Re: How to set up a network-attached printer

2007-10-14 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, did you consider using CUPS? It also should work with LPR but I never tried it. Erich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where would I find a specific method for setting up a Samsung ML-2571N network-attached PostScript printer in FreeBSD 6.1? I'm hoping for something less generic than what I've

Logitech G15

2007-10-14 Thread Bruce Alcock
Hi I own a Logitech G15 keyboard and although the standard keys work, none of the multimedia or 'G' keys do. I've googled a lot on the matter and although there is a linux kernel driver, nothing exists for FreeBSD. I'm using 6.2STABLE RC2 and Xorg 7.3. Has anyone got any ideas? Even ways to go

Re: Logitech G15

2007-10-14 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 11:16:31AM +0200, Bruce Alcock wrote: Hi I own a Logitech G15 keyboard and although the standard keys work, none of the multimedia or 'G' keys do. I've googled a lot on the matter and although there is a linux kernel driver, nothing exists for FreeBSD. I'm using

Re: BitTorrent configuration in FreeBSD-6.2 -for Large file downloads uploads

2007-10-14 Thread andrew clarke
On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 03:15:28AM -0500, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote: There are quite a few PHP trackers around, though the one I use is Torrent Trader Lite. (http://www.torrenttrader.com/) This is a lightweight tracker that stores all its information in flatfiles, so no rdbms is necessary. This

freebsd mpd server and win2k clients

2007-10-14 Thread Leander S.
Hi Dave, I've read your ad about the mpd at freeBSD.org. I don't know if you already solved your prob but its the set bundle yes crypt-reqd set bundle yes compression set bundle yes encryption But the reason why I'm actuallw writing you is my problem with bandwith and the mpd. Did you get

portupgrade ignoring a pacakge

2007-10-14 Thread Jonathan Horne
i have had a crazy month with my ports and keeping things updates (more specific to successfully building a kde set, but thats not what i want to ask about right now). a minute ago, i tried to update my ports on my jail-host server. autoconf was one of the recent problem, and now i see that

Re: How to set up a network-attached printer

2007-10-14 Thread Warren Block
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where would I find a specific method for setting up a Samsung ML-2571N network-attached PostScript printer in FreeBSD 6.1? I'm hoping for something less generic than what I've found in the handbook. Less generic? I think the Handbook printing section is complicated

problem with apache

2007-10-14 Thread TAJUL AZHAR Mohd Tajul Ariffin
hi all I had a problem with my apache22. I had install it fropm the port but accidently I install it again and I got the message to deinstall if I want to uninstall. I enable upon boot up the apache into rc.d. After I reboot I got the message that my apache cannot run into localhost. I had install

Re: Logitech G15

2007-10-14 Thread Bruce Alcock
On 10/14/07, Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 11:16:31AM +0200, Bruce Alcock wrote: Hi I own a Logitech G15 keyboard and although the standard keys work, none of the multimedia or 'G' keys do. I've googled a lot on the matter and although there is a linux

Re: Logitech G15

2007-10-14 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 08:11:30PM +0200, Bruce Alcock wrote: It doesn't generate keysyms...hence the problem. Thanks, should've mentioned that. Anyone got any ideas how to map keys that don't generate keysyms? Or how to make them make keysyms rather? Does they generate KeyPress and

Re: How to set up a network-attached printer

2007-10-14 Thread Chris Hill
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Warren Block wrote: [snip] For extra points, add another printcap entry for lp: that will print plain text. I did something essentially identical to what Warren outlined, and it's worked fine for many years now, since long before I'd ever heard of CUPS. Here's the

Re: Logitech G15

2007-10-14 Thread Bruce Alcock
On 10/14/07, Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 08:11:30PM +0200, Bruce Alcock wrote: It doesn't generate keysyms...hence the problem. Thanks, should've mentioned that. Anyone got any ideas how to map keys that don't generate keysyms? Or how to make them

Logitech G15

2007-10-14 Thread Bruce Alcock
- Forwarded message -- From: Bruce Alcock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Oct 14, 2007 9:49 PM Subject: Re: Logitech G15 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org On 10/14/07, Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 08:11:30PM +0200, Bruce Alcock wrote: It doesn't

Re: Logitech G15

2007-10-14 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 09:56:11PM +0200, Bruce Alcock wrote: No, it does absolutely nothing. I've mapped keysyms for a multimedia keyboard with xmodmap before, so I know what I'm doing there. There's a linux driver program ( http://g15tools.sourceforge.net/) which allows you to use

USB Genius gamepad and FreeBSD

2007-10-14 Thread pfgshield-freebsd
Hello; I bought a Genius MaxFire G-12U Vibration gamepad: http://www.geniusnet.com/geniusOnline/portlets/productArea/category/queryPro.do;jsessionid=HRyQbpNQr267pNJ6WMpjgpDJV8Ft11K3R42LLTT2vWVCtRvhrwWS!213882158?productId=31009test=portlet-action and plugged it into FreeBSD-6.2-Release (amd64).

Flash player installation problems

2007-10-14 Thread David Scheidt
I'm trying to install linux-flashplugin7, and am having problems. I've got nspluginwrapper, and linux-flashplugin7 installed. When I run nspluginwrapper -a -v -i I get this error: /usr/local/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer.bin: error while loading shared libraries: libX11.so.6:

Why Standalone??

2007-10-14 Thread Gary Kline
Can any of you explain why (with firefox) whenever I click to listen to a stream, the website cannot tell that I have realplayer (or mplayer) installed? And why it sometimes [hopefully] asks if I want to use a Standalone player? I need a symlink from

Ipod software

2007-10-14 Thread Rem P Roberti
I have been browsing the ports collection for some mp3/ipod management software, but am unsure as to what is the best choice. Could I get a couple of recommendations. Thank you. Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Mouse diagnostics tools?

2007-10-14 Thread Jim Stapleton
I just got a microsoft wireless optical desktop 3000 (Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0), and am running in FreeBSD 6.2/Xorg 7.2 I have tried the mouse on a Windows machine and it works fine. The keyboard works well on Windows and FreeBSD. The mouse, however, doesn't seem to be recognized. I

Re: Ipod software

2007-10-14 Thread Akshay Kawale
Try Amarok. - Akshay - Original Message From: Rem P Roberti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FreeBSD freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 3:39:17 PM Subject: Ipod software I have been browsing the ports collection for some mp3/ipod management software, but am unsure as to

Re: help with text-append over SSH ?

2007-10-14 Thread J65nko
On 10/14/07, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 'dd' command (among others) on the remote host ... so for instance, I can do things like this: ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] rm -rf filename So, with all that in mind, how do I append the contents of a local file to a remote file, over

Re: Ipod software

2007-10-14 Thread Hugo Silva
Rem P Roberti wrote: I have been browsing the ports collection for some mp3/ipod management software, but am unsure as to what is the best choice. Could I get a couple of recommendations. Thank you. Rem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Ipod software

2007-10-14 Thread Rem P Roberti
Thanks for the suggestions. I am trying out gtkpod now, and it seems to work fine, although I wish that there was a non/gui type program. BTW, is it possible to convert mp3 files that were purchased originally from the Apple store via iTunes so that they could be used on non/iTunes players?

Problem with ppp

2007-10-14 Thread Lars Normann
I just upgraded my kernel and system. I also ran mergemaster. Now, when i go online with 'ppp -ddial telenor', I get this error in my ppp.log: tun0: Warning: 0.0.0.0/0: Change route failed: errno: No such process Here is my full ppp.log when connecting: Oct 15 01:42:05 tengil ppp[1343]: Phase:

Re: Ipod software

2007-10-14 Thread Pollywog
On Monday 15 October 2007 00:05:08 Rem P Roberti wrote: Thanks for the suggestions. I am trying out gtkpod now, and it seems to work fine, although I wish that there was a non/gui type program. BTW, is it possible to convert mp3 files that were purchased originally from the Apple store via

Re: Ipod software

2007-10-14 Thread David Scheidt
On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 12:40:33AM +, Pollywog wrote: On Monday 15 October 2007 00:05:08 Rem P Roberti wrote: Thanks for the suggestions. I am trying out gtkpod now, and it seems to work fine, although I wish that there was a non/gui type program. BTW, is it possible to convert mp3

Re: portupgrade ignoring a pacakge

2007-10-14 Thread Jay Chandler
Jonathan Horne wrote: i have had a crazy month with my ports and keeping things updates (more specific to successfully building a kde set, but thats not what i want to ask about right now). a minute ago, i tried to update my ports on my jail-host server. autoconf was one of the recent

Re: Ipod software

2007-10-14 Thread Ray
On Sunday 14 October 2007 6:40:33 pm Pollywog wrote: On Monday 15 October 2007 00:05:08 Rem P Roberti wrote: Thanks for the suggestions. I am trying out gtkpod now, and it seems to work fine, although I wish that there was a non/gui type program. BTW, is it possible to convert mp3 files

Re: Ipod software

2007-10-14 Thread Rem P Roberti
On 2007.10.15 00:40:33 +, Pollywog wrote: On Monday 15 October 2007 00:05:08 Rem P Roberti wrote: Thanks for the suggestions. I am trying out gtkpod now, and it seems to work fine, although I wish that there was a non/gui type program. BTW, is it possible to convert mp3 files that

Re: Ipod software

2007-10-14 Thread Rem P Roberti
On 2007.10.14 20:45:43 +, David Scheidt wrote: On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 12:40:33AM +, Pollywog wrote: Burn them to CD, and then rip the CDs. There's a loss of quality involved. In the future, don't buy music with DRM, if you don't want to put up with it. Sounds reasonable to me.

Re: ECC capability and ACPI warnings

2007-10-14 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
Chuck Swiger wrote: On Oct 12, 2007, at 12:54 AM, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote: Is there any way, by poking through dmesg or sysctls, to determine if a machine has, or is capable of using, ECC RAM? Well, the sysutils/dmidecode port can be used to answer that question: That tells me exactly what I

Re: BitTorrent configuration in FreeBSD-6.2 -for Large file downloads uploads

2007-10-14 Thread CyberLeo Kitsana
andrew clarke wrote: I had a quick look at Torrent Trader Lite after your suggestion, and while it doesn't appear to depend on MySQL, it's still far from lightweight! It really requires you to build the web site around the tracker rather than adding a small tracker to a pre-existing site.

Re: How to set up a network-attached printer

2007-10-14 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Chris Hill wrote: On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Warren Block wrote: For extra points, add another printcap entry for lp: that will print plain text. I did something essentially identical to what Warren outlined, and it's worked fine for many years now, since long before I'd ever

Re: Why Standalone??

2007-10-14 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:26:55 -0700 Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can any of you explain why (with firefox) whenever I click to listen to a stream, the website cannot tell that I have realplayer (or mplayer) installed? And why it sometimes [hopefully] asks if I want

Re: Mouse diagnostics tools?

2007-10-14 Thread Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez
El Dom 14 Oct 2007, Jim Stapleton escribió: I just got a microsoft wireless optical desktop 3000 (Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0), and am running in FreeBSD 6.2/Xorg 7.2 I have tried the mouse on a Windows machine and it works fine. The keyboard works well on Windows and FreeBSD. The

Re: Mouse diagnostics tools?

2007-10-14 Thread icantthinkofone
Jim Stapleton wrote: I just got a microsoft wireless optical desktop 3000 (Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0), and am running in FreeBSD 6.2/Xorg 7.2 I have tried the mouse on a Windows machine and it works fine. The keyboard works well on Windows and FreeBSD. The mouse, however, doesn't

Re: How to set up a network-attached printer

2007-10-14 Thread Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez
El Dom 14 Oct 2007, Warren Block escribió: Create print queue dir: mkdir -p /var/spool/lpd/netlaser chmod 770 /var/spool/lpd/netlaser chown daemon:daemon /var/spool/lpd/netlaser Make /etc/printcap entry with rm= and rp= : netlaser:\ :lp=:\

Re: How to set up a network-attached printer

2007-10-14 Thread Martin Alejandro Paredes Sanchez
El Dom 14 Oct 2007, Chris Hill escribió: On Sun, 14 Oct 2007, Warren Block wrote: For extra points, add another printcap entry for lp: that will print plain text. I did something essentially identical to what Warren outlined, and it's worked fine for many years now, since long before I'd

xorg driver bug

2007-10-14 Thread Gary Kline
Guys, Has anybody with any Dell run into this before? I just got a new Matrox with 32M of video ram. Run with the mga driver, X comes up extremely dark. If I change the driver to the vesa X comes up with normal brightness but the resolution is terrible.

Following directions doesn't seem to work: Adding users in NIS

2007-10-14 Thread David Benfell
Hello all, Where are there working directions for adding users under NIS? The instructions in the FreeBSD handbook don't seem to result in added users being propagated out to slaves. And the failure is silent, so I have no idea what I'm really supposed to be doing to make this work. All I know