XFree86 configure question

2004-06-11 Thread LW Ellis
Thanx to some great people out there I have FreeBSD runningYea! Having some difficulty setting up the XFree86 Server. I did like it said in the handbook, but when I ee XF86Config.new, I get a blank file. If I use the configure tool in the sysinstall, it fails to save the file. I am logged on

Re: XFree86 configure question

2004-06-11 Thread Nelis Lamprecht
On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 08:05, LW Ellis wrote: Having some difficulty setting up the XFree86 Server. I did like it said in the handbook, but when I ee XF86Config.new, I get a blank file. If I use the configure tool in the sysinstall, it fails to save the file. I am logged on as 'root' The

usb wireless mouse prob on 5.2.1

2004-06-11 Thread Peter Risdon
I'm having problems getting a logitech wireless mouse working on 5.2.1 (cvsupped updated 12 hours ago). I had this working without problem with exactly the same hardware a few weeks ago but had to reinstall, for various reasons and sheepish mumble didn't make any copies of the

FreeBSD driver for LSI Logic MegaRAID ATA

2004-06-11 Thread Oleg V. Vishnevskiy
Hello! I need to install FreeBSD-4.10 (or 5.2.1) on IMB Blade HS20 (8832-21X). As far as I know, it has onboard LSI Logic MegaRAID ATA disk controller. == MegaRAID IDE BIOS ver 2.7.06021009I (C) Copyright 1999-2003, LSI Logic Corporation, USA MegaRAID IDE Adapter CSB6 found at PCI BUS No:00

Re: -current boot bring to db prompt

2004-06-11 Thread George Keramidas
On 2004-06-11 06:41, pirat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday, 10 June 2004 at 21:49:01 +0700, pirat wrote: i boot my inspiron 1100 box but it stop at db and i can not get out of there. what i did were that i copied ltmdm.ko from other machine to inspiron at /boot/kernel/ and add

Re: Paging multiple columns in the console

2004-06-11 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 06:38:45PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Reed Loefgren wrote: Is there a way I can keep the multi-column output but still use a pager? Hmm.. 'apropos column' and aha! The column command can be used to, err, re-columnize: ls /usr/bin | column

3WARE: Drive sector ECC error corrected

2004-06-11 Thread Eric Sabban
I'm currently running 3ware 8506-12 cards on freebsd 4.9 using the built in twe driver. Today (and previously) I've run into a situation where a volume stops responding to any read or write requests. Here is the AEN log: trtd WIDTH=3% BGCOLOR=#f9bb00./tdtd18:44:28 Sat 29-May-2004/tdtdDrive

Re: XFree86 configure question

2004-06-11 Thread Matt Navarre
On Friday 11 June 2004 12:14, Nelis Lamprecht wrote: On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 08:05, LW Ellis wrote: Having some difficulty setting up the XFree86 Server. I did like it said in the handbook, but when I ee XF86Config.new, I get a blank file. If I use the configure tool in the sysinstall, it

Re: XFree86 configure question

2004-06-11 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Matt Navarre wrote: On Friday 11 June 2004 12:14, Nelis Lamprecht wrote: On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 08:05, LW Ellis wrote: Having some difficulty setting up the XFree86 Server. I did like it said in the handbook, but when I ee XF86Config.new, I get a blank file.

A board with SATA + console redirection (Intel SE7210TP1 orS875WP1)?

2004-06-11 Thread H. Sandring (WBInf. DWHuM)
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SCSI too slow

2004-06-11 Thread Karsten Fuhrmann
Hello, i am using a Adaptec 29160UW Controller in my FreeBSD 4.8 Box together with an Easyraid 2 external RAID System and a Quantum SDLT-320 Drive. The problem is the data transfer Rate of my SCSI Channel is only 40 Mbytes/s. dmesg shows da0: easyRAID II Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device Jun

Interrupt storm detected on irq7: lpt0

2004-06-11 Thread Peter Ulrich Kruppa
Hi! My last cvsup of -CURRENT on monday seems to have messed up printing somehow. When I try to print (I am using cups) I receive this message: Interrupt storm detected on irq7: lpt0; throttling interrupt source Result is: Printing becomes very slow (about one minute for a simple text file,

Re: SCSI too slow

2004-06-11 Thread Emil A Eklund
The 29160UW adapter has two internal lvd connectors, only one of those supports Ultra-160, the other one is provided for older equipment, since a SCSI chain will only operate as fast as the slowest device on it. Therefor make sure that the devices that supports Ultra-160 (or Ultra 2 Wide if thats

Error in starting SSH

2004-06-11 Thread Bilal Ahmed
I have been facing an error on running sshd: /usr/sbin/sshd Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key Disabling protocol version1. Could not load host key Disabling protocol version2. Could not load host key sshd :no

RFC: Free Software Hardware Compatibility - Centralised DB

2004-06-11 Thread Zenaan Harkness
PLEASE NOTE: * Please do not reply-all (this is essentially an announcement and request for comments. For further discussion, please advise that you wish to be added to the soon-to-be-created mailing list (I'm still looking for an appropriate site to host this)). * Please forward this as

Re: RFC: Free Software Hardware Compatibility - Centralised DB

2004-06-11 Thread Joel Rees
(Apologies in advance --) On 2004.6.11, at 06:31 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: PLEASE NOTE: * Please do not reply-all Sorry, when you break the rules, the rules are broken. However, ... ASSUMPTION: ... We assume that it is in the best interests of each Free Software Unix-like operating system

plz?

2004-06-11 Thread luis juarez
Hi uhmm i cant seen to be able to download bsd can anyone tell me how to download from the ftp server because everytime i try to download the files it fr3zz3$ My computer - Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger

Re: RFC: Free Software Hardware Compatibility - Centralised DB

2004-06-11 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 09:03, Joel Rees wrote: ... ASSUMPTION: ... We assume that it is in the best interests of each Free Software Unix-like operating system distribution, each kernel (eg. Linux, *BSD, HURD) and in the best interests of the end users, to have a centralised/

Re: two tar issues: man page and --totals behaviour

2004-06-11 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Stefan A. Deutscher [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi folks, just noticed two issues with tar on FreeBSD 5.1 (actually, it is GNU tar 1.13.25): It's a heavily modified version of Gnu tar, actually. (1) The man page is somewhat out of sync with what tar --help shows in terms of options

Re: FreeBSD 4.10 RELEASE questions

2004-06-11 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey everyone. I have a confusing situation here with the new kernel. I just upgraded to 4.10, and in the process, decided to get a moderately updated kernel config. Particularly, I wanted to try to get my sound working again. Here's the thing. I

Re: Bash Startup Files

2004-06-11 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Arend P. van der Veen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I have been trying to clarify what bash startup files are sourced and when. I am using bash-2.05b.007. I have been hunting around on the web and I have found the following summary: For Login shells: On logging in: If

Re: Error in starting SSH

2004-06-11 Thread Rob
Bilal Ahmed wrote: I have been facing an error on running sshd: /usr/sbin/sshd Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key Are these two files not there? In 5.X, you should start such daemons from /etc/rc.d : # cd /etc/rc.d # ./sshd

Re: Headaches from auto* and libtool... (FOLLOW_UP)

2004-06-11 Thread Henrik W Lund
Henrik W Lund wrote: Greetings, list! I've been given headaches lately, and I believe the auto* brothers and their buddy, libtool, to be the culprits. It all started when I installed Anjuta, the C/C++ IDE for GNOME. What it basically does for project management is use autoconf, automake and

ServerWorks GC-SL and GC-LE

2004-06-11 Thread freebsd_daemon
dear list, i would like to know if the ServerWorks GC-LE and GC-SL chipsets are supported under 4.10R. The hardware.txt doesn't list them and googling I found a problem report for 4.9. thanks in advance! zheyu -- Sie haben neue Mails! - Die GMX Toolbar informiert Sie beim Surfen! Jetzt

Re: plz?

2004-06-11 Thread Peter Ulrich Kruppa
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, luis juarez wrote: Hi uhmm i cant seen to be able to download bsd can anyone tell me how to download from the ftp server because everytime i try to download the files it fr3zz3$ My computer What exactly do you mean by fr3zz3$ ? Which files do you try to download? Regards,

Re: XFree86 configure question

2004-06-11 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 12:05:25AM -0600, LW Ellis wrote: Thanx to some great people out there I have FreeBSD runningYea! Having some difficulty setting up the XFree86 Server. I did like it said in the handbook, but when I ee XF86Config.new, I get a blank file. If I use the configure

Problem with samba - windows clients reboot when saving.

2004-06-11 Thread admin
hello: Freebsd 4.9 Recent install world and kernel after cvsup Samba 2.2.8a The clients have files in their home directories and on a common share on the BSD box. Every so often when they make a change to a file and save it the client machine reboots. Clients run win98 and office XP with SP2.

Re: plz?

2004-06-11 Thread Jerry McAllister
Hi uhmm i cant seen to be able to download bsd can anyone tell me how to download from the ftp server because everytime i try to download the files it fr3zz3$ My computer First, on your local host that will be receiving the files, make sure you are in some place that has enough room

Re: Problem with samba - windows clients reboot when saving.

2004-06-11 Thread Bill Moran
admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello: Freebsd 4.9 Recent install world and kernel after cvsup Samba 2.2.8a The clients have files in their home directories and on a common share on the BSD box. Every so often when they make a change to a file and save it the client machine reboots.

Routing question

2004-06-11 Thread Leon Botes
I have a box with 5 nics. Cal them A,B,C,D,E. A B are different internet connections. E is a connection to a mail server on a public /29 C D are connections for 2 differnet client networks. Is it possible to have all traffic coming in via C sent to a default gateway on A's network and all

DNS + DHCP auto host updates.

2004-06-11 Thread Ben Timby
Hello, does anyone have a good guide for setting up DNS updates using ISC DHCP server? I want hosts on my network to become registered with DNS server when they recieve network configuration. I have not been able to find a guide or more information than what is in the man pages for dhcpd and

Re: Problem: cannot install on Dell 400SC

2004-06-11 Thread Jerry McAllister
Looks to me as if the SCSI controller card is buggy. Try disabling search other LUNS. OK. I did that with no noticable difference. I did notice, though, in monkeying around that the fdisk did appear to write the boot block. When I let it go on and boot without any CD or floppy in it, the

rpc.statd needs a lot of memory?

2004-06-11 Thread adp
I am running FreeBSD 4.9. We have several NFS clients and one server. On all machines we are running rpc.statd. I noticed that the size is around 257MB, although res is usually only around 460KB so this isn't a big problem. Why is the size so large though?

Re: rpc.statd needs a lot of memory?

2004-06-11 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 09:30:04PM -0500, adp wrote: I am running FreeBSD 4.9. We have several NFS clients and one server. On all machines we are running rpc.statd. I noticed that the size is around 257MB, although res is usually only around 460KB so this isn't a big problem. Why is the size

Re: Routing question

2004-06-11 Thread Ben Timby
Perhaps if you post more info, we can come up with creative solutions for you. My big question is why? AFAIK, you cannot have more than one default gateway, unless you are using netgraph to balance between network interfaces. However, you could NAT C D to their respective public interfaces.

How to get best results from FreeBSD-questions

2004-06-11 Thread Greg Lehey
How to get the best results from FreeBSD questions. === Last update $Date: 2003/03/09 22:09:31 $ This is a regular posting to the FreeBSD questions mailing list. If you got it in answer to a message you sent, it means that the sender thinks that

The Complete FreeBSD: errata and addenda

2004-06-11 Thread Greg Lehey
The trouble with books is that you can't update them the way you can a web page or any other online documentation. The result is that most leading edge computer books are out of date almost before they are printed. Unfortunately, The Complete FreeBSD, published by O'Reilly, is no exception.

Re: Upgrading FreeBSD to a new release

2004-06-11 Thread Peter Pauly
On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 11:41:15PM +0200, Roman Kennke wrote: Hi list, One thing, that is making me _not_ using FreeBSD is, that I see no way to easily upgrade from, say 5.1 to 5.2 (just an example), over network. This may or may not be an option for you: both IBM and HP (Compaq) offer

Thinkad 600x PCMCIA devices fail upon insertion

2004-06-11 Thread Olaf Huelsmann
Hi! I saw u'r question on the freebsd-board. I have a Thinkpad 600x and the same problem with bsd and pcmcia-cards as well. Since i'm a totaly new into bsd - i've no idea where to start on sloving that issue. So i hope that you managed to get pcmcia-cards working on the TP600x and can give me a

contributing: addition of package

2004-06-11 Thread vishal kochhar
Hi, This question is related to addition of a package (not related to OS or kernel) to freebsd. I read from the contribution page about 'value-added' packages. Is it related only to OS related packages or other s/w's like compilers etc too? I am wondering if this small piece of utility will be

FYI - Belkin Bluetooth USB Adapter recognized in FreeBSD 5.2.1 Release

2004-06-11 Thread Andrew L. Gould
The Belkin Bluetooth USB Adapter, model F8T001 (100 meter range), is not in the hardware notes, I thought I'd mention it here: I just installed FreeBSD 5.2.1 on a Dell Inspiron 8100. The Belkin Bluetooth USB Adapter mentioned above was recognized as ubt0. Also, 'hccontrol -n ubt0hci inquiry'

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Hardware compatability list query (of d00m)

2004-06-11 Thread Mike Woods
Ignore the of d00m too much invader zim does odd things to you. Anyway, to the point, is there a big hardware compatability list anyway, i dont mean like the one on freebsd.org rather a site stating actual tried and tested cards and the like as opposed to chipsets and controllers ? Just

RE: Upgrading FreeBSD to a new release

2004-06-11 Thread JJB
Are these supervisor cards unique to IBM HP? Can the card be bought separately and will they work on generic motherboard? Do you have URL for info on these supervisor cards? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter Pauly Sent: Friday, June 11,

Re: Upgrading FreeBSD to a new release

2004-06-11 Thread Peter Pauly
On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 01:54:26PM -0400, JJB wrote: Are these supervisor cards unique to IBM HP? Can the card be bought separately and will they work on generic motherboard? Do you have URL for info on these supervisor cards? They are unique to each manufacturer. I am not aware of a

ipfw + natd + stateful rules. For the archives

2004-06-11 Thread fbsd_user
For the list's archives. Here is everything you need for ipfw/natd/stateful. Add these statements to kernel source and compile kernel to enable # Enable kernel IPFW. # option IPFIREWALL # Adds filtering code into kernel option IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE #

Re: Upgrading FreeBSD to a new release

2004-06-11 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Peter Pauly wrote: On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 01:54:26PM -0400, JJB wrote: Are these supervisor cards unique to IBM HP? Can the card be bought separately and will they work on generic motherboard? Do you have URL for info on these supervisor cards? They are unique

bad clusters problem

2004-06-11 Thread Michal Kukucka
hi, i try to install a freebsd miniinstall distribution on my laptop compaq armada 4150T with 2GB disk space, from dos partition, everything was work OK until the installation begin copy the files to a created freebsd partition. On this space is some bad clusters, and therefore installation

Interrupts crowding

2004-06-11 Thread Karsten Fuhrmann
Hello List, maybe this is not realy FreeBSD specific but i hope you can still answer that. I am wondering if there is a way to prevent some hardware components from interrupt sharing, because i think this is a bottleneck situation sometimes. I discovered this while looking at my

native xpdf vs static xpdf for linux (couldn't create a font for...)

2004-06-11 Thread Paulius Bulotas
Hello, I would like to use native xpdf (compiled from ports) for viewing pdf files, but it's almost impossible,, since for many pdf's it can't find used fonts and of course doesn't show any text. The question would be, why? ;) BTW, statically linked xpdf for linux which I downloaded from

XFree86 Config (continued)

2004-06-11 Thread LW Ellis
OK thanx to all the help, I think I'm getting close. I have a config file that works fineonly as long as I am signed in as root. KDE-Lite loads and works fine... However If I sign in as a user, I get a grey-green screen with some white windows. I put the config file in etc/X11/XF86Config.

Re: XFree86 Config (continued)

2004-06-11 Thread LW Ellis
OK I copied the .xsession to /home/'username' directory. I still get the greygreen screen with white windows. I looked in the .xsession file and all it says it startkde. If I enter startkde, it tells me in can't start xserver. Leon In ~root look for .xsession or .xstart They're text

Re: XFree86 Config (continued)

2004-06-11 Thread Daniela
On Friday 11 June 2004 20:36, LW Ellis wrote: OK thanx to all the help, I think I'm getting close. I have a config file that works fineonly as long as I am signed in as root. KDE-Lite loads and works fine... However If I sign in as a user, I get a grey-green screen with some white

FreeBSD 4-10 install, RAM parity errors that don't seem to happen in Linux.

2004-06-11 Thread Derrick MacPherson
I am trying to move as much of our servers as I can to FreeBSD, and there's a few boxes that they have here that the RAM is a about 2 mm high and requires the case (1U machines) to press on the RAM when closed. These machines run RH Linux for months without a problem, yet 3 out of 4 I just pulled

Re: XFree86 Config (continued)

2004-06-11 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Friday 11 June 2004 20:36, LW Ellis wrote: OK thanx to all the help, I think I'm getting close. I have a config file that works fineonly as long as I am signed in as root. KDE-Lite loads and works fine... However If I sign in as a user, I get a grey-green screen with some

Re: HTTPtunnel hangs with proxy

2004-06-11 Thread Ben Timby
My suggestion would be to use tcpdump to examine the data flow. Watch what your browser sends to the http proxy, and then watch what htc sends to it. Probably will be different. Obviously htc thinks it is talking directly to hts, and thus is not speaking proper http proxy protocol. While I

Console and X configuration for laptop display

2004-06-11 Thread Andrew L. Gould
I installed FreeBSD 5.2.1 on a Dell Inspiron 8100. During bootup and later, at the command line, the usable screen is much smaller than the available display size -- 2 to 3 inch margins on all sides. Does anyone know how I can fix this? In X, a resolution of 1400x1050 fills the display; but

Platforms, OSes,etc.

2004-06-11 Thread reddevil69
Hi there. I have a question or two if you folks don't mind. I would like to migrate to a better, more stable OS for surfing, making music and data cd's as well as dvd's, and importing images ( vhs and photo) to cd/dvd. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that Windows is good for is my

Re: Using scanner with FreeBSD. A nightmare!

2004-06-11 Thread Christian Hiris
On Friday 11 June 2004 05:24, Rob wrote: crw-rw 1 root operator 243, 255 Jun 6 14:10 usb crw-rw-rw- 1 root operator 243, 0 Jun 6 14:10 usb0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root operator 243, 1 Jun 6 14:10 usb1 crw-rw 1 root operator 243, 2 Jun 6 14:10 usb2

Re: Using scanner with FreeBSD. A nightmare!

2004-06-11 Thread Christian Hiris
On Friday 11 June 2004 00:53, Guillermo GarcĂ­a-Rojas wrote: Same problem I had last month. What I did? I comment out the line: device uscanner on my kernel and installed libUSB. My Scanner worked for 2 or 3 times and now it doesn't work anymore. I have FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE

Re: Platforms, OSes,etc.

2004-06-11 Thread Bill Moran
reddevil69 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there. I have a question or two if you folks don't mind. I would like to migrate to a better, more stable OS for surfing, making music and data cd's as well as dvd's, and importing images ( vhs and photo) to cd/dvd. As far as I'm concerned, the only

Version query for a new machine

2004-06-11 Thread Louis LeBlanc
Hey everyone. After my CPU fan (or was it the hard drive?) spent a day or two screeching constantly at high frequencies (and volume), I finally broke down and ordered a new PC. The problem is what to install on it. The new system is a Dell Dimension 8300, w/P4 @ 3.0 Ghz, HT etc. The video card

Re: DNS + DHCP auto host updates.

2004-06-11 Thread Louis LeBlanc
On 06/11/04 11:02 AM, Ben Timby sat at the `puter and typed: Hello, does anyone have a good guide for setting up DNS updates using ISC DHCP server? I want hosts on my network to become registered with DNS server when they recieve network configuration. I have not been able to find a guide

Re: Version query for a new machine

2004-06-11 Thread Bill Moran
Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey everyone. After my CPU fan (or was it the hard drive?) spent a day or two screeching constantly at high frequencies (and volume), I finally broke down and ordered a new PC. The problem is what to install on it. The new system is a Dell Dimension

Re: Version query for a new machine

2004-06-11 Thread Louis LeBlanc
On 06/11/04 08:18 PM, Bill Moran sat at the `puter and typed: Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIPPED I know nobody is going to guarantee their answer to this one, but is RELENG_5_2 reliable enough for a moderately loaded system? If it is, are the gains worth the supposedly lower

IMAP server (was Re: Version query for a new machine)

2004-06-11 Thread Bill Moran
Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now to decide whether to change my IMAP server. Any recommendations? I'm using Cyrus now, but I suspect it may be paramount to using a shotgun to kill a gnat. I have like 3 users, and each one has a login anyway (to accomodate Samba shares). I

Re: native xpdf vs static xpdf for linux (couldn't create a font for...)

2004-06-11 Thread horio shoichi
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:08:46 +0300 Paulius Bulotas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I would like to use native xpdf (compiled from ports) for viewing pdf files, but it's almost impossible,, since for many pdf's it can't find used fonts and of course doesn't show any text. The question would

New Question

2004-06-11 Thread LW Ellis
The depth of my unix ignorance is showing... I kept getting a glitch, probably from my bad install attempt. I wiped my HD and re-installed FreeBSD with what I have learned. I have configured my xserver and it seems to be working ok. I read the the FreeBSD Handbook and found little about adding

Re: DNS + DHCP auto host updates.

2004-06-11 Thread Thomas Farrell
Here you go. Here is an example of a dhcpd.conf entry subnet 4.10.10.0 netmask 255.255.252.0 { dynamic-dhcp range 4.10.10.2 4.10.13.254 { option subnet-mask 255.255.252.0; option domain-name dsl-verizon.net; option domain-name-servers 4.2.2.4,4.2.2.5,4.2.2.6; option routers 4.10.10.1; option

Re: Problem with samba - windows clients reboot when saving.

2004-06-11 Thread Thomas Farrell
This behavior could be caused by a virus/ trojan or worm. Sasser will reboot windowz boxes. Get some AV software update it and scan your system. If you only see this when your attempting to save files to the samba server try shutting down application in an attempt to locate the bad process. You

Re: New Question (add new users groups)

2004-06-11 Thread Rob
LW Ellis wrote: The depth of my unix ignorance is showing... I kept getting a glitch, probably from my bad install attempt. New Question is not a useful subject of your email. Formulate your question in a few words as a subject. That makes it easier for others to browse through the long list of

Re: 3WARE: Drive sector ECC error corrected

2004-06-11 Thread Mike Tancsa
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 02:46:09 -0700, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: I'm currently running 3ware 8506-12 cards on freebsd 4.9 using the built in twe driver. Today (and previously) I've run into a situation where a volume stops responding to any read or write requests. Here is the AEN

Re: New Question

2004-06-11 Thread Jerry McAllister
The depth of my unix ignorance is showing... I kept getting a glitch, probably from my bad install attempt. I wiped my HD and re-installed FreeBSD with what I have learned. I have configured my xserver and it seems to be working ok. I read the the FreeBSD Handbook and found little about

(add new users groups)

2004-06-11 Thread LW Ellis
OK, I got that part down.. (sysinstall and adding the user) I've ordered a FreeBSD book based on the recommendations I received here (this list) Until then I'm pretty much shooting in the dark, learning as I go. I'm not clear on the Unix group/user setup From what I have read, FreeBSD will place

XFree86 Config SOLVED

2004-06-11 Thread LW Ellis
THanx everybody!! After I did a clean install Got Xserver setup, KDE setup THen I added a user, No problems Couldn't have done it with out you!!! Later, Leon A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. Sir Winston Churchill

Re: (add new users groups)

2004-06-11 Thread Rob
LW Ellis wrote: OK, I got that part down.. (sysinstall and adding the user) I've ordered a FreeBSD book based on the recommendations I received here (this list) Until then I'm pretty much shooting in the dark, learning as I go. I'm not clear on the Unix group/user setup From what I have read,

Re: (add new users groups)

2004-06-11 Thread Rob
Rob wrote: Every 'thing' in Unix should be a user and belong to a group. replace should be by should be owned by. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: native xpdf vs static xpdf for linux (couldn't create a font for...)

2004-06-11 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 11:08:46PM +0300, Paulius Bulotas wrote: Hello, I would like to use native xpdf (compiled from ports) for viewing pdf files, but it's almost impossible,, since for many pdf's it can't find used fonts and of course doesn't show any text. The question would be, why? ;)

Re: (add new users groups)

2004-06-11 Thread Matt Navarre
On Friday 11 June 2004 06:59, LW Ellis wrote: OK, I got that part down.. (sysinstall and adding the user) I've ordered a FreeBSD book based on the recommendations I received here (this list) Until then I'm pretty much shooting in the dark, learning as I go. I'm not clear on the Unix

Sony AIT SDX-420 ATAPI tape drive on FreeBSD 5.2.1

2004-06-11 Thread raymond
I have added a Sony SDX-420 ATAPI tape drive to a FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE system. The tape successfully does a dump and restore on this system but when the tape is taken to a Sony SDX-400 SCSI tape drive on a FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE system, restore insists that the tape blocks are 512 bytes and this is

Sony AIT SDX-420 ATAPI tape drive on FreeBSD 5.2.1

2004-06-11 Thread raymond
I have added a Sony SDX-420 ATAPI tape drive to a FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE system. The tape successfully does a dump and restore on this system but when the tape is taken to a Sony SDX-400 SCSI tape drive on a FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE system, restore insists that the tape blocks are 512 bytes and this is

swap size and a zombie

2004-06-11 Thread Chris
*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Looking at a web/email server with the following from top ... last pid: 29494; load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 up 85+12:33:05 23:07:44 39 processes: 1 running, 37 sleeping, 1 zombie CPU states: 0.0% user, 0.0%

Re: (add new users groups)

2004-06-11 Thread Charles J. Gaush
LW Ellis wrote: I'm not clear on the Unix group/user setup From what I have read, FreeBSD will place users in a default group Do I need a group? I will have about 6 users (not all at once) DO I add a group before users? Will it be to my benefit down the road to make a group now? Every user will

Re: Console and X configuration for laptop display

2004-06-11 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:09:13 -0500 Eric Crist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 11 June 2004 18:42, you wrote: I installed FreeBSD 5.2.1 on a Dell Inspiron 8100. During bootup and later, at the command line, the usable screen is much smaller than the available display size -- 2 to 3 inch

Re: swap size and a zombie

2004-06-11 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 11:10:50PM -0500, Chris wrote: *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Looking at a web/email server with the following from top ... last pid: 29494; load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 up 85+12:33:05 23:07:44 39 processes:

Re: texmacs and maxima [solution]

2004-06-11 Thread Peter Ulrich Kruppa
For the records: On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: Could anybody tell me how I can make Texmacs recognize maxima? texmacs uses a bash sript /usr/local/libexec/TeXmacs/bin/maxima_detect its first line must be changed to #!/compat/linux/bin/bash Uli.

Err - saslpasswd2: Couldn't update db + authentication failed

2004-06-11 Thread Subramanian Kumaran
Hi, I am trying to install Postfix+Cyrus-IMAP+Cyrus-SASL-authd on FreeBSD system. I've installed all these s/w ... but I face some problems 1) #saslpasswd2 username #setpass succeeded for cyrus #saslpasswd2 : Couldn't update db (== ) but I can create a new user option -c and