by name and sha1 hash) I would think that such an improvement could make the distfile search %100 effective. All comments/flames welcome. Peace, Love, and Anarchy cl-8-10 (clayton) Forwarding from the newbies list. I really think this would be something worthwile to look into; I've often found the tar.gz files I need on gnutella, sometimes with better bandwidth than some of the ftps. Please CC me with any replies. (this account can't handle the amount of traffic on -questions. I'll check the archive too.) _ Get faster connections -- switch to MSN Internet Access! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
