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Hello! Whether probably to adjust ZyXEL ADSL USB modem on FreeBSD? Any information on adjustment of ADSL USB modems interests. -- Best regards, Gleb mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list ht

Re: passwd file corrupted

On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:31:32AM -0500, Efren Bravo wrote: > How can I check /etc/passwd file integrity because I think it is > corrupted. When I try to execute vipw efrenba or root it doesn't works. >Can you explain how vipw 'doesn't work'? What does it say? Is your >$EDITOR variable set correc

Re: How often cvsup the ports?

Andrew P. wrote: > On 10/6/05, Mikael Backman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then. >>How often should I cvsup the ports? > > If you like being up-to-date, you should consider > using portsnap, which is much more efficient than > cvsup. You can update e

Setting mount_nfs options in /etc/fstab

I am reading large log files via NFS, and I find that if I mount them with mount_nfs -a 4 then performance is improved. My question is: is there any way to set the option '-a 4' in /etc/fstab? Or am I forced to mount the filesystems the manual way in /etc/rc.local? mount_nfs supports a number of

Re: How often cvsup the ports?

Benjamin Lutz writes: > > I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then. > > How often should I cvsup the ports? > > As often as you like/need. I usually do it manually every 1-3 > days. I upgrade the ports tree every night. Building the ports depends on the number

Re: passwd file corrupted

On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 10:31:32AM -0500, Efren Bravo wrote: > How can I check /etc/passwd file integrity because I think it is > corrupted. When I try to execute vipw efrenba or root it doesn't works. Can you explain how vipw 'doesn't work'? What does it say? Is your $EDITOR variable set correctl

passwd file corrupted

Hi, How can I check /etc/passwd file integrity because I think it is corrupted. When I try to execute vipw efrenba or root it doesn't works. Also check /etc/master.passwd file... Thanks... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.fr

Re: Hidden spot on hard drives?

Gary W. Swearingen wrote: Jonathon McKitrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: 1. Any idea where this info could be stored? The obvious place is the end of the first track between the boot sector(s) and the first partition. But that's probably too easy and well-known. As others have noted, Uni

Realtek High Definition Soundcard

Is there any way to install Realtek high definition soundcard? I try the open sound system program(lastest version). But it doesnt work. Help needed.By the way i am using version 5.4. Thks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.fr

Re: Installation problem - "device node"

peter bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to install freebsd on a computer with 2 hard disks. This > message comes up when it tries to start creating the file system: > "Unable to find device node for /dev/X in /dev". Install then fails. That kind of depends on what "X" is. If yo

Re: How often cvsup the ports?

On 10/6/05, Mikael Backman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then. > How often should I cvsup the ports? I usually cvsup the ports every time I install a port. That way I know I'm getting the latest available ports. There's not much point in runni

Re: How to properly mount a DVD-R/W drive and how to use it from the command line?

Hi all, Thanks for the excellent replies regarding this! Regarding the mounting: indeed I do have a proper /etc/fstab, so I'll use mount /cdrom then. Tnx for explaining about the need to mount it in ISO-9660 format, and that the 'ro' flag is correct after all. :) So, the remaining thing then

Re: [freebsd-questions] PID 0

"Duncan Drury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am having a problem with Apache/PHP that results in Apache running as PID > 0, which I cannot kill without restarting the server (or rather I don't know > how else to do it). > > I am running FreeBSD 5.2, with Apache 1.3.33 and PHP5.0.5. > > First

Re: Problems with Acroread7 port

06 Oct 2005 08:58:34 -0400, Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Vladimir Tsvetkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Now acroread7 runs, but during start it prints in an error-message > > dialog the following message: > > > > There was an error while loading the plug-in 'PPKLite.api.' > > The plug

Re: OT: New design

On Wednesday 05 October 2005 10:43 pm, Kirk Strauser wrote: > I like the idea, but the rendering is lacking in some browsers. This > screenshot comes from Konqueror 3.4.2 on a FreeBSD 6.0-BETA4 machine: I think I found the problem. I sit a few feet away from a 19" monitor, and have my minimum

Re: Best Way to Install FreeBSD on Gateway G6-400

> > Hello, > > Could you please offer some advice on how I can remove Windows XP Pro > from an old and slow Gateway 400 Mhz computer, and install FreeBSD? You don't have to do anything to remove XP. When you install FreeBSD over the top of it, that will get rid of XP. So, just follow the

Re: How often cvsup the ports?

Mikael Backman wrote: I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then. How often should I cvsup the ports? Install portaudit. Pay attention to your nightly email. When you notice portaudit reporting that you have ports installed with known security vulnerabilities, it's a good time to

Re: cvsup upgrade from 4.7 to 5.4

Gobbledegeek wrote: I'm upgrading from 4.7 to 5.4 using cvsup and I see that with src-all, files specific to s390, sparc, ppc are also being downloaded. How can I prevent this from happening? I only want to download i386 files... You've already asked this question. This isn't a problem t

Re: how to recompile a port in a clean maneer?

Eric Devolder wrote: Thank you Chuck, now I better understand what's behind this. Maybe just a side question: Can I "refresh" the files contained in /usr/ports with the one of an older release? for example, I would like to use ports from 4.3 while I'm running a 4.11 for now. Of course, my /usr/po

Re: Problems with Acroread7 port

Vladimir Tsvetkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now acroread7 runs, but during start it prints in an error-message > dialog the following message: > > There was an error while loading the plug-in 'PPKLite.api.' > The plug-in failed to initialize. > > Oddly, this message is shown only when I star

Re: How to properly mount a DVD-R/W drive and how to use it from the command line?

Olaf Greve wrote: Hi, This'll surely be a really novice question, but I'd like to get it right in one go, and RTFM-ing using Google somehow didn't produce uniform enough results for my likings. :) The situation: I just installed FreeBSD 5.4-Release AMD64 on my new machine (though the questi

Re: broken ports

Thank you very much for the info's in the meanwhile, the problem got solved, after upgrading p5-Mail-DomainKeys-0.23 to 0.80 yesterday, p5-Mail-SpamAssassin upgrade also worked. > The reason I'm asking is that segmentation faults are often caused by > failing hardware (faulty memory chip, overh

Re: How often cvsup the ports?

On 10/6/05, Mikael Backman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then. > How often should I cvsup the ports? > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebs

Re: How to properly mount a DVD-R/W drive and how to use it from the command line?

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Olaf Greve wrote: Hi, This'll surely be a really novice question, but I'd like to get it right in one go, and RTFM-ing using Google somehow didn't produce uniform enough results for my likings. :) The situation: I just installed FreeBSD 5.4-Release AMD64 on my new machin

Re: VPN server ?

Frank Bonnet wrote: > I need some infos on FreeBSD baed VPN server > links/experiences welcome I'm using OpenVPN (http://www.openvpn.org), and I'm very happy with it. It's simple to set up (*much* simpler than IPSEC), and it has so far been reliable for me. Since it uses SSL for encryption, it is

Re: broken ports

Reinhard Weismann wrote: does anybody know where to report broken ports, or, where to get information if/why a port currently is broken. From your description I am not at all sure that the port is broken in this case. But since you asked... If you are sure that the port really is broken, y

Re: How to properly mount a DVD-R/W drive and how to use it from the command line?

Olaf Greve wrote: > [...] > Now, this is where the issue lies. When putting a CD-ROM in the drive, > and trying to access it through the /cdrom mountpoint I get an empty > directory listing (not correct) and when manually trying to do the > following: > mount /dev/acd0 /cdrom > I get the error (on

Re: How often cvsup the ports?

On Oct 6, 2005, at 6:24 AM, Mikael Backman wrote: Hi. I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then. How often should I cvsup the ports? How often do you *need* updated ports? How often do you *need* an updated FreeBSD? Or is it just a matter of *want*. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL

Re: Installing zebra on minimal setup

PS: I need to add this to multiple machines without internet connection. rgrds On 10/6/05, Gobbledegeek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > I did a minimal setup on a 500mb hdd - no ports, developer > tools.. 4.7 bsd. Now I need to install zebra and zebra only without > other ports. Its

VPN server ?

Hello I need some infos on FreeBSD baed VPN server links/experiences welcome thanks a lot -- Cordialement/Regards Frank Bonnet ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, sen

Installing zebra on minimal setup

Hello I did a minimal setup on a 500mb hdd - no ports, developer tools.. 4.7 bsd. Now I need to install zebra and zebra only without other ports. Its not on the install cd, So I need a binary image from where. Can I download a binary from somewhere that will unzip itself? Or Will someone ki

How to properly mount a DVD-R/W drive and how to use it from the command line?

Hi, This'll surely be a really novice question, but I'd like to get it right in one go, and RTFM-ing using Google somehow didn't produce uniform enough results for my likings. :) The situation: I just installed FreeBSD 5.4-Release AMD64 on my new machine (though the question is most likely n

Re: How often cvsup the ports?

Mikael Backman wrote: > Hi. > I use Portupgrade to install apps every now and then. > How often should I cvsup the ports? As often as you like/need. I usually do it manually every 1-3 days. Cvsup is quite efficient, so you shouldn't have to worry about overloading the cvsup servers if you do it f

Re: Can't get Mailman to work [SOLVED]

--On 6. oktober 2005 13:43 +0200 Sasa Stupar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --On 6. oktober 2005 9:26 +0200 Sasa Stupar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --On 6. oktober 2005 2:46 -0400 Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: grep DefaultUser /etc/mail/sendmail.cf 9# grep DefaultUser /etc/ma

Re: Can't get Mailman to work

--On 6. oktober 2005 9:26 +0200 Sasa Stupar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --On 6. oktober 2005 2:46 -0400 Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: grep DefaultUser /etc/mail/sendmail.cf 9# grep DefaultUser /etc/mail/sendmail.cf O DefaultUser=8:12 Sasa OK, I have my sendmail now to r

How often cvsup the ports?

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Fwd: Port perl 5.8.7 on FreeBSD 4.10

-- Forwarded message -- From: Vladimir Tsvetkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2005-10-6 13:57 Subject: Re: Port perl 5.8.7 on FreeBSD 4.10 To: Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2005/10/6, Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > fw2: env | grep LIBRA > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib:/usr

Re: Port perl 5.8.7 on FreeBSD 4.10

-- Forwarded message -- From: Vladimir Tsvetkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2005-10-6 14:05 Subject: Re: Port perl 5.8.7 on FreeBSD 4.10 To: Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Does this fix the problem? > > It does, now I have to figure out what is the problem in the library. >

Re: Port perl 5.8.7 on FreeBSD 4.10

-- Forwarded message -- From: Vladimir Tsvetkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 2005-10-6 13:46 Subject: Re: Port perl 5.8.7 on FreeBSD 4.10 To: Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2005/10/6, Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > What kind of script are you trying to execute? > > No sc

Re: Feedback for a closed PR?

On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 04:14:40PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > Either submit a followup to the PR requesting that it's reopened and > adding your feedback at the end of the followup, or submit a new PR > (with a reference to the old one, if you feel that's appropriate). Thanks, I submitted a

cvsup upgrade from 4.7 to 5.4

Hello I'm upgrading from 4.7 to 5.4 using cvsup and I see that with src-all, files specific to s390, sparc, ppc are also being downloaded. How can I prevent this from happening? I only want to download i386 files... TIA -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Every thing but Gobbledegook.. !!]

Port perl 5.8.7 on FreeBSD 4.10

Hi, I have been trying to install theport of perl 5.8 on a FreeBSD machine 4.10 RELENG. Every time I try to execute the new perl I get: /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: perl: Undefined symbol "PL_exit_flags" This happens on 2 different machines, both 4.10 FreeBSD fw2.cs.ait.ac.th 4.10-RELEASE-p16 F

Re: Core Dump using portversion

This has not solved my issue : ns2# pkgdb -fu ---> Updating the pkgdb [Rebuilding the pkgdb in /var/db/pkg ... - 168 packages found (-0 +168) .. ..

Re: Multilanguange

Owen Jeremiah wrote: Correct me if I'm wrong, but from the documentation I read this means change the WHOLE programs (e.g.: gnome etc.) default language into the other language. What I want is the ability to change language on the fly, like when I create a presentation, I want to be able to writ

Re: Apsfilter FBSD 5.4

E. J. Cerejo wrote: I could print perfectly using apsfilter before I did a clean FreeBSD instalation and now something is not right, when I go through the setup program and I finally test a page the sheet of paper gets fed and looks like it starts printing and then everything freezes on my print

Re: Core Dump using portversion

On 10/6/05, bsd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > > We have one of our server that core dumps when we are trying to use > portversion > > > ns2# portversion -l "<" > > [Updating the pkgdb in /var/db/pkg ... - 168 > > packages found (-1 +1) (...). done] > > [Failed `Inappropriate file type or

Re: Can I disable HyperThreading in OS?

On 10/6/05, hshh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/2/05, Andrew P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/1/05, hshh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a dual XEON smp box. There is option about disable HTT in bios, > but > > > it can't work. It's still display 4 cpu in my OS. >

Core Dump using portversion

Hello, We have one of our server that core dumps when we are trying to use portversion ns2# portversion -l "<" [Updating the pkgdb in /var/db/pkg ... - 168 packages found (-1 +1) (...). done] [Failed `Inappropriate file type or format'] [Updating the portsdb in /usr/ports ... - 13568

RE: Hidden spot on hard drives?

>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >Jonathon McKitrick >Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:57 AM >To: Joe S >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Hidden spot on hard drives? > > >On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 11:55:18AM -0700, Joe S

Re: Question

On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 11:39:19PM -0700, sulie halim wrote: > how can we view/open files in freebsd? e.g write.doc, > write.txt or write.ppt? To just view .doc files from the commandline, you can also try textproc/catdoc. Abiword (editors/abiword) can also edit Word files, but has difficulties w

RE: Hidden spot on hard drives?

>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >Jonathon McKitrick >Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:45 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Hidden spot on hard drives? > > > >the company where I work (with Windows) is evaluating a copy

Re: how to recompile a port in a clean maneer?

On 10/6/05, Eric Devolder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you Chuck, now I better understand what's behind this. Maybe > just a side question: Can I "refresh" the files contained in > /usr/ports with the one of an older release? for example, I would like > to use ports from 4.3 while I'm running

Re: how to recompile a port in a clean maneer?

Thank you Chuck, now I better understand what's behind this. Maybe just a side question: Can I "refresh" the files contained in /usr/ports with the one of an older release? for example, I would like to use ports from 4.3 while I'm running a 4.11 for now. Of course, my /usr/ports reflects only ports

Re: Can't get Mailman to work

--On 6. oktober 2005 2:46 -0400 Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: grep DefaultUser /etc/mail/sendmail.cf 9# grep DefaultUser /etc/mail/sendmail.cf O DefaultUser=8:12 Sasa pgp681TIfPzFI.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: bruteforceblocker + PF

El Miércoles, 5 de Octubre de 2005 21:53, Noel Jones escribió: > I'm going to assume this is just a small part of your pf.conf, because > the part you show doesn't allow any internet access. Maybe you should > show us your entire pf.conf. Yes, it was a small part of my pf.conf. Anyway i'm trying

Re: save file

On 2005-10-05 23:57, sulie halim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi again, > > how to take a file from the system, and save it into > the desktop (in Windows environment)? Please provide more details... as in ``what desktop''? Are you asking about a single system, which multiboots either in Windows

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