Re: dhclient getting infinite IPs?

2003-10-18 Thread general
What's the output of ifconfig fxp0 (~)=-# ifconfig fxp0 fxp0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500 inet6 fe80::204:acff:fe38:ee8%fxp0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet 192.168.1.9 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 ether 00:04:ac:38:0e:e8

Re: FreeBSD 5.1 USB Keyboard support

2003-10-18 Thread Simon Rutishauser
Have you had a look at the handbook? I got my (Microsoft :D) Keyboard working with the stuff from there. Peschmä Am Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:04:17 +0200 schrieb Peter: Hi Im using FreeBSD 5.1 and I can't get my Logitech USB keyboard to work directly in the consol. I have search trough the net

Re: Dialup firewalling with FreeBSD

2003-10-18 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2003-10-17 15:09, whole_r [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I followed this doc to install my firewall. Upon reboot I get about 12 lines more or less like this: ipfw: size mismatch (have 176 need..) It also says that dev tun0 doesn't exist. How do I correct this. If your kernel and

Re: mplayer + sound problem

2003-10-18 Thread Shantanoo Mahajan
+-- Bryan Cassidy [freebsd] [18-10-03 06:17 IST]: | I get this when trying to play movies in mplayer. | | audio_setup: Can't open audio device /dev/dsp: Device busy | AO: [arts] can't connect to aRts soundserver | /dev/dsp: Device busy | AO: [esd] esd_open_sound failed: Resource temporarily

Invalid bootstrap :-(((

2003-10-18 Thread Igor A. Belyaev
Hello freebsd-questions! I (or you!?) have a problem! I can't install FreeBSD 5.1 on the AlphaServer 4100. The issue is bootstrap failure in the floppy-image file KRNL.FLP (ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/5.1-RELEASE/floppies/kern.flp). Krnl.flp for FreeBSD 4.8 (alpha) is good.

Re: Howto find packages

2003-10-18 Thread David Fleck
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Simon Rutishauser wrote: But, apt-cache isn't yet finished there. You can also run apt-cache show gnomeicu which presents you lots of details about the one package with this name: [...] is there something like that for FreeBSD, too? pkg_info will provide most, if not

Re: Dialup firewalling with FreeBSD

2003-10-18 Thread Sergey 'DoubleF' Zaharchenko
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 15:09:21 -0400 whole_r [EMAIL PROTECTED] probably wrote: Hello, I followed this doc to install my firewall. Upon reboot I get about 12 lines more or less like this: ipfw: size mismatch (have 176 need..) Don't know about this, probably the ipfw program doesn't talk

RE: Dialup firewalling with FreeBSD

2003-10-18 Thread fbsd_user
Readers of this list do not have ESP to read your mind, so you have to post details of your problem when asking for help. What version of FBSD are you running? What kind of dial out modem? Where you able to get connected to internet before activating IPFW? IPFW will not work if your modem is not

Re: XFree86-4-clients Build Failing

2003-10-18 Thread Kent Stewart
On Saturday 18 October 2003 06:52 am, billg wrote: Thanks. That fixed it. I'm not sure, though, how libraries' was deleted. Here's what how I did the ports upgrade, after building the portupgrade port: 1. cvsup ./ports-supfile (stock ports-supfile pointing to cvsup3.freebsd.org) 2. make

Problems with latest version of VICE emulator

2003-10-18 Thread Cory Bajus
I have been unable to get the latest version of the VICE Commodore emulator working (1.13 - built from the ports tree). The PET and Plus/4 emulator work, but the C64 and C128 emulators just give me a screen full of @'s and checkerboards. Is VICE working for anyone, or am I the only one crazy

Re: savemail panic

2003-10-18 Thread Dirk Meyer
Hallo [EMAIL PROTECTED], This is written to messages and mailog: sendmail[74206]: h9I0iQvm074206: Losing ./qfh9I0iQvm074206: savemail panic sendmail[74206]: h9I0iQvm074206: SYSERR(majordom): savemail: cannot save rejected email anywhere The version of majordomo is

VMD in freebsd

2003-10-18 Thread Osmany Guirola Cruz
Hi VMD it's not for freebsd how can i emulate vmd whith linux ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mozilla weirdness

2003-10-18 Thread C. Ulrich
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 15:14, David Gerard wrote: anyone know why my Mozilla 1.4 has no spell check in mail? am i missing something here? Yep - 1.4 doesn't come with the spell checker! It is included with 1.4.1 or 1.5, though. - d. If you don't want to install a brand new version of

Re: monitoring serial consoles (was Re: erorrs from spec_getpages)

2003-10-18 Thread Dmitry Morozovsky
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Dan Langille wrote: DL Moving this thread over to -questions, please don't include DL [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the reply agrred [but the please don't drop me from CC list, as I do not read -question ;)] DL That's why I always try to set up logged serial console for any machine

ports updates

2003-10-18 Thread jxz
Hello! I'm considering upgrading from Linux to FreeBSD in my home machine. I have some doubts concerning the ports collection: I would use the 4.8-RELEASE branch. The ports are stalled (just security upgrades) or they continue to be updated with new versions of the softwares? What are the

Re: NAT Woes...

2003-10-18 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Justin P. Michel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am having a problem with NAT. I have my FreeBSD system, running 4.8, cvsup'd to p13. I have the following in my kernel configuration: options IPDIVERT options IPFIREWALL options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=10 I

Re: Query.

2003-10-18 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Basically, the problem i'm having - is that when I boot my Laptop - with the Netgear HA501 wireless card, all traffic on my FreeBSD box - which acts as the Gateway stops. If I'm on IRC I ping timeout, browsing the net becomes impossible, etc. Check process

Re: Pentium 120 reboots after loading mfsroot floppy.

2003-10-18 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Frederick Bowes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was hoping to try out FreeBSD on an old machine I have been given (Pentium 120, 514MB HD, 8mb ram) and it reboots after loading the mfsroot floppy disk. You insert the disk, it goes /|\|/ for a while then reboots. What might cause this problem?

Re: cvsup problem on router

2003-10-18 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Vulpes Velox [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, I know about the -A switch... here is what happens... yeah, I am probally missing something annoyingly obvious, but I can't figure it out what so ever... any ways, much thanks in advance =) here is the command I try... cdm-207-33-7-sunv#

Re: ports updates

2003-10-18 Thread dick hoogendijk
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:46:02 -0200 jxz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The ports are stalled (just security upgrades) or they continue to be updated with new versions of the softwares? Ports always give you the latest software for your FreeBSD box. You need to cvsup them regularly, but that's all.

Re: install problems

2003-10-18 Thread Lowell Gilbert
chuck miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I'm having problems trying to install freebsd 4.8 on my sony vaio pcv-rx850.Everything is factory except I added a 2gig hard drive..The problem I have is my computer locks up trying to install and never gets to the menu. However if the

Re: Why build INDEX ?

2003-10-18 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Adam McLaurin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kris, maybe you can answer this definitively, once and for all. What are the precise reasons why INDEX is needed? Also, what is the practical difference between using 'make index' and 'portsdb -uU'? 'make index' and 'portsdb -U' update INDEX. 'portsdb

monitoring serial consoles (was Re: erorrs from spec_getpages)

2003-10-18 Thread Dan Langille
Moving this thread over to -questions, please don't include [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the reply On 18 Oct 2003 at 19:39, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Dan Langille wrote: [snip] DL Well I was in impression you've swapped out the disk, not cable, hence my DL assumption. Sure

Re: ports updates

2003-10-18 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 02:46:02PM -0200, jxz wrote: I'm considering upgrading from Linux to FreeBSD in my home machine. I have some doubts concerning the ports collection: I would use the 4.8-RELEASE branch. The ports are stalled (just security upgrades) or they continue to be updated with

host problem with ports CVSUP

2003-10-18 Thread Alex
I'm trying to use CVSUP to update my ports collection. When I run the command cvsup ports-supfile I get an error that reads: Cannot get IP address of my own host -- is its hostname correct? Pasted below are the applicable lines from the ports-supfile, can anyone see what Im doing wrong?

Re: ports updates

2003-10-18 Thread Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
jxz wrote: Hello! I'm considering upgrading from Linux to FreeBSD in my home machine. I have some doubts concerning the ports collection: Nice participle (gerund?) in that first sentence :-) I would use the 4.8-RELEASE branch. The ports are stalled (just security upgrades) or they continue

Re: Pentium 120 reboots after loading mfsroot floppy.

2003-10-18 Thread Wes L. Zuber
Almost every time I see a reboot problem as you describe it is hardware. Not always but 99 out of 100. Reseat all the mem and the cards. Usually it is bad mem for me, but power supplies, mother boards have also been the culprit. Having said all that It does seem to be a bit lean on the mem

Re: FreeBSD's people

2003-10-18 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2003-10-18 11:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear FreeBSD Team, Can I recive place on people.freebsd.org to build my page about *bsd problems? Patrick Halczak Hi Patrick, The space on people.FreeBSD.org is reserved AFAIK for FreeBSD developers. Bearing that in mind, note

Re: host problem with ports CVSUP

2003-10-18 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm trying to use CVSUP to update my ports collection. When I run the command cvsup ports-supfile I get an error that reads: Cannot get IP address of my own host -- is its hostname correct? Nothing to do with the supfile. cvsup is looking to resolve its

gcc compiler issues with gcc version 3.3.1...,,, on freebsd 5-current

2003-10-18 Thread KroNiC~BSD
I am trying to compile firebird on freebsd 5-current. Something appears to be wrong with the compiler on the 5.x series as i am getting the following errors: c++ -o TestCOMPtr.o -c -DOSTYPE=\FreeBSD5\ -DOSARCH=\FreeBSD\ -I./../ds -I./services -I../../dist/include/string

Re: Porting to FreeBSD

2003-10-18 Thread Manuel Rabade
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 08:11:23PM +, Daniela wrote: On Thursday 16 October 2003 21:32, Karel J. Bosschaart wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 04:44:17PM -0400, Charles Swiger wrote: On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 06:11 PM, Daniela wrote: snip I can't even compile most of the

Re: gcc compiler issues with gcc version 3.3.1...,,, on freebsd 5-current

2003-10-18 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 12:29:05PM -0600, KroNiC~BSD wrote: I am trying to compile firebird on freebsd 5-current. Something appears to be wrong with the compiler on the 5.x series as i am getting the following errors: If you're using the firebird port and system compiler then it builds

Re: install problems

2003-10-18 Thread chuck miller
probing for pnp devices on ppbus0 ppbus0: hewlett-packard deskjet 820c scp,vlink plip0: plip network interface on ppbus0 ad0: dma limited to udma33,non-ata66 cable or device ad0: read command timeout tag=0 serv=0 -resetting ata0: resetting devices.. this is where it locks up! - Original

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2003-10-18 Thread d
why is it that freebsd 4.7 was the only stable working alpha version you had and now its gone?? 4.8, 5.0, 5.1 none of em work... only 4.7 did as a mini-install. the alphas a nice a pc but i think im going to have to throw these away if free software is all thats out there. this whole

PPP dialin server (-direct) won't route traffic - sets incorrect gateway on PC

2003-10-18 Thread Andrew Thomas
I'm trying allow a dialin connection to my 4.8-STABLE box (although I've tried with my 5.1-CURRENT box with the same results) via userland ppp. The modem can connect just fine and I can login to the machine. I then start ppp. However, no matter how I setup ppp, I cannot get the routing to work.

Re: Why build INDEX ?

2003-10-18 Thread Adam McLaurin
On 18 Oct 2003 13:35:30 -0400 Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 'pkg_version -v' and 'make search' are very useful, and depend on an up-to-date INDEX file. 'pkg_version -v' does NOT depend on an up-to-date INDEX. This is completely incorrect. Building INDEX.db is for portversion.

? getopt_long(), iopl() and ioperm() ?

2003-10-18 Thread Peter Cornelius
Hi there, I'm hacking at a piece of code that I want to turn into a port. It's from Linux and uses libpci and some other 'strange' functions. While I think that I've managed to modify the libpci port to install the required lib, I'm more or less lost at getopt_long() which I assume is in the

Upgrade to 4.8 RELEASE

2003-10-18 Thread Robert H. Perry
Hello, I'm making plans to upgrade from 4.7 RELEASE to 4.8 RELEASE. My previous attempt was a binary upgrade from 4.5 to 4.7 which did not go very well. I eventually purchased the 4.7 CD. The FreeBSD Handbook stresses backing up the system and implies that /dump/ is a better backup

IPSEC/NAT

2003-10-18 Thread cscott
Is it possible for FBSD's nat daemon to route IPSEC traffic properly? What I am trying to do is use my FBSD gateway that already NAT's my dsl connection to allow me to use a IPSEC VPN client to connect to my company's network. I have been through the howto's, and forums, but I am not certain

5406 warnings during buildworld other q's

2003-10-18 Thread David Carter-Hitchin
Hi Free BSDers, Sorry about my question overload here. I've just successfully cvsup'd to -STABLE (I think), done a buildworld, installworld and rebuilt the kernel. Everything seemed to go generally ok but I had a few observations/questions: a) Firstly I had difficulty finding much information

Re: your mail

2003-10-18 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 05:41:41PM -0500, d wrote: why is it that freebsd 4.7 was the only stable working alpha version you had and now its gone?? Because we're trying to persecute you. Isn't it obvious? Kris P.S. If you want a serious answer send polite emails. pgp0.pgp Description:

Re: 5406 warnings during buildworld other q's

2003-10-18 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 01:50:20AM +0100, David Carter-Hitchin wrote: Hi Free BSDers, Sorry about my question overload here. I've just successfully cvsup'd to -STABLE (I think), done a buildworld, installworld and rebuilt the kernel. Everything seemed to go generally ok but I had a few

Re: vinum volumes crash on reboot

2003-10-18 Thread aarong
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:29 PM, Danny Pansters wrote: On Saturday 18 October 2003 07:48, aarong wrote: I have a FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE system with two identical 80GB IDE drives. Vinum knows /dev/ad0 as alpha and beta is /dev/ad3. The boxes root slice is a Vinum volume and everything on

Re: gcc compiler issues with gcc version 3.3.1...,,, on freebsd 5-current

2003-10-18 Thread KroNiC~BSD
I am not using the firebird port because its behind and i wanted to try the new firebird-7. I have compiled firebird before on linux, openbsd and freebsd 4.x without issues using the same config. This is the first time i have seen this so i assume its the new gcc compiler. again thanks for the

Re: gcc compiler issues with gcc version 3.3.1...,,, on freebsd 5-current

2003-10-18 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 07:46:33PM -0600, KroNiC~BSD wrote: I am not using the firebird port because its behind No it's not..cvsup your ports collection. and i wanted to try the new firebird-7. 0.7. Kris pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: anyone suggest a good PIM for gnome 2.x?

2003-10-18 Thread Micheas Herman
On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 10:55, Anthony Carmody wrote: Hi, can anyone suggest a good PIM [personal information manager] to use with Gnome..? perferably something that has scope for conectivity to bluetooth devices. Evolution is the most advanced. KDE has a Mail client/PIM that

Re: anyone suggest a good PIM for gnome 2.x?

2003-10-18 Thread Joe Marcus Clarke
On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 22:25, Micheas Herman wrote: On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 10:55, Anthony Carmody wrote: Hi, can anyone suggest a good PIM [personal information manager] to use with Gnome..? perferably something that has scope for conectivity to bluetooth devices. Evolution

Odd network interface (PCMCIA) problem; going insane

2003-10-18 Thread Heath Volmer
Hello The problem: My PCMCIA network interface (Linksys PCM100) doesn't seems to work - SORT OF. This is odd. I can get online okay, use Mozilla to browse the web, but when I fire up sshd or apache or any other kind of server they don't seem to be accessible from the machines sitting right next