On 03/31/11 17:06, Arthur Chance wrote:
On 03/30/11 23:00, Polytropon wrote:
There is a project called VirtualBSD that developed a
FreeBSD system image that can be used with VirtualBox.
Nitpick: the web site says
VirtualBSD is a virtual appliance for VMware
Following myself up
I need to make some parts using 3D printing, and was wondering what
software I should use to do the modelling. Does anyone have any
experience and/or recommendations about this? If it matters, I'll
probably be using shapeways.com to do the actual printing.
On 03/24/11 17:58, Robert Huff wrote:
Arthur Chance writes:
I need to make some parts using 3D printing, and was wondering
what software I should use to do the modelling. Does anyone have
any experience and/or recommendations about this? If it matters,
I'll probably be using
On 03/22/11 15:16, Terry Todd wrote:
What happened to the calibre port? It's not there as far as I can tell.
running 8.0-RELEASE
# ls -ld /usr/ports/deskutils/cal*
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 21 2009 /usr/ports/deskutils/cal
drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 21 2009
On 03/04/11 15:37, Ed Flecko wrote:
[Snips]
Given this:
===/usr/ports/textproc/docproj-nojadetex/work not writable, skipping
Any ideas on what my problem(s) is and how to solve it???
Either you've got a read-only /usr/ports or you've forgotten to run as root.
[I will admit to doing
On 03/04/11 17:00, Ed Flecko wrote:
Thanks gentlemen; I was not running portmaster as root.
When I re-run portmaster -a as root, I get the following:
=== Starting check for runtime dependencies
=== Gathering dependency list for devel/automake from ports
=== Dependency check complete for
On 03/04/11 17:36, Ed Flecko wrote:
Thanks Aurthur.
:-)
It's funny...I DID what it asks and it still didn't work (make deinstall, etc.).
A tip for the future: always say what you've tried. It lets us save our
waning mind reading powers for important cases, like working out what
the wife
On 02/28/11 12:47, Polytropon wrote:
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:29:59 +0100, Damien Fleuriotm...@my.gd wrote:
Slice a (as in: da0s1a) is very likely his /
/var is usually slice f
Terminology: Slices are with numbers, partitions are with letters. :-)
E. g. da0s1 is the FreeBSD slice, its
On 02/24/11 06:05, Matthew Seaman wrote:
[Snip mergemaster options discussion.]
Doing this certainly works for me -- frequently the only file I get
asked about is /etc/motd
And if you don't care about updating /etc/motd (the first line is
automagically updated every boot anyway) add
On 02/23/11 19:32, Bill Tillman wrote:
The only problem with this is that unlike 10 years ago, today almost all ISP's
block anything coming down port 25 unless you have an account that allows your
e-mail server to work. And they of course charge for this. I used to enjoy my
own private e-mail
On 02/03/11 05:14, Martes G Wigglesworth wrote:
Does anyone know what the new minimal install size is?
Minimal, no, but a recent thread about DruidBSD (a rescue system) said
that the whole lot was 24 MB, so that gives you an upper limit.
I remember running across a blurb about FBSD-7 and
I'm currently running 8.1-R without AHCI enabled, with a raidz zpool
based on /dev/ad* disks, plus one system disk that's UFS2, mounted using
partition labels. I need to enable AHCI in order to get hot pluggable
eSata capability, and that's going to rename the disks to /dev/ada*.
Will zfs
On 01/25/11 07:13, Da Rock wrote:
I have been trying to get some pointers on my asterisk issues and I've
only been hearing crickets chirping (Asterisk list and here). I need a
pointer or two so I can fix this issue, so I'll try another angle.
How do I trace IP packets across the network (pf
On 01/24/11 21:44, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote:
24.01.2011 15:22, Arthur Chance wrote:
I just upgraded to virtualbox-ose-3.2.12 (ditto the vbox kmod port), and
then tried to install a new VM. It booted from the CD fine but
sysinstall reported that it couldn't find a CD drive to install from
On 01/25/11 10:41, Da Rock wrote:
On 01/25/11 18:46, Bruce Ferrell wrote:
On 01/24/2011 11:13 PM, Da Rock wrote:
I have been trying to get some pointers on my asterisk issues and I've
only been hearing crickets chirping (Asterisk list and here). I need a
pointer or two so I can fix this issue,
I just upgraded to virtualbox-ose-3.2.12 (ditto the vbox kmod port), and
then tried to install a new VM. It booted from the CD fine but
sysinstall reported that it couldn't find a CD drive to install from.
Booting another VM that already existed showed the same problem -
/dev/ad0 exists but
On 01/24/11 14:19, Chris Brennan wrote:
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Arthur Chancefree...@qeng-ho.org wrote:
I just upgraded to virtualbox-ose-3.2.12 (ditto the vbox kmod port), and
then tried to install a new VM. It booted from the CD fine but sysinstall
reported that it couldn't find a
On 01/10/11 08:56, n j wrote:
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Usmanwajdan...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.ajkservers.co.uk
They support FreeBSD :)
FreeBSD is indeed listed as supported OS, but for every hosting plan,
the virtualization is stated as OpenVZ. To my understanding, you
can't run
On 12/31/10 00:43, Frank Shute wrote:
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:04:23PM +, Paul Macdonald wrote:
I've just tried again to donate to the foundation for the end of year push,
but 3 UK based cards all failed on the groundspring interface ( 2 x visa,
1 x mastercard, all had funds obv)
[Top posting edited out, with heavy elisions]
On 12/15/10 17:55, bsd wrote:
Le 15 déc. 2010 à 15:23, Victor Lyapunov a écrit :
Recently OpenBSD developer Gregory Perry disclosed information about
possible backdoors in OpenBSD IPSec stack
As far as I am aware, FreeBSD contains considerable
On 12/07/10 22:42, Jerry wrote:
On Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:10:38 -0600
Jorge Biquezjbiq...@intranet.com.mx articulated:
[snip]
I have found several already with Google just
not sure what path to follow and that's why I
wanted to know what suggestions other has on what
are using actually
On 11/29/10 09:56, Frank Bonnet wrote:
Would it be safe to use a FreeBSD + ZFS based machine to build
a backups server to store sensitive data ?
In a word is FreeBSD + ZFS stable and mature ?
That's a regular theological debate round here, and some people will say
yes, and others an emphatic
On 11/25/10 23:02, Gary Kline wrote:
I've probably already ranted scores of times that there were no
undergrad networking courses when i was in school,
Some of us round here are old enough that computing wasn't even a degree
subject when we were at university. :-)
so things like
these are
On 11/25/10 03:01, Gary Kline wrote:
Folks (mostly Adam),
Hang on a sec. I think I misread what my friend said.
Following is a snip of what he said was good; that this was among
the stuff he installed a few years back and now was much better::
ALIX.2D13 system board - $115
CompactFlash card
On 11/25/10 18:22, Gary Kline wrote:
[Huge snip]
What I don't understand is the CF card and howto install
pfSense. I'll re-read wherever I have to but some clues would
certainly help. I installed pfSense by CDROM initially and
figure this time the install would
On 11/24/10 01:43, Gary Kline wrote:
Maybe someone on-list can help me; after 5+ hours of clicking and
typing, I can't find an atom cpu computer with dual NICs. I
_thought_ I'd found a computer to replace to Kayak firewall
[pfSense], but nada.
Any wizards on this list have a clue?
I don't
On 11/14/10 20:44, Gary Kline wrote:
TWo questions: didn't IBM create CPL? And doesn't BCPL
Stand for British Computer Programming Language? (I did have
both editions of the C book by Brian and DEnnis; then loaned the
2nd edition and never got ti back.) I think
On 11/08/10 13:52, krad wrote:
On 6 November 2010 21:38, Roland Smithrsm...@xs4all.nl wrote:
On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 02:30:16PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
Having said all that it really depends on whether you need the extra
features of zfs. Personally I cant see how anyone with any important
On 11/08/10 16:08, Svein Skogen (Listmail account) wrote:
On 08.11.2010 16:37, Arthur Chance wrote:
On 11/08/10 13:52, krad wrote:
On 6 November 2010 21:38, Roland Smithrsm...@xs4all.nl wrote:
On Sat, Nov 06, 2010 at 02:30:16PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote:
Having said all that it really
On 10/28/10 19:07, Doug Spangler wrote:
You are correct I meant chapter 4. Just out of curiosity is your INDEX
intact or is that the cause of the odd behavior
of /etc/periodic/weekly/400.status-pkg, portion of the problem. I
understand that it is not the root cause of your problem just a
I just updated /usr/ports (with portsnap fetch update) and then ran
/etc/periodic/weekly/400.status-pkg to check which needed rebuilding and
got (please excuse any line wrapping)
fileserver# /etc/periodic/weekly/400.status-pkg
Check for out of date packages:
pkg_version: Failed to get PKGNAME
On 10/28/10 17:56, Doug Spangler wrote:
Fetch the current INDEX as well, that happens when there isn't a proper
INDEX. Also take a look at the FreeBSD Handbook Chapter 5 and the man
page for portsnap
The command (it's portsnap wrapped up with start finish time messages
that can be run from
In the near future I'll be getting myself a new box to run a family mail
and web server on, and maybe to act as a DNS secondary. As it's small
(low speed, low memory, low disk) box, it makes sense to build kernel,
world and ports on another, more powerful box. I'm familiar with the
idea of
On 10/20/10 23:07, Gary Kline wrote:
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 09:10:28PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote:
On 10/20/10 20:46, Bob Hall wrote:
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:07:55PM -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
On 10/20/2010 11:55 AM, Gary Kline wrote:
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:47:38AM -0700, per
On 10/21/10 13:38, RW wrote:
On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:10:28 +0100
Arthur Chancefree...@qeng-ho.org wrote:
50s) had the experience of programming microcode on a machine by
inserting brass slugs for 0s and ferrite slugs for 1s on a pin board.
I wonder why it was brass/ferrite rather than
On 10/20/10 09:32, Svein Skogen (Listmail account) wrote:
On 20.10.2010 09:47, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
Matthias Apitzg...@unixarea.de wrote:
El d?a Tuesday, October 19, 2010 a las 07:29:46PM -0700, Gary Kline escribi?:
PS: I really _was_ current on hardware stuff. Back in the
On 10/20/10 20:46, Bob Hall wrote:
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:07:55PM -0500, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
On 10/20/2010 11:55 AM, Gary Kline wrote:
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:47:38AM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
Matthias Apitzg...@unixarea.de wrote:
El d?a Tuesday, October 19, 2010 a las
On 10/13/10 13:47, Chetan Shukla wrote:
Hi
I have two doubts working further ion FreeBSD.
In my machine (8.0-RELEASE) I am not getting the macro __FreeBSD__.
As a workaround I have to conditionally define it in makefile.
Could someone define what is missing in this case.
It's compiled into
On 10/11/10 18:31, Polytropon wrote:
[snip]
The psm device can be configured per /etc/rc.conf using moused.
While USB mice get configured by the USB subsystem automatically,
PS/2 and serial mice do not.
Here's an example entry:
moused_enable=YES
moused_port=/dev/psm0
On 10/09/10 17:58, Caleb Stein wrote:
On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:46:55 -0700, Robert Huff roberth...@rcn.com wrote:
[Full /tmp discussion snipped]
So is it safe to do rm -rf /tmp/*?
Not if running an X desktop, as all sorts of things get stuck in /tmp
that are needed. In single user mode it
On 09/23/10 15:10, Polytropon wrote:
On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:02:17 +0100, Anton Shterenlikhtme...@bristol.ac.uk
wrote:
I've never seen a file under /usr/obj/ with immutable flag set.
I think it was a directory called empty/ that couldn't be removed
unless the flag was unset. This makes this
On 09/10/10 21:58, Martin McCormick wrote:
After successfully installing bind97 from a package on
to a new server, I do a cvs-sup of the system to get the latest
patches in to the kernel. After discovering that bind97 had been
replaced with bind9.6.1, I looked in /usr/src and there is a
On 09/09/10 18:24, Aryeh Friedman wrote:
I want to make it so every file is a seperate symlink in dir2 if and
only if it is a regular file (not a dir) in dir1... the reason is if
the file is unchanged then use symlink but I can rm the symlink and
replace it with a non-symlink:
cpio -pdl
On 09/09/10 18:50, Arthur Chance wrote:
On 09/09/10 18:24, Aryeh Friedman wrote:
I want to make it so every file is a seperate symlink in dir2 if and
only if it is a regular file (not a dir) in dir1... the reason is if
the file is unchanged then use symlink but I can rm the symlink and
replace
On 09/03/10 09:19, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote:
Chris Reesutis...@gmail.com wrote:
You have to SIGHUP cron, not restart it.
# killall -HUP cron
Isn't crontab(1) supposed to do that, without separate intervention?
From man cron
Additionally, cron checks each minute to see if its
On 08/19/10 14:33, Rod Person wrote:
At 08:31 AM 08/19/2010, Ian Smith wrote:
Can someone please take care of this. Its getting to be quite annoying.
Indeed. That's because noone had forwarded copies with complete headers
to postmas...@freebsd.org, who I bet hasn't the spare time to browse a
On 08/12/10 00:00, Jack L. Stone wrote:
Kindly appreciate help with how to grep (or similar) a list of words to
determine if any of them are in a file rather than grepping one word at a
time.
fgrep, aka grep -F
A snippet from man grep:
-F, --fixed-strings
Interpret
On 08/10/10 14:13, Roland Smith wrote:
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 02:37:42PM +0200, Victor Ophof wrote:
Its better to enable,
but AD4 can get renamed to ada0
I think you should change can to will. :-)
but it's easy to fix
you just need to edit the /etc/fstab to point to the newly named
On 08/10/10 15:52, Roland Smith wrote:
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 03:23:29PM +0100, Arthur Chance wrote:
[snip]
Alternatively, before switching to the ahci driver, label all your
partitions and mount them using their labels rather than device names.
This is probably a better idea.
But people
On 07/02/10 13:13, Bruce Cran wrote:
I have a task on my TODO list to increase the sizes of the partitions in
sysinstall: for example / goes to 1GB, /var to 4GB. I hope to commit
the code in the next couple of weeks.
As a matter of idle curiosity with a bit of education thrown in, why 4GB
for
On 07/02/10 15:38, Bruce Cran wrote:
On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:04:10 +0100
Arthur Chancefree...@qeng-ho.org wrote:
As a matter of idle curiosity with a bit of education thrown in, why
4GB for /var? The last time I installed a new machine I made / 1GB as
I'd found out from a previous install that
Steve Franks wrote:
Just curious, having read the handbook section talking about freebsd
going straight to the hardware and skipping the bios for disk
numbering, why then, if I stick a sata disk in 'sata0' on the
motherboard, does it come up as ad0, but if I add a second disk in
'sata1' or
Polytropon wrote:
Hi Rob,
just a little terminology note (from me, Mister Use-the-correct-words):
If you are refering to a kind of hard disk, use disk with k.
Think like diskette. If you are refering to optical media,
use disc with c. Think like CD = compact disc.
Disk: disk pack, hard disk,
Sean Cavanaugh wrote:
The other interesting side would be reverse DNS lookups. Only one
record would be returned, and most likely would be the original A
record. A nice example of this is doing a basic ping -a ww.yahoo.com
which you get back that it is resolving www-real.wa1.b.yahoo.com.
As
Mark Stapper wrote:
[snip]
I ordered a spare drive so I'll wait until it arrives, replace the
faulty drive with this one by dd-ing data from one to the other (I have
only 4 SATA ports so I can't do zpool replace).
zpool replace has two forms
zpool replace pool old-device new-device
Wayne Sierke wrote:
I lost practically all of my 'mergemaster pain' when I adopted the habit
of using it with -iUP options:
-i Automatically install any files that do not exist in the des-
tination directory.
-P Preserve files that you replace in
Dragoncrest [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Friend of mine has a rather interesting setup on his machine
that I would like to have on mine. Apparently what it is, he
has a program that allows the mouse and keyboard to
automatically switch between two computers.
[snip]
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