Re: which IP+gateway for Freebsd guest VM in VMware workstation

2009-12-28 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On 12/27/2009 2:36 PM, Len Conrad wrote: Take a look here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html thanks, I've been setting up FreeBSD for 10 years, and have multimple FreeBSD VMs running in several ESXi hosts. Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. I just

Re: atrun: Missing Shared Object: libpam

2009-12-28 Thread Frank Shute
On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 10:13:11PM -0500, APseudoUtopia wrote: # /usr/libexec/atrun /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libpam.so.4 not found, required by atrun # find / -type f -name libpam* -ls 3274162 284 -r--r--r--1 root wheel 143412 Dec 5 04:48

Re: Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file

2009-12-28 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On 12/28/2009 7:46 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: To cut a long story short, I would rather continue using cvs, perhaps until there is subversion-light in the base system. I use successfully cvs for the same reasons. Most of the time I use the French mirror and I have also used the two USA ones. I

Re: Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file

2009-12-28 Thread Victor Sudakov
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: To cut a long story short, I would rather continue using cvs, perhaps until there is subversion-light in the base system. I use successfully cvs for the same reasons. Most of the time I use the French mirror and I have also used the two USA ones. I haven't bother

Re: Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file

2009-12-28 Thread perryh
Victor Sudakov v...@mpeks.tomsk.su wrote: ... [svn] needs python26, perl and tcl - all the three of them ... It seems you may have discovered the significance of the name: it subverts the sysadmin's sanity. Maybe it can find practical use as a meta-port for scripting languages, if someone cares

Re: chroot SSH users.

2009-12-28 Thread Tijl Coosemans
On Sunday 27 December 2009 18:16:47 krad wrote: fairly easy if you read the man page 8) I wrote this howto for sun boxes at work but it was using openssh so same rules should apply. Make sure chroot support was compiled in though 1. Dont bother with sun ssh it wont work. Opensolaris and

Re: How to force tar to be quiet?

2009-12-28 Thread Matthew Seaman
Коньков Евгений wrote: Здравствуйте, Matthew. Вы писали 27 декабря 2009 г., 20:46:05: MS Коньков Евгений wrote: Здравствуйте, Freebsd-questions. when tar -cf file.tar /home/* It always says: tar: Removing leading '/' from member names man tar -P Preserve pathnames... But I do not need to

Re: Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file

2009-12-28 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:46:37AM +0600, Victor Sudakov wrote: Victor Sudakov wrote: [dd] I would be happy to use svn as I do for my own projects. To run a cvs repository, you just need /usr/bin/cvs started from inetd. It is even in the base system. To run a subversion

Re: Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file

2009-12-28 Thread Victor Sudakov
Erik Trulsson wrote: I would be happy to use svn as I do for my own projects. To run a cvs repository, you just need /usr/bin/cvs started from inetd. It is even in the base system. To run a subversion repository, you need much more infrastructure and more overhead (lots

re-write is this booting info correct?

2009-12-28 Thread Fbsd1
How is this rewrite correct? Users with Microsoft/Windows knowledge of how a hard drive is configured may have a terminology issue with FreeBSD. Microsoft/Windows and FreeBSD use the word partition to mean different (but related) things. The Microsoft/Windows fdisk program is used to

Re: re-write is this booting info correct?

2009-12-28 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:04:57 +0800, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: The Microsoft/Windows fdisk program is used to allocate partitions on the hard drive. This program allocated two types of partitions “primary dos partition” and “extended dos partition”. Just a formal addition: primary

fetchmail and plain text password

2009-12-28 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
I use fetchmail http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail-fetchmail.html to download all my mail from the Uni mail server to my fbsd box. I typically run it in daemon mode, which requires having my mail server password in plain text in .fetchmailrc I'm a little worried about

Re[2]: How to force tar to be quiet?

2009-12-28 Thread Коньков Евгений
Здравствуйте, Matthew. Вы писали 28 декабря 2009 г., 12:04:47: #cd / # ls -l total 5111 -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 786 7 сен 2008 .cshrc -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 253 7 сен 2008 .profile drwxrwxr-x 2 root operator 512 8 окт 2008 .snap -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel

Re: Max kernel dump size

2009-12-28 Thread Lowell Gilbert
cronfy cro...@gmail.com writes: How can I calculate max kernel dump size? I want to create my swap partition as small as possible, just to fit kernel dump needs. I'm not sure you really can. You'll definitely have enough if you allow a bit more than you have memory, but these days that's

Missing library building Amarok

2009-12-28 Thread Frank Wißmann
Hi all! When building Amarok I get the following message: Error: shared library sgutils.1 does not exist How can I obtain more information about it and where can I get it? Greetings Frank -- GU d- s:+ a+ C+$ UBS$ P L- !E--- W N+@ !o K--? !w--- O !M- !V- PS+ PE Y? !PGP- t+ 5 X !R tv- b++ DI

Re: chroot SSH users.

2009-12-28 Thread krad
2009/12/28 Tijl Coosemans t...@coosemans.org On Sunday 27 December 2009 18:16:47 krad wrote: fairly easy if you read the man page 8) I wrote this howto for sun boxes at work but it was using openssh so same rules should apply. Make sure chroot support was compiled in though 1. Dont

Re: chroot SSH users.

2009-12-28 Thread krad
2009/12/27 Marwan Sultan dead_l...@hotmail.com Dear Krad, Thank you for your reply, regarding your answer, i have few questions here 1- in sshd_config file the default line is : Subsystem sftp/usr/libexec/sftp-server So should i comment out the line? or just add your line ?

Re: Max kernel dump size

2009-12-28 Thread cronfy
How can I calculate max kernel dump size? I want to create my swap partition as small as possible, just to fit kernel dump needs. I'm not sure you really can. You'll definitely have enough if you allow a bit more than you have memory, but these days that's going to be overkill most of

Re: Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file

2009-12-28 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On 12/28/2009 11:11 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: Are you sure you understand me? I was talking about mirroring the whole repository with cvsup/cvsupd protocol, that's where the Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file error occurs. Sorry, I missed the part of conversation about cvs mode in

Re: how to modify date after unrar files?

2009-12-28 Thread ill...@gmail.com
2009/12/27 Tsu-Fan Cheng tfch...@gmail.com: Yeah, and I found there is a switch: tsm,c,a[N]  Save or restore file time (modification, creation, access) but what is the [N] supposed to mean? thanks!! Without myself expending the effort, I'd guess epoch time. -- --

Re: fetchmail and plain text password

2009-12-28 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 03:15:53PM +, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: I use fetchmail http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail-fetchmail.html to download all my mail from the Uni mail server to my fbsd box. I typically run it in daemon mode, which requires having my

¿Bandwidth limit to 31kBps for wlan?

2009-12-28 Thread Ishmael F.E.
Hi list I have this little issue with my wireless card: No matter where I am or what I'm downloading, I just can't download at more than 31kBps ever (only while using BSD). What should I do to be able to download faster? The bandwidth should be ~400kBps I'm using 8.0. /boot/loader.conf:

xorg 7.4 questions

2009-12-28 Thread doug
I have been trying to get xorg 7.4 first going and then updated. I have some general questions. First using xdm it takes from 3-5 minutes to start. Second, using hal and dbus even starting is an adventure. Once it started in well under a minute but mostly it just locks up. In reading Xorg.0.log

Re: Confusion About FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox

2009-12-28 Thread Ivan Voras
Ivan Voras wrote: Ryan Ware wrote: Maybe someone here can distribute some enlightenment. In the press release for 8.0 it says, FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox. I understand what the host mode support is with the VirtualBox port. What I don't understand is what

Re: xorg 7.4 questions

2009-12-28 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, d...@safeport.com wrote: I have been trying to get xorg 7.4 first going and then updated. I have some general questions. First using xdm it takes from 3-5 minutes to start. Second, using hal and dbus even starting is an adventure. Once it started in well under a minute

Re: ?Bandwidth limit to 31kBps for wlan?

2009-12-28 Thread Paul B Mahol
On 12/28/09, Ishmael F.E. sulfur...@gmail.com wrote: Hi list I have this little issue with my wireless card: No matter where I am or what I'm downloading, I just can't download at more than 31kBps ever (only while using BSD). What should I do to be able to download faster? The bandwidth

the system does not boot

2009-12-28 Thread gianrico.lamura
Dear Sir, I have installed BSD 7.2 release. All the installation worked fine till the first re-boot of the system. The reboot gos fine until the end where it breaks: Warning: /usr was not properly dismounted. Mounting /etc/fstab filesystems failed, startup aborted ERROR: ABORTING BOOT

Re: ?Bandwidth limit to 31kBps for wlan?

2009-12-28 Thread Ishmael F.E.
2009/12/28 On 12/28/09 Hi list I have this little issue with my wireless card: No matter where I am or what I'm downloading, I just can't download at more than 31kBps ever (only while using BSD). What should I do to be able to download faster? The bandwidth should be ~400kBps

pulseaudio warning message

2009-12-28 Thread Jerry
FreeBSD-7.2 From time to time, I see a warning similar to this in the /var/log/messages log file: Dec 28 11:43:30 scorpio pulseaudio[3850]: module.c: module-detect is deprecated: Please use module-udev-detect instead of module-detect! Dec 28 11:43:30 scorpio pulseaudio[3850]: oss-util.c:

Re: pulseaudio warning message

2009-12-28 Thread Joe Marcus Clarke
On 12/28/09 2:38 PM, Jerry wrote: FreeBSD-7.2 From time to time, I see a warning similar to this in the /var/log/messages log file: Dec 28 11:43:30 scorpio pulseaudio[3850]: module.c: module-detect is deprecated: Please use module-udev-detect instead of module-detect! Dec 28 11:43:30

Re: the system does not boot

2009-12-28 Thread Diego F. Arias R.
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:51 PM, gianrico.lam...@lamia.infm.it wrote: Dear Sir, I have installed BSD 7.2 release. All the installation worked fine till the first re-boot of the system. The reboot gos fine until the end where it breaks: Warning: /usr was not properly dismounted. Mounting

Re: Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file

2009-12-28 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Dec 25), Victor Sudakov said: I cvsup the FreeBSD CVS repository daily from cvsup.ru.freebsd.org. Both the client and the server run CVSup Software version: SNAP_16_1h, Protocol version: 17.0. Recently I noticed that there are lots of messages Checksum mismatch --

New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kaya Saman
Hi guys, first up I hope I am in the right place as my questions are of a generic nature about FreeBSD as I consider myself a new user not having much mileage with the OS as of yet! Secondly I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Christmas and New Year also since we are in that period :-)

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Kaya Saman kayasa...@optiplex-networks.com wrote: Hi guys, first up I hope I am in the right place as my questions are of a generic nature about FreeBSD as I consider myself a new user not having much mileage with the OS as of yet! Secondly I just wanted

more on click-feedback.

2009-12-28 Thread Gary Kline
The fellow who showed some interest in my need for some kybd feedback is a volunteer from Gallaudet U. Altho it is unlikely that I'll get a free XO to hack on, the chances are better if I have some kind of team. The obvious conflict--if it can be called

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kaya Saman
Running with no xorg.conf is fine, but you need to make sure dbus and hal are started at boot. Follow the handbook for best results. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html I'm sure I started them as this doc is exactly what I followed.. I think if I recall

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Kaya Saman samank...@netscape.net wrote: I know how strong UFS v.1 is as I use it with Solaris 9, but how about UFS v.2 which is what FreeBSD runs?? When compared with ext3 from a performance/reliability perspective which one comes on top? I would say ufs2

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kurt Buff
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 14:42, Kaya Saman samank...@netscape.net wrote: Running with no xorg.conf is fine, but you need to make sure dbus and hal are started at boot.  Follow the handbook for best results. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html I'm sure I started them

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kaya Saman
I would say ufs2 easily wins, but remember this is the freebsd-questions list ;) There are some differences though, ufs2 uses softupdates, not journaling(journaling is available and easy to implement via gjournal). Softupdates I believe are a little faster than journaling, but it's

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kaya Saman
I can't speak to the rest, but WRT the GUI, I suspect you'll find it a lot easier if you install a Window Manager to handle a lot of this. I have found xfce4 to be a good one for me - gnome and kde were a bit much. Once I installed /usr/ports/x11-wm/xfce4 with a 'make config-recursive' then

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Pieter de Goeje
On Monday 28 December 2009 22:49:31 Kaya Saman wrote: Hi guys, first up I hope I am in the right place as my questions are of a generic nature about FreeBSD as I consider myself a new user not having much mileage with the OS as of yet! Secondly I just wanted to wish everyone a happy

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kurt Buff
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 15:29, Kaya Saman samank...@netscape.net wrote: I can't speak to the rest, but WRT the GUI, I suspect you'll find it a lot easier if you install a Window Manager to handle a lot of this. I have found xfce4 to be a good one for me - gnome and kde were a bit much. Once I

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kaya Saman
The most common cause is that either hald (sysutils/hal) or dbus (devel/dbus) isn't running. Xorg needs them both to detect mouse and keyboard. Add dbus_enable=YES and hald_enable=YES to rc.conf to get them to start automatically. We'll see what the issue actually is - as I mentioned I

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kaya Saman
Kurt Buff wrote: On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 15:29, Kaya Saman samank...@netscape.net wrote: I see I didn't completely read your original message. Indulge me a moment while I ramble here, and probably expose my ignorance... Xorg/X11 Gnome Gnome runs on Xorg: Xorg/Xfree runs X11 Xfree

Re: ?Bandwidth limit to 31kBps for wlan?

2009-12-28 Thread Ishmael F.E.
My bad, it was the gateway the one limiting the bandwidth : | Tanks anyway Have a nice day 2009/12/28 2009/12/28 On 12/28/09 Hi list I have this little issue with my wireless card: No matter where I am or what I'm downloading, I just can't download at more than 31kBps ever

Re: re-write is this booting info correct?

2009-12-28 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:04:57 +0800, Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: The Microsoft/Windows fdisk program is used to allocate partitions on the hard drive. This program allocated two types of partitions “primary dos partition” and “extended dos partition”. Just a formal

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Chuck Robey
Adam Vande More wrote: On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Kaya Saman kayasa...@optiplex-networks.com wrote: Hi guys, I attempted an install of 7.2 stable on my laptop and subsequently installed X11also. Now I didn't have any Xorg.conf file but each time I tried to start X from the CLI using

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kurt Buff
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 16:23, Kaya Saman samank...@netscape.net wrote: snip So, given what you've written below, you probably know more about this stuff than I do. Cool. I will echo the advice already given, however: add dbus_enable=YES hald_enable=YES to your /etc/rc.conf. That will most

Re: Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file

2009-12-28 Thread Victor Sudakov
Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Dec 25), Victor Sudakov said: I cvsup the FreeBSD CVS repository daily from cvsup.ru.freebsd.org. Both the client and the server run CVSup Software version: SNAP_16_1h, Protocol version: 17.0. Recently I noticed that there are lots of

Re: Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file

2009-12-28 Thread Victor Sudakov
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: Are you sure you understand me? I was talking about mirroring the whole repository with cvsup/cvsupd protocol, that's where the Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file error occurs. Sorry, I missed the part of conversation about cvs mode in cvsup. I thought

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kaya Saman
[...] add dbus_enable=YES hald_enable=YES to your /etc/rc.conf. That will most likely clear your problem. [...] I will give this a go soon :-) That's what I do with mine under FreeBSD, for both servers and workstations. Having both servers and workstations is cool as both of

Re: re-write is this booting info correct?

2009-12-28 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 291, Issue 3, Message: 1 On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:04:57 +0800 Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed First up, you'd be better off using a non-Windows charset here, as they use weird characters just for

Re: xorg 7.4 questions

2009-12-28 Thread doug
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, Warren Block wrote: On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, d...@safeport.com wrote: I wouldn't install old versions of xdm. If there's a doubt about one of the many things xdm depends on, you can do 'portupgrade -Rf xdm'. It'll take quite a while. It may be somehting like this. The