Re: xinetd for FreeBSD 6.2

2009-04-07 Thread Randy Belk
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Madhusudan R madhu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'd like to know the version of xinetd that can be run on FreeBSD 6.2. And where can I find it? Anything else I need to know before I start using xinetd on the aforemention platform. Thanks! Madhu

Re: new package system proposal

2009-04-07 Thread Matthew Seaman
Chris Whitehouse wrote: You've suggested solutions to a couple of Polytropon's objections, thank you. Do you think there is anough mileage in my suggestion to make it worth putting in front of some ports people? What would have to happen to take it forward? I could rewrite the proposal more

urxvt: input method problem

2009-04-07 Thread kyanh
Hello all, `xvnkb` is a vietnamese keyboard and it currently works well on any GTK applications. It uses below settings in `$HOME/.bashrc`: /= | export GTK_IM_MODULE=xim | export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/xvnkb.so.0.2.9 \= But I cannot type any vietnamese in

Migration to 7.1 ?

2009-04-07 Thread Frank Bonnet
Hello I'm planning to migrate our mailhub (IBM X3650) to FreeBSD 7.1 from Debian etch ;-) , of course I'll restart from scratch. I have two questions before doing so. Does 7.1 has reached a stability that it could be used for a high load production server ? Does the LAGG driver works well

Re: Migration to 7.1 ?

2009-04-07 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Does 7.1 has reached a stability that it could be used for a high load production server ? at least for me - it's stable under high loads doing lots of different thing. i mean /amd64 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

C programming question

2009-04-07 Thread Valentin Bud
Hello community, I have built with a micro controller a system of power plugs that can be controlled through the serial port. I have 2 plugs that i can start/stop and check the status of them. This is accomplished by sending different letters (eg. A/W) to start/stop one of the plugs and another

Re: C programming question

2009-04-07 Thread John Almberg
On Apr 7, 2009, at 5:41 AM, Valentin Bud wrote: Hello community, I have built with a micro controller a system of power plugs that can be controlled through the serial port. I have 2 plugs that i can start/stop and check the status of them. This is accomplished by sending different

Re: C programming question

2009-04-07 Thread Oliver Fromme
Valentin Bud wrote: Hello community, I have built with a micro controller a system of power plugs that can be controlled through the serial port. I have 2 plugs that i can start/stop and check the status of them. This is accomplished by sending different letters (eg. A/W) to

Re: Question about forcing fsck at boottime

2009-04-07 Thread Chris Rees
On Apr 6, 2009, at 11:12, Chris Rees wrote: Can no-one can come up with a reply either quoting a mailing list or giving the circumstances when: a) Background fsck caused data CORRUPTION _and_ b) A foreground fsck would not have done the same ? 2009/4/6 Doug Hardie bc...@lafn.org:

Re: C programming question

2009-04-07 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Valentin Bud wrote: Hello community, I have built with a micro controller a system of power plugs that can be controlled through the serial port. I have 2 plugs that i can start/stop and check the status of them. This is accomplished by sending different letters (eg. A/W) to start/stop one of

Re: Migration to 7.1 ?

2009-04-07 Thread Ivan Voras
Frank Bonnet wrote: Hello I'm planning to migrate our mailhub (IBM X3650) to FreeBSD 7.1 from Debian etch ;-) , of course I'll restart from scratch. I have two questions before doing so. Does 7.1 has reached a stability that it could be used for a high load production server ?

Re: Controllers/Drives renumbered

2009-04-07 Thread Brian McCann
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Jay Hall jh...@socket.net wrote: Earlier today, I installed a new HP SCSI (HP SmartArray 642)controller and an HP Drive Array in my company's HP ML 350 G5. The system drive which had been da0 became da1 and the new controller became da0. Unfortunately, I

Re: Multiple instances of MySQL

2009-04-07 Thread DAve
Norbert Papke wrote: On April 6, 2009, DAve wrote: Has anyone setup two instances of MySQL on the same server? One running just a client's DBs? Any advice would be helpful. It's just a matter of making sure that the two instances don't share any ports or files. It works well. You'll have

Re: Multiple instances of MySQL

2009-04-07 Thread DAve
Paul Schmehl wrote: --On April 6, 2009 11:41:06 PM -0400 DAve dave.l...@pixelhammer.com wrote: Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, Has anyone setup two instances of MySQL on the same server? One running just a client's DBs? Any advice would be helpful. That is not answering your question

Re: xinetd for FreeBSD 6.2

2009-04-07 Thread Jacques Manukyan
You can install the latest version of xinetd (2.3.14) on FreebSD 6.2. Xinetd hasn't been updated in quite a long time FYI. -- Jacques Manukyan Madhusudan R wrote: Hi, I'd like to know the version of xinetd that can be run on FreeBSD 6.2. And where can I find it? Anything else I need to

Re: Migration to 7.1 ?

2009-04-07 Thread Ewald Jenisch
Does the LAGG driver works well with broadcomm giga ethernet chips ? ( I plan to use LACP to a Cisco switch ) Try asking at freebsd-net@ Hi, I've been running with the lagg-driver for quite some time now on several blade-systems using broadcom chips in a failover configuration - no

SQLgrey not happy

2009-04-07 Thread Len Conrad
Trying to install everything via pkgs, but it messed up. fbsd 7.1 SQLgrey 1.7.6 installed as pkg_add p5-DBD-mysql installed as: pkg_add -r ftp://ftp4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-current/All/p5-DBD-mysql-4.010.tbz starting sqlgrey: Apr 7 08:25:22 mx1 sqlgrey: Process

Portsnap question

2009-04-07 Thread Leslie Jensen
I used to use csup and in my /root/ports-supfile I changed the default host line to a server near me. *default host=cvsup.se.FreeBSD.org Now I've been using portsnap for a while and when installing a new system I got to question if portsnap look in this file for an update server or does

Koffice in KDE-4.2.2

2009-04-07 Thread Odhiambo Washington
Hello pple, I installed KDE-4.2.2 but I cannot see the office apps. What am I missing? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Re: Portsnap question

2009-04-07 Thread ill...@gmail.com
2009/4/7 Leslie Jensen les...@eskk.nu: I used to use csup and in my /root/ports-supfile I changed the default host line to a server near me. *default host=cvsup.se.FreeBSD.org Now I've been using portsnap for a while and when installing a new system I got to question if portsnap look in

Re: Portsnap question

2009-04-07 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Leslie Jensen wrote: I used to use csup and in my /root/ports-supfile I changed the default host line to a server near me. *default host=cvsup.se.FreeBSD.org Now I've been using portsnap for a while and when installing a new system I got to question if portsnap look in this file for an

Re: Portsnap question

2009-04-07 Thread Ricardo Jesus
Leslie Jensen wrote: I used to use csup and in my /root/ports-supfile I changed the default host line to a server near me. *default host=cvsup.se.FreeBSD.org Now I've been using portsnap for a while and when installing a new system I got to question if portsnap look in this file for an

Re: Portsnap question

2009-04-07 Thread Leslie Jensen
Manolis Kiagias skrev: Leslie Jensen wrote: I used to use csup and in my /root/ports-supfile I changed the default host line to a server near me. *default host=cvsup.se.FreeBSD.org Now I've been using portsnap for a while and when installing a new system I got to question if portsnap look

Re: Koffice in KDE-4.2.2

2009-04-07 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 06:54:02PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: Hello pple, I installed KDE-4.2.2 but I cannot see the office apps. What am I missing? The Koffice version for KDE-4 is still in beta. Looking at the ports tree, there is only the /usr/ports/editors/koffice-kde3 port

What ELSE do I need to add to make.conf to avoid X ?

2009-04-07 Thread Juri Mianovich
Just trying to install rrdtool on a server. Do not want X. Do not want X11. Do not want Xorg. So I did the right thing and added this to /etc/make.conf: WITHOUT_X11=yes WITHOUT_X=yes WITH_X=NO ENABLE_GUI=NO and then 'make install' in the rrdtool directory. The problem is, eventually I saw

Re: What ELSE do I need to add to make.conf to avoid X ?

2009-04-07 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Juri Mianovich wrote: Just trying to install rrdtool on a server. Do not want X. Do not want X11. Do not want Xorg. So I did the right thing and added this to /etc/make.conf: WITHOUT_X11=yes WITHOUT_X=yes WITH_X=NO ENABLE_GUI=NO and then 'make install' in the rrdtool directory. The

What ELSE do I need to add to make.conf to avoid X ?

2009-04-07 Thread Robert Huff
Juri Mianovich writes: Just trying to install rrdtool on a server. Do not want X. Do not want X11. Do not want Xorg. === Installing for pango-1.14.7 If it requires pango, I think you're hosed. I don't think it's possible to build pango without X, if only for various

Re: What ELSE do I need to add to make.conf to avoid X ?

2009-04-07 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Apr 07), Juri Mianovich said: Just trying to install rrdtool on a server. Do not want X. Do not want X11. Do not want Xorg. So I did the right thing and added this to /etc/make.conf: WITHOUT_X11=yes WITHOUT_X=yes WITH_X=NO ENABLE_GUI=NO and then 'make

Should kern.disks always show currently attached drives?

2009-04-07 Thread Peter Steele
I wanted to use the kern.disks sysctl variable but it doesn't seem to work the way I'd expect. When I first inspected this variable it showed the four hard drives I would expect: ad4 ad6 ad8 ad10 Then I inserted a USB stick and checked kern.disks again, and this time the new USB drive was

libc.so.6: ELF file OS ABI invalid

2009-04-07 Thread David Banning
I get this error when I attempt to run acroread8; /compat/linux/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/lib/libc.so.6: ELF file OS ABI invalid I get the impression maybe acroread is attempting run a linux binary using a freebsd library - but I am not sure if this is so, or how

Re: libc.so.6: ELF file OS ABI invalid

2009-04-07 Thread Tim Judd
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:18 AM, David Banning david+dated+1239553110.eb1...@skytracker.cadavid%2bdated%2b1239553110.eb1...@skytracker.ca wrote: I get this error when I attempt to run acroread8; /compat/linux/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/lib/libc.so.6: ELF file

Re: libc.so.6: ELF file OS ABI invalid

2009-04-07 Thread Boris Samorodov
On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:18:30 -0400 David Banning wrote: I get this error when I attempt to run acroread8; /compat/linux/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/lib/libc.so.6: ELF file OS ABI invalid I get the impression maybe acroread is attempting run a linux binary using

Re: libc.so.6: ELF file OS ABI invalid

2009-04-07 Thread David Banning
Boris Samorodov wrote: On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:18:30 -0400 David Banning wrote: I get this error when I attempt to run acroread8; /compat/linux/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/lib/libc.so.6: ELF file OS ABI invalid I get the impression maybe

Re: libc.so.6: ELF file OS ABI invalid

2009-04-07 Thread David Banning
Tim Judd wrote: On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:18 AM, David Banning david+dated+1239553110.eb1...@skytracker.ca mailto:david%2bdated%2b1239553110.eb1...@skytracker.ca wrote: I get this error when I attempt to run acroread8; /compat/linux/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries:

Re: Question about forcing fsck at boottime

2009-04-07 Thread Doug Hardie
On Apr 7, 2009, at 02:34, Chris Rees wrote: \ So, the answer is NO, it does NOT cause data CORRUPTION. A simple reboot solved it? Really, you're advocating guaranteed extended downtime every time there's a power outage, compared with a slight chance of a slightly longer downtime while every

Re: libc.so.6: ELF file OS ABI invalid

2009-04-07 Thread Boris Samorodov
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:28:22 -0400 David Banning wrote: Boris Samorodov wrote: On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:18:30 -0400 David Banning wrote: I get this error when I attempt to run acroread8; /compat/linux/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: /usr/local/lib/libc.so.6: ELF file

Re: low-level format before install?

2009-04-07 Thread John Almberg
On Apr 7, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:15 PM, John Almberg wrote: Well, I've got real problems with that database server that lost power over the weekend. We reloaded FreeBSD from scratch and then reinstalled mysql, and pf. I loaded up my database and

Re: low-level format before install?

2009-04-07 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 03:15:59PM -0400, John Almberg wrote: Well, I've got real problems with that database server that lost power over the weekend. We reloaded FreeBSD from scratch and then reinstalled mysql, and pf. I loaded up my database and switched over all my customer's

Re: low-level format before install?

2009-04-07 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:15 PM, John Almberg wrote: Well, I've got real problems with that database server that lost power over the weekend. We reloaded FreeBSD from scratch and then reinstalled mysql, and pf. I loaded up my database and switched over all my customer's websites. The database

Re: low-level format before install?

2009-04-07 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Apr 7, 2009, at 12:44 PM, John Almberg wrote: That sounds like either a hardware problem (ie CPU overheating or marginal PSU failing under production load), or less likely, some kind of software misconfiguration. System logs would be useful to see whether any signs of trouble are being

make, list and M pattern

2009-04-07 Thread Boris Samorodov
Hello List, I need to create a list with some valid values and check an input value. Should this makefile work? - LIST=f8 f9 all: @echo USE_LINUX=${USE_LINUX}, LIST=${LIST} .if empty(LIST:M${USE_LINUX}) @echo The value is invalid .else @echo The value is valid .endif

Re: What ELSE do I need to add to make.conf to avoid X ?

2009-04-07 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 07:40:53AM -0700, Juri Mianovich wrote: Just trying to install rrdtool on a server. Do not want X. Do not want X11. Do not want Xorg. snip Oops. Looks like I was going to get X11 anyway. So, what other options do I need to add to make.conf in order to install

Re: libc.so.6: ELF file OS ABI invalid

2009-04-07 Thread David Banning
You shoudn't see it with native ktrace. Seems that you rewrote your linux(?) ldconfig database. It's not so hard to restore. Remove /compat/linux/etc/ld.so.cache and rebuild it by sudo /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig -r /compat/linux. That worked. Thanks Boris.

Re: portupgrade question

2009-04-07 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Apr 6, 2009, at 8:59 PM, Glen Barber wrote: On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:55 PM, new_guy byte8b...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to use portupgrade without all the stopping for config questions? You could add: BATCH=yes to /etc/make.conf. Or use the --batch command line option to

New Flash9 Issue?

2009-04-07 Thread Roy Stuivenberg
Hello, I upgraded xorg-server to 1.6. In upgrading if found to portupgrade -rf libxcb this took all night and day, so I thought why not rebuild everything, and so I did. (stable 7.1/prerelease 7.2) Everything went good, except for the Flash9 I found some time ago on the internet, and now I get

low-level format before install?

2009-04-07 Thread John Almberg
Well, I've got real problems with that database server that lost power over the weekend. We reloaded FreeBSD from scratch and then reinstalled mysql, and pf. I loaded up my database and switched over all my customer's websites. The database server ran fine for about 2 minutes, and then

Re: low-level format before install?

2009-04-07 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 03:44:20PM -0400, John Almberg wrote: Apparently, power was fluctuating drastically before they decided to cut power, so a hardware problem is a definite possibility. A PSU failure would not surprise me in the circumstances. Assuming I can ever ssh in again, what

Re: new package system proposal

2009-04-07 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Matthew Seaman wrote: Chris Whitehouse wrote: You've suggested solutions to a couple of Polytropon's objections, thank you. Do you think there is anough mileage in my suggestion to make it worth putting in front of some ports people? What would have to happen to take it forward? I could

Re: portupgrade question

2009-04-07 Thread mv
On Tue, 7 April 2009 16:17:40 Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: On Apr 6, 2009, at 8:59 PM, Glen Barber wrote: On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 9:55 PM, new_guy byte8b...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to use portupgrade without all the stopping for config questions? You could add: BATCH=yes to

Re: make, list and M pattern

2009-04-07 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:54:13 +0400, Boris Samorodov b...@ipt.ru wrote: Hello List, I need to create a list with some valid values and check an input value. Should this makefile work? - LIST=f8 f9 all: @echo USE_LINUX=${USE_LINUX}, LIST=${LIST} .if empty(LIST:M${USE_LINUX})

Presenting Yale as a new client

2009-04-07 Thread Daniel Daboczy - DABBER . tv
Presenting Yale as a new client We are very proud to present a new collaboration with Yale Dabber presents it´s biggest player so far and is proud to introduce the collaboration with the global company Assa-Abloy and the brand Yale Locks. The 42 films in the Yale Feeling Safe project about

Re: low-level format before install?

2009-04-07 Thread John Almberg
Thanks for all the tips. At least I have something to start with. The guys in the data center reinstalled FreeBSD (the filesystem was totally corrupted again), and then ran what they called SMART test, which might be smartctl, and said the hard drives look good. I am now able to get back

openoffice.org-3.01 packages available (i386)

2009-04-07 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Inspired by the recent discussion on the list concerning openoffice.org-3.01 packages, I have created a set of packages for the i386 architecture using my tinderbox system. Glen Barber has kindly offered *lots* of his webspace to host these packages for everyone's benefit. These packages are

Re: new package system proposal

2009-04-07 Thread Bob Johnson
On 4/4/09, Chris Whitehouse cwhi...@onetel.com wrote: Hi all [...] My suggestion is to start with a ports tree that is fixed in time. Make that ports tree available as part of this package system and compile a typical desktop set of ports, particularly choosing ones which are large or have

Re: low-level format before install?

2009-04-07 Thread Michael Powell
John Almberg wrote: Thanks for all the tips. At least I have something to start with. The guys in the data center reinstalled FreeBSD (the filesystem was totally corrupted again), and then ran what they called SMART test, which might be smartctl, and said the hard drives look good. I am

Copying files without scp

2009-04-07 Thread Steve Bertrand
Hi all, To copy data from one server, I normally (always) use scp. I'm looking for a method to perform this copy task without the overhead of encryption for infrequent, high-volume transfers (hundreds to thousands of GB). The data will be transferred server-to-server within a private

Re: Copying files without scp

2009-04-07 Thread Adam Vandemore
Steve Bertrand wrote: Hi all, To copy data from one server, I normally (always) use scp. I'm looking for a method to perform this copy task without the overhead of encryption for infrequent, high-volume transfers (hundreds to thousands of GB). The data will be transferred server-to-server

Re: Copying files without scp

2009-04-07 Thread Doug Hardie
On Apr 7, 2009, at 16:13, Steve Bertrand wrote: Hi all, To copy data from one server, I normally (always) use scp. I'm looking for a method to perform this copy task without the overhead of encryption for infrequent, high-volume transfers (hundreds to thousands of GB). The data will be

Re: Copying files without scp

2009-04-07 Thread Steve Bertrand
Doug Hardie wrote: On Apr 7, 2009, at 16:13, Steve Bertrand wrote: Hi all, To copy data from one server, I normally (always) use scp. I'm looking for a method to perform this copy task without the overhead of encryption for infrequent, high-volume transfers (hundreds to thousands of

Re: Copying files without scp

2009-04-07 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Apr 7, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote: I'm looking for a method to perform this copy task without the overhead of encryption for infrequent, high-volume transfers (hundreds to thousands of GB). The data will be transferred server-to-server within a private datacentre. Can

Re: Copying files without scp

2009-04-07 Thread Steve Bertrand
Chuck Swiger wrote: On Apr 7, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote: I'm looking for a method to perform this copy task without the overhead of encryption for infrequent, high-volume transfers (hundreds to thousands of GB). The data will be transferred server-to-server within a private

Re: openoffice.org-3.01 packages available (i386)

2009-04-07 Thread Glen Barber
Manolis, Thanks again for taking the time for this. [snip] The site does not yet contain any other pages or info, as Glen is still working on the web content. Please send us your feedback (including problems, suggestions and success stories!) either on the list or directly.  If this

Mysql make question

2009-04-07 Thread Dave Stegner
I am venturing into Mysql. I am trying to install it from the port, 5.1.33. Simple question: Immediately after the start of make, you are presented with a list of options. Are those options selected by entering them on the make line like: make BUILD_OPTIMIZED=yes BUILD_STATIC=yes Sorry for

Presenting Yale as a new client

2009-04-07 Thread Daniel Daboczy - DABBER . tv
Presenting Yale as a new client We are very proud to present a new collaboration with Yale Dabber presents it´s biggest player so far and is proud to introduce the collaboration with the global company Assa-Abloy and the brand Yale Locks. The 42 films in the Yale Feeling Safe project about

Re: Mysql make question

2009-04-07 Thread Lars Eighner
On Tue, 7 Apr 2009, Dave Stegner wrote: I am venturing into Mysql. I am trying to install it from the port, 5.1.33. Simple question: Immediately after the start of make, you are presented with a list of options. Are those options selected by entering them on the make line like: make

powerd

2009-04-07 Thread David Collins
Hi, I have just realised that my computer is making a ton of noise, and I would like it to make less. I have the following in my rc.conf powerd_enable=YES powerd_flags=-a minimum I have checked that cpufreq is loaded using kldload. When I run powerd from the command line I get the following

Re: Copying files without scp

2009-04-07 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, Can someone recommend a *known good* production quality copy mechanism that will act like scp, but without the overhead? rsh? nc? I sometime use tar+rsh. Tar because I want to be sure to preserve all ownership and modes of the files and directories. Bests, olivier

Re: Migration to 7.1 ?

2009-04-07 Thread Frank Bonnet
Ewald Jenisch wrote: Does the LAGG driver works well with broadcomm giga ethernet chips ? ( I plan to use LACP to a Cisco switch ) Try asking at freebsd-net@ Hi, I've been running with the lagg-driver for quite some time now on several blade-systems using broadcom chips in a failover

Re: Copying files without scp

2009-04-07 Thread Frederique Rijsdijk
Steve Bertrand wrote: Hi all, To copy data from one server, I normally (always) use scp. I'm looking for a method to perform this copy task without the overhead of encryption for infrequent, high-volume transfers (hundreds to thousands of GB). The data will be transferred server-to-server