Re: List replies

back to the community. Your choice. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

mtree

I know mtree can be used to describe a directory layout, and then to re-create that structure. Is there a place where this is described? Respectfully, Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions

Re: mtree

back to the way the original specification described. ... but somehow missed this. (*WHAP*) Thanks to Lowell and Kris. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

How to uninstall a flash port.

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Re: List replies

that has been considered and rejected, on the grounds this is the list most likely to be found by novices and it should present the only the absolutely necessary number of hoops. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

confusion configuring NAT

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confusion configuring NAT

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(more) confusion configuring NAT

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Re: (more) confusion configuring NAT

that contradicts what I have. 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: (more) confusion configuring NAT

in the nat config the interface with the public IP? em0 connects to the cable modem. Try putting `$CMD count log ip from any to any' rules to see if traffic is matching where you expect it to; Where do I find the results of this Robert Huff

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 nvidia-driver woes

Serious Stuff(tm). If it's really important, there's always starting a fund to pay someone to do it. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: state of flash on FreeBSD 7?

will publicly available. (Search keyword = ActionScript ???) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Low space on /

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doesn't change to Daylight Saving Time

Xihong Yin writes: My FreeBSD 6.2 doesn't change to Daylight Saving Time. How should I fix it? I'm having the same problem with -CURRENT. I have updated the zoneinfo files (using misc/zoneinfo) and (re-)run tzsetup, but am still a hour behind. Robert Huff

Re: doesn't change to Daylight Saving Time

. Robert Huff Are you running ntpd? I am. (If it matters, I have rebooted the system since updating the tz files/settings.) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: doesn't change to Daylight Saving Time

it. 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: doesn't change to Daylight Saving Time

. That did it. Glad I could help. However, now I'm curious - isn't this going to be a recurring problem (admittedly only twice a year) for the non-trivial number of machines that do run ntpd for various reasons? Robert Huff

Upgrade 4.11 to 7.0, possible?

about bad configuration files, and can mount the old disk read-only for as long as it takes to believe you have all the desirable data transferred. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

semi-OT: USB programming tutorial?

Can anyone recommend a good (online) tutorial on programming USB, particularly the identifying/initializing the device and setting up a session part? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Some questions about installing a web server.

... they said xeon. Doesn't that mean ia64? 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: make.conf CPUTYPE Xeon Conroe?

and possibly thousands of port builds - and never had anything attributable to that go wrong. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

the best network card for freebsd 7.0

Mohamad Faizul writes: i wanna ask about the good network card for freebsd 7.0 This is an FAQ; there has also been at least one thread here within the last few days. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions

Re: RAM not recognized

without any problems. ... and not be able to run some ports; some won't run in native 64 bit mode, some won't run at all. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: RAM not recognized

RW writes: And also bear in mind that amd64 uses memory less efficiently than i386 Would you care to elaborate? (A pointer will do.) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Having problems with my ports configuration

the first ports to rebuild carefully. 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: FreeBSD 7.0

:) It would also be polite (and perhaps operationally advantageous) to give the mirror sites a chance to insure they have the full distriution and make any tactical adjustments they need. Robert Huff ___ freebsd

Re: FreeBSD 7.x compatible Gigabit network card

/1000 series aren't cheap (or easy to find in generic retail outlets), but I am a convert. It doesn't hurt that the driver is written by Intel. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: Unicode Console?

the case the filesystem is not UTF compatible? 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: DNS /etc/namedb owner hell

, though you can deal with this using mergeaster. 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: npviewer.bin.core

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Re: Shutdown anomaly

that ... but this is not a new issue - chech the archives for details. I would like to propose a fix. Care to test it? Me personally? No. Don't have an SMP machine available. Robert Huff ___ freebsd

wine: notepad OK, others not

been substantial improvements. 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: Shutdown anomaly

is to increase the size of the kernel printf() buffer. I don't remember how you do that ... but this is not a new issue - chech the archives for details. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: what happened to linuxflashplugin?

and interactive for good. 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: downloading video from http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=...

. Youtube-dl usually takes a few days to come out with a new version. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: what happened to linuxflashplugin?

of Flash will have an open interface specification. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Random driver for insanely old hardware

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xterm question

Chris Whitehouse writes: it's a stupid little question really but I have an xterm filled with a log file (telnetted into another machine) which is scrolled off the screen. If you can telnet, can you ftp? Robert Huff

unexpected happening booting to single user

. It doesn't /seem/ to break anything, but I'd like to unconfuse things if possible. Is there documentation on what's happening? If not, can someone explain? Respectfully, Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

question about buildkernel warning

' encountered. WARNING: duplicate device `io' encountered. at the top. It's only a warning, but I'd like to fix if possible. Where does this come from? (Config is appended.) Robert Huff  # # JERUSALEM # # For more information read the handbook part

Re: question about buildkernel warning

: duplicate device `io' encountered. These options are already in the DEFAULT file in the same directory as your kernel config. That did it. Thank you. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Perl-5.10.0 in FBSD-7.0

by so many things that making the change before a .0 release is work for no necessary gain. It's practically a Kick Me! sign. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: Realtek 8111B LAN Chipset

with a separate card, allow me to recommend the Intel Pro/1000 series. Major manufacturer, driver written by Intel (and the maintainer responds promptly to issues), and available for ~$25 on eBay. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions

Error when built OpenOffice 2

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home dir executable (!/bin/sh, chmod+x) shell scripts won't run without sh script

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Re: home dir executable (!/bin/sh, chmod+x) shell scripts won't run without sh script

accomplish a similar thing with symlinks, but this is one useful idea for using the path. There's another way, though one with implications - add: CUPS_OVERWRITE_BASE=yes to /etc/make.conf. Robert Huff

xf86-video drivers

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Porting from linux to FreeBSD (procfs question)

is this? Invoking sysctl system call?) As I understand it, use (2). Use of FreeBSD procfs is possible, but heavily discouraged due to known security issues. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Swap partition

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Re: Finally, Flash seems to be working for Me :)

others). 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: Problems with OpenOffice 2.3.1 on FreeBSD

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mplayer and x11 libs

dependencies with pkg_cutleaves and reinstalling. How do i prevent this in the future? If you are using portupgrade, then man pkgtools.conf. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Problems with OpenOffice 2.3.1 on FreeBSD

on the openoffice@ list. A message from Peter Jeremy on December 14 contains both information about the cause and a patch. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Problems with OpenOffice 2.3.1 on FreeBSD

not currently in a position to verify but I don't believe that the patch I made is related to O.Hartmann's problem. I just turned around and there conclusions were. Sorry about that. Robert Huff ___ freebsd

Re: Rebuilding /var/db/pkg

caffeinated beverage, and set to work. In either case, design and implement a backup method. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Logitech keyboard/mouse?

stuff and b) programs understood and used those inputs. Has anyone seen this done? I'd dearly loce to be able to use the little dial by the TAB key for volume control in xmms. Robert Huff

sysctl...

: Invalid argument Same here. 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: Logitech keyboard/mouse?

are interested in and make a note of its keycode value. We can stop right here: nothing gets reported. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

/var growing too fast

by running: du /var | sort -nr | head -n 50 | more This will show you the 50 biggest directories. If you don't understand why they're the size they are ... that's your first step. Robert Huff ___ freebsd

Re: tail does not exit

James Harrison writes: tail -f holds on for dear life until a ctrl-c happens. IT HAS A DEATH GRIP! Agreed. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: Cannot get Script to Run Via Crontab

, as it will not disturb other cron programs that may be expecting the default path. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

Re: /tmp: filesystem full

Cesar Amaya writes: napstats# fstat | grep /tmp www httpd 1739 15 /tmp 4 -rw--- 0 rw Can you afford to shut down the web server (Apache ?)? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions

Re: copying DVD material :: somewhat OT. youtube-dl

://youtube.com/watch?v=gpIM3nBR2ZA;, sees the '?', thinks it's a shell glob character, and does the usual thing. Which turns out to not be the Right Thing. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: help wanted configuring HPLIP

on uhub4 So it looks like I'm good. Now we'll see if HPLIP can do its job. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: help wanted configuring HPLIP

Robert Huff writes: So it looks like I'm good. Now we'll see if HPLIP can do its job. So close, and yet so far. Ran hp-setup. Everything worked OK except for: 1) didn't automatically find the correct driver (is it supposed to?) 2) found

Re: When switching from console to X, mousebuffer gets pasted

of stuff? Nothing critical, but enough annoying things to make up for it. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

Re: help wanted configuring HPLIP

attaches as umass, I'm hosed, but if it attaches as ugen I win. Thanks, Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

help wanted configuring HPLIP

I've got it installed, see the post-install configuration message, and have questions about how it will interact with existing printers. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: help wanted configuring HPLIP

/hpliponfreebsd Bookmarked. Thank you. 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: When switching from console to X, mousebuffer gets pasted

by this as well; so it's really a bug. I think I'm getting bit by this as well, on: X.Org X Server 1.4.0 Release Date: 5 September 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT i386 Robert Huff

Re: Home Automation?

Speaking of $SUBJECT ... does anyone have experience with ZigBee(802.15.4)-based devices? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Desktop printing, a request for your experiences

with OpenOffice. GIMP, and Mozilla-based stuff. (All under CUPS.) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

USB headset?

Is anyone out there using one? If so, what brand/model and with what software? Was ther anything special needed to get things working? Respectfully, Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: top posting (off-topic)

at that way, it could be seen as not just lazy and stupid but outright hostile. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

How do I prevent a port from installing?

. not installed because of an option - the anxwer is probably No.. You could consult the maintainer for a more authoratative opinion. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Need help with backup shell script

would involve find. Robert Huff  full_backup #!/bin/sh #set -x # # Set variables # PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin echo Backup started. at `date` DUMP_DATE=`date | awk '{printf %d.%s.%d\n, $6, $2, $3}'` DUMP_DAY=`date

Re: cups openoffice...bad mojo?

. Note: this will _only_ work when using portupgrade. It is also possible to put these settings in /etc/make.conf. However, there are reasons to not do so; see discussions on either questions@ or ports@ within the last month for further discussion. Robert

how to delete a file?

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Re: Installing ports to /usr

prefix. Nobody's saying you can't put them somewhere else, only that the specific location /usr (and by extension anywhere that already has a function under hier) is a Really Bad Idea. Robert Huff

semi-OT: awk - field separator

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Re: Neither linux-firefox nor linux-opera uses java plugin

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Re: semi-OT: awk - field separator

single quote. Or: That's the ticket. Thanks, everyone. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

cups web browser access...

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7.0, make buildworld without contrib. old top binary in contrib.

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Re: can't think of program

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Re: Neither linux-firefox nor linux-opera uses java plugin

Andrew Pantyukhin writes: This dead body is beaten every other day. Personally, I download flash movies and watch them with mplayer. I know about youtube-dl; is there a generic method for doing this with other Flash content? Robert Huff

How to reset a TCP connection

Olivier Nicole writes: How can I manually reset an established TCp connection? Ask Comcast. :-) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

How to reset a TCP connection

Robert Huff writes: Olivier Nicole writes: How can I manually reset an established TCp connection? Ask Comcast. :-) My apologies for being cryptic. In the United Stated, cable television and Internet provider Comcast has recently come under criticism

Re: One Laptop Per Child

, and religious leaders fulminate against imunization as a foreign plot. Even under the best of circumstaces exactly what do people reasoaly expect to happen? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: disk drive serial number

, not the _serial_ number, yes? Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

can't think of program

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7.0-B2 IPFW/IP6FW interaction

ipv6_firewall_script=/etc/ipfw.v6.set # Which script to run to # set up the IPv6 firewall ipv6_firewall_flags= # see /etc/rc.firewall6 Robert Huff

problems using ls with for_in (SH)

the for_in passed each word as one iteration and not the full filename, I'd tried using -B in ls, but doesnt help. Any idea what can i do? Yes.:-) Find the documetation, and look up the IFS environment variable. Robert Huff

Rebuilding kernel/system to a state back-in-time?

? Is specifying date=2007.09.13.23.59.00 I've used this with ports, and it works as descried. Be careful it doesn't conflict with other settings, and you should be fine. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

multiple autoconf versions

, which is used by great heaping gobs of stuff. There is a minute possibility any upgrade will break something. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Is there a way to compare what is in the ports tree with what is installed?

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Re: Is there a way to compare what is in the ports tree with what is installed?

Pollywog writes: dir /var/d/pkg | grep portname My Linux systems have a dir command but my FreeBSD does not. Is there something I need to install? My bad - dir is a longstanding alias for ls -al !* | more Robert Huff

reverse grep

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is this for OO-2 for FBSD?

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hardware not recognized

to about this? (By the way, count me as a converted true believer in em-based NICs.) Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

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