mounting a .iso image? ... missing man page

2013-10-09 Thread Gary Aitken
-o ro FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso /mnt/tmp mount_cd9660: /hd1/Downloads/FreeBSD/9_1/FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso: Block device required Seems like it must be possible to mount a cd9660 image somehow without burning an actual disc? Gary

Re: mounting a .iso image? ... missing man page

2013-10-09 Thread Gary Aitken
On 10/09/13 21:25, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:14:22 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: Seems like it must be possible to mount a cd9660 image somehow without burning an actual disc? Of course. :-) I guess knowing it's possible is a start; couldn't figure out where to look to get

Re: firefox: getting back several URL's as tabs?

2013-10-03 Thread Gary Aitken
On 10/02/13 14:49, Gary Kline wrote: well, it just happened again. when I closed an unwanted URL, the other two instances of firefox vanished. I know the Hard way of getting them all back, but does is there an easy way of refilling both browsers? oh

firefox: getting back several URL's as tabs?

2013-10-02 Thread Gary Kline
of getting them all back, but does is there an easy way of refilling both browsers? oh, and if there is somewhere I can click to save my bookmarks by-hand, please let me know before my shoulder falls off! thanks in advance, gary -- Gary Kline

Re: after pkgng update, daily run still using pkg_info

2013-09-30 Thread Gary Aitken
On 09/30/13 07:15, Mathew Seaman wrote: On 09/28/13 10:52, Gary Aitken wrote: After switching to pkgng, I noticed that my daily run output constantly complains about the installed packages being corrupt, e.g.: pkg_info: the package info for package 'asciidoc-8.6.8_1' is corrupt

Re: after pkgng update, daily run still using pkg_info

2013-09-29 Thread Gary Aitken
On 09/28/13 10:52, Gary Aitken wrote: After switching to pkgng, I noticed that my daily run output constantly complains about the installed packages being corrupt, e.g.: pkg_info: the package info for package 'asciidoc-8.6.8_1' is corrupt The problem is with etc/periodic/daily/490

Re: after pkgng update, daily run still using pkg_info

2013-09-29 Thread Gary Aitken
On 09/28/13 10:52, Gary Aitken wrote: After switching to pkgng, I noticed that my daily run output constantly complains about the installed packages being corrupt, e.g.: pkg_info: the package info for package 'asciidoc-8.6.8_1' is corrupt The problem is with etc/periodic/daily/490

after pkgng update, daily run still using pkg_info

2013-09-28 Thread Gary Aitken
instead of pkg info Was this script supposed to be automatically updated as part of the conversion? What's the right way to upgrade this on a 9.1 release system? Or should I just edit the script by hand and be done with it? Gary ___ freebsd-questions

Re: minor vi/vim qstn

2013-09-26 Thread Gary Kline
Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 27 years of service to the Unix community. On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 03:26:29PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:47:08 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: dunno how you know im using the zsh, but yup

Re: minor vi/vim qstn

2013-09-26 Thread Gary Kline
Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 27 years of service to the Unix community. On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:05:06PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:51:32 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: my zsh does a default to 10 or so history

Re: minor vi/vim qstn

2013-09-26 Thread Gary Kline
Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 27 years of service to the Unix community. On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:05:06PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:51:32 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: my zsh does a default to 10 or so history

minor vi/vim qstn

2013-09-25 Thread Gary Kline
] to repeat the last or the second from last command? with my shoulder sore bloody sore I need to save every key stroke. TIA, y'all, gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-seven years

Re: minor vi/vim qstn

2013-09-25 Thread Gary Kline
Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 27 years of service to the Unix community. On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:23:27AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:27:41 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: am I misremembering this feature, or didnt vi

Re: minor vi/vim qstn

2013-09-25 Thread Gary Kline
Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 27 years of service to the Unix community. On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 03:06:00AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 25 Sep 2013 17:21:04 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service

howto kill x if x is running?

2013-09-15 Thread Gary Kline
is soaking up a chunk of my load. I have to use top to find if xxx is running, then kill -9 to kill xxx and have a steady load of, say, between 0.10 and 0.15. what's the script that can do this? gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public

Re: howto kill x if x is running?

2013-09-15 Thread Gary Kline
Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 27 years of service to the Unix community. On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 07:56:17AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 15/09/2013 07:20, Gary Kline wrote: I've evidently had too many pain meds; this shelll

eclipse CDT UnsatisfiedLinkError: no spawner in java.library.path

2013-09-14 Thread Gary Aitken
Anyone using eclipse CDT? When I start to compile something, I get the following error in the shell from which eclipse was started: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no spawner in java.library.path at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1681) at

which port (qt4 part?) contains linguist.dcf et al.?

2013-09-13 Thread Gary Aitken
Can someone tell me which port is the source for linguist.dcf and friends? I have lprof-devel installed, but not the full qt4, and these files are missing so the lprof help doesn't work. I suspect a missing dependency, but would prefer not to install all of qt4 to find out. Thanks.

Re: which port (qt4 part?) contains linguist.dcf et al.?

2013-09-13 Thread Gary Aitken
doing a make extract on some of them I couldn't find them. On Sep 13, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Gary Aitken free...@dreamchaser.org wrote: Can someone tell me which port is the source for linguist.dcf and friends? I have lprof-devel installed, but not the full qt4, and these files are missing so

initialize msdosfs on memory stick?

2013-09-12 Thread Gary Aitken
I can't seem to find how to do this in the handbook or man pages. I need to initialize a usb memory stick with an msdos file system. Is it possible, or do I have to find a windoze system? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: initialize msdosfs on memory stick?

2013-09-12 Thread Gary Aitken
On 09/12/13 15:51, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:39:26 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: I can't seem to find how to do this in the handbook or man pages. I need to initialize a usb memory stick with an msdos file system. Is it possible, or do I have to find a windoze system

Re: initialize msdosfs on memory stick?

2013-09-12 Thread Gary Aitken
On 09/12/13 16:26, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:13:11 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: On 09/12/13 15:51, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:39:26 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: I can't seem to find how to do this in the handbook or man pages. I need to initialize a usb memory stick

Re: initialize msdosfs on memory stick?

2013-09-12 Thread Gary Aitken
On 09/12/13 17:52, Warren Block wrote: On Thu, 12 Sep 2013, Gary Aitken wrote: I can't seem to find how to do this in the handbook or man pages. I need to initialize a usb memory stick with an msdos file system. Is it possible, or do I have to find a windoze system? Sure, it's possible

Re: initialize msdosfs on memory stick?

2013-09-12 Thread Gary Aitken
On 09/12/13 20:58, Warren Block wrote: On Thu, 12 Sep 2013, Gary Aitken wrote: On 09/12/13 17:52, Warren Block wrote: On Thu, 12 Sep 2013, Gary Aitken wrote: I can't seem to find how to do this in the handbook or man pages. I need to initialize a usb memory stick with an msdos file system

lprof startup issue, QAssistantClient not found

2013-09-12 Thread Gary Aitken
After installing (and reinstalling) devel/lprof, I keep getting the error: The QAssistantClient executable was not found. Make sure that assistant(.exe)is located either in your PATH or in the $QTDIR/bin directory. Help will not be availble until this is corrected. I have both

trouble building lsof?

2013-09-01 Thread Gary Aitken
portsnap and update just done, UPDATING shows nothing, /etc/make.conf contains WITH_PKGNG=yes #cd /usr/ports #portmaster sysutils/lsof ... === All dependencies are up to date === Cleaning for lsof-4.88.d,8 === lsof-4.88.d,8 depends on file: /usr/local/sbin/pkg - found === Fetching all

Re: trouble building lsof?

2013-09-01 Thread Gary Aitken
On 09/01/13 20:34, ill...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 September 2013 22:32, ill...@gmail.com ill...@gmail.com wrote: On 1 September 2013 20:36, Gary Aitken vagab...@blackfoot.net wrote: portsnap and update just done, UPDATING shows nothing, /etc/make.conf contains WITH_PKGNG=yes I don't know

how to find where a port came from and rebuild with debug symbols

2013-08-24 Thread Gary Aitken
If I have a core file that implicates a library: #0 0x00080525cab0 in wxWindow::DoSetSize () from /usr/local/lib/libwx_gtk2u_core-2.8.so.0 and #16 0x0008056bf720 in wxAuiManager::Update () from /usr/local/lib/libwx_gtk2u_aui-2.8.so.0 and I want to find out which port these came from

Re: hugin?

2013-08-23 Thread Gary Aitken
On 08/23/13 07:10, Warren Block wrote: On Thu, 22 Aug 2013, Gary Aitken wrote: Is anyone using the current port of hugin successfully on 9.1? I've never used it before but an attempt to start it crashes: $ hugin /usr/local/share/hugin/data/plugins/top_five.py CAT:Control Points NAM:keep 5

Re: ipfw confusion

2013-08-22 Thread Gary Aitken
, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Gary Aitken vagab...@blackfoot.net wrote: On 08/19/13 00:36, Jason Cox wrote: Are you sure that your DNS requests are over TCP? DNS primarily uses UDP to serve requests. TCP is used when the response data size exceeds 512 bytes (I think), or for tasks such as zone transfers

hugin?

2013-08-22 Thread Gary Aitken
Is anyone using the current port of hugin successfully on 9.1? I've never used it before but an attempt to start it crashes: $ hugin /usr/local/share/hugin/data/plugins/top_five.py CAT:Control Points NAM:keep 5 CPs per image pair /usr/local/share/hugin/data/plugins/woa.py CAT:Control

ipfw confusion

2013-08-19 Thread Gary Aitken
I'm having some weird ipfw behavior, or it seems weird to me, and am looking for an explaination and then a way out. ipfw list ... 21109 allow tcp from any to 12.32.44.142 dst-port 53 in via tun0 setup keep-state 21129 allow tcp from any to 12.32.36.65 dst-port 53 in via tun0 setup keep-state

Re: ipfw confusion

2013-08-19 Thread Gary Aitken
On 08/19/13 11:53, OpenSlate ChalkDust wrote: On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Gary Aitken vagab...@blackfoot.net wrote: I'm having some weird ipfw behavior, or it seems weird to me, and am looking for an explaination and then a way out. ipfw list ... 21109 allow tcp from any

Re: ipfw confusion

2013-08-19 Thread Gary Aitken
which is being refused is a zone transfer request from a secondary which is a tcp request. Others are probably udp. On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Gary Aitken vagab...@blackfoot.netwrote: I'm having some weird ipfw behavior, or it seems weird to me, and am looking for an explaination

Re: Mouse Trails?

2013-08-18 Thread Gary Aitken
to where cursor was a second or so later the cursor reappears move the cursor and eyes follow it Gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd

Re: AMD Phenom II X4 temperature issues (was Re: hardware monitor)

2013-08-14 Thread Gary Aitken
On 08/04/13 17:22, Gary Aitken wrote: Ok, so now I see that my cpu temperature shoots up pretty dang fast when a build is going on. I'm running an AMD Phenom II X4 with the AMD-supplied fan in an ASUS M4A89TD PRO / USB3 motherboard. The system works fine unless I start a cpu-intensive

firefox audio / youtube crashes?

2013-08-08 Thread Gary Aitken
I think I should know this but I don't, and a search didn't turn up anything recent. It's my understanding firefox 22 with html5 should allow playing youtube videos without the flash plugin. But when I try to watch a youtube video, firefox crashes. I had this working on firefox 17 under 9.0 but

Re: can't build virtualbox-ose

2013-08-08 Thread Gary Aitken
On 08/08/13 05:22, felix wrote: hi,all when i build the port, it shows the following messages. === Installing for gnutls-2.12.23_1 === Generating temporary packing list === Checking if security/gnutls already installed === gnutls-2.12.23_1 is already installed You may wish to ``make

how to make mkinstalldirs

2013-08-04 Thread Gary Aitken
in the ports tree is 1.4. Gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: how to make mkinstalldirs

2013-08-04 Thread Gary Aitken
On 08/04/13 13:25, Eduardo Morras wrote: On Sun, 04 Aug 2013 12:24:46 -0600 Gary Aitken vagab...@blackfoot.net wrote: Can anyone give me some hints on how to manually (or automagically) create mkinstalldirs for a port? ports/graphics/ufraw fails to build due to install: /usr/local/share

hardware monitor

2013-08-04 Thread Gary Aitken
Can anyone suggest a hardware monitor app in the ports tree? I've got an amd64 which may have a temperature issue, but I can't see it to tell... Thanks, Gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

AMD Phenom II X4 temperature issues (was Re: hardware monitor)

2013-08-04 Thread Gary Aitken
. If I do that, I avoid the abrupt shutdown. Needless to say, this makes unattended operation a non-starter... Does anyone else have a similar setup they can provide me some related experience on? Thanks, Gary On 08/04/13 15:15, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 04 Aug 2013 14:48:56 -0600, Gary Aitken

Re: AMD Phenom II X4 temperature issues (was Re: hardware monitor)

2013-08-04 Thread Gary Aitken
On 08/04/13 17:22, Gary Aitken wrote: Ok, so now I see that my cpu temperature shoots up pretty dang fast when a build is going on. I'm running an AMD Phenom II X4 with the AMD-supplied fan in an ASUS M4A89TD PRO / USB3 motherboard. The system works fine unless I start a cpu-intensive

Re: AMD Phenom II X4 temperature issues (was Re: hardware monitor)

2013-08-04 Thread Gary Aitken
On 08/04/13 18:30, Frank Leonhardt wrote: On 05/08/2013 00:29, Gary Aitken wrote: On 08/04/13 17:22, Gary Aitken wrote: Ok, so now I see that my cpu temperature shoots up pretty dang fast when a build is going on. I'm running an AMD Phenom II X4 with the AMD-supplied fan in an ASUS

Re: AMD Phenom II X4 temperature issues (was Re: hardware monitor)

2013-08-04 Thread Gary Aitken
On 08/04/13 21:39, Frank Leonhardt wrote: On 05/08/2013 03:01, Gary Aitken wrote: 50C isn't crazy. Actually, the 50C figure is just where it shoots to for starters. Mfg specs say 62C max, so I stall the process when it gets around 59 and still climbing steeply. The manufactures specs I

x11-toolkits/open-motif build issue

2013-08-03 Thread Gary Aitken
screwed up in the environment but haven't a clue what it is. It looks like crt1.o is being included in the library build by mistake, and that's causing the undefined ref to _main. hints? Thanks, Gary gmake[1]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/x11-toolkits/open-motif/work/motif-2.3.4/tools

firefox build problem

2013-07-29 Thread Gary Aitken
just did a ports update, haven't done one for a few months. portmaster -w www/firefox craps out with: In file included from /usr/ports/www/firefox/work/mozilla-release/gfx/2d/Blur.cp p:7: In file included from ../../dist/include/mozilla/gfx/Blur.h:12:

Boot Error v7.4 Install

2013-07-01 Thread Gary Welles
. The installation to 16Gb SCSI ID:0 on a Dell PowerEdge Scalable Disk Subsystem 100 appears to go well, but always results in Boot Error. Any help would be appreciated, especially directing me to most appropriate discussion list/archive. Tks, -- Gary Gary Welles Old Mystic, CT USA

Re: buildworld selectively?

2013-06-09 Thread Gary J. Hayers
this? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- Regards, Gary J. Hayers g...@hayers.org PGP Signature http

Re: buildworld selectively?

2013-06-09 Thread Gary J. Hayers
No worries, no such thing as a silly question :) On 09/06/2013 20:51, Walter Hurry wrote: On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:56:10 +0100, Gary J. Hayers wrote: Have a read of the man page for /etc/src.conf On 09/06/2013 19:52, Walter Hurry wrote: As a relative newcomer to FreeBSD I am planning a 'make

which reader/tablet/whatever

2013-06-09 Thread Gary Kline
some kind of kindle or nook. how does amazon.com or bn.com get their new ebooks onto my reader? thanks in advance, gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix

Re: OT, i think...

2013-05-15 Thread Gary Kline
. :_) gary On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: guys, if goog had their browser from BSD it would help big-time; I use one of the zillions of linux distros for my desktop. I dont have a bleeding edge cell. just something to call the cops or access

OT, i think...

2013-05-12 Thread Gary Kline
work in chrome? in ffox, it's a simple edit-control-A thanks much, gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

re who wants thought.org post from last nightt...

2013-05-08 Thread Gary Kline
goes for the rest of the Nix groups. I would be much obliged for suggested input. enough for now gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community

who wants thought.org?

2013-05-07 Thread Gary Kline
throw this open while I can still Type!! gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

script or c prog to record live audio?

2013-05-06 Thread Gary Kline
guys, I've been meaning to ask one of the Nix lists if there is a script that will record something from kuow.org while I watch one of my favorite tv broadcasts. most of the time, nothing is on tv, but this one radio broadcast, AR co-insides with NOVA at 21:00. anybody know? -- Gary

Re: script or c prog to record live audio?

2013-05-06 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 07:24:29PM -0500, Joshua Isom wrote: On 5/6/2013 6:19 PM, Gary Kline wrote: guys, I've been meaning to ask one of the Nix lists if there is a script that will record something from kuow.org while I watch one of my favorite tv broadcasts. most of the time, nothing

Re: script or c prog to record live audio?

2013-05-06 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 11:40:06PM -0400, rpratt wrote: On Mon, 6 May 2013 16:19:02 -0700 Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: I've been meaning to ask one of the Nix lists if there is a script that will record something from kuow.org To play audio stream: mplayer -playlist 'http

Re: Youtube Flash Videos broken?

2013-04-08 Thread Gary Kline
has a Lot of westerns and I'd like to grab a couple. we can get 70 billion channels with barf comcast, but I dont see any of these old/old/old movies. [ several zillion tx. ] gary ps: yeah, I KNOW they are ===mostly=== mythic. but sometimes I just

Re: Youtube Flash Videos broken?

2013-04-08 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 03:38:16AM +, Walter Hurry wrote: On Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:28:15 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: Please excuse the top post Why? because most or all email is presented in oldest posts first. it is more work to decode. [[ esp'ly if you're o lder

mutt and http//url???

2013-03-22 Thread Gary Kline
, everybody, gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: mutt and http//url???

2013-03-22 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 01:20:18AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:36:15 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: in the past couple years i've sub'd to the nytimes and other places where the http string is several dozens of bytes. in my mutt at least, there are + marks

Re: mutt and http//url???

2013-03-22 Thread Gary Kline
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 08:39:07PM -0400, Karl Vogel wrote: On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:36:15 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org said: G in the past couple years i've sub'd to the nytimes and other places G where the http string is several dozens of bytes. in my mutt at least, G

Re: Can't fetch boost-jam

2013-03-15 Thread Gary Dunn
Open Slate openslateproj at gmail.com writes: For several days I have not been able to update my ports due to fetch errors. Right now the first port portupgrade wants to update is devel/boost-jam. [snip] Still cannot build this port today. Same problem.

Re: rm -R

2013-03-02 Thread Gary Kline
list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community

Re: jail and networking

2013-02-20 Thread Gary Hayers
J testbox is the host. I assume you setup the /etc/resolv.conf? I have found that my network does not start until I have this setup. -- Regards, Gary J. Hayers g...@hayers.org PGP Signature http://www.hayers.org/pgp ___ freebsd-questions

clicking on URL'S in mutt.

2013-02-18 Thread Gary Kline
guys, for some reason, kmail is busted and I need a way of getting mutt to spawn firefox. Anybody? gary ps: this is from a linujx desktop running kde... ps ive got urlview [??] but it lists dozens of http links:: lost. -- Gary Kline

Re: clicking on URL'S in mutt.

2013-02-18 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 06:39:45AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:04:05 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: for some reason, kmail is busted and I need a way of getting mutt to spawn firefox. Anybody? I can only suggest the most basic method (which should work with any text

off-topic....

2013-02-07 Thread Gary Kline
is written in hieroglyphics. enough. gary ps: I t is worth noting that my vbc wworks on freebsd so long as youve got espeak and the gtk stuff. -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years

Re: Booting issue with 9.1-RELEASE and net4801

2013-02-04 Thread Gary Aitken
- (3.5k) Notice in the above partition 1, labeled gptboot (a label I gave it) That's the boot code, which can be written as follows: gpart bootcode -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ada1 assuming the system you're running on has /boot/gptboot on it. Gary

Re: which X driver for NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M?

2013-02-03 Thread Gary Aitken
with the current x11/nvidia-driver port http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html I have a GT-610 and it is also not listed. I am in the process of upgrading to 9.1 as well, but am fighting a bad SSD and have to reconfigure. Don't know if this helps or not... Gary

Re: which X driver for NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M?

2013-02-03 Thread Gary Aitken
On 02/03/13 08:53, Gary Aitken wrote: On 02/03/13 03:33, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: I'm considering buying this Thinkpad T61p laptop: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321063105251 It lists this graphics card: NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M I'm not sure what driver, if any, will support it. There seems

Re: which X driver for NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M?

2013-02-03 Thread Gary Aitken
The nvidia legacy driver page does not list that card, so it may be supported with the current x11/nvidia-driver port http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html I have a GT-610 and it is also not listed. I am in the process of upgrading to 9.1 as well, but am fighting a bad SSD and have

Re: which X driver for NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M?

2013-02-03 Thread Gary Aitken
On 02/03/13 11:32, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 3 Feb 2013 11:29:30 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wrote: On Sun, 3 Feb 2013, Gary Aitken wrote: I suspect it is from building the nvidia driver, as those Makefiles use X11BASE= /usr/X11R6 Last I heard from the ports guys, that is obsolete

Re: which X driver for NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M?

2013-02-03 Thread Gary Aitken
On 02/03/13 13:34, Warren Block wrote: On Sun, 3 Feb 2013, Gary Aitken wrote: On 02/03/13 11:32, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 3 Feb 2013 11:29:30 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wrote: On Sun, 3 Feb 2013, Gary Aitken wrote: I suspect it is from building the nvidia driver, as those Makefiles use

Re: which X driver for NVIDIA Quadro FX 570M?

2013-02-03 Thread Gary Aitken
On 02/03/13 16:11, Warren Block wrote: On Sun, 3 Feb 2013, Gary Aitken wrote: For the OP, I (just now) got the nvidia driver and x to compile and run under 9.1 as follows: 1. make and install the x11/xorg port 2. create the symlink /usr/X11R6 to point to /usr/local if /usr/X11R6 already

Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues

2013-02-01 Thread Gary Aitken
I've got a Crucial m4 SSD which needs a firmware upgrade. From the Crucial website I've downloaded an image which supposedly is an iso image bootable from either CD or a usb stick. Since the fbsd install images are different for booting from cd and usb flash drives (the flash image is

Re: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues

2013-02-01 Thread Gary Aitken
On 02/01/13 11:03, Sean Cavanaugh wrote: -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Gary Aitken Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 12:55 PM To: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb

Re: Crucial SSD firmware upgrade -- usb flash drive issues

2013-02-01 Thread Gary Aitken
On 02/01/13 22:06, Zoran Kolic wrote: If I understand correctly, it is iso image from ssd manufacturer. They tend to think everybody uses win and has cd drive. Quick search might give easy answer, if win/linux box is available. You could try out unetbootin. Tutorial says it takes an image and

9.1 install wipes out gpart boot blocks?

2013-01-30 Thread Gary Aitken
I used gpart to set up a new disk, then went through a 9.1 install. Everything seemed to go fine, but when time came to boot the new drive, it wouldn't boot. When doing the 9.1 install, I selected the disk and had to assign the partitions to the various filesystems. AFIK, I did not otherwise

help with SVN needed {slightly off-topic}

2013-01-20 Thread Gary Kline
: what now? do I create a svn directory here? or do I ftp/scp/?? things to the voice-by-computer account to the google.code project? thanks for any help. gary ps: from the ``ya don' hafta be a hacker to help Dept:'' a speech therapist

Re: suggestions wanted.... {OT}

2013-01-12 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 06:41:43AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:52:16 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: I'm looking for a small and portable tablet [or whatever] device to use on the once-every-75-years when I do get out. I am not looking for a cell phone. the one I

Re: suggestions wanted.... {OT}

2013-01-12 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 12:51:19PM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:52:16 -0800 Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: note that this question is =OT=. sorry if this is a re-request for clues. I =did= ask a very similar question a year or three

suggestions wanted.... {OT}

2013-01-11 Thread Gary Kline
-years when I do get out. I am not looking for a cell phone. the one I have works fine for auto- dialing whoever. instead, im thinking of something with a small screen and somekind of keyboard. it has to have a speaker. some version of 'unix' is essential. -- Gary

Re: AARGH... give me some idea for ad-blockers

2013-01-08 Thread Gary Kline
On Tue, Jan 08, 2013 at 11:16:05AM +0100, Harald Weis wrote: On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 07:40:37PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: itHOught I'd ask the best list which ad-blocking software I should use. firefox is my std browsers; also use ixquick. thanks for some

which version of FBSD should i install?

2013-01-08 Thread Gary Kline
at 3.06GHz. should clue me in on how much stuff I need to compile to test. I want the Gnome Desktop, espeak, and gvim. If there is a CD or DVD with 9.x, can somebody give me a URL? tia, gary PS: The reason that vbc is only almost finished is that I

Re: which version of FBSD should i install?

2013-01-08 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 12:55:49PM +0700, Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 18:55:04 -0800 Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: ms well use my 2005 Thinkpad. it is reasonably fast at 3.06GHz. should clue me in on how much stuff I need to compile to test. You should

Re: sendmail not working

2013-01-07 Thread Gary Aitken
On 01/07/13 19:45, Robert Huff wrote: On a system running: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Dec 30 12:52:09 EST 2012 amd64 I have compiled sendmail following the instructions in the cyrus-sasl port. Sendmail starts, but no mail is processed either way. /var/log/maillog

Re: AARGH... give me some idea for ad-blockers

2013-01-07 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 04:44:18PM +0200, Aldis Berjoza wrote: 07.01.2013, 05:43, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org: itHOught I'd ask the best list which ad-blocking software I should use. firefox is my std browsers; also use ixquick. thanks for some tips

Re: somewhat OT ... in parts

2013-01-06 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Jan 05, 2013 at 08:43:18AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 13:59:45 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 08:03:39AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 18:27:38 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: one question I have may solve the problem of vim

AARGH... give me some idea for ad-blockers

2013-01-06 Thread Gary Kline
itHOught I'd ask the best list which ad-blocking software I should use. firefox is my std browsers; also use ixquick. thanks for some tips, gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six

Re: somewhat OT ... in parts

2013-01-05 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Jan 05, 2013 at 08:43:18AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 13:59:45 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 08:03:39AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 18:27:38 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: one question I have may solve the problem of vim

Re: somewhat OT ... in parts

2013-01-04 Thread Gary Kline
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 08:03:39AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 18:27:38 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: one question I have may solve the problem of vim displaying all the ^/search terms and displaying them in some color. the default brown is awful, but dark blue isn't

Re: somewhat OT ... in parts

2013-01-04 Thread Gary Kline
On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 06:09:53AM -0800, Devin Teske wrote: On Jan 3, 2013, at 11:03 PM, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 18:27:38 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: one question I have may solve the problem of vim displaying all the ^/search terms and displaying them in some color

Re: somewhat OT ... in parts

2013-01-03 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 07:27:41AM +0100, Polytropon wrote: On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 18:53:05 -0800, Gary Kline wrote: one reason ive stuck with vim-as-vi was of the colors that vim defaults to. I'v fought the dark/crap/puke brown /search color that seems to be the default on my

Re: somewhat OT ... in parts

2013-01-03 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 08:44:22AM -0500, Rod Person wrote: On Wed, 2 Jan 2013 18:53:05 -0800 Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: thanks in advance for a few url's. I love this color scheme, I use it for everything. There is a vim specific version...http://ethanschoonover.com

somewhat OT ... in parts

2013-01-02 Thread Gary Kline
. gary PS: OH; the offtopic thing. I'm done, or =very= close with my voice by computer program. It's in C with gtk and AFAICT works only on linux. ive got a few months of cleaning up before release 0.51 will be finished. in the FBSD world, this would

which C function is best to check for directory EXISTANCE?

2012-12-18 Thread Gary Kline
to it? in other words, can playing around with access() and stat() be best? is there any new dirstat(PATh) that would work? just want to see which way is best? dank mucho, y'all! gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix

Re: switching from i386 to amd64

2012-12-16 Thread Gary Aitken
On 12/16/12 04:00, Aryeh Friedman wrote: I have been using i386 (-STABLE) for years now and was wondering if switching to amd64 finally makes sense (i.e. are enough ports working on it now [xfrce4, firefox, libreoffice, openjdk-6, tomcat, mysql, apache22, flash, cups, devel/aegis, devel/cook,

mfiutil stating battery not present after installing battery

2012-12-16 Thread Gary Newcombe
(1167966208 sectors) RAID volume '' is optimal Has anyone seen this sort of behaviour before or have any pointers? Thanks, Gary. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

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