Re: Upgrade 5.4 to 7 ????

2008-04-20 Thread Fraser Tweedale
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:13:26 +0100, Dave Carrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi List, Is it possible to upgrade to a stable v7 from 5.4 ?? If so how would i go about it ??? Yes, it's possible. You can go the build everything from source way, or you can backup, install

carp + pfsync + pf

2008-04-20 Thread Ronald Chan
List, Hi! Good day, my first post to this lists, was unreadable due to or possibly a yahoo bug, well here it goes, i have been task to setup a redundant firewall. Setting up carp + pfsync was a breeze even though carpdev option was not present as of this time to freebsd. My preliminary test

Re: question about gnash or kde-gnash

2008-04-20 Thread Matthew Seaman
Fraser Tweedale wrote: Gary Kline wrote: I'd feel real warm+funny nuking the ads that churn my uprocessor. You can use the Firefox FlashBlock extension which blocks all flash objects, and allows you to run only the ones you want. xpi-noscript is even better IMHO. Blocks flash,

Re: [SSHd] Limiting access from authorized IP's

2008-04-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
this: AllowUsers [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] It looks like AllowHosts is not available with the version of SSH that comes with FreeBSD. This works: AllowUsers [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

Re: wine: notepad OK, others not

2008-04-20 Thread Tijl Coosemans
On Sunday 20 April 2008 03:35:59 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed wine-0.9.20 from ports, and there's a Win98 FAT32 slice mounted on /windoze deletia How do I fix this? I would start by upgrading and re-installing wine. You have 0.9.20; the current version is 0.9.55

Re: cutecom requires sudo to work, but minicom works without - permissions?

2008-04-20 Thread Vincent Barus
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Ruben de Groot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 09:11:33AM -0500, Derek Ragona typed: At 07:39 PM 4/14/2008, Steve Franks wrote: I have two terminal programs - cutecom and minicom, both built from ports with no tweaks. Minicom will fire

Re: vpn + samba

2008-04-20 Thread Ivan Voras
alexus wrote: hi i need to get vpn + samba working by vpn i mean a remote user being on the road can connect to box and use samba file sharing, most of our users use vista, some xp See and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openvpn and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cifs signature.asc

Re: Upgrade 5.4 to 7 ????

2008-04-20 Thread Bogdan Ćulibrk
Fraser Tweedale wrote: Full backup should be considered -essential-. You are crazy not to do it. If you take the build-from-source route, upgrade to the latest release from each major branch before upgrading to the newer version, as this is the most tested upgrade path. i.e., since you're

Re: Upgrade 5.4 to 7 ????

2008-04-20 Thread Robert Huff
=?UTF-8?B?Qm9nZGFuIMSGdWxpYnJr?= writes: 5.0 in startup install then 5.4, then 6.0 then 6.1, 6.2 was last 6.x, followed by upgrade to 7.0. Even if you skip a couple of these, that's still a lot of upgrade/reboot cycles ... each one a possible point of failure. For a jump

Refurbished Wireless Test and Repair Values

2008-04-20 Thread Phil
We Sell Worldwide Rentals and Leasing Available Renting or leasing test equipment is today’s answer. Renting test equipment allows you to acquire test equipment without the investment of ownership. Renting test equipment is an ideal solution for companies that need additional test equipment

Re: [SSHd] Limiting access from authorized IP's

2008-04-20 Thread Jon Radel
Wojciech Puchar wrote: this: AllowUsers [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] It looks like AllowHosts is not available with the version of SSH that comes with FreeBSD. This works: AllowUsers [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Freebsd 7 release wireless problem

2008-04-20 Thread Jie Ouyang
Hi list: I have Freebsd 7 Release installed on my laptop and the dhcp client works unstably with WIRELESS connection. It does not get IP unless the DHCP server on the router is restarted. I am kind of sure this is the problem with freebsd as I installed ubuntu and windows xp on the same laptop

dump device

2008-04-20 Thread Steven Friedrich
I've been testing a patch and it panic'ed, but I didn't get a dump. I don't have dumpdev defined in my /etc/rc.conf, so it should be using the default/rc.conf define which is AUTO. So why didn't I get a dump? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

This is a test, please ignore it.

2008-04-20 Thread Jie Ouyang
Test ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: This is a test, please ignore it.

2008-04-20 Thread Bill Moran
Jie Ouyang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Test Please use the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list for testing. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: vpn + samba

2008-04-20 Thread alexus
i forgot to mention that i need clientless clients, such as whatever comes with OS, we have people runnig all kind of OSes i found these two projects http://mpd.sourceforge.net/ http://www.poptop.org/ not sure which one is better over another and why... anyone have an expertise in that? On

Problem with portupgrde -fap

2008-04-20 Thread Martin Schweizer
Hello After updating my system to RELEASE 7.0 and run more then once portupgrade -faP I get the following error: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgversion.rb:41:in `initialize': ,2: Not in due form: 'version[_revision][,epoch]'. (ArgumentError) from

Re: dump device

2008-04-20 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Sunday 20 April 2008 11:12:10 am Steven Friedrich wrote: I've been testing a patch and it panic'ed, but I didn't get a dump. I don't have dumpdev defined in my /etc/rc.conf, so it should be using the default/rc.conf define which is AUTO. So why didn't I get a dump?

Ask for information about FreeBSD and SATA

2008-04-20 Thread Gregory
Sir, Presently, my hard disk is managed by a 3112A chipset (SATA I). As you probably know it, this chipset isn't compatible with FreeBSD. Can you advise me an external card that you compatible with FreeBSD to manage my hard disk ? I've sent a mail to ldlc.be asking for a card that manage my

RAM Swap Speed

2008-04-20 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons, recently I had to add some more RAM on a workstation. Was 512MB before and is 2GB now, the reason was to give some graphic apps more space. But to my surprise the workstation ran faster--but before adding RAM it did NOT make use of the swap-partition and after the big RAM chip of

Re: RAM Swap Speed

2008-04-20 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 09:28:47PM +0200, herbert langhans wrote: Hi Daemons, recently I had to add some more RAM on a workstation. Was 512MB before and is 2GB now, the reason was to give some graphic apps more space. But to my surprise the workstation ran faster--but before adding RAM it

FreeBSD 7.0 - should I be using gvinum or gmirror/gstripe?

2008-04-20 Thread Shelby Cain
I'm toying with the idea of setting up a raid 1+0 array using 4 500GB sata drives. However, I can't seem to find any definitive answer as to whether I should be using gvinum or gmirror+gstripe to accomplish that goal. Does anyone have any links to resources (or just personal opinion) that

Fwd: vpn + samba

2008-04-20 Thread alexus
-- Forwarded message -- From: alexus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 3:53 PM Subject: Re: vpn + samba To: Ivan Voras [EMAIL PROTECTED] i didn't mean clientless at all, i meant where people can use their build-in clients in OS, like most popular out there is build in

Re: RAM Swap Speed

2008-04-20 Thread Jon Radel
herbert langhans wrote: Hi Daemons, recently I had to add some more RAM on a workstation. Was 512MB before and is 2GB now, the reason was to give some graphic apps more space. But to my surprise the workstation ran faster--but before adding RAM it did NOT make use of the swap-partition

OpenBSD - FreeBSD migration

2008-04-20 Thread Andrew Wright
Hi All; I want to migrate a system from OpenBSD 4.2 (ie; the current version) to FreeBSD (7.0). I have poked around on the archives a little to determine how best to do this, and I want to make sure that my understanding (summarized below) is indeed correct. If I am asking these questions on

Re: mysql client

2008-04-20 Thread Maxim Khitrov
On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Peter Boosten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Just after upgrading the mysql client to mysql-client-5.1.23 on 6.3, it seems that it's completely ignoring ~/.my.cnf. Anyone else has this problem? Peter I just ran into the same problem on 7.0. This is a

Re: RAM Swap Speed

2008-04-20 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Jon, all kosher here, I have my FreeBSD workstation and will put some more RAM into it. Just found it out on a penguin.. Honestly, I would never think that adding RAM to a comp with still unused space left could speed it up. Was just a coincident to find it out. But it clearly explains what

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 - should I be using gvinum or gmirror/gstripe?

2008-04-20 Thread Julien Cigar
I would use gmirror + gstripe ... I'm not sure if gvinum is still actively developped .. (?) On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 14:34 -0500, Shelby Cain wrote: I'm toying with the idea of setting up a raid 1+0 array using 4 500GB sata drives. However, I can't seem to find any definitive answer as to

FreeBSD AMIs for Amazon EC2 ?

2008-04-20 Thread Juan Rodriguez
Hello, I just wanted to know if is it possible to have FreeBSD images in Amazon EC2 system. I was googling but I didn't found anything about it. Please reply to my directly beucase I am not subscribe to the list. -- JFRH ___

Re: OpenBSD - FreeBSD migration

2008-04-20 Thread andrew clarke
On Sun 2008-04-20 15:59:14 UTC-0400, Andrew Wright ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: - it appears that FreeBSD and OpenBSD use the same partition table format. Is this true? If so, I can potentially avoid rebuilding an entire disk if I am right that ... - FreeBSD can mount and read

Firefox plugins from Ports [was Re: question about gnash or kde-gnash]

2008-04-20 Thread andrew clarke
On Sun 2008-04-20 08:16:51 UTC+0100, Matthew Seaman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: xpi-noscript is even better IMHO. Blocks flash, javascript and all forms of embedded media. Will remember the sites where you *do* want that stuff, or it will let you turn it on temporarily. It's in ports:

Re: question about gnash or kde-gnash

2008-04-20 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 08:16 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: Fraser Tweedale wrote: Gary Kline wrote: I'd feel real warm+funny nuking the ads that churn my uprocessor. You can use the Firefox FlashBlock extension which blocks all flash objects, and allows you to run only the ones you

Setting up mirror

2008-04-20 Thread empty
Hello, How do i get my mirror of FreeBSD on the mirrors-ftp list? Best Regards Johan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Max Ram

2008-04-20 Thread Jose Perez
Hello Freebsd I would like to know if can i use 8 GB of Ram in Freebsd 6.1 and if have raid drivers for the new dell 2950 Regards Jose G. _ Get in touch in an instant. Get Windows Live Messenger now.

USB nics

2008-04-20 Thread Da Rock
Hi guys. I have a little usb nic, and I would like to be able to attach it for service purposes from time to time. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any clear instructions on how to do this, and my time is short. The nic is an AXIS 88772 which I think might be covered by drivers. Cheers

Re: Max Ram

2008-04-20 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 06:49:50PM -0400, Jose Perez wrote: Hello Freebsd I would like to know if can i use 8 GB of Ram in Freebsd 6.1 Yes, but only really with the amd64 architecture. Please use at least 6.3, and preferably 7.0. If you have problems, the first suggestion will be to update

Re: determining what's in the base system

2008-04-20 Thread Chad Perrin
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 05:02:54PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: On Apr 15, 2008, at 4:14 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: I have two questions. First: Assume you have a FreeBSD system installed that has been running for at least a year, with a bunch of graphical desktop and productivity software

BSD Computers

2008-04-20 Thread Jerry Rukavina
Hi, I can’t find any out of the box computers that have FreeBSD loaded. Do you know which computer manufactures, both laptop and desktop, which can run FreeBSD? Do you recommend any particular models or know of which ones are more highly regarded? What about support? I am a newbie and would need

Re: BSD Computers

2008-04-20 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On April 20, 2008 7:13:19 PM -0700 Jerry Rukavina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I can’t find any out of the box computers that have FreeBSD loaded. Do you know which computer manufactures, both laptop and desktop, which can run FreeBSD? Do you recommend any particular models or know of which

Changing Console Video Modes

2008-04-20 Thread Edward Ruggeri
I'm just reading through the manual for FreeBSD, and I am at section 3.2.6 Changing Console Video Modes. This discusses how to change the default console resolution. I would try this out, but as I can only access my FreeBSD box remotely at the moment, I am hesitant to recompile the kernel with

Re: Max Ram

2008-04-20 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 18:49 -0400, Jose Perez wrote: Hello Freebsd I would like to know if can i use 8 GB To use 8 gigs of ram, run the amd64 distribution. of Ram in Freebsd 6.1 and if have raid drivers for the new dell 2950 The r3 of the 2950 that Dell will sell you on Monday is the

Re: BSD Computers

2008-04-20 Thread Gordon devel
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 07:13:19PM -0700, Jerry Rukavina wrote: I can?t find any out of the box computers that have FreeBSD loaded. Do you know which computer manufactures, both laptop and desktop, which can run FreeBSD? Do you recommend any particular models or know of which ones are more

Re: Changing Console Video Modes

2008-04-20 Thread darren kirby
quoth the Edward Ruggeri: I'm just reading through the manual for FreeBSD, and I am at section 3.2.6 Changing Console Video Modes. This discusses how to change the default console resolution. I would try this out, but as I can only access my FreeBSD box remotely at the moment, I am hesitant

Re: BSD Computers

2008-04-20 Thread Doug Hardie
On Apr 20, 2008, at 19:13, Jerry Rukavina wrote: Hi, I can’t find any out of the box computers that have FreeBSD loaded. Do you know which computer manufactures, both laptop and desktop, which can run FreeBSD? Do you recommend any particular models or know of which ones are more highly

Re: BSD Computers

2008-04-20 Thread Gonzalo Nemmi
In the same order of things, have you guys had any experience with Dell Vostros? I live In Argentina and if you acces their latam webpage you'll find out that they are selling a Vostro1400n (which is not even available in the USA page), with FreeDOS as the only OS offered ... So I though

Re: Setting up mirror

2008-04-20 Thread Matthew Seaman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do i get my mirror of FreeBSD on the mirrors-ftp list? Contact the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3