Re: /etc/rc.d/named dilemma

2009-08-22 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: Recovering loss of /var/db/pkg ?

2009-08-08 Thread Robert Huff
!) but when it is it would be a total lifesaver. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr

Re: Looking for fast graphical web browser

2009-08-07 Thread Robert Huff
SeaMonkey. Robert Huff ___ 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

amd64 native ports?

2009-08-06 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: amd64 native ports?

2009-08-06 Thread Robert Huff
-coded) status, and a description of work needed. (There might be another column with relevant PRs or something.). Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: sshd and dhcp bind to specific address

2009-08-05 Thread Robert Huff
; they're not pretty, but they change the IP for sshd.conf and various stuff in bind. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: ftps ?(off-topic)

2009-08-04 Thread Robert Huff
irrelevant information. Oooh! Oooh! Can we include the date of the most recent recalibration of the sarcasm bit detector? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

stepping through make buildkernel

2009-07-29 Thread Robert Huff
Is there a way to do make buildkernel one component at a time? (A pointer to any relevant documentation would suffice.) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

documentation for gpart(8)/GPT?

2009-07-28 Thread Robert Huff
Is there anything - official, or unofficial but reliable - about working with gpart/GPT? I've read the man page, and am still a little wobbly. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: documentation for gpart(8)/GPT?

2009-07-28 Thread Robert Huff
doesn't work. I am most interested in creating partitions generic )non-RAID) UFS(2) filesystems. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: documentation for gpart(8)/GPT?

2009-07-28 Thread Robert Huff
. Very close to what I want. Thank you. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions

module_register: module probe already exists!

2009-07-14 Thread Robert Huff
accf_http_load=YES if_em_load=YES debug.mpsafenet=1 nvidia_load=YES linux_load=YES uscanner_load=YES sem_load=YES Respectfully, Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

OT: C syntax question

2009-06-29 Thread Robert Huff
. What am I forgetting? Respectfully, Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions

OT: C syntax question

2009-06-29 Thread Robert Huff
Robert Huff writes: Let us suppose I have a structure: Thanks, everyone - you nailed it in one. Robert What a _maroon_! Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Stale lock files

2009-06-27 Thread Robert Huff
lock file was found. Removed. These are related to a (harmless) twitch in a recent version of ruby. Updating to the latest version fixed it for me. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Stale lock files

2009-06-27 Thread Robert Huff
wondering...is there any utility to find and remove these things? Maybe a reboot? A successful run _after_ the aforementioned ruby upgrade should remove all the laggards. Robert Huff ___ freebsd

Re: What's happening

2009-06-23 Thread Robert Huff
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upgrading installed ports: time to do it ?

2009-06-21 Thread Robert Huff
to be either trivial, or huge (gnome, wine, openoffice, etc.). Do you prefer doing a mass or selective upgrade? The difference? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Crusty upgrade (was Make Question)

2009-06-16 Thread Robert Huff
; there is less likelihood of a library mismatch, and you will recover the space used by any orphaned files. (My personal practice is to install to a new disk, and mount the old disk read-only until I'm willing to bet there's nothing more I need.) Robert Huff

path for user www

2009-06-15 Thread Robert Huff
a little more detail about what's breaking and why you think this user's path is involved? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

The freebsd-questions Archives

2009-06-13 Thread Robert Huff
, are these messages indexed within 48 hours?) and if true file a PR. You may be on to something. Messages I sent to ports@ on Tuesday have not appeared on the index. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Date representation as YY/DDD or YYYY/DDD

2009-06-04 Thread Robert Huff
you with the feeling you're stupider than you actually are. Being a tutorial may not be what man was designed for. But until there's a designated and widely promoted text-only replacement it will be used as one. Robert Huff

Re: Date representation as YY/DDD or YYYY/DDD

2009-06-04 Thread Robert Huff
Polytropon writes: Many programs contain an EXAMPLES section in the man page. s/Many/Some/ Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

changing tab stops

2009-05-31 Thread Robert Huff
are the keywords associated with my first clue? Respectfully, Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd

Re: changing tab stops

2009-05-31 Thread Robert Huff
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removing distfiles?

2009-05-27 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: removing distfiles?

2009-05-27 Thread Robert Huff
years) between updates and pain of downloading a fresh copy is minimal given a half decent net connection. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

CPU/motherboard recommendations

2009-05-12 Thread Robert Huff
), and good layout. My current machines (over five years old) use ASUS and MSI, both of which have been mostly OK. So ... let's start wirh the horror stories. What has a high failure rate out of the box, or is not compatible with generic components? Robert

Re: CPU/motherboard recommendations

2009-05-12 Thread Robert Huff
. Is the difference between the Q9550 and Q9550S worth $100? Ma-a-a-a-a-ybe. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: libcups missing

2009-05-10 Thread Robert Huff
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RE: NIC

2009-05-04 Thread Robert Huff
not be true of the wireless cards.) The drivers for the Intel cards are written by Intel; I've got a dual-port Pro/1000 GT, and the thing is a _rock_. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Is it necessary to generate a new SSL request each year?

2009-04-29 Thread Robert Huff
of the info has changed.) You can reuse the old one. I'm not an expert on these, but it was my understanding that certificates carry in internal expiration date after which the application may respond as it pleases. Robert Huff

[compiling installing FreeBSD]

2009-04-27 Thread Robert Huff
alligator...@free.fr writes: does make installworld do any backup of the files it touch? is any way to failback that installworld? Have you read the section of the handbook which explains the accepted procedure for updating the system? Robert Huff

Disk usage analysis

2009-04-21 Thread Robert Huff
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change in kernel config file

2009-04-12 Thread Robert Huff
-but-dirty way to figure out which ports use libusb? I'm already set to rebuild devel/libusb. Respectfully, Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: The Last Frontier : a good multimedia application

2009-04-11 Thread Robert Huff
, gnome-mplayer and friends. Mplayer has a gui (gmplayer) but it's pretty minimal. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

/usr/bin/calendar in cgi script

2009-04-11 Thread Robert Huff
with html? Robert Huff ___ 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

sqlite3 won't install

2009-04-09 Thread Robert Huff
not ending in /usr/local/lib/tcl8.4/sqlite3 *** Error code 1 how could i fix this? Unset the TCLWRAPPER option. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Open Office

2009-04-09 Thread Robert Huff
30+ hours) in support of fixing this, Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr

Re: Recovering loss of /var/db/pkg ?

2009-04-08 Thread Robert Huff
/ports INDEX. If I knew anything about the MASTER_SITES (I think) variable(s ?) I could porbably have written a script. (For those who go this route, the pkg_sort program that comes with portupgrade will be useful.) Robert huff

What ELSE do I need to add to make.conf to avoid X ?

2009-04-07 Thread Robert Huff
.h files. (And given what pango does, it wouldn't make much sense to.) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: anybody know about a 3.01 package *With* browser?

2009-04-06 Thread Robert Huff
, but things those programs depend on, /ad incipio/. That's ... confusing. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

Re: anybody know about a 3.01 package *With* browser?

2009-04-05 Thread Robert Huff
For comparison: on a P4/2.26ghz/2 gbyte RAM, lightly loaded with fairly fast SCSI disks, it takes 30+ hours. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: anybody know about a 3.01 package *With* browser?

2009-04-05 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: anybody know about a 3.01 package *With* browser?

2009-04-05 Thread Robert Huff
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OT: MySQL upgrade advice wanted _OFF-LIST_

2009-04-04 Thread Robert Huff
Any MySQL admins have a few cycles to spare privately? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: Wine without X

2009-03-28 Thread Robert Huff
/usr/ports whereever possible. The name would then be semi-intuitive, and a simple change of a few environment variables (perhaps in the login file of an account dedicated to working on those ports) would be all it took to change the framework. Robert Huff

Re: Wine without X

2009-03-26 Thread Robert Huff
attractive.) Robert Huff ___ 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: [perl] sysopen(CD, /dev/cd0, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK) fails

2009-03-26 Thread Robert Huff
. I may be wrong, but shouldn't that be '/dev/acd0' ? /dev/cd0 = SCSI CD-ROM (and maybe other stuff). I don't know if that's what the OP has, but it is a possible value. Robert Huff ___ freebsd

Re: Compiling everything myself?

2009-03-17 Thread Robert Huff
or (worst of all) OpenOffice. In those limited cases, installing by package makes sense. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: Advise on PCIX dual network card

2009-03-16 Thread Robert Huff
. PRO/1000s generally were harder to find and (if I remember correctly) the two- and four-porters more expensive per port tham /N/ single-port cards. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libxcb.so.1 not found, required by libcairo.so.2

2009-03-10 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libxcb.so.1 not found, required by libcairo.so.2

2009-03-10 Thread Robert Huff
Noah writes: 1) use cvsup and get the entire ports 2) cd /usr/ports make index 3) cd /usr/ports make fetchindex Ummm ... it is my understanding that not only will (3) overwrite (2), but it will often resulr in a less current INDEX. Robert Huff

portupgrade, afterwards

2009-03-09 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: USENET?

2009-03-08 Thread Robert Huff
Dan Nelson writes: are there any ports that offer an interface to USENET? I think mozilla did, but that was a long time ago ... . Mozilla simply changed names to Seamonkey and is still alive and kicking. Thunderbird also has this ability. Robert

Re: How do I determine the FreeBSD world revision/version?

2009-03-07 Thread Robert Huff
change much, and with code bases that are _at most_ a few days apart. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: tool to determine server stability issues

2009-03-04 Thread Robert Huff
in the wrong place. (Unless you've twiddled /all/ the settings.) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd

Port of perl 5.10

2009-03-01 Thread Robert Huff
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rc.conf and starting scripts

2009-03-01 Thread Robert Huff
gahn writes: The default location for rc.conf is /etc/rc.d only and the knob local_startup=/usr/local/etc/rc.d doesn't seem to be working for me for some reasons Your best bet is to figure out why the latter is true, and fix it. Robert Huff

new hardware platform?? :-)

2009-02-24 Thread Robert Huff
Has any one seen more on this? http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10170648-1.html Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: portupgrade question

2009-02-24 Thread Robert Huff
. It's going to try to rebuild every port (-a) whether it needs it or not (-f). Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: openoffice-3.0.1 broken on FreeBSD

2009-02-24 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: Re: What's the simplest way to get a fresh copy of the source code for the system

2009-02-23 Thread Robert Huff
): cd /usr/src/usr.bin/touch make clean make make install make clean Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Ports Options

2009-02-20 Thread Robert Huff
Pieter Donche writes: If later on, you want to know what the set of the options were when you installed a port, how to find that out? I tried # cd /usr/ports/categoryname/portname # make # make showconfig Robert Huff

OT: sed + exit status

2009-02-14 Thread Robert Huff
? Or only if there is at least one instance of FOO and it is successfully replaced by bar? Respectfully, Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: recovering from a power outage

2009-02-13 Thread Robert Huff
minutes. I have no idea how long it might take to check a multi-terabyte RAID-mumble set-up. Still worth waiting ... in my opinion. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: recovering from a power outage

2009-02-13 Thread Robert Huff
cause (directly or indirectly) file system corruption. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd

Re: recovering from a power outage

2009-02-12 Thread Robert Huff
are damaged, rather than have boatloads of files mysteriously vanish. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd

Determining process preventing umount of busy partition

2009-02-11 Thread Robert Huff
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LOR listing?

2009-02-08 Thread Robert Huff
There was at one time a list of lock order reversals, presumably at http://sources.zabbadoz.net/freebsd/lor.html I am unable to connect to that address. Has the address changed, or is the site experiencing problems? Robert Huff

openoffice-3.0.1 broken on FreeBSD

2009-02-07 Thread Robert Huff
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disk recovery problem(s)

2009-02-06 Thread Robert Huff
? [yn] a) what's probably happened? b) is there a way to recover the data? I can scrub the disk and restore, but would like to avoid that if at all possible. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions

Re: disk recovery problem(s)

2009-02-06 Thread Robert Huff
... sort of. Robert Huff ___ 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

disk recovery problem II

2009-02-06 Thread Robert Huff
One of the disks mentioned in part one was not recoverable. So: newfs. However, something else is broken. Results of newfs is appended. What? Robert Huff huff@ newfs /dev/da3a /dev/da3a: 78167.2MB (160086512

xdm doesn't run as daemon

2009-02-05 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: Xlib: extension Generic Event Extension missing on display :0.0

2009-02-04 Thread Robert Huff
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USB problem

2009-01-30 Thread Robert Huff
to be re-scanned, recognized and re-attached? (It looks like usbconfig might be the right tool ... but the documentation has no examples and I don't want to make things worse.) Respectfully, Robert Huff

Quad Ethernet PCI Card ZNYX ZX346Q is supported

2009-01-27 Thread Robert Huff
is there a driver for the card?, try de(4). If you mean will someone please media auto-select? ... I'm confused. If the hardware doesn't support it (and my ZX345s didn't) how can the driver? Robert Huff ___ freebsd

Re: Registry corrupt?

2009-01-24 Thread Robert Huff
not count for the purposes of ldd. Compare more /usr/local/ bin/fastest_cvsup and more /usr/bin/csup. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Perl: Why not updated to latest version 5.10.0

2009-01-21 Thread Robert Huff
volunteer to help the Perl-porting team. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr

Re: source of uname information

2009-01-21 Thread Robert Huff
jerusalem.litteratus.org 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #0: Tue Jan 20 10:40:57 EST 2009 h...@jerusalem.litteratus.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/JERUSALEM i386 Robert huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: source of uname information

2009-01-21 Thread Robert Huff
Trober writes: What your /usr/obj/usr/src/include/vers.h file say in: No such file. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

old cruft after source upgrading --- clean install?

2009-01-21 Thread Robert Huff
(-devel) installed? If so, are you aware of portsclean? This has worked successfully for me for several years. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

slices to dangerously dedicated

2009-01-20 Thread Robert Huff
Suppose I have a disk which was - for various reasons - lebeled using slices. Is it possible to change it to dangerously dedicated without backup-wipe-relabel-restore cycle? Robert Huff

source of uname information

2009-01-20 Thread Robert Huff
Am I correct in believing uname gets its information from the kern.version sysctl? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

/ mounted read-only after error in /etc/rc.conf

2009-01-19 Thread Robert Huff
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how should I upgrade all these ports??

2009-01-12 Thread Robert Huff
of UPDATING. Additional useful information was added in the last 24 hours.) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: Printing - standard? CUPS? ...??

2009-01-12 Thread Robert Huff
: # # to make CUPS magically keep working # See: http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~ranga/notes/freebsd_cups.html # CUPS_OVERWRITE_BASE=yes NO_LPR= true Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

semi OT: 64-bit-clean code

2009-01-07 Thread Robert Huff
Is there a good guide anywhere to writing 64-bit-clean code? Something that's thorough but understandable, possibly with examples of the trickier bits. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: semi OT: 64-bit-clean code

2009-01-07 Thread Robert Huff
. :-) And why I'm asking for suggestions. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

Re: mergemaster goof when src upgrading 7.0 - 7.1

2009-01-06 Thread Robert Huff
(install missing files). How does it deteremine what's been user-modified? I've got a few things that have local edits that, for reasons of laziness, still have the same version tag. Robert Huff ___ freebsd

Re: Perl 5.10?

2008-12-26 Thread Robert Huff
remember it problems were discovered in both the ports and in the new Perl itself. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: [6.3] Assigning shutdown to eg. Syst?

2008-12-22 Thread Robert Huff
Ian Smith writes: Or let your dad login with his own account and password. Just add him to the operator group so that he can run /sbin/shutdown. If that's the only priveledged command he needs ... is there a reason sudo isn't a better answer? Robert Huff

Re: Suitability question

2008-12-18 Thread Robert Huff
Flash 7 (last I used it). Flash 9 + nsplugginwrapper works on -CURRENT starting about a month (I think) ago. Whether the necessary changes will appear in 7.1 I do not know. Robert Huff

Re: How to find files that are eating up disk space

2008-12-17 Thread Robert Huff
: head -n 20 I have a cron job which does this for /usr and e-mails me the output every morning. After a few days, weeks at most, I know what should be on that list ... and what shouldn't and needs investigating. Robert Huff

Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors

2008-12-14 Thread Robert Huff
this before continiung to breathe. :-) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr

Re: imagemagick convert: japanese text broken in freebsd

2008-12-14 Thread Robert Huff
the sanctioned forum is po...@. It's rather lower traffic, which is not a bad thing. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

Re: imagemagick convert: japanese text broken in freebsd

2008-12-14 Thread Robert Huff
it is lower traffic, there is a lesser chance of getting a solution to a problem. Not necessarily. I've heard of knowledgable poeple who are on ports@ but not questi...@. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions

Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors

2008-12-13 Thread Robert Huff
for either hackers@ or a...@. Robert Huff ___ 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: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors

2008-12-13 Thread Robert Huff
is sort of a quiet proxy for the general health of a number of less well known but nonetheless useful bits and pieces. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

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