Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors

2008-12-13 Thread Robert Huff
- crochety and otherwise - is about as productive as trying to rob a bar full of police. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Release schedules

2008-12-12 Thread Robert Huff
. (Unless I missed the memo.) 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

2008-12-12 Thread Robert Huff
michael writes: why don't we all just say it. freebsd sucks because it isn't cp/m. CP/? Poser. I want my TWENEX back. :-) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors

2008-12-11 Thread Robert Huff
publishes software for multiple OSes, but offers official support for only some of them. If having vendor support is a deal-breaker - either for operational or contractual reasons - and the only alternative to Solaris is Windowsmumble Robert Huff

Re: removing a php5-pcre extension

2008-12-09 Thread Robert Huff
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FreeBSD update warns about 7.0 end of life

2008-12-09 Thread Robert Huff
Joe S writes: When running freebsd-update on FreeBSD 7.0, I noticed this message: WARNING: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date. Key concept: RELEASE. Robert Huff

Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors

2008-12-07 Thread Robert Huff
wants in the kernel. I don't understznd the vm system, but it's possible others might find those improvements useful as well. I'm not prepared to spec the project or organize the contributions; I _would_ probably be willing to make a donation. Robert Huff

Re: UFS partitioning

2008-12-04 Thread Robert Huff
? I have never booted a FreeBSD system from a disk which contained any other operating system. I have only used dangerously dadicated mode for FreeBSD, except when sysinstall made selecting/implementing that too much work. Clear? Robert Huff

Re: UFS partitioning

2008-12-03 Thread Robert Huff
up space so a HDD loses about 10% of usable space doesn't it, so the space used by partitioning is can now be used as filespace. Not really; certainly not in the scale of state of the market drives. Robert Huff

Nvidia (Re: FreeBSD 7.0: which distribution)

2008-12-02 Thread Robert Huff
with Nvidia? Why they do not provide 64 bit drivers? For the same reason they don't provide up-to-date i386 drivers. This is a recurring thread; please search the mailing list archives. (Hint: try Zander nvidia as a search term.) Robert Huff

Re: Date/time installed ports have been updated on a system?

2008-12-01 Thread Robert Huff
, KDE, Java, FireFox, ) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: any way to turn a pdf file into something OCR-able?

2008-12-01 Thread Robert Huff
; also note this can be a slow process. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

meaning/import of WARNINGs

2008-11-22 Thread Robert Huff
. Can anyone confirm or deny? As for the second ... I know where this is from; has there been discussion anywhere as to why this is happening? (Don't remember anything coming across current@ or [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Respectfully, Robert Huff

Re: FreeBSD and hardware??

2008-11-18 Thread Robert Huff
. In practice, they aren't. . . . or something to that effect. The difference between theory and practice, in theory, is much smaller than the difference between theory and practice, in practice. Robert Huff

Re: Release schedules

2008-11-12 Thread Robert Huff
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High load - lost network

2008-11-10 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: Invalid address running apps using wine-1.1.8,1

2008-11-10 Thread Robert Huff
-1.1.8.1. Mind you, it complains of stuff I don't think it sed to complain about ... but it runs. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

USB headsets?

2008-11-10 Thread Robert Huff
was it to get running, and what features (or lack thereof) do you like/dislike? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: UFS2 limits

2008-11-09 Thread Robert Huff
be expanded to 32 bits? Or is it possible but not done for historical or policy reasons, and if so what are they? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: UFS2 limits

2008-11-09 Thread Robert Huff
no upgrade path - to get the new stuff you had to reinstall. But I agree there's no reason based on current evidence to do this. Thanks. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: spell check - how to?

2008-11-07 Thread Robert Huff
. Robert Huff #!/usr/local/bin/perl -W # WordFreq.pl -- Count word frequency in a text file $ver = v1.0; # 05-Dec-2001 JP Vossen [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Basics from 8.3, page 280 of _Perl_Cookbook_ # Added stop words (($myname = $0) =~ s/^.*(\/|\\)|\..*$//ig); # remove up

Re: flash9 checklist

2008-10-29 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: flash9 checklist

2008-10-29 Thread Robert Huff
Mikhail Teterin writes: The problem is that while npviewer.bin is loading, it effectively hogs the CPU. It also chews up ~550 mb of RAM. Well, when it all works correctly, it starts quickly for me. But when there is a problem, no amount of waiting seems enough, so

Re: flash-9, 10 on FreeBSD

2008-10-28 Thread Robert Huff
if it was accurate yo begin with. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installing multiple ports quietly and efficiently

2008-10-06 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: Questions drivers for VGA and NIC

2008-10-02 Thread Robert Huff
for interest/talent/funds in the other user bases might useful, Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: Questions drivers for VGA and NIC

2008-10-02 Thread Robert Huff
, responsive, and friendly.) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Questions drivers for VGA and NIC

2008-10-01 Thread Robert Huff
discussion in this mailing list.) This has - obviously - not happened, and I do not know of work in progress. I do agree that the first vendor to provide working drivers will make quite a few sales. (Me among them.) Robert Huff

Re: Questions drivers for VGA and NIC

2008-10-01 Thread Robert Huff
- wrong list. Try: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2006-June/016995.html Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

RE: How to select/choose new NIC under FreeBSD?

2008-09-26 Thread Robert Huff
of the intel card, proberly em0 look at dmesg for the real name. You may also need to check your firewall rules, if any. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: My unqualified host name

2008-09-24 Thread Robert Huff
repeats. Respectfully, my gut reaction is this is, if not /bad/ practice, at least not /good/ practice. The requirements for geting sendmail to behave (at least in this regard) are not particularly onerous; why not just diagnose and fix the root problem? Robert

using /dev/random

2008-09-22 Thread Robert Huff
random bytes as promised by the man page. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Error building editors/openoffice.org-2

2008-09-21 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: How to split a C string by a string?

2008-09-17 Thread Robert Huff
Unga writes: Thank you very much for the reply. That is, there is no existing split function. Not in standard C. There may be in third party libraries; however linking against, oh, GTK just to get the one function seems ... excessive. Robert Huff

changes to -CURRENT tty

2008-09-06 Thread Robert Huff
assume updating kernel+world will not break anything? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: changes to -CURRENT tty

2008-09-06 Thread Robert Huff
'. Drank the Kool-aid already. :-) But I also read src/UPDATING, and wait a couple of digests after any big commit. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: Google Chrome

2008-09-05 Thread Robert Huff
trying for now when I discovered that it doesn't even run configure for some of the third-party tools. It uses canned header files generated for Linux or Mac.. Have you offered your changes back to Google? Robert Huff

Re: Ports and 64-bit Processors

2008-08-29 Thread Robert Huff
code. 122 contain the string linux. One is listed as alpha only; another, as sparc only. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

finding which apps use a given port

2008-08-29 Thread Robert Huff
it but need to check why it is there in first place... pkg_info -R port_name This assumes you have it installed. If not, you can try grepping the ports tree ... which can get messy if many ports depend on it. Robert Huff

Re: Supported External SATA to USB Hard Drive Enclosures

2008-08-25 Thread Robert Huff
(as measured by dump) on what is rated for 80 mbytes/sec. While there is no conclusive evidence, eliination of other likely suspects leaves poorly designed/implemented hardware as the prime candidate. Robert Huff

Re: Supported External SATA to USB Hard Drive Enclosures

2008-08-25 Thread Robert Huff
Robert Huff writes: I have an external Addonics hot-swap (warm-, actually) enclosure. While it connects fine to the USB on the chassis, I have never achieved transfer rates over ~3.6 bytes/sec (as measured by s/3.6 bytes/3.6 mbytes

Re: space char shell script problem

2008-08-23 Thread Robert Huff
a string, normally set to space and tab; set it to newline and good things can happen. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Why /usr/local/etc???

2008-08-23 Thread Robert Huff
: /etc = stuff installed by FreeBSD /usr/local/ete = stuff installed by third-party applications The exception is the _ENABLE variables for those third-party applications, which go in /etc/rc.conf so they can be started at system boot. Robert

OT: suppressing gdb messages

2008-08-15 Thread Robert Huff
When I start gdb, I get a (long) list of messages like: Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.7...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.7 The -q flag doesn't suppress this; can it be done at all? Robert Huff

Up_down~up

2008-08-15 Thread Robert Huff
to DOWN +fxp0: link state changed to UP My (em) cards do this - one UP, one DOWN, one UP - on system boot. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

How to stop my services from trying to bind to IPv6?

2008-08-11 Thread Robert Huff
. Is there an easy way to stop these services from trying to bind to IPv6, other than explicitly telling each and every one not to do so? In both cases, the first place to check would be the config files. Robert Huff

Upgrade v5.x to v7.0

2008-08-11 Thread Robert Huff
, the named directory, etc.) elsewhere. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gemeral questions (noobish)

2008-08-02 Thread Robert Huff
=. ports-all I have a file for src-, one for ports-, and one for doc-. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

PCI Gigabit Ethernet network interface card (NIC) recommendations

2008-07-31 Thread Robert Huff
errors drop from ~1% to _0_ in 11 days of moderate to heavy usage. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

Video Card Info

2008-07-18 Thread Robert Huff
. However: the drivers for X work, but don't use anywhere close to the card's potential. (Search the various FreeBSD lists for nvidia driver.) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

can't ping

2008-07-17 Thread Robert Huff
packets received, 100.0% packet loss I have a firewall; rules are appended. The wierd part is other connectivity works: I can ftp, web-surf, telnet, etc.. Any ideas on what's broken? Robert Huff 00100 630662 280315972 allow ip from any

library for readline()

2008-07-03 Thread Robert Huff
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why an old operating system

2008-06-25 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: Patch Failures during Portupgrade

2008-06-23 Thread Robert Huff
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FreeBSD + Unicode filenames

2008-06-23 Thread Robert Huff
ls -al produuces this: -rw-r--r-- 1 huff huff 1204 Jun 19 17:16 C9tincelle.xhtml at the correct point in the sort order. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: /var full

2008-06-19 Thread Robert Huff
or researching behind me, what happens if: - stop mysqld - note perms of filesystem - cp -R /var/db /another/location/with/space - rm -r /var/db/* - fsck /dev/location-of-var Ahem - dismount partition before fsck, yes? Robert Huff

Re: Replacing tape changer with USB disk drives.

2008-06-17 Thread Robert Huff
is the cost. A (new) SCSI LTO-2 and 35 tapes runs US $2000 and up; the same four week's capacity is less than $400, maybe less than $300. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Replacing tape changer with USB disk drives.

2008-06-17 Thread Robert Huff
agree. Want to take this private and help figure out what's wrong? :-) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

Re: Replacing tape changer with USB disk drives.

2008-06-17 Thread Robert Huff
in the past years, and there are significant performance differences. As a rule of thumb, the cheaper the box, the slower it is. Of course there are exceptions to that rule. Would you care to offer experiences and recomendations? Robert Huff

Replacing tape changer with USB disk drives.

2008-06-16 Thread Robert Huff
performance.) This has resisted serious attempts for remedy, Hardware: no-name disks Addonics Saturn drive cartridge system Acer Labs USB2 add-on controller Robert Huff

Re: OpenOffice 2.4.1: still getting compilation error in FBSD 7.0-STABLE

2008-06-15 Thread Robert Huff
making 'build_instsetoo_native' Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

how to view environment variables

2008-06-14 Thread Robert Huff
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How

2008-06-12 Thread Robert Huff
as a Miscellaneous Non-Critical Change-Request. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Intel Dual PRO/1000 Nic - Setup of shared code failed

2008-06-12 Thread Robert Huff
Christopher Sean Hilton writes: I just got an Intel Dual gigabit nic that I planned to use with FreeBSD 7-STABLE. I'm using this on FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #1: Sat Apr 19 23:17:00 EDT 2008 i386 with no problems. Robert Huff

Re: Intel Dual PRO/1000 Nic - Setup of shared code failed

2008-06-12 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: Intel Dual PRO/1000 Nic - Setup of shared code failed

2008-06-12 Thread Robert Huff
(/boot/kernel/krpc.ko) P.S. In digging around on Google I found kern/117926 in the Bug tracking system. That machine has a ASUS P4B motherboard. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Flashplugin

2008-06-11 Thread Robert Huff
??). Robert Huff . ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Duplex printer advice

2008-06-03 Thread Robert Huff
, was uch perkier once I added 16.) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: gnash leave a blank page when visit youtube

2008-06-02 Thread Robert Huff
. If that's the case, then it's a poor choice if name for the variable. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

small office backup hardware advice

2008-06-01 Thread Robert Huff
outside of the network (maybe a couple DVDR time to time). Now, they gave me some money for backup stuff. Roughly how much money is some? $1000? $5000? $10,000? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions

RE: FreeBSD based router ...

2008-05-28 Thread Robert Huff
a box with that enough PCI slots might be problematic. Six slots X quad-port network cards = 24 interfaces. If you need more than that, it's probably worth investing in specialized hard-/software. Robert Huff

(semi-)OT programming non-ASCII characters

2008-05-18 Thread Robert Huff
A casual project I'm working on (in C) has just discovered the need to work with 8-bit characters 127. Does anyone have pointers to tutorials on how to work with these? Or would be willing to answer questions off-list? Thanks, Robert

about seamonkey

2008-05-07 Thread Robert Huff
can suppress the seamoneky mail windows from popping up? I use SeaMonkey; I build it pretty much as vanilla as it gets. Never had this happen. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: suggestion on a backup utility

2008-05-06 Thread Robert Huff
a file system, you can tell it to ignore directories/files. See chflag for more info. WARNING: choosing poorly, or forgetting you've done this, can come back to bite you big-time. Robert Huff ___ freebsd

shutdown forensics

2008-04-27 Thread Robert Huff
having been logged in at the time. Is there any way I can trace the origin of the shutdown command? I see a time like that, my gut suspicion for the shutdown is something drive y a cro job. Robert Huff

Re: wine: notepad OK, others not

2008-04-23 Thread Robert Huff
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Having trouble getting cups working

2008-04-22 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: Crontab @reboot directive

2008-04-22 Thread Robert Huff
particular setup I couldn't see any advantage. Plus, the less I need to edit system-wide config files, the better, I think. I'm confused: how is /etc/rc.conf any more a system-wide config file than /etc/crontab? Robert Huff

Filesystem full......

2008-04-21 Thread Robert Huff
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Re: Upgrade 5.4 to 7 ????

2008-04-20 Thread Robert Huff
this big, I heavily recommend getting a new disk and installing clean, It'll probably take less time; you'll dump a ton of obsolete executables/libraries/config files; and you can mount the old disk read-only as a data source. Robert Huff

Re: Tracking base system and kernel updates/vulnerabilities

2008-04-17 Thread Robert Huff
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usb serial port speed

2008-04-17 Thread Robert Huff
/second. (In theory, anyway; I've never been able get mine anywhere near that.) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: How to switch scheduler on 7.0?

2008-04-16 Thread Robert Huff
is focused. That's not to say BSD is being kicked off the train, exactly, just that it won't be the target for the latest and greatest. More qualified voices will please tell what I have remembered wrong. Robert Huff

Re: How to switch scheduler on 7.0?

2008-04-15 Thread Robert Huff
+? If this is true, and you (the OP) do not need the machine for production, there are people who would be interested in hearing about your problems - especially if you are prepared to define (and document) terrible performace and help diagnosing the issue. Robert Huff

Re: How to switch scheduler on 7.0?

2008-04-15 Thread Robert Huff
/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs ULE has substantial improvements over BSD for multiprocessor hardware. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: Mousewheel verschwunden

2008-04-13 Thread Robert Huff
Erich Dollansky writes: this is an English speaking list. Says who? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: Adobe Flash Player Petition

2008-04-10 Thread Robert Huff
the page_. 2) post the URL to questions@, ports@, and possibly www@ and multimedia@ in separate posts. Make the subject line something relevant - this is not about Adobe Flash Player Petition. Robert Huff

Re: openoffice.org-2.4.0_2 hanging

2008-04-07 Thread Robert Huff
for ERROR: Error 65280 occurred while making /usr/ports/editors/openoffice.org-2/work/OOH680_m12/moz dmake: Error code 1, while making 'build_instsetoo_native' Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

linux-flashplugin-7.0 freezes firefox - weird fix included

2008-04-07 Thread Robert Huff
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Boot menu and USB keyboard

2008-04-04 Thread Robert Huff
used to have this problem, but it disappeared ... sometime between 6.0 and 7.0, I think. And I'm pretty sure this was discussed on the mailing lists - try searching under Huff USB keyboard. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 Handbook 6.2.4 Firefox, Mozilla Macromedia Flash plugin

2008-03-29 Thread Robert Huff
linux_base-fc4 yesterday, and it seems to work. Now it depends what you do consider an issue :) Have you checked /usr/ports/UPDATING? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Reconditioned Laptop advice

2008-03-28 Thread Robert Huff
has dropped substantially since Lenovo took over. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: keyboard initialization in freebsd

2008-03-26 Thread Robert Huff
because it's no longer a keyboard and just a headache. If I could figure out how to program them, it would be a different story Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Status of AMD64 NVIDIA Proprietary Drivers for Xorg

2008-03-26 Thread Robert Huff
it at http://www.freebsd.org/projects/ideas/ ) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

portupgrade gnome-panel from 2.20.3 to latest version fail on FB7-stable

2008-03-25 Thread Robert Huff
See /usr/ports/UPDATING. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Replacing Windows with FreeBSD (was: my brother is making me learn FreeBSD...)

2008-03-24 Thread Robert Huff
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e-mail processing in C

2008-03-24 Thread Robert Huff
I need to write a quick and not-too-dirty C program to process some e-mail. (Including dealing with mbox files.) Is there a standard library to do this? Respectfully, Robert Huff ___ freebsd

Email processing in Python (was: e-mail processing in C)

2008-03-24 Thread Robert Huff
audience.) I can fumble my way around a decent C packagei less time ad with less hair-rending. I do have the advantage I know more-or-less exactly what the message will look like. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions

Re: media conversion utilities in the ports

2008-03-23 Thread Robert Huff
how to get mplayer over that obstacle, please share.) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

Re: List replies

2008-03-23 Thread Robert Huff
since I had time for newgroups on other than desperation resource basis), which gets reasonable traffic of the same kind see here, A bi-directional gateway is certainly possible, but if it hasn't been installed I'm sure there's a reason. Robert Huff

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