Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-11 Thread John Smith
;-) On Nov 10, 2007 5:10 PM, Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 06:05:35PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 03:45:30PM -0600, John Smith wrote: I'd expected a more level headed reply from this FreeBSD list. How is a newbie supposed

Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-10 Thread John Smith
and expect a reasonable reply...? On Nov 10, 2007 9:40 AM, Giorgos Keramidas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2007-11-09 17:01, John Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anybody please explain to my what the differences are between nanobsd, picobsd and tinybsd. They all seem to be doing

nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-09 Thread John Smith
Can anybody please explain to my what the differences are between nanobsd, picobsd and tinybsd. They all seem to be doing the same (creating a minimal FreeBSD image that can be used in embedded systems), or is this not right? I've searched the internet but can't really find a page that clearly

Determine FreeBSD version of binary

2007-11-08 Thread John Smith
Hi, I was wondering if it was possible to determine for what version of FreeBSD a binary was compiled, purely by examining the binary? Any and all help and suggestions are greatly appreciated, Thanks, john Smith ___ freebsd-questions

Re: Determine FreeBSD version of binary

2007-11-08 Thread John Smith
On Nov 8, 2007 6:45 PM, Chris Haulmark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try using strings to examine the binary file for clues. Thanks, but... exactly what kind of 'clues' should I be looking for ? Is there anything in particular that could be helpful or give me some kind of hint ? Regards, John

Re: Determine FreeBSD version of binary

2007-11-08 Thread John Smith
'kernel'. Could that somehow give somewhat more detailed information about exactly which 4.x kernel it is, and if so, how would I go about doing that ? Regards, John Smith ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: ndis | ifconfig

2006-11-26 Thread John Smith
On 11/15/06, probsd org [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to get a WPC54G (linksys) wireless PCMIA card working in 6.1. I made the kernel module using ndisgen and loaded it with kldload. kldstat confirms the module and ndis.ko and if_ndis.ko is loaded along with the WPC54G driver made from

FreeBSD 6.2: ULE vs 4BSD

2006-11-26 Thread John Smith
Hello, What shall I use as a scheduler on it? 4BSD or ULE? I would like to hear from somone who tested both on FreeBSD 6.2 B to RC1 Thank you, -J ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: FreeBSD 6.2: ULE vs 4BSD

2006-11-26 Thread John Smith
On 11/26/06, Andrew Pantyukhin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/26/06, John Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, What shall I use as a scheduler on it? 4BSD or ULE? The general consensus is you should not touch ULE unless you're a developer willing to fix some outstanding issues and maybe

Re: freebsd desktop | mozilla

2006-11-25 Thread John Smith
On 11/25/06, probsd org [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a long time proponent of FreeBSD as a server. For a long time I've really wanted a FreeBSD system as a desktop. So, I decided to install the FreeBSD 6.2 and compile xorg, gnome, mozilla, etc... to give it a whirl. For anyone reading this,

Re: Best laptop for Freebsd

2006-11-16 Thread John Smith
On 11/16/06, g [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Folks, Well I stayed off the beer and other sinful delights for a while (month or so P:) and have raked together enough cash to buy a new laptop. For those of you out there with experience what would you advise. The plan would be for ..unfortunately

Re: v6 speed compared to previous versions

2006-11-13 Thread John Smith
On 11/14/06, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 01:51:49PM -0800, Jeff Mohler wrote: Fair to say that those tools should be recompiled on a 6 system to ensure full update-ness? Shouldn't really matter, the relevant changes were in the kernel. Kris When was this

Re: v6 speed compared to previous versions

2006-11-13 Thread John Smith
On 11/14/06, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When was this corrected? Is 6.2 going to be faster than 6.1? As I said earlier, some of the most important changes that went into 6.0 were fixing performance problems in 5.x. Since then it's been a process of polishing and improving, instead

Re: phpmyadmin 2.9.0.3 depends on php5 5.2.0

2006-11-09 Thread John Smith
On 11/9/06, Niek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to install phpmyadmin 2.9.0.3 from ports. Although php5-5.1.6 + extensions is installed, the script tries to install php5-5.2.0. How can one avoid this? I don't see an option in the Makefile. thanks i.a. for any comment, niek Why PHP 5.1.6

Re: Re[2]: phpmyadmin 2.9.0.3 depends on php5 5.2.0

2006-11-09 Thread John Smith
On 11/9/06, Daniel Gerzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Gerard, Thursday, November 9, 2006, 7:45:53 PM, you wrote: On Thursday November 09, 2006 at 12:12:42 (PM) John Smith wrote: Why PHP 5.1.6 is removed in the first place? See the PHP 5.2.0 announcement: The PHP development team

Re: which linux? (not flame bait, thank you)

2003-11-04 Thread John Smith
On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 11:58:14 -0800 andi payn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Supra-Debians --- There are a number of Debian-based distros that will install a complete system ready to go as a workstation, server, etc., but that can be administered from there just like any other Debian

RE: KDM and FreeBSD?

2003-10-02 Thread John Smith
Check chapter 5.7.3.1 of the FreeBSD Handbook. kdm is relatively easy to setup. GDM's setup is more work or at least the method I found on the net was. Maybe there's an easier way. I actually find GDM to be more aesthetically appealing than kdm, even though I don't really like Gnome's

RE: how to enable auto power off

2003-09-22 Thread John Smith
As advised, I omitted the at nexus? flags 0x20 part from the line: device apm0at nexus? flags 0x20# Advanced Power Management and that's how I got auto power off to work. I think LINT has more info. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

vmware: how to get winxp on fbsd 4.8?

2003-07-05 Thread John Smith
i want to get winxp running using vmware inside fbsd 4.8. i have read some posts that have said that win2k is the newest version that's supported, not winxp? there must be a way to install winxp in vmware from within fbsd? let me know if any of you have done this. please be specific if you know