Java and FreeBSD

2008-11-03 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Hi, It is now more than eight months that i am not able to use FreeBSD. FreeBSD version 6.1 was the last. Back then trying to work with Eclipse and java on FreeBSD was quite tricky. Can anyone please tell me what the current status is? For example can i use ports to install everything and

Re: Upgrading to 6.2-RELEASE from 6.2-STABLE

2007-06-12 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Hi Mark, Some months ago i tried to upgrade my source from 5.2 to 6.1. I did something wrong and It took me 2 to 4 weeks to stabilize my system and to be honest i tried so many things that i am not sure what I did exactly and brought it back to normal. I remember re-building and re-installing

Re: BSD derivatives

2007-06-03 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Hi Blake, On 02/06/07, Blake Finley, MA, ABD-2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am primarily concerned about security from internet hacking, and am therefore considering setting up a separate internet computer with BSD. Are you trying to secure a network with a secure gateway? To have a secure

Fwd: Squid and IPFW

2007-06-02 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Sorry, forgot to add the list... Hi again, On 01/06/07, RW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you really sure you want to do that way? I am sure about me wanting to use FreeBSD and i am sure about me liking IPFW. *I am not sure* if it is the best way of doing this, but i believe that if you

Squid and IPFW

2007-05-31 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Dear all, I would like to setup a gw / firewall (IPFW) which will also run Squid, in order to restrict access to certain websites or to allow certain workstations to have full access to the internet. How can I redirect all traffic going to port 80 on the gw, to port 3128 on Squid without setting

Fwd: Squid and IPFW

2007-05-31 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Thanks for your reply. I asked the question long in advance. I will try this. -- Forwarded message -- From: Tek Bahadur Limbu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 31-May-2007 14:35 Subject: Re: Squid and IPFW To: Spiros Papadopoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd mailing list freebsd

Re: FreeBSD 6.2 Opera 9.2

2007-05-11 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Thanks for your reply I first emptied the cache...then i tried a #make deinstall make reinstall clean i still get the same exactly result... On 10/05/07, Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 10 May 2007 19:09:07 lveax wrote: On 5/11/07, Spiros Papadopoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED

FreeBSD 6.2 Opera 9.2

2007-05-10 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Hi all, Trying to log in to http://mail.google.com from Opera 9.2 fails. It seems like the page refreshes itself but in fact it fails to go forward. I don't get any error message at all. Could it be related to encryption or anything else missing from my FreeBSD, which is a fresh install? Had

Re: Linksys wireless pcmcia card / FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE

2007-04-23 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Allthough i have set to yes the option about receiving your messages to the list I didn't receive it. In addition i haven't received any reply so far. Could somebody confirm that my message was sent properly to the list. Thanks, Spiros On 21/04/07, Spiros Papadopoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Linksys wireless pcmcia card / FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE

2007-04-21 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Hi, I am running FreeBSD 6.2 RELEASE and I have the above card in my DELL's latitude c810 cardbus. I followed the instructions on the page below and configure the kernel accordingly: http://www.freebsdmall.com/~loader/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/wireless/article.html i get the message about:

Re: traffic analysis tools

2006-10-23 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Hi there On 21/10/06, Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey people, I'd like something to look at traffic use through my gateway, so I know how much of my upload bandwidth and download bandwidth is in use at any time. Ideally it'll tell me from where, so I can look at internal

Re: MySQL and Roundcube Problem - db won't start!

2006-10-13 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
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Re: RE : Re: MySQL and Roundcube Problem - db won't start!

2006-10-13 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Hi again, On 13/10/06, Desmond Coughlan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: X-No-Archive: true Thanks guys.. it worked. I still don't know why MySQL didn't start at boot. I am using MySQL occasionally in my FreeBSD. For this reason when i first had the same with you problem and i found this way to

Re: Problems with ipfw and ssh

2006-10-12 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
to a normal user account properly though -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Mark Jose Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 8:41 PM To: 'Spiros Papadopoulos'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Problems with ipfw and ssh

Re: Problems with ipfw and ssh

2006-10-12 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Hi again, On 12/10/06, Garrett Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Based on all the docs I've read about using ipfw, you should put ipfw allow all any from any via lo0 somewhere at the top of your script so all traffic can and will be sent via lo0. I think you are talking about the line below, is

Re: Hard Drive Issues

2006-10-12 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
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Re: Problems with ipfw and ssh

2006-10-12 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
for it in the way you suggest. Thanks, Spiros p.s. Apologies for messing with the receipients..I tried not to include ipfw list after the first post, but it was in someone's reply to me..etc..sorry On Thursday 12 October 2006 20:22, Spiros Papadopoulos wrote: Thanks for your replies, On 12/10/06

Re: custom kernel, make buildkernel and then?

2006-10-11 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Sorry, forgot to include the list On 11/10/06, Spiros Papadopoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, What i simply do is: 1. Enter the /usr/src/sys/*/conf directory 2. copy GENERIC to whatever name i wish (no new dirs, no links) 3. Alter the file to my needs 4. cd /usr/src 5. make buildkernel

Problems with ipfw and ssh

2006-10-11 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Hi, I am trying to configure a firewall using ipfw for a machine running FreeBSD 5.4. Without NAT. I am nearly a newbie on this (since i never had time until now..) but still i believe i understand exactly the concepts and what needs to be done. Except the manual page and chapter 26.1 in the

Re: Problems with ipfw and ssh

2006-10-11 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
. On 2006-10-11 22:53, Spiros Papadopoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am trying to configure a firewall using ipfw for a machine running FreeBSD 5.4. Without NAT. I am nearly a newbie on this (since i never had time until now..) but still i believe i understand exactly the concepts

Re: Problems with ipfw and ssh

2006-10-11 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
On 12/10/06, Giorgos Keramidas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2006-10-12 00:53, Spiros Papadopoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I started yesterday playing with it / testing it, but since i want to do most of the work remotely, i stuck on this rule and feel like keep looking until i find

3com mini-pci modem

2006-01-21 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
output like dmesg or pciconf -lv or anything else I will have to write them down or use a floppy or something else to transfer to windows which I am using now...You see, if I cannot make the modem to work I cannot connect to the internet using FreeBSD. But I will do if is needed. Any help?? Spiros

RE: help

2006-01-21 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
I think you startx and then you choose the interface you want to start in the login page, (small drop down list in the bottom right... I think). However there must be more ways to do it but I don't know about a specific command! I haven't use Afterstep, but I 've heard of it. Aren't there

Fwd: Re: question

2006-01-19 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
. This is set before you start the xserver. I tryied allscreens_flags=VGA_90x60 i reboot but didn't work. However I won't be able to see the machine for the next two weeks. Let me know if you make it work. Spiros --- Spiros Papadopoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 19 January 2006 00:23

RE: String variable expansion routine wanted

2006-01-18 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
Hi, Well If I understood well you need printf() Definitely check the manual page: #man 3 printf You can use printf() like this: vartype Variable = declaration; /* string or int or double etc */ /* will print your text and the variable in the middle */ printf(some text... %type_of_variable

RE: FreeBSD vs Linux

2006-01-18 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matias Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 3:55 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the essential difference

Re: question

2006-01-18 Thread Spiros Papadopoulos
--- Spiros Papadopoulos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jose Jesus Ortega Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 4:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: question I installed