Cut and paste in Emacs

2005-01-13 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, There is that strange and annoying behaviours that I have noticed with Emacs 21.3.1. Other versions I used to use were in the 19ish and had no problem. When I select some text with the mouse in Emacs, i can copy it into another X window application, but I cannot copy it in a Win2K

Re: Hyperthreading hurts 5.3?

2005-01-13 Thread Olivier Nicole
The other AMD processor, on my server, dramatically overheated for 8-12 hours at a time (process stuck in a loop--I never found out why). It damaged something that failed intermittently at first (segment violations in the kernel and in daemons that should never have such problems), then got

Re: Cut and paste in Emacs

2005-01-13 Thread Olivier Nicole
When I select some text with the mouse in Emacs, i can copy it into another X window application, but I cannot copy it in a Win2K application. It would be helpful to know how you access the win2k application (rdesktop, vmware, ...). Sorry, I should have mentionned it. Xwin-32 6.1. My

Re: Hyperthreading hurts 5.3?

2005-01-12 Thread Olivier Nicole
An AMD processor will also melt or catch fire if the CPU fan fails, whereas an Intel processor won't. I found this out the hard way, and so Not always true, I had a P4 1.5 die on me for lack of fan. Now what was tha company selling a new box with no fan on the CPU is another story... Olivier

CVSup the port collection

2005-01-11 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I was trying to cvsup the port collection, but all it did was deleting some ports, and never replaced them with new ones. I would have thought that the following configuration file would do the trick, but it did not. What have I wrong? TIA Olivier *default tag=RELENG_5_3 #*default

Re: SA, Bayes, and You (erm, Me)

2005-01-11 Thread Olivier Nicole
However, when I read the headers of any messages, I notice that they ALL say 'autolearn=no', even though I've enabled autolearn in local.cf (bayes_auto_learn 1). There is something with the threshold for auto learning. olivier ___

Re: Hyperthreading hurts 5.3?

2005-01-11 Thread Olivier Nicole
I'm personally unclear why it'd be necessary to disable HTT in the BIOS if you're using a non-SMP kernel on a uniproc box. Maybe for the same reason you should better not use a non-SMP kernel if you have 2 CPU in your box. Try to keep hardware (BIOS) and OS consistent, even if they are

Re: Hyperthreading hurts 5.3?

2005-01-11 Thread Olivier Nicole
Is a hyperthreading CPU identical to a second CPU from the software's standpoint? If not, what are the differences? I am not sure, but it is some how detected as 2 CPUs FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1 cpu2 (AP): APIC ID: 6

Looking for SCSI RAID controller advice Please

2005-01-10 Thread Nicole H
Hi I am looking for recommendations for a SCSI raid controller to use preferably with 5.3 instead of 4.X that can be monitored remotely. What do people use for their raid arrays so that they can verify that they are working ok without having to reboot a system? The only things I have found are

Re: HP Netserver 60 will not boot

2005-01-10 Thread Olivier Nicole
Yesterday I wrote: I installed 4.10 RELEASE on an IDE disk on a HP Netserver 60. This isa fresh/default install. Installing was no problem, but whe I try to boot, the machine freeze after the line: pcic0: Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge on motherboard pci0: PCI bus on

Re: Hosts.allow and netatalk/cups

2005-01-10 Thread Olivier Nicole
To my knowledge, the effects in /etc/hosts.allow are immediate as soon as you save the modified file. And I have been using it that way for many years. No need to killall -HUP inetd, no need to reboot. If after a change the service is still not available: - you did not allow the right thing -

HP Netserver 60 will not boot

2005-01-09 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I installed 4.10 RELEASE on an IDE disk on a HP Netserver 60. This isa fresh/default install. Installing was no problem, but whe I try to boot, the machine freeze after the line: pcic0: Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge on motherboard pci0: PCI bus on pcib0 agp0: Intel 82443BX

Freeze in boot

2005-01-07 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I am trying to update an HP Netserver E60 machine, that was running fine with 4.0 RELEASE. I upgraded to 4.10 RELEASE, but not it freeze at boot time with GENERIC kernel. pcib0: Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge on motherboard pci0: PCI bus on pcib0 agp0: Intel 82443BX (440 BX)

sendmail update

2005-01-07 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I have a question about the update procedure. I have a mail server running sendmail with a very customised configuration. So far I have compiled/installed my own copy of sendmail. If I update the system, it will re-install a standard sendmail. Now if I want the update procedure to

Packet drop in bridging

2005-01-06 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I have a firewall in bridging mode, using ipf. I upgraded to 4.10-p5 and now I have a bunch of error message: bdg_forward drop MULTICAST PKT /usr/src/sys/net/if_ethersubr.c line 609 Any clue what I am missing (sysctl or kernel) Thank you, Olivier

System update

2005-01-05 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I have serveral questions about the update procedure. 1) starting from 4.10 RELEASE I have cvsup-ed to 4.10 RELENG. Now what is the command to build FreeBSD? The hand book says do not use make world, but use make buildworld, and look at /usr/src/UPDATING first. But in /usr/src/UPDATING it

Re: System update

2005-01-05 Thread Olivier Nicole
Where does it say that? I see only comments in passing about 'make world', but the explicit directions on how to update (correctly) mention the separate buildworld/installworld steps. Around line 490 of /usr/src/UPDATING (version 4.10-p5) it reads: To rebuild everything

Re: error in burning v5.3 disc 2.iso

2005-01-05 Thread Olivier Nicole
I can burn the other downloads but disc2.iso freezes up the system and won't respond. I have a PIII 1ghz w/512 ram, XPPro and Nero v5 software. I have I was currently facing the problem. It seems that it takes some time to ingest all the information in the disc2.iso image before it starts

Re: Memory problems:-(

2004-12-08 Thread Olivier Nicole
I am facing a lot of memory issues with all services in the server. Following log will tell you what is the exact problem. Have you tried cleaning the contacts on the memory stick? Cotton bud and rubing alchool, thooth paste, sliver cleaning paste, car polish... OK use alchool last to rinse

Re: securing mailserver address

2004-11-24 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, Good Day can anyone help give me documentations about on how to filter/stop secure, on using my own email address as spam. Your question is unclear to me. To filter spam, I'd recommend SpamAssassin (www.spamassassin.org) To filter viruses (is that what you mean by secure) you could

Re: tunneling everything

2004-11-23 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi! I am looking for a solution to this problem: I want to make a tcp tunneling. The ssh tunneling doesn`t satisies me because I don`t want to tunnel a specific service, I want to tunnel everything. For example: I would like my host to route everything through a tcp tunnel. I would like to

Re: Getting back my CCD Raid

2004-11-16 Thread Olivier Nicole
mount: /dev/ccd0c: No such file or directory hivemind# ls -al /dev/ccd* crw-r- 1 root operator4, 49 Nov 16 19:16 /dev/ccd0 It seems that the device does not exists rather :) You have /dev/ccd0 but not /dev/ccd0C ! First of all I'd try MAKEDEV Olivier

Re: How to make configuration changes without a reboot?

2004-11-14 Thread Olivier Nicole
I learned that in order to make changes to the screen saver, I had to reboot the computer. Those changes, made by sysinstall, appear in /etc/rc.conf. Is there a way to make such changes take effect without rebooting? (Version 5.3 RELEASE, i386) Maybe you can try to unload the screen saver

Re: How can I specify the ipaddress in smbfs entry in fstab?

2004-11-03 Thread Olivier Nicole
I wanted to mount our samba server whenever my computer boots so I added an entry in fstab like this OK that is not really answering your question, but... Given that the samba server is a Unix machine, given that your client is a Unix machine, maybe NFS would be more efficient than samba fro

Image capture

2004-11-02 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I have an application that does image capture for video surveillance. It was designed on 4.x, nowdays running on 4.10 and using a video capture card with a Brooktree 484 chipset. The capture function is copied from the meteor example. Now I am requested to port that application to 25 new

Emacs on 5.1 CURRENT

2003-11-04 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I tried to install Emacs from ports on a 5.1 Current box, but it cores dump when starting. The box was installed without X support, so when installin /usr/ports/editors/emacs, il will also install X from the ports. Install goes OK, but when trying to start Emacs, in a X environment, it

ipfilter on 5.1 CURRENT

2003-11-04 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I'd like to run ipfilter on a 5.1 CURRENT box but my problems are many. 1) I discovered that /sys/i386/conf/LINT has disappeared 2) I find no mention of any IPFILETER, ipfilter, ip-filter or whatsoever option to add to the kernel 3) I guessed that it may have been automatically build

RE: Best FTPD...

2003-09-09 Thread Nicole
) Nicole On 09-Sep-03 Unnamed Administration sources reported Incredible Networks said : Hi, I need an FTP Server for FreeBSD 4.8 that complies with the following: 1. Anonymous (Read Only) and Authenticated (Read/Write) Access 2. Listens on multiple Interfaces (one for anynomous) 3. Anonymous

Re: ISPs blocking SMTP connections from dynamic IP address space

2003-08-14 Thread Nicole
On 06-Aug-03 Unnamed Administration sources reported Doug Poland said : On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:41:56AM -0700, Nicole wrote: Yes I too have resorted to blocking Ip's with no reverse DNS and its amazing how many big companies can fall into this. As to the Dynamic Space, I also block

5.1 system refuses to change slice via label

2003-08-14 Thread Nicole
' is the most insecure Any idea's? Thanks!! Nicole |\ __ /| (`\ | o_o |__ ) ) // \\ - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Powered by FreeBSD

Re: ISPs blocking SMTP connections from dynamic IP address space

2003-08-09 Thread Nicole
(SPAMMER) dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net 550 NO Mail Accepted From DSL (SPAMMER) da.uu.net 550 NO Mail Accepted From DSL (SPAMMER) client.attbi.com550 NO Mail Accepted From DSL (SPAMMER) ... Nicole On 06-Aug-03 Unnamed Administration

Re: nutball video question

2003-07-09 Thread Olivier Nicole
What is the video resolution which consumes almost 100Mbps? I have no answer about the card, but full digital television, without compression, needs 36 Mbps according to some experiements run by Japanses. Olivier ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: nutball video question

2003-07-09 Thread Olivier Nicole
only the original Matrox Meteor is supported, and it cannot run on modern PCI buses without locking up. I am sorry to say, but I have been using a cheap card build on brooktree chip and it is working fine (at least for still captudes) Oliier ___

Re: * FreeBSD AntiVirus Solutions *

2003-06-12 Thread Olivier Nicole
Sophos (from what they claim) and Kaspersky (to a lesser extend) will provide updates on the hour basis (I do automatic update every other hour). That makes a huge difference on th einsecure window. I can vouch for Sophos doing this. I got an email about the Bugbear-B from Sophos

Re: How to close port 22 ?

2003-06-12 Thread Olivier Nicole
Khun Jarungwit, The file /etc/services tells you what is the port number for some known services. The file /etc/services is not the file that start the services. In the file /etc/rc.conf you must put a line: sshd_enable=NO to remove SSH. But I strongly suggest that you use SSH instead of

Re: * FreeBSD AntiVirus Solutions *

2003-06-11 Thread Olivier Nicole
i am using the norton av eval version with auto updates works fine so far, i will let you know when i finish evaluating it. The debate may become OT, but problem with Norton and other McAfee is that updates are committed at a very low frequency (few days?) which leave you with a large risk

Simple client/server

2003-06-10 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I'd like to find an example of C programming for an Internet server (client I have done already). The idea is to write a tool that could jam the network with packets between client and server to check the maximum load a firewall can handle. Best regards, Olivier

Proxy to load the ports

2003-06-10 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, Since I installed a firewall the incoming ftp have to go through a proxy. Where in the mport making mechanism can I configure a proxy? Olivier ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

How Do You READ Data From A DVD?

2003-06-10 Thread Nicole
the disk, I can't see how to read the data on the disk or get it off. Also is it possible to mount a DVD-rw like you can Help! Nicole Please CC me on any replies :) -- ***|\ __ /| (`\ *** * * | o_o

Re: Converting Linux passwd to FreeBSD

2003-06-09 Thread Olivier Nicole
Is anyone familiar with a tool to convert my Linux passwd files to FreeBSD so I don't have to manually recreate the accounts? I'd say, as the passwords are cripted with a non reversible function, either both systems use the same function and you don't have to convert anything, else you're dead.

Re: nutball video question

2003-06-09 Thread Olivier Nicole
I have one of the older Happauge WinTV boards (that is supported by FreeBSD). Unfortunately, the only machine with an open PCI slot is my headless server. I have a number of IBM netstations attached to this server via a 100Mbps switched ethernet LAN. Currently, I am using KDE as my desktop

Re: Firewall/DMZ routing

2003-06-06 Thread Olivier Nicole
08:33:08.160246 arp who-has A.B.C.154 tell A.B.C.145 It looks to me as if your ISP does not know you've subnetd your subnet. If it knew, it should never try to do an arp for the subnet A.B.C.152/29 but route the ICMP to A.B.C.146 and that's it. So the router of your ISP genuinely beleive that

Hardware for 100Mbps bridge

2003-06-06 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I am considering buying a new box to run FreeBSD and brige+ipfilter. Would anyone has a recommendation on what kind of mother board/NIC to use? For the moment I am using a P4 1.5 GHz and 3com 905B, but they may not be able to support full load of 100Mbps. Best regards, Olivier

Re: irritating beep

2003-06-06 Thread Olivier Nicole
I got a problem with a server, FreeBSD hostname 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #0: Mon Aug 5 14:00:59 CEST 2002 n/a:/usr/src/sys/compile/APPLESHARE i386 running on a PU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron (933.08-MHz 686-class CPU). You did not mentionned how old is tha machine? But if you

Re: killing sendmail, using exim

2003-06-05 Thread Olivier Nicole
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Re: directv satellite internet conection

2003-06-05 Thread Olivier Nicole
will it work?? Your question needs some more explanations. Internet over satellite work. Olivier ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Multicast Routing Performance

2003-06-04 Thread Olivier Nicole
Does any one have any experience of using a FreeBSD Box as a multicast router? I have a PIII 800Mhz with two 100Mbps NICS, what kind of throughput can I expect to get out of this setup? We have been doing that for years. But don't expect too much speed with a PIII 800, we usually have

Re: How can I recover the password for root in FreeBSD 4.4

2003-06-04 Thread Olivier Nicole
I changed yesterday the password for root on my server because I found it too s If you have access to the concole, boot as single user and remove the password from /etc/master.password Olivier ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: Multicast Routing Table Modification

2003-06-02 Thread Olivier Nicole
1. pick up the multicast packets before they are routed in the kernel That would not be a clean way to do it, but if you want to concentrate on your routing module, why not using a firewall to do the pick-up/redirection of the packets? I read that IPF has a way to write rules that will redirect

Re: Changes to hosts.allow do no affect to inetd daemons some times

2003-06-02 Thread Olivier Nicole
Sometimes when I change my /etc/hosts.allow and kill and start again inetd, there is no difference. It's like I haven't edited /etc/hosts.allow. If I continue making changes and stop/start inetd there are no affections to the inetd daemons, they allow or deny as /etc/hosts.allow isn't

fwbuilder and aclocal

2003-06-02 Thread Olivier Nicole
To answer a question I saw this morning, about building fwbuilder port and it does not find aclocal, aclocal is part of GNU automake, which is not in the dependencies of fwbuilder. So first build /usr/ports/devel/automake then you can make fwbuilder. Olivier

Re: Mysql

2003-05-30 Thread Olivier Nicole
I want to remove my mysql installation and re-install from scratch. Now the problem. I have 6 active databases. How can i make sure that i dont loose those. And that when i have re-installed, that they work immediatilly ?? I'd think mysql dump and restore would be the safest way and would

Re: PHP question

2003-05-30 Thread Olivier Nicole
I have just re-installed apache, then mod_php4. I kept my old httpd.conf, put it back, fired up apache, checked the website, and it displays all the php code. I guess that you need to tell somewhere that the .php .html files should go throu PHP. AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

Re: Silly question - Name Served?

2003-05-30 Thread Olivier Nicole
Ok, either I'm getting senial, or it's too late at night. Had a gentleman ask me today to setup some stuff on his box and he said that it would be best if it was nameserved. What was he talking about? Was he saying I should install bind on it or that it just needs an entry in DNS

Re: ipfw and statefull rules

2003-05-30 Thread Olivier Nicole
For the max in firewall protection you should use IPFILTER/IPNAT the other Firewall that is included with FBSD. IPFW2 is over bloated with functions which are so special purpose that no one uses. I know the FBSD manual kind of infers that ipfw is the preferred firewall but it really is not,

Re: secure pop server

2003-05-30 Thread Olivier Nicole
Noah, I am looking to set up a secure pop server on one of my FreeBSD 4.8 Stable It depends on other requierements you have. I wanted APOP authentication as well as SSL, so I choosed WU-IMAP. But if I had wanted maildir format of inboxes, I'd have looked at courrier-imap. Now that was some

Re: secure pop server

2003-05-30 Thread Olivier Nicole
yeah lets get some details in there. the users of this application are windows outlook users wanting to download their email while they travel - so I think my options are to go for mbox support, no? That is unrelated. This is a matter of choice, whether your MDA does mbox or maildir (are all

ipfw and statefull rules

2003-05-28 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, I am trying to install a standalone firewall between my LAN and my router to outside world. Machine is a Pentium 4, 1.5 GHx, 128MB ram, 2 ethernet 3com 905B without IP defined (and one cheap ethernet card to allow to monitor the machine). Bridge and ipfw2 are enabled. I'd like to have all

Re: mysql root user

2003-05-28 Thread Olivier Nicole
Does anyone know if there is a special trick to setting the mysql root user's password after installing mysql323-server on FreeBSD? I've done like the manuals say (mysqladmin -uroot password xyz), but all mysqladmin -u root --password=* reload should be the correct syntax (well work for

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