Re: disk problem(s)

2012-01-14 Thread Robert Huff
se a further level of sub-directories? E.g.: Papa Quebec Romeo becomes P/Papa Q/Quebec R/Romeo Robert Huff ___ free

Re: access(FULLPATH, xxx);

2012-01-14 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sat Jan 14 02:32:15 2012 > Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:28:21 +0100 > From: Polytropon > To: Robert Bonomi > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: access(FULLPATH, xxx); > > On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:00:12 -0600 (CST), Rob

Re: access(FULLPATH, xxx);

2012-01-13 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Fri Jan 13 18:15:44 2012 > Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:05:18 -0800 > From: Gary Kline > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > Cc: > Subject: access(FULLPATH, xxx); > > > excuse this slip of memory, but do you need the full path PLUS the > filename to use access? o

Re: Apache segmentation fault

2012-01-11 Thread Robert Fitzpatrick
pache22 configuration: > Syntax OK > Segmentation fault (core dumped) If I comment out the two modules shown, it restarts without issue. -- Robert ___ 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"

Apache segmentation fault

2012-01-11 Thread Robert Fitzpatrick
fix this issue. Should I force pkg_delete and rebuild all php packages or ldap packages? Or some other approach? Thanks for any help, Robert -- Robert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: FreeBSD Kernel Internals Documentation

2012-01-04 Thread Robert Bonomi
ou just ignored the salient point of what Robert Bonomi said, in > > favor of trivialities. If you prefer, pretend he said: > > > > HE asked that they explain "why it *IS* morally correct..." > > > > The point he was making is no less present and clea

Re: FreeBSD Kernel Internals Documentation

2012-01-04 Thread Robert Bonomi
On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 06:17:55AM -0500, Jerry wrote: > On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:16:30 -0600 (CST) Robert Bonomi articulated: > > > > He did *NOT* ask the prior poster to explain "why it _would_be_ > > morally correct..."HE demanded that they explain &

Re: Realtek RTL8191SEvB Linux driver?

2012-01-03 Thread Robert Bonomi
Daniel Feenberg wrote: > > Don't ndis(4) ndiscvt and ndisgen(8) essentially accomplish what the OP > is requesting? See the handbook section 12.8.1.1: > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html > > or the man page for ndiscvt: > >http://ww

Re: FreeBSD Kernel Internals Documentation

2012-01-03 Thread Robert Bonomi
Jerry wrote: > Chad Perrin articulated: > > > > Now you have really peaked my interest. On any given day, on a > > > Windows based forum, the terms: "FreePiss", open-sore", "Lsuck" > > > etcetera are freely thrown around. On Linux based forums, terms > > > like: "Winblows", "Microsucks", etceter

Re: freebsd server limits question

2012-01-02 Thread Robert Boyer
Shard Chunks - MongoDB enjoy…. RB On Jan 2, 2012, at 5:38 PM, Robert Boyer wrote: > Sorry one more thought and a clarification…. > > > I have found that it is best to run mongos with each app server instance most > of the mongo interface libraries aren't intelligent abo

Re: freebsd server limits question

2012-01-02 Thread Robert Boyer
nity also may be of assistance but they tend to have a very narrow view of the world…. ;-) RB On Jan 2, 2012, at 4:21 PM, Robert Boyer wrote: > To deal with this kind of traffic you will most likely need to set up a mongo > db cluster of more than a few instances… much better. There should

Re: freebsd server limits question

2012-01-02 Thread Robert Boyer
To deal with this kind of traffic you will most likely need to set up a mongo db cluster of more than a few instances… much better. There should be A LOT of info on how to scale mongo to the level you are looking for but most likely you will find that on ruby forums NOT on *NIX boards…. The OS

RE: DNS

2012-01-01 Thread Robert Huff
o you, you probably aren't contributing to this conversarion. :-) (While the version in base being slightly earlier is in keeping with the general FreeBSD philosophy, I believe it gets all the security updates.) Robert Huff ___

Re: DNS

2012-01-01 Thread Robert Huff
changes its IP occesionally. When it does, I have a script which will change the config file for sshd, and another which changes most (but not all) settings for bind. Elapsed time (assuming I remember all the bits): 5 minutes, plus a re-boot and checking the n

Re: DNS

2012-01-01 Thread Robert Huff
7;t know of any scripts that will "update" (whatever that means) BIND configuration files that are included either as part of the base system or as ports. However, running BIND and Apache is certainly possible - the machine I'm typing this on does exactly that.

Re: DNS

2012-01-01 Thread Robert Huff
and BIND. Agreed. 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"

reduce partition size. HELP

2011-12-30 Thread Robert Huff
new/smaller partition 4) restore from backup Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-q

Re: FreeBSD Kernel Internals Documentation

2011-12-30 Thread Robert Bonomi
David Jackson wrte: > Robert Bonomi wrote: > > David Jackson wrte: > > > ... > > > > > > However, My finding is that due to poor documentation, ... [ sneck remaineder of ill-informed trolling ] > > Start with "The Design and Implementatio

Re: FreeBSD Kernel Internals Documentation

2011-12-29 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Dec 29 21:46:36 2011 > Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:43:16 -0500 > From: David Jackson > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: FreeBSD Kernel Internals Documentation > > I have had an interest in studying the FreeBSD kernel and getting to know > i

Re: Re[6]: high load system do not take all CPU time

2011-12-26 Thread Robert Bonomi
[drivelectomy -- 200+ lines] You've been told the following, *repeatedly*: Your hardware is not capable of keeping up with the level of network traffic it is being subjected to. Reaaltek cards and the 're' device driver are a *BAD*CHOICE* for systems with heavy network traffic. They're merely

Re: Freebsd installation problem with 3ware 8506-4LP - storage controller (RAID)

2011-12-25 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sat Dec 24 23:42:28 2011 > Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:38:04 -0500 > From: heat...@trans-world.org > To: > Subject: Freebsd installation problem with 3ware 8506-4LP - storage > controller (RAID) > > Hello, we tried to instal Freebsd with my 3ware 8506-4LP

Re: FreeBSD 8 LiveFS - How To Start SSHD?

2011-12-24 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sat Dec 24 16:58:02 2011 > Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:35:35 -0800 > From: Drew Tomlinson > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: FreeBSD 8 LiveFS - How To Start SSHD? > > I've lost a drive in my FBSD 8.? box. I have a FBSD 8.1 LiveFS CD from > wh

Re: 9.3RC3: halt

2011-12-23 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Fri Dec 23 08:37:24 2011 > Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:34:19 +0100 > From: Frank Lanitz > To: questi...@freebsd.org > Cc: > Subject: 9.3RC3: halt > > Hi folks, > > Another question I wasn't able to answer proper to my self. READ THE MANPAGE. >

Re: Perl Upgrade And Mailscanner Woes

2011-12-21 Thread Robert Huff
t;, there are enough of them out there this _really_ needs to go in the upgrade message. 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: Re[2]: high load system do not take all CPU time

2011-12-18 Thread Robert Bonomi
wrote; > > can I get interrupt limit or calculate it before that limit is > reached? You can extrapolate from the current cpu time spent in interrupt handling and the current interrupt rate to a situation where roughly 100% of the cpu capacity is spent in interrupt handling. > > interrupt source

Re: some troble with compilation of newkernel

2011-12-17 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sat Dec 17 10:38:44 2011 > From: "Oleg simonoff" > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:35:24 +0300 > Cc: > Subject: some troble with compilation of newkernel > > Hi users! > > I`ve got freeBSD8.2 system. Before the assemblage o

Re: problem with stoping process

2011-12-15 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Dec 15 13:04:04 2011 > Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:00:50 +0200 > From: =?windows-1251?B?yu7t/Oru4iDF4uPl7ejp?= > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: problem with stoping process > > I am trying to stop process > /usr/local/etc/rc.d/radiusd sto

Re: opening vim with a flag: ready to write?

2011-12-14 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Wed Dec 14 18:46:46 2011 > Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:42:31 -0800 > From: Gary Kline > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > Cc: > Subject: opening vim with a flag: ready to write? > > > hi y'all:) > > i am making steady progress in learning gtk. i'll spare the l

Re: freebsd is really bsd?

2011-12-13 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Tue Dec 13 09:18:00 2011 > Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:46:41 -0500 > From: LinuxIsOne > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: freebsd is really bsd? > > hi, > > Is freebsd simply bsd name, means it is free so they appended the word > 'free' is it li

Re: What's wrong with this code?

2011-12-12 Thread Robert Bonomi
From: "John Levine" wrote: > > This tiny routine is in a .so loadable module I use. (It's part of the > mailfront SMTP daemon.) > > static const char* date_string(void) > { > static char datebuf[64]; > time_t now = time(0); > struct tm* tm = gmtime(&now); > strftime(datebuf, sizeof date

Re: difference between cvsup and csup?

2011-12-11 Thread Robert Huff
f obscure functionalities that cvsup has that csup does not. If you're asking this question, you (probably) don't have to worry about them. For the general user, csup is a drop-in replacement. My expereince - as a general user - supports thi

Re: FreeBSD Gateway, Crossover

2011-12-04 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From: APseudoUtopia > > Hello, > > I'm trying to setup a small home network, It consists of my FreeBSD > 9.0-RC2 box connected to my modem (just a modem, not modem/router) and > two other systems connected directly via ethernet to the freebsd box. > I'm able to connect to the internet with the

Re: Usage of FreeBSD

2011-12-03 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sat Dec 3 12:57:05 2011 > Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 12:31:22 -0600 > From: Charles Pitkin > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: > Subject: Usage of FreeBSD > > To whom it may concern, > > I am a amateur developer looking to build a system with FreeBSD.

Re: Usage of FreeBSD

2011-12-03 Thread Robert Bonomi
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Re: ipfw And ping

2011-12-01 Thread Robert Bonomi
Tim Daneliuk wrote: > To: Robert Bonomi > Subject: Re: ipfw And ping > > On 12/01/2011 09:12 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: > >> From tun...@tundraware.com Thu Dec 1 20:57:55 2011 > >> Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:56:03 -0600 > >> > >> Both. > >

Re: Free BSD Website Question

2011-12-01 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Dec 1 17:54:57 2011 > To: Adam Vande More > From: "Julian H. Stacey" > Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:49:59 +0100 > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Frank > Subject: Re: Free BSD Website Question > > Adam Vande More wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 a

Re: ipfw And ping

2011-12-01 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Dec 1 17:27:19 2011 > Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:25:04 -0600 > From: Tim Daneliuk > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: ipfw And ping > > I have a fairly restrictive ipfw setup on a FBSD 8.2-STABLE machine. > Pings were not getting through so I add

SOLVED: problem formating disk with gpart

2011-12-01 Thread Robert Huff
ch ata0 and the disk showed up correctly. Proceeded to partitioning and newfs, and - I have a working disk. Thanks, everyone, for the help. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing lis

Re: problem formating disk with gpart

2011-12-01 Thread Robert Huff
puzzling is I have two other GPT disks - created either with this version or one from mid-April - that got built with no problems not caused by my own ignorance. 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: make buildworld powers down system

2011-12-01 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Dec 1 01:16:21 2011 > Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 02:14:04 -0500 (EST) > From: doug > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: > Subject: make buildworld powers down system > > Three times in a row. It seems to be repeatable. At the end what should my >

Re: problem formating disk with gpart

2011-11-30 Thread Robert Huff
512 bytes at sector 976773100: Input/output error Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail t

Re: problem formating disk with gpart

2011-11-30 Thread Robert Huff
eom retasting? > > true > /dev/ad1 I did this. Afterwards, "gpart show" continues to report the 456G vaule, not the 80G I should see. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.

problem formating disk with gpart

2011-11-30 Thread Robert Huff
show ad1 => 34 976773101 ad1 GPT (465G) 34 976773101 - free - (465G) ... which is the value for the disk just removed. If I do (to start clean): >> gpart destroy ad1 gpart destroy ad1 gpart: Input/output error Huh?

Re: Alternative to syslogd that actually writes external logs to files?

2011-11-29 Thread Robert Bonomi
Fbsd8 wrote; > > You have never said if you restarted syslog after making your changes to > syslog.conf, you have to reboot your box or restart syslog for the > changes to take effect. Need I point out that the FM says that 'kill -HUP' of syslogd will cause it to reread it's configuration file

Re: Invalid fdisk partition table found (fwd)

2011-11-28 Thread Robert
On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:02:55 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 28 Nov 2011, Robert wrote: > > > Thanks for hanging in there with me. I am about ready to give up, > > but here is where everything stands now. > > Before giving up, a few more suggestions

Re: Invalid fdisk partition table found (fwd)

2011-11-28 Thread Robert
On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:07:57 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 26 Nov 2011, Robert wrote: > > > Some difference today. Not sure at what point this happened but one > > of my CF cards now reads: > > > > [robert@dell64] ~> fdisk /dev/da1 >

Re: too many open files

2011-11-27 Thread Robert Huff
... but then goes up again.) > >How do I figure out what is doing this? Looking at the process > > list (appended) I see no obvious candidates. > > > > > fstat(1) That was the correct tool. Th

too many open files

2011-11-27 Thread Robert Huff
tes. Robert Huff PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND 0 ?? DLs1:12.16 [kernel] 1 ?? SLs0:00.03 /sbin/init -s 2 ?? DL 0:00.00 [sctp_iterator] 3 ?? DL 0:00.00 [xpt_thrd] 4 ?? DL 0:00.02 [pagedaemon] 5 ?? DL 0:00.00 [vmdae

Re: Invalid fdisk partition table found (fwd)

2011-11-26 Thread Robert
On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:29:51 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 25 Nov 2011, Robert wrote: > > > On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:45:37 -0700 (MST) > > Warren Block wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 24 Nov 2011, Robert wrote: > >> > >>> [robert@de

Re: Invalid fdisk partition table found (fwd)

2011-11-25 Thread Robert
On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:45:37 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 24 Nov 2011, Robert wrote: > > > [robert@dell64] ~> sudo gpart destroy -F da1 > > da1 destroyed > > > > [robert@dell64] ~> fdisk /dev/da1 > > *** Working on device /dev/da1 ***

Re: Invalid fdisk partition table found (fwd)

2011-11-24 Thread Robert
stions@ so I checked the archives and my response is there. No idea why it did not get sent out to the masses. Anyway, I am still having this problem so I will paste my response below. Julian and Warren thanks for the responses. On Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:08:00 +0100 "Julian H. Stacey" wrote

7.4 -> 8.2

2011-11-24 Thread Robert Huff
Albert Shih writes: > Anyone known if I can temporally run a 7.4 userland+service with > 8.2 kernel? My gut reaction was "Are you familiar with the game of Russian Roulette?". Robert Huff ___

Fw: Invalid fdisk partition table found

2011-11-23 Thread Robert
Just noticed that I did not include questions@. It has been a long day. Begin forwarded message: Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:21:54 -0800 From: Robert To: "Julian H. Stacey" Subject: Re: Invalid fdisk partition table found Julian and Warren thanks for the responses. On Wed, 23 Nov

Invalid fdisk partition table found

2011-11-23 Thread Robert
Greetings [robert@dell64] ~> uname -a FreeBSD dell64.shasta204.local 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #34: Fri Nov 18 06:43:01 PST 2011 root@dell64.shasta204.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 I have two Lexar Professional 600X 16GB compact flash cards that are unusable. fdisk sh

Re: The results of your email commands

2011-11-20 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sun Nov 20 05:44:42 2011 > Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:17:23 +0200 > From: thanos trompoukis > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: The results of your email commands > > I saw that the usb device is like a scsi "da" > so now I am trying this:

Re: 8.2-RELEASE-p4

2011-11-19 Thread Robert Simmons
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > If you compile your own kernel, then freebsd-update will patch the > kernel sources, but leave you to rebuild and reinstall your customized > kernel. > > I don't know about the -p4 update.  By rights it should have involved > updating the ke

Re: Syslog server not logging remote machines to file?

2011-11-19 Thread Robert Bonomi
Kaya Saman wrote: > > Hi, > > I've got a really strange problem which seems to either be a bug with > the syslog server service or perhaps because I'm running jails on my > system. > > I can log my router syslog information but somehow the syslog server > doesn't put the information into t

Re: where to ask about problems with bsdinstall in 9.0RC2?

2011-11-19 Thread Robert Bonomi
William Bulley wrote: > > According to Fbsd8 on Fri, 11/18/11 at 21:02: > > > > I think you have under sized /usr and the uncompress ran out of space > > during the install. Start over again, wipe the disk clean (ie: delete > > all slices)and re-allocate your slices with larger space allocati

Re: Shouldn't GNU tar be ignoring /proc with --one-file-system?

2011-11-18 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Fri Nov 18 09:36:09 2011 > From: Kirk Strauser > Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:34:18 -0600 > To: FreeBSD Questions ML > Subject: Shouldn't GNU tar be ignoring /proc with --one-file-system? > > I use Amanda to make nightly backups of a bunch of servers using

Re: [OT] but concerns all of us

2011-11-17 Thread Robert Simmons
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Mario Lobo wrote: > My apologies to all for this, specially to those who already know about this > and those who think too little of it. > > I am really worried about this: > > http://americancensorship.org/ > > If these rootless people get control of what goes thr

Re: Default Samba port?

2011-11-13 Thread Robert Simmons
On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 7:37 AM, Peter Harrison wrote: > Can anyone advise me the appropriate Samba port to install - the handbook > refers to samba34, but I see samba35 and samba36 in in ports. This is for a > home server, so I'm not necessarily looking for production standard, but > something

Re: 8.2-RELEASE-p4

2011-11-12 Thread Robert Simmons
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Now the updates for -p4 certainly should have touched the kernel, and > certainly should have resulted in an updated uname string[*].  There > should also be a note about -p4 in /usr/src/UPDATING.  Starting to > wonder if the -p4 patches are

Re: 8.2-RELEASE-p4

2011-11-11 Thread Robert Simmons
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > Judging by the output you showed, you've certainly managed to download > the -p4 binary patch set.  The 'No updates needed' message is just > telling you you've already got all the necessary update patchsets > downloaded.  The next step is

Re: php5-pgsql and postgresql 9.1.1

2011-11-10 Thread Robert Simmons
On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 2:30 AM, Robert Simmons wrote: > I'm trying to get the php5-pgsql module to work with postgresql 9.1.1, > the current version in ports.  It seems that when I install php5-pgsql > from ports it depends on postgresql 8.4.9.  I don't see anything in > th

php5-pgsql and postgresql 9.1.1

2011-11-09 Thread Robert Simmons
I'm trying to get the php5-pgsql module to work with postgresql 9.1.1, the current version in ports. It seems that when I install php5-pgsql from ports it depends on postgresql 8.4.9. I don't see anything in the Makefile that allows me to change this. How do I get the php5-pgsql port to see that

DBUS + kvm breaks X server (was: X server and xinit works excellent....almost.)

2011-11-09 Thread Robert Huff
at.) Anyone have anyideas what might be happening and how to unbreak 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...@freebsd.org"

Re: "Unprintable" 8-bit characters

2011-11-08 Thread Robert Bonomi
"Conrad J. Sabatier" wrote: > > > > Yes, and this is one area where the labels are more than a little > misleading as well. My natural inclination is think of UTF-8 as being a > single-byte representation for each character in the set, whereas > UTF-16, as the name implies, would be the "wide",

Re: "Unprintable" 8-bit characters

2011-11-08 Thread Robert Bonomi
On Tue, 8 Nov 2011 18:42:36 -0600, "Conrad J. Sabatier" wrote: > > I've been trying to understand what the deal is with regards to the > displaying of the "extended" 8-bit character set, i.e., 8-bit characters > with the MSB set. Quite simply Unix dates from the days where the 8th bit was used as

Re: Burning CD

2011-11-07 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Mon Nov 7 15:41:03 2011 > Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 12:59:23 -0800 (PST) > From: C Horman > To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" > Cc: > Subject: Burning CD > > Hi, > I am interested in trying FreeBSD version 8.2 for an older computer that I h > ave. Penti

Re: Burning CD

2011-11-07 Thread Robert Bonomi
On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 12:59:23 -0800 (PST), C Horman wrote: > > Hi, > I am interested in trying FreeBSD version 8.2 for an older computer that I h > ave. Pentium 4, with 400MB of RAM and 2G harddrive. There is no other opera > ting system on the computer. When I put the CD in to boot I get the mes

rpcbind/rpc.umntall error on boot

2011-11-06 Thread Robert Simmons
I'm getting the following error on a new install with NFS: kernel: Starting rpcbind. kernel: NFS access cache time=60 kernel: rpc.umntall: kernel: fileserver: MOUNTPROG: RPC: Program not registered kernel: kernel: rpc.umntall: kernel: localhost: MOUNTPROG: RPC: Program not registered kernel: kerne

Re: Urgent!. Problem with / etc / rc.conf

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Zantgo wrote: > Without wanting to erase all contents of / etc / rc.conf, by running "echo" > slim_enable = "YES" "> / etc / rc.conf". Please help!. Well, the absolute basics would be: hostname="" ifconfig_"="inet netmask " defaultrouter="" You may also have ha

Re: Urgent!. Problem with / etc / rc.conf

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sat Nov 5 23:10:17 2011 > From: Zantgo > Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 01:10:28 -0300 > To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" > Subject: Urgent!. Problem with / etc / rc.conf > > Without wanting to erase all contents of / etc / rc.conf, by running "echo" > slim

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Warren Block wrote: > netwait_enable="YES" > netwait_ip="192.168.1.1" # IP address to ping to verify network is up > netwait_if="em0" # interface to use > > > Also there's netwait_timeout, which defaults to 60 in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. I've finally got a combinatio

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > crontabs have this handy '@reboot' syntax...  It's all explained in > crontab(5). Thanks! > However, you would be well advised to run ntpd(8) rather than bodging > the clock with ntpdate at intervals.  ntpdate is deprecated by the ntp > pro

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, Robert Simmons wrote: >> Is there a way to make sure that the interface is UP and working >> before running ntpdate at boot on a box with a static IP address? > Yes, it is.  FreeBSD 8-STABLE and 9 have

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Alexander Best wrote: > same here. simply add something like the following to your crontab: > > 0       10      *       *       */2     /etc/rc.d/ntpdate onestart I have something similar in my crontab which is not exactly what I need. I want to make sure that the

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Michael Sierchio wrote: > Are you running a firewall?  Do you have a ppp connection? I'm not running a firewall on the machine in question. I am behind a firewall, if that's what you mean. I don't have a ppp connection. The box is a server that is running on bare

ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
Is there a way to make sure that the interface is UP and working before running ntpdate at boot on a box with a static IP address? After setting ntpdate_enable="YES" in rc.conf, I get the following error on boot: Setting date via ntp. Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known 5 Nov 17

ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
Is there a way to make sure that the interface is UP and working before running ntpdate at boot on a box with a static IP address? After setting ntpdate_enable="YES" in rc.conf, I get the following error on boot: Setting date via ntp. Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known 5 Nov 17

Re: Problem with mergemaster-p

2011-11-04 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Fri Nov 4 19:55:44 2011 > From: Zantgo > Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:55:03 -0300 > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Cc: > Subject: Problem with mergemaster-p > > I'm trying to upgrade to 9.0 stable, but when I run "mergemaster-p" in single > mode, I g

Re: removing directories

2011-11-04 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Fri Nov 4 12:30:00 2011 > From: Graeme Dargie > To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" > Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 16:25:26 + > Subject: removing directories > > Ok this might be a bit of a newbie question but here goes. > > I have a large number of direc

Re: Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl + C) while building a port or kernel?

2011-11-03 Thread Robert Bonomi
On Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:29:06 +0100, Damien Fleuriot On 11/3/11 6:20 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: > >> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Nov 3 12:10:08 2011 > >> From: =?koi8-r?B?4c7Uz84g68zF09M=?= > >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >> D

Re: Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl + C) while building a port or kernel?

2011-11-03 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Nov 3 12:10:08 2011 > From: =?koi8-r?B?4c7Uz84g68zF09M=?= > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:10:19 +0400 > Subject: Is it safe to interrupt (Ctrl + C) while building a port or kernel? > > Sometimes, while building proces

Re: Install gnome 3

2011-10-31 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Mon Oct 31 20:44:18 2011 > From: Zantgo > Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:42:46 -0300 > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Install gnome 3 > > How I can install Gnome3? I'm torn between two facitous answers, based on the degree of ineptness in exec

Re: What are the technical differences between Linux and BSD?

2011-10-31 Thread Robert Bonomi
On Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:50:11 -0300, Zantgo the village idiot, wrote > > I mean, like BSD is based on the original UNIX, and Linux on System V, FALSE TO FACT. > Linux should include new technologies, or why not?, Is that Linux includes > more new hardware, but I mean as is "within "management

Re: Fast personal printing _without_ CUPS

2011-10-29 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sat Oct 29 06:29:33 2011 > Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 07:28:24 -0400 > From: Jerry > To: FreeBSD > Subject: Re: Fast personal printing _without_ CUPS > > On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:27:03 -0500 (CDT) > Robert Bonomi articulated: > &g

Re: Fast personal printing _without_ CUPS

2011-10-28 Thread Robert Bonomi
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:44:59 +0200, Polytropon wrote > > On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:27:03 -0500 (CDT), Robert Bonomi wrote: > > Your insistance on trying to impose -your- standards on the world, and > > denying them the 'freedom of choice' to make their own decisi

Re: header files?:: where?

2011-10-28 Thread Robert Bonomi
> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:24:13 -0700 > From: Gary Kline > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: header files?:: where? > > > yes, i'm still messing with my curses pgm and have made some > discoveries---among them, that xmodmap might be interferring with my > configuration. > > anyway, anybody k

Re: Fast personal printing _without_ CUPS

2011-10-28 Thread Robert Bonomi
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:54:01 -0400 Jerry supersciliously ponftificated: > > On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:35:20 -0500 (CDT) > Robert Bonomi articulated: > > > > > On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:04:19 -0400, Jerry > > pontificated: > > > > > > I buy my cars fro

Re: Fast personal printing _without_ CUPS

2011-10-28 Thread Robert Bonomi
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:04:19 -0400, Jerry pontificated: > > I buy my cars from known corporations and not the local chop-shop. My > drugs come form known pharmaceutical corporations and not the local > pusher. I like my device specific codes to come from those best able to > supply them, the OEM.

Re: Fast personal printing _without_ CUPS

2011-10-27 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Oct 27 16:46:51 2011 > Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:46:21 -0400 > From: Jerry > To: FreeBSD > Subject: Re: Fast personal printing _without_ CUPS > > On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:11:32 +0200 > Polytropon articulated: > > > On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:39:05 -0400,

Re: nice man pages?

2011-10-27 Thread Robert Huff
blem with serial console, there is no > > color when using it). Why not a nice manual? > > The Midnight Commander comes with a file viewer that can display > manpages in color: The issue is not having a "nice" manual; the issue

nice man pages?

2011-10-25 Thread Robert Huff
is desugned so it can be easily run when the system console is something indeterminate at the other end of a 300 baud serial line. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listi

Re: strange behavior of restore(8)

2011-10-24 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Mon Oct 24 09:14:25 2011 > Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:14:04 +0700 > From: Victor Sudakov > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: strange behavior of restore(8) > > Warren Block wrote: > > > > >Lo and behold! On an amd64 system with 8GB RAM and

Re: Configuring IPFW

2011-10-22 Thread Robert Bonomi
> Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:08:56 -0500 > To: FreeBSD > Subject: Re: Configuring IPFW > > On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:56:12 -0400 > Carmel wrote: > > > I am attempting to set up a firewall using IPFW with a stateful > > behavior. > > > > While I have investigated how to set up these rules, I have ru

Re: Breakin attempt

2011-10-22 Thread Robert Bonomi
> Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:12:42 +0200 > From: Polytropon > Subject: Re: Breakin attempt > > On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:08:50 +0100, Bruce Cran wrote: > > I suspect that these sorts of attacks are fairly normal if you're > > running ssh on the standard port. I used to have lots of 'break-in > > at

Re: small du(1) question

2011-10-19 Thread Robert Bonomi
> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:47:54 + > From: Alexander Best > Subject: Re: small du(1) question > > the blocksize of the underlying filesystem, shouldn't the output of > 'du -A -B4096' and 'du -A' be the same? just tested this on freebsd 7 and > freebsd 10 and the outputs differ. > "So much f

Re: Help! Can't delete files ...

2011-10-19 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Wed Oct 19 13:53:33 2011 > Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:23:36 +0200 > From: Andy Wodfer > To: freebsd-questions > Subject: Help! Can't delete files ... > > A client has uploaded several files through a CMS and these files contain > Norwegian letters (I thi

Re: need to check for hex in C: how/

2011-10-16 Thread Robert Bonomi
> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:06:54 -0700 > From: Gary Kline > Subject: Re: need to check for hex in C: how/ > > this will bbe my 'sanity-checck' of sorts. the ck function will > have something like: > > if ((char)x == 'a') > { > } > And, you deserve what happens if you use that kind of flawed ch

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