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Is there an easy way to install Java support on FreeBSD 5.4 without having
to install Mozilla and all the other stuff JDK 1.5 installs?
Trying to install JBoss/Tomcat streamlined for server environment but want
to instlal Mozilla Firefox and all the Xorg pieces it seems to want to
install. Seems
Hello,
I have a little script that I run twice a week that updates my ports
automatically.
I have quite often errors with the make index line because I have a
refuse file to fasten the process of updating my server.
My question is : can I safely replace the make index by the a make
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On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 10:11:08AM +0100, bsd wrote:
Hello,
I have a little script that I run twice a week that updates my ports
automatically.
I have quite often errors with the make index line because I have a
refuse file to fasten the process of updating my server.
My question
On 11/26/05, Glenn Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 05:24 PM 11/26/2005, matt . wrote
I don't think it's a bug in the port. I've installed it many times
recently and not had any problems.
What version of Perl are you using? Version of FreeBSD?
It looks as if the FindBin perl module is
Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Jayson Alvarez writes:
I include these 2 lines in my loader.conf:
ipvs_load=YES
ip_vs_rr_load=YES
However, the kernel(6.0) panic after rebooting..
Manually loading those modules is no problem..
I am trying to load the ipvs(FreeBSD
Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Jayson Alvarez writes:
How do you create a network device at boot time? I need to set up my carp
devices at boot time. in Openbsd, it can be set in /etc/hostname.if like
this.
/etc/hostname.carp1
inet 172.16.0.100 255.255.255.0
Newbie for freeBSD. One question freeBSD vs openBSD...what's the
difference...security...supportdevelopment stage...other pros cons
for each.
People say that OpenBSD is the most secure.
I say i would be as secure as it's system administrator.
If we talk about performance, i agree with
Hans Nieser wrote:
Nicolas Blais wrote:
On November 26, 2005 09:15 am, Hans Nieser wrote:
A long, long time ago Vladimir Dvorak wrote:
Hello,
I have a problem with network card. From time to time kernel says
sk0: watchdog timeout
I just ran into the same issue. I have an
Have network PS printer (Xerox), lan users have access to through FreeBSD lpd.
I need get page quantity for every user. In mans I find refer to PAC, but dont
understand how I must change PRINTCAP file for get statistic. Or it is wrong
way? Help please.
sorry for cross-posting, or exactly reposting after getting no answer,
it's not exactly FreeBSD-related but if anyone know, please give me a
clue.
i'm not GNOME expert, to be exact - i don't use it privately at all, but
i have to configure it for others.
the problem:
first - system(s)
Vladimir Dvorak wrote:
I found some other solution here:
http://sources.zabbadoz.net/freebsd/if_sk.html
There is recommended to use correct on-chip RAM size:
6. use correct on-chip RAM size; committed to HEAD
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src/2004-November/035293.html
Can some
On 25 Nov 2005 10:05:52 -0500, Lowell Gilbert
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David Miao [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi list,
I have already installed 'python-2.4.1_3.tbz' package from FreeBSD6.0
i386 disc 2, may I use below command to install the up-to-date python
2.4.2 without uninstall old
RW wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 16:48, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
Hello.
I've got a problem.
I'm using KDE 3.4.3 on a 5.4p8 system: simply it does not check for
password!!!
At login (using kdm) I just enter my username and can leave the password
field blank or type whatever I want. The
Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum wrote:
where can i find simple instructions for upgrading to a new major version?
In addition to the advice given earlier, you might
read Bruce Mah's Migration Guide. The 5.3 version
is here:
http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/relnotes/5.3-RELEASE/early-adopter.html
I have a question about building sendmail from src on freebsd6.0..
What database options are available (by default) for me to use?
Is there any Berkeley on the full install and if so, does anyone have
a site.config.m4 they can share?
I would prefer to use whatever is inherent to FBSD rather
AT Matik wrote:
may be you like what I do
i have DHCP for my nic in rc.conf
when my eth is up (sis0 in my case) nothing happens as getting the config
from the dhcp server
else I call a script to configure my wireless connection (/etc/start-wif)
so you may check running this in crontab as
On 2005-11-27 11:55, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Newbie for freeBSD. One question freeBSD vs openBSD...what's the
difference...security...supportdevelopment stage...other pros
cons for each.
People say that OpenBSD is the most secure.
I say i would be as secure as it's
At 08:14 AM 11/27/2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
On 2005-11-27 11:55, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Newbie for freeBSD. One question freeBSD vs openBSD...what's the
difference...security...supportdevelopment stage...other pros
cons for each.
People say that OpenBSD is the
i am using a Virtual PC as the Virtual machine.
and today ,i reinstall a new slice of freebsd 53
and redo the same operation as show in the section :dump the kernel in
freebsd developer handbook :
dumpdev
dumpdir
dumpon swappartition
On panic :
Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode
fault
how did you change the setting?
My 932c used to print 3 or 4 lines per pass and now it does one line per pass
I had the exact same problem, except with a Deskjet 932C. Someone on the
list said man lptcontrol and set your printer to poll.
I used this command:
% lptcontrol -p -d
it seems the OpenBSD group doesn't actually like questions. You can get
flamed for the best worded question. Under FreeBSD, the community is more
open to ideas and people trying things.
In addition...some parts of the core of OpenBSD cannot easily be upgraded w/o
issues. (Like openSSL for
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 10:18:49AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
how did you change the setting?
My 932c used to print 3 or 4 lines per pass and now it does one line
per pass
I had the exact same problem, except with a Deskjet 932C. Someone on the
list said man lptcontrol and set
i'm in database libraries well, but default sendmail from FreeBSD 6.0
install - which i use - looks that way
[EMAIL PROTECTED] file aliases.db
aliases.db: Berkeley DB 1.85 (Hash, version 2, native byte-order)
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On 25 Nov 2005, at 15:22, eoghan wrote:
Hello
Im attempting to install the openoffice package and need to use a
template cos it fills /var and then fails. I have used:
pkg_add -r -t /max/tmp/instmp.XX openoffice
but it still writes to /var?
Anyone ideas what im doing wrong?
Thanks
Eoghan
hello,
I installed the autorespond from ports on a 5.4.
If i call the binary, it correctly display the usage.
But if i call it the good way like qmail does it, i have got a
Segmentation fault (core dumped).
does anyone successfully make it works on a 5.4 system ?
cheers,
Mathieu CHATEAU
Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 114, Issue 23
Message: 6
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 05:25:26 -0500
From: matt . [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 11/26/05, Glenn Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 05:24 PM 11/26/2005, matt . wrote
I don't think it's a bug in the port. I've installed it many
Hi.
I've done everything specified in the manual.
It seems to work. /crypt is mounted as nfs..
Created a sample dir with cmkdir and cattach-ed it
This is really stupid but I can't for the life of me
figure out how to encrypt my data and get it into my sample dir.
The man page for cmkdir states
On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 10:11:33PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
where is right place to do it, other than loader.conf, to load it after
kernel is started.
i would like to defer usb bus discovery so SCSI bus numbering is
independent of USB storage devs connected.
i put it for now in
Hello list,
I can rip without problems a CD-DA to a wav-file (cdda2wav). I played
this file in a wav-player without problems. When I burn these wav-files
with cdrecord to a CD-R and then play this CD-R on a CD-Player I hear
the songs but with a disturbing rushing! No klicks! I hear the song
hello,
I installed the autorespond from ports on a 5.4.
If i call the binary, it correctly display the usage.
But if i call it the good way like qmail does it, i have got a
Segmentation fault (core dumped).
does anyone successfully make it works on a 5.4 system ?
cheers,
Mathieu CHATEAU
In the last episode (Nov 27), Vampire D said:
Is there an easy way to install Java support on FreeBSD 5.4 without having
to install Mozilla and all the other stuff JDK 1.5 installs?
Trying to install JBoss/Tomcat streamlined for server environment but want
to instlal Mozilla Firefox and all
I was programming an application to work with system process that can be found
in /proc path and now I must to migrate my application to a linux OS but the
structure of status file is different. I made two procedures to take
information about status files, one for FreeBSD and another for
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 07:16:21PM +0100, Javier Matos wrote:
I was programming an application to work with system process that can
be found in /proc path and now I must to migrate my application to a
linux OS but the structure of status file is different. I made two
procedures to take
On 11/27/05 07:22 PM, Roland Smith sat at the `puter and typed:
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 07:16:21PM +0100, Javier Matos wrote:
I was programming an application to work with system process that can
be found in /proc path and now I must to migrate my application to a
linux OS but the
-DWITHOUT_WEB
do a 'more Makefile' to confirm that I haven't mis-spelt it though, or to
see other options ...
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005, Vampire D wrote:
Is there an easy way to install Java support on FreeBSD 5.4 without having
to install Mozilla and all the other stuff JDK 1.5 installs?
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 03:43:24AM -0500, Vampire D wrote:
Is there an easy way to install Java support on FreeBSD 5.4 without having
to install Mozilla and all the other stuff JDK 1.5 installs?
Trying to install JBoss/Tomcat streamlined for server environment but want
to instlal Mozilla
bsd wrote:
I have a little script that I run twice a week that updates my ports
automatically.
I have quite often errors with the make index line because I have a
refuse file to fasten the process of updating my server.
My question is : can I safely replace the make index by the a make
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 22:20, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 19:25, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 18:48, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 17:13, Mark Kane
On Sunday 27 November 2005 12:29, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 22:20, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 19:25, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 18:48, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Sunday 27 November 2005 12:29, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 22:20, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 19:25, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 18:48, Mark Kane
Hi.
I've done everything specified in the manual.
It seems to work. /crypt is mounted as nfs..
Created a sample dir with cmkdir and cattach-ed it
This is really stupid but I can't for the life of me
figure out how to encrypt my data and get it into my sample dir.
The man page for cmkdir
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 04:43:19PM +0100, Mikael Backman wrote:
Hi.
I've done everything specified in the manual.
It seems to work. /crypt is mounted as nfs..
Created a sample dir with cmkdir and cattach-ed it
This is really stupid but I can't for the life of me
figure out how to encrypt
On Sunday 27 November 2005 12:42, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Sunday 27 November 2005 12:29, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 22:20, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 19:25, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Sunday 27 November 2005 12:42, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Sunday 27 November 2005 12:29, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 22:20, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 19:25,
Hi,
Has anyone Maple 10 running under FreeBSD?
I get some 'could not connect to kernel' error msgs.
Any ideas?
cheers, Mike
.
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On Sunday 27 November 2005 12:54, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Sunday 27 November 2005 12:42, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Sunday 27 November 2005 12:29, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 22:20, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael
eoghan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 25 Nov 2005, at 15:22, eoghan wrote:
Hello
Im attempting to install the openoffice package and need to use a
template cos it fills /var and then fails. I have used:
pkg_add -r -t /max/tmp/instmp.XX openoffice
but it still writes to /var?
Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Jayson Alvarez writes:
How do you create a network device at boot time? I need to set up my carp
devices at boot time. in Openbsd, it can be set in /etc/hostname.if like
this.
/etc/hostname.carp1
inet 172.16.0.100
Hi.
I'm using a standard install of FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE.
I have a minimal jail, configured in the usual manner (a minimal install
into a directory). I installed Apache 1.3 from ports into the jail and
all seemed to be well until I tried:
# apachectl restart
The error log said:
[Sun Nov 27
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Sunday 27 November 2005 12:54, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Sunday 27 November 2005 12:42, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Sunday 27 November 2005 12:29, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Saturday 26 November 2005 22:20,
On Sunday 27 November 2005 13:14, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Sunday 27 November 2005 12:54, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Sunday 27 November 2005 12:42, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C. Shultz wrote:
On Sunday 27 November 2005 12:29, Mark Kane wrote:
Michael C.
it seems the OpenBSD group doesn't actually like questions. You can
get flamed for the best worded question. Under FreeBSD, the
community is more open to ideas and people trying things.
But we have to admit they do know how to properly flame someone.
I mean, we never heard the rosted ash
/etc/lkm.conf in NetBSD?
How about /etc/rc.local or create a script file to go in
/usr/local/etc/rc.d to do what you want?
rc.local starts after usbd, and module driver that is attached after
inserting the device does not attach!
is it bug?
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At 04:13 PM 11/27/2005, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
/etc/lkm.conf in NetBSD?
How about /etc/rc.local or create a script file to go in
/usr/local/etc/rc.d to do what you want?
rc.local starts after usbd, and module driver that is attached after
inserting the device does not attach!
is it bug?
rc.local starts after usbd, and module driver that is attached after
inserting the device does not attach!
is it bug?
don't we load modules in /boot/loader.conf ?
yes i do, but kldload is too here.
if i - say - attach USB pendrive with no umass.ko loaded, nothing is of
course attached
On 2005-11-27 16:25, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
for all that think about security please don't use popular
books, learn by yourself, and don't configure and use things
like everyone else do!
somewhat-far-fetched-comment/
Then you can never build upon the experience of others.
I'm sure this is a really lamo question but...
I'm trying to get the postgis port up (which it has installed with
postgresql81 just fine so far) and when I went to add the spatial caps to a
simple database using the script lwpostgis.sql, I got the following:
test=# \i lwpostgis.sql
BEGIN
On 27 Nov 2005, at 21:06, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
eoghan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 25 Nov 2005, at 15:22, eoghan wrote:
Hello
Im attempting to install the openoffice package and need to use a
template cos it fills /var and then fails. I have used:
pkg_add -r -t /max/tmp/instmp.XX
Thanks Ian,
I agree it smells very strongly like permissions, but everywhere I look the
permissions are ok.
/usr/local/bin/rateup is world executable.
Note that if I make a symlink to where MRTG (when run as mrtg:mrtg) expects
to find 'rateup' (which is in / ) everything will work but I'll get
Hi,
I am trying to install cyrus-sasl-2 with LDAP support. Unsuccessfully so
far.
The unix box is 5.4-RELEASE FreeBSD.
Under FreeBSD port I installed cyrus-sasl2-saslauthd package.
Strating the deamon, I get:
mail # saslauthd -a ldap -c -t 30
saslauthd[86426] :set_auth_mech : unknown
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
On 2005-11-27 16:25, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
for all that think about security please don't use popular
books, learn by yourself, and don't configure and use things
like everyone else do!
somewhat-far-fetched-comment/
Then you
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kylin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
: i can use pciconf in freebsd to list the pci device ,but how to list
: the device tree in freeebsd?
devinfo -v
: i got some anornymous definition on devclass driver and device that
: differ from the current man page
: i
Hello all,
During the upgrade to 6.0, I may have created the user _dhcp
incorrectly. I was made aware of the problem when I noticed the
message during boot:
Setting hostname: ast.home.iq.
rl0: link state changed to DOWN
rl0: no link rl0: link state changed to UP
got link
no such user:
On 11/24/05, James Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was looking at /var/log/auth.log and saw an entry of the form:
Nov 24 18:41:37 ns sshd[58083]: error: PAM: authentication error for username
from example.com
I wish to have an IP number logged where sshd has instead logged
'example.com'
On Sunday, November 27, 2005 10:25:55 AM, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Newbie Q: freeBSD vs openBSD
Wrote these words of wisdom:
for all that think about security please don't use popular books, learn by
yourself, and don't configure and use things like everyone else do!
On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 10:12:50AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
James Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was looking at /var/log/auth.log and saw an entry of the form:
Nov 24 18:41:37 ns sshd[58083]: error: PAM: authentication error for
username from example.com
I wish to have an
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 07:55:13PM -0500, Vampire D wrote:
Is Linux a better solution for JDK production boxes running Tomcat/Jboss
solutions?
Wouldn't have a clue. All our production boxes use FreeBSD and the
native JDKs.
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How viable is it to install FreeBSD along side WinXP? (Dual Boot) Also, can
the BSD MBR be removed once it's installed? I've tried FIXMBR with the WinXP
CD and it didn't work sigh Any suggestions?
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I'm trying to set up an OpenVPN tunnel, from a remote (Win XP)
machine to my local network. I've got that working, except for one
problem. When I start the OpenVPN server, my FreeBSD
router/firewall/ipnat/OpenVPN machine stops routing packets to the
outside world. The machine is running
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
Hello,
I am trying to execute the following script via :so
- ---
:%s/^/par2 r \/g
:%s/$/\/g
:1
:i
#!/bin/sh
.
- ---
all works fine until the end
I have a WatchGuard Firebox II that I've been working on turning into
a decent router. I see many people have installed monowall
(http://m0n0.ch/wall/) on these boxes with good success. I would be
done myself unless I was setting up a wireless bridge.
These boxes are basicly custom pentium 200's
Greetings -
I have an installation of 5.3 that I am enjoying, but the root mailbox is
filling up with strange messages regarding a save-entropy thing:
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Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:11:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Cron Daemon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When the machine boots the BIOS sees two processors running at 1.0GHz
and 1G of ram. When I start freeBSD and run KDE through the root acct and go
to view the processors it says I only have 1. This is another strange thing. I
was running SuSE beforeand it was aware of the two processors,
On Sunday 27 November 2005 08:29 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings -
I have an installation of 5.3 that I am enjoying, but the root mailbox is
filling up with strange messages regarding a save-entropy thing:
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Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:11:00
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005, kvoznjuk wrote:
Have network PS printer (Xerox), lan users have access to through
FreeBSD lpd. I need get page quantity for every user. In mans I find
refer to PAC, but dont understand how I must change PRINTCAP file for
get statistic. Or it is wrong way? Help please.
FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #1: Sat Nov 26 23:19:14 PST
2005 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MACHINE i386
nvidia-driver-1.0.7676_1
All ports current as of a few hours ago. No special make flags.
Im sure this is a repeat post or I'm missing something stupid. Xorg
keeps randlonly
They work perfectly fine together, I've been using XP and BSD with the
BSD boot loader for sometime now, or GRUB also works.
To get rid of it, you have to use fixboot, and fixmbr, in what order
escapes me, its been awhile...
On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 21:29 -0700, Mr. Albritton wrote:
How viable is
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 10:50:12PM -0800, Remington wrote:
They work perfectly fine together, I've been using XP and BSD with the
BSD boot loader for sometime now, or GRUB also works.
Life is made somewhat easier if you install XP first, then install
FreeBSD. It's very useful to have a slice
Hello
for a c code i am using gcc compiler.
i have doubt using -c option.
for a c code the code compiles (without error ) with -c option even if i
don't provide prior declaration of function.
i mean i have try.c
//***
void my_func( ){
call_to_undeclared_func( );
}
Hi people.
I have one ISP that give 512Kbps service, they give to me one
modem SpeedStream, i setup everything, before this service was running
on freebsd 4.11-p16(i think ...?), them change all to freebsd 5.4-p8.
The problem here is that sometimes appear the link up:
tun0:
There are at least 8 virtual terminals by default on FreeBSD, but I
seldom (to be exact, never) use all of them, mostly the first 3-4. The
kernel messages and another ones (such programs as su(1) also print
there time to time) are shown on the first vty. So I often get crazy
mixture of this
On 28/11/2005 6:29 PM, Rechistov Grigory wrote:
There are at least 8 virtual terminals by default on FreeBSD, but I
seldom (to be exact, never) use all of them, mostly the first 3-4. The
kernel messages and another ones (such programs as su(1) also print
there time to time) are shown on the
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