Re: Missing /dev/agpgart

2007-06-20 Thread Alberto Rizzi
Norberto Meijome ha scritto: On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:44:12 +0200 Alberto Rizzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a motherboard with a via PT880 and an agp video card Radeon 9600XT I'm using 6-STABLE with device agp in the kernel configuration file but the system doesn't create /dev/agpgart

Re: Interesting Change In ssh Behavior

2007-06-20 Thread Konrad Heuer
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Tim Daneliuk wrote: Bill Campbell wrote: On Tue, Jun 19, 2007, Tim Daneliuk wrote: I just recently update one 6.2 and one 4.11 machine to the latest stable sources and built world. Now, for some odd reason, I cannot tunnel X via ssh from remote clients. Did the

Re: Wheel Group users get root access without password prompt in 6.2

2007-06-20 Thread Tek Bahadur Limbu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:32:05 -0400 Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to Tek Bahadur Limbu [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Prakash Poudyal wrote: Hello Tek I think you donot have a root password it may be blank. And you know the group

Re: FreeBSD 3D Desktop (XGL/AIGLX/...) how to start?

2007-06-20 Thread Tsu-Fan Cheng
yeah, i conquer. I tried to start beryl in .xinitrc just like some window manager (e.g. fluxbox), all I got is some background and no further action. so I guess its good to couple beryl to something else. Can anyone suggest some desktop manager that is not so bloated? thank you!! TFC On

MII without PHY problem with SBC card

2007-06-20 Thread Richard Smith
Dear all, I have a ROCKY-3786EV-RS which is a PICMG single board computer. It has an embedded NIC which is initially detected as fxp0, but then fails to attach with an MII without PHY error. Is this a fixable problem? Is this a bug? Is the LAN interface lost to me? Verbose 'dmesg' up to the

Re: Missing /dev/agpgart

2007-06-20 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:18:29 +0200 Alberto Rizzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Norberto Meijome ha scritto: On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:44:12 +0200 Alberto Rizzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a motherboard with a via PT880 and an agp video card Radeon 9600XT I'm using 6-STABLE with device

freebsd on laptop

2007-06-20 Thread Tsu-Fan Cheng
hi folks, I want to buy a laptop and install linux and freebsd, the problem is, some 14' laptop doesnt come with cdrom and floppy, but has win2000 installed. How can I install linux and freebsd on it? My experience is about installing on a desktop by booting from floppies. THank you!! TFC

Re: Multi Monitors (More Than Two)

2007-06-20 Thread John Nielsen
On Wednesday 20 June 2007 01:27:01 am Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: On 6/20/07, Garrett Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adam St. George wrote: Will FreeBSD be able to have a setup for 16 monitors? Id love to finaly, and fully switch to FreeBSD from Microsoft, but two things hold me back.

Re: freebsd on laptop

2007-06-20 Thread Eduardo Viruena Silva
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: hi folks, I want to buy a laptop and install linux and freebsd, the problem is, some 14' laptop doesnt come with cdrom and floppy, but has win2000 installed. How can I install linux and freebsd on it? My experience is about installing on a desktop by

Re: freebsd on laptop

2007-06-20 Thread Tsu-Fan Cheng
no, i dont have floppy... TFC On 6/20/07, Eduardo Viruena Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: hi folks, I want to buy a laptop and install linux and freebsd, the problem is, some 14' laptop doesnt come with cdrom and floppy, but has win2000

Re: freebsd on laptop

2007-06-20 Thread Joe Holden
Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: no, i dont have floppy... TFC On 6/20/07, Eduardo Viruena Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: hi folks, I want to buy a laptop and install linux and freebsd, the problem is, some 14' laptop doesnt come with cdrom and

Re: freebsd on laptop

2007-06-20 Thread Eric Crist
On Jun 20, 2007, at 9:39 AMJun 20, 2007, Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote: On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: hi folks, I want to buy a laptop and install linux and freebsd, the problem is, some 14' laptop doesnt come with cdrom and floppy, but has win2000 installed. How can I install

Re: freebsd on laptop

2007-06-20 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-06-20 10:35, Tsu-Fan Cheng [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi folks, I want to buy a laptop and install linux and freebsd, the problem is, some 14' laptop doesnt come with cdrom and floppy, but has win2000 installed. How can I install linux and freebsd on it? My experience is about

Re: freebsd on laptop

2007-06-20 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 10:35:16AM -0400, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: hi folks, I want to buy a laptop and install linux and freebsd, the problem is, some 14' laptop doesnt come with cdrom and floppy, but has win2000 installed. How can I install linux and freebsd on it? My experience is about

Re: Apache, php?

2007-06-20 Thread doug
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Jack Barnett wrote: FreeBSD 6.2 Apache 1.3.37 (from ports) php 5.2.3 (from ports) on the command line doing `php index.php` works. But if I use it though a web browser it just displays the php code. I installed it like this (extensions to)

Re: freebsd on laptop

2007-06-20 Thread DAve
Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote: no, i dont have floppy... Search for FreeBSD diskless booting, the manual has info, there some how to sites as well. I've installed in Dell DataVaults this way. Works fine if your NIC card supports PXEBoot. DAve TFC On 6/20/07, Eduardo Viruena Silva [EMAIL

How does one get the INDEX-6.bz2 file for the ports index manually

2007-06-20 Thread Andrew Falanga
Hi, Well, the subject line pretty much says it all. I'm working on updating the xorg packages on my installation so that I can install WireShark. I'm to the point in the upgrade that I'm rebuilding the ports index (I installed portupgrade-devel in favor of the current version of portupgrade as

Re: Missing /dev/agpgart

2007-06-20 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 11:07:34PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:18:29 +0200 Alberto Rizzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Norberto Meijome ha scritto: On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:44:12 +0200 Alberto Rizzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a motherboard with a via

Re: Missing /dev/agpgart

2007-06-20 Thread Alberto Rizzi
Roland Smith ha scritto: On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 11:07:34PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:18:29 +0200 Alberto Rizzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Norberto Meijome ha scritto: On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:44:12 +0200 Alberto Rizzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a motherboard

Re: UFS(2, 3 ?) vs ZFS.

2007-06-20 Thread Tom Evans
On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 21:49 +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: UFS and future derivatives are here to stay. Yeah, but you know because of how nice ZFS is, a concept of using ZFS for /home and UFS for everything else will probably turn into a if ZFS will really be so nice i will be making

Re: UFS(2, 3 ?) vs ZFS.

2007-06-20 Thread Hugo Silva
Tom Evans wrote: On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 21:49 +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: UFS and future derivatives are here to stay. Yeah, but you know because of how nice ZFS is, a concept of using ZFS for /home and UFS for everything else will probably turn into a if ZFS will really

Getting INDEX-6.bz2 solved

2007-06-20 Thread Andrew Falanga
Ok, Sorry for not posting a follow-up to my original request for help, but google mail doesn't show messages sent from me until someone responds. As I was thinking about the problem, I noticed that the fetch directive for make fetchindex in /usr/ports was trying to get the file from

Re: Missing /dev/agpgart

2007-06-20 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 06:44:21PM +0200, Alberto Rizzi wrote: Roland Smith ha scritto: On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 11:07:34PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:18:29 +0200 Alberto Rizzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Norberto Meijome ha scritto: On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:44:12

What's the best diagnostic utility for wireless signal?

2007-06-20 Thread Andrew Liles
I use wireless on a FreeBSD 6.1 box in an area of low signal to my Access Point. I want to be able to inspect the signal strength/quality so that I may adjust the antenna to get best results. What is the best diagnostic to use? For instance: wicontrol wi0 produces: ... Comms

Re: What's the best diagnostic utility for wireless signal?

2007-06-20 Thread Tim Daneliuk
Andrew Liles wrote: I use wireless on a FreeBSD 6.1 box in an area of low signal to my Access Point. I want to be able to inspect the signal strength/quality so that I may adjust the antenna to get best results. What is the best diagnostic to use? For instance: wicontrol wi0

Re: Missing /dev/agpgart

2007-06-20 Thread Alberto Rizzi
Roland Smith ha scritto: On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 06:44:21PM +0200, Alberto Rizzi wrote: Ok I know this, but I want 2D acceleration, but without /dev/agpgart I don't have neither 3D nor 2D. Am I right? Reading radeon(4) it implies that agp is only used when DRI is enabled. The AGP options

freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

2007-06-20 Thread Lubomir Cvaniga
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Re: Missing /dev/agpgart

2007-06-20 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 10:10:01PM +0200, Alberto Rizzi wrote: Roland Smith ha scritto: On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 06:44:21PM +0200, Alberto Rizzi wrote: Ok I know this, but I want 2D acceleration, but without /dev/agpgart I don't have neither 3D nor 2D. Am I right? Reading radeon(4) it

Re: freebsd on laptop

2007-06-20 Thread Olivier Certner
Hi, On modern laptops, the BIOS allows you to boot from an USB key. So, you could prepare a key on another machine to bootstrap FreeBSD, by putting a proper MBR, partition table and partition (slice in FreeBSD vocabulary). The BIOS makes real-mode programs that use it believe

/etc/ntp -- What is this directory used for?

2007-06-20 Thread Modulok
The ntpd(8) manpage states that its config file is looked for at /etc/ntp.conf, by default. Drift files are stored in /etc/ntp.drift, but this is overridden to be to be /var/db/ntpd.drift, as specified by the /etc/defaults/rc.conf file. Keys are stored at /etc/ntp.keys by default. Question: If

Re: What's the best diagnostic utility for wireless signal?

2007-06-20 Thread doug
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Tim Daneliuk wrote: Andrew Liles wrote: I use wireless on a FreeBSD 6.1 box in an area of low signal to my Access Point. I want to be able to inspect the signal strength/quality so that I may adjust the antenna to get best results. What is the best diagnostic to use?

freebsd version of 'data' for getting epoch time ... ?

2007-06-20 Thread Gore Jarold
If I have a arbitrary date/time and I want to convert that to epoch time, I do this with GNU date: date --date='1970-01-01 00:02:00 +' +%s Easy. Can someone tell me what the syntax is for FreeBSD date command ?

Re: freebsd version of 'data' for getting epoch time ... ?

2007-06-20 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jun 20), Gore Jarold said: If I have a arbitrary date/time and I want to convert that to epoch time, I do this with GNU date: date --date='1970-01-01 00:02:00 +' +%s Easy. Can someone tell me what the syntax is for FreeBSD date command ? date -j -f '%Y-%m-%d

ath (hostap) stuck beacon causes system to crash

2007-06-20 Thread Erik Norgaard
Hi: I have a FBSD 6.2-STABLE box setup as access point with an ath based 3Com NIC. At random, I get the following kernel error: Jun 20 23:19:34 strange kernel: ath0: stuck beacon; resetting (bmiss count 4) Jun 20 23:19:34 strange kernel: ath0: ath_reset: unable to reset hardware; hal status

quad core and graphic cards

2007-06-20 Thread Instituto de Ingenieria Área de Sistemas Unix/Linux
Hello list I've read the supported hardware list on the freesbd distribution page but it doesnt say anything about quad core processors and graphic acceleration cards Do you know where i can find a list of supported hardware that includes these devices? Thank you very much -- Instituto de

tftpd problems

2007-06-20 Thread Mike Sweetser - Adhost
I'm having problems setting up tftpd on FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE - our Cisco routers cannot connect to the server, and only small files can be uploaded. Here's the line from inetd.conf: tftpdgram udp waitroot/usr/libexec/tftpd tftpd -w -l -s /home/tftproot When TFTPing from a

Re: /etc/ntp -- What is this directory used for?

2007-06-20 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Modulok wrote: The ntpd(8) manpage states that its config file is looked for at /etc/ntp.conf, by default. Drift files are stored in /etc/ntp.drift, but this is overridden to be to be /var/db/ntpd.drift, as specified by the

Fw: KDE 3.5 Crashing(Solved)

2007-06-20 Thread Gemma Fletcher
Thanks everyone for their help! Final result was my video card. I had a power surge a few weeks ago - and while I have a surge protector it stilled messed my card up a bit. So periodically the card would die and so would the system. Pulled it out and used the onboard and problem solvered.

Re: Apache, php?

2007-06-20 Thread Jack Barnett
doug wrote: On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Jack Barnett wrote: FreeBSD 6.2 Apache 1.3.37 (from ports) php 5.2.3 (from ports) on the command line doing `php index.php` works. But if I use it though a web browser it just displays the php code. I installed it like this (extensions to)

Re: Apache, php?

2007-06-20 Thread Jack Barnett
Ivan Carey wrote: Jack Barnett wrote: FreeBSD 6.2 Apache 1.3.37 (from ports) php 5.2.3 (from ports) on the command line doing `php index.php` works. But if I use it though a web browser it just displays the php code. I installed it like this (extensions to)

Re: Apache, php?

2007-06-20 Thread Eric Crist
On Jun 20, 2007, at 8:56 PMJun 20, 2007, Jack Barnett wrote: Ivan Carey wrote: I don't have libphp5.so anywhere in /usr/local (did a find for it). the php5 port is broken? Or do I have to reinstall apache after php5? You need to enable build of the php5 apache extension when you build

6.2-stable/gnome

2007-06-20 Thread Eduardo Viruena Silva
Hello! My systems says: FreeBSD michelle.esfm.ipn.mx 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Wed Jun 20 15:14:14 CDT 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/eviruena i386 I would like to install gnome BUT I CANNOT FIND IT. If I try: pkg_add -r gnome2 I get:

Re: What's the best diagnostic utility for wireless signal?

2007-06-20 Thread Olivier Nicole
I want to be able to inspect the signal strength/quality so that I may adjust the antenna to get best results. What is the best diagnostic to use? I once used Retina Wireless Network Security Scanner, from eEye Digital Security. That is a Windows product and there is/was a free download

Re: 6.2-stable/gnome

2007-06-20 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 09:02:58PM -0500, Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote: Hello! My systems says: FreeBSD michelle.esfm.ipn.mx 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE #0: Wed Jun 20 15:14:14 CDT 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/eviruena i386 I would like to install gnome

Re: 6.2-stable/gnome

2007-06-20 Thread Nikola Lecic
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:02:58 -0500 (CDT) Eduardo Viruena Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (of course, I have the FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE discs but they are outdated, the dependences are completely different from the ones used in 6.2-STABLE) I'd say you misunderstood the relationship here: please

RE: Upgrading to 6.2-RELEASE from 6.2-STABLE

2007-06-20 Thread Mark Stout
Well I got the server up and running on the old kernel. I redid the buildworld and buildkernel. I've held off for now on doing installworld and installkernel until I get a better understanding of what caused me to go into mountroot. I use the Escape to loader prompt prompt to load the old

using mouse via xterm window

2007-06-20 Thread David Banning
I presently access FBSD via an xterm window from within Windows using X-Win32. I would like to be able to run a window manager or file manager, but this exits with an error because there is no mouse attached to the FBSD box. Here is the thing - I -can- run xv (a FBSD image viewer from the

SSL and Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 on FreeBSD 6.0

2007-06-20 Thread Jarrod
Hi All, Can anyone tell me whether they have experienced any problems with SSL under Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (20070612) on FreeBSD 6.0? I used portupgrade to download and install the pkg the other day, along with Firefox 2.0.0.4, I might add, and I am now unable to use SSL to connect to my mail