Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
On 30/06/2006 4:56 PM, William wrote: I've got an Intel card in production already on a homebrew box, the code is INTEL-PWLA8492MT and description is "Intel Dual Port Server Adapter 10/100/1000". Any idea if that will do? The adapter you mentioned is a PCI-X adapter, which won't work unless you purchase the optional PCI-X riser card to replace the standard one in the DL320 G4. The standard riser card provides PCI Express slots (1 half height, 1 full height), that are not compatible with PCI-X (or regular PCI). You will need to either: 1) Purchase the PCI-X riser, and then use your existing card (provided that FreeBSD 6.x will recognise it) 2) Purchase a PCI Express NIC, which will (likely) _not_ work with the standard driver in 6.x. Option 1 may or may not work with the standard 6.x driver; I know the PCI Express one definately does NOT. That being said, it is _very_ simple to add the updated Intel driver and rebuild the kernel if you need to do so (for either option): I'd be happy to help you with the steps you need to do so if you require. Regards Antony ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 07:56:00AM +0100, William wrote: > Antony, > > I've got an Intel card in production already on a homebrew box, the > code is INTEL-PWLA8492MT and description is "Intel Dual Port Server > Adapter 10/100/1000". Any idea if that will do? That is a PRO/1000 MT card, which is a PCI-X adapter and is supported by the standard em(4) driver in FreeBSD 6.x, The PRO/1000 PT mentioned below is a PCI-Express adapter and is not supported by the standard driver in 6.x, but (as mentioned) should be supported by the driver available from Intel. Which card you want depends on what kind of expansion slot(s) you have available. > > On 30/06/06, Antony Mawer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On 30/06/2006 3:53 PM, William wrote: > >> Thanks for the email Antony, I'm awaiting delivery of the server so I > >> might have to order an intel card sharpish. What can I do the > >> server+fbsd 6.x to prove the lock up? > >> > >> Regards, > >> Will > > > >Configure the network card (bge0) and then do something to pass traffic > >across the network (eg. ping another host on the network). In our case, > >the machine booting at startup and the various network services starting > >up was enough to do it within seconds. > > > >I have a copy of the Intel driver we used if you are looking to run this > >machine on FreeBSD 6.0 or 6.1; the standard driver in these releases > >will not support the Pro/1000 PT (at least the card we used). > > > >Regards > >Antony > > -- Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD 6.0 compat with DL320 G4
Will i get the updated driver by just cvsup'ing to stable once I install -STABLE from CD? On 30/06/06, Antony Mawer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 30/06/2006 4:56 PM, William wrote: > I've got an Intel card in production already on a homebrew box, the > code is INTEL-PWLA8492MT and description is "Intel Dual Port Server > Adapter 10/100/1000". Any idea if that will do? The adapter you mentioned is a PCI-X adapter, which won't work unless you purchase the optional PCI-X riser card to replace the standard one in the DL320 G4. The standard riser card provides PCI Express slots (1 half height, 1 full height), that are not compatible with PCI-X (or regular PCI). You will need to either: 1) Purchase the PCI-X riser, and then use your existing card (provided that FreeBSD 6.x will recognise it) 2) Purchase a PCI Express NIC, which will (likely) _not_ work with the standard driver in 6.x. Option 1 may or may not work with the standard 6.x driver; I know the PCI Express one definately does NOT. That being said, it is _very_ simple to add the updated Intel driver and rebuild the kernel if you need to do so (for either option): I'd be happy to help you with the steps you need to do so if you require. Regards Antony ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Slow server
Hi, I am trying to deal with a server that is getting slower and slower. Machine is based on a AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 244 with 4GB memory. It is running MySQL, and Apache 13 and serving about 400 web sites written in PHP. OK the design of PHP is certainly not the most efficient, but actually the server cannot hold 50 simultaneous http connections. I am wondering: 1) what optimization I should look for in the system 2) as there are many connections comming from search engines siders (90% of all the established connections), I'd like to limit the ressources that spiders are using. One way would be through IPFW, but are there better ways? Is there a way to limit/prioritize in Apache (not that I know any). Best regards, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Slow server
Hi, I am trying to deal with a server that is getting slower and slower. Machine is based on a AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 244 with 4GB memory. It is running MySQL, and Apache 13 and serving about 400 web sites written in PHP. OK the design of PHP is certainly not the most efficient, but actually the server cannot hold 50 simultaneous http connections. I am wondering: 1) what optimization I should look for in the system 2) as there are many connections comming from search engines siders (90% of all the established connections), I'd like to limit the ressources that spiders are using. One way would be through IPFW, but are there better ways? Is there a way to limit/prioritize in Apache (not that I know any). Best regards, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: a secure equivalent to rcmd() and rexec() ?
> I need to send data to a command line on another machine, but > popen-ing an ssh > session seems like a rather inferior method, because there is > no way to > (portably) access the command's stderr... > not sure if this is the answer you want, but: what if you tunnel the rcmd/rexec commands through an encrypted tunnel? you could use pf and stunnel to redirect traffic, maybe that helps. it's obviously not a development solution but an administrative, maybe working one ;-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
rejected mail in periodic runs.
Hi All, I am running Exim as my MTA on several FreeBSD servers. I have several setups that insist on sending me the full rejectlog (rejected mail maillog) in my daily periodic runs. I have tried setting daily_status_mail_rejects_enable="NO" in /etc/periodic.conf, but it still sends the full output. Does anyone have an idea how to disable this? -Grant ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
cups fails to recognize parallel port
Hi, I posted this same question to cups.general list, and have not received an answer yet. Can anyone help? cups-1.2.0 on FreeBSD-6.1-RELEASE-p2 HP1100 parallel port printer on lpt0. [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root# dmesg | more ... ppc0: at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode ppbus0: on ppc0 ppbus0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE/ECP Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0: ppbus0: PRINTER MLC,PCL,PJL plip0: on ppbus0 lpt0: on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port ... Printer -=IS=- on, -=IS=- connected, lptest > /dev/lpt0 works. [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root# find / backend ... find: backend: No such file or directory I have done make deinstall, make reinstall on all the applicable ports, no joy. The web interface does not auto-detect my printer, nor can I add it for lack of the parallel port choice. The prior version of cups worked on the same computer with the same version of FreeBSD. What's wrong? -- Thanks, Charles http://bubbabbq.homeunix.net ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: rejected mail in periodic runs.
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:39:29 -0400 "Grant Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am running Exim as my MTA on several FreeBSD servers. > > I have several setups that insist on sending me the full rejectlog (rejected > mail maillog) in my daily periodic runs. > > I have tried setting daily_status_mail_rejects_enable="NO" in > /etc/periodic.conf, but it still sends the full output. Try doing the same in /usr/local/etc/periodic.conf, perhaps (seeing as how Exim will be installed as a port / package rather than as part of the base system, like Sendmail is)? > Does anyone have an idea how to disable this? > > -Grant -- Nick Withers email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.nickwithers.com Mobile: +61 414 397 446 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
wifi: Combining open non-encrypted AP and EAP-TLS in one
Hi: I have got the idea that I want to set up a hostap on my FBSD box. My idea is that I want to allow strangers to associate and get their network configuration via dhcp. Any attempt to access the Internet will then be redirected to a web page explaining that they have to register first. Once registered, the AP should support (or rather require) EAP-TLS and allow access to the Internet. I know, this sounds very much like VPN. Indeed it is, (and I might fall back on this). But the difference is that it is bound to a particular wireless network. Users may connect to other networks where all this is not required. So for usability I think it is easier if the wifi controller takes care of connecting with the correct certificate. So, my first question: Is it possible to configure a Wireless NIC in hostap mode to support both non-encrypted open association as well as EAP-TLS (or some other type of encryption/authentication scheme)? Secondly, is it possible to make the firewall (on the the hostap box) aware of whether a client uses security and only allow access if the wireless connection is encrypted? I use packet filter, and this is somewhat like authpf w. ssh that can invoke rules, or it could be solved with the traditional VPN. But I would like to use the EAP-TLS scheme. Thanks, Erik ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
mbmon on Dell Precision 670
Hello I'm trying to get temperature info about CPUs on Dell Precision 670 motherboard. I have kernel (FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #0: Fri Jun 30 07:12:09 CEST 2006) with SMB device smb device smbus device intpm device ichsmb device iicbus # Bus support, required for ic/iic/iicsmb below. device iicbb device ic device iic device iicsmb # smb over i2c bridge the SMB device is tnt-new:~# dmesg | grep smb ichsmb0: port 0xece0-0xecff irq 17 at device 31.3 on pci0 ichsmb0: [GIANT-LOCKED] smbus0: on ichsmb0 smb0: on smbus0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:31:3: class=0x0c0500 card=0x01681028 chip=0x24d38086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller' class= serial bus subclass = SMBus but if I run mbmon (with SMB support, compiled from ports) I got this error at the end tnt-new:~# mbmon ioctl(smb0:writebyte): Device not configured Exit 255 tnt-new:~# mbmon -D Probe Request: none >>> Testing Reg's at SMBus <<< SMBus slave 0x2E(0x17) found... SMBus slave 0x44(0x22) found... SMBus slave 0x52(0x29) found... SMBus slave 0x56(0x2B) found... SMBus slave 0x64(0x32) found... SMBus slave 0x6E(0x37) found... SMBus slave 0xAE(0x57) found... SMBus slave 0xC4(0x62) found... SMBus slave 0xD6(0x6B) found... SMBus slave 0xE4(0x72) found... SMBus slave 0xEE(0x77) found... Set SMBus slave address: 0xEE Probing Winbond/Asus/LM78/79 chip: CR40:0x06, CR41:0x06, CR42:0x06, CR43:0x06 CR44:0x06, CR45:0x06, CR46:0x06, CR47:0x06 CR48:0x06, CR49:0x06, CR4A:0x06, CR4B:0x06 CR4C:0x06, CR4D:0x06, CR4E:0x06, CR4F:0x06 CR56:0x06, CR58:0x06, CR59:0x06, CR5D:0x06 CR3E:0x06, CR13:0x06, CR17:0x06, CRA1:0xFF CR20:0x06, CR22:0x06, CR23:0x06, CR24:0x06 CR27:0x06, CR29:0x06, CR2A:0x06, CR2B:0x06 Set SMBus slave address: 0x52 Probing Winbond/Asus/LM78/79 chip: CR40:0xCE, CR41:0x00, CR42:0x00, CR43:0x00 CR44:0x00, CR45:0x00, CR46:0x00, CR47:0x00 CR48:0x02, CR49:0x4D, CR4A:0x33, CR4B:0x20 CR4C:0x39, CR4D:0x33, CR4E:0x80, CR4F:0x32 CR56:0x2D, CR58:0x43, CR59:0x43, CR5D:0x05 CR3E:0x12, CR13:0x01, CR17:0x50, CRA1:0xFF CR20:0x35, CR22:0x15, CR23:0x27, CR24:0x3C CR27:0x00, CR29:0x37, CR2A:0x69, CR2B:0x80 Set SMBus slave address: 0x56 Probing Winbond/Asus/LM78/79 chip: CR40:0xAD, CR41:0x00, CR42:0x00, CR43:0x00 CR44:0x00, CR45:0x00, CR46:0x00, CR47:0x00 CR48:0x01, CR49:0x48, CR4A:0x59, CR4B:0x4D CR4C:0x50, CR4D:0x35, CR4E:0x31, CR4F:0x32 CR56:0x45, CR58:0x20, CR59:0x20, CR5D:0x05 CR3E:0x12, CR13:0x01, CR17:0x50, CRA1:0x03 CR20:0x35, CR22:0x15, CR23:0x27, CR24:0x3C CR27:0x00, CR29:0x37, CR2A:0x69, CR2B:0x80 ioctl(smb0:writebyte): Device not configured Exit 255 Dou you anybody know what should be wrong ? I found this article http://www.tworoads.net/~srp/hn/monitor420.html but I don't know how to get value from SMBus slave addresses :(. Thaks for any help. Jiri ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Frustration
Fernando Pinguelo wrote: I am writing to you because I need to vent. I have tried installing version 5.3 of FreeBSD on a Pentium III machine. I thought I succeeded in doing it so, but when I tried to build xOrg I realized that I did not have all the ports installed and that some other dependencies were also missing. I realized then that the installation had not been as successful as I first thought. So, I tried to re-install the ports from the CD, since I didn't have an Internet connection to that machine. Well, I kept getting more and more hardware/software errors. I then tried to upgrade FreeBSD to version 6.1. And that was what I did; I tried. Well, I kept getting more errors, as usual. The more I tried to install/reinstall/upgrade/fix FreeBSD, the more I was realizing that anything that had to do with FreeBSD that could go wrond would go wrong, be it the software installation or hardware behavior. The amount of work and headache that I have been experiencing to move a single 'inch' towards a working Unix environment has been enourmously frustating. The worst part of it all is that I have not accomplished anything tangible at all. I think now it is time for this boy to abandon the 'Unix' bandwagon for good and move back to MS Windows. At least I will be able to concentrate on doing real productive work, instead of dealing with temperamental hardware and software every time I touch the PC. Good luck to those heroic individuals who stick with the configuration fight to the end. I failed to see the 'Power to Serve'. Congratulations! You have found FreeBSD's built-in intelligence test feature. If you don't have the intelligence to email this list for help *while* you are having the problems, then you win the right to be stuck with Windows for ever. Enjoy! Average time to install FreeBSD (~7 installs in last 12 months): 30 minutes or less Average time to install MS Windows (1 install in last 12 months): at least 4 hours; required me to copy drivers from a CD to a floppy; required megabytes of fixes despite being the most recent release; nearly had catch 22 where ethernet wouldn't work without update, but update couldn't be obtained without ethernet. Joy. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Slow server
Olivier Nicole wrote: 2) as there are many connections comming from search engines siders (90% of all the established connections), I'd like to limit the ressources that spiders are using. One way would be through IPFW, but are there better ways? Is there a way to limit/prioritize in Apache (not that I know any). google robots.txt which ought to limit what the spiders look at (but consequently reduces what they index, as well). Overall, though, your problem sounds more like a piece of software bloating as it runs; the longer it runs the more memory it consumes. Does the machine end up swapping? Try tracking memory usage. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Frustration
On 6/30/06, Fernando Pinguelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am writing to you because I need to vent. I have tried installing version 5.3 of FreeBSD on a Pentium III machine. I thought I succeeded in doing it so, but when I tried to build xOrg I realized that I did not have all the ports installed and that some other dependencies were also missing. I realized then that the installation had not been as successful as I first thought. So, I tried to re-install the ports from the CD, since I didn't have an Internet connection to that machine. Well, I kept getting more and more hardware/software errors. I then tried to upgrade FreeBSD to version 6.1. And that was what I did; I tried. Well, I kept getting more errors, as usual. The more I tried to install/reinstall/upgrade/fix FreeBSD, the more I was realizing that anything that had to do with FreeBSD that could go wrond would go wrong, be it the software installation or hardware behavior. The amount of work and headache that I have been experiencing to move a single 'inch' towards a working Unix environment has been enourmously frustating. The worst part of it all is that I have not accomplished anything tangible at all. I think now it is time for this boy to abandon the 'Unix' bandwagon for good and move back to MS Windows. At least I will be able to concentrate on doing real productive work, instead of dealing with temperamental hardware and software every time I touch the PC. Good luck to those heroic individuals who stick with the configuration fight to the end. I failed to see the 'Power to Serve'. Hi, I don't know your level of proficiency with unix but from your email I think you're taking the initial steps. You tried to build a Lego without all the pieces and with no instructions. You should start with an already built machine and start your way down from there. With this in mind I recomend you to install for example PC-BSD(1). It's FreeBSD all the way, but for what you want, a desktop solution, a custom built FreeBSD. -- Joao Barros ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Frustration
In response to "Fernando Pinguelo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am writing to you because I need to vent. I have tried installing > version 5.3 of FreeBSD on a Pentium III machine. I thought I succeeded > in doing it so, but when I tried to build xOrg I realized that I did not > have all the ports installed and that some other dependencies were also > missing. I realized then that the installation had not been as successful > as I first thought. > So, I tried to re-install the ports from the CD, since I didn't have an > Internet connection to that machine. Well, I kept getting more and more > hardware/software errors. I then tried to upgrade FreeBSD to version 6.1. > And that was what I did; I tried. On the offhand chance that you are _not_ a troll, let me explain what the problem here is. You come from the Windows world. The first problem is that the Windows world has very little culture: you buy the software and are expected to use it. The FreeBSD culture is an integral part of the software itself. You are expected to ask questions and get helpful answers. The community goes to great lengths to generate helpful documentation and answer questions in a timely manner. By not using the community as designed, you effectively used the software incorrectly. As a result, it didn't work for you. The second major difference between the Windows world and the FreeBSD culture is that in Windows, you get error messages that read something like "operation failed: error 0xffcb2c" -- which is useless to diagnose a problem. In the FreeBSD world, you will get extremely _specific_ and helpful error messages that will lead you directly to the source of the problem (OK, not always, but we try). I noticed that you complained of errors, but didn't tell us what any of the errors were. Based on my experience with users, that probably means that you didn't bother to read them yourself. Again, this is using the software differently than it is designed to be used, and will likely result in failure. If you've already decided to give up and aren't willing to try again: farewell and good luck. If you ever change your mind, we'll still be here. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Adjusting partition size with disklabel
On 6/30/06, Morten A. Middelthon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, long story short, I have a partition on a RAID5 array which after an accident where I had to rebuild the array became smaller than it originally was. Here's the original size: amrd1: 1430505MB (2929674240 sectors) RAID 5 (degraded) and the new size after the rebuild: amrd1: 1430400MB (2929459200 sectors) RAID 5 (optimal) Is it possible to use 'bsdlabel -e' to shrink the partition down to a size which will fit the new size of the array? To my knowledge, you can only growfs(8) them, not shrink them. References: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=growfs&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.1-RELEASE&format=html -- Joao Barros ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
problems with Nice and Dump in FreeBSD 6.1-Current (Stable-#5)
I've been having some issues using nice... I usually setup a system building script to automate things when I go out or to sleep. something along these lines... echo "cd /usr/sys; make clean && make buildworld && make buildkernel" > /root/makeme; chmod u+x /root/makeme then I would under rel_5 just type nice -n -20 /root/makeme under Rel_6 this gives a "incorrectly formed number error" more or less according the the man pages this should be valid as they basically give this as an example. Then with Dump... It seems to hit the fan with large filesystems, and this seems new to rel_6 at least in my experience. I can dump my root and var systems correctly but my usr file system never works, gives errors during restore, but comeplete the dump. I've been tarring things up lateley, probably will keep dumping to just the root system and tar var once I have websites on it. Brian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Frustration
--- Joao Barros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/30/06, Fernando Pinguelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I am writing to you because I need to vent. I have > tried installing version 5.3 of FreeBSD on a Pentium > III machine. I thought I succeeded in doing it so, > but when I tried to build xOrg I realized that I did > not have all the ports installed and that some other > dependencies were also missing. I realized then that > the installation had not been as successful as I > first thought. > > So, I tried to re-install the ports from the CD, > since I didn't have an Internet connection to that > machine. Well, I kept getting more and more > hardware/software errors. I then tried to upgrade > FreeBSD to version 6.1. And that was what I did; I > tried. > > > > Well, I kept getting more errors, as usual. The > more I tried to install/reinstall/upgrade/fix > FreeBSD, the more I was realizing that anything that > had to do with FreeBSD that could go wrond would go > wrong, be it the software installation or hardware > behavior. The amount of work and headache that I > have been experiencing to move a single 'inch' > towards a working Unix environment has been > enourmously frustating. The worst part of it all is > that I have not accomplished anything tangible at > all. > > > > I think now it is time for this boy to abandon the > 'Unix' bandwagon for good and move back to MS > Windows. At least I will be able to concentrate on > doing real productive work, instead of dealing with > temperamental hardware and software every time I > touch the PC. > > > > Good luck to those heroic individuals who stick > with the configuration fight to the end. I failed to > see the 'Power to Serve'. > > Hi, > > I don't know your level of proficiency with unix but > from your email I > think you're taking the initial steps. > You tried to build a Lego without all the pieces and > with no > instructions. You should start with an already built > machine and start > your way down from there. With this in mind I > recomend you to install > for example PC-BSD(1). It's FreeBSD all the way, but > for what you > want, a desktop solution, a custom built FreeBSD. > > -- > Joao Barros > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > That or try desktop-bsd so it's still a "pure" BSD system. I've experienced all the problems with Windows that you could imagine, my favorite is not being able to swap hard drives into a new machine and get the thing to boot, especially with a "Plug N Play" OS. I've had a million problems with BSD, and with Linux, Dos, and OS/2. anytime you learn something new things can be messed up. I bet your problem is you kept changing your mind with sysinstall, it got confused and never let your choose your distribution, and now its all messed up. That usually messed up my installations in the begining. Windows is cool, but I can't remotely login to windows over a SSH session on my Treo and run update my system while I'm on the road for work. *BSD is the future, because Microsoft won't be able to release their garbage too much longer and be taken seriously. Especially now that they have gotten into the anti-spyware market. Why pay for a license to an OS that I need to pay for another license from the same company to make the OS "secure" I think RTFM is in order, I know it sounds cold but I've taken the time to read countless man pages to figure out my problems. Remember BSD isn't setup for you out of the box, that would violate the spirit of Unix; but its got thousands of help files built in to the system. You can't say that about windows, their help is useless average joe BSD user venting back ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
database or overview about servers
Hi, I was asked by management to put information about all our servers (OS release, machine type, disk space, RAM space, installed databases, development tools, ...) into somehow an regulary updated overview, perhaps based on a database or XML files (we are speaking about less than hundred systems, most of them UNIX types, some XP). It would also be nice if some of the above mentioned information is updated automatically by fetching them over night across the network with some kind of scripts (for example OS, disk and RAM). At least the presentation should be done in HTML. Before I start to build something from scratch by my own hand, I wanted to ask if there is something in FreeBSD ports for that or if someone is knowing a good tool for that. Thx in advance matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC PICA GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - w http://www.oclcpica.org/ http://guru.UnixLand.de/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: database or overview about servers
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was asked by management to put information about all our servers (OS release, machine type, disk space, RAM space, installed databases, development tools, ...) into somehow an regulary updated overview, perhaps based on a database or XML files (we are speaking about less than hundred systems, most of them UNIX types, some XP). It would also be nice if some of the above mentioned information is updated automatically by fetching them over night across the network with some kind of scripts (for example OS, disk and RAM). At least the presentation should be done in HTML. Nagios may do what you want: /usr/ports/net-mgmt/nagios -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: firefox with flash and java!
fwiw, I've followed these instructions on a few boxes, all 6.1-RELEASE, and have had no problems: http://www.unixlike.com.br/?p=%2081 hth, Bob I wonder if the patch for the source tree will actually be included in the source for the next stable release? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: problems with Nice and Dump in FreeBSD 6.1-Current (Stable-#5)
Brian McKeon wrote: I've been having some issues using nice... I usually setup a system building script to automate things when I go out or to sleep. something along these lines... echo "cd /usr/sys; make clean && make buildworld && make buildkernel" > /root/makeme; chmod u+x /root/makeme then I would under rel_5 just type nice -n -20 /root/makeme under Rel_6 this gives a "incorrectly formed number error" more or less according the the man pages this should be valid as they basically give this as an example. nice is a csh builtin which uses a different (historic) format (cartman)38# nice -n -20 /bin/ls nice: Badly formed number. (cartman)39# which nice nice: shell built-in command. (cartman)40# whereis nice nice: /usr/bin/nice /usr/share/man/man1/nice.1.gz /usr/src/usr.bin/nice (cartman)41# /usr/bin/nice -n -20 /bin/ls list of files {cartman}42# nice -20 /bin/ls list of files Did you change shells between releases? Maybe bash uses the new format. Then with Dump... It seems to hit the fan with large filesystems, and this seems new to rel_6 at least in my experience. I can dump my root and var systems correctly but my usr file system never works, gives errors during restore, but comeplete the dump. I've been tarring things up lateley, probably will keep dumping to just the root system and tar var once I have websites on it. Show us the error message! And the dump command while you are at it. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Slow server
> > Olivier Nicole wrote: > > >2) as there are many connections comming from search engines siders > > (90% of all the established connections), I'd like to limit the > > ressources that spiders are using. One way would be through IPFW, > > but are there better ways? Is there a way to limit/prioritize in > > Apache (not that I know any). > > > > Lookup mod_security rules for Apache and mod_dosevasive. mod_evasive will help prevent the spiders from opening many pages at one time mod_security has rules to detect some fake spiders and other bots and block them from the get go. Both though will add a little bit of overhead to Apache. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: CUPS, USB printers & "Permission Denied"
I have a Minolta PagePro 1350 printer. When I use the workaround I get the error 'raw printers cannot use file: devices!' Is there another workaround? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~$ lpstat -d -p -t system default destination: Minolta printer Minolta disabled since Fri Jun 30 17:14:11 2006 - Raw printers cannot use file: devices! scheduler is running system default destination: Minolta device for Minolta: /dev/lpt0 Minolta accepting requests since Fri Jun 30 17:14:11 2006 printer Minolta disabled since Fri Jun 30 17:14:11 2006 - Raw printers cannot use file: devices! Minolta-47 rainer 195584 Fri Jun 30 17:14:11 2006 -- I found that the usb backend stalled here before actually doing any work. Before I've done any actual debugging of the backend, I suspect that it is being blocked on a status read attempt, though this is only my current guess. Here is a workaround: In printers.conf () you will probably find a line like this: DeviceURI usb:/dev/ulpt0 change usb: to file:, so that it looks something like this: DeviceURI file:/dev/ulpt0 Then restart cups. Cups will not read any status information from the printer, but at least it can print. Be warned about unknown side effects. :) Jan-Espen Pettersen ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
batching port builds
Apologies if this is in a FAQ, I didn't see it. How does one tell the ports system to not query interactively for input, and just take default build options, or a predefined set of options? Running a portupgrade -a and finding the night wasted while the box sat waiting for input is no fun at all. Thanks, Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein pgpNLKZXSOAqN.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: mbmon on Dell Precision 670
Jiri Mikulas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello > I'm trying to get temperature info about CPUs on Dell Precision 670 > motherboard. > I have kernel (FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #0: Fri Jun 30 07:12:09 CEST 2006) > with SMB > device smb > device smbus > device intpm > device ichsmb > > device iicbus # Bus support, required for > ic/iic/iicsmb below. > device iicbb > device ic > device iic > device iicsmb # smb over i2c bridge > > the SMB device is > tnt-new:~# dmesg | grep smb > ichsmb0: port 0xece0-0xecff irq > 17 at device 31.3 on pci0 > ichsmb0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > smbus0: on ichsmb0 > smb0: on smbus0 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:31:3: class=0x0c0500 card=0x01681028 chip=0x24d38086 > rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 > vendor = 'Intel Corporation' > device = '82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller' > class= serial bus > subclass = SMBus > > but if I run mbmon (with SMB support, compiled from ports) I got this > error at the end > > tnt-new:~# mbmon > ioctl(smb0:writebyte): Device not configured > Exit 255 > > tnt-new:~# mbmon -D > Probe Request: none Testing Reg's at SMBus <<< > SMBus slave 0x2E(0x17) found... > SMBus slave 0x44(0x22) found... > SMBus slave 0x52(0x29) found... > SMBus slave 0x56(0x2B) found... > SMBus slave 0x64(0x32) found... > SMBus slave 0x6E(0x37) found... > SMBus slave 0xAE(0x57) found... > SMBus slave 0xC4(0x62) found... > SMBus slave 0xD6(0x6B) found... > SMBus slave 0xE4(0x72) found... > SMBus slave 0xEE(0x77) found... > Set SMBus slave address: 0xEE > Probing Winbond/Asus/LM78/79 chip: > CR40:0x06, CR41:0x06, CR42:0x06, CR43:0x06 > CR44:0x06, CR45:0x06, CR46:0x06, CR47:0x06 > CR48:0x06, CR49:0x06, CR4A:0x06, CR4B:0x06 > CR4C:0x06, CR4D:0x06, CR4E:0x06, CR4F:0x06 > CR56:0x06, CR58:0x06, CR59:0x06, CR5D:0x06 > CR3E:0x06, CR13:0x06, CR17:0x06, CRA1:0xFF > CR20:0x06, CR22:0x06, CR23:0x06, CR24:0x06 > CR27:0x06, CR29:0x06, CR2A:0x06, CR2B:0x06 > Set SMBus slave address: 0x52 > Probing Winbond/Asus/LM78/79 chip: > CR40:0xCE, CR41:0x00, CR42:0x00, CR43:0x00 > CR44:0x00, CR45:0x00, CR46:0x00, CR47:0x00 > CR48:0x02, CR49:0x4D, CR4A:0x33, CR4B:0x20 > CR4C:0x39, CR4D:0x33, CR4E:0x80, CR4F:0x32 > CR56:0x2D, CR58:0x43, CR59:0x43, CR5D:0x05 > CR3E:0x12, CR13:0x01, CR17:0x50, CRA1:0xFF > CR20:0x35, CR22:0x15, CR23:0x27, CR24:0x3C > CR27:0x00, CR29:0x37, CR2A:0x69, CR2B:0x80 > Set SMBus slave address: 0x56 > Probing Winbond/Asus/LM78/79 chip: > CR40:0xAD, CR41:0x00, CR42:0x00, CR43:0x00 > CR44:0x00, CR45:0x00, CR46:0x00, CR47:0x00 > CR48:0x01, CR49:0x48, CR4A:0x59, CR4B:0x4D > CR4C:0x50, CR4D:0x35, CR4E:0x31, CR4F:0x32 > CR56:0x45, CR58:0x20, CR59:0x20, CR5D:0x05 > CR3E:0x12, CR13:0x01, CR17:0x50, CRA1:0x03 > CR20:0x35, CR22:0x15, CR23:0x27, CR24:0x3C > CR27:0x00, CR29:0x37, CR2A:0x69, CR2B:0x80 > ioctl(smb0:writebyte): Device not configured > Exit 255 > > Dou you anybody know what should be wrong ? > I found this article http://www.tworoads.net/~srp/hn/monitor420.html > but I don't know how to get value from SMBus slave addresses :(. In that case, trial and error. There might be some documentation for your motherboard that would at least specify what is on the SM Bus, if not their actual addresses. I was just looking at the ICH specs because I was trying to hack in support for an ICH6 SMBus, but they don't even give conventions for placing the slave devices. Good luck. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: problems with Nice and Dump in FreeBSD 6.1-Current (Stable-#5)
--- Alex Zbyslaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brian McKeon wrote: > > >I've been having some issues using nice... > > > >I usually setup a system building script to > automate > >things when I go out or to sleep. something along > >these lines... > > > >echo "cd /usr/sys; make clean && make buildworld && > >make buildkernel" > /root/makeme; chmod u+x > >/root/makeme > > > >then I would under rel_5 just type > >nice -n -20 /root/makeme > > > > > >under Rel_6 this gives a "incorrectly formed number > >error" more or less according the the man pages > this > >should be valid as they basically give this as an > >example. > > > > > > nice is a csh builtin which uses a different > (historic) format > > (cartman)38# nice -n -20 /bin/ls > nice: Badly formed number. > (cartman)39# which nice > nice: shell built-in command. > (cartman)40# whereis nice > nice: /usr/bin/nice /usr/share/man/man1/nice.1.gz > /usr/src/usr.bin/nice > (cartman)41# /usr/bin/nice -n -20 /bin/ls > list of files > {cartman}42# nice -20 /bin/ls > list of files > > Did you change shells between releases? Maybe bash > uses the new format. > > >Then with Dump... > > > >It seems to hit the fan with large filesystems, and > >this seems new to rel_6 at least in my experience. > I > >can dump my root and var systems correctly but my > usr > >file system never works, gives errors during > restore, > >but comeplete the dump. I've been tarring things up > >lateley, probably will keep dumping to just the > root > >system and tar var once I have websites on it. > > > > > Show us the error message! And the dump command > while you are at it. > > --Alex > > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > I forgot about nice being interal to csh, that is likely to source of my problems... I use this for a dump dump -0 -C 32 -f - |bzip2 --best | dd of=/foo/bar.dbz2 and then on a restore bzip2 -dc | (cd /foo; restore -r -f -) the error I get is expected 234234 got 234237 expected 234235 got 234238 expected 234236 got 234239 ... ... expected 234250 got 234267 which fills up the screen with seemingly corruption errors, then the restore bails with an error asking if I wish to continue, if I continue it fails. I will get a screen dump of the error when I can dig up the corrupt dump file, and or make a new one. I believe the error is something about inodes missing or being corrupted. this exact command syntax works on everything but my usr filesystem. brian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: batching port builds
On Friday 30 June 2006 11:10, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > Apologies if this is in a FAQ, I didn't see it. > > How does one tell the ports system to not query interactively for input, > and just take default build options, or a predefined set of options? > Running a portupgrade -a and finding the night wasted while the box sat > waiting for input is no fun at all. If you do 'make -DBATCH' instead of 'make' - you will use the preset defaults for each port with options. Or you can do 'make config-recursive' - which will offer you all the option screens for the port in whose directory you're currently in and all its dependencies. See 'man ports' for more information. To use those with 'portupgrade -a' will probably take some custom scripting. David -- Sure God created the world in only six days, but He didn't have an established user-base. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: problems with Nice and Dump in FreeBSD 6.1-Current (Stable-#5)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I forgot about nice being interal to csh, that is likely to source of my problems... I use this for a dump dump -0 -C 32 -f - |bzip2 --best | dd of=/foo/bar.dbz2 and then on a restore bzip2 -dc | (cd /foo; restore -r -f -) the error I get is expected 234234 got 234237 expected 234235 got 234238 expected 234236 got 234239 ... ... expected 234250 got 234267 which fills up the screen with seemingly corruption errors, then the restore bails with an error asking if I wish to continue, if I continue it fails. I will get a screen dump of the error when I can dig up the corrupt dump file, and or make a new one. I believe the error is something about inodes missing or being corrupted. this exact command syntax works on everything but my usr filesystem. The restore man page does tell you why this happens (I know because I was just reading it today :-)) You are doing this dump on a Live Filesystem. To do that use the -L option to dump (FreeBSD 5.X or later) which will snapshot the filesystem first. Either that, or do what we had to do for years and drop down to single-user mode and make sure no processes are running to change the filesystem. Dump needs the filesystem to be static. Then when you restore you will get precisely *one* similar "error" (at least on 5.4), which I can't explain but can say *does not matter*. I have restored several such dumps and compared them to the original filesystem and they are fine. You should do that yourself for your own peace of mind. (I do similar to you but with gzip and on 5.4). The "error" you'll get should be: expected next file , got A file that was not listed in the directory showed up. This can occur when using a dump created on an active file system. and I think it must be some artefact of the snapshot/dump interaction. If you use -L and *still* have trouble then it sounds like a bug. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Questions on EXT3 vs standard BSD partitions
I have to move between BSD and Linux on one system quite a bit, and I was wondering if there were any reasons to avoid EXT3 on a filesystem (such as /dev/ad0s1), as opposed to using the more standard BSD setups (such as UFS on /dev/ad0s1a)? I'm thinking mostly in terms of reliability, but also in terms of flexibility and speed. Is there anything that should absolutely stay in UFS (such as /boot?) Thanks, -Jim Stapleton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need Free BSD's company description ASAP, Linuxworld SF06 Show Guide Deadline has passed. ATTN: Matt Olender
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To Matt Olender or anyone that can lend a hand. The LinuxWorld Event Team has tried to reach Matt Olender with regard to Free BSD's company description in the Official Show Guide. We have run past the deadline to include you into the Show Guide. However, if anyone can email me and CC Julie Iodice above your comapny description (50 word max) word before 1:00pm, we can manually enter it in our system. Hi Christian, Sorry, I don't see a voicemail or email from you guys. In any case, can you use the same description that we had for the Boston show in the .org pavillion? Please email me with any questions! Cheers, -matt -- Matt Olander CTO, iXsystems - "Servers for Open Source" http://www.iXsystems.com Public Relations, The FreeBSD Project http://www.FreeBSD.org Phone: (408)943-4100 ext. 113 Fax: (408)943-4101 -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Wire pickups.
I am making a computer, and I will be using FreeBSD for the OS. Well I have a router that works for Windows only, is there a way to get a wireless plugin to pick up the signal? _ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
How to get best results from FreeBSD-questions
How to get the best results from FreeBSD questions. === Last update $Date: 2005/08/10 02:21:44 $ This is a regular posting to the FreeBSD questions mailing list. If you got it in answer to a message you sent, it means that the sender thinks that at least one of the following things was wrong with your message: - You left out a subject line, or the subject line was not appropriate. - You formatted it in such a way that it was difficult to read. - You asked more than one unrelated question in one message. - You sent out a message with an incorrect date, time or time zone. - You sent out the same message more than once. - You sent an 'unsubscribe' message to FreeBSD-questions. If you have done any of these things, there is a good chance that you will get more than one copy of this message from different people. Read on, and your next message will be more successful. This document is also available on the web at http://www.lemis.com/questions.html. = Contents: I:Introduction II: How to unsubscribe from FreeBSD-questions III: Should I ask -questions or -hackers? IV: How to submit a question to FreeBSD-questions V:How to answer a question to FreeBSD-questions I: Introduction === This is a regular posting aimed to help both those seeking advice from FreeBSD-questions (the "newcomers"), and also those who answer the questions (the "hackers"). Note that the term "hacker" has nothing to do with breaking into other people's computers. The correct term for the latter activity is "cracker", but the popular press hasn't found out yet. The FreeBSD hackers disapprove strongly of cracking security, and have nothing to do with it. In the past, there has been some friction which stems from the different viewpoints of the two groups. The newcomers accused the hackers of being arrogant, stuck-up, and unhelpful, while the hackers accused the newcomers of being stupid, unable to read plain English, and expecting everything to be handed to them on a silver platter. Of course, there's an element of truth in both these claims, but for the most part these viewpoints come from a sense of frustration. In this document, I'd like to do something to relieve this frustration and help everybody get better results from FreeBSD-questions. In the following section, I recommend how to submit a question; after that, we'll look at how to answer one. II: How to unsubscribe from FreeBSD-questions == When you subscribed to FreeBSD-questions, you got a welcome message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] In this message, amongst other things, it told you how to unsubscribe. Here's a typical message: Welcome to the freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list! If you ever want to unsubscribe or change your options (eg, switch to or from digest mode, change your password, etc.), visit your subscription page at: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-questions/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (obviously, substitute your mail address for "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"). You can also make such adjustments via email by sending a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word 'help' in the subject or body (don't include the quotes), and you will get back a message with instructions. You must know your password to change your options (including changing the password, itself) or to unsubscribe. Normally, Mailman will remind you of your freebsd.org mailing list passwords once every month, although you can disable this if you prefer. This reminder will also include instructions on how to unsubscribe or change your account options. There is also a button on your options page that will email your current password to you. Here's the general information for the list you've subscribed to, in case you don't already have it: FREEBSD-QUESTIONS User questions This is the mailing list for questions about FreeBSD. You should not send "how to" questions to the technical lists unless you consider the question to be pretty technical. Normally, unsubscribing is even simpler than the message suggests: you don't need to specify your mail ID unless it is different from the one which you specified when you subscribed. If Majordomo replies and tells you (incorrectly) that you're not on the list, this may mean one of two things: 1. You have changed your mail ID since you subscribed. That's where keeping the original message from majordomo comes in handy. For example, the sample message above shows my mail ID as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since then, I have changed it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If I were to try to remove [EMAIL PROTECTED] from the list, it would fail: I would have to specify the name with which I joined. 2. You're subscribed to a mailing list which is subscribed to Fr
"The Complete FreeBSD": errata and addenda
The trouble with books is that you can't update them the way you can a web page or any other online documentation. The result is that most leading edge computer books are out of date almost before they are printed. Unfortunately, The Complete FreeBSD, published by O'Reilly, is no exception. Inevitably, a number of bugs and changes have surfaced. "The Complete FreeBSD" has been through a total of five editions, including its predecessor "Installing and Running FreeBSD". Two of these have been reprinted with corrections. I maintain a series of errata pages. Start at http://www.lemis.com/errata-4.html to find out how to get the errata information. Note also that the book has now been released for free download in PDF form. Instead of downloading the changed pages, you may prefer to download the entire book. See http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/ for more information. Have you found a problem with the book, or maybe something confusing? Please let me know: I'm no longer constantly updating it, but I may be able to help Greg ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Questions on EXT3 vs standard BSD partitions
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:44:21 -0400 "Jim Stapleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have to move between BSD and Linux on one system quite a bit, and I > was wondering if there were any reasons to avoid EXT3 on a filesystem > (such as /dev/ad0s1), as opposed to using the more standard BSD setups > (such as UFS on /dev/ad0s1a)? I'm thinking mostly in terms of > reliability, but also in terms of flexibility and speed. > > Is there anything that should absolutely stay in UFS (such as /boot?) as a side-note : last time i used an ext3 usb-disc on FreeBSD 5.4 there was still a problem with automatically unmounting at a shutdown/reboot leaving the ext3-filesystem "dirty", and could not be mounted after the reboot until a fsck was done, haven't tried this with 6.x yet ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Wire pickups.
Goerge Smith wrote: > I am making a computer, and I will be using FreeBSD for the OS. Well I > have a router that works for Windows only, is there a way to get a > wireless plugin to pick up the signal? If I understand you correctly that router is an independent device? In that case "windows only" means that they have only tested it with windows and will only ask support requests for users using that use other operating systems. It does not mean that it won't work. Rather than looking at OS' required look at protocols supported. It is most likely standard protocols and there will be no problem at all. So, just move ahead and see if you actually have a problem. If so, you need to be more specific about the details of your wireless router etc. Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9 smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: Wire pickups.
the only thing I've ever seen in a wireless router that caused it to not work with other operating systems was a flaw in it's dhcp server. It seems that windows doesn't conform to the DHCP standard and some of the packets transmitted were flawed. the DHCP server on the router had been configured to expect these flawed packets and when a standards conformant dhcpclient tried to get connection info, the router didn't work right. Of course, I no longer have the router (I belive it was a linksys) and this was many years ago, so any of that might be wrong. Just try it out and see if it works. It probably will. On 6/30/06, Erik Nørgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Goerge Smith wrote: > I am making a computer, and I will be using FreeBSD for the OS. Well I > have a router that works for Windows only, is there a way to get a > wireless plugin to pick up the signal? If I understand you correctly that router is an independent device? In that case "windows only" means that they have only tested it with windows and will only ask support requests for users using that use other operating systems. It does not mean that it won't work. Rather than looking at OS' required look at protocols supported. It is most likely standard protocols and there will be no problem at all. So, just move ahead and see if you actually have a problem. If so, you need to be more specific about the details of your wireless router etc. Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: batching port builds
On 30/06/06 David J Brooks said: > If you do 'make -DBATCH' instead of 'make' - you will use the preset > defaults for each port with options. Or you can do > 'make config-recursive' - which will offer you all the option screens for > the port in whose directory you're currently in and all its dependencies. > > See 'man ports' for more information. > > To use those with 'portupgrade -a' will probably take some custom scripting. Ah, so there's no make.conf option for this? Thanks, Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." --Albert Einstein pgp1DNyvYhcR4.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: problems with Nice and Dump in FreeBSD 6.1-Current (Stable-#5)
--- Alex Zbyslaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >I forgot about nice being interal to csh, that is > >likely to source of my problems... > > > >I use this for a dump > > > >dump -0 -C 32 -f - |bzip2 --best | dd > of=/foo/bar.dbz2 > > > >and then on a restore > > > >bzip2 -dc | (cd /foo; restore -r -f -) > > > > > >the error I get is > > > >expected 234234 got 234237 > >expected 234235 got 234238 > >expected 234236 got 234239 > >... ... > > > >expected 234250 got 234267 > > > >which fills up the screen with seemingly corruption > >errors, then the restore bails with an error asking > if > >I wish to continue, if I continue it fails. I will > get > >a screen dump of the error when I can dig up the > >corrupt dump file, and or make a new one. I believe > >the error is something about inodes missing or > being > >corrupted. > > > >this exact command syntax works on everything but > my > >usr filesystem. > > > > > > The restore man page does tell you why this happens > (I know because I > was just reading it today :-)) > > You are doing this dump on a Live Filesystem. To do > that use the -L > option to dump (FreeBSD 5.X or later) which will > snapshot the filesystem > first. Either that, or do what we had to do for > years and drop down to > single-user mode and make sure no processes are > running to change the > filesystem. Dump needs the filesystem to be static. > > Then when you restore you will get precisely *one* > similar "error" (at > least on 5.4), which I can't explain but can say > *does not matter*. I > have restored several such dumps and compared them > to the original > filesystem and they are fine. You should do that > yourself for your own > peace of mind. (I do similar to you but with gzip > and on 5.4). > > The "error" you'll get should be: > > expected next file , got > A file that was not listed in the > directory showed up. > This can > occur when using a dump created on an > active file system. > > and I think it must be some artefact of the > snapshot/dump interaction. > > If you use -L and *still* have trouble then it > sounds like a bug. > > --Alex > > > > I wasn't aware booting off the cd and running fixit made my filesystems become live... I have noticed myself this error occurs at least once every once in a while and things are fine. I always assumed the .snap directory from a newfs was at fault, but because it always worked was never concerned until a screen full of these errors occurred and restore halted on me. I suspect this is a bug because it looks like I forgot the most important part of my dump command in my previous post. dump -0 -C 32 -f - /dev/ad2s1f | ... ... sorry about that I knew it didn't look right. I know I had no issues with rel_5 on this matter, course I was dumping and restoring to respective slices in one pipe command. It was only when I tried on the laptop and was forced to use a backup device to store the dumps that this became an issue. I will make another dump of my laptop when I'm am out of work and post the results and or errors I encounter. including the command lines verbatim as typed into the shell. If I have to use tar its not that big of a deal, but if it is a bug I would like those with the ability to fix it have the correct information they need. going to have to add C programming to the yak-shaving list... At present it is only conjecture. I will also check on my server as it is a newer source build to see if I get the same results. I will post the source version as well when I remember how to I think a uname -a will do the trick, but its something I should need to know anyway... brian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
make.conf and USA_RESIDENT
I have seen references to a USA_RESIDENT make.conf entry. However, I cannot find any reference to this variable in /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf, or the make.conf man page. Does this setting still exist? If so, is there are documentation for it? Thanks A ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: batching port builds
Michael P. Soulier wrote: On 30/06/06 David J Brooks said: If you do 'make -DBATCH' instead of 'make' - you will use the preset defaults for each port with options. Or you can do 'make config-recursive' - which will offer you all the option screens for the port in whose directory you're currently in and all its dependencies. See 'man ports' for more information. To use those with 'portupgrade -a' will probably take some custom scripting. Ah, so there's no make.conf option for this? ?? You can even set BATCH=yes in your environment. I'm pretty sure you can in make.conf, also, but IIRC you might not want to do that . . . Kevin Kinsey -- What the large print giveth, the small print taketh away. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: batching port builds
Michael P. Soulier wrote: On 30/06/06 David J Brooks said: If you do 'make -DBATCH' instead of 'make' - you will use the preset defaults for each port with options. Or you can do 'make config-recursive' - which will offer you all the option screens for the port in whose directory you're currently in and all its dependencies. See 'man ports' for more information. To use those with 'portupgrade -a' will probably take some custom scripting. Ah, so there's no make.conf option for this? ?? You can even set BATCH=yes in your environment. I'm pretty sure you can in make.conf, also, but IIRC you might not want to do that . . . Kevin Kinsey -- What the large print giveth, the small print taketh away. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: batching port builds
On Friday 30 June 2006 13:25, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On 30/06/06 David J Brooks said: > > If you do 'make -DBATCH' instead of 'make' - you will use the preset > > defaults for each port with options. Or you can do > > 'make config-recursive' - which will offer you all the option screens for > > the port in whose directory you're currently in and all its dependencies. > > > > See 'man ports' for more information. > > > > To use those with 'portupgrade -a' will probably take some custom > > scripting. > > Ah, so there's no make.conf option for this? If there is, I'm unaware of it. Then again, I rarely use 'portupgrade -a' myself. I start with 'portversion -v -l "<"' and work my way down the list interactively. It's more time consuming, but I tend to learn things along the way. :) David -- Sure God created the world in only six days, but He didn't have an established user-base. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: ftp proxy.
I've used the HTTP method to use a proxy for installs with out much trouble, and I think FTP proxy is just as easy. Assuming that you want to use the pkg_* tools: setenv HTTP_PROXY "http://proxy/"; setenv FTP_PROXY "ftp://proxy/"; Also check out the fetch manpage, it has all the info you'll need. -Scott ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: make.conf and USA_RESIDENT
--- Adam Stroud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have seen references to a USA_RESIDENT make.conf > entry. However, I > cannot find any reference to this variable in > /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf, or the make.conf > man page. Does this > setting still exist? If so, is there are > documentation for it? > > Thanks > A > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > I'm fairly certain this was in the good old days to properly have the encumbered cryptography code built. Since GAT and what not and other Illectual Property agreements have been signed with the US and China most notably I believe this code is no longer encumbered with exportation restrictions and so the USA_RESIDENT is no longer required. I believe this was in one of the change logs for the system source, as I know I read this. Maybe is was in the news log for www.freebsd.org. However, I'm not certain where I read this and when this changed. It would be nice to have a definative answer on this because people still suggest it is put into make.conf... I believe all the crptography code is built by default now, however there are specific make options that enable it. brian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Frustration
Being an experienced BSD user who on a daily basis gives support to other people using BSD, wether FreeBSD, OpenBSD or NetBSD, I hardly think this has to do with FreeBSD. This rather sounds like a typical MS whiner, who hasn't really got around to actually understand what he is doing. In some situations there are hardware complications, which again hasn't got anything to do with FreeBSD but rather is based upon hardware vendores keeping others than MS from using their hardware. Long story short, stop whining and just go back to MS Windows. Nobody cares! On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:51:00 -0400 "Fernando Pinguelo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am writing to you because I need to vent. I have tried installing version > 5.3 of FreeBSD on a Pentium III machine. I thought I succeeded in doing it > so, but when I tried to build xOrg I realized that I did not have all the > ports installed and that some other dependencies were also missing. I > realized then that the installation had not been as successful as I first > thought. > So, I tried to re-install the ports from the CD, since I didn't have an > Internet connection to that machine. Well, I kept getting more and more > hardware/software errors. I then tried to upgrade FreeBSD to version 6.1. And > that was what I did; I tried. > > Well, I kept getting more errors, as usual. The more I tried to > install/reinstall/upgrade/fix FreeBSD, the more I was realizing that anything > that had to do with FreeBSD that could go wrond would go wrong, be it the > software installation or hardware behavior. The amount of work and headache > that I have been experiencing to move a single 'inch' towards a working Unix > environment has been enourmously frustating. The worst part of it all is that > I have not accomplished anything tangible at all. > > I think now it is time for this boy to abandon the 'Unix' bandwagon for good > and move back to MS Windows. At least I will be able to concentrate on doing > real productive work, instead of dealing with temperamental hardware and > software every time I touch the PC. > > Good luck to those heroic individuals who stick with the configuration fight > to the end. I failed to see the 'Power to Serve'. > > Bye, > > Fernando > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Boot failure in installation -- not ACPI related
Looking over the installation FAQ, the only reference I see to a crash has to do with turning off ACPI in the BIOS. I have already done that, and have successfully installed Net and Open on an HP xw4300 workstation (64-bit Intel Pentium D). The amd64 bootonly 6.1RELEASE CD (burned from your .iso) boots and puts up a countdown menu. Then, whether the countdown ends or I select any of the 7 options in the menu, I immediately get the following: panic: No BIOS smap info from loader! and the system has to be power-cycled to reboot. Please point me at where I should look next. Rich Alderson ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Frustration
On 6/29/06, Fernando Pinguelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am writing to you because I need to vent. I have tried installing version 5.3 of FreeBSD on a Pentium III machine. I thought I succeeded in doing it so, but when I tried to build xOrg I realized that I did not have all the ports installed and that some other dependencies were also missing. I realized then that the installation had not been as successful as I first thought. When you did the install, did you do a "standard" install, or did you try to do a custom install? The warning that says a custom install is for experts is for real. [...] Good luck to those heroic individuals who stick with the configuration fight to the end. I failed to see the 'Power to Serve'. I moved to FreeBSD because in my experience it has been much easier to install than Windows. I installed WIndows XP and FreeBSD 6.1 on a laptop last week and the FreeBSD install was much easier. It actually had working drivers for the laptop (unlike Windows). Perhaps if you had posted some of your problems to the list you could have been helped. Oh, well. - Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Frustration
On 6/30/06, Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Being an experienced BSD user who on a daily basis gives support to other people using BSD, wether FreeBSD, OpenBSD or NetBSD, I hardly think this has to do with FreeBSD. This rather sounds like a typical MS whiner, who hasn't really got around to actually understand what he is doing. In some situations there are hardware complications, which again hasn't got anything to do with FreeBSD but rather is based upon hardware vendores keeping others than MS from using their hardware. Long story short, stop whining and just go back to MS Windows. Nobody cares! Part of the FreeBSD experience is the comunity and you're not helping. I care, most probably someone else cares. Please don't talk for the comunity by stating "nobody cares". -- Joao Barros ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: ftp proxy.
On 6/29/06, jekillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, I have successfully installed FreeBSD 6.0 commercial boxed cds in 2 AMD64 machines. All ports and packages selected and all went well. but some other software that is not installed by default, like Apache, I couldn't get ports to install because the this particular machine was on an inside network. I need to know how to get ftp to use an ftp proxy (on another machine that has a direct connection). Since the machine in question is configured to be a server, I did'nt install the Xwindows softwares. So I need to know what to do with the command line (default csh for root). The other machine does have Xwindows installed so I can use the configuration apps to set it. I'm being a little lazy and not looking at Absolute FreeBSD nor the manual that can be obtained from the same source as the CD set. If a fast and simple suggestion isn't fast and simple tell me to go read the books (again). My bio-chemical buffer is getting a little cranky.. and clumsy. Thanks in advance JK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" I have my bsd box behind a proxy and this are my settings on .cshrc: setenv HTTP_PROXY "http://192.168.1.2:3128"; setenv HTTP_PROXY_AUTH "basic:*:myuser:mypassword" We are using squid + firewall and we have to add the rule OUT on the firewall to let me connect to port 5999 check the Firewall section of the handbook i think if you have a proxy you a firewall...? Greetings!!! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Frustration
Rico Secada wrote: Being an experienced BSD user who on a daily basis gives support to other people using BSD, wether FreeBSD, OpenBSD or NetBSD, I hardly think this has to do with FreeBSD. This rather sounds like a typical MS whiner, who hasn't really got around to actually understand what he is doing. In some situations there are hardware complications, which again hasn't got anything to do with FreeBSD but rather is based upon hardware vendores keeping others than MS from using their hardware. Long story short, stop whining and just go back to MS Windows. Nobody cares! On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:51:00 -0400 "Fernando Pinguelo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am writing to you because I need to vent. I have tried installing version 5.3 of FreeBSD on a Pentium III machine. I thought I succeeded in doing it so, but when I tried to build xOrg I realized that I did not have all the ports installed and that some other dependencies were also missing. I realized then that the installation had not been as successful as I first thought. So, I tried to re-install the ports from the CD, since I didn't have an Internet connection to that machine. Well, I kept getting more and more hardware/software errors. I then tried to upgrade FreeBSD to version 6.1. And that was what I did; I tried. Well, I kept getting more errors, as usual. The more I tried to install/reinstall/upgrade/fix FreeBSD, the more I was realizing that anything that had to do with FreeBSD that could go wrond would go wrong, be it the software installation or hardware behavior. The amount of work and headache that I have been experiencing to move a single 'inch' towards a working Unix environment has been enourmously frustating. The worst part of it all is that I have not accomplished anything tangible at all. I think now it is time for this boy to abandon the 'Unix' bandwagon for good and move back to MS Windows. At least I will be able to concentrate on doing real productive work, instead of dealing with temperamental hardware and software every time I touch the PC. Good luck to those heroic individuals who stick with the configuration fight to the end. I failed to see the 'Power to Serve'. Bye, Fernando Whatever floats your boat. Also, if you want to complain about this in the future, I suggest using another method maybe, like a blog or diary since most people don't really earnestly take what you write in email to heart, esp. when you complain about a topic on a list which advocates that topic. Then again this shouldn't have really been written to this list, anyhow since this is a complaint and not a question =P. Next time you should ask before giving up as well; you'd be amazed at how diligently people would try to assist you with your issue. -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: batching port builds
Michael P. Soulier wrote: > On 30/06/06 David J Brooks said: > > > If you do 'make -DBATCH' instead of 'make' - you will use the preset > > defaults for each port with options. Or you can do > > 'make config-recursive' - which will offer you all the option screens for > > the port in whose directory you're currently in and all its dependencies. > > > > See 'man ports' for more information. > > > > To use those with 'portupgrade -a' will probably take some custom scripting. > > Ah, so there's no make.conf option for this? I have: BATCH= yes in my /etc/make.conf file and it works fine. Of course I either build the port directly or use portmanager to do it so it may not work with portupgrade, although I fail to see why it would not. -- Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think it's wrong that only one company makes Monopoly. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Frustration
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:45:02 +0100, "Joao Barros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On 6/30/06, Fernando Pinguelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I am writing to you because I need to vent. I have tried installing version >> 5.3 of FreeBSD on a Pentium III machine. I thought I succeeded in doing it >> so, but when I tried to build xOrg I realized that I did not have all the >> ports installed and that some other dependencies were also missing. I >> realized then that the installation had not been as successful as I first >> thought. First off, a note to Fernando Pinguelo: putting entire paragraphs onto single lines of text makes it a real pain to edit replies properly. Please avoid the practice when posting to mailing lists. >> So, I tried to re-install the ports from the CD, since I didn't have an >> Internet connection to that machine. Well, I kept getting more and more >> hardware/software errors. I then tried to upgrade FreeBSD to version 6.1. >> And that was what I did; I tried. My guess is that Fernando has pointed out the source of his troubles in the first sentence on the above line of text. Installing the ports tree from the CD-R/RW does *not* mean installing the *source code* of the ports tree. What is actually installed is a partial directory tree with a few small files in the top directory of each port. Among other matters, these files contain the information the ports subsystem needs to *locate and download (i.e., via fetch(1))* a recent version of the source code for each port, as well as to download and apply any patches made available since that version of the source code was finalized for placement onto one or more servers. In other words, without an Internet connection, he can't get the source code in order to build it. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * ** * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * *-- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * ** ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
requesting some info on CVSUP (some is help related, others are your own personal preferences)
I'll just go based on the lines in the SUPFILE of interest: 1) *default base=/var/db Does anyone use anything else? Why (I mean beyond "my database isn't in /var/db", Why isn't it there)? 2) *default prefix=/usr Anyone have their ports prefix someplace other than /usr? Again why is it elsewhere? 3) *default release=cvs tag=. OK, what other options are there for release/tag, and where can I find them? For tag, I know of RELENG_#, and I suspect there is also CURRENT_# and STABLE_#, is there any other, such as RELENG_#_#, etc? Any release other than "CVS" 4) *default delete use-rel-suffix I'm somewhat being a lazy bastard here, I know there's more about this in the man page, there's delete, use-rel-suffix, and a couple of other mentioned, but could I get a better explanation than there is there? Thanks, I mentioned the need for a GUI tool to make ports/cvsup more easy for the "noob", and since I need to get some java experience to make myself look good for prospective employers, I'm going to try it. Don't worry, I plan to make a clone in a better language when I'm done. Thank you, -Jim Stapleton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Frustration
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:40:09 +0100 "Joao Barros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/30/06, Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Being an experienced BSD user who on a daily basis gives support to other > > people using BSD, wether FreeBSD, OpenBSD or NetBSD, I hardly think this > > has to do with FreeBSD. > > > > This rather sounds like a typical MS whiner, who hasn't really got around > > to actually understand what he is doing. In some situations there are > > hardware complications, which again hasn't got anything to do with FreeBSD > > but rather is based upon hardware vendores keeping others than MS from > > using their hardware. > > > > Long story short, stop whining and just go back to MS Windows. Nobody cares! > > Part of the FreeBSD experience is the comunity and you're not helping. It's about helping people who want and need help, not people who whine! > I care, most probably someone else cares. Well, go ahead then, care all you want! But please do so somewhere else! Not on this list! > Please don't talk for the comunity by stating "nobody cares". I do talk for the comunity by stating nobody cares. This list is about helping. Not venting! Nobody from the comunity cares about that! > > -- > Joao Barros > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: requesting some info on CVSUP (some is help related, others are your own personal preferences)
"Jim Stapleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3) *default release=cvs tag=. > OK, what other options are there for release/tag, and where can I find them? > > For tag, I know of RELENG_#, and I suspect there is also CURRENT_# and > STABLE_#, is there any other, such as RELENG_#_#, etc? You can use either tag= or date= date= is useful if you know a specific port worked on a certain day and was broken afterwards, or if you're rolling out several machines over a period of time and want to ensure they all have the same ports tree for consistency sake. tag=. means "latest". The ports tree doesn't have other tags. The source tree has RELENG tags, and tag=. is head (again: latest). See this page for more on source tags: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html -- Bill Moran That's why I never kiss 'em on the mouth. Jayne Cobb ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Resource Not specified in CIS
Hi, I just tried to install a clean copy of freebsd 6.1 on a Ibm Thinkpad 600X Laptop. There is a Xircom Cardbus network/modem card in it. When the system boots, the modem gets detected, the network card also (as DC0) but I get a bunch of these messages: CARDBUS1 Ressource Not Specified in CIS No Station address in CIS I've browsed through the forums, I saw a couple of people having the same problem, but didn't find any solution... I didnt provided a complete log of boot process cause since I don't have access to the nic, and there is no floppy on the laptop, it's hard to extract it :) Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks ~~ Ian Lord MSD Informatique 1711 Montée Major Terrebonne (Québec) J7M 1E6 Tél.: (514) 776-MSDI-> (514) 776-6734 Sans Frais: 1(877) 776-MSDI -> 1(877) 776-6734 http://www.msdi.ca ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Frustration
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:40:09 +0100 "Joao Barros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/30/06, Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Being an experienced BSD user who on a daily basis gives support to other > > people using BSD, wether FreeBSD, OpenBSD or NetBSD, I hardly think this > > has to do with FreeBSD. > > > > This rather sounds like a typical MS whiner, who hasn't really got around > > to actually understand what he is doing. In some situations there are > > hardware complications, which again hasn't got anything to do with FreeBSD > > but rather is based upon hardware vendores keeping others than MS from > > using their hardware. > > > > Long story short, stop whining and just go back to MS Windows. Nobody cares! > > Part of the FreeBSD experience is the comunity and you're not helping. It's about helping people who want and need help, not people who whine! > I care, most probably someone else cares. Well, go ahead then, care all you want! But please do so somewhere else! Not on this list! > Please don't talk for the comunity by stating "nobody cares". I do talk for the comunity by stating nobody cares. This list is about helping. Not venting! Nobody from the comunity cares about that! > > -- > Joao Barros > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Santis WLAN PCCARD
Hello, A couple of days ago i`ve got this SIEMENS SANTIS 802.11b 11Mbps WLAN PCCard. Since then I`m searching for a way to use it but failed miserably... couldn`t find anything searching the net and archives and I couldn`t interpret the 'pccard dumpcis' either so i could use with 'pccard enabler' (maybe it`s not allways possible?) My questions would be: 1. Did anyone used or using this type of PCCARD on FreeBSD? If yes, how? 2. Could anyone give me some hints how to 'pccardc enabler' this adapter using the info from the dumpcis tuples? I`m using FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE i386. --- begin pccardc dumpcis --- Configuration data for card in slot 0 Tuple #1, code = 0x17 (Attribute memory descriptor), length = 3 000: d9 01 ff Attribute memory device information: Device number 1, type Function specific, WPS = ON Speed = 250nS, Memory block size = 2Kb, 1 units Tuple #2, code = 0x1d (Other conditions for attribute memory), length = 4 000: 03 d9 01 ff (MWAIT) (3V card) Tuple #3, code = 0x20 (Manufacturer ID), length = 4 000: 00 00 00 00 PCMCIA ID = 0x0, OEM ID = 0x0 Tuple #4, code = 0x21 (Functional ID), length = 2 000: 06 00 Network/LAN adapter Tuple #5, code = 0x15 (Version 1 info), length = 23 000: 05 00 53 41 4e 54 49 53 00 57 4c 41 4e 20 50 43 010: 20 43 61 72 64 00 ff Version = 5.0, Manuf = [SANTIS], card vers = [WLAN PC Card] Tuple #6, code = 0x1a (Configuration map), length = 6 000: 01 02 00 08 03 ff Reg len = 2, config register addr = 0x800, last config = 0x2 Registers: XX-- 1 bytes in subtuples Tuple #7, code = 0x1b (Configuration entry), length = 16 000: c1 81 9d 71 b5 1e 2e 2e 2d fc 14 45 10 b8 ff 20 Config index = 0x1(default) Interface byte = 0x81 (I/O) wait signal supported Vcc pwr: Nominal operating supply voltage: 3 x 1V, ext = 0x1e Max current average over 1 second: 2.5 x 100mA Max current average over 10 ms: 2.5 x 100mA Power down supply current: 2.5 x 10mA Wait scale Speed = 1.2 x 10 us Card decodes 5 address lines, limited 8/16 Bit I/O IRQ modes: IRQs: 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Max twin cards = 0 Misc attr: (Power down supported) Tuple #8, code = 0xff (Terminator), length = 0 2 slots found --- end pccardc dumpcis --- Any help or suggestion is welcome and thank you! Best regards, Csabi ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Resource Not specified in CIS
Hi, I just tried to install a clean copy of freebsd 6.1 on a Ibm Thinkpad 600X Laptop. There is a Xircom Cardbus network/modem card in it. When the system boots, the modem gets detected, the network card also (as DC0) but I get a bunch of these messages: CARDBUS1 Ressource Not Specified in CIS No Station address in CIS I've browsed through the forums, I saw a couple of people having the same problem, but didn't find any solution... I didnt provided a complete log of boot process cause since I don't have access to the nic, and there is no floppy on the laptop, it's hard to extract it :) Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: requesting some info on CVSUP (some is help related, others are your own personal preferences)
OK, thanks. I knew about the date part, but as I could simply do three drop downs (month, day, year), date isn't too difficult. -Jim On 6/30/06, Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Jim Stapleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3) *default release=cvs tag=. > OK, what other options are there for release/tag, and where can I find them? > > For tag, I know of RELENG_#, and I suspect there is also CURRENT_# and > STABLE_#, is there any other, such as RELENG_#_#, etc? You can use either tag= or date= date= is useful if you know a specific port worked on a certain day and was broken afterwards, or if you're rolling out several machines over a period of time and want to ensure they all have the same ports tree for consistency sake. tag=. means "latest". The ports tree doesn't have other tags. The source tree has RELENG tags, and tag=. is head (again: latest). See this page for more on source tags: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html -- Bill Moran That's why I never kiss 'em on the mouth. Jayne Cobb ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: requesting some info on CVSUP (some is help related, others are your own personal preferences)
in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Jim Stapleton thusly... > > I'll just go based on the lines in the SUPFILE of interest: > > > 1) *default base=/var/db > > Does anyone use anything else? Why (I mean beyond "my database isn't > in /var/db", Why isn't it there)? base is the place for cvsup to store its files in sup directory. I have set it to /misc. > 2) *default prefix=/usr > > Anyone have their ports prefix someplace other than /usr? Again why is > it elsewhere? Sure, it in /misc, which has much more free space than /usr which has space only for the base system files (plus some room to cope with the growth). - Parv -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Frustration
On Jun 30, 2006, at 6:33 PM, Rico Secada wrote: On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:40:09 +0100 "Joao Barros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/30/06, Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Being an experienced BSD user who on a daily basis gives support to other people using BSD, wether FreeBSD, OpenBSD or NetBSD, I hardly think this has to do with FreeBSD. This rather sounds like a typical MS whiner, who hasn't really got around to actually understand what he is doing. In some situations there are hardware complications, which again hasn't got anything to do with FreeBSD but rather is based upon hardware vendores keeping others than MS from using their hardware. Long story short, stop whining and just go back to MS Windows. Nobody cares! Part of the FreeBSD experience is the comunity and you're not helping. It's about helping people who want and need help, not people who whine! I care, most probably someone else cares. Well, go ahead then, care all you want! But please do so somewhere else! Not on this list! Please don't talk for the comunity by stating "nobody cares". I do talk for the comunity by stating nobody cares. This list is about helping. Not venting! Nobody from the comunity cares about that! Please don't speak for me. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: batching port builds
On Saturday 01 July 2006 00:44, Gerard Seibert wrote: > Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > On 30/06/06 David J Brooks said: > > > If you do 'make -DBATCH' instead of 'make' - you will use the preset > > > defaults for each port with options. Or you can do > > > 'make config-recursive' - which will offer you all the option screens > > > for the port in whose directory you're currently in and all its > > > dependencies. > > > > > > See 'man ports' for more information. > > > > > > To use those with 'portupgrade -a' will probably take some custom > > > scripting. > > > > Ah, so there's no make.conf option for this? > > I have: BATCH= yes in my /etc/make.conf file and it works fine. It works better in the envronment, than in /etc/make.conf. Some deinstall scripts prompt for input, and pkg_delete doesn't read make.conf. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: batching port builds
On Friday 30 June 2006 17:31, David J Brooks wrote: > On Friday 30 June 2006 11:10, Michael P. Soulier wrote: > > Apologies if this is in a FAQ, I didn't see it. > > > > How does one tell the ports system to not query interactively for input, > > and just take default build options, or a predefined set of options? > > Running a portupgrade -a and finding the night wasted while the box sat > > waiting for input is no fun at all. > > If you do 'make -DBATCH' instead of 'make' - you will use the preset > defaults for each port with options. Or you can do > 'make config-recursive' - which will offer you all the option screens for > the port in whose directory you're currently in and all its dependencies. > > See 'man ports' for more information. > > To use those with 'portupgrade -a' will probably take some custom > scripting. > > David This is what I use: --- #!/bin/sh plist=`pkg_version -ovl'<' |awk '{ print $1 }'` for porg in $plist ; do cd /usr/ports/${porg} && make config-recursive done --- not pretty, but it works for me. [Note: I use pkg_version, because neither pkg_version nor portmanager are bothered by package database inconsistencies. portupgrade and portversion both require full consistency so you may as well take advantage of portversion's speed.] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: one more question, related to java/CLASSPATH
nevermind, the documentation I had read is misleading, the problem isn't the classpath, but I have no clue what exactly it is... Anyone have some suggestions for a good forum to go to, everything I've read suggested my attempts should work. Thank you, -Jim Stapleton On 6/30/06, Jim Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My CLASSPATH variable isn't set, and I'm trying to set it (it's not in any readme I've found as to where to set it), currently it's set to the lib subdirectories of my java directory, but that's not working. using java/jdk1.4.2, can anyone tell me what my classpath should be? Java is installed here: /usr/local/jdk1.4.2 my settings are: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 22:41:46 (0) ~/dev/java/test > echo $JAVAHOME /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 22:42:15 (0) ~/dev/java/test > echo $JAVA_HOME /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 22:42:20 (0) ~/dev/java/test > echo $CLASSPATH /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/lib:/usr/local/jdk1.4.2/lib/jre/lib:. Thank you, -Jim Stapleton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
one more question, related to java/CLASSPATH
My CLASSPATH variable isn't set, and I'm trying to set it (it's not in any readme I've found as to where to set it), currently it's set to the lib subdirectories of my java directory, but that's not working. using java/jdk1.4.2, can anyone tell me what my classpath should be? Java is installed here: /usr/local/jdk1.4.2 my settings are: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 22:41:46 (0) ~/dev/java/test > echo $JAVAHOME /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 22:42:15 (0) ~/dev/java/test > echo $JAVA_HOME /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 22:42:20 (0) ~/dev/java/test > echo $CLASSPATH /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/lib:/usr/local/jdk1.4.2/lib/jre/lib:. Thank you, -Jim Stapleton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
I dont know the frequency rates of my screen
I want to configure X11 but I don't know the frequencies of my monitor (a laptop). The doc. of the laptop doesn't says anything about the specifications of the screen. Is there any utility I could use to figure it out? Thanks. -saul __ Correo Yahoo! Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.com.mx/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
DNS discovery / FreeBSD Firewall
Hello, I have a FreeBSD 6.1 firewall (pf) between my cable-modem and router, with an IP address set by DHCP. My ISP recently changed their DNS server IP adresses which I have set manually on the computers on my home office network. The questions is; How do I have the internal network machines get the DNS server settings from the Firewall? The two scenarios I can think of are: that the Firewall also acts as a DHCP server and somehow set the DNS of the internal net machines to the Firewalls resolv.conf entries; or I can have the Firewall act as a DNS server/relay and forward the DNS requests. Is one of these preferable or easier than the other? Are there other ways to do this? I feel there must be someone on this list who is doing the same thing and has a solution or can at least point me in the right direction. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, sincerely Mark Moellering ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I dont know the frequency rates of my screen
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 22:16:04 -0500 (CDT) Saul Mena Avila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to configure X11 but I don't know the > frequencies of my monitor (a laptop). The doc. of the > laptop doesn't says anything about the specifications > of the screen. > Is there any utility I could use to figure it out? How are you trying to configure X? I almost always do it through "Xorg -configure" (note the uppercase 'X'), which'll generate an X config file at "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.new" for you to try - you may find this works for you, and it's nice and simple! > Thanks. > > -saul > > __ > Correo Yahoo! > Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y antispam ¡gratis! > Regístrate ya - http://correo.yahoo.com.mx/ > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Nick Withers email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.nickwithers.com Mobile: +61 414 397 446 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: I dont know the frequency rates of my screen
On 6/30/06, Saul Mena Avila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I want to configure X11 but I don't know the frequencies of my monitor (a laptop). The doc. of the laptop doesn't says anything about the specifications of the screen. Is there any utility I could use to figure it out? Thanks. You can probably put anything in, LCDs don't work like CRTs. just run Xorg -configure and then make sure it's running at the correct screen resolution. -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Frustration
Rico Secada wrote: > I do talk for the comunity by stating nobody cares. This list is about > helping. Not venting! Nobody from the comunity cares about that! No you don't. You do not talk for me. Until I give you my proxy, neither you nor anyone else talks for me. If others want to let you speak for them then that is their decision. Nothing personal, just a plain statement of fact. -- Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] O'Toole's Commentary on Murphy's Law: Murphy was an optimist. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"