unable to access NTFS 500 GB usb HDD:GEOM: da0: partition 1 does not start on a track boundary ?
Hi LIST, I am trying to access a western digital USB hard disk. It seems to recognize it , KDE pops up with the autorun actions but if i open the folder it is empty. the logs show the error GEOM: da0: partition 1 does not start on a track boundary . please advice...thanks [ad...@pcbsd-8681 /usr/home/admin]$ dmesg | tail cd1 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 1 cd1: WD Virtual CD 070A 1032 Removable CD-ROM SCSI-4 device cd1: 40.000MB/s transfers cd1: cd present [342016 x 2048 byte records] GEOM: da0: partition 1 does not start on a track boundary. GEOM: da0: partition 1 does not end on a track boundary. ses0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 2 ses0: WD SES Device 1032 Fixed Enclosure Services SCSI-4 device ses0: 40.000MB/s transfers ses0: SCSI-3 SES Device tail-f /var/log/messages Nov 27 08:55:18 pcbsd-8681 root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x1058 product 0x070a bus uhub3 Nov 27 08:55:18 pcbsd-8681 kernel: ugen1.3: Western Digital at usbus1 Nov 27 08:55:18 pcbsd-8681 kernel: umass0: Western Digital My Passport 070A, class 0/0, rev 2.00/10.32, addr 3 on usbus1 Nov 27 08:55:18 pcbsd-8681 kernel: umass0: SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: umass0:2:0:-1: Attached to scbus2 Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0 Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: da0: WD My Passport 070A 1032 Fixed Direct Access SCSI-4 device Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: da0: 40.000MB/s transfers Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: da0: 476270MB (975400960 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 60715C) Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): CAM status: SCSI Status Error Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): SCSI status: Check Condition Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): SCSI sense: UNIT ATTENTION asc:28,0 (Not ready to ready change, medium may have changed) Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: cd1 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 1 Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: cd1: WD Virtual CD 070A 1032 Removable CD-ROM SCSI-4 device Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: cd1: 40.000MB/s transfers Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: cd1: cd present [342016 x 2048 byte records] Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: GEOM: da0: partition 1 does not start on a track boundary. Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: GEOM: da0: partition 1 does not end on a track boundary. Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: ses0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 2 Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: ses0: WD SES Device 1032 Fixed Enclosure Services SCSI-4 device Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: ses0: 40.000MB/s transfers Nov 27 08:55:19 pcbsd-8681 kernel: ses0: SCSI-3 SES Device ^C -- Best Regards, Mubeesh Ali.V.M ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Help with USB Card Reader
Hello. I've got a hama branded USB 2.0 Card Reader 19 in 1, which I'd like to use with 8.1/i386. This thing has four slots, only one of which I'd like to populate with an SD card. However I've had no luck so far. If I insert the card and then plug the reader into an USB port, I get: root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x0dda product 0x2005 bus uhub2 kernel: ugen2.2: Hama at usbus2 kernel: umass0: i| on usbus2 kernel: umass0: SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x kernel: umass0:2:0:-1: Attached to scbus2 However, no da device is created in /dev; I only get ugen2.2 When I unplug it, I get: kernel: ugen2.2: Hama at usbus2 (disconnected) kernel: umass0: at uhub2, port 2, addr 2 (disconnected) kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): AutoSense failed If I plug the reader WITHOUT the SD card, I get: root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x0dda product 0x2005 bus uhub2 kernel: ugen2.2: Hama at usbus2 kernel: umass0: i| on usbus2 kernel: umass0: SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x kernel: umass0:2:0:-1: Attached to scbus2 kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0 kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI status: Check Condition kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI sense: NOT READY asc:3a,0 (Medium not present) kernel: da2 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0 kernel: da2: Hama CF Card Reader 9317 Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device kernel: da2: 40.000MB/s transfers kernel: da2: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 20 0 0 0 0 kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): CAM status: SCSI Status Error kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): SCSI status: Check Condition kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:1): SCSI sense: NOT READY asc:3a,0 (Medium not present) kernel: da3 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 1 kernel: da3: Hama SM Card Reader 9317 Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device kernel: da3: 40.000MB/s transfers kernel: da3: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:2): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 40 0 0 0 0 kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:2): CAM status: SCSI Status Error kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:2): SCSI status: Check Condition kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:2): SCSI sense: NOT READY asc:3a,0 (Medium not present) kernel: da4 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 2 kernel: da4: Hama SD Card Reader 9317 Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device kernel: da4: 40.000MB/s transfers kernel: da4: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:3): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 60 0 0 0 0 kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:3): CAM status: SCSI Status Error kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:3): SCSI status: Check Condition kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:3): SCSI sense: NOT READY asc:3a,0 (Medium not present) kernel: da5 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 3 kernel: da5: Hama MS Card Reader 9317 Removable Direct Access SCSI-0 device kernel: da5: 40.000MB/s transfers kernel: da5: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present Inserting the SD card afterwards gives no messages at all; mount /dev/da4 /mnt/, fdisk /dev/da4 or any other command result in an Input/output error. Here are some (possibly useful?) further info: # camcontrol devlist SEAGATE ST318406LW 0109 at scbus0 target 1 lun 0 (pass0,da0) PLEXTOR CD-ROM PX-40TS 1.12 at scbus0 target 4 lun 0 (pass1,cd0) IOMEGA ZIP 100 E.08 at scbus0 target 5 lun 0 (pass2,da1) BENQ DVD DC DW1670 103 at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (pass3,cd1) Hama CF Card Reader 9317at scbus2 target 0 lun 0 (da2,pass4) Hama SM Card Reader 9317at scbus2 target 0 lun 1 (da3,pass5) Hama SD Card Reader 9317at scbus2 target 0 lun 2 (da4,pass6) Hama MS Card Reader 9317at scbus2 target 0 lun 3 (da5,pass7) # usbconfig ugen0.1: OHCI root HUB ATI at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON ugen1.1: OHCI root HUB ATI at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON ugen2.1: EHCI root HUB ATI at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON ugen3.1: OHCI root HUB ATI at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON ugen4.1: OHCI root HUB ATI at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON ugen5.1: EHCI root HUB ATI at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON ugen6.1: OHCI root HUB ATI at usbus6, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON ugen3.2: Trackball Logitech at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=LOW (1.5Mbps) pwr=ON ugen0.2: Smart-UPS 1500 FW:653.13.I USB FW:7.3 American Power Conversion at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=LOW (1.5Mbps) pwr=ON ugen3.3: USB COMPOUND HUB SAMSUNG at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE ugen3.4: product 0x8002 SAMSUNG at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON ugen2.2: Card Reader Hama at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON Any help is
Re: Help with USB Card Reader
On 11/27/10 14:42, Andrea Venturoli wrote: Hello. I've got a hama branded USB 2.0 Card Reader 19 in 1, which I'd like to use with 8.1/i386. Sorry, my fault. It seems this reader cannot work with SDHCs; in fact it works with MMCs. bye av. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
BUG: freebsd.org/ru/releases
HI, Freebsd-questions. http://www.freebsd.org/ru/releases/ on this page is wrong information about releases. Old release is 6.0 and last is 8.1 on march 2006!! year. -- С уважением, Коньков mailto:kes-...@yandex.ru ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
next question....
On 26 Nov 2010 at 12:11, Arthur Chance wrote: -- Although the wombat is real and the dragon is not, few know what a wombat looks like, but everyone knows what a dragon looks like. -- Avram Davidson, _Adventures in Unhistory_ Hmm.. A Wombat... That's a recoilless anti-tank gun if I remember? Do not stand behind one, when it's fired! http://www.britains-smallwars.com/Falklands/b-weapons.htm#wombat I digress Anyway. Some progress here.. I have managed at long last to get the OS's own ftp server to behave how I want it again (except it's port usage, but I'll work on that later). (I failed to get pure-ftp installed. Something in it's dependancies doesn't like V8.0 I think. Come to that, I have to force Sysinstall to look for V8.1 stuff, as all the V8.0 stuff has been archived it seems. This system was built from a boot disk, and a net based install.) Anyway. I've also now got SSH working, and I can connect and login from any number of other (Windows) PC's using PuTTY, it works well. The GPS timed NTP server system also still works well. But, when logged in as a regular (non root) user, I cant 'su' or 'sudo' to achieve root privelages if needed. (Using PuTTY, so I can now copy paste screen output to here.) I get this, regardless of how I log in, at the machine's console, or via SSH. login as: site Password: Copyright (c) 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE (PPSGENERIC) #0: Wed Apr 14 22:55:09 BST 2010 Welcome to FreeBSD! . . [stuff snipped for brevity] . $ su su: Sorry $ sudo sudo: not found $ uname -a FreeBSD FBSD.67MK181QZ 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Wed Apr 14 22:55:09 BST 2010 r...@fbsd.67mk181qz:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PPSGENERIC i386 $ $ What have I done bad now? For the moment (because I need to, as I want to run this thing headless, no physical keyboard or display) I've enabled root login over ssh. Yes, I realise the risks, but the ssh port will never be exposed to the world, just the rest of my lan, and yes, that could be bad if something got in. Cheers. Dave B. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)
On 26 Nov 2010 at 9:53, Ryan Coleman wrote: On Nov 26, 2010, at 8:53 AM, Chris Brennan wrote: On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Dave d...@g8kbv.demon.co.uk wrote: Yes, I found that, good info. I'm relying on the freebsd.org site man pages and documentation among others, as I'm finding it too inconvenient (bad short term memory) using the man pages on the system. At least I can have the website pages open on a nearby laptop. There are two options that I know of that could make this part easier for you 1) screen (tried and true) can do split windows/multiple windows although I've never been able to correctly figure it out I second screen. /usr/ports/sysutils/screen/ Ryan, thanks, but no 'ports' is installed on this box, it was built with a net install, from a V8.0 boot disk, earlier this year (April if memory serves.) I find now, that Sysinstall's ports management utility, has to be told to go look for V8.1 stuff (the Options page) else it just whinges about not being able to login to the repository ftp servers. Cheers. Dave B. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: next question....
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Dave d...@g8kbv.demon.co.uk wrote: $ su su: Sorry $ sudo sudo: not found $ uname -a FreeBSD FBSD.67MK181QZ 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Wed Apr 14 22:55:09 BST 2010 r...@fbsd.67mk181qz:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PPSGENERIC i386 $ $ You need to add yourself to the 'wheel' group to su or you need to add the proper line to /usr/local/etc/sudoers to sudo correctly. When su'ing, pass 'su -' (assumes the path of the user your changing to). When sudo'ing, pass 'sudo su -' (same principle applies, but you don't need to to be in wheel to use this command) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)
On 26 Nov 2010 at 22:18, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:53:51 -0500, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: There are two options that I know of that could make this part easier for you 1) screen (tried and true) can do split windows/multiple windows although I've never been able to correctly figure it out 2) tmux (the pretentious upstart), it's a quick install and it's built in help (^b?) is eternally useful and it's options make more sense then screen (to me at least) Along with the Spanish Inquisition, there are three! Three! Three options: screen, tmux, and the native solution of virtual terminals via Alt+PFx switch. This even allows you to use the mouse-driven edit buffer (copy + paste), e. g. if you need to compose a command line using the examples listed in the man page. If you're accessing a system remotely, there is also the option of opening -- FOUR! Four options! -- the option of opening more than one connection to the remote system, and each of them in an own xterm (or KDE Konsole tab which I would say if I had been using KDE, but I haven't). Of course, this solution also allows you copy + paste operations. Other means of accessibility are provided by the window manager you're using. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... Hi. As I now have ssh working, I can indeed have multiple logins running in indipendant windows on another box. (because I have it) I'm using PuTTY on Win2k. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ It appears to work well. I now have another problem of the BSD flavor (inabiltiy to 'su') but I've already asked that in another post. Thanks. Dave B. PS: Do I detect a Monty Python fan? ;-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
missing digest mail?
I just noticed, that I seem to have missed some digest mails, Vol 338, issues 4 to 7. (No list mail between the 24th and 27th November, only direct mails from list members.) Nothing in the spam bucket here either. Hopefully nothing useful to me passed by. Regards. Dave B. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)
Hi. As I now have ssh working, I can indeed have multiple logins running in indipendant windows on another box. (because I have it) I'm using PuTTY on Win2k. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/%7Esgtatham/putty/ It appears to work well. I now have another problem of the BSD flavor (inabiltiy to 'su') but I've already asked that in another post. Thanks. use screen/tmux/some other app that does this inside of putty to preserve work in progress. :D Dave B. PS: Do I detect a Monty Python fan? ;-) Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Dave d...@g8kbv.demon.co.uk wrote: /usr/ports/sysutils/screen/ Ryan, thanks, but no 'ports' is installed on this box, it was built with a net install, from a V8.0 boot disk, earlier this year (April if memory serves.) I find now, that Sysinstall's ports management utility, has to be told to go look for V8.1 stuff (the Options page) else it just whinges about not being able to login to the repository ftp servers. As root, type portsnap fetch extract I also like tmux, it's BSD licensed and BSD-like in that is has easier to work with default settings. Once ports are installed you'll want to install a port managment tool, I prefer portmaster. Something like the following will get you up and running with portmaster and install tmux: cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster make install clean rehash portmaster --no-confirm -D /usr/ports/sysutils/tmux rehash -- Adam Vande More ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: BUG: freebsd.org/ru/releases
Hi, Reference: From: =?windows-1251?B?yu7t/Oru4iDF4uPl7ejp?= kes-...@yandex.ru Reply-to: =?windows-1251?B?yu7t/Oru4iDF4uPl7ejp?= kes-...@yandex.ru Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:38:03 +0200 Message-id: 1071667463.20101127183...@yandex.ru =?windows-1251?B?yu7t/Oru4iDF4uPl7ejp?= wrote: HI, Freebsd-questions. http://www.freebsd.org/ru/releases/ on this page is wrong information about releases. Old release is 6.0 and last is 8.1 on march 2006!! year. Please file a change request: man send-pr send-pr Which both: - lodgess in bug database till someone fixes it - sends a mail to people who have commit privilege to fix it. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com If I've not replied, please resend, Some personal mail to me received before 12:40 Sun 20 Nov 2010 +01:00, may have been zapped by spam filter; Fixed 17:30 Thu 25 Nov 2010 CET. Mail plain text; Not quoted-printable, or HTML or base 64. Avoid top posting, it cripples itemised cumulative responses. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: next question....
On 27 Nov 2010 at 12:06, Chris Brennan wrote: On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Dave d...@g8kbv.demon.co.uk wrote: $ su su: Sorry $ sudo sudo: not found $ uname -a FreeBSD FBSD.67MK181QZ 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Wed Apr 14 22:55:09 BST 2010 r...@fbsd.67mk181qz:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PPSGENERIC i386 $ $ You need to add yourself to the 'wheel' group to su or you need to add the proper line to /usr/local/etc/sudoers to sudo correctly. When su'ing, pass 'su -' (assumes the path of the user your changing to). When sudo'ing, pass 'sudo su -' (same principle applies, but you don't need to to be in wheel to use this command) That was quick! Thanks Chris. That user now part of the 'wheel' group, and 'su' now works. I'll also remove the ability of root to login remotely. Many thanks again. Dave B. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)
On 27 Nov 2010 at 11:22, Adam Vande More wrote: On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Dave d...@g8kbv.demon.co.uk wrote: /usr/ports/sysutils/screen/ Ryan, thanks, but no 'ports' is installed on this box, it was built with a net install, from a V8.0 boot disk, earlier this year (April if memory serves.) I find now, that Sysinstall's ports management utility, has to be told to go look for V8.1 stuff (the Options page) else it just whinges about not being able to login to the repository ftp servers. As root, type portsnap fetch extract I also like tmux, it's BSD licensed and BSD-like in that is has easier to work with default settings. Once ports are installed you'll want to install a port managment tool, I prefer portmaster. Something like the following will get you up and running with portmaster and install tmux: cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster make install clean rehash portmaster --no-confirm -D /usr/ports/sysutils/tmux rehash -- Adam Vande More Thanks Adam. Unless I hear from others a good reason why not, I'll be trying that tomorrow, as I'm running out of time today to play any more. The first of this years Xmas party's tonight. Tomorrow, I might be a little slow as a result.. Best Regards to All. Dave B. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 17:06:06 -, Dave d...@g8kbv.demon.co.uk wrote: Ryan, thanks, but no 'ports' is installed on this box, it was built with a net install, from a V8.0 boot disk, earlier this year (April if memory serves.) Use this: # pkg_add -r screen Precompiled packaes work without a ports tree installed. Obtains files via Internet and installs all needed dependencies. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Dave d...@g8kbv.demon.co.uk wrote: On 27 Nov 2010 at 11:22, Adam Vande More wrote: On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Dave d...@g8kbv.demon.co.uk wrote: /usr/ports/sysutils/screen/ Ryan, thanks, but no 'ports' is installed on this box, it was built with a net install, from a V8.0 boot disk, earlier this year (April if memory serves.) I find now, that Sysinstall's ports management utility, has to be told to go look for V8.1 stuff (the Options page) else it just whinges about not being able to login to the repository ftp servers. As root, type portsnap fetch extract I also like tmux, it's BSD licensed and BSD-like in that is has easier to work with default settings. Once ports are installed you'll want to install a port managment tool, I prefer portmaster. Something like the following will get you up and running with portmaster and install tmux: cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster make install clean rehash portmaster --no-confirm -D /usr/ports/sysutils/tmux rehash No need to specify the full path w/ portmaster ... just portmaster --no-confirm -D sysutils/tmux is sufficient, portsnap is the best/easiest way to get the latest snapshot of ports. No real reason not to unless your using a custom ports or are maintaining your own ports and don't want them clobbered. Thanks Adam. Unless I hear from others a good reason why not, I'll be trying that tomorrow, as I'm running out of time today to play any more. The first of this years Xmas party's tonight. Tomorrow, I might be a little slow as a result.. Best Regards to All. Dave B. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.netwrote: No need to specify the full path w/ portmaster ... just portmaster --no-confirm -D sysutils/tmux is sufficient, portsnap is the best/easiest way to get the latest snapshot of ports. No real reason not to unless your using a custom ports or are maintaining your own ports and don't want them clobbered. There are a couple of reasons specifying the full path is more convenient: 1. tab-completions work 2. When dealing with system utilities like whereis(1), the full path is displayed making double-click+middle click give you correct cmd portmaster $FULL_PATH - $PORTSDIR is only useful for me in cases where I remember exactly where the port lives. -- Adam Vande More ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 13:18, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Fri, 26 Nov 2010 09:53:51 -0500, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: There are two options that I know of that could make this part easier for you 1) screen (tried and true) can do split windows/multiple windows although I've never been able to correctly figure it out 2) tmux (the pretentious upstart), it's a quick install and it's built in help (^b?) is eternally useful and it's options make more sense then screen (to me at least) Along with the Spanish Inquisition, there are three! Three! Three options: screen, tmux, and the native solution of virtual terminals via Alt+PFx switch. This even allows you to use the mouse-driven edit buffer (copy + paste), e. g. if you need to compose a command line using the examples listed in the man page. If you're accessing a system remotely, there is also the option of opening -- FOUR! Four options! -- the option of opening more than one connection to the remote system, and each of them in an own xterm (or KDE Konsole tab which I would say if I had been using KDE, but I haven't). Of course, this solution also allows you copy + paste operations. Other means of accessibility are provided by the window manager you're using. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! :-) That's what I get for waiting a week to look at email... Kurt ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 06:53, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Dave d...@g8kbv.demon.co.uk wrote: Yes, I found that, good info. I'm relying on the freebsd.org site man pages and documentation among others, as I'm finding it too inconvenient (bad short term memory) using the man pages on the system. At least I can have the website pages open on a nearby laptop. There are two options that I know of that could make this part easier for you 1) screen (tried and true) can do split windows/multiple windows although I've never been able to correctly figure it out 2) tmux (the pretentious upstart), it's a quick install and it's built in help (^b?) is eternally useful and it's options make more sense then screen (to me at least) Don't get me wrong, both serve there purpose. Personally, I prefer tmux but I still use screen for some things. So the choice comes down to what you find that works for you. For a standard installation, there's also the base console functionality: ALT+F(n) key combo - each one, F1 up to (IIRC) F12, gets a different console. I often leave the main console alone to display system messages while I work at other consoles. Or, for that matter, multiple ssh sessions. Kurt ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)
On Fri 26 Nov 2010 at 14:31:23 PST Chip Camden wrote: Quoth Polytropon on Friday, 26 November 2010: FIVE! Using a tiling window manager like xmonad, just open another xterm. Either share a workspace between them, or put one of them in a different workspace, depending on whether you like to be able to see both at the same time and/or have multiple monitors. SIX! sysutils/dvtm tiles console or terminal windows, similar to tmux. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)
For a standard installation, there's also the base console functionality: ALT+F(n) key combo - each one, F1 up to (IIRC) F12, gets a different console. This depends on how many virtual consoles have been defined in the /etc/ttys file. I think the default is 0 up to 7, and 8 (corresponds to PF9) is X. The consoles for Alt+PF10,11,12 can be added easily. I often leave the main console alone to display system messages while I work at other consoles. In former times, this was my STANDARD development setting (text-mode only), 80x25 each. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: missing digest mail?
Dave d...@g8kbv.demon.co.uk wrote: I just noticed, that I seem to have missed some digest mails, Vol 338, issues 4 to 7. (No list mail between the 24th and 27th November, only direct mails from list members.) Nothing in the spam bucket here either. Hopefully nothing useful to me passed by. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2010-November/date.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Memory leak and swapfile
On 26/11/2010 18:24, Jack Raats wrote: It looks like that there may be a memory leak of my swap space with one of the processes that is running. Big question: How can I determine which process is responsible. Any suggestions? Look for a process with a really big SIZE in top(1) ? Look for pages being mapped to swap via 'systat -vmstat 1' Any activity of the Swap Pager is a bad sign. It's not so much 'swap space' as some process or processes using up memory in general: when more memory has been allocated by processes than will fit into RAM simultaneously, then you'll start getting pages mapped to swap. This is not intrinsically a bad thing: a one-time swap out of a load of otherwise idle memory pages will clear space for more actively used stuff. It's generally very bad for performance if processes are getting continually swapped in and out -- disk IO is pretty slow compared to RAM. Use eg. 'systat -vmstat 1' to monitor swap activity. It's not necessarily *one* process getting too big. Processes that fork multiple copies of themselves (like apache) can fill up RAM by spawning too many copies of themselves. In fact, it's a well known apache tuning trick to limit the maximum number of apache child processes to what will fit into RAM at one time -- swapping makes a far bigger impact on performance than queueing up web requests until there's a free worker process to service them. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Console Messages
Hi all, I am using FreeBSD 8.0 and am getting lots of these: negative sbsize for uid = 0 +negative sbsize for uid = 0 +negative sbsize for uid = 0 +negative sbsize for uid = 0 +negative sbsize for uid = 0 any ideas what it means or how to cure it? -Grant ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Software Update
My fbsd desktop is popping up with Software Update. My question is weather this pulls updates from packages or ports. P.s. I think I asked this before but it got lost in some other hubbub. So appologies if I did ask already. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Software Update
On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:36:09 -0500 Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: My fbsd desktop is popping up with Software Update. My question is weather this pulls updates from packages or ports. There are a few applications, such as opera, that can phone home and check for newer versions. Typically they can't upgrade because they lack privileges. Perhaps you could be a little less vague. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Software Update
On 11/27/2010 07:01 PM, RW wrote: On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:36:09 -0500 Chris Brennanxa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: My fbsd desktop is popping up with Software Update. My question is weather this pulls updates from packages or ports. There are a few applications, such as opera, that can phone home and check for newer versions. Typically they can't upgrade because they lack privileges. Perhaps you could be a little less vague. Software Update is provided by gnome-packagekit (or the kde equivalent) and will nag if updated packages are available. To the op, according to http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2009-September/057056.html PackageKit was given support for ports using portupgrade or portaudit. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Software Update
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Steven Susbauer ste...@too1337.com wrote: On 11/27/2010 07:01 PM, RW wrote: On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:36:09 -0500 Chris Brennanxa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: My fbsd desktop is popping up with Software Update. My question is weather this pulls updates from packages or ports. There are a few applications, such as opera, that can phone home and check for newer versions. Typically they can't upgrade because they lack privileges. Perhaps you could be a little less vague. Software Update is provided by gnome-packagekit (or the kde equivalent) and will nag if updated packages are available. To the op, according to http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2009-September/057056.htmlPackageKit was given support for ports using portupgrade or portaudit. Thanks Steven, that's what I was looking for. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Digital camera (Canon)
On Nov 27, 2010, at 9:17 PM, Bernt Hansson wrote: Hello list I have a digital camera, Canon powershoot sx130 is. That I wish to mount. The camera contains an sd-card that I wish to extract the photos from. ugen2.2: canon inc. at usbus2 %uname -a FreeBSD testbox.fqdn 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #0: Sat Oct 23 22:05:11 CEST 2010 amd64 It's FAT32, so I'd try... mount_msdosfs /dev/ugen2.2 ... or something similar___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Digital camera (Canon)
On Sun, 28 Nov 2010, Bernt Hansson wrote: I have a digital camera, Canon powershoot sx130 is. That I wish to mount. The camera contains an sd-card that I wish to extract the photos from. ugen2.2: canon inc. at usbus2 I have a Canon Powershot S5IS that behaves similarly. I have found that it can't be mounted like a disk drive, even though you would think it should work that way. Instead, I have to use gtkam to get the pictures off of it - /usr/ports/graphics/gtkam Also had to change some system stuff in order to be able to do this as an ordinary user: Added to /etc/devfs.conf # Allow members of group operator to use USB own usb*root:operator permusb*0660 ...and here is my /etc/devfs.rules in its entirety: # Added so ordinary users can use the USB camera if they are # members of group 'usb' # [usb_devices=10] add path 'ugen*' mode 0660 group usb add path 'da*s*' mode 0660 group usb # # 20091231: added the following for 8.0, since usb is handled # differently now. Hoping this will make gtkam work. add path 'usb/*' mode 0660 group usb HTH... -- Chris Hill ch...@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging | ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
zpool won't mount as dataset stuck
Hi, In a slight panic here as my main ZFS pool tank won't mount. I have two ZFS pools on two different drives - a system pool on a single disk called data and a mirrored pool on two disks called tank. The tank zpool contains all my jails and non-system boot type data. I was wanting to test FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELEASE and therefore took a snapshot of data and tank: zfs snapshot -r d...@pre82 zfs snapshot -r t...@pre82 tank seemed to hang on the above command for ages and I had to Ctrl-C. Long and short is I can see the tank zpool without a problem, but whenever I try to import it the disk light flashes every second and the datasets won't mount. I can run a history command on tank and that shows the following repeated every second (tgx keeps incrementing by one): 2010-11-28.15:08:33 [internal rollback txg:9645688] dataset = 222 [user root on systemname.com] 2010-11-28.15:08:34 [internal rollback txg:9645689] dataset = 222 [user root on systemname.com] The zpool seems to be stuck. What should I do from here? Is there a way to freeze dataset operations so I can at least mount them? Other thoughts and questions I had: a) What would be the best way to take a raw image of the zpool so I can work on a copy of the zpool rather than the original? b) Would it be worth trying to import the zpool on FreeBSD current or OpenSolaris? Any help greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Geoff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
