Wireless USB adapter
FreeBSD-7.2 I have a Linksys Wireless-N USB Network Adapter, model: WUSB600N that I am trying to get installed. When I insert the USB adapter this message appears in /var/messages: Dec 24 14:30:22 scorpio kernel: ugen0: Cisco-Linksys LLC Dual-Band Wireless-N USB Network Adapter, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.01, addr 2 on uhub1 Dec 24 14:30:22 scorpio root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x1737 product 0x0071 bus uhub1 I used 'ndisgen' to create the driver and then loaded it via 'kldload'. That is as far as I can get. I cannot bring the interface up. I have read the 'wireless' setup guide on FreeBSD; however, I am not getting very far with it. If someone else here has used that device, I would appreciate seeing their configuration. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | A man with convictions is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point. Leon Festinger ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Wireless USB adapter
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:29:20 +0100 Paul B Mahol one...@gmail.com replied: Argh, sorry but 7.2 doesnt have NDIS usb support. You need FreeBSD 8.0 I have been reading up on this. So I assume that it is not possible to get this adapter working under FreeBSD-7.2 then. Is there a native driver for this adapter under 8.0 or will I need to build the driver from the Windows driver? -- Jerry ges...@yahoo.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | You are as I am with You. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Labeling a USB drive
I have FreeBSD-7.2 installed. I also have several USB Flash drives that I use. I was using the following to partition and format the drives. # fdisk -I /dev/da4 # bsdlabel -w /dev/da4 Now, that appears to work correctly. I would also like to name the drive. I cannot find any command that will allow me to do so. I can do it in Windows; however, I then have a choice of only fat, fat32 or NTFS for the disk. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | A child of five could understand this! Fetch me a child of five. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Accessing Computer
Assume three computers. Computer 1 runs Windows with Putty installed Computer 2 3 run FreeBSD Computer 1 runs Putty and creates a key that is installed on computer 2. Computer 2 has a key that is installed on computer 3. If someone were to use computer 1 via Putty to access computer 2, would they then be able to access computer 3? If so, how could I prevent it from happening? I am not good at explaining things, so I hope you understand what I am referring to. -- Carmel car...@hotmail.com For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. Mencken, H. L. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Accessing Computer
On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 08:12:28 -0500 Bill Moran wmo...@potentialtech.com articulated: In response to Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com: Assume three computers. Computer 1 runs Windows with Putty installed Computer 2 3 run FreeBSD Computer 1 runs Putty and creates a key that is installed on computer 2. Computer 2 has a key that is installed on computer 3. If someone were to use computer 1 via Putty to access computer 2, would they then be able to access computer 3? If so, how could I prevent it from happening? You could prevent ssh connections from 2 - 3 on port 22 via firewall. I am not sure if I am following you correctly. I frequently access computer 3 from computer 2. If I block port 22 I will have to use another on, correct? If I do enable another one, what is to prevent a user on computer 1 from accessing computer 2 and then on to computer 3? What I want to accomplish is making it impossible to access computer 3 from other than computer 2 and then only if computer two is not being used as a slave from computer 1, or any other computer for that matter. Probably what I want cannot be implemented; however, I thought I would ask anyway. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Accessing Computer
On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:05:45 + Daniel Grant dan...@nullroutes.com articulated: I would suggest protecting your keys with a passphrase, then the key alone is not enough to gain access to the machines. Simply put - in order for someone to access computer 3 from computer 2, would be for computer 3 to have computer 2's public key. So if computer 2's private key can be accessed from computer 1, then yes access to computer 3 could be granted. That is what I have considered doing. The problem is that I will have to remember the password. I tend to use different passwords for different things. I therefore have a bad habit of forgetting the password. In any case, I will probably be forced to go that route thought. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Accessing Computer
On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 14:58:23 +0100 Pieter de Goeje pie...@service2media.com articulated: You might want to take a look at ssh-agent. I think PuTTY has an equivalent. It lets you do remote logins without putting your key(s) everywhere. I've not yet tried this myself, but I plan on testing it sometime. I use agent. All that agent does is cache your password so you do not have to re-enter it each time you make a connection. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Accessing Computer
On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:13:52 -0500 Lowell Gilbert freebsd-questions-lo...@be-well.ilk.org articulated: Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com writes: On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 14:58:23 +0100 Pieter de Goeje pie...@service2media.com articulated: You might want to take a look at ssh-agent. I think PuTTY has an equivalent. It lets you do remote logins without putting your key(s) everywhere. I've not yet tried this myself, but I plan on testing it sometime. I use agent. All that agent does is cache your password so you do not have to re-enter it each time you make a connection. The agent can be forwarded with the connection. In your case, it would remove the need for a second key on the second machine. I was not aware of that. I will have to read up on how to accomplish it. Thanks! -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Accessing Computer
On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:13:34 + Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk articulated: You just put the public key from Computer 1 in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on both the machines (Computer 2, Computer 3) where you want access. You'll have to use 'ssh-keygen -i -f filename' to convert the pubkey from the SSH2 format Putty uses to the OpenSSH format FreeBSD uses, and you need to be careful to make the authorized_keys file writable only by the account UID. You can prepend the line in the authorized_keys files with from=hostname to only permit access from a specific host if you like. See the section 'AUTHORIZED_KEYS FILE FORMAT' in sshd(8) for details. You don't need to install any private keys on Computer 2 or Computer 3. Then when you load the key into the agent, be sure and check the 'Forward the Agent' tickbox. Similarly, when you connect from computer 2 to computer 3 just add '-A' to the ssh command line, as in: 'ssh -A computer3' -- this achieves the same agent forwarding under OpenSSH. Computer 3 will ask computer 2 for authentication, and computer 2 will relay this request back to computer 1 where there is access to your private key. You can hop through a large number of machines this way, and so long as you keep forwarding the agent it should all work. Thank you very much. I had no idea that was possible. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Regular Expression Editor
I am looking for a RegExp editor. I have one that I have used under Windows; however, it will not obviously work on FreeBSD. What I need is one that I can write the expression in and then have it test the expression for both syntax and against example text that I enter. I have not been able to locate a FOSS solution for that although there are numerous commercial products available. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Regular Expression Editor
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:38:41 -0800 Randal L. Schwartz mer...@stonehenge.com replied: You need to be specific about the kind of regex. While most regexp engines have common things like . and * and ^ and $, the meanings may vary a bit, and the more exotic things are certainly going to vary. (For example, despite the name, Perl Compatible [sic] Regular Expressions are *not* Perl compatible.) What tool are you using your regexes with? OK, I was using RegExp Buddy http://www.regexbuddy.com/ on a Windows machine. I would like to find something similar to it for a FreeBSD environment. The expressions I create are used primarily with 'sieve' in conjunction with Dovecot. I am also thinking of possibly creating a few for use with Postfix. -- Jerry ges...@yahoo.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Do not try to solve all life's problems at once -- learn to dread each day as it comes. Donald Kaul ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Regular Expression Editor
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:22:13 -0600 Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com articulated: Have you tried running regexbuddy under Wine? For a small program like that it should work pretty well. I have no desire to use 'wine'. It would probably be a lot easier and simpler to simply use it on the Windows machine. I had thought that since RegExp are probably more commonly used on non-win32 machines that I would be able to locate a similar FOSS. Thanks anyway! -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Eating chocolate is like being in love without the aggravation. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Force use of latest version of Apache
As a relatively new user of FreeBSD, I am confused about what to put in the '/etc/make.conf' file to force the use of Apache22+. I was thinking that perhaps: APACHE_PORT=www/apache22 might be correct. I was reading the bsd.apache.mk file and noticed that several older settings were depreciated. I have the latest version of Apache installed and I want to insure that I don't inadvertently end up with several different versions, or an older version installed. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Adding march mtune to /etc/make.conf
I read somewhere that adding the following to the /etc/make.conf file would improve system performance: march=native mtune=native Is there any truth to this? I an running 32-bit I386 Freebsd on a 64-bit processor. The main reason being that the is (was) no native 64-bit drivers for nVidia video cards. In any case, I thought 'mtune' defaults to what march is set to so why enter both? -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 10^12 to 1. Ernest Rutherford ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Unable to build kdelibs3
I am still having a problem getting kdelibs3 to build on my FreeBSD-7.2 system. I believe I have followed all of the directions in the UPDATING file. Unfortunately, the build always ends like this: Making all in dnssd gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/x11/kdelibs3/work/kdelibs-3.5.10/dnssd' ../kdecore/kconfig_compiler/kconfig_compiler ./kcm_kdnssd.kcfg ./settings.kcfgc; ret=$?; \ if test $ret != 0; then rm -f settings.h ; exit $ret ; fi /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libjpeg.so.10 not found, required by libkdefx.so.6 gmake[2]: *** [settings.h] Error 1 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/x11/kdelibs3/work/kdelibs-3.5.10/dnssd' gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/x11/kdelibs3/work/kdelibs-3.5.10' gmake: *** [all] Error 2 *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/x11/kdelibs3. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Never eat more than you can lift. Miss Piggy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Unable to build kdelibs3
On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:51:12 -0600 Adam Vande More amvandem...@gmail.com articulated: I hope you find a better solution, but mine was to pkg_delete * and rebuild. That is the same advice I have been given on other forums also. I will probably follow the same avenue that a colleague of mine did and abandon FBSD until version 8.1 is released and then simply dump the entire system and install the newer version. Then again, maybe I will just wait until the updated version of KDE is released so as to eliminate the hassle of updating a vast number of libraries, etc and again experiencing another system failure. I have all ready invested way too much time on this problem. This was the worst update I have experienced in seven years with FBSD. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Emo Philips ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Using march=native in /etc/make.conf
I just acquired an older Gateway GT5220 with an AMD 62 Athlon-x2 dual processor. I want to set it up as a sort of test machine. There does not seem to be a specific setting for 'cpu-type' or 'march' for this machine. I have notices on some Linux forums that they recommend using the 'native' keyword; i.e., march=native in the 'make.conf' file to get the most optimization out of the CPU. Would that be correct for FreeBSD also? Would it also be appropriate for other CPUs as well? Thanks :-) -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. Albert Einstein ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Lost audio after new Video card installation
I was attempting to upgrade a Gateway GT5220 PC. The machine was
running FreeBSD-7.2 successfully. The sound system was functioning
correctly and gMplayer and Mplayer worked fine. The machine was using a
nVidia GeForce 6150 LE on-board card. I installed a nVidia GeForce GT
220 card. The old on-board card did not support DVI.
Now, the video is fine; however, there is no audio. Mplayer and
gMplayer both freeze when attempting to play or view anything.
I have no idea how to debug this. Since I did not touch the audio, I
cannot figure it out.
I did have a script that ran upon boot-up:
/sbin/sysctl hw.snd.pcm0.vchans=4
/sbin/sysctl dev.pcm.0.play.vchans=4
/sbin/sysctl dev.pcm.0.rec.vchans=4
/sbin/sysctl hw.snd.maxautovchans=16
mixer vol 100:100 pcm 100:100 speaker 100:100 line 100:100 mic 0:0 cd 100:100
=rec mic
Previously, it ran without incident. Now, it produces this output:
sysctl: unknown oid 'hw.snd.pcm0.vchans'
dev.pcm.0.play.vchans: 4 - 4
sysctl: dev.pcm.0.rec.vchans: Operation not supported by device
hw.snd.maxautovchans: 16 - 16
mixer: unknown device: vol
usage: mixer [-f device] [-s | -S] [dev [+|-][voll[:[+|-]volr]] ...
mixer [-f device] [-s | -S] recsrc ...
mixer [-f device] [-s | -S] {^|+|-|=}rec rdev ...
This is from 'dmesg'
dmesg -a|grep -i -A8 -B2 220
pci3: ACPI PCI bus on pcib3
vgapci0: VGA-compatible display port 0xbc00-0xbc7f mem
0xfb00-0xfbff,0xd000-0xdfff,0xee00-0xefff irq 16 at
device 0.0 on pci3
nvidia0: GeForce GT 220 on vgapci0
vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_busmaster
vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io
vgapci0: child nvidia0 requested pci_enable_io
nvidia0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
nvidia0: [ITHREAD]
hdac0: NVidia (Unknown) High Definition Audio Controller mem
0xfcffc000-0xfcff irq 16 at device 0.1 on pci3
hdac0: HDA Driver Revision: 20090624_0136
hdac0: [ITHREAD]
I would really appreciate any assistance I could get. I really would
like the audio to work on this machine again.
--
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Re: Lost audio after new Video card installation
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:05:03 +0100 Andreas Rudisch cyb.@gmx.net articulated: On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 19:42:19 -0500 Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: I installed a nVidia GeForce GT 220 card. Now, the video is fine; however, there is no audio. hdac0: NVidia (Unknown) High Definition Audio Controller mem 0xfcffc000-0xfcff irq 16 at device 0.1 on pci3 I ran into the same problem after installing a GT 240. The video cards support audio via HDMI. During boot the audio chip of the video card is found first (also snd_hda) and used as primary audio device. After kldunload / kldload snd_hda everything would work properly. As a workaround I do not load the snd_hda kernel module at boot, but with a cronjob @reboot. This way the normal sound card is found first. OK, now I am confused. This is the output of kldstat: /boot $ sudo kldstat Id Refs AddressSize Name 1 17 0xc040 a5eb64 kernel 21 0xc0e5f000 2f08 speaker.ko 31 0xc0e62000 a0d6f8 nvidia.ko 43 0xc187 29b98linux.ko 51 0xc189a000 53cc sem.ko 61 0xc18a 6a4f8acpi.ko 71 0xc773f000 7000 linprocfs.ko This is my 'loader.conf' /boot $ cat loader.conf speaker_load=YES # AT speaker module nvidia_load=YES # Load nvidia driver sem_load=YES # Load the sem module for firefox-35 # Superpages vm.pmap.pg_ps_enabled=1. I have sound compiled into my kernel: # Sound device sound device snd_hda # nVidia MCP51 sound support When I attempt to unload the driver, I receive this message: kldunload snd_hda kldunload: can't find file snd_hda Therefore, are you implying that I have to recompile my kernel without the sound device and then load it manually when I boot up? That seems like a bug in FreeBSD. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | The system will be down for 10 days for preventative maintenance. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Lost audio after new Video card installation
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 14:00:31 +0100 Andreas Rudisch cyb.@gmx.net articulated: On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 05:51:00 -0500 Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:05:03 +0100 Andreas Rudisch cyb.@gmx.net articulated: On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 19:42:19 -0500 Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: I installed a nVidia GeForce GT 220 card. Now, the video is fine; however, there is no audio. hdac0: NVidia (Unknown) High Definition Audio Controller mem 0xfcffc000-0xfcff irq 16 at device 0.1 on pci3 I ran into the same problem after installing a GT 240. The video cards support audio via HDMI. During boot the audio chip of the video card is found first (also snd_hda) and used as primary audio device. After kldunload / kldload snd_hda everything would work properly. As a workaround I do not load the snd_hda kernel module at boot, but with a cronjob @reboot. This way the normal sound card is found first. I have sound compiled into my kernel: # Sound device sound device snd_hda # nVidia MCP51 sound support In that case you will not be able to unload/load the kernel module. Anyway, I looked again at the problem and the correct way is to simply set hw.snd.default_unit to the number of the correct pcm device. Since the graphic card uses pcm0 to pcm3, it should be pcm4. Take a look at the output of: %dmesg | grep hda You should see something like: pcm2: HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 Digital at cad 2 nid 1 on hdac0 pcm3: HDA NVidia (Unknown) PCM #0 Digital at cad 3 nid 1 on hdac0 hdac1: HDA Codec #0: Realtek ALC883 pcm4: HDA Realtek ALC883 PCM #0 Analog at cad 0 nid 1 on hdac1 So set hw.snd.default_unit=4 using sysctl or /etc/sysctl.conf. man snd_hda man sound man sysctl.conf Great, I just went and rebuilt the kernel sans sound and now I find the answer. Anyway, this is what the output for dmesg | grep -i hda was before I rebuilt the kernel: hdac0: NVidia MCP51 High Definition Audio Controller mem 0xfe024000-0xfe027fff irq 21 at device 16.1 on pci0 hdac0: HDA Driver Revision: 20090624_0136 hdac0: [ITHREAD] hdac0: HDA Codec #1: Realtek ALC883 pcm0: HDA Realtek ALC883 PCM #0 Analog at cad 1 nid 1 on hdac0 pcm1: HDA Realtek ALC883 PCM #1 Analog at cad 1 nid 1 on hdac0 pcm2: HDA Realtek ALC883 PCM #2 Digital at cad 1 nid 1 on hdac0 hdac0: NVidia MCP51 High Definition Audio Controller mem 0xfe024000-0xfe027fff irq 21 at device 16.1 on pci0 hdac0: HDA Driver Revision: 20090624_0136 hdac0: [ITHREAD] hdac0: HDA Codec #1: Realtek ALC883 pcm0: HDA Realtek ALC883 PCM #0 Analog at cad 1 nid 1 on hdac0 pcm1: HDA Realtek ALC883 PCM #1 Analog at cad 1 nid 1 on hdac0 pcm2: HDA Realtek ALC883 PCM #2 Digital at cad 1 nid 1 on hdac0 hdac0: NVidia MCP51 High Definition Audio Controller mem 0xfe024000-0xfe027fff irq 21 at device 16.1 on pci0 hdac0: HDA Driver Revision: 20090624_0136 hdac0: [ITHREAD] hdac0: HDA Codec #1: Realtek ALC883 pcm0: HDA Realtek ALC883 PCM #0 Analog at cad 1 nid 1 on hdac0 pcm1: HDA Realtek ALC883 PCM #1 Analog at cad 1 nid 1 on hdac0 pcm2: HDA Realtek ALC883 PCM #2 Digital at cad 1 nid 1 on hdac0 now, dmesg | grep -i hda lists nothing So if I rebuild the kernel with sound, I should set hw.snd.default_unit=4, is that correct? Couldn't I use '3' also? -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not BICKER and ARGUE over who killed who! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Lost audio after new Video card installation
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 07:24:56 -0800 Norbert Papke npa...@acm.org articulated: Try setting the folllowing sysctl knob: hw.snd.default_unit=1 You will also have to change the dev.pcm.0 to dev.pcm.1 in your script. If 1 doesn't work, try 2. Thanks, I will try it once I rebuild the kernel for sound. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | You can always tell the people that are forging the new frontier. They're the ones with arrows sticking out of their backs. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
nVidia 64bit drivers
Have the 64bit drivers from nVidia been incorporated into the FreeBSD ports system yet? I read awhile ago that they were being developed; however, I have not found them present in the ports system. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Oregano, n.:The ancient Italian art of pizza folding. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: nVidia 64bit drivers
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:39:34 + George Liaskos geo.lias...@gmail.com articulated: On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: Have the 64bit drivers from nVidia been incorporated into the FreeBSD ports system yet? I read awhile ago that they were being developed; however, I have not found them present in the ports system. Yes they are, they got in to the ports tree a week or so after the nVidia release. [x11/nvidia-driver] Actually, that is not the latest version, http://www.freebsdnews.net/2010/03/05/download-nvidia-195-36-08-freebsd-display-driver/ is the latest. Also, they appear to be waiting for when Linux/x86-64 compatibility is added to FreeBSD/amd64 is completed. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Life is like an onion: you peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it. James Huneker ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Still unable to update kdelibs3
I have tried everything in the UPDATING file; however, I am still unable to get 'kdelibs3' updated. It always ends with this error message: Making all in dnssd gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/x11/kdelibs3/work/kdelibs-3.5.10/dnssd' ../kdecore/kconfig_compiler/kconfig_compiler ./kcm_kdnssd.kcfg ./settings.kcfgc; ret=$?; \ if test $ret != 0; then rm -f settings.h ; exit $ret ; fi /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libjpeg.so.10 not found, required by libkdefx.so.6 gmake[2]: *** [settings.h] Error 1 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/x11/kdelibs3/work/kdelibs-3.5.10/dnssd' gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/x11/kdelibs3/work/kdelibs-3.5.10' gmake: *** [all] Error 2 *** Error code 1 Other than deleting everything and starting over, I have no idea how to proceed. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | The universe is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering. Chinese proverb ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Availability of pm-utils
Is 'pm-utils http://pm-utils.freedesktop.org/wiki/ available in the ports system? I am unable to locate it if it does exist. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | DEATH WISH: The only wish that always comes true, whether or not one wishes it to. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Still unable to update kdelibs3
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:51:37 +0100 Pieter de Goeje pie...@degoeje.nl articulated: On Saturday 13 March 2010 16:31:38 Carmel wrote: I have tried everything in the UPDATING file; however, I am still unable to get 'kdelibs3' updated. It always ends with this error message: Making all in dnssd gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/x11/kdelibs3/work/kdelibs-3.5.10/dnssd' ../kdecore/kconfig_compiler/kconfig_compiler ./kcm_kdnssd.kcfg ./settings.kcfgc; ret=$?; \ if test $ret != 0; then rm -f settings.h ; exit $ret ; fi /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libjpeg.so.10 not found, required by libkdefx.so.6 gmake[2]: *** [settings.h] Error 1 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/x11/kdelibs3/work/kdelibs-3.5.10/dnssd' gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/x11/kdelibs3/work/kdelibs-3.5.10' gmake: *** [all] Error 2 *** Error code 1 Other than deleting everything and starting over, I have no idea how to proceed. The error says that it cannot find libjpeg.so.10. libjpeg.so.11 is provided by graphics/jpeg. I would try reinstalling graphics/jpeg, then try reinstalling kdelibs. I finally got tired of the BS and deleted everything that would not build using pkg_delete -df [pkg-name] and then reinstalled them. FINALLY, it worked. This was undoubtedly the worst update scenario I have encountered. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Others can stop you temporarily, only you can do it permanently. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Still unable to update kdelibs3
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:24:41 +0100 Christian Hansen m...@christianhansen.name articulated: did you read: /usr/ports/UPDATING 20100205 and 20090719 I think that would help you. Been there, done that. Problems still existed. I checked on other forums and observed other users with similar problems. No doubt, it has a lot to do with what and how a user has their system setup. Totally deleting the offending programs en masse and reinstalling them was the only functional solution. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | If you have nothing to do, don't do it here. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Driver for Belkin F5D9050 V 4000
I am trying to get a Belkin Wireless G Plus MIMI USB Network Adapter, version 4000 to work. I contacted Belkin, and they gave me the following information: The chipset used in a adapter F5D9050 V 4000 is Ralink RT2671F, RT2528L (RT73). I have not been able locate a driver for that chipset. Does anyone else have that particular USB device working or know where I can locate a driver for it? I have FreeBSD-8, amd64 installed. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Unable to start XFCE4 after update
(**) Option XkbRules base (**) USB Receiver: XkbRules: base (**) Option XkbModel pc105 (**) USB Receiver: XkbModel: pc105 (**) Option XkbLayout us (**) USB Receiver: XkbLayout: us (**) Option XkbOptions terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp (**) USB Receiver: XkbOptions: terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp (**) Option CustomKeycodes off (**) USB Receiver: CustomKeycodes disabled (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device USB Receiver (type: KEYBOARD) (II) config/hal: Adding input device AT Keyboard (**) AT Keyboard: always reports core events (**) Option Protocol standard (**) AT Keyboard: Protocol: standard (**) Option XkbRules base (**) AT Keyboard: XkbRules: base (**) Option XkbModel pc105 (**) AT Keyboard: XkbModel: pc105 (**) Option XkbLayout us (**) AT Keyboard: XkbLayout: us (**) Option XkbOptions terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp (**) AT Keyboard: XkbOptions: terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp (**) Option CustomKeycodes off (**) AT Keyboard: CustomKeycodes disabled (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device AT Keyboard (type: KEYBOARD) (II) UnloadModule: mouse (II) UnloadModule: kbd (II) UnloadModule: kbd I have no idea how to get this machine back up and running, which I have to do before Monday morning. I am even stuck using a Windows PC to send e-mail to this forum. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: xfce4 and xorg-7.5
On Sat, 1 May 2010 17:43:48 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com articulated: I've upgraded three computers to xorg 7.5 so far, all three with xfce4 and 8-stable. Only one has an unexpected weirdness with dbus and xfce. This error happens every time on the first startx after boot, and about half the time startx is tried after that: process 1256: arguments to dbus_message_new_signal() were incorrect, assertion _dbus_check_is_valid_path (path) failed in file dbus-message.c line 1165. This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library. D-Bus not compiled with backtrace support so unable to print a backtrace X starts, the xfce4 screen is visible with the mouse pointer, then it immediately exits. Happens with startx, startxfce4 in .xinitrc or just from the command line. twm runs every time without problems. Log and config files here: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/xfce-xorg/ I am having the exact same problem. I posted to the FreeBSD Questioins forum regarding it. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: xfce4 and xorg-7.5
On Sun, 2 May 2010 07:39:05 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com articulated: On Sun, 2 May 2010, Carmel wrote: On Sat, 1 May 2010 17:43:48 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com articulated: I've upgraded three computers to xorg 7.5 so far, all three with xfce4 and 8-stable. Only one has an unexpected weirdness with dbus and xfce. This error happens every time on the first startx after boot, and about half the time startx is tried after that: process 1256: arguments to dbus_message_new_signal() were incorrect, assertion _dbus_check_is_valid_path (path) failed in file dbus-message.c line 1165. This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library. D-Bus not compiled with backtrace support so unable to print a backtrace X starts, the xfce4 screen is visible with the mouse pointer, then it immediately exits. Happens with startx, startxfce4 in .xinitrc or just from the command line. twm runs every time without problems. Log and config files here: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/xfce-xorg/ I am having the exact same problem. I posted to the FreeBSD Questioins forum regarding it. Can you verify that xfce starts but quits on the first try after reboot, but otherwise will start maybe half the time? Once started, xfce seems to work fine. Sorry, I cannot get it to start at all. I tried over a dozen times. The XFCE screen briefly appears, then crashes. The following core files are created in my home directory: xfce4-panel.core xfce4-session.core This is the output I trapped when attempting to start xfce4: Script started on Sun May 2 11:05:29 2010 xauth: creating new authority file /home/gerard/.serverauth.5109 xauth: creating new authority file /home/gerard/.Xauthority xauth: creating new authority file /home/gerard/.Xauthority X.Org X Server 1.7.5 Release Date: 2010-02-16 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 amd64 Current Operating System: FreeBSD scorpio.seibercom.net 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #0: Sat Apr 17 22:25:11 EDT 2010 ger...@scorpio.seibercom.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SCORPIO amd64 Build Date: 01 May 2010 07:27:12PM Current version of pixman: 0.16.6 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Sun May 2 11:05:29 2010 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf record: RECORD extension enabled at configure time. record: This extension is known to be broken, disabling extension now.. record: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20500 /usr/local/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0 stdin:1:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Those stdin:2:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #or stdin:3:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Xft stdin:4:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Xft xrdb: Xft.hinting on line 9 overrides entry on line 6 xrdb: Xft.hintstyle on line 11 overrides entry on line 7 Agent pid 5142 xfdesktop[5164]: starting up process 5150: arguments to dbus_message_new_signal() were incorrect, assertion _dbus_check_is_valid_path (path) failed in file dbus-message.c line 1165. This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library. D-Bus not compiled with backtrace support so unable to print a backtrace [01mHP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.2)[0m [01mSystem Tray Status Service ver. 2.0[0m Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. (xfwm4:5158): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-settings-helper:5168): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-settings-helper:5168): xfce4-settings-helper-WARNING **: Failed to connect to session manager Abort trap (core dumped) Agent pid 5142 killed (xfce4-settings-helper:5170): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-settings-helper:5170): xfce4-settings-helper-WARNING **: Failed to connect to session manager (xfce4-panel:5160): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-panel:5160): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: Disconnected from session manager. waiting for X server to shut down xfce4-settings-helper: Fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. hp-systray: Fatal IO error: client killed Script done on Sun May 2 11:05:34 2010 -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions
Re: xfce4 and xorg-7.5
On Sun, 02 May 2010 11:13:37 -0400 Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com articulated: On Sun, 2 May 2010 07:39:05 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com articulated: On Sun, 2 May 2010, Carmel wrote: On Sat, 1 May 2010 17:43:48 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com articulated: I've upgraded three computers to xorg 7.5 so far, all three with xfce4 and 8-stable. Only one has an unexpected weirdness with dbus and xfce. This error happens every time on the first startx after boot, and about half the time startx is tried after that: process 1256: arguments to dbus_message_new_signal() were incorrect, assertion _dbus_check_is_valid_path (path) failed in file dbus-message.c line 1165. This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library. D-Bus not compiled with backtrace support so unable to print a backtrace X starts, the xfce4 screen is visible with the mouse pointer, then it immediately exits. Happens with startx, startxfce4 in .xinitrc or just from the command line. twm runs every time without problems. Log and config files here: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/xfce-xorg/ I am having the exact same problem. I posted to the FreeBSD Questioins forum regarding it. Can you verify that xfce starts but quits on the first try after reboot, but otherwise will start maybe half the time? Once started, xfce seems to work fine. Sorry, I cannot get it to start at all. I tried over a dozen times. The XFCE screen briefly appears, then crashes. The following core files are created in my home directory: xfce4-panel.core xfce4-session.core This is the output I trapped when attempting to start xfce4: Script started on Sun May 2 11:05:29 2010 xauth: creating new authority file /home/gerard/.serverauth.5109 xauth: creating new authority file /home/gerard/.Xauthority xauth: creating new authority file /home/gerard/.Xauthority X.Org X Server 1.7.5 Release Date: 2010-02-16 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 amd64 Current Operating System: FreeBSD scorpio.seibercom.net 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #0: Sat Apr 17 22:25:11 EDT 2010 ger...@scorpio.seibercom.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SCORPIO amd64 Build Date: 01 May 2010 07:27:12PM Current version of pixman: 0.16.6 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Sun May 2 11:05:29 2010 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf record: RECORD extension enabled at configure time. record: This extension is known to be broken, disabling extension now.. record: http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20500 /usr/local/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0 stdin:1:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Those stdin:2:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #or stdin:3:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Xft stdin:4:3: error: invalid preprocessing directive #Xft xrdb: Xft.hinting on line 9 overrides entry on line 6 xrdb: Xft.hintstyle on line 11 overrides entry on line 7 Agent pid 5142 xfdesktop[5164]: starting up process 5150: arguments to dbus_message_new_signal() were incorrect, assertion _dbus_check_is_valid_path (path) failed in file dbus-message.c line 1165. This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library. D-Bus not compiled with backtrace support so unable to print a backtrace [01mHP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.10.2)[0m [01mSystem Tray Status Service ver. 2.0[0m Copyright (c) 2001-9 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. (xfwm4:5158): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-settings-helper:5168): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-settings-helper:5168): xfce4-settings-helper-WARNING **: Failed to connect to session manager Abort trap (core dumped) Agent pid 5142 killed (xfce4-settings-helper:5170): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-settings-helper:5170): xfce4-settings-helper-WARNING **: Failed to connect to session manager (xfce4-panel:5160): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: ICE I/O Error (xfce4-panel:5160): libxfcegui4-WARNING **: Disconnected from session manager. waiting for X server to shut down xfce4-settings-helper: Fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0. hp-systray: Fatal IO error: client killed Script done on Sun May 2 11:05:34 2010 OK, I really hate answering my own post
Re: xfce4 and xorg-7.5
On Sun, 2 May 2010 18:46:13 +0200 Tijl t...@coosemans.org articulated: [snip] Have you tested in between those and it only started to work after libICE? Or did you rebuild all in one go? Actually, first I rebuilt 'dbus' and rebooted the system. No success. Then I rebuilt xfce4-panel and xfce4-settings and attempted to start Xfce4 without success. Finally, I rebuilt libICE as described above, rebooted the system and started Xfce4 successfully. I think the key is to delete the package before attempting to build/install it. It might be picking up an old lib or some such think. Lately that seems to be a common problem. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Anybody who doesn't cut his speed at the sight of a police car is probably parked. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: xfce4 and xorg-7.5
On Sun, 2 May 2010 11:06:55 -0600 (MDT) Warren wbl...@wonkity.com articulated: Just tried those here, rebuilding each and rebooting before testing, and still have the problem. The shotgun approach of 'portupgrade -rf libxfce4gui' didn't help, either. Did you delete the old port before attempting to build it? I think that the problem lies there. Then again, I have been known to be wrong! -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | There are two kinds of pedestrians... the quick and the dead. Lord Thomas Rober Dewar ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: xfce4 and xorg-7.5
On Sun, 2 May 2010 11:24:13 -0600 (MDT) Warren wbl...@wonkity.com articulated: I pkg_deleted all three, rebuilt libICE (because it's a requirement for xfce4-settings) and then the other two... and it still has the problem. I rebuilt the other two first since they were listed earlier in the error message. I really do not think it would make any difference though. This is on a FreeBSD-8/amd64 system. If I could not get it to work, I was going to do a complete delete of the XFCE4 package: pkg_delete -dfv xfce-4.6.1_2 and then attempt to reinstall the port. I did rebuild 'dbus' although I doubt that it had anything to do with this problem. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com |=== |=== |=== |=== | Troubles are like babies; they only grow by nursing. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Updating OpenSSH
I was just wondering about the version of SSH used on FreeBSD. According to the OpenSSH page: OpenSSH 5.8/5.8p1 released February 4, 2011 [contains security fix] Now, according to my system, FreeBSD-8.2, I have this version: OpenSSH_5.4p1 FreeBSD-20100308, OpenSSL 0.9.8q 2 Dec 2010 # openssl version OpenSSL 1.0.0d 8 Feb 2011 So why is an older version shown? Also, when does the FreeBSD team intend to update the system OpenSSH version? I have the following notation in my /etc/make.conf file: WITH_OPENSSL_PORT=yes Should I have something else also? I have FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE installed. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Updating OpenSSH
On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:35:09 + Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk articulated: On 16/03/2011 13:38, Carmel wrote: I was just wondering about the version of SSH used on FreeBSD. According to the OpenSSH page: OpenSSH 5.8/5.8p1 released February 4, 2011 [contains security fix] Now, according to my system, FreeBSD-8.2, I have this version: OpenSSH_5.4p1 FreeBSD-20100308, OpenSSL 0.9.8q 2 Dec 2010 # openssl version OpenSSL 1.0.0d 8 Feb 2011 So why is an older version shown? Also, when does the FreeBSD team intend to update the system OpenSSH version? I have the following notation in my /etc/make.conf file: WITH_OPENSSL_PORT=yes Should I have something else also? I have FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE installed. The version of OpenSSH shipped with any release of the OS is exceedingly unlikely to be updated within the lifetime of that release. Not unless there was a killer problem, and it turned out easier to update the whole shebang rather than just patching the problem. Why wasn't OpenSSH updated in stable/8 before 8.2-RELEASE? Good question. I don't actually know. It's quite possible that no one had sufficient spare cycles to do the work required, and that the changes between 5.4 and 5.8 were not sufficiently compelling for anyone to make the time. OK, then does that mean that the latest version will be used in the still not released 9 version of FreeBSD? As for security vulnerabilities: did you check on the OpenSSH site? The vulnerability fixed in 5.8 (information leak in signed SSH keys) only applies to versions 5.6 and 5.7 -- that's because the whole 'signed key' thing isn't in version 5.4 at all. No, all I did was check for the current version. I can tell you that the FreeBSD Security Team is extremely efficient and would have had patches and security advisories out for this problem within a matter of hours of the OpenSSH announcement *if it had been relevant*. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Updating OpenSSH
On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:32:48 -0700 Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com articulated: On Mar 16, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Carmel wrote: OK, then does that mean that the latest version will be used in the still not released 9 version of FreeBSD? Currently, no-- TRUNK has: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/crypto/openssh/version.h Revision 1.41: download - view: text, markup, annotated - select for diffs Thu Nov 11 11:46:19 2010 UTC (4 months ago) by des Branches: MAIN CVS tags: HEAD Diff to: previous 1.40: preferred, colored Changes since revision 1.40: +3 -3 lines SVN rev 215116 on 2010-11-11 11:46:19Z by des Upgrade to OpenSSH 5.6p1. Out of some sort of morbid curiosity, why would the FreeBSD developers not update to the latest version? It appears to be stable and I have not seen anything to state otherwise. There are apparently, (obviously) differences between the latest and the version presently used in FreeBSD and I assume the proposed one for the 9.x branch. Mathew alluded to that. In any case, since 9.x is not due out for a while, it would appear to me me anyways that now would be a good time to consider making the switch. Just my 2¢. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com The latest toy has just hit the shops - a talking Muslim doll. Nobody knows what the hell it says because no one's got the balls to pull the cord. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Updating OpenSSH
On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:46:44 + krad kra...@gmail.com articulated: [snip] a combination of time and limited resources I guess. If it bugs you that much why dont you volunteer yourself to maintain it, i'm sure that if you dont feel competent enough at present, people will help and mentor you It is part of the base system. I don't know if it has a true maintainer. In any case, I would need commit privileges which I don't and never expect to have and have no desire to acquire.. It would be nice if the powers that be would elaborate on this simple inquiry; however, I feel that is not likely to happen. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router
I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId122703236VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm?icid=meet-series-e4200-image-btnsrc2=meet-eseries-e4200-image-btn? I know that FreeBSD probably does not support its wireless functions as it employs 802.11n wireless technology; however, other than that does anyone have any first hand knowledge of this unit? I have a rather old Linksys WRT150N Wireless that I am considering replacing with something more robust. I have a mixture of both Windows and FreeBSD machines. I can use the windows PCs to get the router configured, etcetera and use them and the printer via a wireless connection. The FreeBSD units will have to be connected directly unfortunately. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 17:00:43 +0300 Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com articulated: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 15:54, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId122703236VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm?icid=meet-series-e4200-image-btnsrc2=meet-eseries-e4200-image-btn ? I know that FreeBSD probably does not support its wireless functions as it employs 802.11n wireless technology; however, other than that does anyone have any first hand knowledge of this unit? I have a rather old Linksys WRT150N Wireless that I am considering replacing with something more robust. I have a mixture of both Windows and FreeBSD machines. I can use the windows PCs to get the router configured, etcetera and use them and the printer via a wireless connection. The FreeBSD units will have to be connected directly unfortunately. Look at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.2R/hardware.html#WLAN If you identify a WiFi card on that list and install it on your FreeBSD box, then you can connect with wireless! Odhiambo, please don't CC me. I don't need multiple copies of the same post. If you look carefully at that list, which by the way I have done previously, their are scant few 802.11n wireless cards listed. The few that might work appear to be lower end units. I have Linksys WMP300N units installed in my older PCs. The newer units will have the Linksys WMP600N installed. They are not listed on the URL listed above. At least one of my Laptops has a Intel Centrino Wireless-N1030, 1x2 bgn (2.4GHz) + Bluetooth device installed. I am not even sure if that is supported, although at the present time I don't require it since it runs Windows-7. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router
On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 17:19:16 -0500 Bryan H. li...@galador.org articulated: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 17:32, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: On Thu, 7 Apr 2011 17:00:43 +0300 Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com articulated: On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 15:54, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with a Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId122703236VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm?icid=meet-series-e4200-image-btnsrc2=meet-eseries-e4200-image-btn ? I know that FreeBSD probably does not support its wireless functions as it employs 802.11n wireless technology; however, other than that does anyone have any first hand knowledge of this unit? I have a rather old Linksys WRT150N Wireless that I am considering replacing with something more robust. I have a mixture of both Windows and FreeBSD machines. I can use the windows PCs to get the router configured, etcetera and use them and the printer via a wireless connection. The FreeBSD units will have to be connected directly unfortunately. Look at http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.2R/hardware.html#WLAN If you identify a WiFi card on that list and install it on your FreeBSD box, then you can connect with wireless! Odhiambo, please don't CC me. I don't need multiple copies of the same post. Sorry. I hit reply-all and it CCed you. If you look carefully at that list, which by the way I have done previously, their are scant few 802.11n wireless cards listed. The few that might work appear to be lower end units. I have Linksys WMP300N units installed in my older PCs. The newer units will have the Linksys WMP600N installed. They are not listed on the URL listed above. If it is not listed, there is no guarantee. At least one of my Laptops has a Intel Centrino Wireless-N1030, 1x2 bgn (2.4GHz) + Bluetooth device installed. I am not even sure if that is supported, although at the present time I don't require it since it runs Windows-7. You can get the Live DVD and test that quite easily. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org If you're just looking for a new router, I would highly recommend the Linksys WRT160NL. I got mine refurbished from Cisco's store[1], and flashed it with dd-wrt[2] (which was incredibly easy, just search for the router in dd-wrt's router database, and follow the directions), and I'm very satisfied with the performance. Perhaps my only complaint is that the wired ports are not gigabit. Not a major problem for me at the moment, but it may be a deal-breaker for you. [1] http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/outlet/Routers/linksys-WRT160NL-RM-Wirelessn_stcVVproductId89001910VVcatId543906VVviewprod.htm [2] http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index What do you gain by flashing it? I did not see anything specific mentioned. This would also undoubtedly void any guarantee on the unit I presume. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 07:56:00 +0300 Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com articulated: It may void the warranty yes, but dd-wrt has more features than stock firmware. That is like saying A is better than B without divulging any specific information. It is just a hollow statement. Either point me to the specific documentation explaining the differences in detail or explain them to me yourself. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:03:57 +0300 Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com articulated: On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 13:55, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 07:56:00 +0300 Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com articulated: It may void the warranty yes, but dd-wrt has more features than stock firmware. That is like saying A is better than B without divulging any specific information. It is just a hollow statement. Either point me to the specific documentation explaining the differences in detail or explain them to me yourself. I did not know I needed a spoon to feed someone, but anyway, the main details are at http://dd-wrt.com/site/content/about The finer details are only visible once you look at what you can do with factory firmware, then flash your router with dd-wrt and compare. FYI, you can always revert to factory firmware if dd-wrt does not please you. That seems like a lot of work for a potential zero gain. I really don't see any purpose is taking the time and a perfectly good router out of commission to just experiment. Based on the simple concept of, If it ain't broke, don't fix it, I think I will leave it alone. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:51:41 +0100 Arthur Chance free...@qeng-ho.org articulated: On 04/07/11 15:32, Carmel wrote: Odhiambo, please don't CC me. I don't need multiple copies of the same post. CCing the original poster is standard etiquette on FreeBSD mailing lists. Most lists are open to anybody to mail to without being signed up, so when replying there's no way of knowing whether or not the questioner will see a reply that only goes to the list. This is especially true of freebsd-questions. 1) I have posted several times on this list and only received CC's on two of them that I can recall. Obviously your standard is not so standard. 2) I placed a very clear notice at the bottom of my post(s). Many people would consider that a clue as to my desire to receive multiple copies of the same document. 3) Perhaps it is only me; however, most of the major lists that I employ all require a registration by the poster prior to being allowed to post. 4) I have seen several posts where the OP requested to be CC'd because they were not registered members of the list. Obviously, they were aware of the necessity of being CC'd or reading the archives in order to review any posts to their request. Now, is someone is just so plain stupid that they are not aware of that simple fact, then they are too stupid to be posting to begin with. 5) If you noticed, I asked Odhiambo very nicely not to include me in a CC. I am sure he meant well; however, the inevitable destruction of electrons in the transmission of the superfluous document could have been avoided. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:11:52 -0600 Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com articulated: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote: section 8.6 starts: start quote Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and to FreeBSD-questions. end quote I, for one, am glad this does not happen more often. I really do *not* need a bunch of duplicates cluttering up my inbox. I have yet to see anyone complain of not receiving a CC in addition to the mail from the list. I consider not cluttering up the inboxes of people subscribed to the list a good reason to do otherwise. Chad, it is common sense thinking like that, that will inevitable get you chastised. By the way, did you notice I directed a polite, one sentence directive towards Odhiambo. Suddenly, every buttinsky crawls out of the woodwork, sans any factual input on my original post and hijacks this thread championing their own views on replying to posts. I have no problem with that as long as they start a new thread, being sure to CC each other and thereby waste their time discussing it among themselves. To hijack another thread displays no only their lack of basic posting etiquette, but their narcissism. It is a shame when individuals like, but not limited to, Maciej Milewski, Chuck Swiger, Bryan H. and even Odhiambo contribute useful information only to be over shadowed by those other morons. Absolutely pathetic. I was going to CC all those who argued so feverishly in favor of the protocol, but then common sense and plain decency got the better of me. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Mailing list etiquette (Was: Re: Linksys-E4200 Wireless N-router)
On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:50:52 -0600 Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com articulated: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 11:15:11PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 01:11:52PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:42:16PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote: section 8.6 starts: start quote Unless there is a good reason to do otherwise, reply to the sender and to FreeBSD-questions. end quote I, for one, am glad this does not happen more often. I really do *not* need a bunch of duplicates cluttering up my inbox. I have yet to see anyone complain of not receiving a CC in addition to the mail from the list. I consider not cluttering up the inboxes of people subscribed to the list a good reason to do otherwise. You seem to miss one crucial fact: Not all the people who write to this list are subscribed to it. They will not see any replies directed only to the list. It is for their benefit that that rule exists. You seem to fail to realize that it's possible to CC someone who isn't on the list, but not CC someone who *is* on the list. That would be why people who aren't members of the list say thinks like please CC me, while people who are members occasionally say please don't send duplicates to me. The solution to this problem is so obvious that I am amazed that no one has proposed it. Simply require the poster to be subscribed to the list. Other high quality lists, such as but not limited to Postfix have that requirement in place. If a potential poster is either too stupid or too lazy to subscribe then that is their problem. For the record, I have subscribed to lists before simple to post one question. Upon receiving an answer, I terminated my subscription. I did not feel the least bit inconvenienced. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Why are *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_8 identical on both stable standard supfiles
Just a quick question. Why are these lines identical *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_8 in both the standard-supfile and the stable-supfile on a FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 system? Shouldn't they be different, and if so, exactly what? -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
1-ClickWeather for Firefox fails under Firefox-5
I just updated to the new Firefox-5 browser. Unfortunately, the 1-ClickWeather for Firefox (Weather Channel) fails. I tried to remove and re-install the add-on but the results were the same. This is the error message: [Exception... Component returned failure code: 0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) [nsIFileInputStream.init] nsresult: 0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) location: JS frame :: chrome://1clickweather/content/js/utils/filemanager.js :: TOP_LEVEL :: line 233 data: no] Apparently, this add-on works fine under MAC, Linux and Microsoft so the only this I can think of is that the problem lies with FreeBSD. I have FreeBSD-8.2/amd64 installed. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks! -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Problem with web video
I have been fighting a losing battle trying to get video to display with Firefox. I just updated to the latest version 5;however, it still does not work. This is on a FreeBSD-8.2 system. As an example, the following URL does not display the video or even the portion where one would usually click on to start the video. http://front.moveon.org/bill-maher-if-our-policy-is-yeehaw-jesus-takes-the-wheel-were-dead-already/ This site works fine with IE-9 Windows 7, so I know it does work. As far as I can tell, I have all of the required packages installed. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Firefox consistently inconsistent in the playing of videos
I am trying to figure out why some video files play fine while others simply do not work at all. This would be the latest example: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-11-2011/lactate-intolerance It works fine on a Windows machine with IE (no surprise there); however, using Firefox 6.0 on FreeBSD-8.2 it simply will not work. Some other videos from the same site do work correctly though. This phenomena has happened to me several times on several different sites. I have contacted a few sites to see if I could get some assistance. I was informed by the few who bothered to reply that they test their material against IE and Firefox run under Windows. One responder informed me that testing against non-windows architecture was not a viable option due to the extreme fragmentation of the non-windows community. Anyway, I was hoping that perhaps someone might have a working solution for this predicament. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Which nVidea driver to install
I have an nVidia Geforce 6150LE chip on the motherboard. Should I install the x11/nvidia-driver or the NV driver in x11-drivers/xorg-drivers? Would it cause a conflict if I tried to install both and do I even need both of them? -- Carmel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Which nVidea driver to install
On Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:13:30 -0400 Michael Powell nightre...@verizon.net wrote: [snip] The nv can easily be installed along with Xorg. The nvidia driver is more complex as it relies on the linuxolator to function, so there is a larger number of dependencies. But when it comes time to change from nv to nvidia it is just a line or two in the xorg.conf. Thanks for you assistance. BTW, what lines should I modify if I do decide to install the nVidia driver at some point? I will install the NV driver and get the desktop working. -- Carmel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Which nVidea driver to install
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 11:15:16 +0100 Mike Clarke jmc-freeb...@milibyte.co.uk wrote: On Monday 08 June 2009, Michael Powell wrote: As to which of the ports you need - the regular nvidia-driver and not either of the 'legacy' versions should probably be used I found that I had to use the legacy nvidia-driver-96 port to get my GeForce 6150 to function, as described in my post a couple of days ago in the Driver for nVidia Geforce 6150LE thread http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-June/200251.html. I don't know if the problem will apply to other 6150 based systems or if it's just unique to my particular setup. One last question; if I install the AMD 64 bit version of FBSD, will the NV driver work? I know that the regular one won't since it doesn't support 64 bit systems. -- Carmel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Problem with burncd
I just installed FreeBSD-7.2. I attempted to burn a CD; however, when the burn completes, I receive this message: burncd: ioctl(CDRIOCFIXATE); Input/output error. This is the command line: # burncd -ev -s max fixate data notes.txt Now, if I do not use the 'fixate' command, no error message is displayed; however, the CD is not readable. I have no idea what the problem is. I have used brand new CD disks that work fine on my Windows PCs. Is there a better CD-Burner program that I could use instead? -- Carmel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Compiling in sound driver in kernel
This is my first attempt to compile in a driver in a new kernel I am attempting to build. Using loader.conf, I have the 'snd_hda' driver presently being loaded. I want to compile it directly into the kernel. I tried this: device snd_hda # Sound driver Unfortunately, the kernel will not build. What is the proper way to build a kernel with sound embedded into it? Thanks! -- Carmel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Compiling in sound driver in kernel
On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:28:23 +0200 Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: You're missing something: device sound device snd_hda # Sound driver Have you looked at the manual page? 'man snd_hda' would have told you this. Roland Actually, no I did not. I did read the FreeBSD Handbook, specifically the portions dealing with sound and recompiling the kernel. Nowhere did I see a reference to read the man page for the sound driver, nor an example of how to install it in the kernel. I did, eventually, find an example of how to install via the kernel by Googling for it. I believe that the Handbook should be somewhat more specific though in this area. In any case, thanks for all those who took the time to reply. -- Carmel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
XFCE4 and screen resolution
I just installed XFCE4 on a fresh FreeBSD-7.2 installation. It works fine except that I cannot get the screen resolution to stay set after I exit the program. The default is: 1792x1144 @ 60 I set it to: 1024x768 @ 85 Everything works fine until I shutdown the program. When I restart it, it reverts to the default setting. I have 'save session' set to on. I tried a trick I found while Googling to place 'xrandr - 1024x768 -r 85' in the '.xinitrc' file; however, that did not work either. Obviously I am doing something wrong here. Should I post this on the XFCE forum or does someone here have a solution. -- Carmel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: XFCE4 and screen resolution
On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:40:49 +0200 Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:27:54 -0400, Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote: I tried a trick I found while Googling to place 'xrandr - 1024x768 -r 85' in the '.xinitrc' file; however, that did not work either. Maybe your .xinitrc isn't executed? In mine, I have xrandr --fb 1400x1050 xrandr --size 1400x1050 to override non-functioning X autodetect and non-working xorg.conf settings. Obviously I am doing something wrong here. Should I post this on the XFCE forum or does someone here have a solution. Do you have the same problems with other WM / DE? Evidently, it is not being executed by startxfce4. If I run the command once XFCE4 is started, it works. -- Carmel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Unable to start clamsmtpd
I just installed clamsmtpd on a fresh FreeBSD-7.2 installation. When I attempt to start the program via the start up script supplied by the port maintainer, I receive this error message: Clamsmtpd: invalid Outaddress socket name or ip: start I receive the exact same message when I terminate the program, except start is replaced by stop. In the config file, this is listed: OutAddress: 10026 That is the default setting. I made sure that clamav was running. I cannot figure out what the problem is. Anyone have any suggestions? -- Carmel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Possible obsolete entries in /etc/make.conf
A while ago, at least a year or more I would guess, I saw something about placing a couple of entries in the /etc/make.conf file to correct a problem with Firefox. I am currently using Firefox-6.0.1 on FreeBSD-8.2. These are the entries I am wondering about: WITH_MOZILLA=firefox WITH_GECKO=libxul Are they still relevant, or can I just remove them. Honestly, I do not remember exactly what they do anymore, anyway. Thanks! -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com If Google is all about openness, where is the public repository for the search engine? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
KVM switch with FreeBSD-8.2
I am thinking of using a TRENDnet 2-Port DVI USB KVM Switch Kit with Audio TK-214i with a FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 PC and a Windows 7 machine. I presently have a Samsung 24 digital monitor and a Logitech S510 cordless keyboard mouse combination. The keyboard, mouse and monitor presently work fine on FreeBSD. I am wondering if anyone has any personal experience with using KVM switches with FreeBSD and what that experience might be. I would really like to integrate these two PC into using just one common monitor, etcetera mostly due to space considerations. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: KVM switch with FreeBSD-8.2
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:28:42 -0400 (EDT) Daniel Feenberg articulated: The problem I have heard of relates to what happens if the machine boots with the KVM switched to another machine? The KVM may need to pretend there is a keyboard connected at that point. You certainly can't tell by looking at the box, but the Trendnet TK-407 I have (which is a 4-port USB KVM from the vendor you mention) works fine with FreeBSD and Windows. We haven't tested the mouse in FreeBSD. Since any USB KVM would be fairly recent, you might just want to take a chance. There is a Windows configuration utility that can be used to setup the switch. The way I figure it, if I cannot get it to work satisfactory, I can always return it. Does your switch work when X is not loaded? I have not been able to get a satisfactory answer regarding that. Someone mentioned that X has to be loaded first. That would definitely be a deal breaker. Thanks for your feedback. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Using RPM to extract file
I am attempting to obtain a PPD file for a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer. According to this URL: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html, I can download a file from: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-9560CDW for this printer. Unfortunately, the file is only available in either RPM or DEB format. I cannot figure out how to extract the PPD from RPM file. I have read man rpm; however, I am still confused. I tried following the instruction given on the site for extracting the files; however, that only issued a warning about an incorrect operating system. Perhaps someone has some advice on how to go about this. I contacted Brother in regards to this but they said they only support Windows (obviously), Linux and Debian. According to them, support for other operating systems in not being considered presently due to a lack of consumer demand and the overhead involved. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Using RPM to extract file
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:43:51 +0200 kron24 articulated: On 2011/09/21 13:17, Carmel wrote: I am attempting to obtain a PPD file for a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer. According to this URL: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html, I can download a file from: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-9560CDW for this printer. Unfortunately, the file is only available in either RPM or DEB format. I cannot figure out how to extract the PPD from RPM file. I have read man rpm; however, I am still confused. I tried following the instruction given on the site for extracting the files; however, that only issued a warning about an incorrect operating system. First use rpm2cpio of archivers/rpm to get a cpio package. Then continue with standard cpio(1). Using rpm2cpio was easy enough; however, I just cannot figure out how to get cpio to extract just the one file I want. Either it just hangs or issues an error message. The man page is just about useless. No useful example is given. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Using RPM to extract file
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:58:08 +0200 Vaclav Kadlcik articulated: On 2011/09/21 18:19, Carmel wrote: On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:43:51 +0200 kron24 articulated: On 2011/09/21 13:17, Carmel wrote: I am attempting to obtain a PPD file for a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer. According to this URL: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html, I can download a file from: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-9560CDW for this printer. Unfortunately, the file is only available in either RPM or DEB format. I cannot figure out how to extract the PPD from RPM file. I have read man rpm; however, I am still confused. I tried following the instruction given on the site for extracting the files; however, that only issued a warning about an incorrect operating system. First use rpm2cpio of archivers/rpm to get a cpio package. Then continue with standard cpio(1). Using rpm2cpio was easy enough; however, I just cannot figure out how to get cpio to extract just the one file I want. Either it just hangs or issues an error message. The man page is just about useless. No useful example is given. $ rpm2cpio mfc9560cdwcupswrapper-1.1.1-5.i386.rpm | cpio -ivd ./usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc9560cdw/cupswrapper/brcupsconfpt1 ./usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc9560cdw/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfc9560cdw ./usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc9560cdw/cupswrapper/mfc9560cdw.ppd 85 blocks I found a nearly identical example while Googling right after I posted. It would be nice if a simple example like that were included n the man page. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Support for Brother products
I just got a reply back from a representative from Brother International. I had inquired about the available of device drivers for FreeBSD for their products. They currently fully support Windows, Linux and Debian. He informed me himself that he is a *nix user and understands my concerns. However, as in any business that intends to turn a profit they have to cater to known markets. While supporting *BSD is something they have been considering, they felt that there is just not enough interest in their products to make it a win-win situation. He thanked me for my inquiry and told me that if other FreeBSD users would contact him with requests for drivers suitable for FreeBSD they would seriously consider it. Therefore, if anyone is interested in contacting him, this is the e-mail address: berard.mclaugh...@brother.com -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.Avahi': timed out
I have recently discovered the follow notations in my /var/log/messages log: Sep 28 07:25:56 scorpio dbus[5772]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit' (using servicehelper) Sep 28 07:25:56 scorpio dbus[5772]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' (using servicehelper) Sep 28 07:25:57 scorpio dbus[5772]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' Sep 28 07:25:57 scorpio dbus[5772]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit' Sep 28 07:25:58 scorpio kernel: ipfw: limit 20 reached on entry 1800 Sep 28 07:28:02 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: module.c: module-detect is deprecated: Please use module-udev-detect instead of module-detect! Sep 28 07:28:02 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp0' doesn't support full duplex Sep 28 07:28:03 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp1' doesn't support full duplex Sep 28 07:28:03 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp2' doesn't support full duplex Sep 28 07:28:03 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp3' doesn't support full duplex Sep 28 07:28:03 scorpio pulseaudio[6336]: oss-util.c: '/dev/dsp6' doesn't support full duplex Sep 28 07:28:07 scorpio pulseaudio[6352]: pid.c: Daemon already running. Sep 28 07:28:11 scorpio dbus[5772]: [system] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.Avahi': timed out The one that I am interested in is the last on. It never appeared before. I have tried several cold reboots but the same message appears. It must have started after a recent updating of the ports; however, I am not sure exactly when. It appears to be affecting Postfix as Postfix is running much slower than it previously did. I am open to any suggestions. I tried Googling; however, I could not find any help associated this this message. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Printing using CUPS
I am in the process of setting up a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer on a FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 machine. It is a network printer and works fine with the Windows machines on the network. Not so much with the FreeBSD machine. CUPS detects the printer: Description:Brother MFC-9560CDW Location: Local Printer Driver: Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS (color, 2-sided printing) Connection: lpd://BRW0022587025CB/BINARY_P1 Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided However, the connection does not work correctly. I changed it to:lpd://192.168.1.100/BINARY_P1 and I can print a self text page from CUPS. However, I cannot print a test page from within CUPS, nor can I print anything from any other application. I have perused the log files without any success. This limited printing has got me totally baffled. I am open to suggestions as to what to try next. If there are any CUPS experts out there, please feel free to contact me off-list if you prefer. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing using CUPS
On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 06:59:42 +0200 Matthias Apitz articulated: El día Friday, September 30, 2011 a las 04:57:14PM -0400, Carmel escribió: I am in the process of setting up a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer on a FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 machine. It is a network printer and works fine with the Windows machines on the network. Not so much with the FreeBSD machine. CUPS detects the printer: Description:Brother MFC-9560CDW Location: Local Printer Driver: Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS (color, 2-sided printing) Connection: lpd://BRW0022587025CB/BINARY_P1 Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided However, the connection does not work correctly. I changed it to:lpd://192.168.1.100/BINARY_P1 and I can print a self text page from CUPS. However, I cannot print a test page from within CUPS, nor can I print anything from any other application. I have perused the log files without any success. This limited printing has got me totally baffled. I am open to suggestions as to what to try next. While configuring the printer in CUPS, have you used some PPD file? If so, check the PPD file which filter it will use. Set also the LogLevel to 'debug' in cupsd.conf, print a text file and check the messages in CUPS' log file. This is the beginning of the *.ppd file: *% *% Copyright(C) 2010 Brother Industries, Ltd. *% Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS *% *% General Information Keywords *FormatVersion: 4.3 *FileVersion: 1.1.3 *LanguageVersion: English *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1 *PCFileName: MFC9560W.PPD *Manufacturer: Brother *Product: (MFC-9560CDW) *1284DeviceID: MFG:Brother;MDL:MFC-9560CDW *cupsVersion: 1.1 *cupsManualCopies: false *cupsFilter: application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 brlpdwrappermfc9560cdw *cupsModelNumber: 4 *ModelName: Brother MFC-9560CDW *ShortNickName: MFC-9560CDW *NickName: Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS *PSVersion: (3010.106) 3 There is no brlpdwrappermfc9560cdw file located on this unit if that is what you are looking for. This has really got me stumped. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printing using CUPS
On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 14:19:15 +0200 Matthias Apitz articulated: El día Saturday, October 01, 2011 a las 08:08:59AM -0400, Carmel escribió: This is the beginning of the *.ppd file: *% *% Copyright(C) 2010 Brother Industries, Ltd. *% Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS *% *% General Information Keywords *FormatVersion: 4.3 *FileVersion: 1.1.3 *LanguageVersion: English *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1 *PCFileName: MFC9560W.PPD *Manufacturer: Brother *Product: (MFC-9560CDW) *1284DeviceID: MFG:Brother;MDL:MFC-9560CDW *cupsVersion: 1.1 *cupsManualCopies: false *cupsFilter: application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 brlpdwrappermfc9560cdw *cupsModelNumber: 4 *ModelName: Brother MFC-9560CDW *ShortNickName: MFC-9560CDW *NickName: Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS *PSVersion: (3010.106) 3 There is no brlpdwrappermfc9560cdw file located on this unit if that is what you are looking for. This has really got me stumped. Delete the printer in CUPS and configure it as Generic Postscript (without using the PPD file); it should work; It works, but only as a generic B/W printer. The problem seems to be in the cupswrappermfc9560cdw file i got when I downloaded the Debian drivers. That paths are all different and I am not really experienced enough to figure out the scripting to change it to work correctly. Maybe I can hire someone to modify the script to point to the correct locations for the files involved. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Problem with Samba
I probably should be asking this on the Samba forum; however, I thought I would start here. A few days ago the Samba shares on my FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 machine stopped showing up on my Windows machines. All of them to be precise. I removed all of the old Samba logs after having shut it down and then restarted it. This error message is being printed in the log.nmdb file: [2011/10/08 12:30:30, 0] nmbd/nmbd_mynames.c:35(my_name_register_failed) my_name_register_failed: Failed to register my name SCORPIO20 on subnet 192.168.1.101. [2011/10/08 12:30:30, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namelistdb.c:307(standard_fail_register) standard_fail_register: Failed to register/refresh name SCORPIO20 on subnet 192.168.1.101 [2011/10/08 12:30:30, 0] nmbd/nmbd_mynames.c:35(my_name_register_failed) my_name_register_failed: Failed to register my name SCORPIO03 on subnet 192.168.1.101. [2011/10/08 12:30:30, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namelistdb.c:307(standard_fail_register) standard_fail_register: Failed to register/refresh name SCORPIO03 on subnet 192.168.1.101 [2011/10/08 12:30:30, 0] nmbd/nmbd_mynames.c:35(my_name_register_failed) my_name_register_failed: Failed to register my name SCORPIO00 on subnet 192.168.1.101. [2011/10/08 12:30:30, 0] nmbd/nmbd_namelistdb.c:307(standard_fail_register) standard_fail_register: Failed to register/refresh name SCORPIO00 on subnet 192.168.1.101 This only started a few days ago. I do need to get this network back up however. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problem with Samba (SOLVED)
I discover the problem. A soon to be former employee decided to change the name of the router to the same name as the FreeBSD server. Why, I do not know. Once I discovered this, I reverted the name to its original state, rebooted the router and all is well. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Problems after updating KDE
I have had numerous problems after updating to the latest KDE version. For starters, I lost my desktop and only had a blank (black) screen when starting up. I did manage to figure out how to correct that, but numerous other problems exist. For starters: 1) The (ALT)+(TAB) key no longer works. It doesn't switch between applications or anything. 2) I lost my desktop configuration completely. I have tried to restore it but I cannot find a way to add a URL shortcut to the desktop. There is no option in the menu, or at least none that I can find. 3) I use to use a (CTRL)(ALT)(V) combination to activate the klipper clipboard. That no longer works. In fact, virtually all of my shortcut keys have vanished. To the best of my knowledge I followed the directions in the UPDATINg file correctly. Portmaster bombed out twice so I had to resort to using portupgrade to complete the task. This command always fails: ortmaster -o net/linphone-base ortp With this error: === linphone-base-3.2.1_1,1 conflicts with installed package(s): ortp-0.13.0_1 So I guess I will have to delete both packages and start over. I am just not sure which package to delete. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring
After attempting to use portmaster to update the KDE port, I am receiving repeated error messages when running the command: pkg_version -vIL= The error message: pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring I am at a lost as to how to correct this problem. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring
On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:58:45 +0200 Johan Hendriks articulated: Carmel schreef: After attempting to use portmaster to update the KDE port, I am receiving repeated error messages when running the command: pkg_version -vIL= The error message: pkg_version: corrupted record (pkgdep line without argument), ignoring I am at a lost as to how to correct this problem. run portmaster --check-depends. You will find the dependencies that no longer exist. I did that but it failed to correct the problem. I am now running pkgdb -L. When it completes I will see if the problem still exists. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Configuring IPFW
I am attempting to set up a firewall using IPFW with a stateful behavior. While I have investigated how to set up these rules, I have run into conflicting opinions as to whether to all or deny established behavior. EXAMPLE: (preceded by a checkstate rule) allow tcp from any to any established Some documentation states that it should be denied and others say it should be allowed. Neither has given me a convincing reason to follow either scenario or any real documentation either for that fact. If possible, could someone with some real firewall knowledge and familiarity with IPFW please give me some advice. Thanks! -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Status of linuxprinting.org
Does anyone know if this site: http://www.linuxprinting.org/ is down permanently? I has been off line for several weeks now. The friendly message greets a visitor to that site: *** * This site is down for maintenance. We will be restoring service * * shortly. Thank you for your patience. * * * * The Linux Foundation* *** That message has been in place for quite some time now. I was hoping to find a specific printer driver there. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
Presently, I have three HD TVs, two Samsung and one Sony. On these TVs there is a menu where I can access remote devices to access music or videos. By marking the folders shared in Windows, these folders are available on these TVs. I have found no way to accomplish the same thing with my FreeBSD-8.2 PC. Simply using Samba and creating a shared music or video directory does not work. I contacted Samsung and they told me that they do not support architecture other than Microsoft MAC and that I should contact whoever wrote the OS I am working with for assistance. I didn't bother with Sony since I assume I would have only gotten the same response. If anyone understands what I am talking about and has a feasible solution I would love to hear. I had considered either mapping a drive in Windows that pointed to the FreeBSD share or creating a link to it. I would prefer not to have to go that route however, even if it did work. I probably should add that this entire system is wireless with the exception of the FreeBSD machine that is hard wired to the wireless router. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:59:45 -0500 Adam Vande More articulated: Are you sure these devices aren't trying to connect to a DLNA server? Such need can be met by net/mediatomb or other port. A couple of people have replied to this thread. The Samba shares are configured correctly and are visible on my Windows based PCs. I have no idea if the TVs are using DLNA. I never had to configure anything, other than sharing the folders, on my Microsoft PCs, so am I to assume that DLNA is always available on that OS? Anyway, I will try your suggestion. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Failed to create sink input: too many inputs per sink.
FreeBSD-8.2 STABLE In the /var/log/messages log file, I have noticed the follow error message: Mar 13 07:25:01 savage pulseaudio[11763]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink input: too many inputs per sink. Similar messages are dispersed throughout the log. I never noticed these before and I do check out the messages file on a semi-regular basis. Is there something wrong here or can I safely disregard the message? -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:26:43 + Arthur Chance articulated: On 03/13/12 19:54, Carmel wrote: On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:59:45 -0500 Adam Vande More articulated: Are you sure these devices aren't trying to connect to a DLNA server? Such need can be met by net/mediatomb or other port. A couple of people have replied to this thread. The Samba shares are configured correctly and are visible on my Windows based PCs. I have no idea if the TVs are using DLNA. I never had to configure anything, other than sharing the folders, on my Microsoft PCs, so am I to assume that DLNA is always available on that OS? Anyway, I will try your suggestion. I have a Sony networked TV, and it definitely needs a DLNA server and is very picky about what formats are served. I'm not a Windows user but I have the impression Home or Home Premium versions of Vista/Win7 have DLNA support built in. Alexander Leidinger has written a couple of blog posts on getting Sony TVs working with FBSD. Take a look at this and the related posts: http://www.leidinger.net/blog/2011/09/15/sony-bravia-tv-dlna-formats/ I did some checking. Win7, all versions, have support built into it. Apparently Vista and WinXP were updated with support via the Microsoft Update system. I have to admit, that does make for a very user friendly environment. Obviously Microsoft anticipated user needs quite successfully. I have several friends who have integrated their TVs with their home PC quite successfully and painlessly. I am still studying how to make FreeBSD similarly user friendly. Thanks for the link. -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Making Music / Video folders on FreeBSD visible on HD TV
On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:45:36 +0100 Polytropon articulated: //* OFFLIST On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 06:39:08 -0400, Carmel wrote: Obviously Microsoft anticipated user needs quite successfully. I have several friends who have integrated their TVs with their home PC quite successfully and painlessly. This has changed with the upcoming version of their Windows. Check out this video and have a good laugh. http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/a-real-user-proves-windows-8-fails-on-the-desktop-20120312/ ;-) Ah yes, your basic FUD rubbish. Win8 has not even been released. Many of the features are still in a state of flux. Complaining about something in an unreleased version of Windows is like complaining that FreeBSD-10 is a failure because (you fill in the blank). When it is released, then proper comparisons can be made. BTW, I read on another blog by a typical MS Hater that he hated the new interface because the mouse was no longer usable in the system. It turns out the genius was not aware of how to enable or disable the mouse. And yes, the idiot is a charter member of slashdot. Go figure ... In addition, I really do not appreciate your trolling. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
How to handle postgresql82-client vulnerability
I am working on an older machine that has postgresql-client-8.2.23 installed. I have the following information regarding the program: $ pkg_info -R postgresql-client-8.2.23 Information for postgresql-client-8.2.23: Required by: koffice-kde4-2.3.3_7 postgresql-libpqxx-3.0.2 Attempting to build the program produces this error: === postgresql-client-8.2.23 is forbidden: Vulnerable http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1377/. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/databases/postgresql82-client. I cannot find anything in the UPDATING or MOVED files that details how to deal with this. Would something like: portupgrade -o databases/postgresql90-client postgresql82-client be the proper way to handle this problem? Would I then have to rebuild koffice-kde4-2.3.3_7 and postgresql-libpqxx-3.0.2 to insure that everything works correctly? Thanks! -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
problem with dhclient after update to FreeBSD-8.3
I just updated my system to FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE #0 from version 8.2. I was getting warning messages regarding webcamd at boot-up; however, I got them fixed (I think) I loaded: cuse4bsd_load=YES in the loader.conf file and placed: webcamd_enable=YES in the rc.conf file. I had never used it before; however, I am assuming that the 8.3 version somehow requires it. I am still receiving an error message regarding dhclient. This is an snippet of the screen logging at boot-up: nfe0: link state changed to DOWN Starting dhclient. nfe0: no link nfe0: link state changed to UP got link DHCPREQUEST on nfe0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 192.168.1.1 bound to 192.168.1.101 -- renewal in 43200 seconds. Starting Network: lo0 nfe0. lo0: flags=8049UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 16384 options=3RXCSUM,TXCSUM inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x8 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00 nd6 options=3PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV nfe0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 1500 options=82008VLAN_MTU,WOL_MAGIC,LINKSTATE ether 00:19:21:5d:34:de inet 192.168.1.101 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex,flowcontrol,rxpause,t xpause) status: active add net :::0.0.0.0: gateway ::1 add net ::0.0.0.0: gateway ::1nfe0: link state changed to DOWN Starting devd. Starting webcamd. Attached ugen1.3[0] to cuse unit -1 Starting webcamd. Attached ugen1.3[1] to cuse unit -1 Starting webcamd. Attached ugen1.3[2] to cuse unit -1 Starting ums0 moused. Starting webcamd. Attached ugen1.4[0] to cuse unit -1 Starting webcamd. Attached ugen1.4[1] to cuse unit -1 dhclient already running? (pid=435). dhclient is listed as starting at the beginning of the log and again at the end. I never had this happen when using FreeBSD-8.2. I am still confused as to why devd wants to start webcamd All I guess I really have to get corrected is the dhclient thing, assuming it is a real problem and just not some useless noise. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: problem with dhclient after update to FreeBSD-8.3
On Sun, 6 May 2012 04:25:52 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block articulated: On Sun, 6 May 2012, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 05/05/2012 19:30, Carmel wrote: All I guess I really have to get corrected is the dhclient thing, assuming it is a real problem and just not some useless noise. The 'dhclient already running' message is untidy, but harmless. It's the rc system refusing to start a duplicate dhclient process on some interface. As your network interface is via a PCI device, I can't see why devd would think it should try and restart dhclient for it. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=165477 may be relevant. It's on 9-stable, I haven't compared with 8.3. Warren, I posted an addendum to that PR to indicate that the behavior is also occurring on 8.3 systems as well. Do you think it would be prudent to open a new PR with my info since it concerns FreeBSD-8.3 STABLE and not the 9.0 branch? I was also wondering if anyone other than myself is seeing this phenomenon on the 8.3 version. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: problem with dhclient after update to FreeBSD-8.3
On Sun, 06 May 2012 10:48:31 +0100 Matthew Seaman articulated: On 05/05/2012 19:30, Carmel wrote: I just updated my system to FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE #0 from version 8.2. I was getting warning messages regarding webcamd at boot-up; however, I got them fixed (I think) I loaded: cuse4bsd_load=YES in the loader.conf file and placed: webcamd_enable=YES in the rc.conf file. I had never used it before; however, I am assuming that the 8.3 version somehow requires it. What's happening is that 8.3 has introduced more comprehensive support for a wider range of USB devices. It's just picking up on the presence of a webcam now and suggesting software that could manage it. You don't need to enable the webcam at all: the kernel will recognise it as a webcam from its built-in identifying codes, but unless you enable some software to deal with it, it won't be able to do anything. While that may well be true, it does clutter up the boot-up process with a lot of sinister if only benign looking warning messages. There should be a way to silence them or at least make the warning message less sinister looking. Something like: webcamd present but not enabled like is done for other devices. This usually shows up with USB ethernet devices suddenly appearing and cluttering up ifconfig(8) output -- unlike webcams, ethernet interfaces generally do have kernel level support automatically enabled. devd will try and run dhclient on the interface to configure it, which I guess is where your extra dhclent invocation is coming from. It is possible to turn this behaviour off by adding something like: hint.usb.0.disabled=1 into /boot/loader.conf but this is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, as that turns off that usb bus entirely. (Warning: This may well have deleterious effects on your ability to use a keyboard or mouse with the system: use cautiously. Also, change that '0' to the appropriate bus number if you need to) I think I will skip the sledgehammer technique for now. Thanks for the suggestion though. :) dhclient is listed as starting at the beginning of the log and again at the end. I never had this happen when using FreeBSD-8.2. I am still confused as to why devd wants to start webcamd devd only wants to start webcamd because you've installed the webcamd software including /usr/local/etc/devd/webcamd.conf If you pkg_delete the webcamd stuff and then restart devd, it won't try starting up webcamd any more. I don't think removing it is really an option: pkg_info -R webcamd-3.5.0.2 Information for webcamd-3.5.0.2: Required by: gstreamer-plugins-all-1.3.0.10.1_12 gstreamer-plugins-v4l2-0.10.30,3 kde-4.7.4_1 kde-workspace-4.7.4_1 kdeartwork-4.7.4_1 kdenetwork-4.7.4_2 kdeplasma-addons-4.7.4_1 kdetoys-4.7.4_1 kdeutils-4.7.4_2 phonon-gstreamer-4.5.1 qt4-4.7.4 qt4-qtconfig-4.7.4 Interestingly enough, I never had webcamd initiated in the /etc/rc.conf file and never received a warning message about it having to be initialized until the update to FreeBSD-8.3. I am not sure if this should be considered a BUG or what. It doesn't appear that any of the software that requires it to be installed also require it to be running at boot-up. I don't even know who, if anyone, I should report this behavior to. All I guess I really have to get corrected is the dhclient thing, assuming it is a real problem and just not some useless noise. The 'dhclient already running' message is untidy, but harmless. It's the rc system refusing to start a duplicate dhclient process on some interface. As your network interface is via a PCI device, I can't see why devd would think it should try and restart dhclient for it. There does appear to be a PR listed against this behavior as noted in Warren's post on this thread. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=165477 Thanks for your assistance Matthew. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
kernel configuration file
In the Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/amd64, if I do not have a floppy drive, is it safe to comment out this entry? # Floppy drives device fdc Are there any other entries that I could eliminate if I do not have a floppy drive? Also, according the the webcamd documentation, I need to have this in the loader.conf file. webcamd requires the cuse4bsd(3) kernel module. To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): cuse4bsd_load=YES Is there a way that I can simply compile it into the kernel? Would a: device cuse4bsd# Required by webcamd entry in the kernel file work? I cannot find any documentation on that. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: kernel configuration file
On Sun, 6 May 2012 08:08:31 -0500 (CDT) Robert Bonomi articulated: Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com wrote; In the Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/amd64, if I do not have a floppy drive, is it safe to comment out this entry? # Floppy drives device fdc Definitely, yes. Are there any other entries that I could eliminate if I do not have a floppy drive? device atapifd obviouly. :) Thanks, I had not noticed that one. Also, according the the webcamd documentation, I need to have this in the loader.conf file. webcamd requires the cuse4bsd(3) kernel module. To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): cuse4bsd_load=YES Is there a way that I can simply compile it into the kernel? Would a: device cuse4bsd# Required by webcamd entry in the kernel file work? I cannot find any documentation on that. The simplest approach for this is 'try it and find out'. If you use the traditional kernel-huild 'Configure/make depend/make' sequence, to rebuild the kernel -only-, its a matter of one minute or so on a _slow_ (486-class) machine. you'll either get a Configure error, a linker error, or it 'just works'. OK, now you lost me. I use the following basic sequence: make buildworld make buildkernel KERNCONF=CARMEL make installkernel KERNCONF=CARMEL make installworld I am sorry, but I am not fully comprehending what commands you want me to enter. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: kernel configuration file
On Sun, 06 May 2012 14:58:39 +0100 Matthew Seaman articulated: cuse4bsd is a third party module. This means that the sources aren't available as part of the base system, so making work as compiled-in code in the kernel will require you to create patches for your kernel source tree. Not impossible, but not trivial either. I don't know if hps@ has any plans to import it into the base system (I doubt it though), but it would only appear a few releases down the line even if he did. Thanks Matthew, that answered my question. It would seem that importing that module in the base system would be a wise idea; however, that decision is not mine to make. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Video not view-able
I have been visiting several sites lately in which the video content was not view-able. Example: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/05/republicans-get-in-my-vagina-kate-beckinsale_n_1484918.html?ref=fbsrc=spcomm_ref=false There is a video there that displays perfectly in MS Windows in either IE8 or 9 and Firefox. However, under FreeBSD-8.3 with the latest version of Firefox all I get is a black box. No controls to click, etcetera. This sort of thing happens way to frequently on way to many sites. It cannot be a simple blame Microsoft thing since these sites work under Firefox when used in MS Windows. Does anyone have a possible solution? -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Video not view-able
On Tue, 8 May 2012 21:14:23 +0100 RW articulated: On Tue, 8 May 2012 15:09:26 -0400 Carmel wrote: I have been visiting several sites lately in which the video content was not view-able. Example: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/05/republicans-get-in-my-vagina-kate-beckinsale_n_1484918.html?ref=fbsrc=spcomm_ref=false There is a video there that displays perfectly in MS Windows in either IE8 or 9 and Firefox. However, under FreeBSD-8.3 with the latest version of Firefox all I get is a black box. No controls to click, etcetera. This sort of thing happens way to frequently on way to many sites. It cannot be a simple blame Microsoft thing since these sites work under Firefox when used in MS Windows. I know this isn't what you want to hear, but it works just fine for me. It's a bit anecdotal, but I've had fewer problems with flash video since upgrading to modern hardware a year ago. Define modern hardware. The Windows machine is actually older then the FreeBSD one. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Problem with npviewer.bin
I am continuing to have a problem with certain flash videos not displaying with Firefox on FreeBSD-8.3. I have discovered numerous messages like this in the system log file. May 10 07:59:04 scorpio kernel: linux: pid 96942 (npviewer.bin): syscall pipe2 not implemented I have also discovered: npviewer.bin.core files in my HOME directory. Is there something that I can do to correct this problem? -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Problem with SSL ans net/sendemail
Error message: invalid SSL_version specified at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.14.2/IO/Socket/SSL.pm line 308 This is generated by the sendEmail program. The net/sendemail port compiled with SSL support. make showconfig === The following configuration options are available for sendEmail-1.56: SSL=on Enable SSL support This was working fine until today. This all started after a reboot of the system. ssh -V OpenSSH_5.4p1_hpn13v11 FreeBSD-20100308, OpenSSL 0.9.8q 2 Dec 2010 openssl version OpenSSL 1.0.1a 19 Apr 2012 It appears I have two different versions of OpenSSL installed. I deliberately installed the newer version and placed this in the /etc/make.conf file: WITH_OPENSSL_PORT=yes I have no idea what happened or how to correct this problem. I tried rebuilding Perl and the two ports listed in the sendemail port and the sendemail port itself without a satisfactory result. By the way, I noticed that OpenSSH 6.0 was released April 22, 2012. Are there any plans to get that into the ports system, or better yet, replace the aging base system? -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
pulseaudio error message
The message log on my machine is filling up with this error message: Jun 6 11:36:55 raven pulseaudio[6440]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink input: too many inputs per sink. Jun 6 11:36:58 raven pulseaudio[6440]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink input: too many inputs per sink. Jun 6 11:59:54 raven pulseaudio[6440]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink input: too many inputs per sink. Jun 6 12:00:04 raven pulseaudio[6440]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink input: too many inputs per sink. Jun 6 12:00:04 raven pulseaudio[6440]: sink-input.c: Failed to create sink input: too many inputs per sink. Sometimes only one or two lines are written and at others it is four or five lines. Can anyone tell me exactly what is transpiring here? -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
npviewer error
I am running FreeBSD-8.3 STABLE amd64. I continually see this error message in the /var/log/messages file: (npviewer.bin): syscall pipe2 not implemented The program crashes continually also. I have tried doing an RR without favorable results. Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be or where I should escalate the problem to? -- Carmel carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
GUI for gpart
I have heard, although I never personally saw it, a GUI for gpart I heard that there exists one for Linux. Is there any comparable one for FreeBSD and comparable with KDE? -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Format a USB flash drive using gpart
This is probably a dumb question, but does gpart even work on a USB flash drive? I have not been able to figure out how to do it. I want to erase the entire drive and format it for a FreeBSD UFS2 file system. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Format a USB flash drive using gpart
On Sat, 7 Jul 2012 20:36:36 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block articulated: On Sat, 7 Jul 2012, Carmel wrote: This is probably a dumb question, but does gpart even work on a USB flash drive? I have not been able to figure out how to do it. I want to erase the entire drive and format it for a FreeBSD UFS2 file system. Yes, gpart will work with pretty much any storage device. If you want the drive to be bootable, it needs boot blocks. This is easier with GPT than MBR. For an 8G drive: # gpart create -s gpt da0 # gpart add -t freebsd-boot -s 512k da0 # gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 da0 # gpart add -t freebsd-ufs -b 1M -s 7G da0 # gpart add -t freebsd-swap da0 # newfs -U /dev/da0p2 Thanks Warren, you win the prize for the most detailed answer. Polytropon gave me the easiest answer if I just want to use the drive as a simple storage device; however, if at some point I actually want to go beyond that your answer is what I would require. Interestingly enough, I searched through the man pages and FreeBSD help but never came across anything that specifically addressed flash drive. Perhaps I was just not looking hard enough. Perhaps, and I know that this will offend some purists, but a nice GUI that would do what your instructions detail above would be helpful. There is no way that I am going to remember all of those instructions in six months time. Just my 2¢. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: fsck on FAT32 filesystem?
On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:15:17 +0200 (CEST) Wojciech Puchar articulated: 1) There's a _reason_ the gov't requires hard drives with anthing higher than 'somewhat' classified data on them to be =physically= destroyed before leving the secure area. no. for modern hard drives it was already proved that dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk bs=1m is enough to make data unreadable. for very old drives it may not Would you be so kind as to point out the proof of that statement? Please provide an address or location where the documentation supporting that statement can be found. By the way, NOT READABLE is not equal to UNRECOVERABLE. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
