I'm on Holidays
I am away until the 27th of September 2004. IT support queries should be directed to the ITS help desk on [935]1 6000 in the first instance. Any 'network' issues (server failure, etc) should be directed to Anne de Broglio on [935]1 3861, who will call in assistance as appropiate, but remember, all queries should in the first instance go to the ITS help desk above, who will ensure the appropiate person gets informed of any problems. Thanks. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound problem, help.
[...] what i wonder for is, its mention in handbook that it suppoze to be device sound...but sound it gives an error. If I've understood correctly, the sound drivers have been renamed after 5.2.1R. Does your copy of the handbook correspond to 5.1R? and the error msg in KDE says: aRts control tool, (sorry- aRts had to restart) when i try to run the command artsd from shell, it just hang.! It's supposed to - I was hoping you'd get some informative error message, but oh well... What is the output of this, then: artswrapper ; artsshell status ; artsshell terminate I really would appreciate it if you could help :( Can't make any promises - I'm just guessing from a hunch, because I used to have a superficially similar problem. Regards, -Jan Christian Meyer ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Courier IMAP, MySQL, Postfix and Maildrop
Thomas, Has anybody setup the combination of Courier IMAP, MySQL, Postfix and Courier Maildrop and managed to get it to work? I am so close I could just scream, but I can not get any of the Courier components to work! perhaps you should check this site: http://www.marlow.dk/site.php/tech/postfix which tells you a little about the maildrop thingy. Good luck! Cheers Remko -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder |[EMAIL PROTECTED] Reporter DSINet|[EMAIL PROTECTED] Projectleader Mostly-Harmless |[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apache13 + mod_php segfault at startup
Vonleigh Simmons wrote: I keep struggling with this without finding a way of fixing it. Whenever I link in mod_php into httpd.conf (loadmodule and addmodule), apache fails to start up. I can get it to work by commenting mod_php it out, starting up apache, then commenting it back in and restarting. If I restart once more, then it segfaults again. In the logs I occasionally get: [notice] child pid 17255 exit signal Segmentation fault (11) I've tried installing (and reinstalling) apache13-modssl, apache13-modperl, reinstalling /usr/ports/www/mod_php4, compiling apache without expat, checking ldd: /usr/local/libexec/apache/libphp4.so: libcrypt.so.2 = /lib/libcrypt.so.2 (0x28248000) libm.so.2 = /lib/libm.so.2 (0x28261000) /usr/local/libexec/apache/libphp4.so: libcrypt.so.2 = /lib/libcrypt.so.2 (0x28248000) libm.so.2 = /lib/libm.so.2 (0x28261000) So far nothing has been successful. I even tried installing apache2 to see if that would work, and although it does for the most part, it crashes when using the php mail() function. This happens from time to time and I've no idea why, but hitting it with a lump hammer, as follows, seems to fix it for me. 1. deinstall php or mod_php, depending on how you installed it initially 2. manually delete /usr/local/include/php 3. manually delete /usr/local/share/pear if it's there 4. manually delete /usr/local/libexec/apache/libphp4.so if it's still there 5. reinstall php HTH Peter. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apache13 + mod_php segfault at startup
Vonleigh wrote: I keep struggling with this without finding a way of fixing it. Whenever I link in mod_php into httpd.conf (loadmodule and addmodule), apache fails to start up. I can get it to work by commenting mod_php it out, starting up apache, then commenting it back in and restarting. If I restart once more, then it segfaults again. In the logs I occasionally get: [notice] child pid 17255 exit signal Segmentation fault (11) I've tried installing (and reinstalling) apache13-modssl, apache13-modperl, reinstalling /usr/ports/www/mod_php4, compiling apache without expat, checking ldd: /usr/local/libexec/apache/libphp4.so: libcrypt.so.2 = /lib/libcrypt.so.2 (0x28248000) libm.so.2 = /lib/libm.so.2 (0x28261000) /usr/local/libexec/apache/libphp4.so: libcrypt.so.2 = /lib/libcrypt.so.2 (0x28248000) libm.so.2 = /lib/libm.so.2 (0x28261000) So far nothing has been successful. I even tried installing apache2 to see if that would work, and although it does for the most part, it crashes when using the php mail() function. Peter Risdon replied: This happens from time to time and I've no idea why, but hitting it with a lump hammer, as follows, seems to fix it for me. 1. deinstall php or mod_php, depending on how you installed it initially 2. manually delete /usr/local/include/php 3. manually delete /usr/local/share/pear if it's there 4. manually delete /usr/local/libexec/apache/libphp4.so if it's still there 5. reinstall php Thank you for your suggestion Peter. I just followed your instructions but it didn't work. Still when I link in php apache dies on startup. Anyone have any other suggestions? Vonleigh Simmons http://illusionart.com/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regarding Boot failure
Hai every body Recently i have installed FreeBSD5.3 the installation process is quiet nice when the system reboots it prompts with the message as follows FreeBSD .. Default : 0(1,a)/kernel boot: it stops there what to do next plz help me continue from there Bye Harish Kumar fios.sourceforge.net Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kern.ipc.maxpipekva exceeded, error
Hi Puna, This looks like there occured a looping recursion, there is definately something wrong with your ports. Maybe try to reinstall the dependencies forcefully after bringing your ports tree up-to-date (if that alone does not already help) Kind regards, Alex. Puna Tannehill wrote: On a freshly rebuild v5.3-BETA4... A failed compile of sysutils/fastest_cvsup led me to run 'make clean' before trying again. It took over 5 minutes to run make clean, and at the very end I got the following: # make clean kern.ipc.maxpipekva exceeded; see tuning(7) Pipe call failed: Too many open files in system Pipe call failed: Too many open files in system === Cleaning for libtool-1.5.8 === Cleaning for perl-5.8.5 === Cleaning for fastest_cvsup-0.2.8 There is nothing specifically in tuning about this particular knob, but from poking around I get the feeling that it's about memory management of the kernel IPC subsystem. Running 'sysctl kern.ipc.maxpipekva' shows: kern.ipc.maxpipekva=1257472 Hunting around on in the archives, I came up with people getting this error while doing very intensive compiles. Seems strange to me that I might get such an error on a 15min uptime, cold-booted machine and just doing a 'make clean'. And thoughts? Puna ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can't get support for postgresql or mysql
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 02:47:48PM -0400, asolomon15 wrote: Hello everyone... I have a problem getting support for mysql within php. I am running freebsd 5.2.1 and php 4.3.8. When I tried to run a php script that uses a mysql db connection, I got this error *Fatal error*: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in I did a phpinfo() and noticed i didn't see any mysql or postgresql support in it. I then tried to install php4-mysql module from the freebsd ports and still no luck.I also tried reinstalling both and I still end up in the same situation. I did a google search for how to load a mysql module but I keep getting articles about how to load it with apache. What should I do? Installing the php4-mysql module is the correct first step. The question is why that new module isn't being loaded as part of mod_php4? Eliminating the obvious: did you kill and restart apache /after/ installing php4-mysql? If that doesn't work, then what is the value of the 'extension_dir' property in /usr/local/etc/php.ini ? By default it should be commented out: ; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside. ; extension_dir = ./ Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgpqy8Xpesg1x.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: php4 + mhash
Try this: cd /usr/ports/security/php4-mhash make install and don't forget to make sure you have something like extension_dir = /usr/local/lib/php/20020429/ in your /usr/local/etc/php.ini (must point to the directory where your mhash.so is located) Regards, Alex. fbsd_user wrote: how do I tell the php4 port to include mhash? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can't get support for postgresql or mysql
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 04:32:27PM -0500, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: asolomon15 wrote: Hello everyone... I have a problem getting support for mysql within php. I am running freebsd 5.2.1 and php 4.3.8. When I tried to run a php script that uses a mysql db connection, I got this error *Fatal error*: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in I did a phpinfo() and noticed i didn't see any mysql or postgresql support in it. I then tried to install php4-mysql module from the freebsd ports and still no luck.I also tried reinstalling both and I still end up in the same situation. I did a google search for how to load a mysql module but I keep getting articles about how to load it with apache. What should I do? Please read /usr/ports/UPDATING if it is available on your system. If not, you may access it via the cvsweb at the Project web site. You will need to install /usr/ports/lang/php4-extensions to, um, get the extensions ;-) php4-extensions isn't *required* to install extension modules. It's just a handy way for people to manually select what they want out of all of the available extensions. Each extension nowadays is a stand-alone port, like any other port. PHP applications that require a certain extension in order to work simply have to register a run-time dependency on each of the extension modules they need. Mosr of the PHP applications in the ports tree have already been modified to do that. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp4vXdIgCHM6.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: how to make an executable run as another user
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 04:53:31PM -0400, mailing lists at MacTutor wrote: QUOTE: In most UNIX kernels there exists what is called a 'race condition' when executing scripts. Scripts are pieces of code which are interpreted by, strangely enough, interpreters. Common examples of interpreters are perl, sed, and awk. So when you have in your perl code #!/usr/local/bin/perl it tells the operating system to start executing the perl interpreter with the current script as input. Between the time that the perl interpreter starts executing and the time that it reads in your script the 'race condition' exists. At this time, a mischievous person could 'win the race' and be able to replace your script with another. And if your script is running as setuid, that person's script would run as your user! So their script could do anything that you could do from the command line. As a result, most UNIX kernels will disable users from running scripts as setuid. The most common way around this is to create a wrapper program around your script. A wrapper, in this context, is a small program, possibly written in C, that when executed will simply run your script. The 'race condition' does not exist for real executables and so you won't be thwarted by the kernel itself. Actually, this should no longer be a problem in any up to date version of Unix. The race condition between the kernel reading the script to find what interpreter to invoke, and the interpreter then to read and interpret the script was solved by having the kernel pass an open filedescriptor on the script file to the interpreter. One way of testing if your OS supports this is the presence of 'file descriptor' devices under /dev -- eg. under FreeBSD you get: happy-idiot-talk:/usr/local/etc:% ls -la /dev/fd/* crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 0 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 1 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 2 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/2 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 3 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/3 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 4 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/4 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 5 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/5 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 6 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/6 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 7 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/7 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 8 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/8 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 9 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/9 [...] However, the horror has been so beaten into the collective unconscious inherited from earlier days of Unix that shell scripts are still automatically stripped of any setuid or setgid bits by default on most Unix variants. I did see a setuid 'lp' script as a standard part of the lp system on a Solaris 8 box once -- took me a long time to convince myself it was actually safe. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgpanoEr7xQai.pgp Description: PGP signature
Question
Hello ! Can i get one subdomain for domain freebsd.org ? I need subdomain for my personal freebsd page... If i can get it, then please add subdomain: security.freebsd.org - 193.77.58.94 Thanks Urh Lednik Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Urh Lednik Partizanska Cesta 15 2392, Mezica Slovenia ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Regarding Boot failure
Hi, Could it be that you forgot to remove the mfsroot floppy from the diskdrive when you rebooted? Regards, Alex. ramuK hsiraH wrote: Hai every body Recently i have installed FreeBSD5.3 the installation process is quiet nice when the system reboots it prompts with the message as follows FreeBSD .. Default : 0(1,a)/kernel boot: it stops there what to do next plz help me continue from there Bye Harish Kumar fios.sourceforge.net Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello ! Can i get one subdomain for domain freebsd.org ? I need subdomain for my personal freebsd page... If i can get it, then please add subdomain: security.freebsd.org - 193.77.58.94 Thanks Urh Lednik Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Urh Lednik Partizanska Cesta 15 2392, Mezica Slovenia *Chuckle* I needed that after working all night long... -- Best regards, Chris Everything is contagious. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
5.3-BETA4, erros buildworld
Hello. cvsup done ~ 1h ago. make buildworld [cputype = p3]: /usr/src/usr.sbin/fdcontrol/fdcontrol.c: In function `main': /usr/src/usr.sbin/fdcontrol/fdcontrol.c:212: error: `FD_DEBUG' undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/src/usr.sbin/fdcontrol/fdcontrol.c:212: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once /usr/src/usr.sbin/fdcontrol/fdcontrol.c:212: error: for each function it appears in.) *** Error code 1 -- Damian S. Koodziejczyk Nie jeste pijany, jeli moesz lee na pododze, nie trzymajc si jej. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD firewall for lazy people
I'm finding that configuring firewall/NAT rules on the gateway to my PPP connection is too much of a headache. Are there any FreeBSD based firewall distributions, something like http://thewall.sourceforge.net/, but with some sort of wrapper (web interface, curses interface, or whatever) for configuring pppoe, ipfw, NAT etc.? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apache13 + mod_php segfault at startup
Vonleigh Simmons wrote: Vonleigh wrote: Thank you for your suggestion Peter. I just followed your instructions but it didn't work. Still when I link in php apache dies on startup. Anyone have any other suggestions? Odd. I didn't specify this, probably taking it too much for granted, but did you do a make clean before installing again? Peter. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which Laser Printer for FreeBSD
Matt Emmerton writes: If you look around, you can find old LaserJets that are being dumped when they're still perfectly fine (and usually come with a full toner cartridge too). Speaking of toner - check out the price and capacity of replacement cartridges. If the cost for a year's usage were to differ by $100 in cartridges, it would probably be worth spending that first $100 on the machine itself Love my 6MP; don't love the cost of replacement cartridges. Robert Huff ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X.org performance?
Hello everyone, I am using FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE on a dual AthlonMP 2400+ with 512MB RAM, 60GB of IDE HDD (UDMA100) and a GeForce 4200Ti. I recently switched over X.org. After some minor hassles I actually got it to work. =) However, I *kind of feel* like performance has become worse. Especially using AcroRead burns cycles without end. But, say, switching desktops (I'm using WindowMaker) with maximized windows on them also hits the CPU considerably. ;-? Does anyone experience similar 'problems'? (I mean, it's not like my system wasn't working or something) Is there any hope this might get better with coming versions? I am using the 'nv' driver, not nVidia's. I tried the nVidia driver under Linux, once, and it made my system rather unstable. ;-/ Thanks for any hints, kind regards, Benjamin ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can we run Windows software packages in BSD
Hello, I am using a lot of software packages in my study. I can't find the Unix editions for these software. Is there any way that I can run them in BSD? Thanks! - Do You Yahoo!? 150MP3 1G1000 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X.org performance?
On Saturday 18 September 2004 09:57, Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote: Hello everyone, I am using FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE on a dual AthlonMP 2400+ with 512MB RAM, 60GB of IDE HDD (UDMA100) and a GeForce 4200Ti. 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 Dual Athlon 2400 MP 768 Meg DDR 80 gig Western Digital 7200 RPM Geforce 4 4200 TI nv driver Fluxbox on Xorg 6.7.0 Runs like a champ. Josh Paetzel ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can we run Windows software packages in BSD
you could try running them inside a windows emulator like wine,or duel boot your system if you have paid for your windows I cant see any reason not to use it if its needed (sure someone here will tell me otherwise ) Arden On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 21:42, =?gb2312?q?=FFc6=FFdc=20=FFd5=FFc5?= wrote: Hello, I am using a lot of software packages in my study. I can't find the Unix editions for these software. Is there any way that I can run them in BSD? Thanks! - Do You Yahoo!? 150MP3 1G1000 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X.org performance?
Hello, On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 11:01:25 -0500 Josh Paetzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Runs like a champ. Good for you. =) I'm not really saying it doesn't run sufficiently - or if I was, I didn't mean to -, it's just that X.org is consuming large amounts of cpu-time. I mean, it's not like my system is getting slow, exactly, it's just Xorg uses a lot of CPU, sometimes. I mean, XFree did that, too, but I am under the impression that Xorg is a little worse, in that respect. Or is it just my perception tricking me, while Xorg is not that different from XFree, technically? Josh Paetzel Kind regards, Benjamin ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apache chroot or FreeBSD jail ?
Jail is definitely a better option but again Jail is still not 100% documented...neither it is tested well. So you would be inviting some incompatibilities and possibly troubles if you go for jails. chroot environments are pretty safe and can be relied upon Regards S. On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 08:39:48 +0300, Omer Faruk Sen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am planning to restrict apache to a spesific directory. But I am not sure if to install apache in chroot env or making a FreeBSD jail install ( say /usr/jail/freebsd_jail_ip). Which one is recommended for better security ? An artilcele in http://www.haught.org/freebsdapache.php says jail is better that just chroot environment. But I want to be sure to have your opinions about it and want be sure which one is better. Regards, --- Omer Faruk Sen http://www.EnderUNIX.ORG Software Development Team @ Turkey http://www.Faruk.NET For Public key: http://www.enderunix.org/ofsen/ofsen.asc First Turkish FreeBSD book is out! Go check it. Duydunuz mu! Turkiye'nin ilk FreeBSD kitabi cikti. http://www.acikkod.com/freebsd.php ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Subhro Sankha Kar School of Information Technology Block AQ-13/1 Sector V ZIP 700091 India ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FBSD 5.2.1, Apache 2, PHP
I keep looking for a how-to or other information on setting up FreeBSD 5.2.1, Apache 2, PHP, and MySQL, but not finding much. I do find things using Apache 1.3, but not 2. I want to have a setup similar to what I develop on at work, but work is using Linux. Is this a workable configuration on FreeBSD? If so can someone point me to some FAQ, how-to, notes, comments, etc. Thanks Steve Barnette ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Can we run Windows software packages in BSD
On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 21:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am using a lot of software packages in my study. I can't find the Unix editions for these software. Is there any way that I can run them in BSD? Thanks! Wine, vmware are windows emulators in the ports collection. Your software might run under them. There are also a couple of DOS emulators there. Just out of curiosity, what software packages are you referring to, exactly? Kevin Kinsey ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FBSD 5.2.1, Apache 2, PHP
On Sat, Sep 18, 2004 at 09:43:33AM -0700, steveb99 wrote:
I keep looking for a how-to or other information on setting up FreeBSD
5.2.1, Apache 2, PHP, and MySQL, but not finding much. I do find
things using Apache 1.3, but not 2. I want to have a setup similar to
what I develop on at work, but work is using Linux.
Is this a workable configuration on FreeBSD? If so can someone point
me to some FAQ, how-to, notes, comments, etc.
Works for me, except I'm running 4.10 rather than 5.2.1. Installing
all that stuff via ports is the way to go -- it's pretty easy really,
which might explain the relative paucity of anyone writing up how-tos.
Here's a handy tip. You can control what versions of apache, PHP and
MySQL are installed by setting some make(1) variables. First, make
sure that your ports tree is up to date using cvsup(1).
To set the variables for make(1) to use, there are quite a few
options, but the simplest and most effective is to add the settings to
/etc/make.conf. You'll want to add:
WITH_APACHE2= yes
WITH_MYSQL_VER= 40 # Choose from 323, 40, 41 or 50
DEFAULT_PHP_VER=4# Choose from 4 or 5
WANT_PHP_MOD= yes # Want mod_php{4,5} (*)
Other stuff you might want to set:
WANT_PHP_CLI= yes # Install command line version of PHP (*)
WANT_PHP_PEAR= yes # If you want the PEAR framework (*)
The three settings marked (*) are really only meant to be used by port
maintainers. However there as there aren't any handy user oriented
ways of choosing those settings, you've got to bend the rules a bit.
Also not that quite a lot of PHP software available from the 'net does
not yet work with PHP5.
You can combine WANT_PHP_CLI and WANT_PHP_MOD -- see
/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.php.mk for a number of other variables you can set
to achive other PHP configurations. Beware though -- some of those
settings are mutually incompatible.
Now, you should be able to install apache2 etc. by utilising the
dependencies built into the ports system:
# cd /usr/ports/databases/php4-mysql (or php5-mysql)
# make install
That will install the MySQL client-side software as one of the
dependencies, along with apache2 and mod_php4. If you want to install
the MySQL server as well, then do:
# cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql40-server
# make install
All of the php extensions are not installed as separate ports -- use
the lang/php{4,5}-extensions port to select and install exactly what
extensions you want. (Hint: almost everything wants the pcre
extension) See ports(7) for the explanation of the 'make configure',
'make showconfig' and 'make rmconfig' commands.
Now, you will need to add the correct variables to /etc/rc.conf to get
those servers started up at system boot (see the scripts installed
into /usr/local/etc/rc.d for instructions), and you'll have to edit
the configuration files for apache and MySQL along with installing web
and database content.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Re: pf not logging on 5.3-BETA3 ? [more info]
On Friday 17 September 2004 20:51, Hugo Silva wrote: Did you put in device pflog as well? What does $ifconfig pflog0 say? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/klr]# ifconfig pflog0 pflog0: flags=41UP,RUNNING mtu 33208 Okay, for some reason pflogd is *not* running! Otherwise you'd have pflog0 in PROMIC mode: pflog0: flags=141UP,RUNNING,PROMISC mtu 33208 so we have to find out why it is not. Try starting it by hand and watch your daemon log closely. I can't reproduce the problem in any system (be it BETA3 from disc, RELENG_5 or CURRENT) so I am afraid that something is wrong with your setup. Nontheless this *should* not happen ... If the problem is persistent, please file a PR reconstructing possible much information about how you got the system into the stage it is now (i.e. how did you install/update?). Thanks Hey, pflogd seems to start with the system (pf_logd set), but it exits. Same as if I do it manually: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/etc/rc.d]# pflogd [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/etc/rc.d]# ps aux | grep pflogd root 14806 0.0 0.3 348 208 p0 R+8:30PM 0:00.00 grep pflogd [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/etc/rc.d]# which pflogd /sbin/pflogd [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/etc/rc.d]# file /sbin/pflogd /sbin/pflogd: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (FreeBSD), for FreeBSD 5.3, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped - /var/log/messages shows this whenever i try to run pflogd: Sep 18 20:31:47 evilreborn kernel: pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled Sep 18 20:31:47 evilreborn kernel: pflog0: promiscuous mode disabled Another oddity, I had to add ifconfig pflog0 up to a startup script to make my pflog (read logs on pflog0 normally..) work, else it would complain: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/etc/rc.d]# pflog tcpdump: BIOCSETIF: pflog0: Network is down I don't remember having to ifconfig pflog0 up on 5.2.1-RELEASE-p9 (another server) with pf from ports. I updated from 5.2.1-RELEASE (installed by cdrom) to RELENG_5 (BETA3 at the time) by cvsup. If more info is needed, let me know. I don't think this is an obvious mistake of me (altough it could be, I haven't looked to this problem in the last days, must take some time to look more carefully at it). As a reminder, the system is: FreeBSD evilreborn 5.3-BETA3 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA3 #0: Wed Sep 15 19:18:51 WEST 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/evilreborn53-kernel i386 -- /\ Best regards, | [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News Best Regards, Hugo -- /\ Best regards, | [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News -- www.6s-gaming.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to make an executable run as another user
I understand now. Thanks very much for all your help. Rich On Saturday 18 September 2004 11:31 am, Matthew Seaman wrote: On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 04:53:31PM -0400, mailing lists at MacTutor wrote: QUOTE: In most UNIX kernels there exists what is called a 'race condition' when executing scripts. Scripts are pieces of code which are interpreted by, strangely enough, interpreters. Common examples of interpreters are perl, sed, and awk. So when you have in your perl code #!/usr/local/bin/perl it tells the operating system to start executing the perl interpreter with the current script as input. Between the time that the perl interpreter starts executing and the time that it reads in your script the 'race condition' exists. At this time, a mischievous person could 'win the race' and be able to replace your script with another. And if your script is running as setuid, that person's script would run as your user! So their script could do anything that you could do from the command line. As a result, most UNIX kernels will disable users from running scripts as setuid. The most common way around this is to create a wrapper program around your script. A wrapper, in this context, is a small program, possibly written in C, that when executed will simply run your script. The 'race condition' does not exist for real executables and so you won't be thwarted by the kernel itself. Actually, this should no longer be a problem in any up to date version of Unix. The race condition between the kernel reading the script to find what interpreter to invoke, and the interpreter then to read and interpret the script was solved by having the kernel pass an open filedescriptor on the script file to the interpreter. One way of testing if your OS supports this is the presence of 'file descriptor' devices under /dev -- eg. under FreeBSD you get: happy-idiot-talk:/usr/local/etc:% ls -la /dev/fd/* crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 0 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 1 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/1 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 2 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/2 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 3 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/3 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 4 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/4 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 5 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/5 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 6 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/6 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 7 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/7 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 8 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/8 crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 22, 9 Jul 5 17:08 /dev/fd/9 [...] However, the horror has been so beaten into the collective unconscious inherited from earlier days of Unix that shell scripts are still automatically stripped of any setuid or setgid bits by default on most Unix variants. I did see a setuid 'lp' script as a standard part of the lp system on a Solaris 8 box once -- took me a long time to convince myself it was actually safe. Cheers, Matthew ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apache13 + mod_php segfault at startup
- Original Message - From: Vonleigh Simmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 7:36 PM Subject: Apache13 + mod_php segfault at startup Any suggestions at all are welcomed. I'm willing to try anything at this point. It was all working beautifully until I did a portupgrade of apache and mod_php. I really wish I would've just left it alone. Did you read /usr/ports/UPDATING? The php port has changed. Now, you do a base install, and then you install the extensions separately. And you have to make sure to comment out the extensions_dir variable in your php.ini file. I'd bet that's what your problem is. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Automating FreeBSD Installation(s)...
I've read several articles out there that address different means to automate (or standardize, for internal purposes) FreeBSD installations. One article (which was older) spoke of scripting sysinstall via an install.cfg with some custom pkg modules to do edits. The other, exploiting the PXE capability of the newer (Intel) NICs. I'm interested in what people are doing now - what has had the better success rate, etc.I realize this is all dependent upon one's environment - mine will be more ISP-related, but will require some flexibility for different servers. I've also heard of people utilizing GNU CFEngine for this type of procedure, which I find interesting - it's a complex package, but seems to be very functional if you have time/patience to apply it. Thanks... ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Evolution ICS Calendar Import Problem
Hi, I'm using FreeBSD 4.10 and am trying to use Evolution 1.4.6 to import my ICS calendar file. Using Evolution's Import utility, I'd like to import my ics file I originally created with Mozilla Calendar or Sunbird (can't remember which - I suspect they have exactly the same file format...ics). Evolution thinks it's imported the data, goes through all the import wizard dialogues, however my calendar in Evolution remains empty. No alerts of errors of any kind. Any suggetions on what's wrong and a work around beyond me typing in stuff by hand? I'm also appreciative of any calendar application suggestions. I'm dreaming of running Sunbird or Mozilla Calendar on FreeBSD 4.10. Thanks! Robert ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
4.10, Jails, apache and FIN_WAIT_1
Hi.. Due to unreliable hardware, I transferred my (very lightly loaded) webserver from it's own machine, running FreeBSD 5.2, to a jail on alternate machine running 4.10-STABLE (Cvsup'd as of 14/9/04). The new system is a Pentium III, 1GHz, 384Mb RAM, dual 40Gb drives (on a SiL 0680 ATA133 Raid controller, as RAID 1) it's running mysqld as well, but should be able to cope. I installed latest versions of all the software, (ran portupgrade) but just copied over the apache config folder from /usr/local/etc on the other machine. It's not complained. The data area was nfs mounted from the machine I just moved apache to, so I've just nfs-mounted this at the appropriate mount point inside the jail. The problem is, I'm getting a lot of stalled connections when accessing the webserver. running netstat on the host shows e.g.: tcp4 0 0 jade.http 212.57.246.42.35590FIN_WAIT_1 tcp4 0 0 jade.http 212.57.246.42.35585ESTABLISHED tcp4 0 0 jade.http 212.57.246.42.3CLOSING This one is me - while this FIN_WAIT_1 is present, I cannot persuade my browser (Opera 7.52 on Windows 2K) to work - it sits with Sending request to www... in the status line. Pressing refresh does nothing... as soon as the FIN_WAIT_1 vanishes, then everything is OK again, for a few more minutes. I'm running apache-1.3.31_4 in the jail, which was set up simply as per the jail man page, then ssh enabled. No software firewall (this server is behind a NATing ADSL router, the configuration of which has not changed bar the http port-forwarding IP address, and I am behind a hardware firewall, ditto no changes. I do block ICMP on my firewall, but it's never caused this sort of problem before. Googling for FIN_WAIT_1 throws up some hits about a DoS vulnerability, but nothing I can see that relates to the problem I am having. This is hardly a complicated configuration, so is there something I am missing, some kernel configuration issue maybe, that I should know about? Any pointers towards where I should look next would be much appreciated, Thanks in advance, Rob O'Donnell. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
core dump with portupgrade
Hello, when I was trying to upgrade my laptop with the latest ports this is what happened. (16:50:29) [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/philipp1 1# portupgrade -arR Stale dependency: ORBit-0.5.17_1 -- gettext-0.12.1 -- manually run 'pkgdb -F' t o fix, or specify -O to force. (16:51:17) [EMAIL PROTECTED] /home/philipp1 2# pkgdb -F --- Checking the package registry database Duplicated origin: textproc/expat2 - expat-1.95.6_1 expat-1.95.7 Unregister any of them? [no] Duplicated origin: databases/ruby-bdb1 - ruby-bdb1-0.2.1 ruby18-bdb1-0.2.2 Unregister any of them? [no] yes Unregister ruby-bdb1-0.2.1 keeping the installed files intact? [no] yes - ruby18-bdb1-0.2.2 is kept. -- Saving the ruby-bdb1-0.2.1's +CONTENTS file as /var/db/pkg/ruby18-bdb1-0.2.2/+CONTENTS.ruby-bdb1-0.2.1 -- Unregistering ruby-bdb1-0.2.1 -- Done. [Updating the pkgdb format:bdb1_btree in /var/db/pkg ... - 284 packages found (-1 +0) (...) done] Stale dependency: ORBit-0.5.17_1 - gettext-0.12.1 (devel/gettext): [Failed `Inappropriate file type or format'] [Updating the portsdb format:bdb1_btree in /usr/ports ... - 11733 port entries found .1000.2000.3000.4000.5000.../usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/portsdb.rb:587: [BUG] Segmentation fault ruby 1.8.2 (2004-07-29) [i386-freebsd5] Abort trap (core dumped) Also the same thing happened when I did portsdb -Uu or portversion -l I can post those if required, and this is highly reproducible, so just ask if you need more info. Anthony Thanks for any help you can provide. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apache13 + mod_php segfault at startup
Paul Schmehl wrote: - Original Message - From: Vonleigh Simmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 7:36 PM Subject: Apache13 + mod_php segfault at startup Any suggestions at all are welcomed. I'm willing to try anything at this point. It was all working beautifully until I did a portupgrade of apache and mod_php. I really wish I would've just left it alone. Did you read /usr/ports/UPDATING? The php port has changed. Now, you do a base install, and then you install the extensions separately. And you have to make sure to comment out the extensions_dir variable in your php.ini file. I'd bet that's what your problem is. Well, you might have to pony up the cash. As of last night, I've got both this issue and the portupgrade/ruby segfault messing with my mind. Matt Seaman had posted something about incompatible openssl libs; I'm currently trying a complete buildworld/installworld cycle. However, if commenting out the extensions dir in php.ini would help, I'm game to try; but when I did it, PHP complained it couldn't load its modules No flame intended, but something weird seems to be in the water this weekend... Kevin Kinsey ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apache13 + mod_php segfault at startup
Well, you might have to pony up the cash. As of last night, I've got both this issue and the portupgrade/ruby segfault messing with my mind. I was using the portindex and portindexdb solution, but for some reason when I did the portupgrade they got deinstalled (something about upon maintainer's request). So right now I'm not sure what the solution is (besides changing the database). Vonleigh Simmons http://illusionart.com/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apache13 + mod_php segfault at startup
Did you read /usr/ports/UPDATING? The php port has changed. Now, you do a base install, and then you install the extensions separately. And you have to make sure to comment out the extensions_dir variable in your php.ini file. Yes I read it, I ran into that problem much before this one. It was all working great until that portupgrade that I did. I do have extensions_dir commented out: ;extension_dir = ./ After doing my trick of restarting apache with it off, I can still access the extras (GD image library for example). So I'm pretty sure that's not the problem. I've also tried reinstalling with all of the extras off (trying different combinations). Vonleigh Simmons http://illusionart.com/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apache13 + mod_php segfault at startup
Odd. I didn't specify this, probably taking it too much for granted, but did you do a make clean before installing again? Yep, I always use make install clean to make sure I do. Just tried it again to make sure (clean, then make then install) but still no go. Vonleigh Simmons http://illusionart.com/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: -DNOPROFILE ?
Geert Hendrickx wrote: What exactly does this make.conf-flag do: NOPROFILE= true# Avoid compiling profiled libraries What are profiled libraries? GH ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Better late than never? If you have not found out by now, it means do not compile in performance monitoring tools. When it is on you will have extra code. When the program is run you can run a kind of benchmark with it to analyze when what is going on and how long parts of the code take to run. It is a big help if you want to maximize a programs speed, but is a waste of space for regular users. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please explain.
2 Major Issues: - FreeBSD has a processor affinity design issue - The core kernel issues with FreeBSD is the horrible threading support.There is so much crap in FreeBSD kernel. The multithreading issue in freebsd has been delayed for nearly 6 years. They have just made work arounds, not fixing the actual problem. It seems that the only real BSD that has made big progress on the core issues is DragonflyBSD. It appears that FreeBSD have a clear Multi-threading lock-in issue that needs to be fixed. Not work arounds. According to many freebsd developers nobody simply wants to fix this, is it true that the current smp work are just 'work-arounds' not real fixing? The only thing holding FreeBSD back is the Multithreading issue. Please clarify this. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: FreeBSD firewall for lazy people
[--] I'm finding that configuring firewall/NAT rules on the gateway to my PPP connection is too much of a headache. Are there any FreeBSD based firewall distributions, something like http://thewall.sourceforge.net/, but with some sort of wrapper (web interface, curses interface, or whatever) for configuring pppoe, ipfw, NAT etc.? [--] http://m0n0.ch/wall/ Cheers. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.754 / Virus Database: 504 - Release Date: 06/09/2004 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X.org performance?
Benjamin Walkenhorst [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Or is it just my perception tricking me, while Xorg is not that different from XFree, technically? Is your configuration identical? Using certain modules can cost some cycles, for instance, so if you also started using any of those with your switch, that could explain your impression. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X.org performance?
On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 01:43:22 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Björn Lindström) wrote: Benjamin Walkenhorst [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Or is it just my perception tricking me, while Xorg is not that different from XFree, technically? Is your configuration identical? Using certain modules can cost some cycles, for instance, so if you also started using any of those with your switch, that could explain your impression. Mmmh, I did not touch the configuration file at all. Haven't looked at it in a while, actually. I'll look there and try to disable unused/unneccessary modules. Thanks, Benjamin -- If cars had improved at [the computer industry's] rate, a Rolls Royce would now cost 10 dollars and get a billion miles per gallon. (Unfortunately, it would probably also have 200-page manual telling how to open the door.) -- Andrew Tanenbaum, Introduction To Distributed Systems ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please explain.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600. X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ns0.secureanonymous.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tjhawkins.com Subject: Please explain. 2 Major Issues: - FreeBSD has a processor affinity design issue - The core kernel issues with FreeBSD is the horrible threading support.There is so much crap in FreeBSD kernel. The multithreading issue in freebsd has been delayed for nearly 6 years. They have just made work arounds, not fixing the actual problem. It seems that the only real BSD that has made big progress on the core issues is DragonflyBSD. It appears that FreeBSD have a clear Multi-threading lock-in issue that needs to be fixed. Not work arounds. According to many freebsd developers nobody simply wants to fix this, is it true that the current smp work are just 'work-arounds' not real fixing? The only thing holding FreeBSD back is the Multithreading issue. Please clarify this. Hello, Please clarify your post. You make many claims without any offering any examples. You claim, FreeBSD has a processor affinity design issue. What exactly is the issue? Give an example, please. You claim, There is so much crap in FreeBSD kernel. The multithreading issue in freebsd has been delayed for nearly 6 years. They have just made work arounds, not fixing the actual problem. To what crap in the FreeBSD kernel are you referring? Please post an example of the horrible threading support and how it should be done. How did you arrive at the time span of 6 years? Who is this They that has just made 'work-arounds' not real fixing? Who are these many freebsd developers to whom you refer? Finally, you claim, The only thing holding FreeBSD back is the Multithreading issue. Holding it back from what? Please explain the basis for your assertions so that the community may better answer them. Regards, Stheg BTW: Considering you're running a Windows-based OS, not a BSD-based one, why do you even care? ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Question
Hi, I Bought from you FreeBSD 4.10 v, my main concern after I installed it in my laptop I have trouble defining my network wireless card Linksys wireless -B and the network, How can I do that?. Also Do I need the device wi0?, and how can I find it? Sincerely, Ramez. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
winxp freebsd dual boot with freebsd on second HD
In the handbook it says that, in cases where you have freebsd on the second disk and windows on the first, that you have to install the freebsd boot manager on both disks. I discovered this after I had installed freebsd. I am currently trying to install the freebsd boot manager on my first disk by following the instructions here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot-blocks.html The instructions say: Other operating systems, in particular Windows® 95, have been known to overwrite an existing MBR with their own. If this happens to you, or you want to replace your existing MBR with the FreeBSD MBR then use the following command: # fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 device Where device is the device that you boot from . . . When I run this command, it asks me if I want to write a new boot block and then it asks me if I want to write a new partition table (We finally arrive at my question) Won't writing a partition table on my windows disk destroy the data on that disk? I tried saying no to writing a partition table but I still cannot boot both OS's from the first disk. Thanks for your time and knowledge folks. abe ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please explain.
Am Sonntag, 19. September 2004 01:08 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2 Major Issues: - FreeBSD has a processor affinity design issue - The core kernel issues with FreeBSD is the horrible threading support.There is so much crap in FreeBSD kernel. The multithreading issue in freebsd has been delayed for nearly 6 years. They have just made work arounds, not fixing the actual problem. It seems that the only real BSD that has made big progress on the core issues is DragonflyBSD. It appears that FreeBSD have a clear Multi-threading lock-in issue that needs to be fixed. Not work arounds. According to many freebsd developers nobody simply wants to fix this, is it true that the current smp work are just 'work-arounds' not real fixing? The only thing holding FreeBSD back is the Multithreading issue. Please clarify this. Why should one answer to this email? Use what ever you think qualifies your needs! ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Please explain.
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emanuel Strobl Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 5:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Please explain. Am Sonntag, 19. September 2004 01:08 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2 Major Issues: Why should one answer to this email? Use what ever you think qualifies your needs! Just a troll, look at all the cross-posting. Steve Barnette ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kernel ident
the kernel configuration file contains the option 'ident.' is the value of ident hardcoded into the kernel? just curious. thanks. -- ~rick ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Recompiling `world` throws Segmentation fault
Hi: I updated my source code to 4.10 and went to recompile world using `make buildworld` and it prints this out: gzip -cn /usr/src/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccard.conf.5 pccard.conf.5.gz gzip -cn /usr/src/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccardd.8 pccardd.8.gz Segmentation fault (core dumped) *** Error code 139 Stop in /usr/src/usr.sbin/pccard. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/usr.sbin. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. 35218# Could someone tell me how to fix this? -- robg [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Recompiling `world` throws Segmentation fault
robg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: I updated my source code to 4.10 and went to recompile world using `make buildworld` and it prints this out: gzip -cn /usr/src/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccard.conf.5 pccard.conf.5.gz gzip -cn /usr/src/usr.sbin/pccard/pccardd/pccardd.8 pccardd.8.gz Segmentation fault (core dumped) *** Error code 139 Stop in /usr/src/usr.sbin/pccard. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/usr.sbin. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. 35218# Could someone tell me how to fix this? There is a FAQ entry on this, but the short answer is: If you try to make world multiple times, and it segfaults at a different part of the process each time, it's probably faulty hardware. See the FreeBSD FAQ for more information. Also, download and run something along the lines of memtest86 to see if your RAM is reliable. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please explain.
Plesae, excuse the messiness of the reply to a poster using MS's broken formatting. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: processor affinity design issue.. i.e.. processes stay on the cpu they are spawned on..which is a big problem for mysql which explains why it performs better on other systems. Furthermore, the SMP issue is a common problem among many FreeBSD developers whom have told me the same, there is alot of this information all over the internet. FreeBSD is unable to perform good on multiple CPUs, the fixes are just work arounds. Unless if the freebsd community has just started to fix the multithreading issue, it's a huge problem. Darwin does not have this problem whatsoever. Why do I care? This is a silly question. I have 2 windows PCs here, I have 9 other workstations that all run unix. I am a server manager and I do consulting work for freebsd/linux. Windows came free so why not? I don't do business on it. I've been a really huge FreeBSD supporter.. but I am really concerned about this issue which has been an issue for so long. thanks, tim h. - Original Message - From: stheg olloydson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 7:05 PM Subject: Re: Please explain. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600. X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ns0.secureanonymous.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tjhawkins.com Subject: Please explain. 2 Major Issues: - FreeBSD has a processor affinity design issue - The core kernel issues with FreeBSD is the horrible threading support.There is so much crap in FreeBSD kernel. The multithreading issue in freebsd has been delayed for nearly 6 years. They have just made work arounds, not fixing the actual problem. It seems that the only real BSD that has made big progress on the core issues is DragonflyBSD. It appears that FreeBSD have a clear Multi-threading lock-in issue that needs to be fixed. Not work arounds. According to many freebsd developers nobody simply wants to fix this, is it true that the current smp work are just 'work-arounds' not real fixing? The only thing holding FreeBSD back is the Multithreading issue. Please clarify this. Hello, Please clarify your post. You make many claims without any offering any examples. You claim, FreeBSD has a processor affinity design issue. What exactly is the issue? Give an example, please. You claim, There is so much crap in FreeBSD kernel. The multithreading issue in freebsd has been delayed for nearly 6 years. They have just made work arounds, not fixing the actual problem. To what crap in the FreeBSD kernel are you referring? Please post an example of the horrible threading support and how it should be done. How did you arrive at the time span of 6 years? Who is this They that has just made 'work-arounds' not real fixing? Who are these many freebsd developers to whom you refer? Finally, you claim, The only thing holding FreeBSD back is the Multithreading issue. Holding it back from what? Please explain the basis for your assertions so that the community may better answer them. Regards, Stheg BTW: Considering you're running a Windows-based OS, not a BSD-based one, why do you even care? Hello, Because you failed to offer any proof of your assertions other than repeating them, albeit with the addition of the vague statement that there is alot [sic] of this information all over the internet [sic] (which, if were true, begs the questions why are you asking here then), I cannot put any stock in your claims. My apologies to the community for rising to the troll. Yours truly, Stheg __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please explain.
Ask the FreeBSD developers, any of them with honesty should tell you or proof me false. I dare you to proof this false, I would be so happy if you did. Just because I'm using MS Mailer does not reflect whom I am. I have only 1 MS workstation with 9 others unix. I expected a mature response from most of you, calling names is NOT the way to resolve problems. I just want an answer to see if this is true. **Is it true**? This is what I've noticed myself and many high-scale developers. Thank you - Original Message - From: steveb99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 8:09 PM Subject: RE: Please explain. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Emanuel Strobl Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 5:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Please explain. Am Sonntag, 19. September 2004 01:08 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 2 Major Issues: Why should one answer to this email? Use what ever you think qualifies your needs! Just a troll, look at all the cross-posting. Steve Barnette ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please explain.
On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 02:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ask the FreeBSD developers, any of them with honesty should tell you or proof me false. I dare you to proof this false, I would be so happy if you did. Just because I'm using MS Mailer does not reflect whom I am. I have only 1 MS workstation with 9 others unix. I expected a mature response from most of you, calling names is NOT the way to resolve problems. I just want an answer to see if this is true. **Is it true**? This is what I've noticed myself and many high-scale developers. Thank you 1) The burden of proof is on the person making the allegations. 2) Calling a troll on being a troll is mature. 3) If you believe it to be true, then don't use FreeBSD. Nobody is tying your hands here. You believe DragonFlyBSD to be superior? Then use it. Maybe I just don't see the big deal here, but the developers owe you nothing. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please explain.
Your taking it the wrong way, I was simply asking a question to the developers to confirm this. I have standardized on FreeBSD. I apologized if I made it seem like I was trolling, not my intention. If a business were to standardize on FreeBSD, they would love to know if the multithreading issues would be fixed completely correctly not just 'work-arounds'. sorry and thanks - Original Message - From: Chris Laverdure [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 5:22 PM Subject: Re: Please explain. On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 02:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ask the FreeBSD developers, any of them with honesty should tell you or proof me false. I dare you to proof this false, I would be so happy if you did. Just because I'm using MS Mailer does not reflect whom I am. I have only 1 MS workstation with 9 others unix. I expected a mature response from most of you, calling names is NOT the way to resolve problems. I just want an answer to see if this is true. **Is it true**? This is what I've noticed myself and many high-scale developers. Thank you 1) The burden of proof is on the person making the allegations. 2) Calling a troll on being a troll is mature. 3) If you believe it to be true, then don't use FreeBSD. Nobody is tying your hands here. You believe DragonFlyBSD to be superior? Then use it. Maybe I just don't see the big deal here, but the developers owe you nothing. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DVD question...
Hey list! I'm a BSD guy for servers such. My own server (wingfoot) runs 4.10-STABLE, and my last job was 95% FreeBSD in the data center. I'm getting sick of Windows on my desktop at home. (No kidding, right?!) I'd really really really love to move my desktop to FBSD. One thing is really holding me back. In Windows, I have Roxio Easy Media Creator 7, which allows me to manipulate AVI/MPEG streams, and format a DVD video disc and burn it, using my nifty TDK DVD 8x +/-RW drive. I'm pretty sure I can find AVI/MPEG editing packages for BSD easy enough. But I'm having a dickens of a time finding something that will let me author DVDs. Any pointing in directions or help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, everyone, in advance! Best, Glenn -- They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD firewall for lazy people
--- Björn Lindström [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm finding that configuring firewall/NAT rules on the gateway to my PPP connection is too much of a headache. Are there any FreeBSD based firewall distributions, something like http://thewall.sourceforge.net/, but with some sort of wrapper (web interface, curses interface, or whatever) for configuring pppoe, ipfw, NAT etc.? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://m0n0.ch/wall/ www.closedbsd.org __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Which Laser Printer for FreeBSD
Go buy a HP Laserjet 4M+ that's used. For starters the things are indestructible you might have to do a feed roller replacement at 50,000 prints, but other than that you just keep putting toner and paper in it. They are dirt cheap used and the remanufactured toner cartridges for them are also dirt cheap. The PostScript is real PostScript. They take an internal print server card that is also dirt cheap on the used market. The problem with the cheapie Laserprinters like the 6L is they will fall apart after a few thousand prints, their toner cartridges are tiny which necessitates frequent replacement. Keep in mind the printer companies have 2 markets they serve. The first is the commercial market who cares about things like per-page costs. The second is the retail market comprised mostly of morons who only buy what's on sale and couldn't calculate a per-page cost. Customers in the first market are quite willing to pay a higher initial cost for the printer if the supplies are lower priced or more economical because it drops the per-page cost. Thus, a printer that costs $199 that has a toner cartridge that only prints 500 copies, and costs $100 to replace, will be ignored in favor of a printer that costs $1000 that has a toner cartridge that prints 3000 copies and costs $100 to replace. Customers in the second market will ignore a $999 printer and buy the $199 printer. This describes most retail customers to a T. Now, it probably costs the printer manufacturer about $150.00 to manufacture either the $1000 printer or the $199 printer. So, to maintain profitability on the $199 printers, they give away the printer and make the money on the toner cartridges. The 4+ was in the business classification when it was new. Thus you get the benefit of a $1000 printer that was designed for low page counts, for a low cost initial price. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Martin Moeller Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 6:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Which Laser Printer for FreeBSD Hi all, I'm planning to buy a new printer, because the results with my Canon S500 are total crap. I guess a laser printer is the best choice for Unix, and I'm wondering which one I should buy. I thought about the HP Laserjet 6L or something in this category. Any advice? Thanks! Martin ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which Laser Printer for FreeBSD
In the immortal words of Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED]... Go buy a HP Laserjet 4M+ that's used. For starters the things are indestructible you might have to do a feed roller replacement at 50,000 prints, but other than that you just keep putting toner and paper in it. They are dirt cheap used and the remanufactured toner cartridges for them are also dirt cheap. The PostScript is real PostScript. They take an internal print server card that is also dirt cheap on the used market. I agree. I have one of these given to me, and I have to admit, it's basically wonderful. Everything works with it, it spits out pages perfectly every time. It's a bit slow to warm up, but that's bearable considering all it's benefits. I'm up to around 4000 pages since I bought a toner for it, and I will probably just get a refill cartridge for less than AU$50. You can usually pick these units up at auction for around the $20 mark, or sometimes less. Mine came with a second paper tray and a jet-direct card, and I'm sure there are other nice extras that people are willing to include just to take it off their hands. Cheers Tim -- Tim Aslat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Spyderweb Consulting http://www.spyderweb.com.au Phone: +61 0401088479 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KDE / kdegraphics3 Build Failure
When I did a make install clean on the /usr/ports/x11/kde3 port it built for a quite a while then died with this error: /usr/local/include/kjs/lookup.h:96: warning: non-static const member `const char* const KJS::HashTable::sbase' in class without a constructor gmake[3]: *** [SVGColorProfileElement.lo] Error 1 gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/graphics/kdegraphics3/work/kdegraphics-3.3.0/ksvg/dom' gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/graphics/kdegraphics3/work/kdegraphics-3.3.0/ksvg' gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/graphics/kdegraphics3/work/kdegraphics-3.3.0' gmake: *** [all] Error 2 *** Error code 2 Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/kdegraphics3. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/x11/kde3. I was told that I should replace the file /usr/include/sys/endian.h with a new one that was emailed to me by a maintainer. It seems to have worked ok but my question is this: I did a complete cvsup update just prior to building kde3 and built he kernel and world on: Aug 27 22:24:12 MDT 2004 - would not have rebuilding my kernel / cvsup fetched this new endian.h file? If not why? I hope I posted this OK - I am new to the mailing list thing. Thanks, Michael ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Question
It was said: Hi, I Bought from you FreeBSD 4.10 v, my main concern after I installed it in my laptop I have trouble defining my network wireless card Linksys wireless -B and the network, How can I do that?. Also Do I need the device wi0?, and how can I find it? Sincerely, Ramez. Hello, Welcome to FreeBSD! I don't have a solution for you, but I can tell you where to find it. Check the Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-wireless.html (URL may have wrapped). Also, you can check the list archives through http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists (URL may have wrapped). Also, check google. FreeBSD and Linksys are pretty common, so your question may be answered on a website. If you still can't find the information you need, repost to the list on Monday. The list is fairly quiet on the weekends, so you will have a much better chance of getting a more informative answer than mine. As you are new to FreeBSD, you ought to read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/article.html (URL may have wrapped). It explains how to most easily get the greatest amount of help from the list. HTH, Stheg __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Apache+mod_ssl + mod_php segfault (culprit found!)
Matthew Seaman wrote: This sounds to me very much like you've got the mod_php loadable object linked against an incompatible version of a shlib which apach+mod_ssl is also linked to. At a guess: i) I'd finger the OpenSSL libs as a prime suspect: particularly if you've also installed OpenSSL from ports. It's not necessary to install OpenSSL from ports as the version in the base system is perfectly OK. snip other good stuff It certainly seems that you are right as usual, Matthew. Removing openssl.so from /usr/local/lib/php/20020429 and restarting Apache works (no core dump!) ... albeit PHP doesn't have OpenSSL support in it now, I guess ... After checking with ldd(1) as you suggested ... how should we fix this if we want PHP to have support for OpenSSL? It's not that critical in my case ... but PHP is ;-) RTFM pointers accepted :-) Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
panic: rtqkill route really not free
I'm running FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE-p2 and today was the second time in 3 days that my box has rebooted with (panic: rtqkill route really not free). I've looked on the web but can't find anything relevant. Has anyone else run across this? If so, could you point me to some help in trying to figure out how to correct it? Regards, Mark -- Admin for the FoxChat.Net IRC Network. The FoxSurfer Group signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: DVD question...
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 22:44:14 -0400 Glenn Sieb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey list! I'm a BSD guy for servers such. My own server (wingfoot) runs 4.10-STABLE, and my last job was 95% FreeBSD in the data center. I'm getting sick of Windows on my desktop at home. (No kidding, right?!) I'd really really really love to move my desktop to FBSD. One thing is really holding me back. In Windows, I have Roxio Easy Media Creator 7, which allows me to manipulate AVI/MPEG streams, and format a DVD video disc and burn it, using my nifty TDK DVD 8x +/-RW drive. I'm pretty sure I can find AVI/MPEG editing packages for BSD easy enough. avidemux, mplayer, ffmpeg should take care of nearly all of your needs But I'm having a dickens of a time finding something that will let me author DVDs. Any pointing in directions or help would be greatly appreciated! Try searching the ports tree :P man ports http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=dvdstype=all I've personally have had better luck with mutlimedia and the like under freebsd, than I ever have under windows. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
