ACPI / APM Question

2006-05-11 Thread Graham Bentley
I am running 6.0 on a little rackserver. Alot of the time its inactive and I was wondering about trying to setup ACPI the main reason being to spin down the disc / PSU so its a bit quieter (its in my office) I would require it to wake on LAN activity. How feasable is this and what steps do I

Re: Upgrade 5.4 - 6.0 errors.

2006-05-11 Thread Nick Withers
G'day Ben! On Thu, 11 May, 2006 2:45 pm, Ben Hacker Jr wrote: I have posted my complete Kernel config file below. I _believe_ you need include the wlan device. Maybe I need to enable the CAM infrastructure.?? Adi Pircalabu wrote: On Wed, 10 May 2006 08:10:34 -0400 Ben Hacker Jr wrote:

Re: ACPI / APM Question

2006-05-11 Thread Graham Bentley
Here is output :- rackserver# sysctl hw.acpi hw.acpi.supported_sleep_state: S1 S4 S5 hw.acpi.power_button_state: S5 hw.acpi.sleep_button_state: S1 hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE hw.acpi.standby_state: S1 hw.acpi.suspend_state: S3 hw.acpi.sleep_delay: 1 hw.acpi.s4bios: 0 hw.acpi.verbose: 0

Re: limit bandwidth 'make fetch'

2006-05-11 Thread Philip Hallstrom
On 5/10/06, Philip Hallstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how i can limit bandwidth when i using 'make fetch' (make install in Ports)? I wrote a patch to fetch awhile back that does exactly this. That was with 4.x, but it might apply cleanly in 6. I ended up not using it, well cause once I had

Re: I2O vs. Mass Storage Modes on Dell Perc Controller

2006-05-11 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On May 10, 2006, at 11:57 PM, Questions wrote: I just installed 6.1 on a Dell PowerEdge 1850 and the RAID adapter was initially set for Mass Storage mode. I read that I2O mode is a better mode, so I flipped it to I2O, and the machine booted fine. For some reason this confuses me. I would

Intelligent way of dealing with dependancies in ports

2006-05-11 Thread Angelin Lalev
I'm rather tired of having to update firefox port due security fixes and then having to build the new versions of glib, expat, and so on an so on, every one of which complains that tere are older versions of the lib installed. I've tried pkg_delete -f and install of the newer version, but then

RE: New FreeBSD Logo

2006-05-11 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Axel S. Gruner Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 2:46 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: New FreeBSD Logo Am Mittwoch, den 10.05.2006, 02:05 -0700 schrieb Ted Mittelstaedt: My guess is it will be

Re: [freebsd-questions] limit bandwidth 'make fetch'

2006-05-11 Thread Howard Jones
Pablo Mora wrote: how i can limit bandwidth when i using 'make fetch' (make install in Ports)? You can change the command-line parameters for fetch in the /usr/ports/Mk/ somewhere (grep for FETCH). Or you could try the 'trickle' port, which allows you to apply bandwidth limits to more or

Re: [freebsd-questions] limit bandwidth 'make fetch'

2006-05-11 Thread Pablo Mora Hinojosa
Howard Jones wrote: Pablo Mora wrote: how i can limit bandwidth when i using 'make fetch' (make install in Ports)? You can change the command-line parameters for fetch in the /usr/ports/Mk/ somewhere (grep for FETCH). Or you could try the 'trickle' port, which allows you to apply bandwidth

RE: New FreeBSD Logo

2006-05-11 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of DAve Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 7:15 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo To be blunt about it, you and everyone else had their chance. My wife, a designer, knew FreeBSD had

RE: New FreeBSD Logo

2006-05-11 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Greg Barniskis Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo The logo issue is a horse that has been solidly beaten to death,

RE: New FreeBSD Logo

2006-05-11 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: Ceri Davies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:31 AM To: Ted Mittelstaedt; Jonathan Horne; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo On 10/5/06 09:18, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone already posted

Mysql FreeBSD 6.x

2006-05-11 Thread Mohamad Babaei
Hi, Has anyone installed Mysql 4.x or 5.x on FreeBSD 6.x in a production environment? Is the problem with FreeBSD threading is still exist? (in Freebsd 4.x i used Linux threads in production and it works fine.) Regards, Mo ___

Re: Mysql FreeBSD 6.x

2006-05-11 Thread Riemer Palstra
On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 12:23:25PM +0430, Mohamad Babaei wrote: Has anyone installed Mysql 4.x or 5.x on FreeBSD 6.x in a production environment? Quite a few I think. Is the problem with FreeBSD threading is still exist? See these Wiki pages: http://wikitest.freebsd.org/moin.cgi/MySQL

RE: New FreeBSD Logo

2006-05-11 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Greg Barniskis Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 11:07 AM To: cpghost Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo These are indeed all perfectly valid questions. What I was

when 5.5

2006-05-11 Thread Perttu Laine
Just wondering if someone knows when 5.5-RELEASE will be out? -- kpn @ IRCnet ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: something like devil-linux with freebsd possible ?

2006-05-11 Thread Igor Robul
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 05:27:40PM +0200, Florian Meister wrote: I think it's a very nice project, but I am searching for the same in *BSD. Is there such a project around ? Look at FreeSBIE. This is live CD SDK. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: New FreeBSD Logo

2006-05-11 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Thursday 11 May 2006 00:10, you wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Greg Barniskis Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 11:07 AM To: cpghost Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo These

Re: when 5.5

2006-05-11 Thread Kouji Ito
Hello, I wait very much,too, but it is not readily released. If there is a detailed person for circumstances in 5.5-RELEASE situation, please teach it. Perttu Laine wrote: Just wondering if someone knows when 5.5-RELEASE will be out? ___

Re: Intelligent way of dealing with dependancies in ports

2006-05-11 Thread Philip Hallstrom
I'm rather tired of having to update firefox port due security fixes and then having to build the new versions of glib, expat, and so on an so on, every one of which complains that tere are older versions of the lib installed. I've tried pkg_delete -f and install of the newer version, but then

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2006-05-11 Thread Chase Online Banking
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Re: New FreeBSD Logo

2006-05-11 Thread Fabian Keil
Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Axel S. Gruner Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 2:46 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: New FreeBSD Logo Am Mittwoch, den 10.05.2006, 02:05 -0700

1 cpu + 2 monitors + 2 keybord/mouse is it possible

2006-05-11 Thread NAOD TSIGHE
Hi, Is it possible to attach two monitors, 2keybord and 2 mouse to one PC, by just buying some card that will connect with a PC. I just want to know if it is possible for me to just buy 1 more monitor, a mouse and a keyboard so that two students could learn in one pc. and oppen two different

New FreeBSD logo

2006-05-11 Thread reflex
Oh my gosh, I thought people were exagerating about the sextoy logo, but after some late night research i found this, and was frankly disgusted. http://www.toy-company.co.uk/index.html?target=p_1876.htmllang=en-gb It's like Linux having a midget in a PVC Nun outfit and calling him Fux the

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Re: OT: Torn between SCSI and SATA for RAID

2006-05-11 Thread lars
I recently read an interesting comparison on consumer and enterprise grade harddisks: http://www.seagate.com/content/docs/pdf/whitepaper/D2c_More_than_Interface_ATA_vs_SCSI_042003.pdf Maybe this helps. Kind regards Lars ___

Re: OT: Torn between SCSI and SATA for RAID

2006-05-11 Thread cknipe
Quoting lars [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I recently read an interesting comparison on consumer and enterprise grade harddisks: http://www.seagate.com/content/docs/pdf/whitepaper/D2c_More_than_Interface_ATA_vs_SCSI_042003.pdf This was posted yesterday in responce to my question as well. That document

Re: limit bandwidth 'make fetch'

2006-05-11 Thread Frank Steinborn
Pablo Mora wrote: how i can limit bandwidth when i using 'make fetch' (make install in Ports)? thanks in advance. You could use the following in your make.conf to use wget (which is capable of limiting bandwith) in your make.conf: FETCH_CMD=/usr/local/bin/wget --limit-rate=20k # Limits

Re: Is it recommended to allow all outgoing connections from your firewall??

2006-05-11 Thread Chuck Swiger
Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: I've seen most people allow all outgoing traffic originating from the firewall itself... Is this really recommended?? No. It's highly desirable to perform egress filtering if possible, but many people lack the time or the detailed knowledge to determine what

RE: ftp server with no shell accounts

2006-05-11 Thread Scott Hiemstra
I tried the default ftp server with FreeBSD 5.4 and users with no shell accounts but it does not work. Does anyone know of a ftp server that users would still have home directories but no shell access /sbin/nologin and that could still upload files to there home directories. The

Re: Mysql FreeBSD 6.x

2006-05-11 Thread Pietro Cerutti
On 5/11/06, Riemer Palstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 12:23:25PM +0430, Mohamad Babaei wrote: Has anyone installed Mysql 4.x or 5.x on FreeBSD 6.x in a production environment? Quite a few I think. Is the problem with FreeBSD threading is still exist? See these Wiki

Re: Filesystem corruption when drives are mirrored, but not otherwise

2006-05-11 Thread Alastair Rankine
On 11/05/2006, at 10:59 AM, Norberto Meijome wrote: On Wed, 10 May 2006 22:45:10 +1000 Alastair Rankine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Disabling write caching seems to have fixed the problem. excuse my ignorance, but where do you do this? BIOS? Set hw.ata.wc=0 in /boot/loader.conf See

Re: Upgrade 5.4 - 6.0 errors.

2006-05-11 Thread Ben Hacker Jr
That was IT! ! ! -- Kernel build for HACK06 completed on Thu May 11 07:54:10 EDT 2006 -- Thanks!! Can someone add the word (-Required-) to the comments on that line

Re: Mysql FreeBSD 6.x

2006-05-11 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On Thursday 11 May 2006 14:54, Pietro Cerutti wrote: On 5/11/06, Riemer Palstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 12:23:25PM +0430, Mohamad Babaei wrote: Has anyone installed Mysql 4.x or 5.x on FreeBSD 6.x in a production environment? Quite a few I think. Is the

Re: Mysql FreeBSD 6.x

2006-05-11 Thread Riemer Palstra
On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 01:54:18PM +0200, Pietro Cerutti wrote: How does one do that? I read the wiki page but didn't find any info about how to apply the switch libpthread - libthr.. My /etc/libmap.conf looks something like this: [mysqld] libc_r.so.5 libthr.so.2 libc_r.so.6

Re: I2O vs. Mass Storage Modes on Dell Perc Controller

2006-05-11 Thread Questions
On 5/11/06, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 10, 2006, at 11:57 PM, Questions wrote: I just installed 6.1 on a Dell PowerEdge 1850 and the RAID adapter was initially set for Mass Storage mode. I read that I2O mode is a better mode, so I flipped it to I2O, and the

Re: New FreeBSD logo

2006-05-11 Thread David Stanford
Why, oh why, would you post this? So help me to understand...The FreeBSD Project takes great effort in not only producing a truly _great_ operating system, trademarked as being fast, robust, stable and secure, provides it to the world for _free_, but also takes on the additional chore of

Re: Mysql FreeBSD 6.x

2006-05-11 Thread Pietro Cerutti
On 5/11/06, Riemer Palstra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 01:54:18PM +0200, Pietro Cerutti wrote: How does one do that? I read the wiki page but didn't find any info about how to apply the switch libpthread - libthr.. My /etc/libmap.conf looks something like this: [mysqld]

RELENG_6 does not compile on RELENG_5

2006-05-11 Thread Thomas Schweikle
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Re: 6.1_RELEASE / mergemaster error

2006-05-11 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Bryan Curl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I humbly apologize if this is a repost. Googles Gmail has been very unpredictable lately, so in frustration I am resending this from my ol' faithful ISP mailbox since last nights post never seemed to make it to the list. I am upgrading from 6.1_RC

Re: 6.1_RELEASE Install Problem

2006-05-11 Thread bc
Ok, let's assume for now that something was wrong with the makefile or there was a glitch in the make/install process. (I have only updated once before so I have never had to recover from something like this.) Would it be ok to simply repeat the entire process, minus the cvsup part? Is it also

Re: 6.1_RELEASE / mergemaster error

2006-05-11 Thread bc
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Bryan Curl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I humbly apologize if this is a repost. Googles Gmail has been very unpredictable lately, so in frustration I am resending this from my ol' faithful ISP mailbox since last nights post never seemed to make it to the list. I am

Re: New freebsd logo on freebsd.org

2006-05-11 Thread Jerry McAllister
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 10/05/2006 11:42:17: hi, On 5/9/06, Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then take this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's just flame bait here. I don't want a chat, I want to know where I can find out how we ended up with such a

Re: New FreeBSD Logo

2006-05-11 Thread Greg Barniskis
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: To those taking affront at such answers, no one is saying oh, fork you! in some intentionally rude or belittling way (at least, I'm not), they're saying forking (process-wise) to the appropriate forum is the logical thing to do. I take affront to such answers

php5 and mod_php5 for apache?

2006-05-11 Thread Jonathan Horne
im scratching my head here, and kicking myself for not already having a better understanding about how things work during compile (i have 0% skill in any programming language... except *basic*html... which dont consider worthy of being called a skill *wink*) my production system, was recently

Re: php5 and mod_php5 for apache?

2006-05-11 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Thursday 11 May 2006 09:37, Jonathan Horne wrote: im scratching my head here, and kicking myself for not already having a better understanding about how things work during compile (i have 0% skill in any programming language... except *basic*html... which dont consider worthy of being

Re: php5 and mod_php5 for apache?

2006-05-11 Thread Richard Collyer
Jonathan Horne wrote: well, i guess i figured it out. Makefile is not the same as previous versions. OPTIONS=APACHE Build Apache module off i changed it to on, and restarted my compile. im kind of curious if this is something that was intended, or did it slip through release

Re: Swap Performance in 6.1?

2006-05-11 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 04:36:15PM -0700, Timothy Beyer wrote: I am curious if this problem has been resolved in 6.1: (it was previously on the FreeBSD 6.1 Open Issues page, but I don't see it there any more) http://www.tr.freebsd.org/releases/6.1R/todo.html swapping on 6.0 is slower

Re: when 5.5

2006-05-11 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 05:47:07PM +0900, Kouji Ito wrote: Hello, I wait very much,too, but it is not readily released. If there is a detailed person for circumstances in 5.5-RELEASE situation, please teach it. Next week or so, now that 6.1 is out. Kris pgpMvT0nOLpkZ.pgp Description: PGP

Re: php5 and mod_php5 for apache?

2006-05-11 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Thursday 11 May 2006 09:55, Richard Collyer wrote: Jonathan Horne wrote: well, i guess i figured it out. Makefile is not the same as previous versions. OPTIONS=APACHE Build Apache module off i changed it to on, and restarted my compile. im kind of curious if this is

Re: Intelligent way of dealing with dependancies in ports

2006-05-11 Thread Daniel Bye
On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 04:20:33AM -0500, Philip Hallstrom wrote: I'm rather tired of having to update firefox port due security fixes and then having to build the new versions of glib, expat, and so on an so on, every one of which complains that tere are older versions of the lib installed.

RE: Intelligent way of dealing with dependancies in ports

2006-05-11 Thread Zimmerman, Eric
What's the intelligent way of dealing with the problem? (Prefferably the one which does not include downloading 600+ MB of source every time :-( ) portupgrade... something close to portupgrade -rR firefox and you're done. i usually run with a -n first to see what it wants to

Re: setting up a NAT gateway with PPPoE

2006-05-11 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: People, I have just set up my 5.4 box as a gateway to my DSL connection. I used this section of the freebsd handbook. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html I enabled NAT on the PPP connection, and viola, it works.

Issue setting SSID

2006-05-11 Thread Adrian Pavone
Hey, I've got an RTL8180 that I have compiled a module for using ndisgen. The first time I installed FreeBSD, this worked fine, with exactly the same version of the driver, and I was able to use it, however, the computer power ran out during a portupgrade, rendering /usr unuseable. Now that I

Re: when 5.5

2006-05-11 Thread Jeff Rollin
Are maintenance releases of old branches always released in step with new ones, or is it just coincidence that it's happening this way this time? On 11/05/06, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 05:47:07PM +0900, Kouji Ito wrote: Hello, I wait very much,too, but it

Issue setting SSID

2006-05-11 Thread Adrian Pavone
Hey, I've got an RTL8180 that I have compiled a module for using ndisgen. The first time I installed FreeBSD, this worked fine, with exactly the same version of the driver, and I was able to use it, however, the computer power ran out during a portupgrade, rendering /usr unuseable. Now that I

ftp install / base not found

2006-05-11 Thread Mike Hunter
Dear FreeBSD Questions, I have a not-so-new laptop that I tried to install FBSD on yesterday. This laptop can only be made to boot from floppies (usb boot doesn't work, no cdrom) and I happen to have some 5.3-RELEASE boot floppies laying around. I am successfully able to get into the installer,

Re: Filesystem corruption when drives are mirrored, but not otherwise

2006-05-11 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Thu, 11 May 2006 21:59:49 +1000 Alastair Rankine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/05/2006, at 10:59 AM, Norberto Meijome wrote: On Wed, 10 May 2006 22:45:10 +1000 Alastair Rankine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Disabling write caching seems to have fixed the problem. excuse my

Cannot find file system superblock error - how to recover?

2006-05-11 Thread shepherd
Did you manage to solve the problem with the subject? Just ha an almost similar problem and badly need your help?? The filesytem is ext3 and have done almost everything. Regards, Shepherd ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: ftp install / base not found

2006-05-11 Thread Johan Nilsson
The lable doesn't exist on the mirrors anymore. Try either to get new installdisks or go into install parameters in sysinstall and change the lable to an existing one. Regards, Johan On 5/11/06, Mike Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear FreeBSD Questions, I have a not-so-new laptop that I

Re: when 5.5

2006-05-11 Thread Kouji Ito
Kris Kennaway wrote: Next week or so, now that 6.1 is out. Kris Good news for [me|us]!! Thank you very much. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: 1 cpu + 2 monitors + 2 keybord/mouse is it possible

2006-05-11 Thread Andrea Venturoli
NAOD TSIGHE wrote: Hi, Is it possible to attach two monitors, 2keybord and 2 mouse to one PC, by just buying some card that will connect with a PC. AFAIK yes, at least theorically, but I never tried this myself. bye av. ___

Re: when 5.5

2006-05-11 Thread Ceri Davies
On 11/5/06 16:26, Jeff Rollin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are maintenance releases of old branches always released in step with new ones, or is it just coincidence that it's happening this way this time? It was planned this time as an experiment. The current feeling is that it has worked quite

Re: 1 cpu + 2 monitors + 2 keybord/mouse is it possible

2006-05-11 Thread Andy Greenwood
Seems like the easiest thing to do would be to either get some serial consoles (or serial console emulators) or provide ssh access to the box. On 5/11/06, Andrea Venturoli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NAOD TSIGHE wrote: Hi, Is it possible to attach two monitors, 2keybord and 2 mouse to one PC,

Re: limit bandwidth 'make fetch'

2006-05-11 Thread Pablo Mora Hinojosa
Frank Steinborn wrote: Pablo Mora wrote: how i can limit bandwidth when i using 'make fetch' (make install in Ports)? thanks in advance. You could use the following in your make.conf to use wget (which is capable of limiting bandwith) in your make.conf: FETCH_CMD=/usr/local/bin/wget

named/bind hangup

2006-05-11 Thread Dan Mahoney, System Admin
Hey all, I have caching DNS servers running on two BSD 5.4 machines, and what happens on both of them is that the processes will just lock up, and while they may still answer some queries, they don't refresh or update, or respond to proper signals. For example: s2# sh /etc/rc.d/named stop

Re: OT: Torn between SCSI and SATA for RAID

2006-05-11 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On May 11, 2006, at 4:51 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting lars [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I recently read an interesting comparison on consumer and enterprise grade harddisks: http://www.seagate.com/content/docs/pdf/whitepaper/ D2c_More_than_Interface_ATA_vs_SCSI_042003.pdf This was posted

Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right - More info

2006-05-11 Thread Don O'Neil
Hi all... Ok... More info for the puzzle. I'm trying to move a file system from one disk to another, and when I do this: tar cf - /source/* | ( cd /destination tar xfv - ) It copies all the files, but the symbolic links are copied as files of 0 length, rather than re-established as

showing hidden files by default

2006-05-11 Thread Robert Davison
I've been running 6.1 RC-1 for a couple of weeks with no problem. I've just installed a fresh copy of 6.1 roduction and when logging in as root am able to see (.)hidden files when running the 'ls' command. Is this normal, or is there something that I need to change to ensuer that the (.) files

Re: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right - More info

2006-05-11 Thread Philip Hallstrom
Hi all... Ok... More info for the puzzle. I'm trying to move a file system from one disk to another, and when I do this: tar cf - /source/* | ( cd /destination tar xfv - ) It copies all the files, but the symbolic links are copied as files of 0 length, rather than re-established as

Re: showing hidden files by default

2006-05-11 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Robert Davison wrote: I've been running 6.1 RC-1 for a couple of weeks with no problem. I've just installed a fresh copy of 6.1 roduction and when logging in as root am able to see (.)hidden files when running the 'ls' command. Is this normal, or is there something that I need to change to

Re: showing hidden files by default

2006-05-11 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Robert Davison [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been running 6.1 RC-1 for a couple of weeks with no problem. I've just installed a fresh copy of 6.1 roduction and when logging in as root am able to see (.)hidden files when running the 'ls' command. Is this normal, or is there something that I

RE: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right - More info

2006-05-11 Thread Don O'Neil
Well... I'm moving it from one file system to another of different sizes, that's the main reason. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Philip Hallstrom Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 10:35 AM To: Don O'Neil Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: showing hidden files by default

2006-05-11 Thread Daniel Bye
On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 06:20:30PM +0100, Robert Davison wrote: I've been running 6.1 RC-1 for a couple of weeks with no problem. I've just installed a fresh copy of 6.1 roduction and when logging in as root am able to see (.)hidden files when running the 'ls' command. Is this normal, or is

Re: showing hidden files by default

2006-05-11 Thread Atom Powers
On 5/11/06, Robert Davison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been running 6.1 RC-1 for a couple of weeks with no problem. I've just installed a fresh copy of 6.1 roduction and when logging in as root am able to see (.)hidden files when running the 'ls' command. Is this normal, or is there something

Re: New FreeBSD Logo (was ACPI / APM Question)

2006-05-11 Thread Graham Bentley
Figure this may get more attention - LOL !!! Message: 6 Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 07:31:50 +0100 From: Graham Bentley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ACPI / APM Question To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I am running 6.0 on a

Re: when 5.5

2006-05-11 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 04:26:04PM +0100, Jeff Rollin wrote: Are maintenance releases of old branches always released in step with new ones, or is it just coincidence that it's happening this way this time? It was deliberate this time to avoid an extra ports freeze cycle, since that has very

escape to console from xorg

2006-05-11 Thread Miguel
Hi, that is normal procedure to escape from xorg(fluxbox or kde) to a console?, i dont mean a xconsole, i mean a normal shell console, like if there is not xorg running thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right

2006-05-11 Thread Jerry McAllister
Hi all... Ok... More info for the puzzle. I'm trying to move a file system from one disk to another, and when I do this: tar cf - /source/* | ( cd /destination tar xfv - ) It copies all the files, but the symbolic links are copied as files of 0 length, rather than

Re: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right.

2006-05-11 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Olivier Nicole wrote: I'm trying to move a file system from one disk to another, and when I do this: I think that the way to go is: tar cf - /source/* | ( cd /destination tar xfvBp - ) Note the Bp at the end of the extract tar. olivier Is that for BSD tar, or gtar (GNU)? We still

RE: showing hidden files by default

2006-05-11 Thread Keith Bottner
Just setup an alias in your shell login file for whatever options you want ls to use and be done with it. Keith -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Davison Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:21 PM To:

Re: escape to console from xorg

2006-05-11 Thread Viktor Cemasko
On Thu, 11 May 2006 11:51:19 -0600 Miguel wrote: Hi, that is normal procedure to escape from xorg(fluxbox or kde) to a console?, i dont mean a xconsole, i mean a normal shell console, like if there is not xorg running Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 buttons. -- Best regards, Cemasko Viktor.

Re: ftp install / base not found

2006-05-11 Thread Andy Reitz
On Thu, 11 May 2006, Mike Hunter wrote: Dear FreeBSD Questions, I have a not-so-new laptop that I tried to install FBSD on yesterday. This laptop can only be made to boot from floppies (usb boot doesn't work, no cdrom) and I happen to have some 5.3-RELEASE boot floppies laying around. I

RE: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right.

2006-05-11 Thread Don O'Neil
I've tried both the BSD and GNU tars, I get the same results on both. It's very strange. When I add the B option, no different I used: tar cf - /array01/* | ( cd /mnt/disk01 tar xfvBp - ) Maybe this is something specific to 4.11? Here's what happens: Source file: lrwxrwxrwx1 root

Windows Filemon equivalent for freebsd

2006-05-11 Thread Ian Lord
Hi, Just a quick question, do you know a port that will do about the same thing as filemon for windows ? Basically, just a command line tool to list all access to disk showing 1- File being access 2- Success of failure 3- Process accessing the file Thanks a lot

Re: showing hidden files by default

2006-05-11 Thread Robert Huff
I have this in the .cshrc for all the accounts I use: alias dir ls -al \!* | more Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: 1 cpu + 2 monitors + 2 keybord/mouse is it possible

2006-05-11 Thread Andy Reitz
On Thu, 11 May 2006, NAOD TSIGHE wrote: Hi, Is it possible to attach two monitors, 2keybord and 2 mouse to one PC, by just buying some card that will connect with a PC. I just want to know if it is possible for me to just buy 1 more monitor, a mouse and a keyboard so that two students

Re: escape to console from xorg

2006-05-11 Thread Victor Lundwall
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Miguel wrote: Hi, that is normal procedure to escape from xorg(fluxbox or kde) to a console?, i dont mean a xconsole, i mean a normal shell console, like if there is not xorg running thanks ___

Bourne shell scripting resources

2006-05-11 Thread Doug Poland
Hello, Can someone point me to a good on-line reference for Bourne shell scripting? I've come across some syntax I don't understand and, since I don't understand it, don't know how to search the web for it. For example, what do these special variable characters do? ${UNISON_SCHED%% *} #

Re: Windows Filemon equivalent for freebsd

2006-05-11 Thread Daniel Bye
On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 02:16:55PM -0400, Ian Lord wrote: Hi, Just a quick question, do you know a port that will do about the same thing as filemon for windows ? Basically, just a command line tool to list all access to disk showing 1- File being access 2- Success of

Re: Bourne shell scripting resources

2006-05-11 Thread Daniel Bye
On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 02:40:14PM -0500, Doug Poland wrote: Hello, Can someone point me to a good on-line reference for Bourne shell scripting? I've come across some syntax I don't understand and, since I don't understand it, don't know how to search the web for it. For example, what do

very slow boot (newbie)

2006-05-11 Thread Barnaby Scott
I have mangaged to install version 6.0 and have had a bit of a play, but not before re-installing because the boot had been so slow, I thought I must have mucked it up! However it was just a slow point in the boot sequence - but one which I still can't believe is normal. The boot

RE: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right - More info

2006-05-11 Thread Philip Hallstrom
Well... I'm moving it from one file system to another of different sizes, that's the main reason. Dump won't care about that... dd would, but dd isn't right for this anyway... I'd give dump a try. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right.

2006-05-11 Thread Jerry McAllister
I've tried both the BSD and GNU tars, I get the same results on both. It's very strange. When I add the B option, no different I used: tar cf - /array01/* | ( cd /mnt/disk01 tar xfvBp - ) Maybe this is something specific to 4.11? Here's what happens: Source file:

Re: Bourne shell scripting resources

2006-05-11 Thread Atom Powers
On 5/11/06, Doug Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Can someone point me to a good on-line reference for Bourne shell scripting? I've come across some syntax I don't understand and, since I don't understand it, don't know how to search the web for it. I found these in my bookmarks...

Re: ftp install / base not found

2006-05-11 Thread Johan Nilsson
But can you do a ftp-install from an archived version? If, how? Regards, Johan On 5/11/06, Andy Reitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 11 May 2006, Mike Hunter wrote: Dear FreeBSD Questions, I have a not-so-new laptop that I tried to install FBSD on yesterday. This laptop can only be

RE: Copying a file system w/ tar - symbolic links not copied right - More info

2006-05-11 Thread Don O'Neil
I will... Thanks to all for helping... Still weird what's happening though! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Philip Hallstrom Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:29 PM To: Don O'Neil Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Copying a

RE: ASUS WL-167G config (was ural driver, Belkin F5D7050 USB not working)...

2006-05-11 Thread Rakesh Prajapati
FYI My Asus WL-167G wireless adapter works out of the box without any settings when I installed FreeBSD 6.1 RELEASE. The installer recognized it and I was able to configure it through DHCP effortlessly. Maybe it would have worked in 6.0 If I did a fresh install or tried sysinstall. FreeBSD

Enable plugin nppdf.so in firefox?

2006-05-11 Thread Tuareg
Hello... I'm having this problem with Firefox 1.5.0.2 / Mozilla 1.7.13 I check that the links it's correct and also reinstalled linuxpluginwrapper and copied libmap.conf to /etc. But when I try to see a pdf file with both browsers launched from command line, I just get this message:

Re: escape to console from xorg

2006-05-11 Thread Miguel
Victor Lundwall wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Miguel wrote: Hi, that is normal procedure to escape from xorg(fluxbox or kde) to a console?, i dont mean a xconsole, i mean a normal shell console, like if there is not xorg running thanks

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