Re: collecting pv entries -- suggest increasing PMAP_SHPGPERPROC

2008-10-27 Thread Simon Chang
of physical RAM to complement it. For more details, go to http://books.google.com/books?id=vebgS-r9fP8Cpg=PA85lpg=PA85dq=Michael+Lucas+collecting+pv+entriessource=webots=9Fl2T_Uyqisig=6LgchiUI5r0NTL6PaK3sxnFuIBIhl=ensa=Xoi=book_resultresnum=1ct=result Good luck, Simon Chang

Re: collecting pv entries -- suggest increasing PMAP_SHPGPERPROC

2008-10-27 Thread Simon Chang
Raising PMAP_SHPGPERPROC works most of the time. You can also re-tune your Apache setting to keep processes from constantly spawning and dying. For example, set the max spare and min spare servers settings higher, so Apache keeps more spare servers around instead of spawning them on demand

Re: connecting to a secured Windows 2003 terminal server

2008-07-22 Thread Simon Chang
Recently my company has updated their server to Windows 2003. The earlier 2000 server didn't have SSL enabled, so rdp/rdesktop worked for me without any problem. But now, as I try to connect to the server, it simply gives me ERROR: recv: Connection reset by peer Did you make sure that the

Re: FreeBSD 7 , Rebooting....

2008-07-15 Thread Simon Chang
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Marcel Grandemange [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just setup a FreeBSD server one a machine. What happens is the machine seems to suddenly reboot during compiling ports.. Which ports, or are you having problems with all the ports you are trying to build?

Re: How

2008-06-12 Thread Simon Chang
I had a question concerning how to, suggest a feature in freebsd. But I did not know who to email, I am very new to this open-source feel, and was just wondering who, or where I post a suggestion. You have the right mailing list, so go ahead with your question/comment. Just know that if you

Re: When's FreeBSD going to catch up in the world of virtualization.

2008-04-21 Thread Simon Chang
Now however, I'm forced to use linux as the host OS for Vmware as there currently seems to be no current support for FreeBSD as the Host OS for popular VM applications. I hear your pain. However, VMware is a commercial company one of whose responsibilities is their bottom line. I have

Re: Powerpc port

2008-03-21 Thread Simon Chang
Hi there, On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 9:13 PM, K. Bradford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed 7.0-RELEASE on an old Mac G4. I have cvs'ed the latest sources (using the RELENG_7 tag) in order to track 7.0-STABLE. ...snip... Yeah, the information about FreeBSD seems rather biased toward

Re: Installing FreeBSD remotely via serial console

2008-03-04 Thread Simon Chang
Hi, Not sure whether Dell hardware has any special management features, but on generic server hardware, I always make sure BIOS console redirection is enabled (gives you BIOS access), and that it's set to stop redirecting once the OS boots. If it is one of the newer Dells, there is a

Re: Dropped Packets

2008-02-24 Thread Simon Chang
Hardware issues come to mind. Do you have a dmesg? SC On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Dave Raven [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have a FreeBSD 4.11 (I know its outdated but I don't have an option) box which is behaving very weirdly. After about a day and a half it starts to

Re: A non FreeBSD question.

2008-02-08 Thread Simon Chang
On Feb 7, 2008 10:29 PM, अनुज Anuj Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, irrelevant drivel snipped... This is completely off-topic. Either post something on-topic, or do not post at all. SC ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: how to hardcode kernel dump device in kernel

2008-01-25 Thread Simon Chang
snip I do not know the syntax either, but it does say that whatever it is is being deprecated, so I don't imagine the documentation guys will bother putting it in there... SC ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: (no subject)

2007-12-18 Thread Simon Chang
You need to do some reading on your own. Your questions are general enough that some Googling around the Internet should give you what you need. After having done sufficient reading on your own, if you still have questions, then come back. Show some initiative; don't expect us to spoon-feed

Re: Double fault

2007-11-25 Thread Simon Chang
Hi Bernt, A few observations: 1) This double fault apparently occurs fairly early in your boot process. Do you initialize anything late, like an external drive or some other hardware? 2) By your saying that you usually get either trap 9 or 12, I assume it happens frequently enough for you to

Re: install

2007-11-08 Thread Simon Chang
snip ...COMPLAINING... snip For someone who speaks five languages and works in IT, he sure seems rather obtuse. There are only two CDs, with one of them being Disc 1 and the other Disc 2. If he can't follow simple directions I suggest that he checks out Fedora Core, which at last count weighs

Re: An ssh Question

2007-07-07 Thread Simon Chang
OpenSSH_4.5p1 FreeBSD-20061110, OpenSSL 0.9.7e-p1 25 Oct 2004 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0 debug1: Connecting to xx.com [x.x.x.x] port 22. What is really baffling is that if I try the exact same thing from, say, a

Re: The FreeBSD Diary -- Is your ISP blocking port 25? Here's a Postfix solution.

2007-06-15 Thread Simon Chang
Um, since you had pulled this article from The FreeBSD Diary, why don't you try... www.freebsddiary.org? SC On 6/11/07, John Hoskins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to get ion touch with the person who posted the article: I have a serious problem, and I need help. The FreeBSD Diary

Re: about FreeBSD debugging

2007-04-24 Thread Simon Chang
I installed the FreeBSD but some of its packages are not working. For that we have to check debugging option.Please can u tell me how to debug. I dont know any thing about debugging Which package(s) are you referring to? There are thousands of packages available to FreeBSD. You have to be

Re: Yet another crash - help with interpreting dump

2007-04-24 Thread Simon Chang
Hello, Regarding your crash dump, has anyone responded to you yet? You might want to try and post this in the developer's mailing list. FreeBSD-questions has many non-developers who may not know how to help with your situation. Good luck, SC ___

Re: Test

2007-03-26 Thread Simon Chang
Hear, hear. Chris, please remember NOT to do this again. SC ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Test

2007-03-26 Thread Simon Chang
Yanno - I was just gonna let this go but it seems a simple sorry isn't good enough for some that simply don't feel as if life is complete without some sorta bitchin' Grow up, get a life, move on. It wont be the first time someone does this - and it certainly won't be the last - much less have

Re: No core dump after panic

2007-03-23 Thread Simon Chang
Well, this means that, since your previous kernel panicked but was not able to save a coredump, when you boot up from another kernel there is simply nothing there for savecore to recover. As a result savecore is reporting that there is nothing to recover for you. But that's the way to set it

Re: FreeBSD 5.4, installation hangs

2007-03-23 Thread Simon Chang
I have seen this error message before, and it was indeed the memory that went bad. You should try to run memtest on it to confirm or deny it before trying the install again. SC ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: No core dump after panic

2007-03-22 Thread Simon Chang
I did not use /var/crash because /var was small than RAM. So I manually changed the crash directory to /usr partition. I do not know how to set savecore flag. Check out man savecore for a list of flags. You normally set them in /etc/rc.conf by putting in a line like: savecore_flags=-v -z,

Re: No core dump after panic

2007-03-21 Thread Simon Chang
Hey there, From what you are saying it sounds like you are getting the panic on bootup. Is that correct? In looking through your config I don't see anything that really stands out (although I would use /var/crash for dumpdir, and you didn't specify savecore_flags). What else have you tried

Re: about MySQL

2007-03-21 Thread Simon Chang
Frank, The majority of your questions has nothing to do with FreeBSD. Please submit your questions to the appropriate mailing lists for those projects (Apache, MySQL, PHP, etc.). As for how one goes about learning FreeBSD, there are dozens of books, manuals, documentations, how-to's available.

Re: strange installworld issue

2007-03-20 Thread Simon Chang
On 3/20/07, Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: im trying to installworld on a machine that is having its first update. buildworld and kernel completed without any errors, and installkernel seemed just fine. however, when i installworld, this is the error i get: phoenix# make installworld

Re: FreeBSD boot loader halts

2007-03-20 Thread Simon Chang
My FBSD 6.2 freezes at random after printing Default: F1 I haven't noticed this issue in the past with older versions of FreeBSD. Since this is a random issue, it's very hard to pin point the culprit by process of elimination (disabling APCI, etc...) After several ctrl+alt+delete reboots, the

Re: vmware Questions

2007-02-22 Thread Simon Chang
A rule of thumb is to configure as much service as you need (in this case, dhcpd), with as little overhead as you can get away with (a simple jail vs. a full-blown VM). SC On 2/22/07, Martin McCormick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Nielsen, referring to running multiple DHCPD's, writes: For

Re: help

2007-02-20 Thread Simon Chang
By LTSP, I assume you mean Linux Terminal Server Project. You really should have spelled out what the letters LTSP stand for, to save the aggravation of someone who is trying to help you. FreeBSD can run many Linux applications, but you will need to enable Linux support. Please refer to the

Re: My recent Epiphany about operating systems

2006-12-22 Thread Simon Chang
rant snip Folks, I too had a recent epiphany about something that I wish to share with you. It's not about operating systems; it's about terabyte_pete, the original poster who initiated this message. Terabyte_pete, or Peter Daigle as some know him, has been trolling several other mailing

Re: Regarding QuickCam webcams and FreeBSD

2006-02-09 Thread Simon Chang
. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Simon Chang Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 12:49 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Regarding QuickCam webcams and FreeBSD Howdy, I happen to have been doing quite a bit of research

Regarding QuickCam webcams and FreeBSD

2006-01-31 Thread Simon Chang
Howdy, I happen to have been doing quite a bit of research in this area. What I wanted to do was to set up a *nix box with a webcam and a wireless NIC, so that I can mount the headless machine in the bedroom to keep an eye on our seven-month-old baby. (Link between the *nix box and the home

Kernel Panic in 5.0-RELEASE

2003-03-13 Thread Simon Chang
Good day to all, This past weekend I experienced a kernel panic in my 5.0-release running on a Dual Pentium Pro system. Is this the correct mailing list to write to and seek help from? (I've already posted in the comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc group but nobody has responded thus far.) TIA, Simon