Re: where did the peak mbuf stat go ?

2007-11-10 Thread Tek Bahadur Limbu
Hi Juri, Juri Mianovich wrote: FreeBSD 4.x, netstat -m: 70/4336/26624 mbufs in use (current/peak/max) Never any doubt - if peak=max, I hit the limit. Super useful. Furthermore, by watching the peak I can see when I am getting close, rather than waiting for denied requests to pile up after

cups-base problem

2007-11-10 Thread zbigniew szalbot
Dear all, Today I saw a security notice: Affected package: cups-base-1.2.11_3 Type of problem: cups -- off-by-one buffer overflow. Reference: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/8dd9722c-8e97-11dc-b8f6-001c2514716c. So I tried to upgrade it using portupgrade: $ sudo portupgrade ** Port

Re: cups-base problem

2007-11-10 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am not sure I understand the message about remote execution of arbitrary code. That is just saying that if the security issue is a problem for you don't upgrade (i.e. go ahead if you don't care). - -- Aryeh M. Friedman Developer, not business,

Re: cups-base problem

2007-11-10 Thread zbigniew szalbot
Hello, Aryeh M. Friedman pisze: I am not sure I understand the message about remote execution of arbitrary code. That is just saying that if the security issue is a problem for you don't upgrade (i.e. go ahead if you don't care). Thanks but I think I now understand even less :) If a

Re: cups-base problem

2007-11-10 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 zbigniew szalbot wrote: Hello, Aryeh M. Friedman pisze: I am not sure I understand the message about remote execution of arbitrary code. That is just saying that if the security issue is a problem for you don't upgrade (i.e. go ahead if you

Re: cups-base problem

2007-11-10 Thread zbigniew szalbot
Hello, Aryeh M. Friedman pisze: Aryeh M. Friedman pisze: I am not sure I understand the message about remote execution of arbitrary code. That is just saying that if the security issue is a problem for you don't upgrade (i.e. go ahead if you don't care). Thanks but I think I now

Re: cups-base problem

2007-11-10 Thread Roland Smith
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 10:18:19AM +0100, zbigniew szalbot wrote: Hello, Aryeh M. Friedman pisze: I am not sure I understand the message about remote execution of arbitrary code. That is just saying that if the security issue is a problem for you don't upgrade (i.e. go ahead if you don't

Re: cups-base problem

2007-11-10 Thread Reko Turja
Dear all, Today I saw a security notice: ..snip... cat distinfo MD5 (cups-1.3.3-source.tar.bz2) = d4911e68b6979d16bc7a55f68d16cc53 SHA256 (cups-1.3.3-source.tar.bz2) = 5e9e5670777055293e309cb0cbb2758df9c1275bf648df70478b7389c2d804de SIZE (cups-1.3.3-source.tar.bz2) = 4077262 Update

Re: Install problems on Dell Vostro

2007-11-10 Thread Jerahmy Pocott
On 10/11/2007, at 1:57 PM, McCy Ron wrote: I was able to get 6.2 to install on a Vostro with stock BIOS settings but couldn't get the system to recognize the network card. network. Just for reference - Knoppix, Ubuntu, FreesBie live CDs, and a straight install of Ubuntu 7.04 didn't work

7.0b2 and Quantum DLT V4 Sata

2007-11-10 Thread Reinhard Haller
Hi, I installed a Quantum DLT V4 Sata drive. dmesg (GENERIC) reports: ast0 FAILURE - MODE_SENSE ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x24 ascq=0x00 sks= 0x4d 0x00 0x02 debian seems to accept the drive. Any suggestions? Thanks Reinhard ___

Cross Platform Port Builds

2007-11-10 Thread Jens Rehsack
Hi all, I'm going to update my machines and run into a serious problem (for me ^^): Some ports fail to cross build and I fail to setup a sane environment. At first, I created a chroot: /usr/room/$target. Into this chroot, I installed a host world using make installworld

unable to update nvidia-driver

2007-11-10 Thread Jonathan Horne
been trying to portupgrade my nvidia-driver for a few days now, on 7.0b2. i got this error a few days ago, then this morning, i portupgraded xorg-server thinking it might be expecting a piece from there, but stil no joy. same error each time: === Checking if x11/nvidia-driver already

RE: Install problems on Dell Vostro

2007-11-10 Thread Olivier GARNIER
Hi, I tried with FreeBSD and FreeSBIE when I received my vostro 1700 (on septembre), and the network wasn't working well. Network, Some Xorg problems and so on ... So I installed Ubuntu 7.04 witch was the less worth (network/video worked with some adaptations). Now I've got an Ubuntu 7.10 witch

freebsd using sendmail with tls

2007-11-10 Thread Jonathan Horne
i know, slightly off topic, but is *on* a freebsd server... right? my smtp is the only remaining part of my email system, that has no encryption options, and i think i would like to add tls (even tho i rarely send smtp mail from outside my lan). my setup is right now, fairly basic (only

Re: unable to update nvidia-driver

2007-11-10 Thread Yuri Pankov
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 09:07:41AM -0600, Jonathan Horne wrote: been trying to portupgrade my nvidia-driver for a few days now, on 7.0b2. i got this error a few days ago, then this morning, i portupgraded xorg-server thinking it might be expecting a piece from there, but stil no joy. same

Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-10 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-11-09 17:01, John Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anybody please explain to my what the differences are between nanobsd, picobsd and tinybsd. They all seem to be doing the same (creating a minimal FreeBSD image that can be used in embedded systems), or is this not right? What

www.freebsd.org

2007-11-10 Thread einstein89
Hi. We are developers. If you want , we can help to you for Turkish language support.You can rely on us. We worked some projects. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

Re: USB Console?

2007-11-10 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Jerahmy Pocott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I was wondering if there is any way to put the console on a USB port? Since serial and parallel ports are becoming things of the past and many systems don't come with them any more.. Serial console on USB? I think it should work okay with a USB

Re: www.freebsd.org

2007-11-10 Thread Kris Kennaway
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. We are developers. If you want , we can help to you for Turkish language support.You can rely on us. We worked some projects. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: www.freebsd.org

2007-11-10 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 16:59 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. We are developers. If you want , we can help to you for Turkish language support.You can rely on us. We worked some projects. That's not true, you cannot help us. Please show us `uname -a'; -- If my word isn't enough for you, ask

Re: www.freebsd.org

2007-11-10 Thread Kris Kennaway
Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 16:59 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. We are developers. If you want , we can help to you for Turkish language support.You can rely on us. We worked some projects. That's not true, you cannot help us. That is quite a rude thing to say, and

Re: www.freebsd.org

2007-11-10 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 17:04 +0100, Kris Kennaway wrote: Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 16:59 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. We are developers. If you want , we can help to you for Turkish language support.You can rely on us. We worked some projects. That's not

Re: freebsd using sendmail with tls

2007-11-10 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Jonathan Horne wrote: i know, slightly off topic, but is *on* a freebsd server... right? my smtp is the only remaining part of my email system, that has no encryption options, and i think i would like to add tls (even tho i rarely send smtp

Re: Botched X.org upgrade, need help

2007-11-10 Thread Andrew Falanga
On Nov 9, 2007 7:00 AM, Adam J Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Falanga wrote: Hi Andy, I botched my 6.9-7.2 upgrade too. It's easy to do even if you follow the instructions. Can't remember what the problem was now, certainly it was something no one else had, typical. :^) Ah well,

problems using gdb on threaded programs

2007-11-10 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
Hello, when i try to debug a program with threads (with gdb) gdb complains about not being able to find thread start point and kind of hangs (see below). It is quite likely i misconfigured something, but i have no idea what that something would be (maybe forgot to put stuff in kernel?). I tried

Re: www.freebsd.org

2007-11-10 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 01:02:22AM +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 16:59 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. We are developers. If you want , we can help to you for Turkish language support.You can rely on us. We worked some projects. That's not true, you cannot help

Re: www.freebsd.org

2007-11-10 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 12:27 -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 01:02:22AM +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 16:59 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. We are developers. If you want , we can help to you for Turkish language support.You can rely

port build order

2007-11-10 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 How do I get a list of ports that need to be made before a port is made given the following: Note: Sorry for the *CAPS* stuff but I am using my standard specs formating 1. The list *MUST* be in build order with the first port either being the first

' Openssl.cnf ' and ' .rand ' file

2007-11-10 Thread White Hat
openssl 0.9.7e-p1 25 Oct 2004 I have not been able to find an answer to this question on Google, so I figured I had better ask it here. In the '/etc/ssl/openssl.cnf' file, there is an entry for: RANDFILE= $dir/private/.rand# private random number file Well, that file does not

Re: www.freebsd.org

2007-11-10 Thread tethys ocean
Hi all I am from TR also, I have never heard any Turkish FreeBSD contributer or developer except enderunix team. Einstein you can began building a web site than put inside your document about FreeBSD and also your project+code tips etc, so we can benefit all these. And also I am agree with

7.0-B2 IPFW/IP6FW interaction

2007-11-10 Thread Bob Johnson
I've been trying to learn about IPv6, using the 7.0 series as my platform so it gets some exercise before release, and I've run into a few odd interactions between IPFW handling of IPv4 and IPv6. The only one I can reliably reproduce is pretty straightforward: if I set up /etc/rc.conf to enable

7.0-B2 IPFW/IP6FW interaction

2007-11-10 Thread Robert Huff
Bob Johnson writes: On my test system, the IPv6 ruleset is loaded first, and then when the IPv4 ruleset is loaded, the flush command in rc.firewall removes all of the IPv6 rules, so I end up with default deny for IPv6, plus all of my normal IPv4 rules. It's possible that this

Re: OT: Looking for some inpiration with UPS setup

2007-11-10 Thread Christopher Key
NetOpsCenter wrote: Christopher Key wrote: I've a FreeBSD fileserver, a solid state router (Linksys box running OpenWRT) and a couple of gigabit switches that I'd like to move onto a UPS (I'm primarily looking at the APC Smart-UPS line). I have a similar setup in my noc shed. I got 2 old

CVS setup

2007-11-10 Thread clubturbo
Hello Everyone I am trying to get cvs(up ?) to run on Eclipse Webmin also. I have 6.2 stable running! How may I get the source for say 6.2 stable pre 6.3 prerelease ? I can do this the normal way on freebsd but I would like a copy to mess with on Eclipse localy!

Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-10 Thread John Smith
I'd expected a more level headed reply from this FreeBSD list. How is a newbie supposed to know the differenced and how can I test this if I don't have a spare machine? My question was more out of interest. This mailing list is called FreeBSD-Questions, so why can't I asked a reasonable question

Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-10 Thread Garrett Cooper
John Smith wrote: I'd expected a more level headed reply from this FreeBSD list. How is a newbie supposed to know the differenced and how can I test this if I don't have a spare machine? My question was more out of interest. This mailing list is called FreeBSD-Questions, so why can't I asked a

Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 196, Issue 38

2007-11-10 Thread Scott Bennett
On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:33:34 + Christopher Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apolgies for the slightly OT post, but I'm hoping that some of the ammased expertise might be able to suggest a solution. I've a FreeBSD fileserver, a solid state router (Linksys box running OpenWRT) and a couple

Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-10 Thread Roland Smith
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 03:45:30PM -0600, John Smith wrote: I'd expected a more level headed reply from this FreeBSD list. How is a newbie supposed to know the differenced Both nanobsd and picobsd have manual pages. Try 'man nanobsd' and 'man picobsd'. Picobsd has been superseded by nanobsd,

Re: www.freebsd.org

2007-11-10 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:45:51 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2007/11/10, Byung-Hee HWANG [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 12:27 -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 01:02:22AM +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 16:59 +0200, [EMAIL

Re: OT: Looking for some inpiration with UPS setup

2007-11-10 Thread Per olof Ljungmark
Christopher Key wrote: NetOpsCenter wrote: Christopher Key wrote: I've a FreeBSD fileserver, a solid state router (Linksys box running OpenWRT) and a couple of gigabit switches that I'd like to move onto a UPS (I'm primarily looking at the APC Smart-UPS line). I have a similar setup in

Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-10 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-11-10 15:45, John Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 10, 2007 9:40 AM, Giorgos Keramidas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2007-11-09 17:01, John Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anybody please explain to my what the differences are between nanobsd, picobsd and tinybsd. They all seem to

Re: CVS setup

2007-11-10 Thread Tino Engel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Everyone I am trying to get cvs(up ?) to run on Eclipse Webmin also. I have 6.2 stable running! How may I get the source for say 6.2 stable pre 6.3 prerelease ? I can do this the normal way on freebsd but I would like a copy to mess with on Eclipse localy!

Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-10 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 03:45:30PM -0600, John Smith wrote: I'd expected a more level headed reply from this FreeBSD list. How is a newbie supposed to know the differenced and how can I test this if I don't have a spare machine? My question was more out of interest. This mailing list is

Re: nanobsd, picobsd, tinybsd

2007-11-10 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 06:05:35PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 03:45:30PM -0600, John Smith wrote: I'd expected a more level headed reply from this FreeBSD list. How is a newbie supposed to know the differenced and how can I test this if I don't have a spare

PPD files vs printer drivers also LPD vs LPRng vs CUPS

2007-11-10 Thread Predrag Punosevac
I am trying to understand little bit better Unix printing. I am terribly confused about the real meaning of PPD files and printer drivers. According to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Printer_Description PPD files are post script description files that act as a drivers for post

Re: PPD files vs printer drivers also LPD vs LPRng vs CUPS

2007-11-10 Thread Predrag Punosevac
Predrag Punosevac wrote: I am trying to understand little bit better Unix printing. I am terribly confused about the real meaning of PPD files and printer drivers. According to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Printer_Description PPD files are post script description files that

Re: PPD files vs printer drivers also LPD vs LPRng vs CUPS

2007-11-10 Thread Roland Smith
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 04:39:29PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote: I am trying to understand little bit better Unix printing. I am terribly confused about the real meaning of PPD files and printer drivers. According to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Printer_Description

Re: PPD files vs printer drivers also LPD vs LPRng vs CUPS

2007-11-10 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007, Predrag Punosevac wrote: I am trying to understand little bit better Unix printing. I am terribly confused about the real meaning of PPD files and printer drivers. According to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript_Printer_Description PPD files are post script

linux firefox

2007-11-10 Thread Tino Engel
Dear FreeBSD folks, I have a weird problem: linux-firefox and linux-firefox-devel behave the same way. When I quit them, and try to restart them, they complain about beeing already running. I have to manually delete /usr/compat/linux/root/.mozilla/firefox/*.prpfile/lock

Re: flash: linux firefox vs linuxpluginwrapper

2007-11-10 Thread Yuri Pankov
On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 01:53:40AM +, Tino Engel wrote: icantthinkofone wrote: Philip M. Gollucci wrote: Philip M. Gollucci wrote: John wrote: I've been struggling to get a handle on the FreeBSD system. Making good progress, but then I ran into the fact that Firefox on FreeBSD

Re: flash: linux firefox vs linuxpluginwrapper

2007-11-10 Thread Tino Engel
Philip M. Gollucci wrote: John wrote: I've been struggling to get a handle on the FreeBSD system. Making good progress, but then I ran into the fact that Firefox on FreeBSD can't do flash. Definite showstopper, for me. Ok, then I tried to use the linuxpluginwrapper approach, and it didn't

Re: flash: linux firefox vs linuxpluginwrapper

2007-11-10 Thread Tino Engel
icantthinkofone wrote: Philip M. Gollucci wrote: Philip M. Gollucci wrote: John wrote: I've been struggling to get a handle on the FreeBSD system. Making good progress, but then I ran into the fact that Firefox on FreeBSD can't do flash. Definite showstopper, for me. Ok, then I

Re: USB Console?

2007-11-10 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007, Jerahmy Pocott wrote: I was wondering if there is any way to put the console on a USB port? Since serial and parallel ports are becoming things of the past and many systems don't come with them any more.. Serial console on USB? The boot console? Probably not. Logging

ps options

2007-11-10 Thread Chuck Robey
I have spent all the time I can stand, going over the ps man page, but I can't see any option to get a hierarchical listing. I mean, where the listings are sorted to where parents come before children, and the children get indentation, so you can see at a glance what's running more easily.

Re: ' Openssl.cnf ' and ' .rand ' file

2007-11-10 Thread Girish Venkatachalam
On 11:22:10 Nov 10, White Hat wrote: openssl 0.9.7e-p1 25 Oct 2004 I have not been able to find an answer to this question on Google, so I figured I had better ask it here. In the '/etc/ssl/openssl.cnf' file, there is an entry for: RANDFILE= $dir/private/.rand# private

Re: flash: linux firefox vs linuxpluginwrapper

2007-11-10 Thread Chuck Robey
Boris Samorodov wrote: On Fri, 9 Nov 2007 17:08:12 -0500 Philip M. Gollucci wrote: Philip M. Gollucci wrote: John wrote: I've been struggling to get a handle on the FreeBSD system. Making good progress, but then I ran into the fact that Firefox on FreeBSD can't do flash. Definite

Re: cups-base problem

2007-11-10 Thread Chuck Robey
Reko Turja wrote: Dear all, Today I saw a security notice: ..snip... cat distinfo MD5 (cups-1.3.3-source.tar.bz2) = d4911e68b6979d16bc7a55f68d16cc53 SHA256 (cups-1.3.3-source.tar.bz2) = 5e9e5670777055293e309cb0cbb2758df9c1275bf648df70478b7389c2d804de SIZE (cups-1.3.3-source.tar.bz2) =

Re: ' Openssl.cnf ' and ' .rand ' file

2007-11-10 Thread Chuck Robey
Girish Venkatachalam wrote: On 11:22:10 Nov 10, White Hat wrote: openssl 0.9.7e-p1 25 Oct 2004 I have not been able to find an answer to this question on Google, so I figured I had better ask it here. In the '/etc/ssl/openssl.cnf' file, there is an entry for: RANDFILE=

Re: ps options

2007-11-10 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Nov 10), Chuck Robey said: I have spent all the time I can stand, going over the ps man page, but I can't see any option to get a hierarchical listing. I mean, where the listings are sorted to where parents come before children, and the children get indentation, so you

dealing with a failing drive

2007-11-10 Thread David Newman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'd welcome suggestions on how (or whether) to try to revive a SCSI drive that's failing. This is on FreeBSD 6.2-RELENG on a Compaq Proliant DL320, onboard RAID and two SCSI drives in a RAID1 array. Today this system rebooted and hung on Compaq's

apache13-modperl problem: mod_dir, mod_mime

2007-11-10 Thread futuristick
Hello, I have installed apache13-modperl from ports because I want to run a simple photoblog. However, there was no 'make config' option for modules, and here is the output of httpd -l: Compiled-in modules: http_core.c mod_so.c mod_perl.c suexec: disabled; invalid wrapper

Re: dealing with a failing drive

2007-11-10 Thread Modulok
I'd welcome suggestions on how (or whether) to try to revive a SCSI drive that's failing. It depends on how valuable the data on the array is, and more importantly, how much funding you have at your disposal to fix the problem. If it were me, I would set aside the bad disk, connect a new disk to

The FreeBSD Diary: 2007-10-21 - 2007-11-10

2007-11-10 Thread Dan Langille
The FreeBSD Diary contains a large number of practical examples and how-to guides. This message is posted weekly to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org with the aim of letting people know what's available on the website. Before you post a question here it might be a good idea to first search the

Re: OT: Looking for some inpiration with UPS setup

2007-11-10 Thread Ian Smith
On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:33:34 + Christopher Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've a FreeBSD fileserver, a solid state router (Linksys box running OpenWRT) and a couple of gigabit switches that I'd like to move onto a UPS (I'm primarily looking at the APC Smart-UPS line). The

Re: ps options

2007-11-10 Thread Hugo Silva
Chuck Robey wrote: I have spent all the time I can stand, going over the ps man page, but I can't see any option to get a hierarchical listing. I mean, where the listings are sorted to where parents come before children, and the children get indentation, so you can see at a glance what's

Re: cups-base problem

2007-11-10 Thread Roland Smith
On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 09:41:43PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: Reko Turja wrote: Dear all, Today I saw a security notice: ..snip... cat distinfo MD5 (cups-1.3.3-source.tar.bz2) = d4911e68b6979d16bc7a55f68d16cc53 SHA256 (cups-1.3.3-source.tar.bz2) =