newb questions
ok, so I got this freebsd server up and running, even able to ssh to it. questions: 1. when I run startx it auto logs me in on a minimal gui ( twm?). I installed gnome, I think, and want to log in using gnome, how do I change that? 2. I cannot su - to root, it says sorry. pam_group didn't seem like the answer, or I didn't read it right. How can I su to root from my account? Is there anything special to able to do that from ssh? 3. the boot loader... This server has 2 drives, and I already had w2k server on drive 1, and ubuntu-server on drive 2. when I boot, I now get options for F2-DOS ( win2k boots) and F5 disk0/1. I can't seem to find any option for my ubuntu OS. Is there a way to change that bootloader option to add /dev/sdb6-ubuntu? maybe I was looking in the wrong documentation, if any/all of this is in the docs, which one? the handbook? thanks -- Paul Cartwright ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newb questions
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 08:16:36AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: 1. when I run startx it auto logs me in on a minimal gui ( twm?). I installed gnome, I think, and want to log in using gnome, how do I change that? 2. I cannot su - to root, it says sorry. pam_group didn't seem like the answer, or I didn't read it right. How can I su to root from my account? Is there anything special to able to do that from ssh? I can't answer question #1. As for #2, you need to add your username to the wheel group in /etc/group. That's all. (You will have to log out then back in for the changes to take effect) 3. the boot loader... This server has 2 drives, and I already had w2k server on drive 1, and ubuntu-server on drive 2. when I boot, I now get options for F2-DOS ( win2k boots) and F5 disk0/1. I can't seem to find any option for my ubuntu OS. Is there a way to change that bootloader option to add /dev/sdb6-ubuntu? I think boot0cfg is the tool you'll want to use for this. I've never been in this situation, so I don't have a command to give you. You can use boot0cfg -v disk (e.g. boot0cfg -v ad0) to get information about the boot0 configuration. maybe I was looking in the wrong documentation, if any/all of this is in the docs, which one? the handbook? Yes. -- | Jeremy Chadwickjdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newb questions
On Wednesday 19 November 2008 14:35:06 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 08:16:36AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: 1. when I run startx it auto logs me in on a minimal gui ( twm?). I installed gnome, I think, and want to log in using gnome, how do I change that? Change .xinitrc. http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html 2. I cannot su - to root, it says sorry. pam_group didn't seem like the answer, or I didn't read it right. How can I su to root from my account? Is there anything special to able to do that from ssh? I can't answer question #1. As for #2, you need to add your username to the wheel group in /etc/group. That's all. (You will have to log out then back in for the changes to take effect) And you can't do this in ssh unless you enabled root logins, obvious chicken and egg. Will need to do this with a local root login. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newb questions
Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 08:16:36AM -0500, Paul Cartwright wrote: 1. when I run startx it auto logs me in on a minimal gui ( twm?). I installed gnome, I think, and want to log in using gnome, how do I change that? 2. I cannot su - to root, it says sorry. pam_group didn't seem like the answer, or I didn't read it right. How can I su to root from my account? Is there anything special to able to do that from ssh? I can't answer question #1. As for #2, you need to add your username to the wheel group in /etc/group. That's all. (You will have to log out then back in for the changes to take effect) 3. the boot loader... This server has 2 drives, and I already had w2k server on drive 1, and ubuntu-server on drive 2. when I boot, I now get options for F2-DOS ( win2k boots) and F5 disk0/1. I can't seem to find any option for my ubuntu OS. Is there a way to change that bootloader option to add /dev/sdb6-ubuntu? I think boot0cfg is the tool you'll want to use for this. I've never been in this situation, so I don't have a command to give you. You can use boot0cfg -v disk (e.g. boot0cfg -v ad0) to get information about the boot0 configuration. maybe I was looking in the wrong documentation, if any/all of this is in the docs, which one? the handbook? Yes. Paul, Regarding question #1 just take a look at the FreeBSD Handbook, namely Chapter 5 The X Window System under section 5.7.1.2. Regards, Ricardo Jesus. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newb questions
On Wed November 19 2008, Mel wrote: Change .xinitrc. http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html got it, thanks! As for #2, you need to add your username to the wheel group in /etc/group. That's all. (You will have to log out then back in for the changes to take effect) wheel group, who-da thunk it. I was looking for admin/root group. And you can't do this in ssh unless you enabled root logins, obvious chicken and egg. Will need to do this with a local root login. already done and working. thanks! -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newb questions
On Wed November 19 2008, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: I think boot0cfg is the tool you'll want to use for this. I've never been in this situation, so I don't have a command to give you. You can use boot0cfg -v disk (e.g. boot0cfg -v ad0) to get information about the boot0 configuration. nice, except boot0cfg -v ad1 doesn't recognize ad1's current partitioning scheme.. I'll have to go back into gparted to see what slice my other OS is booted from. At least this points me in the right direction, thanks! -- Paul Cartwright ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
newb questions about RAID, sil3112
I'm running 6.2-RELEASE on an ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard. It has the Silicon Image sil3112 RAID chip on it driving two SATA drives. After much searching, it seems that it's fake RAID is not supported. No problem, but dmesg sees it and it's status: ad4: 305245MB Seagate ST3320620AS 3.AAC at ata2-master SATA150 ad6: 305245MB Seagate ST3320620AS 3.AAC at ata3-master SATA150 ar0: WARNING - mirror protection lost. RAID1 array in DEGRADED mode ar0: 305244MB Silicon Image Medley RAID1 status: DEGRADED ar0: disk0 DOWN no device found for this subdisk ar0: disk1 READY (mirror) using ad6 at ata3-master So, - Is this warning just a part of a not-completely supported chip? (ie only the status of ar0 can be determined?) - If yes, then the warning/status msgs should be ignored until a real mirroring solution is put in place? - Is there any problem with the basic SATA functionality of the chip? It's listed as supported in the ata manpage, but Soren Schmidt seems to dislike it quite a bit. - And to mirror the two drives then, should I be looking at Gmirror? Something else? TIA for all help. -Jason -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
