installing port devel/py-qt4-dbussupport - cannot open Makefile

2013-02-13 Thread Henry Miller
I'm trying to install devel/py-qt4-dbussupport on freebsd 8.3. When I type make it looks like configure is run, but then I get an error cannot open Makefile. I'm not sure what steps to take next. google only shows the following query, which is unanswered. http://forums.freebsd.org/showthrea

chio fails to read barcodes on some tape changers.

2005-03-22 Thread Henry Miller
I have a problem reading bar codes with chio on freebsd 4.9, and sony 1u (model lib-81) tape changers. The library sees the bar code, but chio doesn't report them for reasons I don't understand. I did my testing with what should be an otherwise identical 2u (lib-162) changer. (Someone shipped

Re: Is my computer under spec?

2004-11-01 Thread Henry Miller
>On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 00:35, Loren M. Lang wrote: >> I have been having performance problems with my computer for months, >> ever since I did a fresh install of freebsd 5.2.1. I thought the >> situation might change after debugging was turned off in RELENG_5 so I >> upgraded a couple weeks ago t

Re: dummynet

2004-10-29 Thread Henry Miller
I know it is about time for this thread to die, but I couldn't resist responding this once. On 10/28/2004 at 18:13 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I agree with some of that, but unless the person has the money to spend, >then using dummnynet is acceptable. Not everyone can drop 10+ grand on a >nokia f

Re: Hacker activity?

2004-10-28 Thread Henry Miller
On 10/28/2004 at 10:39 Steve Suhre wrote: >I'm not sure if this is the correct group...but I'm getting some weird >activity on the network. The security reports will show 50-100 attempts to >login to a server, most as root but some are attempts to login to other >seemingly random account names

Re: How to connect iBook to my BSD network

2004-10-28 Thread Henry Miller
On 10/28/2004 at 14:41 Jonathon McKitrick wrote: >On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 08:15:26AM +0100, Dick Davies wrote: >: * Jonathon McKitrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [1049 04:49]: >: Hang on - you got a basestation? What does it plug into, the link to >your ISP >: or one of your ethernet ports on the serve

Re: Need some ideas

2004-10-28 Thread Henry Miller
On 10/27/2004 at 16:08 Bob Bomar wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >I am building a machine that connects to my stereo, to play mp3's, and >does some other stuff. I am looking a way to add a keypad for >fast forward/rewind/stop/play/pause/next/prev, etc. I tried hacking a

Re: Sorry

2004-10-27 Thread Henry Miller
On 10/27/2004 at 12:18 Jaime Moss wrote: >I am looking at non Microsoft platforms for a mail server. > >Does FreeBSD have one in it ? sendmail is included, though mostly because it always has been included, not because we feel it is any good. Postfix, exim, and qmail are in ports in case you w

Scsi tape sense codes, getting last n (10)

2004-10-22 Thread Henry Miller
I'm looking for a way to trace all sense codes come back from a tape drive in Freebsd 4.9. (latter we will go to 5.3, but 4.9 matters today) The programs we use do not check sense codes, much less show them. In theory they could issue a command that fails, then issue a second command that also f

Re: Rid of those Windows Desktops!

2004-10-21 Thread Henry Miller
On 10/21/2004 at 14:07 Brian wrote: >I've been planning this for sometime and finally have the time to do it. > >We have various machines in the home no real fruity hardware, everything >seems to supported by all current versions of FreeBSD 4.9,4.10 5.2.1 etc > >I've used FreeBSD for a number of