Re: NetBSD's sysbuild and sysupgrade?

2012-08-20 Thread Edward M
John Marino wrote:
> Apples and oranges.
> 1. We don't have binary sets like NetBSD
> 2. Fetching sources and making/building world is a breeze on DragonFly
> and much harder on NetBSD.  They are solving a problem they have, one
> unique to them.
>
> The DragonFly build system is pretty good and fetching sources is as
> easy as "git pull" once the repository is cloned.
>
> John
 
  Hi John,

 Thanks for explaining. This shows how much of a newbie i am:-)


Re: seamonkey 2.10 from 2012Q2 pkgsrc build fails

2012-07-20 Thread Edward M
Francois Tigeot wrote:
> Alternatively, removing winInspectorMain.xpm and the other problematic file
> (winInspectorMain16.xpm ?) from PLIST and recreating the checksums with
> bmake mdi will fix the packaging list and allow seamonkey to be built and
> installed from scratch.
  thanks,  seamonkey 2.10 compiled and installed after i did
  what you suggested.



Re: seamonkey 2.10 from 2012Q2 pkgsrc build fails

2012-07-20 Thread Edward M
Francois Tigeot wrote:
> It's possible to use touch(1) to create the missing files and restart the
> installation without rebuilding from scratch.
>
> Alternatively, removing winInspectorMain.xpm and the other problematic file
> (winInspectorMain16.xpm ?) from PLIST and recreating the checksums with
> bmake mdi will fix the packaging list and allow seamonkey to be built and
> installed from scratch.
 
  thanks, i will be giving this a shot



Re: seamonkey 2.10 from 2012Q2 pkgsrc build fails

2012-07-20 Thread Edward M
John Marino wrote:
>
> Firefox has several versions:
> www/firefox which changes a couple time of month (currently on version
> 14), this is hit and miss
> www/firefox10 which is locked in at firefox v10 and should always work
> www/firefox36 which is locked in at firefox 3.6 and also aways works.
> There are -l10n versions of all of them that usually build if the
> non-l10n version builds.
>
> anyway, in general, Seamonkey builds on DragonFly, it just happened to
> be in a bad state for Q2.  You can always switch to the trunk branch. 

  thanks for the info i will try different things to make it work, if 
not, then i will settle on a firefox.:-)



Re: DragonFly GUI desktop at work - not bad at all

2012-07-19 Thread Edward M
David.Crosswell wrote:
> If you are having trouble accessing GDM capability, I know that Debian
> have a package that attributes GDM capability to KDM.
> Might be worth looking at to see how it's put together.
> Regards,
>
> David.
 
  thanks for reply. I not using gdm to login
  if that is what you mean?



Re: DragonFly GUI desktop at work - not bad at all

2012-07-19 Thread Edward M
Stéphane Russell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Maybe we're not using the same pkgsrc version? I didn't upgraded from
> pkgsrc-2011Q4 since the beginning of 2012. I used this version to
> build my workstation, along with DragonFly v3.0.1-RELEASE. Theses
> versions where tested on my server, so I used them instead of trying
> the latest versions.
>
> SR
>
>
> Edward M a écrit :
>> Stéphane Russell wrote:
>>> Seamonkey browser and mail (sorry, I'm old fashion: I'm dedicated to
>>> Netscape since always
>>   You got seamonkey to build from pkgsrc? mine stopped on a error when
>>   I was trying to build.
>>
>
>
did not realized Stephane   cc his reply to dfly mailing list so i will
do same with my reply. :-)

hello, thanks for the reply. i think that is my problem, i am using
pkgsrc-2012Q2, which has seamonkey 2.10.
 I am trying to reproduce the error again so i can post it in dflybsd
mailing list and see anybody can solve it


Re: DragonFly GUI desktop at work - not bad at all

2012-07-19 Thread Edward M
Justin Sherrill wrote:
> I just happened to read about a fix in pkgsrc-current for seamonkey.
> I don't know if this applies to the version you were trying to build.
>
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2012/07/19/msg016746.html
 
 thanks for the info.
 different version,  version i am trying to build is  2.10 from
pkgsrc-2012Q2.
 i think now is the time i should subscribe to pkgsrc-users  mailing list.

 



Re: DragonFly GUI desktop at work - not bad at all

2012-07-19 Thread Edward M
Stéphane Russell wrote:
> Seamonkey browser and mail (sorry, I'm old fashion: I'm dedicated to
> Netscape since always
 You got seamonkey to build from pkgsrc? mine stopped on a error when
 I was trying to build.



Re: machine won't start

2012-07-03 Thread Edward M

On 07/03/2012 02:15 PM, Carsten Mattner wrote:

At that point I hit hard (cold) reset and since that time the machine
won't leave the BIOS startup phase (POST?).

Took out the CMOS battery for a minute to no avail. Anything else I
should try? Is it possible that the ROM or CPU has been damaged by
the installer? I can't even get into the BIOS via DEL.
I'll take out the CMOS battery overnight and try tomorrow.

Thanks for any help.
.



Sounds like identical problem i was having with my old intel based 
laptop.
After the first reboot, following an install, it would get stuck on 
the BIOS screen.
 i had to do. turn  off  the system, remove the hd, connect it on 
an another system and install
   another os, erasing dragonfly. reconnect the hd back to the laptop 
then the laptop would boot fine.


   unfortunately, i never found the solution, the hd pins were 
beginning to bend  from removing

   the hd alot  trying  to find a workaround.



Re: Install problems

2012-07-02 Thread Edward M

On 07/02/2012 09:18 AM, Jasse Jansson wrote:

On Jul 1, 2012, at 11:02 PM, Edward M wrote:


On 07/01/2012 09:47 AM, Jasse Jansson wrote:

I have tried to install Vector Linux a couple times and the install hangs at 
random locations.

I have started to suspect overheating problems.
I just removed the lid over the CPU and almost burnt myself.

   Hello,
   I suspect it is motherboard  or ram releated. I had a system that it just 
stop working; it
   would give kernel errors everytime i tried to install and OS. turned out the
   board capcitors were leaking, the ones around the CPU. I suggest to check
   out the board and do a memory test,  probably the ram has failed.

Thanks for the hints, I'll better do some screwdriving tonight.


I am adding a link that explains how to spot leakiing capactors 
with images.


 the nine or so leaking capacitors  on my athlon xp, msi board were 
bulging from the top.


http://www.capacitorlab.com/visible-failures/



Re: Install problems

2012-07-01 Thread Edward M

On 07/01/2012 09:47 AM, Jasse Jansson wrote:

I have tried to install Vector Linux a couple times and the install hangs at 
random locations.

I have started to suspect overheating problems.
I just removed the lid over the CPU and almost burnt myself.


   Hello,
   I suspect it is motherboard  or ram releated. I had a system that it 
just stop working; it
   would give kernel errors everytime i tried to install and OS. turned 
out the
   board capcitors were leaking, the ones around the CPU. I suggest to 
check

   out the board and do a memory test,  probably the ram has failed.


cheers



Re: pkgsrc repository is now frozen

2012-06-16 Thread Edward M

On 06/16/2012 05:21 PM, Alistair Crooks wrote:

We have "frozen" the pkgsrc repository in preparation for the
pkgsrc-2012Q2 branch.  What this means is that no new pkgsrc entries
will be added, and no changes will be made to the infrastructure
(except for one, see below).

The freeze is expected to last no longer than 2 weeks.  At the end of
that, we will have a brand, new, shiny pkgsrc branch, with updated
packages for everyone to use and enjoy.  Pkgsrc has a branch every 3
months, and this is our way of staying current with newer versions of
packages.


yay! will be having fun with pkg-rolling_replace once again. cant wait







Re: pkg_rolling-replace better with options s or u first

2012-06-07 Thread Edward M

On 06/07/2012 04:53 AM, Siju George wrote:

it is also good to do a

#pkgin update&&  pkgin full-upgrade
#pkg_rolling-replace -F

before a

#pkg_rolling-replace -rsuv

I do this and get minimum trouble especially during the upgrade to a
Quarterly release:-)

Thanks



   Thank you for the tip. now  i know why pkgin was being mentioned  
during pkg-rolling-replace.:-)





Re: pkg_rolling-replace better with options s or u first

2012-06-05 Thread Edward M

On 06/05/2012 08:33 AM, Justin Sherrill wrote:

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Edward M  wrote:

it is better to start  pkg_rolling-relpace  with options ´s´ f or with
option ´u´ or it
does not realliy matter with which option i  start using with  when  the
rolling process is started?

Order of argument does not matter.  You may want to look at the
examples in the pkg_rolling-replace man page to get a more clear idea
of what they do.

Thanks, This is the second system I had to pkg_rolling-replace and I 
think Iḿ getting the hang of it by what

to do when it errors:-)


pkg_rolling-replace better with options s or u first

2012-06-05 Thread Edward M

Hi,,:-)



it is better to start  pkg_rolling-relpace  with options ´s´ f or with 
option ´u´ or it
does not realliy matter with which option i  start using with  when  the 
rolling process is started?


thanks


Re: computer hung for no obvious reason

2012-06-05 Thread Edward M

On 06/04/2012 07:48 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote:

Rolling-replace didn't work; I still don't have
a working kmail on DF,


   How did pkg_rolling-repalce fail, did it give error?



Re: computer hung for no obvious reason

2012-06-04 Thread Edward M

On 06/04/2012 07:48 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote:

Is this ever going to finish? Rolling-replace didn't work; I still don't have
a working kmail on DF, and am still using the old konqueror. I've been
running this build for at least three weeks, and every time I have to restart
it it goes back to some already built package.



kinda have the same problems on another system iḿ working on. I 
installed Dragonflybsd 3.0.2 with GUi. then I pkg_rolling-replace using
pkgsrc-2012Q1; pkg_rolling-replace did finish, but i had to remove some 
preinstalled apps along the process., but now i dont have wget,
firefox, etc and when i try to installed them they cant. I have decided 
to l reinstall dflybsd then doing a pkg_rolling-replace using 
pkgsrc-2011Q1,

then pkg-rolling-replace with pkgsrc-2012Q1. and see if how works?


Re: scroll wheel doesn't work

2012-06-04 Thread Edward M

On 06/04/2012 07:02 AM, Pierre Abbat wrote:

Any suggestions?


maybe connetor is loose from the computer. try reconnecting it.


Re: binary packages for 2012Q1

2012-05-01 Thread Edward M

On 05/01/2012 06:30 AM, Justin Sherrill wrote:

I'd advise building from source instead of waiting for binaries at
this point for 2012Q1.

  This may sound like a noob question:-)
   Will 2012Q1 work on DFlyBSD 3.0.2 or I have to continue using 2011Q4?



Re: Mount Ext3 under DragonFlyBSD

2012-04-28 Thread Edward M

On 04/28/2012 05:50 AM, Donald Allen wrote:

(Dragonfly doesn't support ext3, as far as I know)
  Yeah...according to the "mount_ext2fs" man page only mentions "ext2" 
and it seems it is

  from FreeBSD 2.2:-)

   http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/cgi/web-man?command=mount_ext2fs§ion=8


Re: Mount Ext3 under DragonFlyBSD

2012-04-27 Thread Edward M

On 04/27/2012 09:35 PM, v...@ukr.net wrote:

   Hello!
   So can anybody give me some advice on this? Should I really delete
the existing file system and create a new one with the 'sparse_super'
flag off?

   Thanks.
 Vladimir

On Fri, 6 Apr 2012 20:36:15 +0300
v...@ukr.net wrote:


   Hello!
   I'm new (well, actually, very very very new) to DragonFlyBSD and
currently doing my first steps with it.  I have Ext2 and Ext3
partitions on my HDD (created under GNU/Linux) and I cannot use them
under DragonFlyBSD. The problem is that when I try to mount any of
them, I get the following error message:

 # mount /dev/ad4s3 /mnt/data/
 mount: /dev/ad4s3 on /mnt/data: incorrect super block

Or if I state the FS type explicitly, I get this:

 # mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad4s3 /mnt/data/
 WARNING: R/W mount of #ad/0x40002 denied due to unsupported
optional features
 ext2fs: /dev/ad4s3: Invalid argument

   The only mode I can mount these file systems in is read-only mode.
However, the file systems are not usable in this mode either, because
I can only list the root catalog of the corresponding FS. Any attempt
to list other catalogs or read some files leads to the following
error message on the screen:

and a system reboot.

I searched over Internet for a similar issue and found only one sane
article mentioning this problem
( http://onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2000/11/16/Big_Scary_Daemons.html ). Its
author tells that the root of the problem is the 'sparse_super' flag
set on the Ext2 file system and suggest to turn this flag off:

 tune2fs -s off /dev/sda3

I tried it under my GNU/Linux system, but it says only:

 Clearing filesystem feature 'sparse_super' not supported.

and does not do the job.
   So now I just do not know what to do. How cat I use my existing
Ext2/Ext3 file systems on DragonFlyBSD? Any suggestions?

   Thanks.
 Vladimir

-
  


-
  

  It may need e2fsprogs?  Have you tried "e2fsprogs" from pkgsrc?  "It  
provides the filesystem utilities for use with the ext2 filesystem. 
 It also supports the ext3 
and ext4   filesystems."

http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/


Re: re0: watchdog timeout issue

2012-03-12 Thread Edward M.

On 03/12/2012 07:22 PM, karim.allah.ah...@gmail.com wrote:

intr 11 on cpu0 at 40001/4 hz, livelocked limit engaged!
intr 11 on cpu0 at */** hz, livelock removed



   Seen that before...number of users have reported of fixing by doing 
BIOS updates, switching
   the SATA configuation settings, booting with smp kernel.  On my case 
i got it fix by switching from 32 bit to 64 bit dragonfly.



http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/users/2011-07/msg00081.html
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/dragonflybsd-user/2008/7/14/2460704


Re: cross-Compiling DFBSD on an Ubuntu machine.

2012-03-11 Thread Edward M.

On 03/11/2012 05:27 PM, karim.allah.ah...@gmail.com wrote:
So, I thought It would be a good idea to work on porting DFBSD as DomU 
for xen for education.



I think Xen already supports  hardware virtualization (Intel VT or 
AMD-V) and it should be able to run

unmodified operating systems like DFBSD and windows.


Re: Install DragonFlyBSD on 32 MB RAM

2012-03-05 Thread Edward M.

On 03/05/2012 10:25 PM, v...@ukr.net wrote:

These options are enabled by default:
 inet6 threads
 These options are currently enabled:
 inet6 threads
 You can select which build options to use by setting
 PKG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS or PKG_OPTIONS.bind98.

Then I edited the '/etc/mk.conf' file by adding the string
  PKG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS ="-gtk -threads -inet6"
to it and re-run 'bmake show-options', but result was exactly the same:
 These options are currently enabled:
 inet6 threads

So I do not understand how to change the package options. I tried to do
'export PKG_DEFAULT_OPTIONS="-threads -inet6"', but it didn't help
either.
   What's the mistake and how can I fix it?

 try adding it to:


/usr/pkg/etc/mk.conf



Re: my old laptop bios freezes on reboot after dflyBSD installed

2011-11-30 Thread Edward M.

On 11/29/11 00:51, Sascha Wildner wrote:

On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:48:26 +0100, Sascha Wildner  wrote:

What you can try is to 1) install normally via the installer and then 
after installation 2) login as root and do 'fdisk -BIC /dev/da0' 
(replace da0 with the disk you chose for installation).


I meant doing 2 from the LiveCD too before rebooting from the hard disk.

Sascha


  did not work,
 I installed the OS normally, then I exited the livecd menu, typed 
"root",
  "fdisk -BIC /dev/ad0", rebooted, it  still freezes on "Insyde 
ACPI BIOS initalized (Version 3. 00.05)" , suffering succotash


Re: my old laptop bios freezes on reboot after dflyBSD installed

2011-11-28 Thread Edward M.

On 11/28/11 05:08, Sascha Wildner wrote:
On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:42:07 +0100, Edward M. 
 wrote:



Hi,


  I'm  have an issue with my old  laptop and DragonFlyBSD.
it's a rebranded compal 56-15, pentium m, 1GB ram, Ati video. The 
issue I'm having is the live cd boots fine after i disabled acpi 
within dragonfly. because it was stoping on a error
once  the live cd boots with acpi driver disabled, I'm able to 
install dragonfly by using the "installer" pogram everthing seems 
fine but once i reboot. the bios freezes on reboot on
"insyde ACPI BIOS initialized (Version 3.00.05). i have to poweroff 
the laptop remove the hd and connect  it to another unit, erase  
dragonfly from it and reinstall the
hd back to the laptop once again the laptop  boots again. I only need 
to install an OS. All other OSes work fine on this unit except dflybsd.


Thanks! I'm not sure how i will be able to get the log from dmesg 
when it is running from the live cd?


Please check out this issue -> http://bugs.dragonflybsd.org/issues/989

Sascha



 I checked it out and  sounds its kinda the  identical problem my 
laptop is having; BIOS freezes while booting, keyboard is non reponsive, 
i have to powerdown the unit.  Another user   suggested turning off APCI 
from the BIOS, but it does not have that feature in  the
 BIOS menu; it  really has a basic BIOS menu. I ran a test  by 
only   formatting the Harddisk with both HAMMER and UFS from  
DragonFlyBSD's installer program to see how laptop would react when 
rebooted,  the same thing  occur , BIOS freezes on "insyde ACPI BIOS 
initialized (Version 3.00.05).".  I Guess the way the installer formats 
the hd is  not agreeing with the way the BIOS functions, etc on this thing.


How can i install DragonFlyBSD manually like it is stated  in the bug 
report by using  -C in fdisk?





my old laptop bios freezes on reboot after dflyBSD installed

2011-11-22 Thread Edward M.

Hi,


 I'm  have an issue with my old  laptop and DragonFlyBSD.
it's a rebranded compal 56-15, pentium m, 1GB ram, Ati video. The issue 
I'm having is the live cd boots fine after i disabled acpi within 
dragonfly. because it was stoping on a error
once  the live cd boots with acpi driver disabled, I'm able to install 
dragonfly by using the "installer" pogram everthing seems fine but once 
i reboot. the bios freezes on reboot on
"insyde ACPI BIOS initialized (Version 3.00.05). i have to poweroff the 
laptop remove the hd and connect  it to another unit, erase  dragonfly 
from it and reinstall the
hd back to the laptop once again the laptop  boots again. I only need to 
install an OS. All other OSes work fine on this unit except dflybsd.


Thanks! I'm not sure how i will be able to get the log from dmesg when 
it is running from the live cd?


Re: cant change font size within gedit

2011-11-19 Thread Edward M.

On 11/18/11 17:22, Pierre Abbat wrote:

On Friday 18 November 2011 18:21:11 Edward M. wrote:

Hi,

I compiled and installed gedit from pkgsrc 2011Q1 to DragonFlyBSD
2.10.1. However when i go to "Edit ->  Preferences ->  Font&  Colors" to
change
the font size, the check mark cannot be remove to let me make the
changes. I was wondering if i need to add more fonts,etc  form pkgsrc or
make changes to a config file?

If you run it from the command line, do you get warnings about not being able
to contact dbus? I had the same problem and never did figure out how to fix
it (I went back to kwrite/kate).

Pierre

I do get warnings about dbus  not able to contact either due to 
misconfigured dbus,etc. I think will also switch to kwrite/kate, if it 
works for me.  However
I was not able to find kwrite/kate in pkgsrc. is it part of another 
src within pkgsrc?




Re: need recommendations on laptops to use dragonflybsd

2011-11-19 Thread Edward M.

On 11/16/11 19:32, Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado wrote:

On 11/11/2011 09:41 PM, Edward M. wrote:

Hi,

I'm buying a new laptop this month, I need recommendations on modern
 laptops( intel cpu only) that users are using with dragonflybsd.

thanks




I think the best wifi adapters for dragonfly are atheros. And by now
don't buy a laptop with ATI graphics, me and other user have had
problems with ATI in dfly.

Cheers.


   Thanks.

I also had problems with my laptop, it also has  ATI video. I will 
keep looking for one that uses either nvidia or intel video and

 an atheros wifi adapter.



need recommendations on laptops to use dragonflybsd

2011-11-11 Thread Edward M.

Hi,

I'm buying a new laptop this month, I need recommendations on modern 
laptops( intel cpu only)  that users are using with dragonflybsd.


 thanks




Re: intr 11 livelock limit messages

2011-07-30 Thread Edward M.

On 07/30/11 06:05, Pang Yan Han wrote:

Hi guys,

I've just installed DragonFlyBSD 2.10.1 and kept seeing
the below messages at some point of booting:

intr 11 at 40001/4 hz, livelocked limit engaged!
intr 11 at x/2 hz, livelock removed

It alternates between the above 2 messages and occurs
without stop, even after I've logged in.

May I know what is causing this and how can I solve it?

Thanks.



   I was also getting getting the same messages, but they stop, when i 
switched from 32bit to 64 bit

   DragonFlyBSD.install.

  Regards,
  Edward