Re: Dual Booting Linux with FreeBSD 9.0 - Grub in MBR

2012-01-28 Thread Bas Smeelen
On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:32:10 + Kaya Saman kayasa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, am just wondering if anyone has successfully managed to boot FreeBSD 9.0 and Linux. I run Fedora 16 x64 with Grub installed in my MBR. FBSD9 installed as the new disk scheme GPT. I think (I manually

Re: USB 3.0 with FreeBSD 8.1

2012-01-28 Thread Matthias Fechner
Am 28.01.2012 05:28, schrieb Henry Olyer: b) Does 9.0 have USB 3.0 support. my system says: Jan 27 22:16:51 server kernel: xhci0: XHCI (generic) USB 3.0 controller mem 0xf9cfe000-0xf9cf irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci5 Jan 27 22:16:51 server kernel: xhci0: 64 byte context size. Jan 27 22:16:51

Re: X libraries missing

2012-01-28 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:15:27 +0100 Bernt Hansson b...@bananmonarki.se wrote: 2012-01-28 08:06, Adam Vande More skrev: On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Bernt Hanssonb...@bananmonarki.se wrote: Hello list! Trying to update multimedia/audacious-plugins to some other version 3x.

Re: UPDATING 20120116 -- x11/xcb-util -- instructions not working

2012-01-28 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:06:57 -0500 Michael Powell nightre...@hotmail.com wrote: Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:53:39 -0600 Mark Felder f...@feld.me wrote: For the life of me I can't work around this xcb-util issue. This is a pretty fresh install and I have not made

[ANN] FreeBSD Druid 9.0b56

2012-01-28 Thread Devin Teske
Behold! FreeBSD Druid! http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/ Install FreeBSD 9.0 with sysinstall (!!) -- Devin NOTE: This is beta 56 of the Druid platform in-general (and thus the version 9.0b56) but it does NOT install a beta version of FreeBSD. Rather, it installs FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE

Re: Dual Booting Linux with FreeBSD 9.0 - Grub in MBR

2012-01-28 Thread Kaya Saman
On 01/28/2012 08:54 AM, Bas Smeelen wrote: On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:32:10 + Kaya Samankayasa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, am just wondering if anyone has successfully managed to boot FreeBSD 9.0 and Linux. I run Fedora 16 x64 with Grub installed in my MBR. FBSD9 installed as the new disk

[dvd+rw-tools-7.1] Failure to burn disks: SK=5h/INVALID ADDRESS FOR WRITE

2012-01-28 Thread Yuri
While burning the DVD+R DL with the command 'growisofs -dvd-compat -speed=4 -Z /dev/cd0=$1' on 9.0-STABLE I am getting this error: 8333492224/8407351452 (99.1%) @4.0x, remaining 0:14 RBU 100.0% UBU 57.1% 8352301056/8407351452 (99.3%) @4.1x, remaining 0:10 RBU 100.0% UBU 53.1%

Re: USB 3.0 with FreeBSD 8.1

2012-01-28 Thread Thomas Mueller
from: Matthias Fechner ide...@fechner.net: b) Does 9.0 have USB 3.0 support. my system says: Jan 27 22:16:51 server kernel: xhci0: XHCI (generic) USB 3.0 controller mem 0xf9cfe000-0xf9cf irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci5 Jan 27 22:16:51 server kernel: xhci0: 64 byte context size. Jan 27

Re: Swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer

2012-01-28 Thread Thomas Mueller
from Kévin Hagner jsaipakoim...@spyzone.fr: I'm running on a FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE, the file system used is UFS, I've 2Gb RAM and no native swap partition. Oh. You should never configure a Unix system without at least some swap space available, and configuring at least as much swap as you

OT: perl mail problems

2012-01-28 Thread Da Rock
I know this is not exactly FreeBSD related, but I'm in need of a monk that can enlighten me on a sacred incantation to connect perl to an imap server using Mail::Box modules :) If it helps people sleep, its all running only on FreeBSD systems... I have googled and searched, and googled some

Re: X libraries missing

2012-01-28 Thread Bernt Hansson
code 1 Stop in /usr/home/bernt/disk8/ports/lang/python. I get the same error after a portsnap 20120128 15:30 CET ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: email hosting - How do you do it?

2012-01-28 Thread Zane C. B-H.
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:51:05 -0700 Peter fb...@peterk.org wrote: Hello, I've been on qmail/vpopmail combo forever and am looking to build a new, mail server. As some one who has was once a unix admin for a ISP that ran Qmail for a SMTP server, I can safely say you should avoid it like the

Re: X libraries missing

2012-01-28 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
/disk8/ports/lang/python27. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/home/bernt/disk8/ports/lang/python. I get the same error after a portsnap 20120128 15:30 CET Looks like either you've somehow managed to bork up your /bin directory, or you're lacking /bin in your PATH. Just what exactly have you been up

Re: When I put up any version of FBSD I usually try to install Maxima. Which fails because the sub-install of gnuplot fails.

2012-01-28 Thread Roland Smith
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 02:57:02AM -0500, Henry Olyer wrote: When I put up any version of FBSD I usually try to install Maxima. Which fails because the sub-install of gnuplot fails. I go to through various work-arounds, different things. But Saturday I will be installing 9.0 and would

Re: X libraries missing

2012-01-28 Thread Bernt Hansson
2012-01-28 16:13, Conrad J. Sabatier skrev: Thank's for the reply. I got frustrated and did a pkg_delete \* That's just a wee tad on the drastic side, isn't it? Well, frustration craves drastic measures. You must have been quite beside yourself at the time. :-) It was friday! Looks

Re: OT: perl mail problems

2012-01-28 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 28/01/2012 13:39, Da Rock wrote: I know this is not exactly FreeBSD related, but I'm in need of a monk that can enlighten me on a sacred incantation to connect perl to an imap server using Mail::Box modules :) If it helps people sleep, its all running only on FreeBSD systems... I have

Re: When I put up any version of FBSD I usually try to install Maxima. Which fails because the sub-install of gnuplot fails.

2012-01-28 Thread Michael L. Squires
I just compiled maxima from ports using default settings under FreeBSD 8-STABLE (updated 12/24/2011) and had no problems with the compile (i.e., I just su'd to root, did a cd /usr/ports/math/maxima;make). This was under the amd64 version of FreeBSD (hardware is a Tyan S4882 quad Opteron). I

Re: When I put up any version of FBSD I usually try to install Maxima ...

2012-01-28 Thread Michel Talon
Roland Smith wrote: The default build of gnuplot is quite heavy, pulling in wxwidgets and teTeX. Personally, I would recommend the following settings: enable X11, GD, gridb ox, thinsplines and cairo, and disable the rest; pdflib didn't work last time I tried it. WXwidgets is overkill IMO, the

Re: When I put up any version of FBSD I usually try to install Maxima. Which fails because the sub-install of gnuplot fails.

2012-01-28 Thread Henry Olyer
I've been using FBSD since 2000 and a Macsyma user since 1976. And done my own FBSD installs since 5.1, I think, maybe a few before. For those early years I was content to install a lisp and then do my own FTP's, getting maxima and doing things manually. No problems. But the installs have

Re: OT: perl mail problems

2012-01-28 Thread Paul Macdonald
On 28/01/2012 13:39, Da Rock wrote: I know this is not exactly FreeBSD related, but I'm in need of a monk that can enlighten me on a sacred incantation to connect perl to an imap server using Mail::Box modules :) If it helps people sleep, its all running only on FreeBSD systems... I have

9.0 install problems

2012-01-28 Thread Henry Olyer
When I boot the CD I get a different menu, ie., boot, shell, install. Since the CD is in the CD-ROM drawer and I know how to use sysinstall (or so I thought!,) I get a fresh shell and say sysinstall. Okay? Except I can't write the disk. Notice, I have not explicitly mounted it or done anything

Re: When I put up any version of FBSD I usually try to install Maxima. Which fails because the sub-install of gnuplot fails.

2012-01-28 Thread Michael L. Squires
I've only installed a few programs from packages at installation time; almost all of my installations and upgrades have been by compiling from ports and then upgrading (with recompilation) using portupgrade. This is a habit I got into a long time ago, and which I continue without any specific

+ Re: 9.0 install problems

2012-01-28 Thread Devin Teske
On Jan 28, 2012, at 1:30 PM, Henry Olyer henry.ol...@gmail.com wrote: When I boot the CD I get a different menu, ie., boot, shell, install. Since the CD is in the CD-ROM drawer and I know how to use sysinstall (or so I thought!,) I get a fresh shell and say sysinstall. Okay? Except I

Re: When I put up any version of FBSD I usually try to install Maxima ...

2012-01-28 Thread Roland Smith
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:09:34PM +0100, Michel Talon wrote: Gnuplot is the prototypical example of a port which is badly managed. There are far too many dependencies which are absolutely *non necessary* There is absolutely no necessity of having TeX (in any form whatsoever) to run Gnuplot.

Re: When I put up any version of FBSD I usually try to install Maxima ...

2012-01-28 Thread Robert Bonomi
Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:09:34PM +0100, Michel Talon wrote: occur, a port maintainer should only include the *strict minimum* dependencies necessary to make the port work, it is not his job to include the whole kitchen sink of dependencies that could

Re: When I put up any version of FBSD I usually try to install Maxima ...

2012-01-28 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 01:30:37AM +0100, Michel Talon wrote: Agreed. That is why it is an _option_ now. Yes but ON by default, which is the problem. It is even a bigger problem when you realize you would like using other versions of TeX than the standard one, for example you would

Re: When I put up any version of FBSD I usually try to install Maxima ...

2012-01-28 Thread Roland Smith
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:07:51PM -0600, Robert Bonomi wrote: Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:09:34PM +0100, Michel Talon wrote: occur, a port maintainer should only include the *strict minimum* dependencies necessary to make the port work, it is not