Re: FreeBSD 5.3 and ed0 [SOLVED]

2004-11-07 Thread Gerard Samuel
Gerard Samuel wrote: Gerard Samuel wrote: Gerard Samuel wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 09:29:27PM -0500, Gerard Samuel wrote: Im trying to move from FreeBSD 4.10 to 5.3. When I used to install 3.x/4.x on this box, I would configure the network card during the install

/etc/dhclient.conf syntax?

2004-11-07 Thread Gerard Samuel
I cant seem to get a custom version of /etc/resolv.conf to stick. dhclient keeps overwriting it with data from my ISP's dhcp server. This is what I have in /etc/dhclient.conf - interface ed0 { supercede domain-name trini0.org; prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1; } And for some reason,

FreeBSD 5.3 and ed0

2004-11-06 Thread Gerard Samuel
Im trying to move from FreeBSD 4.10 to 5.3. When I used to install 3.x/4.x on this box, I would configure the network card during the install process. According to the manual, the device config part of the install, was taken out, but the network card doesnt get identified by FreeBSD 5.3. I tried

Re: FreeBSD 5.3 and ed0

2004-11-06 Thread Gerard Samuel
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 09:29:27PM -0500, Gerard Samuel wrote: Im trying to move from FreeBSD 4.10 to 5.3. When I used to install 3.x/4.x on this box, I would configure the network card during the install process. According to the manual, the device config part

Re: FreeBSD 5.3 and ed0

2004-11-06 Thread Gerard Samuel
Gerard Samuel wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 09:29:27PM -0500, Gerard Samuel wrote: Im trying to move from FreeBSD 4.10 to 5.3. When I used to install 3.x/4.x on this box, I would configure the network card during the install process. According to the manual, the device

Re: First questions: rebuilding world

2004-11-06 Thread Gerard Samuel
Joseph H. Fry wrote: Hello everyone! Seeing as how this is my first post to this fine mailing list, I first want to make sure that my message is formatted properly. I'm using MS Outlook (cringe) and don't want to offend anyone if it's formatted incorrectly. Looks fine to me in Thunderbird...

Re: FreeBSD 5.3 and ed0

2004-11-06 Thread Gerard Samuel
Gerard Samuel wrote: Gerard Samuel wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 09:29:27PM -0500, Gerard Samuel wrote: Im trying to move from FreeBSD 4.10 to 5.3. When I used to install 3.x/4.x on this box, I would configure the network card during the install process. According

Re: First questions: rebuilding world

2004-11-06 Thread Gerard Samuel
Joseph H. Fry wrote: Once in single user mode, ssh is out of the question. In single user mode, only *person* can login, and that is at the actual terminal. Depending on the situation, for example. My firewall is at the other side of the house, without a keyboard/monitor. Since the box doesn't

FreeBSD 5.3 and XFree86

2004-11-03 Thread Gerard Samuel
I just upgraded from 5.2.1 to 5.3. When running startx, it ends up with this error - Fatal server error: xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O So I uninstalled XFree86, and reinstalled it, while including this in /etc/make.conf - X_WINDOW_SYSTEM=xfree86-4 XFree86 installed

Re: FreeBSD 5.3 and XFree86

2004-11-03 Thread Gerard Samuel
Marc Fonvieille wrote: On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 09:32:07AM -0500, Gerard Samuel wrote: I just upgraded from 5.2.1 to 5.3. When running startx, it ends up with this error - Fatal server error: xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O [...] device io etc. are not in your

Upgrading 5.2.1 to 5.3R2

2004-11-02 Thread Gerard Samuel
Ok, so I upgraded, ran mergemaster, and merged /etc/group (and /etc/master.passwd I think) via mergemaster. I merged those files to retain my non root user account. I rebooted, and I haven't been able to log into my non root account. I tried to readd the account via adduser, but it says that the

Re: Upgrading 5.2.1 to 5.3R2 (Maybe a problem adding a user)

2004-11-02 Thread Gerard Samuel
Gerard Samuel wrote: Ok, so I upgraded, ran mergemaster, and merged /etc/group (and /etc/master.passwd I think) via mergemaster. I merged those files to retain my non root user account. I rebooted, and I haven't been able to log into my non root account. I tried to readd the account via adduser

Re: Upgrading 5.2.1 to 5.3R2 (Maybe a problem adding a user) [SOLVED]

2004-11-02 Thread Gerard Samuel
Gerard Samuel wrote: Gerard Samuel wrote: Ok, so I upgraded, ran mergemaster, and merged /etc/group (and /etc/master.passwd I think) via mergemaster. I merged those files to retain my non root user account. I rebooted, and I haven't been able to log into my non root account. I tried to readd

Determining original FBSD version

2004-10-31 Thread Gerard Samuel
I plan on making the move to 5.3 on boxes running 4.10 via a fresh install. The thought came to me as to what was the original version of FreeBSD did I install on those boxes. Usually I upgrade the boxes via build/install world. If there is way to find out, that it would be interesting to know. If

Re: Determining original FBSD version

2004-10-31 Thread Gerard Samuel
jason wrote: Gerard Samuel wrote: I plan on making the move to 5.3 on boxes running 4.10 via a fresh install. The thought came to me as to what was the original version of FreeBSD did I install on those boxes. Usually I upgrade the boxes via build/install world. If there is way to find out

Re: Determining original FBSD version

2004-10-31 Thread Gerard Samuel
Jeremy Faulkner wrote: On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 18:59, Gerard Samuel wrote: jason wrote: Gerard Samuel wrote: I plan on making the move to 5.3 on boxes running 4.10 via a fresh install. The thought came to me as to what was the original version of FreeBSD did I install on those boxes

Re: starting apache2 just hangs

2004-10-29 Thread Gerard Samuel
asolomon15 wrote: I am having a problem starting my apache webserver. I had it running just fine but a few days ago I had a power outage. When trying to start the apache it will just hang there and not start at all. Anyone have any ideas? Is some form of dns running? Usually, when my

Multilink PPP over UDP Tunnel

2004-10-26 Thread Gerard D.
issues I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks -Gerard ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fatal trap??

2004-10-21 Thread Gerard Samuel
The box usually runs without any problems, but anyone have any idea what caused the box to reboot with this error? Hardware maybe? FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE-p3 Thanks - Oct 21 17:27:34 hivemind /kernel: Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode Oct 21 17:27:34 hivemind /kernel: fault virtual

Re: What version of FBSD does Yahoo run?

2004-10-06 Thread Gerard Samuel
Jonathon McKitrick wrote: On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 09:07:44AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: : On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 05:01:32PM +0100, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: : : I would expect they are running 4.x, but does anyone know if they have : migrated any production boxes to 5.x? Are they

Convert WMV to AVI, MOV or ASF format

2004-10-05 Thread Gerard Seibert
I need a program to convert WMV video files to either AVI, MOV or ASF format. Could someone supply me with a good recommendation for one? Thanks Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Q. If your wife keeps coming out of the kitchen to nag you, what have you done wrong? A. Made her chain too long

Re: Port Freeze

2004-10-03 Thread Gerard Samuel
Raman wrote: Hi, I thought this port freeze was only supposed to last 2 weeks from Sept 3rd. Just wondering what is taking so long. Until portmanager says so. 5.3 is still being tested, so when things settle down, things are as they are for the time being...

Re: Starting apache at boot with SSL.

2004-10-02 Thread Gerard Samuel
Eric Crist wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello all, I must be missing something. I have apache starting correctly during boot, but without SSL. I have to log in and type apachectl startssl to get it to work correctly. What did I miss? From /usr/ports/UPDATING

Re: Platforms

2004-10-01 Thread David Gerard
Bill Moran wrote: Windows users love Windows at first, then grow to hate it. BSD users hate FreeBSD at first, but grow to love it. Windows is a luxury car with all the electric devices and trim. And it's all shoddy and breaks in a few months. Unix is a Land Rover with NOTHING fitted. But

Mouse wheel on XOrg 6.7.0 (FreeBSD 5.3-beta5)

2004-09-25 Thread David Gerard
I've just installed the latest 5.3 beta with XOrg 6.7.0. The mouse works, except I can't get the mouse wheel to work. The mouse section of xorg.conf is as follows: Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol Auto Option Device

Re: Confirm your SecurityProNews subscription

2004-09-25 Thread Gerard Seibert
. | | | |-- |Best regards, |Chris | |There's no time like the present for postponing |what you don't want to do. ** Reply Separator ** Saturday, September 25, 2004 11:05:00 AM I certainly hope that this BS will cease soon. Obviously someone with too much time on their hands. Gerard E. Seibert

Re: Mouse wheel on XOrg 6.7.0 (FreeBSD 5.3-beta5)

2004-09-25 Thread David Gerard
Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote: David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just installed the latest 5.3 beta with XOrg 6.7.0. The mouse works, except I can't get the mouse wheel to work. The mouse section of xorg.conf is as follows: I recently switched to X.org without changing any of my

Re: Mouse wheel on XOrg 6.7.0 (FreeBSD 5.3-beta5)

2004-09-25 Thread David Gerard
Joe Altman wrote: On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 12:44:46PM +0100, David Gerard wrote: The mouse section of xorg.conf is as follows: Option Protocol Auto Case on the word auto? Check the log to see if the Protocol Auto is unknown, or otherwise throws an error. Appears not: (**) Option

Re: Mouse wheel on XOrg 6.7.0 (FreeBSD 5.3-beta5)

2004-09-25 Thread David Gerard
Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote: I have been using PS/2 for mouse and keyboard since I got my first ATX-board. I tried a USB-mouse once, under Linux, and it didn't work, so I never tried again... ;-/ If it has to do with the mouse being a USB-mouse, I'm out of my element. =( The same mouse on the

Re[2]: setiathome

2004-09-22 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Wednesday, September 22, 2004 2:52:30 AM Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | -Original Message- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gerard Seibert | Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 3:18 PM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: Re: setiathome

Re: setiathome

2004-09-21 Thread Gerard Seibert
version of BOINC, although hopefully it will be soon. Personally, I run BOINC, with a total of three different projects on a WinXP machine. It runs there flawlessly. Just my 2 cents! Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http

Re: mini-itx posting.

2004-09-17 Thread Gerard Samuel
borg wrote: Greetings, I want to post some info on a mini-itx mobo I bought, so other users can benefit from that. can I post that to freebsd-questions@ ? If not what's the right list ? My guess is it probably would be better to post to -hardware.

Re: BIND9 REPLACE BASE BIND8

2004-09-14 Thread Gerard Samuel
Joshua Lewis wrote: I have been having been having some issues with BIND that have been driving me up the wall. I believe I may have located the problem. I believe I had both BIND8 and BIND9 installed on the same system. So I am reinstalling from the ports collection and overwriting BIND8

Re: linux-flash6 crashes firefox on 5.3BETA

2004-09-14 Thread Gerard Samuel
Jason Porter wrote: so I deleted the plugin I think you answered your self here. You can also look at - http://www.packetwatch.net/documents/guides/freebsd/flash6.php I haven't tried this method... ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: Omni Drivers for a Canon Printer

2004-09-13 Thread Gerard Seibert
** Monday, September 13, 2004 5:42:12 AM I do not know if this will be of any help or not, but you might want to check it out. This is the URL where I located a driver for my Canon S630 printer. http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi Good Luck! Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: portsdb/ruby issues - work around

2004-09-06 Thread Gerard Seibert
read your post. Right now 'portupgrade' is running and it seems to be running correctly. I am not sure exactly what 'portindex' and 'portindexdb' do, since there is no manual for them. I assume that there are no command line switches either. Anyway, that is just my 2 cents. Gerard Seibert [EMAIL

Error installing 'kdelibs3'

2004-09-02 Thread Gerard Seibert
update? Would this prove to be a bad move? Also, why doesn't the new library simply replace the old one without having to remove anything else? Thanks! Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http

Re: portupgrade, portsdb -U failing, ruby dumping core

2004-09-02 Thread Gerard Seibert
become so unstable that I may have to dump it and start over. Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Renaming files using find

2004-08-31 Thread Gerard Samuel
Im trying to rename a few files with the .dist extension. Im trying - hivemind# find . -name '*.dist' -exec cp {} `basename {} .dist` \; And Im getting - cp: ./html.php.dist and ./html.php.dist are identical (not copied). cp: ./horde.php.dist and ./horde.php.dist are identical (not copied). cp:

Re: Renaming files using find

2004-08-31 Thread Gerard Samuel
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2004-08-31 11:15, Gerard Samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im trying to rename a few files with the .dist extension. Im trying - hivemind# find . -name '*.dist' -exec cp {} `basename {} .dist` \; And Im getting - cp: ./html.php.dist and ./html.php.dist are identical

Re: Alcatel SpeedTouch 330 USB + FreeBSD 5.2.1 + PPPoE -- a nightmare!

2004-08-29 Thread David Gerard
Hugo Silva ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040829 08:53]: Today I went to a friend's house to install FreeBSD on his workstation, trying to make him change to open source software. I am a cable user and he has ADSL. I had never configured ADSL on FreeBSD, nor USB connections to the net. So I did some

Portmanager Crash

2004-08-27 Thread Gerard Seibert
(gdb) quit I hope that this proves to be of some use. Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

portmanager (pmStatus) crash

2004-08-27 Thread Gerard Seibert
in __JCR_LIST__ () from /usr/local/lib/libPMGR.0 #2 0x08048abf in main () at pmStatus.c:60 #3 0x080489a2 in _start () (gdb) quit I hope this proves to be of some help in solving the problem. Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing

Re[4]: Error When Attempting to Use portmanager

2004-08-26 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Thursday, August 26, 2004 4:45:00 AM Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 06:30:17PM -0400, Gerard Seibert wrote: | | OK, I am not that knowledgable about compiling programs, etc. Exactly how | do I recompile with (-g flag on cc). Does this cause it to get

Re[2]: Error When Attempting to Use portmanager

2004-08-25 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Wednesday, August 25, 2004 2:02:44 AM Michael C. Shultz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |On Tuesday 24 August 2004 4:02 pm, Gerard Seibert wrote: | -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- | Hash: SHA1 | | System information: | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ uname -a | FreeBSD rcn.com 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1

Re[3]: Error When Attempting to Use portmanager

2004-08-25 Thread Gerard Seibert
anyone have a suggestion? | | Thanks | | Gerard Seibert | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |Hello, | |Nice to hear something about portmanager: i hope we can push it forward. |Regarding that issue you're facing, i think recompiling with symbols |(-g flag on cc) and getting a backtrace of this fault would please

Re: Embedded freebsd How to?

2004-08-24 Thread Gerard Samuel
Andrew L. Gould wrote: On Monday 23 August 2004 11:21 pm, Gerard Samuel wrote: Andrew L. Gould wrote: On Monday 23 August 2004 07:41 pm, Gerard Samuel wrote: Well I've been using FBSD since 3.4, and I would like to try my hand at trying to put together an embedded FBSD system. I browsed the -small

Re: Embedded freebsd How to?

2004-08-24 Thread Gerard Samuel
Murray Taylor wrote: On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 23:26, Gerard Samuel wrote: Andrew L. Gould wrote: On Monday 23 August 2004 11:21 pm, Gerard Samuel wrote: Andrew L. Gould wrote: On Monday 23 August 2004 07:41 pm, Gerard Samuel wrote: Well I've been using FBSD since 3.4, and I would like to try my

Embedded freebsd How to?

2004-08-23 Thread Gerard Samuel
Well I've been using FBSD since 3.4, and I would like to try my hand at trying to put together an embedded FBSD system. I browsed the -small mailing list, but there doesnt seem to be any relevant up to date data there (I may be mistaken). I did a bit of googling, but Im not finding what Im looking

Re: Embedded freebsd How to?

2004-08-23 Thread Gerard Samuel
Andrew L. Gould wrote: On Monday 23 August 2004 07:41 pm, Gerard Samuel wrote: Well I've been using FBSD since 3.4, and I would like to try my hand at trying to put together an embedded FBSD system. I browsed the -small mailing list, but there doesnt seem to be any relevant up to date data

Re: Top posting solution

2004-08-11 Thread Gerard Seibert
could if I wanted to. Any user who does not need the wealth of features built into it would be doing him or herself a favor by utilizing a less sophisticated email program. There is a glut of them on the market today. Just my 2. Gerard Seibert gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED

make command to fetch a new index

2004-08-08 Thread Gerard Seibert
on this? Thanks! Gerard E. Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] I never make mistakes. I thought I did once, but I was wrong. Anonymous ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

Acquiring CPAN Modules

2004-08-03 Thread Gerard Seibert
The modules seem to work correctly however. Several modules that I want, I cannot find in the FreeBSD Ports collections. Does anyone have any suggestions, or is using CPAN the only way to get Perl modules installed? Thanks! Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED

BerkeleyDB 4.2

2004-07-25 Thread Gerard Seibert
I have tried to locate the latest version of the BerkeleyDB. It is version 4.2 I believe. I cannot find it in the ports collection. If it is in fact not available through the ports collection, would it be all right to just download the program and install it? Thanks! Gerard Seibert [EMAIL

Re: BerkeleyDB 4.2

2004-07-25 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Sunday, July 25, 2004 1:46:04 PM Karol Kwiatkowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 14:39:45 +0200 |From: Karol Kwiatkowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: BerkeleyDB 4.2 |To: Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Content-Type

Reference to freeBSD 5.3

2004-07-18 Thread Gerard Seibert
In the FreeBSD Handbook, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html there is a reference to freeBSD 5.3. Is this a misprint, wishfull thinking, or perhaps a glimpse of what is to come? Thanks Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** They couldn't

Means of trimming files

2004-06-29 Thread Gerard Samuel
When editing php files, via the command line, there is a newline character after the closing ? Im looking for a command that would trim files, so that I can append it to the find command. find ./ -name '*.php' -exec SOME_COMMAND {} \; Thanks ___

Re: Means of trimming files

2004-06-29 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Tuesday 29 June 2004 01:07 pm, Bill Moran wrote: Gerard Samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When editing php files, via the command line, there is a newline character after the closing ? Im looking for a command that would trim files, so that I can append it to the find command. find

Re: Means of trimming files

2004-06-29 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Tuesday 29 June 2004 01:07 pm, Bill Moran wrote: Gerard Samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When editing php files, via the command line, there is a newline character after the closing ? Im looking for a command that would trim files, so that I can append it to the find command. find

Re: Means of trimming files

2004-06-29 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Tuesday 29 June 2004 04:04 pm, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Tuesday 29 June 2004 01:07 pm, Bill Moran wrote: Gerard Samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When editing php files, via the command line, there is a newline character after the closing ? Im looking for a command that would

Re: Means of trimming files

2004-06-29 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Tuesday 29 June 2004 04:21 pm, Gerard Samuel wrote: So Ill start using truncate() for now, and start investigating perl. Thanks As I was writing the previous email, I thought about combining find with php's cli interface and came up with this dirty command (all in one line) - find

Re: Coping and Pasting from console

2004-06-25 Thread Gerard Seibert
have info on how to set that up also. ** Reply Separator ** Friday, June 25, 2004 5:16:40 AM I have a a Compaq USB Wireless Optical Mouse. It actually has five buttons, but I doubt that, that matters. I would be interested in your setup routine. Thanks! Gerard Seibert [EMAIL

Re: atapi/cam driver

2004-06-22 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Tuesday 22 June 2004 08:28 am, Simon Barner wrote: Hi, your kernel configuration looks good: # ATA and ATAPI devices device ata device atadisk # ATA disk drives device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives options

atapi/cam driver

2004-06-21 Thread Gerard Samuel
Im trying to set it up, and Im not getting any real output from camcontrol devlist. Im following instructions from http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-cds.html#ATAPICAM. dmesg only shows the devices as atapi devices, and not scsi. Does anyone have an idea where Im

Which PGP version to use question

2004-06-20 Thread Gerard Seibert
compatible with the version I have on my WinXP machines? Also, I would need the ability to upload to a keyserver. Thanks! Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Where in the nursery rhyme does it say Humpty Dumpty is an egg? -- Anonymous ___ [EMAIL

atapi/cam driver

2004-06-20 Thread Gerard Samuel
Im trying to set it up, and Im not getting any real output from camcontrol devlist. Im following instructions from http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-cds.html#ATAPICAM. dmesg only shows the devices as atapi devices, and not scsi. Does anyone have an idea where Im

Re: MySQL Advice

2004-06-20 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Sunday 20 June 2004 02:48 pm, Graham Bentley wrote: freebsd# /usr/local/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h freebsd.mydomain.com password mypassword /usr/local/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'freebsd.mydomain.com' failed error: 'Host 'freebsd.mydomain.com' is not allowed to connect to this

Means of traversing a directory

2004-06-17 Thread Gerard Samuel
For a shell script. The scenario. Im running tar(1) to make a tar ball of a directory using the --newer-mtime to only get newer files after a specified date. Unfortunately, it also creates unwanted empty directories. Is there a way to scan the directory (recursively) into an array, and loop over

Re: Problems running Tar (1) for newer files

2004-06-17 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Thursday 17 June 2004 11:06 am, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Gerard Samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Im trying to create a tar ball by running - tar -c -N 'Jun 1 2004' -f ../dev.tar * I keep getting this error - tar: More than one threshold date Can anyone see what Im doing wrong? Im

Re: Means of traversing a directory

2004-06-17 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Thursday 17 June 2004 10:31 am, Richard Caley wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gerard Samuel (gs) writes: gs Im running tar(1) to make a tar ball of a directory using the gs --newer-mtime to only get newer files after a specified date. gs Unfortunately, it also creates unwanted empty

Re: Resulting difference between 2 directories

2004-06-16 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Wednesday 16 June 2004 09:12 am, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Gerard Samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tuesday 15 June 2004 05:04 pm, Julian M. Mason wrote: Given that, though, half an hour with a {python, perl, php, shell, etc} {book, website} will probably produce a better result. So

Problems running Tar (1) for newer files

2004-06-16 Thread Gerard Samuel
Im trying to create a tar ball by running - tar -c -N 'Jun 1 2004' -f ../dev.tar * I keep getting this error - tar: More than one threshold date Can anyone see what Im doing wrong? Im running FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p6 Thanks ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Resulting difference between 2 directories

2004-06-15 Thread Gerard Samuel
The scenario. I have 2 snapshots of a CVS repository (old new), and I would like to execute a script/command that goes through the directories, and produces another directory, that contains, the difference of the 2 directories where it contains all the newer files/directories. So basically, Im

Re: Resulting difference between 2 directories

2004-06-15 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Tuesday 15 June 2004 05:04 pm, Julian M. Mason wrote: Given that, though, half an hour with a {python, perl, php, shell, etc} {book, website} will probably produce a better result. So I thought. I'll start getting my thoughts together for the code. Thanks

Converting/Manipulating RPMs for FBSD environment

2004-06-07 Thread Gerard Samuel
A few weeks ago, I purchased a network printer, but unfortunately, I was unable to print to it from FreeBSD. They (Brother), recently release LPR drivers for the printer, but unfortunately, only as RPMs, intended for Linux distros. I have installed the rpm port, but trying to extract it, gives

Re: Converting/Manipulating RPMs for FBSD environment

2004-06-07 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Monday 07 June 2004 01:36 pm, Fernando Gleiser wrote: On Mon, 7 Jun 2004, Gerard Samuel wrote: A few weeks ago, I purchased a network printer, but unfortunately, I was unable to print to it from FreeBSD. They (Brother), recently release LPR drivers for the printer, but unfortunately

Changing SendMail Port Number

2004-06-05 Thread Gerard Seibert
This is probably a stupid question, but how do I change the SMTP port number that SendMail listens in on? I want to change it to something else, like perhaps 24. My ISP is blocking 25 and I want to get around that problem. Thanks! Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED

Making chmod changes static

2004-05-31 Thread Gerard Seibert
the only user on this computer. Thanks! Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] QUOTE OF THE DAY: I drink to make other people interesting. -- George Jean ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

Re[2]: Making chmod changes static

2004-05-31 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Monday, May 31, 2004 4:59:58 PM Simon Barner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I need to make both the floppy drive (fd0), the internal zip dive (afd0) | and the cdrom (acd0) usable by any user without having to use 'sudo' or go | the 'su' route. | |Hi, | |you want /dev/devfs.conf (see devfs(8) for

Problem after installing 'lprng'

2004-05-30 Thread Gerard Seibert
appreciate any assistance that someone can afford me. Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problem after installing 'lprng'

2004-05-30 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Sunday 30 May 2004 09:42 am, Matthew Seaman wrote: On Sun, May 30, 2004 at 09:12:53AM -0400, Gerard Seibert wrote: Obligatory OS system info: uname -a FreeBSD rcn.com 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 23 20:45:55 GMT 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys

Tool to rotate AVIs?

2004-05-29 Thread David Gerard
I have a shiny new digital camera, a Casio EX-S20. Haven't got it talking to the FreeBSD box yet (though it claims to do umass), but that's another story. It does video clips as AVIs. The AVIs are viewable in KDE3 aKtion!, so that's fine. But I'm after a tool to rotate them from landscape to

Re: Sounds breaks up with 5.2-STABLE

2004-05-25 Thread Gerard Seibert
, 2004 5:33:09 AM I have been experiencing the same sort of problem using an old Compaq 5140 with an ESS ES1869 (Compag OEM) sound card. It rarely works while using KDE. Gerard E. Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself

Proper way to start a program at log-on

2004-05-23 Thread Gerard Seibert
' file. Since everything seems to be workings correctly, I assume that I have done this correctly. If there is a better way to do this, I would appreciate receiving the information. Thanks! Gerard E. Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Cannot Login After Using Kuser to setup Accounts

2004-05-19 Thread Gerard Seibert
| Savill Way ** Reply Separator ** Wednesday, May 19, 2004 6:19:56 PM I had the exact same problem recently. I reported it as a bug to KDE. That bug report is still open as far as I can tell. It appears to be a randomly occurring phenomena. Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Possible Virus

2004-05-16 Thread Gerard Seibert
. BTW, are you running any AV software? If so, and assuming it is current, it should have detected any attached virus or Trojan horse paraphernalia. -- Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. - Ralph Waldo

Re: HP Printer not working?

2004-05-15 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Thursday 03 June 2004 03:48 pm, David Telyas wrote: Hi all I have an i386 running FreeBSD 5.2.1 and KDE, but I can't get my printer working. It's a HP Deskjet 5550 connected via USB. I've heard about lpd and cups, but don't know which one to use or what the difference is. So can anyone

The correct way to run make

2004-05-14 Thread Gerard Samuel
Looking for an official answer, as I think I've used multiple ways to apply switches to make when building ports in the past Is it - a) make --SOMEOPTION=yes b) make --SOMEOPTION=yes c) make SOMEOPTION=yes Thanks ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing

Re: The correct way to run make

2004-05-14 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Friday 14 May 2004 01:17 pm, Gerard Samuel wrote: Looking for an official answer, as I think I've used multiple ways to apply switches to make when building ports in the past Is it - a) make --SOMEOPTION=yes b) make --SOMEOPTION=yes That should be - b) make -SOMEOPTION=yes c

Re: The correct way to run make

2004-05-14 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Friday 14 May 2004 01:26 pm, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: On Friday 14 May 2004 19:17, Gerard Samuel wrote: a) make --SOMEOPTION=yes b) make --SOMEOPTION=yes c) make SOMEOPTION=yes I'm not sure there's an official way, but I think you can use whatever: make -DOPTION make OPTION=1

Re: The correct way to run make

2004-05-14 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Friday 14 May 2004 03:24 pm, Mike Hogsett wrote: Im giving up for now. Tried to build mozilla with - make -DWITHOUT_MAILNEWS=yes -DWITHOUT_LDAP=yes -DWITHOUT_CHATZILLA=yes instal l and it still has the mail and chatzilla modules installed. Maybe Ill experiment with it later (like

Re: The correct way to run make

2004-05-14 Thread Gerard Samuel
On Friday 14 May 2004 03:55 pm, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: Selon Gerard Samuel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Im giving up for now. Tried to build mozilla with - make -DWITHOUT_MAILNEWS=yes -DWITHOUT_LDAP=yes -DWITHOUT_CHATZILLA=yes install and it still has the mail and chatzilla modules installed

Configuring For Internet Access Using Router

2004-05-13 Thread Gerard Seibert
is it not displaying a host name? It should, shouldn't it. Thanks Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Info Below: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ifconfig -a rl0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500 options=8VLAN_MTU inet6 fe80::250:baff:fe40:6de1%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1

Printing to a network printer?

2004-05-12 Thread Gerard Samuel
Specifically to a Brother MFC3820cn - http://solutions.brother.com/mfc3820cn_us/en_us/ Im currently trying to print to it via CUPS, but Im getting nowhere fast. Has anyone ever attempted to print to this unit via the network? I would like to hear what you have to say... Thanks

DHCP - DNS producing error with printer

2004-05-12 Thread Gerard Samuel
I just got a Brother printer with a built in print server. Im trying to set it up to work in my DHCP updating DNS scheme. Using the printer's default name, Im always getting this DNS error - May 12 15:42:07 hivemind named[84]: owner name BRN_448719.trini0.org IN (primary) is invalid - rejecting

Configuring For Internet Access

2004-05-12 Thread Gerard Seibert
name, although it does for the other two computers, It lists the IP as 192.168.0.4 as well as it's MAC address. Why is it not displaying a host name? It should, shouldn't it. Thanks Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Info Below: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ ifconfig -a rl0: flags=8843UP

Configuring Samba for Printing on WinXP Machine

2004-05-02 Thread Gerard Seibert
need the ability to print though. I have tried configuring Samba but without success. Perhaps someone could give me some basic configuration tips, or perhaps another easier to use and setup networking tool other than Samba. Thanks in advance! Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED

FTP Program

2004-04-25 Thread Gerard Seibert
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Installation of gcc34

2004-04-25 Thread Gerard Seibert
/lang/gcc34. The entire file may be view here: http://www.seibercom.us/BSD/nohup.out If anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate hearing them. I am running FreeBSD 5.2.1. Thanks! Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Using One Floppy Drive as Two Drives

2004-04-24 Thread Gerard Seibert
' in my .bashrc file. I would like to add another command using B: instead of A: and have the file system be NFS instead of msdos. Is any of this possible? Thanks! Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http

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