mysql user

2004-06-08 Thread RazorOnFreeBSD
Hi everyone, I maybe didn't see something, for sure it's a dumb problem I installed MySQL 4.0.20 from sources downloaded on MySQL website and then I checked before adding my "mysql" user on the box if there was one I never installed MySQL before and I already have a mysql user but I don

freebsd- Newby question

2004-06-08 Thread LW Ellis
I am trying to learn unix. I need a recommendation for a good beginers book (eg: Unix for dummies) I install Freebsd on an old desktop, but I have never used unix, and need a starting point. Thanx Later, Leon A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. Sir Winston Chu

[OT] Re: Leaving a server on all day

2004-06-08 Thread Charles Swiger
On Jun 8, 2004, at 5:06 PM, Bernt. H wrote: No need to guess, use an amp-meter. :-) Well If it measure trueRMS then you could use it, otherwise no. You are correct that one needs to measure the voltage and use the RMS value, or DC series equivalent if you like that phrase, in order to figure out

Re: [Going further OT] Re: Leaving a server on all day

2004-06-08 Thread Kent Stewart
On Tuesday 08 June 2004 01:45 pm, Jason Taylor wrote: > Bill Moran wrote: > > Nico Meijer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hi, > > Everything Bill is saying is correct. The best way to cool is to > move as much fluid (air is a fluid for the purpose of this > discussion) as fast as possible across w

RE: freebsd- Newby question

2004-06-08 Thread Foster, ThomasX
Unix System Administrator's Handbook # Paperback: 896 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.30 x 9.23 x 7.06 # Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 3rd edition (August 2000) # ISBN: 0130206016 | All Editions Hope that helps :D Thomas Foster -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMA

Re: Leaving a server on all day

2004-06-08 Thread Harald Schmalzbauer
Am Dienstag, 8. Juni 2004 16:44 schrieb Peter Ulrich Kruppa: > On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > I have my desktop configured to run as a server and app server for a thin > > client laptop. Will running it all day without suspend mode use a lot of > > power? > > > > Is it true that

Re: mysql user

2004-06-08 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 05:15:51PM +0200, RazorOnFreeBSD wrote: > I maybe didn't see something, for sure it's a dumb problem > I installed MySQL 4.0.20 from sources downloaded on MySQL website and then I checked > before adding my "mysql" user on the box if there was one I never installe

Re: Hyperthreading question

2004-06-08 Thread Eugene Lee
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 03:36:28PM -0400, Dwayne MacKinnon wrote: : : I'm upgrading some machines from 4.8-RELEASE to 4.10-RELEASE. The : machines in question are dual-processor xeon boxes. Now, my boss is : adamant in that he doesn't want hyperthreading enabled on the machines. : : In 4.8-RELE

Re: mysql user

2004-06-08 Thread RazorOnFreeBSD
Thanks everyone... ;) Next time I'll use the ports. seems way easier (and originally that was the reason I choose FreeBSD over Linux! :S ) - Original Message - From: "Matthew Seaman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RazorOnFreeBSD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, Ju

Re: [Going further OT] Re: Leaving a server on all day

2004-06-08 Thread Kevin Stevens
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Jason Taylor wrote: > Ok, I'll chime in here. Here's what everything I ever learned about > heat transfer and fluid flow tells me: > > Everything Bill is saying is correct. The best way to cool is to move > as much fluid (air is a fluid for the purpose of this discussion) a

Re: freebsd- Newby question

2004-06-08 Thread Bill Moran
"LW Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to learn unix. I need a recommendation for a good beginers book > (eg: Unix for dummies) > I install Freebsd on an old desktop, but I have never used unix, and need a > starting point. _The_Comlete_FreeBSD_ by Greg Lehey has a lot of good chapte

VPN server

2004-06-08 Thread Joshua Lewis
I am looking for some recomendations for a powerful (yet simple if possible) VPN server. At present I will need to only have access to one other network in a different office running Win2K PPTP. Hopefully I will need to expand in the future to other networks that may or may not be MS based. I wou

Re: [still going ... OT] Re: Leaving a server on all day

2004-06-08 Thread Bill Moran
Kevin Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Jason Taylor wrote: > > > Ok, I'll chime in here. Here's what everything I ever learned about > > heat transfer and fluid flow tells me: > > > > Everything Bill is saying is correct. The best way to cool is to move > > as much flu

Re: make buildworld problem [lib/libedit]

2004-06-08 Thread Christian Hiris
On Tuesday 08 June 2004 17:41, Mantas Audickas wrote: > Hello there, > i don't know where to ask.. i have tried in many irc channels, but no > one could help me.. > so i'm trying to make buildworld, but there i get an error, always the > same.. i have tried in fresh installed os, with GENERIC kerne

AWSTATS Error & Resolution

2004-06-08 Thread Drew Tomlinson
After upgrading perl from 5.8.2 to 5.8.4, following the instructions in /usr/ports/UPDATING, I found awstats-6.0_1 no longer worked. I ran awstats.pl interactively and received the following error: Bizarre copy of ARRAY in aassign at /path/to/awstats.pl line 8707 After some checking, I found th

RE: VPN server

2004-06-08 Thread Foster, ThomasX
PPTP solutions for FreeBSD include MPD and Poptop IPSEC/VPN solution include using kernel IPSEC and GIF interfaces : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ipsec.html check out http://www.section6.net/help/pptphow.php for info on a dedicated PPTP server using FreeBSD Thomas Fo

Re: Printing to a network photosmart printer

2004-06-08 Thread Louis LeBlanc
On 06/07/04 05:18 PM, Warren Block sat at the `puter and typed: > On Sun, 6 Jun 2004, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > > > Since I've just gotten hold of a shiny new HP PSC photosmart 2510 > > printer, I'd really like to get some use out of it from my FreeBSD > > system (don't want to waste it on the Windoz

OT: The fan club (was: Re: [Going further OT] Re: Leaving a server on all day)

2004-06-08 Thread Jerry Dunham
On 8 Jun 2004 at 13:45, Jason Taylor wrote: > Bill Moran wrote: > > > Nico Meijer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>BTW - I'd make sure I'd get/have a decent computer case with a decent > >>PSU with enough room for some decent 80mm or larger low noise fans > >>rather than opening up the side

Problem: cannot install on Dell 400SC

2004-06-08 Thread Jerry McAllister
Hi, I am hoping someone can give us some clues about this problem. A couple of us have done some searching, but found nothing that bears directly on it. Maybe some different search clues might also help. I am hoping for more than just "it won't work, because..." but, even a conclusive one of t

Re: Printing to a network photosmart printer

2004-06-08 Thread Warren Block
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Louis LeBlanc wrote: See /usr/ports/print/hpijs. This certainly claims to work. I'm not understanding something though. I'm trying to set it up through /etc/printcap as described, but I still get the same problem after restarting lpd. I've downloaded the ppd, done the edits as

FreeBSD on Soekris Boards (Was: Re: Leaving a server on all day)

2004-06-08 Thread Cordula's Web
> > Perhaps something like Soekris boards could be useful? Has > > someone used them to build a power-saving server? > > Sure. I've got a Soekris net4801 sitting right next to me which is > running some custom network monitoring/IDS/IPS software, and the Via > EPIA mini-ITX form factor is anoth

apache 2 in ports

2004-06-08 Thread info
Hi, I want to compile apache2 from ports with suexec. Yet there is no mention of it at all in the Make file. It is in Makefile.doc but i'm not sure if thats what i should beusing. Can someone fill me in please. Jeff. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing lis

Re: Leaving a server on all day

2004-06-08 Thread Mike Jeays
On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 16:06, Bill Moran wrote: > Charles Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jun 8, 2004, at 1:59 PM, Bill Moran wrote: > > >> Hopefully I'll get my flat screen back soon from repair. I guess > > >> those use > > >> less power, right? > > > > > > I remember having this con

Re: Anti-Spam app for sendmail

2004-06-08 Thread Skylar Thompson
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 10:35:45AM -0500, Chris wrote: > Any comments on a good anti-spam app that works with sendmail for a mail > server? I'd highly recommend MailScanner (http://www.mailscanner.info) combined with SpamAssassin (http://www.spamassassin.org) and ClamAv (http://www.clamav.net/).

Re: Leaving a server on all day

2004-06-08 Thread Robert Huff
Mike Jeays writes: > A typical workstation might use 50 watts when idle. If power is > 5 cents per KW=hour, it will cost you about $2 a month. 50 watts > used to heat your room won't make a lot of difference - just a > bit less than a 60 watt light bulb... You might be surprised. W

Re: Improper shutdown of system / Fragmentation Problems / Boot logs

2004-06-08 Thread Robert Storey
> I am kinda new to FBSD, still kinda learning stuff. Anyway, when my > system boots i see all kinda fragmentation information. How do I > correct this? Any good reading material? FreeBSD will defragment itself without any action from the user. However, defragmentation requires some blank space,

Re: Leaving a server on all day

2004-06-08 Thread Robert Storey
I'm surprised no one's mentioned this yet, but one way to significantly reduce power consumption is to downclock the processor. Yes, that reduces performance, but chances are you won't even notice it unless you're running the server under a heavy load. You said your network consists of two machines

Re: Wisdom of automating upgrades

2004-06-08 Thread Stephen Liu
HI Luke, Thanks for your advice. > > Is there a way updating all installed ports > > automatically wheneven the server/workstation is > > booted and connected to Internet, similar to ntp > > synchronizing the clock. > > > in theory it should be possible to write a script > that runs portupgrade

Problem with Xfree86 resolution

2004-06-08 Thread Dragoncrest
Not sure if this is something I did, or it's a limit of the driver or the card. But I have a Nvidia FX 5200 I'm running and I tried bumping it to 1400x1050 resolution with no luck. Same with 1600x1200. It seems stuck at 1280x1024 resolution and I can't get it to go any higher. Do I need to

Top Consistency

2004-06-08 Thread Doug Hardie
I am running FreeBSD 4.6 and top does not show consistent data (at least in my understanding). The cpu states line shows the percent of time in user state. I would expect the percent processor used by all the active processes to add up to something close to that. (single processor machine).

Re: Anti-Spam app for sendmail

2004-06-08 Thread Thomas Farrell
Yes Mailscanner is good but you may have to jump through hoops to get it to work with BSD . No matter what OS you will still need to install a bunch of perl modules for mailscanner & spamassasin. If thats ok with you then they are pretty good. First your going to need a licensed version of sometyp

Re: Improper shutdown of system / Fragmentation Problems / Boot logs

2004-06-08 Thread Thomas Farrell
Sometimes the power goes out and my machine shuts off . when I power it backup it fails at check root file system. and drops me into a shell I run fsck /dev/da0s1a and answer yes to fixing of fragmented inodes. figure out what drive/partition root is mounted of by typing df and then run fsck o

Re: Anti-Spam app for sendmail

2004-06-08 Thread Fernando Gleiser
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Thomas Farrell wrote: > cpan mods needed. I am using mailmonitor & sophos sweep works great I can > block files or file extentions types, block subject content, quarantine > infected attachments, attempt to clean them. You can go to sophos.com and > fill out evalutaions for

Re: Top Consistency

2004-06-08 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Jun 08), Doug Hardie said: > I am running FreeBSD 4.6 and top does not show consistent data (at > least in my understanding). The cpu states line shows the percent of > time in user state. I would expect the percent processor used by all > the active processes to add up to so

Building Perl with shared lib libperl

2004-06-08 Thread Robert Fitzpatrick
Trying to install a procedural language in PostgreSQL 7.4.2, pl/perl, but it complains that my 'libperl is not a shared library' and that I may need to rebuild my Perl. I am using Perl 5.6.1, is there a way to set this option when using the port /usr/ports/lang/perl5? -- Robert _

Re: freebsd- Newby question

2004-06-08 Thread Jay Moore
On Tuesday 08 June 2004 04:27 pm, LW Ellis wrote: > I am trying to learn unix. I need a recommendation for a good beginers book > (eg: Unix for dummies) I like Sobell's book, "A Practical Guide to the Unix System" Jay ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

RE: does NATd _prevent_ use of stateful ipfw rules w/ keep-state?

2004-06-08 Thread JJB
Thanks for your example. I have finally had time to study it and I see the flaw in it. The example works fine for creating the entry in the dynamic table for setup of keep-state inbound and outbound session start requests. It even handles inbound packets that are part of an established session con

Re: freebsd- Newby question

2004-06-08 Thread Reed L. O'Brien
I am trying to learn unix. I need a recommendation for a good beginers book (eg: Unix for dummies) AbsoluteBSD by MICHAEL LUCAS ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: Printing to a network photosmart printer

2004-06-08 Thread Louis LeBlanc
On 06/08/04 05:46 PM, Warren Block sat at the `puter and typed: > On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > > >> See /usr/ports/print/hpijs. > > > > This certainly claims to work. I'm not understanding something > > though. I'm trying to set it up through /etc/printcap as described, > > but I s

apcupsd port not starting

2004-06-08 Thread dave
Hello, I've got the latest apcupsd port installed on my 5.2.1 machine. I've got an APC xs1500va UPS which is supported. I'm going by the apcupsd user's guide and have set both UPSTYPE and UPSCABLE to usb however when i start apcupsd i keep getting the message: "apcupsd driver type usb not found

freddbsd (Now what)

2004-06-08 Thread LW Ellis
First Thanx to all for the book / website suggestions I have installed FreeBSD. I have two questions, I am a complete newby to unix. 1) I installed KDE lite package that came with the CD I downloaded. Now what? Where is it? What is my next step? 2) How do I edit my 10/100 card settings, I'm not

skippy-0.5.0 under fluxbox-devel-0.9.9 [take II]

2004-06-08 Thread epilogue
for those of you running many windows under X, skippy might be of interest to you. check it out. if you manage to get it working and think you know what i'm doing wrong, please let me know. :)thanks. Begin forwarded message: Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 17:51:55 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

java not running .jar files without absolute path. (take II)

2004-06-08 Thread epilogue
anyone have thoughts on the below? thanks. -- Begin forwarded message: Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 13:20:35 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: java not running .jar files without absolute path. hey all, > which java /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/bin/java > java -jar Jreepad-1

ideal ipfw traffic shaping rules for small DSL net

2004-06-08 Thread Kenji M
Hello network gurus, I'm looking for a good baseline ipfw shaping policy configuration for people who are using small upstream DSL bandwidth. I have 3Mbit downstream and 768K upstream and I use a ipf for natting and ipfw with dummynet to do traffic shaping. Considering a 750KB upstream pipe, wh

pflogsumm and postfix2 logs

2004-06-08 Thread dave
Hello, I've got pflogsumm running to analyze and summarize postfix logs. In the report it is reporting zero for all activities, even though i've sent mail during the period of the check. Any ideas? Thanks. Dave. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list htt

Re: Crossbuilding 4-stable release on 5.x: perl missing

2004-06-08 Thread Ruben de Groot
Following up on myself to get an answer into the archives... I finally managed to finish the release build by adding the LOCAL_SCRIPT variable. This script, run inside the chrooted environment, does the following 3 things: - create a working /etc/resolv.conf - pkg_add -r perl - mount devfs (anot

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