Re: FreeBSD Devil Image
On Tuesday 13 March 2007 13:34, Jeff Rollin wrote: On 13/03/07, Andrew Pantyukhin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Our beastie may be a bit devilish in some respects, but please don't call him just a devil. Some people stay away from FreeBSD for religious reasons. Feeding their misconception is the last thing we want to do. Do you really think it'll make any difference to these people whether we call it a devil or a banana, once they see it? Believe it or not, I actually had an irate woman complain to me about having a devil image on our church website. sheesh Rev. Z. Wade Hampton Twin Bridges, MT -- Old Ranger www.ranger-infotech.com www.oldpathsbaptistchurch.org www.andynyerealestate.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BASH as root shell (static linking)
RW wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 20:09:46 -0400 Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 12:32:22AM +0100, RW wrote: On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 16:29:36 -0700 (PDT) Philip Hallstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 06/10/2007, at 5:45 AM, RW wrote: On Sat, 6 Oct 2007 04:54:26 +1000 Jerahmy Pocott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm wanting to use BASH as my root shell, so I compiled a statically linked I would suggest using bash as your toor shell instead. toor exist precisely for this purpose. Yeah, I'v done that in the past, but I really dislike csh, I don't want to use it EVER =p I don't understand, why would you see csh if you login as toor It has no shell in the /etc/passwd entry by default. Maybe it then defaults to csh (which is really tcsh) if nothing else is given. It defaults to sh Anyway, I prefer tcsh, but if the OP just has to have it bash, it is easy to do. I actually value my ignorance of tcsh, it prevents me doing anything ambitious if I forget where I am. Explicitly selecting another shell is like a safety-catch. And tsch is fairly friendly without knowing much about it. All the OP has to do is install bash from /usr/ports/shells/bash and then edit /etc/passwd to change the last field for toor - after the last colon - to point to where it installs bash (/usr/local/bin/bash maybe) and then it should all be fine. Yes , that's what it's for. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey look, BASH is not a UNIX shell. BASH occurred with Linux then carried over into FreeBSD. While it has some advantages, it is still a bastard. UNIX is written in C Want the best you can get? Use tcsh as a shell and let the linux community do whatever they want. SHEESH Z. Wade Hampton A UNIX person ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: who wrote this
Jerry McAllister wrote: On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 06:12:40AM -0500, Gerard wrote: On November 30, 2007 at 02:37AM Erich Dollansky wrote: [ snip ] sensorship starts in the mind of the people. ^ censorship Well, maybe not if you are referring to the aesthetic appreciation of the item in question... Then again if you are part of one of those religious groups that like to perfume the place before praying, it would be censership. jerry -- Gerard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ok, OK!!! The troll is coming out from under the bridge... First of all, the worst of humanoid units sometimes comes up with valuable quotes; that warrant repeating. By contrast, what most perceive as the best of humanoid units seldom utter profound and/or timeless sayings. The only thing men learn from history, is that men never learn from history. A quote from , someone. If some thin-skinned, limp-wristed, left-handed, intellectual wanna-be's whine about the name Hitler on ANY website, then let them whine! Personally, I hardly ever use quotes from Hitler when illustrating points - but that doesn't mean that any of his material wasn't relevant, or isn't relevant today. Usually, I steer toward Nietzsche when looking for applicable quotes for modern times. But then, (and I speak from sad experience with this) the Holy Bible offends nearly everyone these days. Try quoting from the prophet Jeremiah, and see how many people tell you to shut up. Hitler, Jeremiah, Hosea, Amos, Ruckman...it doesn't matter who you quote, or even mention; someone is going to be offended. I say, Three Cheers for the FreeBSD team! No Guts, No Glory. All whiners should get some personal counseling, or, like the song says...GET OVER IT Dr. Z. Wade Hampton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Hello!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 17/08/07, Adam J Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Branko Vukelic wrote: Hi, My name is Branko (a.k.a. FoxBunny in some circles). Until recently I was a Arch Linux user, and decided to give FreeBSD a try, for a better desktop experience. Thanks to the DesktopBSD project (BIG THANKS!) I'm now running FreeBSD on my box (or is it proper to call DesktopBSD a FreeBSD?). I must say I am most impressed by how all this works, from development to final touches, to actually running and using it. I'm looking forward to getting involved in the whole BSD scene. Nice meeting (sort of) you all! Best regards, Branko Hi Branko! I guess it's like comparing an Alsatian [FreeBSD] to a Spaniel [DesktopBSD]: they're very different, but both are still dogs. However NetBSD is a cat and Windows is a fish. Feel free to play with my sophisticated model of operating system development, anyone. Maybe I shouldn't have compared FreeBSD to a dog. Whoops. Sorry all. If netbsd is a cat, and oh!ess!ten is variously a panther, tiger, puma, (pard? olestra?), openbsd is a fish (and some damned anthropomorphic lips), probably freebsd is really a 1938 pontiac, and windows is a cow-duck hybrid with post-it notes stapled to its spine (or maybe that transporter accident from Star Trek: Der Movin' Picture!). From a pilot's point of view: FreeBSD is an F-4 Phantom. Mac is a P-38 Trainer. Windows is a DC-10. Grins, ZWH ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dell Inspiron 1501 Express PCI slot
Greetings to all, Fed Ex delivered a Wistron Neweb CM9 Mini-PCI wireless nic to me today, with Atheros chipset. Made me very happy indeed! U, now I find that it won't fit in the PCI slot in my Dell Inspiron 1501 because Dell no longer uses standard sized PCI slots. They call them Express PCI slots. My question is this: Does anyone know of an adapter that will mate the one to the other? -OR- Am I SOL? Sincerely, Z. Wade Hampton Brigham City, UT ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (no subject)
Greetings, I agree with Bill. Get yourself a computer comparable to the one you wish to make the real install on, and go for it. That way, WHEN you make boo-boos, it won't cost you anything but time. You'll be glad you did. DO NOT make your first install on the critical machine Just some advice. :-) ### Pastor Z. Wade Hampton www.oldpathsbaptistchurch.org __ Like the prophets of God in the Holy Bible: Dedicated to those Rangers, who laid down their lives so that lesser men could be free to cry peace; when there was none. ## ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Advice please
Hello to all, I just ordered DSL from my phone service (and ISP) provider. I have a Dell dual core laptop enroute, with extras. The advice I'd like, is some do's and don'ts when switching from dial-up to DSL with FreeBSD. What are the pitfalls? I'd like to avoid as many as possible. Regards, ### Pastor Z. Wade Hampton www.oldpathsbaptistchurch.org Only Saints and Warriors are allowed in my world now; and forever ZWH 1998 ___ Webmail access: www.oldpathsbaptistchurch.org/webmail ### ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best laptop for Freebsd
Abram B OLson wrote: I have an acer travelmate 2420 that requires ndis for the broadcom 4318 wireless card but other than that it works in linux and freebsd nearly out-of-the-box. I got it from newegg for 500 usd too. I'm very happy with it. Abe CyberSword wrote: I really can't say enough times how much I love my IBM T23, it's a couple of years old and runs both WinXP and FreeBSD 6.1 like a charm. I only had a bit of a problems configuring X, but that's part me for not having much experience and was easily resolved by doing some digging in Google. -Original Message- On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 08:58:53AM +0300, g wrote: Is there any one model or product that would be better for Freebsd 6 (as this is my day in day out operating system). http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile Any experiences and or advise would be much appreciated. My vote is for Thinkpads Mine too. I have an R51. Man, that computer is awesome. No issues with it, etc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Greetings, I recently got myself a Dell Inspiron 1501 with AMD dual core processor. Split HDD in half, XPPRO on one side, FreeBSD 6.1 on the other side. Only been tweaking with it for a couple of days now. Several issues seem to be on the plate. One is accessing the USB floppy drive. ??? 5 USB ports showing in dmesg, but none actually mount the drive when I attempt mount_msdosfs /dev/ /mnt ?? Very happy otherwise. DSL modem should be coming UPS in the next couple of days. At THAT time, I'm sure I'll have some more questions and comments. Thanks for listening, and any suggestions on the USB floppy drive access. Ciao, Z. Wade Hampton Twin Bridges, Montana ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Duo core enable/support help.
Mike Tancsa wrote: On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:40:50 +, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: Hello Gurus, I just had Intel 102, duo core, fresh freebsd 6.1r installed. but i have been told that i have to enable duo core thing in kernel what should i have there? only options SMP ? what about the /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/SMP file? shall i copy the options to MYKERNEL ? If your kernel is called MYKERNEL, yes, just add options SMP to the file and then cd /usr/src ; make buildkernel make installkernel and reboot. ---Mike Mike Tancsa, Sentex communications http://www.sentex.net Providing Internet Access since 1994 [EMAIL PROTECTED], (http://www.tancsa.com) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, I just got through this same problem myself. If I may, allow me to add this suggestion. Once you cp your own copy of GENERIC kernel; cd to /usr/src make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_NAME make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_NAME Make sure that the KERNCONF is in UPPERCASE! Otherwise it will default to GENERIC. Trust me on this one. -- Rev. Z. Wade Hampton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dedicated to those Rangers who laid down their lives; so that lesser men could be free to cry peace, when there was none. Author unknown ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
umass external usb floppy devices
Greetings to all this morning, After several days of trying, reading, tweaking, and cursing.. I read up on supported umass usb devices supported by FreeBSD 6.1. The only umass usb external floppy drive I see in that list is a Panasonic external floppy. I have a TEAC FD-05PUB USB device. I can mount this device using mount_msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt no problem. I can cd to this device, and ls and read the contents thereof. However, whenever I try to write to this device, I get device busy, among other messages which I cannot reproduce at the moment, because this is a dual boot machine and I'm on the other side of the HDD now. Does anyone know if there is a tweak, or a hack to get around this write problem with TEAC umass usb floppy drives? Thanks in advance. -- Rev. Z. Wade Hampton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dedicated to those Rangers who laid down their lives; so that lesser men could be free to cry peace, when there was none. Author unknown ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cvsup and amd64
On Friday 15 December 2006 18:04, Schmehl, Paul L wrote: Please tell me, did I need to specify anything specifically about the amd64 architecture when running cvsup? Did I possibly get a GENERIC kernel file through cvsup that is not compatible with amd? ** Sorry for the horrible formatting, but for reasons beyond my control, I only have access to Microsoft Outlook right now. It appears no one has answered you yet, so, to alleviate your fears, yes, unless you've changed the kernel in any way (and it sounds like you haven't), a simple make buildkernel and make installkernel should work just fine. Reboot afterwards, and you should be running the new kernel. The only reason you would *need* to make a change would be if you're running dual processors or you need to customize the kernel for performance reasons. Otherwise the GENERIC kernel will suffice. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Information Security Analyst University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ Thank you! Somehow, I got through it today, with SMP working too! I had a little problem with mergemaster, after buildworld, which had a couple of problems that I got around with the make -k argument. Some things didn't get built. Mergemaster rejected some files - /var/tmp/temproot/etc/rc.d/jail /var/tmp/temproot/etc/ssh/ssh_config /var/tmp/temproot/etc/ssh/sshd.config /var/tmp/temproot/etc/motd I elected to merge by hand, just to coplete the process. Now I'll have to learn what it means to merge by hand. Thanks to all who responded with advice and insights. I have now a working amd64x2 kernel and a partially built, installed, and merged world. There are still some strange messages appearing at boot time. That's for another day. Z. Wade Hampton Twin Bridges, Montana ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
