Re: device nodes in usb2 stack

2009-10-21 Thread Hans Petter Selasky
On Tuesday 20 October 2009 23:13:27 Alexander Best wrote: Hans Petter Selasky schrieb am 2009-10-19: On Sunday 18 October 2009 23:08:14 Alexander Best wrote: posted this to freebsd-questions@ a while ago and got no answer. alex Hi, For every USB device there is /dev/usb/XXX .

I REPEAT: maxima can not be built, because gnuplot fails on download

2009-10-21 Thread Henry Olyer
Dear Dan: I don't want to cause people to jump up and down, but one fact I am absolutely certain of!, is the following; Take a hard-drive you can write on, burn a copy of FBSD 7.2 onto a CD, and do the basic install. Then, when the base system is up, run sysinstall and do a Configure followed by

Re: Force installation of dependencies

2009-10-21 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:53:05 +1000 Warren Liddell (shin...@maydias.com) replied: is there a command that when comnpiling a certain pkg will tell it to forcefully re-do every single dependcy for that particular pkg ? portmanager: to add/update/repair a single port with logging and forcing all

Re: Force installation of dependencies

2009-10-21 Thread Warren Liddell
53 PM, Warren Liddell shin...@maydias.com mailto:shin...@maydias.com mailto:shin...@maydias.com mailto:shin...@maydias.com wrote: is there a command that when comnpiling a certain pkg will tell it to forcefully re-do every single dependcy for that

(no subject)

2009-10-21 Thread nicholas addei
please am not able to install gnome on freebsd 7.2,after loging in as root would appreciate your help. :49:13 UTC 2009 r...@walker.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i 86 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

Re: (no subject)

2009-10-21 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:26:45 -0700 (PDT) nicholas addei (uncleka...@yahoo.co.uk) replied: please am not able to install gnome on freebsd 7.2,after loging in as root would appreciate your help. :49:13 UTC 2009 r...@walker.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i Maybe next time you

gnu tar checkpoint variable expansion

2009-10-21 Thread Jay Hall
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am working with gnu tar checkpoints this morning can cannot seem to get variables to expand properly when they are passed as part of a checkpoint action. Following is how I am using gnu tar DIR=/home/test WHATTOBACKUP=/home/somedir /usr/local/gtar-1.22/bin/tar -cf

Re: gnu tar checkpoint variable expansion

2009-10-21 Thread Trond Endrestøl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:44-0500, Jay Hall wrote: [...] Following is how I am using gnu tar DIR=/home/test WHATTOBACKUP=/home/somedir /usr/local/gtar-1.22/bin/tar -cf - ${WHATTOBACKUP} \ --checkpoint-action='echo=Checkpoint #%u'

Re: gnu tar checkpoint variable expansion

2009-10-21 Thread Matthew Seaman
Jay Hall wrote: Ladies and Gentlemen, I am working with gnu tar checkpoints this morning can cannot seem to get variables to expand properly when they are passed as part of a checkpoint action. Following is how I am using gnu tar DIR=/home/test WHATTOBACKUP=/home/somedir

Re: Question about FreeBSD syscall usage

2009-10-21 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Yan, Yeqing wrote: Hi: I'm from Intel China. Our project use FreeBSD 7.0 and I have some questions about the FreeBSD syscall. I don't know how to use these syscall below. Is there having some doc or example about how to use these syscall? kse_exit kse_wakeup kse_create kse_thr_interrupt

Re: gnu tar checkpoint variable expansion

2009-10-21 Thread Jay Hall
On Oct 21, 2009, at 8:55 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: That's fairly basic shell syntax. Use double quotes on any string where you want variable interpolation. Cheers, Matthew I will try that again and let you know what happens. Thanks, Jay

Re: (no subject)

2009-10-21 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 02:26:45AM -0700, nicholas addei wrote: please am not able to install gnome on freebsd 7.2,after loging in as root would appreciate your help. You will get more help if you first, use a meaningful subject line on your post and then if you put some useful information

Looking for troubleshooting tips.

2009-10-21 Thread Paul Halliday
I use Freebsd as the base for my network monitoring sensors. These machines run a netflow probe, act as a netflow collector and spool full content data from a snort process FIFO that is bound to a span port. During peak hours this can be 100MB saturated, its connected to a GB intel NIC on the box

Re: Looking for troubleshooting tips.

2009-10-21 Thread Adam Vande More
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Paul Halliday paul.halli...@gmail.comwrote: I use Freebsd as the base for my network monitoring sensors. These machines run a netflow probe, act as a netflow collector and spool full content data from a snort process FIFO that is bound to a span port. During

Re: Force installation of dependencies

2009-10-21 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, Warren Liddell wrote: is there a command that when comnpiling a certain pkg will tell it to forcefully re-do every single dependcy for that particular pkg ? Depending on what you mean by dependency, either portupgrade -rf pkg or portupgrade -Rf pkg -Warren Block *

Re: maxima can not be built, because gnuplot fails on download

2009-10-21 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 09:59:51PM -0400, Henry Olyer wrote: I have a fix for gnuplot; How do I get it reviewed and perhaps incorporated into FreeBSD? Notice, I am not saying gnuplot is bad, it just doesn't work, not since at least FBSD 6.1. Earlier than that I don't know. Gnuplot builds

Re: (no subject) Gnome

2009-10-21 Thread Lokadamus
nicholas addei schrieb: please am not able to install gnome on freebsd 7.2,after loging in as root would appreciate your help. :49:13 UTC 2009 r...@walker.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i 86 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

Re: (no subject) Gnome

2009-10-21 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:36:27 +0200 Lokadamus Lokadamus lokada...@gmx.de replied: nicholas addei schrieb: please am not able to install gnome on freebsd 7.2,after loging in as root would appreciate your help. :49:13 UTC 2009 r...@walker.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i

Re: Force installation of dependencies

2009-10-21 Thread Al Plant
Warren Liddell wrote: Adam Vande More wrote: On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Warren Liddell shin...@maydias.com mailto:shin...@maydias.com wrote: is there a command that when comnpiling a certain pkg will tell it to forcefully re-do every single dependcy for that particular pkg ?

Re: I REPEAT: maxima can not be built, because gnuplot fails on download

2009-10-21 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Oct 21), Henry Olyer said: Take a hard-drive you can write on, burn a copy of FBSD 7.2 onto a CD, and do the basic install. Then, when the base system is up, run sysinstall and do a Configure followed by Packages. Then go to math and select maxima. Then watch.

undo make deinstall

2009-10-21 Thread Chad Perrin
How does one undo a `make deinstall` when `make reinstall` fails? -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgpgM3SVob9Ae.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: (no subject) Gnome

2009-10-21 Thread Steven Seipel
I had the same problem. An arrogant person at the freebsd forum said I had a lack of resolving, but I didn't know what he was talking about. Someone said to edit /etc/rc.conf but that didn't help because it was a read only file. I reinstalled freebsd all over again and that time it worked. You

Re: undo make deinstall

2009-10-21 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Oct 21, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: How does one undo a `make deinstall` when `make reinstall` fails? Do you have a package of this port handy?-- try doing a pkg_add of that... -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: undo make deinstall

2009-10-21 Thread Chad Perrin
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:38:48PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: On Oct 21, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: How does one undo a `make deinstall` when `make reinstall` fails? Do you have a package of this port handy?-- try doing a pkg_add of that... It is, for the moment, a hypothetical

Re: undo make deinstall

2009-10-21 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Oct 21), Chad Perrin said: On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:38:48PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: On Oct 21, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: How does one undo a `make deinstall` when `make reinstall` fails? Do you have a package of this port handy?-- try doing a pkg_add

Re: Force installation of dependencies

2009-10-21 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, Al Plant wrote: I installed: portsnap fetch extract -to get rid of this issue of dependencies. portsnap updates the ports tree. AFAIK, it will not help with updating ports that have already been installed. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA

Re: undo make deinstall

2009-10-21 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On Oct 21, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:38:48PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: On Oct 21, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: How does one undo a `make deinstall` when `make reinstall` fails? Do you have a package of this port handy?-- try doing a

Is this card supported: Broadcom BCM94312MCGSG

2009-10-21 Thread Yuri
I have a netbook which I would like to install FreeBSD on. I am going to order a new harddrive. But will this Broadcom card be supported or I also need to get another miniPCI replacement card? This page:

Re: (no subject) Gnome

2009-10-21 Thread Lokadamus
Steven Seipel schrieb: I had the same problem. An arrogant person at the freebsd forum said I had a lack of resolving, but I didn't know what he was talking about. Someone said to edit /etc/rc.conf but that didn't help because it was a read only file. I reinstalled freebsd all over again and

rTorrent + FreeBSD + pf = freeze?

2009-10-21 Thread cpghost
Hi, could a resource leak or bug in pf(4) crash a RELENG_7 router (as of Oct 6th)? I'm experiencing frequent crashes on my soekris net4801 home router for some months now, and I'm wondering if it could be some kind of pf-related bug similar to this on OpenBSD:

Re: (no subject) Gnome

2009-10-21 Thread Lokadamus
Jerry schrieb: On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:36:27 +0200 Lokadamus Lokadamus lokada...@gmx.de replied: nicholas addei schrieb: please am not able to install gnome on freebsd 7.2,after loging in as root would appreciate your help. :49:13 UTC 2009

Re: (no subject) Gnome

2009-10-21 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:10:53 + (GMT), Steven Seipel sseipel...@yahoo.es wrote: I had the same problem. An arrogant person at the freebsd forum said I had a lack of resolving, but I didn't know what he was talking about. That's not a good way to promote FreeBSD, but be sure that this list

Re: undo make deinstall

2009-10-21 Thread Chad Perrin
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 01:31:03PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: And, of course, if you care about a system, then you would already be taking backups that you could restore from if you needed to... Of course, but I would hope there's an easier way to handle things than restoring the whole

Re: undo make deinstall

2009-10-21 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Oct 21), Chad Perrin said: On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 01:31:03PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: And, of course, if you care about a system, then you would already be taking backups that you could restore from if you needed to... Of course, but I would hope there's an

Re: Display TSV files with columns aligned

2009-10-21 Thread Karl Vogel
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:55:07 -0700 (PDT), Tom Worster f...@thefsb.org said: T is there a cli command that lays out tsv files for display with a fixed T width font? that is, it figures how wide each column needs to be and T pads each field in the file with a suitable amount of space?

Re: Is this card supported: Broadcom BCM94312MCGSG

2009-10-21 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, Yuri wrote: I have a netbook which I would like to install FreeBSD on. I am going to order a new harddrive. But will this Broadcom card be supported or I also need to get another miniPCI replacement card? This page:

Re: Display TSV files with columns aligned

2009-10-21 Thread Tom Worster
Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Oct 20), Tom Worster said: is there a cli command that lays out tsv files for display with a fixed width font? that is, it figures how wide each column needs to be and pads each field in the file with a suitable about of space? The rs command

Re: Display TSV files with columns aligned

2009-10-21 Thread Tom Worster
Karl Vogel-3 wrote: On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:55:07 -0700 (PDT), Tom Worster f...@thefsb.org said: T is there a cli command that lays out tsv files for display with a fixed T width font? that is, it figures how wide each column needs to be and T pads each field in the file with a

Re: Display TSV files with columns aligned

2009-10-21 Thread Karl Vogel
In an earlier message, I wrote: K Align is a general-purpose text filter tool that helps vertically align K columns in string-separated tables of input text. On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:58:25 -0700 (PDT), Tom Worster f...@thefsb.org said: T if only it had a way to truncate fields in a column