Re: rebinding keys to functions

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 01:38:18AM +0200, Mel Flynn wrote: > > Not all of them. My laptop is based on a quite modern cantiga (aka > > centrino2) PM45 chipset (from 2008, according to Wikipedia). The function > > keys for changing the creen brightness and sound volume work OK with > > FreeBSD, ev

Re: rebinding keys to functions

Roland Smith wrote: > Writing a driver to detect if headphones are connected sounds > much more complicated to me than connecting a couple of switches! > I mean, you'd have to measure something like the impedance of > the jack. Surely that is more expensive than a simple switch? Or use a simpler

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > Przemyslaw should email security-officer with any details he thinks are > relevant. Then the security team will make sure to fix the bug for all > affected releases of FreeBSD, release a patch with the fix, issue an > advisory through the usual channels, and post the det

Re: Non-root user and accept() or listen()

2009/9/14 Chris Rees > > Isn't this a bit drastic? Listening sockets are opened by very many > types of processes, as well as remembering that sendmail, BIND, and > others don't actually run as root... I suppose it'd be possible, but > would it actually be useful? > Sure, those open listening s

Re: rebinding keys to functions

On Tuesday 15 September 2009 09:01:00 Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 01:38:18AM +0200, Mel Flynn wrote: > > > Not all of them. My laptop is based on a quite modern cantiga (aka > > > centrino2) PM45 chipset (from 2008, according to Wikipedia). The > > > function keys for changing th

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

Mel Flynn wrote: > > On Monday 14 September 2009 23:46:42 David Kelly wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:13:54PM -0400, ill...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Am 2009/9/14 Dan Goodin writhed: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Dan Goodin, a reporter at technology news website The Register. > > > > Security

Re: Can't boot Marvel Sheevaplug from USB

Hi everyone, I'm also playing with a Sheevaplug and I'm running into the same problem as reported by Rafal Jaworowski, but I think I have a clearer picture of what goes wrong. To recap, the kernel fails to mount the root filesystem because the partition on the USB stick isn't recognized by

Re: Non-root user and accept() or listen()

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:39:05AM +0100, Freminlins typed: > 2009/9/14 Chris Rees > > > > > Isn't this a bit drastic? Listening sockets are opened by very many > > types of processes, as well as remembering that sendmail, BIND, and > > others don't actually run as root... I suppose it'd be possi

Re: libnsl.so.1

On Tuesday 15 September 2009 02:43:32 Joe R. Jah wrote: > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Mel Flynn wrote: > > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:17:02 +0200 > > From: Mel Flynn > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Cc: Joe R. Jah > > Subject: Re: libnsl.so.1 > > > > On Tuesday 15 September 2009 00:02:50 Joe R.

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

On Tuesday 15 September 2009 09:58:31 Przemyslaw Frasunek wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > Przemyslaw should email security-officer with any details he thinks are > > relevant. Then the security team will make sure to fix the bug for all > > affected releases of FreeBSD, release a patch with

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:58:31 +0200, Przemyslaw Frasunek wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> Przemyslaw should email security-officer with any details he thinks are >> relevant. Then the security team will make sure to fix the bug for all >> affected releases of FreeBSD, release a patch with the

Re: Non-root user and accept() or listen()

On Monday 14 September 2009 18:47:18 Freminlins wrote: > Hi, > > I am not sure if this exists (but don't think so), so I am asking. > > Is there a sysctl type thing to disallow non-root users, or indeed any > specified user or group, from running a program with listen() ? > > What I am looking a

building emulators/virtualbox-3.0.51r22902 fails in kBuild

Here's the last part of the output. kBuild: Compiling RuntimeR0Drv - /usr/ports/emulators/virtualbox/work/virtualbox-3.0.51r22902/src/VBox/Runtime/r0drv/generic/RTMpIsCpuWorkPending-r0drv-generic.cpp kBuild: Compiling RuntimeR0Drv - /usr/ports/emulators/virtualbox/work/virtualbox-3.0.51r229

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:18:26 -0400 Bill Moran wrote: > Mel Flynn wrote: > > > > On Monday 14 September 2009 23:46:42 David Kelly wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:13:54PM -0400, ill...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Am 2009/9/14 Dan Goodin writhed: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > Dan Goodi

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 10:49 -0400, Jerry wrote: > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:18:26 -0400 > Bill Moran wrote: > > > Mel Flynn wrote: > > > > > > On Monday 14 September 2009 23:46:42 David Kelly wrote: > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:13:54PM -0400, ill...@gmail.com wrote: > snip > I usually disco

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

In response to Jerry : > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:18:26 -0400 > Bill Moran wrote: > > > Mel Flynn wrote: > > > > > > On Monday 14 September 2009 23:46:42 David Kelly wrote: > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:13:54PM -0400, ill...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > Am 2009/9/14 Dan Goodin writhed: > > >

Re: Approx. restore time estimate

I was wondering if 24, 48, 72 hrs or even a lifetime was the order of time. I am now approaching 24 hrs. probably wait until my geriatric years and come back to look at the machine ... lol!!! Or would I have been better off using dd if=/dev/* of=output/path/filename [options] All other things be

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:13:31 -0400 Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Jerry : > > > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:18:26 -0400 > > Bill Moran wrote: > > > > > Mel Flynn wrote: > > > > > > > > On Monday 14 September 2009 23:46:42 David Kelly wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:13:54PM -0400, i

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:03:50 -0400 Jerry wrote: > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:13:31 -0400 > Bill Moran wrote: > > > In response to Jerry : > > > > > > > > I usually discover security problems with updates I receive from > > > . Aren't FreeBSD security problems > > > report

krootimage crashed at KDE 3.5 startup on signal 11 (7.2 STABLE)

Hi folks!!! For some reason im getting krootimage (the wallpaper manager of kde) crashing everytime when i login... Any ideas of how to fix that? All the best! Jero ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinf

looking for motherboard with 7.2 proven suspend/resume

S3 is a key feature for me for my desktops. I have gone thru probably 5 mobo's and 5 laptops in my time as a FBSD user, the only one which ever S3'd was a compaq of all things (well, lots of them will S3 if you kldunload usb, but they crash/hang/etc on resume generally). Anyway, it's time for a n

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:18:29 -0400 Bill Moran wrote: > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:03:50 -0400 > Jerry wrote: > > > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:13:31 -0400 > > Bill Moran wrote: > > > > > In response to Jerry : > > > > > > > > > > > I usually discover security problems with updates I receive from > >

Re: krootimage crashed at KDE 3.5 startup on signal 11 (7.2 STABLE)

On Tuesday 15 September 2009 19:35:47 Jeronimo Calvo wrote: > Hi folks!!! > > For some reason im getting krootimage (the wallpaper manager of kde) > crashing everytime when i login... > Any ideas of how to fix that? Any chance you have two jpeg versions lying around? Please provide ldd -a output

Re: krootimage crashed at KDE 3.5 startup on signal 11 (7.2 STABLE)

Yes, I remember I had an error when I ran "pkgdb -F" due to 2 different versions of jpeg... here is the output: $ ldd -a /usr/local/bin/krootimage /usr/local/bin/krootimage: libkio.so.6 => /usr/local/lib/libkio.so.6 (0x80064f000) libkdeui.so.6 => /usr/local/lib/libkdeui.so.6 (0x80

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

On Tuesday 15 September 2009 20:13:17 Jerry wrote: > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:18:29 -0400 > > Bill Moran wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:03:50 -0400 > > > > Jerry wrote: > > > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:13:31 -0400 > > > > > > Bill Moran wrote: > > > > In response to Jerry : > > > > > I usually dis

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

Jerry wrote: Now, if you don't like that, "KISS MY ASS". I love IT mail lists! So classy. DAve -- "Posterity, you will know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in heaven that ever I too

Re: looking for motherboard with 7.2 proven suspend/resume

On 9/15/09, Steve Franks wrote: > S3 is a key feature for me for my desktops. I have gone thru probably > 5 mobo's and 5 laptops in my time as a FBSD user, the only one which > ever S3'd was a compaq of all things (well, lots of them will S3 if > you kldunload usb, but they crash/hang/etc on resu

Re: krootimage crashed at KDE 3.5 startup on signal 11 (7.2 STABLE)

On Tuesday 15 September 2009 20:48:55 Jeronimo Calvo wrote: > Yes, I remember I had an error when I ran "pkgdb -F" due to 2 > different versions of jpeg... > > here is the output: > > $ ldd -a /usr/local/bin/krootimage ... > /usr/local/lib/libqt-mt.so.3: > libaudio.so.2 => /usr/local/li

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:51:40 +0200 Mel Flynn wrote: > Please inform yourself properly before assuming you're right. Mozilla > does not by default publish vulnerabilities before a fix is known. In > some cases publishing has been delayed by months. The exception is > when exploits are already in t

Re: krootimage crashed at KDE 3.5 startup on signal 11 (7.2 STABLE)

done and fixed!! thanks a lot!! btw, that was caused then to a portupgrade -f?? there is any additional steps, to solve any future errors caused by that as well?? Cheers! 2009/9/15 Mel Flynn : > On Tuesday 15 September 2009 20:48:55 Jeronimo Calvo wrote: >> Yes, I remember I had an error when I

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

Jerry wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:51:40 +0200 Mel Flynn wrote: Please inform yourself properly before assuming you're right. Mozilla does not by default publish vulnerabilities before a fix is known. In some cases publishing has been delayed by months. The exception is when exploits are alre

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

On Tuesday 15 September 2009 21:14:25 Jerry wrote: > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:51:40 +0200 > > Mel Flynn wrote: > > The exception is > > when exploits are already in the wild and a work around is available, > > while a real fix will take more work. > Assume that I have discovered a vulnerability i

Re: where to put `startx` serverargs

Roland Smith schrieb am 2009-09-15: > You can put them in /usr/local/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc, together with > the X > server. > Roland thx. could you tell me what exactly i need to put in that file? because i already tried adding `startx -- -nolisten inet6` to ~/.serverrc and that didn't work. c

Re: krootimage crashed at KDE 3.5 startup on signal 11 (7.2 STABLE)

On Tuesday 15 September 2009 21:23:40 Jeronimo Calvo wrote: > done and fixed!! thanks a lot!! Good, and you're very welcome. > btw, that was caused then to a portupgrade -f?? there is any > additional steps, to solve any future errors caused by that as well?? Though the initial instructions abou

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:28:59 -0400 DAve wrote: > Jerry wrote: > > On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:51:40 +0200 > > Mel Flynn wrote: > > > >> Please inform yourself properly before assuming you're right. > >> Mozilla does not by default publish vulnerabilities before a fix > >> is known. In some cases pub

Re: looking for motherboard with 7.2 proven suspend/resume

> On 9/15/09, Steve Franks wrote: >> S3 is a key feature for me for my desktops. I have gone thru probably >> 5 mobo's and 5 laptops in my time as a FBSD user, the only one which >> ever S3'd was a compaq of all things (well, lots of them will S3 if >> you kldunload usb, but they crash/hang/etc o

Re: where to put `startx` serverargs

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 09:54:39PM +0200, Alexander Best wrote: > Roland Smith schrieb am 2009-09-15: > > You can put them in /usr/local/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc, together with > > the X > > server. > > > Roland > > thx. could you tell me what exactly i need to put in that file? because i > alread

Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 276, Issue 5

> > Message: 15 > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:13:17 -0400 > From: Jerry > Subject: Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about > reported >     security bug in FreeBSD > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Message-ID: <20090915141317.7a41b...@scorpio.seibercom.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; cha

Re: where to put `startx` serverargs

Roland Smith schrieb am 2009-09-16: > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 09:54:39PM +0200, Alexander Best wrote: > > Roland Smith schrieb am 2009-09-15: > > > You can put them in /usr/local/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc, together > > > with > > > the X > > > server. > > > Roland > > thx. could you tell me what ex

Can't boot Marvel Sheevaplug from USB

> Hi everyone, > > I'm also playing with a Sheevaplug and I'm running into the same problem > as reported  by Rafal Jaworowski, but I think I have a clearer picture > of what goes wrong. > > To recap, the kernel fails to mount the root filesystem because the > partition on the USB stick isn't recog

New mail server setup

I'm looking potentially to try a different mail server setup. I'm requesting honest feedback from experienced mail ops. My minimum requirements: - IPv6 for all protocols - SPF - IMAP|POP3 must support SSL - SMTP AUTH - submit on 587 - MySQL backend for un/pw, vpopmail preferred, but not mandatory

Re: New mail server setup

Steve Bertrand wrote: I'm looking potentially to try a different mail server setup. I'm requesting honest feedback from experienced mail ops. My minimum requirements: - IPv6 for all protocols - SPF - IMAP|POP3 must support SSL - SMTP AUTH - submit on 587 - MySQL backend for un/pw, vpopmail pref

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

Jerry wrote: > Waiting until someone is harmed is tantamount to being an > accomplice to the act. And providing details of a currently-undefendable vulnerability to a black hat who did not previously know about it, thereby enabling the black hat to perpetrate harm that would otherwise not have oc