Re: Optimize shell
Olivier Nicole wrote: > I am setting up a machine to work as a mail back-up. It receives copy > of every email for every user. When the disk is almost full, I want to > delete older messages up to a total size of 40. > Any idea how to speed up the things? look into the squirrel webmail proon plugin. i imagine that you could, at minimum, adapt what it does to prune old messages into something usable for yourself. http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=251 -- http://forea.ch/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: xine and missing libdpstk
> Am 05.02.2006 um 06:43 schrieb Gary Kline: > > I'm trying to build xine and find troubles with a missing > > library, libdpstk. I'm clueless re this DPS lib. Anybody? > > /usr/ports/UPDATING entry 20060126 > > regards > tilman Am I missing something? /usr/ports/UPDATING seems to be talking about installed ports that complain at run time about missing libraries - that isn't the problem here. The problem with libxine is that it won't compile in the first place without libdpstk, so to "reinstall" as advised is impossible. Cheers, Ben ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Default browser
On 2/6/06, Garrett Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guido Van Hoecke wrote: > > > What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into > > e.g. opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and > > operational)? > > > > The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able > > to find a section about changing the default browser. > > > Depends. What program and/or what desktop environment are you referring to? > -Garrett Try typing "opera &" instead of "mozilla &". I think the closest thing FreeBSD has to a default browser is links, though I suppose you could try playing with raw http by typing telnet www.yahoo.com 80 -- -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Unable to Startx Following Upgrade--Error in Locking Authority File
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Bob Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi everyone, I'm running FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #0 and just completed weekly upgrade. Now when I run "startx", I can not connect to the graphical display window. I simply see the gray screen with the small x in the middle. I went back to the command line to review the text immediately following the startx command and the first line reads: xauth: creating new authority file /home/rperry/.serverauth.8414; then, repeated four (4) times is the following: /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: error in locking authority file /home/rperry/.Xauthority (snip) /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/SecurityPolicy AUDIT: Sat Jan 28...8433 X: client 1 rejected from local host Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified cd /home/rperry ls -l .Xauthority -rw---1 root rperry 112 Jan 28 22:13 .Xauthority Is there a location that lists the error messages like the one I encountered? Tried Google and the mailing list archives but wasn't able to resolve the issue. Any assistance would be appreciated. Sounds like you have a stale authority file. Try just deleting it before the next time you start up... This is essentially a follow-up to my original issue. I removed the .Xauthority file but it returns and I'm still unable to get into the gnome desktop. Any other suggestions are welcome. thnx, Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Optimize shell
Olivier Nicole wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am setting up a machine to work as a mail back-up. It receives copy
> of every email for every user. When the disk is almost full, I want to
> delete older messages up to a total size of 40.
>
> Messages are stored in /home/sub_home/user/Maildir/cur in maildir
> format.
>
> Message name is of the form 1137993135.86962_0.machine.cs.ait.ac.th
> where the first number is a Unix time stamp.
>
> I came up with the following sheel to find the messages of all users,
> sort them by date and compute the total size up to 4gB.
>
> for i in `/usr/bin/find /home -mindepth 5 -ls | /usr/bin/grep /Maildir/cur/ |
> /usr/bin/sed -E 's/^ *[0-9]+ +[0-9]+ +[-rwx]+ +[0-9]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +([0-9]+)
> +.*(\/home\/.*\/)([0-9]+)(\..*)$/\3 \1 \2\3\4/' | /usr/bin/sort -n +0 -1 |
> /usr/bin/awk '{sum+=$2; if (sum < 40) print $3;}'`; do
> /bin/rm $i
> done
>
> find /home -mindepth 5 -ls makes a list of all files and directory at
> a depth of 5 and more because my directory structure is so that
> messages are store at level 6
>
> grep /Maildir/cur/ because courrierimapo tends to put things in other
> directories it creates when it needs too
>
> These two commads give me a list of the form:
>
> 13974908 -rw---1 on staff3124 Jan 27
> 15:23 /home/java/on/Maildir/cur/1138350182.1413_1.mackine.cs.ait.ac.th
>
> where 3124 is the size
>
> The sed command transforms the line into date, size, filname:
>
> 1137994623 2466 /home/java/on/Maildir/cur/1137994623.87673_0.mail.cs.ait.ac.th
>
> Then it sorts on the date field and awk is used to sum on the size
> field and print the filename until the total of 4gB is reached.
>
> That works OK, but it is damn slow: for 200 users, 7800 messages and
> 302MB it takes something like 3+ minutes... For 25 GB of email it
> should take more than 4 hours, this is too much.
>
> It sems that the long part is the sort:
>
> without sort
> time /usr/bin/find /home -mindepth 5 -ls | /usr/bin/grep /Maildir/cur/ |
> /usr/bin/sed -E 's/^ *[0-9]+ +[0-9]+ +[-rwx]+ +[0-9]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +([0-9]+)
> +.*(\/home\/.*\/)([0-9]+)(\..*)$/\3 \1 \2\3\4/' | cat /dev/null
> 0.026u 0.035s 0:07.67 0.6% 51+979k 0+0io 0pf+0w
>
> with sort
> time /usr/bin/find /home -mindepth 5 -ls | /usr/bin/grep /Maildir/cur/ |
> /usr/bin/sed -E 's/^ *[0-9]+ +[0-9]+ +[-rwx]+ +[0-9]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +([0-9]+)
> +.*(\/home\/.*\/)([0-9]+)(\..*)$/\3 \1 \2\3\4/' | /usr/bin/sort -n +0 -1 |
> cat /dev/null
> 0.281u 0.366s 3:44.75 0.2% 39+1042k 0+0io 0pf+0w
>
> Any idea how to speed up the things?
Assuming the issue with sort being slow is the amount of items to
handle, it may help if you reduced the number of items in the list.
i.e., can you set a limit such as delete the oldest x months / keep only
3 months of recent mail in the cur folder? (in which case you may just
do a search by timestamp and forget about sorting and awking)
I have also found that sort is much slower than purpose built sorting
utilities (sort is much much slower than zmergelog when sorting large
(several GB) of apache log files) - maybe you can write or use some
other tool for this?
Beto
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Optimize shell
Hello,
I am setting up a machine to work as a mail back-up. It receives copy
of every email for every user. When the disk is almost full, I want to
delete older messages up to a total size of 40.
Messages are stored in /home/sub_home/user/Maildir/cur in maildir
format.
Message name is of the form 1137993135.86962_0.machine.cs.ait.ac.th
where the first number is a Unix time stamp.
I came up with the following sheel to find the messages of all users,
sort them by date and compute the total size up to 4gB.
for i in `/usr/bin/find /home -mindepth 5 -ls | /usr/bin/grep /Maildir/cur/ |
/usr/bin/sed -E 's/^ *[0-9]+ +[0-9]+ +[-rwx]+ +[0-9]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +([0-9]+)
+.*(\/home\/.*\/)([0-9]+)(\..*)$/\3 \1 \2\3\4/' | /usr/bin/sort -n +0 -1 |
/usr/bin/awk '{sum+=$2; if (sum < 40) print $3;}'`; do
/bin/rm $i
done
find /home -mindepth 5 -ls makes a list of all files and directory at
a depth of 5 and more because my directory structure is so that
messages are store at level 6
grep /Maildir/cur/ because courrierimapo tends to put things in other
directories it creates when it needs too
These two commads give me a list of the form:
13974908 -rw---1 on staff3124 Jan 27
15:23 /home/java/on/Maildir/cur/1138350182.1413_1.mackine.cs.ait.ac.th
where 3124 is the size
The sed command transforms the line into date, size, filname:
1137994623 2466 /home/java/on/Maildir/cur/1137994623.87673_0.mail.cs.ait.ac.th
Then it sorts on the date field and awk is used to sum on the size
field and print the filename until the total of 4gB is reached.
That works OK, but it is damn slow: for 200 users, 7800 messages and
302MB it takes something like 3+ minutes... For 25 GB of email it
should take more than 4 hours, this is too much.
It sems that the long part is the sort:
without sort
time /usr/bin/find /home -mindepth 5 -ls | /usr/bin/grep /Maildir/cur/ |
/usr/bin/sed -E 's/^ *[0-9]+ +[0-9]+ +[-rwx]+ +[0-9]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +([0-9]+)
+.*(\/home\/.*\/)([0-9]+)(\..*)$/\3 \1 \2\3\4/' | cat /dev/null
0.026u 0.035s 0:07.67 0.6% 51+979k 0+0io 0pf+0w
with sort
time /usr/bin/find /home -mindepth 5 -ls | /usr/bin/grep /Maildir/cur/ |
/usr/bin/sed -E 's/^ *[0-9]+ +[0-9]+ +[-rwx]+ +[0-9]+ +[^ ]+ +[^ ]+ +([0-9]+)
+.*(\/home\/.*\/)([0-9]+)(\..*)$/\3 \1 \2\3\4/' | /usr/bin/sort -n +0 -1 | cat
/dev/null
0.281u 0.366s 3:44.75 0.2% 39+1042k 0+0io 0pf+0w
Any idea how to speed up the things?
Thanks in advance,
Olivier
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Re: Conflict? :smbfs built in support and mount_smbfs
Norberto Meijome wrote: > Hi, > I had my kernel built with the following options > options NETSMB #SMB/CIFS requester > options NETSMBCRYPTO#encrypted password support for SMB > > which I understand adds the support for smbfs into the kernel itself. > > BUT when using either mount -t smbfs or mount_smfs , I would get: > [SOMETHING ELSE HERE, $0 possibly] can't load smbfs: File exists > (aprox error ), implying that it was trying to load the smbfs.ko ... but > conflicting with the code built into the kernel? > > The worse part is that the mount command would fail. > > I commented out those 2 options *only* and everything works fine again. > > What gives? > > Beto Sorry, forgot to include version info. Freebsd 6.0 Stable, built on Jan 30th 06. world built on Jan 31st , src/contrib/smbfs/mount_smbfs/mount_smbfs.c,v 1.5 2004/09/05 06:42 Beto ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: IP Banning (Using IPFW)
On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 12:40:22AM +0200, Atis wrote: > On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 18:55:13 -0500 > David Scheidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Nonsense. There may be some people that only scan well-known ports, > > but it's much more common to scan every port on a machine. If you're > > running a server on a non-standard port, an attacker will find it. > > > > sure, but 99% of the time the machines attacking your server are zombies > that do not care to do a full portscan. i suppose the purpose is to > find other misconfigured, easy-to-hack computers on the network. by > putting your services on non-standard ports you get rid of these > mindless drones and don't pollute log files with useless garbage. > > now if somebody _does_ actually target your server in particular then > this is definitely not the solution. > > anywayz, putting things on non-standard ports helps a lot, and is > one of the first and easiest security measures an administrator > may consider. > Taking your clothes off and painting yourself blue is also one of the first and easiest security measures to consider. It's even more effective, too. I know of no machine that's been cracked that had a wheel naked and painted blue. I've seen lots running standard services on non-standard ports. Security through obscurity doesn't work, it makes tracking down other problems harder, and creates work to maintain non-standard configurations. David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Conflict? :smbfs built in support and mount_smbfs
Hi, I had my kernel built with the following options options NETSMB #SMB/CIFS requester options NETSMBCRYPTO#encrypted password support for SMB which I understand adds the support for smbfs into the kernel itself. BUT when using either mount -t smbfs or mount_smfs , I would get: [SOMETHING ELSE HERE, $0 possibly] can't load smbfs: File exists (aprox error ), implying that it was trying to load the smbfs.ko ... but conflicting with the code built into the kernel? The worse part is that the mount command would fail. I commented out those 2 options *only* and everything works fine again. What gives? Beto ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: device psm0
WSteffen wrote: I am trying to setup my first FreeBSD system on a Pentium 3 system with a PS/2 mouse. The problem is I show no psm0 device in the /dev directory. When I use sysinstall to configure the mouse, the test portion fails. I do have a sysmouse in the /dev directory, but it appears useless. How do I create psm0? How should it have been created in the first place? Any help would be appreciated! Warren Steffen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Try just using the default value. I'm not sure why but the mouse stuff never worked for me until I rebooted the machine =\. -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Multiple routes to same destination?
Hi, Does FreeBSD 5.x, or 6.0 support multiple routes to the same destination? I saw some kernel patches a while back for this on 4.x, but I'd like to run something more recent... Thanks! Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Default browser
Guido Van Hoecke wrote: What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into e.g. opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and operational)? The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able to find a section about changing the default browser. Depends. What program and/or what desktop environment are you referring to? -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Porblem with Openoffice 2.0.1
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Re: MySQL install fails - can't find mysqlclient.14
On Monday, 6 February 2006 at 14:28:31 -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: > On Monday 06 February 2006 14:18, Seth Burgess wrote: >> I am working on installing MySQL 4.1 - Server on Freebsd 4.8. I have >> gone through several tries and am now stuck with the following error >> which comes up very quickly when I run make. >> >> >> seth# make >> "/usr/ports/misc/ldconfig_compat/bsd.ldconfig.mk", line 7: Missing >> dependency operator >> "/usr/ports/databases/mysql41-client/../mysql41-server/Makefile", line 224: >> if-less endif >> "/usr/ports/databases/mysql41-client/../mysql41-server/Makefile", line 224: >> Need an operator >> make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue >> *** Error code 1 > > The make in 4.8 doesn't support the ($ combination. This will be a > constantly recurring problem that you can avoid by updating to a > current version of the OS. This is doubtless the best advice. If for some reason you can't upgrade, however, note that there are binaries for 4.8 on the MySQL downloads site. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. pgprF1u75raVV.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: MySQL version for 6.0
On Monday, 6 February 2006 at 11:14:39 +0100, Bjrn Knig wrote: > Greg 'groggy' Lehey schrieb: > >> I'd be interested to know why you recommend version 4.1 over 5.0. > > I still had not enough time to investigate 5.0. I just ran sql-bench a > few times on a dual Pentium III 733 machine and noticed that 5.0 was up > to 10% slower than 4.1 with the default configuration. So my > recommendation is neither binding nor reasonable; it's just a random > proposal according to my feeling. :-) If people do have issues with MySQL performance, let me remind you of the mailing lists at http://forums.mysql.com/. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. pgpzRRBi7USNJ.pgp Description: PGP signature
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recoll and other desktop indexing/search utilities
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Re: IP Banning (Using IPFW)
On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 18:55:13 -0500 David Scheidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nonsense. There may be some people that only scan well-known ports, > but it's much more common to scan every port on a machine. If you're > running a server on a non-standard port, an attacker will find it. > sure, but 99% of the time the machines attacking your server are zombies that do not care to do a full portscan. i suppose the purpose is to find other misconfigured, easy-to-hack computers on the network. by putting your services on non-standard ports you get rid of these mindless drones and don't pollute log files with useless garbage. now if somebody _does_ actually target your server in particular then this is definitely not the solution. anywayz, putting things on non-standard ports helps a lot, and is one of the first and easiest security measures an administrator may consider. Atis ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: MySQL install fails - can't find mysqlclient.14
On Monday 06 February 2006 14:18, Seth Burgess wrote:
> I am working on installing MySQL 4.1 - Server on Freebsd 4.8. I have
> gone through several tries and am now stuck with the following error
> which comes up very quickly when I run make.
>
>
> seth# make
> ===> mysql-server-4.1.16 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/libtool15
> -found ===> mysql-server-4.1.16 depends on shared library:
> readline.5 - found ===> mysql-server-4.1.16 depends on shared
> library: mysqlclient.14 -not found ===>Verifying install for
> mysqlclient.14 in
> /usr/ports/databases/mysql41-client
> "/usr/ports/misc/ldconfig_compat/bsd.ldconfig.mk", line 7: warning:
> String comparison operator should be either == or !=
> "/usr/ports/misc/ldconfig_compat/bsd.ldconfig.mk", line 7: Malformed
> conditional (${OSVERSION} < 504105 || (${OSVERSION} >= 70 &&
> ${OSVERSION} < 700012) || (${OSVERSION} >= 60 && ${OSVERSION} <
> 600104))
> "/usr/ports/misc/ldconfig_compat/bsd.ldconfig.mk", line 7: Missing
> dependency operator
> "/usr/ports/databases/mysql41-client/../mysql41-server/Makefile",
> line 224: if-less endif
> "/usr/ports/databases/mysql41-client/../mysql41-server/Makefile",
> line 224: Need an operator
> make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
> *** Error code 1
The make in 4.8 doesn't support the ($ combination. This will be a
constantly recurring problem that you can avoid by updating to a
current version of the OS.
Kent
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MySQL install fails - can't find mysqlclient.14
I am working on installing MySQL 4.1 - Server on Freebsd 4.8. I have
gone through several tries and am now stuck with the following error
which comes up very quickly when I run make.
seth# make
===> mysql-server-4.1.16 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/libtool15 -found
===> mysql-server-4.1.16 depends on shared library: readline.5 - found
===> mysql-server-4.1.16 depends on shared library: mysqlclient.14 -not found
===>Verifying install for mysqlclient.14 in
/usr/ports/databases/mysql41-client
"/usr/ports/misc/ldconfig_compat/bsd.ldconfig.mk", line 7: warning:
String comparison operator should be either == or !=
"/usr/ports/misc/ldconfig_compat/bsd.ldconfig.mk", line 7: Malformed
conditional (${OSVERSION} < 504105 || (${OSVERSION} >= 70 &&
${OSVERSION} < 700012) || (${OSVERSION} >= 60 && ${OSVERSION} <
600104))
"/usr/ports/misc/ldconfig_compat/bsd.ldconfig.mk", line 7: Missing
dependency operator
"/usr/ports/databases/mysql41-client/../mysql41-server/Makefile", line
224: if-less endif
"/usr/ports/databases/mysql41-client/../mysql41-server/Makefile", line
224: Need an operator
make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/databases/mysql41-server.
*
I have googled around and tried most every solution I could find on
the web including portupgrade, make clean, make deinstall, etc. I
am reasonably sure I have the current versions of the MySQL ports and
the ldconfig port. This same error occurs when I try to install
MySQL-client.
I'm stuck.
Apologies... if this message is not formatted in a readable form,
please tell me. I am sending with Eudora.
Seth
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Re: Possibility to submit requests for new ports?
On Monday 06 February 2006 12:22, Kövesdán Gábor wrote: > FreeBSD Prospect wrote: > >Hi! > > > >I was wondering, if there is any communication channel to request new > > ports. > > > >I mean, isn't it likely, that a FreeBSD user (not a codergeek able to > > create ports himself) is looking for some software, which is available > > open-source for Linux, but hasn't been ported yet? > > > >Wouldn't it be useful, to have an own mailing list for that? > > > >Or is freebsd-ports thought to be suiteable for that matter (I am > > subscribed to that mailing-list, but didn't see much traffic until now, > > and no port requests at all)? > > Hello, > > I think freebsd-ports@ is suitable for that. It's true that we don't see > port request there. Maybe this is beacuse the most used softwares are > already ported. But I think new ideas are always welcome. Not only > committers can help you, there are a lot of contributors subscribed to > the freebsd-ports@ list, so please feel free to write there and maybe > somebody will take care of your request. > > Cheers, > > Gabor Kovesdan It would also be helpful if you specified the app(s) you are interested in. If it's a popular linux app, you might find that someone is already working on it. Also, if you do a bit of homework on Linux compatibility you'll find it's not usually difficult to "roll your own". See: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu.html Beech --- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise Travel \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com --- pgpva3fMAsOhS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Possibility to submit requests for new ports?
On 2/7/06, FreeBSD Prospect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I was wondering, if there is any communication channel to request new ports. > > I mean, isn't it likely, that a FreeBSD user (not a codergeek able to create > ports himself) is looking for some software, which is available open-source > for Linux, but hasn't been ported yet? > > Wouldn't it be useful, to have an own mailing list for that? > > Or is freebsd-ports thought to be suiteable for that matter (I am subscribed > to that mailing-list, but didn't see much traffic until now, and no port > requests at all)? It's in the nature of the OSS that the bulk of development happens in the areas interesting to the developers themselves. Unless you're willing to pay, you'll have to explain that this program is really great - then someone might get interested in making a port. But don't get frustrated if you're the only one, who needs a port and nobody is willing to help you. Usually it only takes a few minutes to port a small utility - and it's far easier to learn basic make syntax than a fully fledged programming language. Many FreeBSD users start making ports within the first year of using this wonderful OS. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: notebook multi-homed question
"Robert Ken Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > This is probably a common hardware configuration. I have a wireless NIC in > my notebook > and a built-in NIC. My wireless NIC is 10 times slower than my built-in NIC > so I prefer > to just plug in the built-in NIC when I can. > > I would like to have them both going to the same router. In my Windows > partition I have > a "Network Bridge" to bridge together the NICs. The soft bridge has its own > IP address. > The advantage is that I don't have to configure anything or do anything. It > just works. > Is there a software bridge like this in FreeBSD? if_bridge(4) should do most of what you need, and even implements spanning tree, but it might take a little work to make sure that the wired connection gets the traffic when present... -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
[help] howto : setup a bsmtp (batch) smtp
Hello Group, For some time i'm surfing for a 'how-to' for setting-up a bsmtp server. Without result. I just tried to search this mailinglist, but also no result. This is the deal: - i have a freebsd mail server with postfix running (pop/imap etc). Works great. - now for some domains i would like this server to 'act' aswell as a 2nd (bsmtp) mail server. I know that you need to add a extra MX record to domain. - i installed /usr/port/mail/bsmtp. - what i can't figure out is: how i can 'instruct' postfix to store the mail for some domains and try to send the (stored) mail each x minutes to the server it is intended too Now, is it that hard to configure this? Or is it that simple (and i'm just to dumb to find out)? Any help is appreciated, it drives me nuts :x Many, many thanks in advance, TC ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Trouble running FlightGear
Hi all, I just installed FlightGear-0.9.9, edited /boot/loader.conf to adjust default and max data size limit to 1 GB. When I launch the program by typing fgfs, I get a startup screen then the following and the program quits : # fgfs opening file: /usr/X11R6/share/FlightGear/Navaids/carrier_nav.dat /usr/X11R6/share/FlightGear/Navaids/TACAN_freq.dat X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error) Major opcode of failed request: 144 (GLX) Minor opcode of failed request: 29 () Serial number of failed request: 825 Current serial number in output stream: 825 freeglut (fgfs): Failed to create cursor Any idea what's going wrong ? Thanks all, Edward ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Possibility to submit requests for new ports?
FreeBSD Prospect wrote: Hi! I was wondering, if there is any communication channel to request new ports. I mean, isn't it likely, that a FreeBSD user (not a codergeek able to create ports himself) is looking for some software, which is available open-source for Linux, but hasn't been ported yet? Wouldn't it be useful, to have an own mailing list for that? Or is freebsd-ports thought to be suiteable for that matter (I am subscribed to that mailing-list, but didn't see much traffic until now, and no port requests at all)? Ports are ported and supported by volunteers. Every year there are ports that get dropped from the system because the person who ported it no longer can afford the time to update it and no-one else steps up to take their place. So there is always a shortage of people who are both qualified and interested (motivated) enough to maintain all the ports that are currently in the system, let alone adding more. Basically what you would need to do to get something ported is to find someone who is capable of doing it and get them interested, or find someone who is interested in the application you want ported who could become capable (largely through self study) and sell them on the idea of giving the project a huge chunk of their life. I wish you the best of luck. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Possibility to submit requests for new ports?
On Feb 6, 2006, at 4:07 PM, FreeBSD Prospect wrote: I was wondering, if there is any communication channel to request new ports. Yes, the freebsd-ports mailing list. I mean, isn't it likely, that a FreeBSD user (not a codergeek able to create ports himself) is looking for some software, which is available open-source for Linux, but hasn't been ported yet? Well, there are ~ 14,000 ports already available. Most people find software they want already ported via this page, Freshports, etc: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/categories-grouped.html Wouldn't it be useful, to have an own mailing list for that? Or is freebsd-ports thought to be suiteable for that matter (I am subscribed to that mailing-list, but didn't see much traffic until now, and no port requests at all)? Requests for new software to be ported happens about once a week. Most ports are created or changed without traffic to that list; it gets busier if there are problems, especially with an important port that many things depend upon... -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
package upgrade problems
Lately I have been having a lot of trouble installing packages from the FreeBSD packages-6-stable packages collection. Often it ends with error messages like this: portupgrade -PP -R -N inkscape ---> Skipping 'x11-toolkits/libgnomeprintui' (libgnomeprintui-2.10.2) because a requisite package 'libgnomecanvas-2.12.0' (graphics/libgnomecanvas) failed (specify -k to force) ---> Skipping 'textproc/gtkspell2' (gtkspell2-2.0.10_1) because a requisite package 'gtk-2.8.9' (x11-toolkits/gtk20) failed (specify -k to force) ---> Skipping 'graphics/inkscape' because a requisite port 'devel/gconf2' failed (specify -k to force) ** Listing the failed packages (*:skipped / !:failed) ! x11-toolkits/gtk20 (gtk-2.8.9) (package not found) * devel/gconf2 (gconf2-2.12.1) * devel/gnomevfs2 (gnomevfs2-2.12.2) * misc/gnome-icon-theme (gnome-icon-theme-2.12.1_2) * devel/libglade2 (libglade2-2.5.1_3) ! print/libgnomeprint (libgnomeprint-2.10.3_1) (package not found) * graphics/libgnomecanvas (libgnomecanvas-2.12.0) * x11-toolkits/libgnomeprintui (libgnomeprintui-2.10.2) * textproc/gtkspell2 (gtkspell2-2.0.10_1) * graphics/inkscape ---> Packages processed: 0 done, 54 ignored, 8 skipped and 2 failed Apparently, some of the packages that inkscape depends on have not been built yet, or, these dependancy packages have been deleted and replaced with new versions, but inkscape has not been rebuilt yet to use them and requires the old versions still. I have a brilliant solution to this problem. Why not simply rebuild all prerequisite packages before rebuilding the package that depends on them? Also, when building a new version of a library package for instance, in addition to placing the new version on ftp, also leave the old version there, if the old version is still being used by a another package that has not been rebuilt yet to use the new version. This would prevent new packages from being installed and replacing older packages until all dependancies have been built, and would also make sure that when a dependancy is rebuilt, the old version of the dependancy remians as well for any packages that have not been rebuilt yet to use the new version of the dependancy. This means that multiple versions of the same dependancy would be present in the FTP directory, until the old version is no longer need by any other packages. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Possibility to submit requests for new ports?
FreeBSD Prospect wrote: Hi! I was wondering, if there is any communication channel to request new ports. I mean, isn't it likely, that a FreeBSD user (not a codergeek able to create ports himself) is looking for some software, which is available open-source for Linux, but hasn't been ported yet? Wouldn't it be useful, to have an own mailing list for that? Or is freebsd-ports thought to be suiteable for that matter (I am subscribed to that mailing-list, but didn't see much traffic until now, and no port requests at all)? Hello, I think freebsd-ports@ is suitable for that. It's true that we don't see port request there. Maybe this is beacuse the most used softwares are already ported. But I think new ideas are always welcome. Not only committers can help you, there are a lot of contributors subscribed to the freebsd-ports@ list, so please feel free to write there and maybe somebody will take care of your request. Cheers, Gabor Kovesdan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Possibility to submit requests for new ports?
Hi! I was wondering, if there is any communication channel to request new ports. I mean, isn't it likely, that a FreeBSD user (not a codergeek able to create ports himself) is looking for some software, which is available open-source for Linux, but hasn't been ported yet? Wouldn't it be useful, to have an own mailing list for that? Or is freebsd-ports thought to be suiteable for that matter (I am subscribed to that mailing-list, but didn't see much traffic until now, and no port requests at all)? -- Sincerely, A FreeBSD Prospect, who is actually using Gentoo Linux ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
xine faults ...
I get th following while trying to build xine. /usr/local/include/magick/magick-config.h:506:1: warning: "PACKAGE_VERSION" redefined In file included from ../../src/xine-engine/bswap.h:6, from image.c:44: ../../config.h:557:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition ml2 -lz -lm cc -shared .libs/xineplug_decode_image_la-image.o -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/ports/multimedia/libxine/work/xine-lib-1.1.1/src/xine-engine/.libs -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib ../../src/xine-engine/.libs/libxine.so -lWand -lMagick -ljbig -llcms -ltiff -lfreetype -ljasper -ljpeg -lpng -lfpx -ldpstk -ldps -lXext -lXt -lSM -lICE -lX11 -lbz2 -lxml2 -lz -lm -mtune=i386 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib -Wl,-soname -Wl,xineplug_decode_image.so -o .libs/xineplug_decode_image.so /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -ldpstk gmake[3]: *** [xineplug_decode_image.la] Error 1 gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/multimedia/libxine/work/xine-lib-1.1.1/src/libxinevdec' gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/multimedia/libxine/work/xine-lib-1.1.1/src' gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/multimedia/libxine/work/xine-lib-1.1.1' gmake: *** [all] Error 2 *** Error code 2 I'm running 5.4 that is otherwise in great shape. Anybody know how to get xine to build properly? thanks much, gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Default browser
Guido Van Hoecke wrote: What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into e.g. opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and operational)? The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able to find a section about changing the default browser. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Well, you don't say which window manager you're using but for KDE it's K Menu->Settings->KDE Components->Component Chooser->Web Browser Hope this helps, Duane Whitty ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Updating php5-mysql-5.1.1
I have not been able to update from version 'php5-mysql-5.1.1' to 'php5-mysql-5.1.2_1'. I continually receive an error message. I have created a log of the actual build available here: http://www.seibercom.net/log/php5-mysql-build The listing of /var/db/pkg: http://www.seibercom.net/log/files Finally, the 'config.log' created by the build process: http://www.seibercom.net/log/config.log Mysql is installed and works fine. I do not understand why I cannot update this one module. -- Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpwbPBBKdbYe.pgp Description: PGP signature
nforce2 digital audio output support? (or spdif support at all?)
Hi! I was searching for more info about support for DOLBY DIGITAL pass-through to a digital audio output, but nothing recent came up. This matter seems to be a serious shortage in FreeBSD, because the only useable info which came up on www.google.com/bsd was concerning NetBSD (http://bsd-crew.de/index.php/5.1-Surround-Sound_mit_NetBSD, which is in German language). There something of an audio-layer is mentioned. Is it really possible, that NetBSD is ahead of FreeBSD in that particular matter? I have a workstation with Asus A7N8X-deluxe motherboard, which features the nforce2 chipset, and has an electrial digital audio output. On my first few tests with FreeBSD 6.0 (-RELEASE), after loading the snd_ich driver, I got analog sound working, but the digital output was not recognized and did not show up in sysctl. Any idea, if spdif support is already in -CURRENT, and if not, if somebody is working on that issue? -- Sincerely, A FreeBSD Prospect, who is actually using Gentoo Linux ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Default browser
What has to be done to change the default browser from mozilla into e.g. opera or firefox (assuming that these are duly installed and operational)? The handbook talks about different browsers, but I have not been able to find a section about changing the default browser. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: What's the bright idea? fam -> gamin
On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 03:21:43PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > On 2/6/06, Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> My dependency are all foobared up now, How do I change them all back
> >> to fam-2.6.9_6, so I don't have to run pkgdb -F everytime I
> >> portupgrade?
> >
> > Into /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf place:
> > ALT_PKGDEP = {
> > 'gamin*' => 'fam*',
> > }
> > maybe?
>
> Add WAITH_FAM_SYSTEM=fam to /etc/make.conf. A patch is being tested
s/WAITH/WITH/ (-:
Kris
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Re: sshd possible breakin attempt messages
On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 21:23 +0100, Kristian Vaaf wrote: > At 18:03 06.02.2006, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > >Brad Gilmer wrote: > > > >>Hello all, > >> > >>I guess one of the banes of our existance as Sys Admins is that > >>people are always pounding away at our systems trying to break > >>in. Lately, I have been getting hit with several hundred of the > >>messages below per dayin my security report output... > >> > >>gilmer.org login failures: > >>Feb 5 11:18:17 gilmer sshd[78078]: reverse mapping checking > >>getaddrinfo for 206-171-37-232.ded.pacbell.net failed - POSSIBLE > >>BREAKIN ATTEMPT! > >>Feb 5 11:18:18 gilmer sshd[78080]: reverse mapping checking > >>getaddrinfo for 206-171-37-232.ded.pacbell.net failed - POSSIBLE > >>BREAKIN ATTEMPT! > >>Feb 5 11:18:20 gilmer sshd[78082]: reverse mapping checking > >>getaddrinfo for 206-171-37-232.ded.pacbell.net failed - POSSIBLE > >>BREAKIN ATTEMPT! > >> > >>I am running FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE, and right now this box is not a > >>production machine, but I am going to be taking it live fairly > >>soon. Questions: > >> > >>1) Is there anything I should be doing to thwart this particular attack? > >> > > > >IANAE on security, but there are several possibilities. Here are a couple > >ideas from my deadbeat security brain: > > > > 1. edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and make sure that only the right users > > and such are allowed to login, and via the right methods. > > > > 2. If the situation allows, you can wrap sshd via /etc/hosts.allow to > > only allow logins from certain IP addresses (i.e., wherever you > > intend to admin this box from). > > > >Note that, as I mentioned, IANAE, and there is plenty of other "higher > >level" security actions that can be taken to secure a box from attack. > >Maybe some less-newbie-than-me guru will step up to the plate on that; > >maybe not. > > > >>2) Given that I am on 5.4, should I upgrade my sshd or do anything > >>else at this point to make sure my machine is as secure as possible? > >> > > > >Check the advisories at the freebsd.org web site, and keep tracking > >RELENG_5_4 with cvsup/buildworld, etc. to stay up to date is a good > >starting point. > > > >>3) (Meta-question) - Should I upgrade to 6.0 before I go live to > >>be sure I am in the best possible security situation going forward? > >>Should I wait until 6.1 for bug fixes (generally I am opposed to > >>n.0 anything). > >> > >> > > > >Meta-answer, if possible from an idiot like me: 6.0 is actually a very > >notable exception to the "don't grab the zero release" rule in my case. > >YMMV, of course. Last week I upgraded my last 5.X boxen to 6.X, and > >I don't plan on looking back! Now, if I could just find time to > >backup/reinstall that 4.X boxen that's locked up so far away!!! > > > >>Thanks > >>Brad > >> > > > >You're welcome. > > > >Kevin Kinsey > > Sorry, but what is IANAE and YMMV? > > Thank you! > > Vaaf > > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- Mike Jeays http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] IANAE = "I am not an expert" YMMV = "Your mileage may vary" - an over-used disclaimer in car advertisements. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: sshd possible breakin attempt messages
At 18:03 06.02.2006, Kevin Kinsey wrote: Brad Gilmer wrote: Hello all, I guess one of the banes of our existance as Sys Admins is that people are always pounding away at our systems trying to break in. Lately, I have been getting hit with several hundred of the messages below per dayin my security report output... gilmer.org login failures: Feb 5 11:18:17 gilmer sshd[78078]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 206-171-37-232.ded.pacbell.net failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT! Feb 5 11:18:18 gilmer sshd[78080]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 206-171-37-232.ded.pacbell.net failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT! Feb 5 11:18:20 gilmer sshd[78082]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 206-171-37-232.ded.pacbell.net failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT! I am running FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE, and right now this box is not a production machine, but I am going to be taking it live fairly soon. Questions: 1) Is there anything I should be doing to thwart this particular attack? IANAE on security, but there are several possibilities. Here are a couple ideas from my deadbeat security brain: 1. edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and make sure that only the right users and such are allowed to login, and via the right methods. 2. If the situation allows, you can wrap sshd via /etc/hosts.allow to only allow logins from certain IP addresses (i.e., wherever you intend to admin this box from). Note that, as I mentioned, IANAE, and there is plenty of other "higher level" security actions that can be taken to secure a box from attack. Maybe some less-newbie-than-me guru will step up to the plate on that; maybe not. 2) Given that I am on 5.4, should I upgrade my sshd or do anything else at this point to make sure my machine is as secure as possible? Check the advisories at the freebsd.org web site, and keep tracking RELENG_5_4 with cvsup/buildworld, etc. to stay up to date is a good starting point. 3) (Meta-question) - Should I upgrade to 6.0 before I go live to be sure I am in the best possible security situation going forward? Should I wait until 6.1 for bug fixes (generally I am opposed to n.0 anything). Meta-answer, if possible from an idiot like me: 6.0 is actually a very notable exception to the "don't grab the zero release" rule in my case. YMMV, of course. Last week I upgraded my last 5.X boxen to 6.X, and I don't plan on looking back! Now, if I could just find time to backup/reinstall that 4.X boxen that's locked up so far away!!! Thanks Brad You're welcome. Kevin Kinsey Sorry, but what is IANAE and YMMV? Thank you! Vaaf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: motherboard recommendations for 6.0
On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 12:20:43PM +0100, lars wrote: > > Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's time to set up another box to act as file server and I'm at the > > crucial motherboard-choice stage. I'm looking for recommendations for an > > i386 single-cpu mid-price board that work well with FreeBSD 6.0-stable. I > > don't see the point in buying an Intel cpu but if you do then please make > > your point. Thanks a lot. > > > > -- > > Peter > ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe > http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=ODk5 > > Why? Because it works with FreeBSD, it's cool [C/F], it's fast > and it has all the necessary connectors. > > I use it as a desktop. I built a workstation using an Asus A8N-E and it works fine. It looks like mine is a previous iteration of the same board. The onboard NIC didn't work though, so I stumped up for a new card: 3C905 Running 6.0-RELEASE fine. It's got plenty of room for hard drives (4 SATA and 2 legacy on mine) should you choose to use RAID. It takes a goodly variety of AMD CPUs. (Socket 939) BTW, I used an Antec Sonata case which is probably also a good buy. Quiet with rubber mounted drive bays and little fighting required to fix things in the case. -- Frank echo "f r a n k @ e s p e r a n c e - l i n u x . c o . u k" | sed 's/ //g' --->PGP keyID: 0x10BD6F4B<--- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: What's the bright idea? fam -> gamin
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> On 2/6/06, Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> My dependency are all foobared up now, How do I change them all back
>> to fam-2.6.9_6, so I don't have to run pkgdb -F everytime I
>> portupgrade?
>
> Into /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf place:
> ALT_PKGDEP = {
> 'gamin*' => 'fam*',
> }
> maybe?
Add WAITH_FAM_SYSTEM=fam to /etc/make.conf. A patch is being tested
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Re: firefox
Frank Staals wrote: Peter Marshall wrote: Is there a way to get things like flash, mpg, etc to work in firefox 1.5 with freeBSD ? Thanks Peter ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Flash I'm not sure, there is a flashplayer-port allthough, but I believe it only works with linux-firefox ( but again: I'm not sure so don't hold me for it if I'm wrong ). For playing videos ( Quicktime etc ) you can use the mplayer-plugin in the www category. I haven't used it myself ( on 1.5 ) but It worked on 1.0.X so I think it is updated to work with Fx 1.5 Hope this helps you Hi, I'm using Firefox 1.5 on FreeBSD 6.0REL. The flash-plugin for the native mozilla port works great. I haven't used the mplayer-plugin yet. Best Regards, Duane Whitty ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: What's the bright idea? fam -> gamin
On 2/6/06, Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My dependency are all foobared up now, How do I change them all back
> to fam-2.6.9_6, so I don't have to run pkgdb -F everytime I
> portupgrade?
Into /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf place:
ALT_PKGDEP = {
'gamin*' => 'fam*',
}
maybe?
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Adding psuedo-terminals FreeBSD 5.4
I have been unable to find any real instructive information on how to increase the total number of tty/pty pairs in /dev. I have an authpf gateway box that requires more than the default 62 terminals for ssh connections. Since both mknod and MAKEDEV are deprecated functions (MAKEDEV doesn't come with and although mknod is available, its use only creates tty's, not pty's) and all the documentation I have found says that devfs 'does everything', nowhere can I see specific instructions as to where or how to increase the default number of pty/tty's in devfs.conf or through the use of devfs.rules. I would like to set it up to accept at the maximum 256 ssh suthpf connections. Any and all suggestions would be most appreciated. Sincerely, Grant Noruschat Systems and Network Analyst Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Alberta Edmonton, AB e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: What's the bright idea? fam -> gamin
Peter wrote: > --- Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>On 2/6/06, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>--- Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> My dependency are all foobared up now, How do I change them all back to fam-2.6.9_6, so I don't have to run pkgdb -F everytime I portupgrade? >>> >>>Remove fam by force and then install gamin. >> >>I don't want gamin, what was wrong with fam for fam? >> >> >>>What is wrong with running 'pkgdb -F' ? It is there to help you. Run >> >>it >> >>>and tell it to change all fam dependencies to gamin. >>> >>>Are you going to stop crying now? >> >>No > > > Here is a thread to keep you busy while you're sulking: > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2006-January/029128.html > > what's wrong with you? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Sendmail x Postfix
I use Sendmail but I'd like to change to Postfix, because I have listened very well about security and others in Postfix ... What do you know about this?...What do you prefer?... Hate Sendmail, Love Postfix... Here's how I set it up: http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/sheet.cgi?mail Good luck and have fun! ~Dan -- FreeBSD Cheat Sheets http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: ICH7 + RAID = AHCI trouble
Do you have
device ataraid
in your kernel config? I have embedded LSI RAID in an Intel server and
it's supported by that driver.
Skye
Joerg Pulz wrote:
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Hi,
i recently bought a new server with an Intel ICH7 chipset and embedded
LSI Raid.
I set the SATA mode in the BIOS to RAID. After that, i was able to
configure a RAID1 array using the Controllers BIOS.
Unfortunately, FreeBSD isn't seeing any of the installed HDs.
I tried to change the BIOS settings for SATA in the BIOS to all
available methods (RIAD, AHCI, NATIVE) with no success.
The only setting that makes FreeBSD able to see the HDs is COMPATIBLE,
but i loose the PATA channel if i use it, which is definitely not what i
want.
I tried the above with 6.0-RELEASE and RELENG_6 from "Thu Feb 2
18:32:06 CET 2006".
I took a closer look into the RELENG_6 ata(4) code and found the
following line in ata-chipset.c :
{ ATA_I82801GB_R1, 0, AHCI, 0x00, ATA_SA300, "ICH7" }
After i changed this line to :
{ ATA_I82801GB_R1, 0,0, 0x00, ATA_SA300, "ICH7" }
i was able to detect the two HDs AND the configured RAID1 array. I could
use fdisk(8) and bsdlabel(8) to set up the disk and can finally use it.
Unfortunately, i can only use two disk, as all other channels do NOT
appaer in FreeBSD, i think this is related to my change in the source,
as previously all channels where available, but without HDs.
I would really like to use the other channels too.
One problem could be the "RAID or AHCI enabled - detection code" in
ata_chipset.c (rev 1.126.2.8 in RELENG_6) below line 1660, but i'm not
sure.
Is there any chance we can track this down to make it working in a
general way, without the need to change the sources everytime i've
cvsupped my source tree?
I'm glad to help wherever i can to solve this issue.
regards
Joerg
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Re: Sendmail x Postfix
On Monday 06 February 2006 17:07, Thiago Esteves wrote: > I use Sendmail but I'd like to change to Postfix, > because I have listened very well about security and > others in Postfix ... > What do you know about this?...What do you prefer?... When I had to choose a smtpd I looked at sendmail, exim, courier, qmail and postfix. I chose postfix and did so because of security and features like getting info from a database, block listing, sasl, tls/ssl and being able to use it with amavisd-new and maildrop. Best regards db ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Help on Tape Backups / Disc Space
Hi All, Can any one comment on the below ; candle# df -H Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a260M 37M202M15%/ devfs 1.0k1.0k 0B 100%/dev /dev/ar0s1d116G 96G 11G90%/data /dev/ad0s1e260M 29k239M 0%/tmp /dev/ad0s1f 37G934M 33G 3%/usr /dev/ad0s1d260M5.4M234M 2%/var /data is at 90% capacity - its a mount of two discs in a raid. The rest of the os install is on a sinlg disc. I am using flexbackup, a perl backup script in the ports to do backups of /data however the log shows that it halts almost immediatly. I also notice this at the end of dmesg.today pid 90729 (smbd), uid 65534 inumber 2119778 on /data: filesystem full pid 90729 (smbd), uid 65534 inumber 2921022 on /data: filesystem full pid 90728 (smbd), uid 65534 inumber 1931544 on /data: filesystem full pid 90728 (smbd), uid 65534 inumber 1931545 on /data: filesystem full pid 90753 (smbd), uid 65534 inumber 1931545 on /data: filesystem full I was wondering if flexbackup was trying to use /data also for temp spooling of the backup job? /usr is virtually unused so it seems to make more sense to use that. /data was up to 98% but we removed alot of stuff of it. Are we still too close to full capacity ? Thanks! ad0: 38162MB [77536/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100 acd0: CDROM at ata1-master UDMA33 ad4: 114473MB [232581/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA100 ad6: 114473MB [232581/16/63] at ata3-master UDMA100 ar0: 114473MB [14593/255/63] status: READY subdisks: disk0 READY on ad4 at ata2-master disk1 READY on ad6 at ata3-master ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: High performance computing on FreeBSD
--- "O. Hartmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Sirs. > > FreeBSd is now since 1996 my companion in > scientific computing and > related server systems and also my favorite > operating system for every > network stuff, firewalls and desktop systems I > ever used. > > Now going ahaed with 64Bit, FreeBSD 6.X has > been canceled for desktop > systems due to the lack of a working JAVA in > native 64Bit and especially > a working native 64 Bit OpenOffice environment. > > Nevertheless, the experience of our group and > especially of mine with > several flavours of Linux, used at our computer > center and its network > performance and stability in comparison to > FreeBSD's over the same time > period let me tend to ask for a FreeBSD based > high performance computer > cluster more than such one founded on a Linux > distribution. But there > are some open issues and those need to be > discussed deeper. > > First targets SMP/Node performance. I was very > curious about SCHED_ULE > when introduced in FreeBSD 5.X and was said to > deliver a performance > boost on SMP boxes. I'm still waiting for that > to come true, every SMP > scaling benchmark that has been taken in our > computer center said Linux > has the better SMP performance (on the same > Opteron hardware, but I do > not have specific details about that, sorry). > Next point is the intercommunication of nodes. > Infiniband or with > special Hypertransport coupplings nodes will be > able to communicate very > fast. GBit LAN will be the least option, so the > question is whether > plans for or ready solutions for the node > connections are underway. > The last question refers to Fortran. Well, most > of our scientists still > work with Fortran77 or Fortran90/95 and it is > hard to bring them towards > C/C++, so the existence of good Fotran compiler > will be essential. GCC > 4.1/4.2 isn't standard in FreeBSD 6.X but many > of other FreeBSD users > told me they use the port's gcc 4.X very > successful. But I feel better > when the new GNU compiler collection will be > the standard for FreeBSD. > This may sound weird for some of yours, but I > like the ease of upgrading > software in FreeBSD which has reached a very, > very high standard over > the past 10 years (and it isn't comparable to > jarsh weirdness I > experienced with Linux, Solaris or Windows). > So, utilizing standard > ports and the base compiler collection gives a > very stable and high > quality platform - in my opinion. > > All right, this above mentioned fundamentals > should be the basis for a > small cluster system for numerical research. > I still looking for benchmark tests, pro and > contra regarding BSD/Linux > (except the existence of better compiler > software for Linux) and the > state of development of high performance node > interconnect and > designated driver software. > > Target hardware will be a four or six node > Opteron/Athlon64 platform > with dual socket/dual core chips, with 4 or 8 > GB local RAM and 200 GB > local SATA disk drives, but main disk array > will be RAID system attached > via GBit LAN or, if possible, faster. The big > question will remain in > how the nodes should be interconnected and what > kind of OS will be able > to handle a specific interconnect > (HTX/Infiniband). > > In the case my questions are to unspecific or > naiv, please excuse that. > > Oliver Freebsd 5+ is a much different animal designed by different people than previous versions, so be careful about your expectations in terms of linear expansion. Lets let them figure out the fundamentals before asking them to become the greatest thing you've ever conceived. They're having enough trouble getting rid of the GL and getting back to where they were in 4.x performance-wise without having to worry about scenarios that < .1% of their user base is concerned about. Get the baby to fly safely before you worry about breaking barriers. Otherwise you just get a big mess. DT __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: "Firefox is already running" problem on 6.0
> > > As I said in my original message, "The only FreeBSD-related > > message about this that I found talks about deleting lock > > files in ~/.mozilla, but I don't have any Firefox lock files." > > I don't have any Mozilla lock files either, for that matter. > > > > Jesse Sheidlower > > > How about > http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_in_use > I just want to chime in that this is happening to me too. *EVERY* time I shut Firefox 1.5 down and then restart it it tells me that. I can even totally reboot the machine and it will. It seems for some reason the lock file is getting created but never deleted. Tuc ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: High performance computing on FreeBSD
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O. Hartmann > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 7:50 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: High performance computing on FreeBSD > > FreeBSd is now since 1996 my companion in scientific computing and > related server systems and also my favorite operating system > for every network stuff, firewalls and desktop systems I ever used. > > Now going ahaed with 64Bit, FreeBSD 6.X has been canceled for desktop > systems due to the lack of a working JAVA in native 64Bit and > especially a working native 64 Bit OpenOffice environment. > > Nevertheless, the experience of our group and especially of mine with > several flavours of Linux, used at our computer center and > its network performance and stability in comparison to FreeBSD's over the > same time period let me tend to ask for a FreeBSD based high > performance computer cluster more than such one founded on a Linux > distribution. But there are some open issues and those need > to be discussed deeper. > > First targets SMP/Node performance. I was very curious about > SCHED_ULE when introduced in FreeBSD 5.X and was said to deliver a performance > boost on SMP boxes. I'm still waiting for that to come true, > every SMP scaling benchmark that has been taken in our computer center > said Linux has the better SMP performance (on the same Opteron hardware, > but I do not have specific details about that, sorry). > Next point is the intercommunication of nodes. Infiniband or with > special Hypertransport coupplings nodes will be able to > communicate very fast. GBit LAN will be the least option, so the question is whether > plans for or ready solutions for the node connections are underway. > The last question refers to Fortran. Well, most of our > scientists still work with Fortran77 or Fortran90/95 and it is hard to bring > them towards C/C++, so the existence of good Fotran compiler will be > essential. GCC 4.1/4.2 isn't standard in FreeBSD 6.X but many of other FreeBSD users > told me they use the port's gcc 4.X very successful. But I > feel better when the new GNU compiler collection will be the standard for > FreeBSD. This may sound weird for some of yours, but I like the ease > of upgrading software in FreeBSD which has reached a very, very high standard over > the past 10 years (and it isn't comparable to jarsh weirdness I > experienced with Linux, Solaris or Windows). So, utilizing standard > ports and the base compiler collection gives a very stable and high > quality platform - in my opinion. > > All right, this above mentioned fundamentals should be the > basis for a small cluster system for numerical research. > I still looking for benchmark tests, pro and contra regarding > BSD/Linux (except the existence of better compiler software for Linux) and the > state of development of high performance node interconnect and > designated driver software. > > Target hardware will be a four or six node Opteron/Athlon64 platform > with dual socket/dual core chips, with 4 or 8 GB local RAM and 200 GB > local SATA disk drives, but main disk array will be RAID > system attached via GBit LAN or, if possible, faster. The big question will remain in > how the nodes should be interconnected and what kind of OS > will be able to handle a specific interconnect (HTX/Infiniband). > > In the case my questions are to unspecific or naiv, please excuse that. > > Oliver It would seem to me that such a project wouldn't be too hard, but it would take time, equipment, and expertise. If your center works with several other like-thinking centers then you could probably pool some combination of money, equipment and donated labor to such a project. If you had these resources lined up, my guess is that might get some additional help from one or more of the technical mailing lists http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/eresources.htm l#ERESOURCES-MAIL For example, hackers, amd64, or ia64. It would be really nice to have FreeBSD be the unquestioned leader in high performance computing. -gayn Bristol Systems Inc. 714/532-6776 www.bristolsystems.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: sshd possible breakin attempt messages
On 2/6/06, Brad Gilmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I guess one of the banes of our existance as Sys Admins is that people are > always pounding away at our systems trying to break in. Lately, I have been > getting hit with several hundred of the messages below per dayin my security > report output... > > gilmer.org login failures: > Feb 5 11:18:17 gilmer sshd[78078]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for > 206-171-37-232.ded.pacbell.net failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT! > Feb 5 11:18:18 gilmer sshd[78080]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for > 206-171-37-232.ded.pacbell.net failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT! > Feb 5 11:18:20 gilmer sshd[78082]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for > 206-171-37-232.ded.pacbell.net failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT! > > I am running FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE, and right now this box is not a production > machine, but I am going to be taking it live fairly soon. Questions: > > 1) Is there anything I should be doing to thwart this particular attack? The POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT message is caused by a failed reverse DNS lookup, and will happen with legit logins too if you have no reverse DNS. You can silence this particular message by adding to your /etc/ssh/sshd_config: UseDNS no To prevent attackers from hammering away at your server, try ports/security/bruteforceblocker Bruteforceblocker by default adds an abusive IP to the a pf firewall blacklist, but can be very easily modified for IPFW or adding a null route. > 2) Given that I am on 5.4, should I upgrade my sshd or do anything else at > this point to make sure my machine is as secure as possible? Just keep up with the version 5 security patches. > 3) (Meta-question) - Should I upgrade to 6.0 before I go live to be sure I > am in the best possible security situation going forward? Should I wait > until 6.1 for bug fixes (generally I am opposed to n.0 anything). Your call. Base your decision on what features you need. -- Noel Jones ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: sshd possible breakin attempt messages
On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:03:39 -0600 Kevin Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and make sure that only the right > users and such are allowed to login, and via the right methods. > > 2. If the situation allows, you can wrap sshd > via /etc/hosts.allow to only allow logins from certain IP addresses > (i.e., wherever you intend to admin this box from). you can also do this in /etc/ssh/sshd_config like for example : AllowUsers [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- grtjs, albi gpg-key: lynx -dump http://scii.nl/~albi/gpg.asc | gpg --import ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Sendmail x Postfix
Hi... I use Sendmail but I'd like to change to Postfix, because I have listened very well about security and others in Postfix ... What do you know about this?...What do you prefer?... Help me ... ___ Yahoo! doce lar. Faça do Yahoo! sua homepage. http://br.yahoo.com/homepageset.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: sshd possible breakin attempt messages
Brad Gilmer wrote: Hello all, I guess one of the banes of our existance as Sys Admins is that people are always pounding away at our systems trying to break in. Lately, I have been getting hit with several hundred of the messages below per dayin my security report output... gilmer.org login failures: Feb 5 11:18:17 gilmer sshd[78078]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 206-171-37-232.ded.pacbell.net failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT! Feb 5 11:18:18 gilmer sshd[78080]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 206-171-37-232.ded.pacbell.net failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT! Feb 5 11:18:20 gilmer sshd[78082]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 206-171-37-232.ded.pacbell.net failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT! I am running FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE, and right now this box is not a production machine, but I am going to be taking it live fairly soon. Questions: 1) Is there anything I should be doing to thwart this particular attack? IANAE on security, but there are several possibilities. Here are a couple ideas from my deadbeat security brain: 1. edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and make sure that only the right users and such are allowed to login, and via the right methods. 2. If the situation allows, you can wrap sshd via /etc/hosts.allow to only allow logins from certain IP addresses (i.e., wherever you intend to admin this box from). Note that, as I mentioned, IANAE, and there is plenty of other "higher level" security actions that can be taken to secure a box from attack. Maybe some less-newbie-than-me guru will step up to the plate on that; maybe not. 2) Given that I am on 5.4, should I upgrade my sshd or do anything else at this point to make sure my machine is as secure as possible? Check the advisories at the freebsd.org web site, and keep tracking RELENG_5_4 with cvsup/buildworld, etc. to stay up to date is a good starting point. 3) (Meta-question) - Should I upgrade to 6.0 before I go live to be sure I am in the best possible security situation going forward? Should I wait until 6.1 for bug fixes (generally I am opposed to n.0 anything). Meta-answer, if possible from an idiot like me: 6.0 is actually a very notable exception to the "don't grab the zero release" rule in my case. YMMV, of course. Last week I upgraded my last 5.X boxen to 6.X, and I don't plan on looking back! Now, if I could just find time to backup/reinstall that 4.X boxen that's locked up so far away!!! Thanks Brad You're welcome. Kevin Kinsey -- << WAIT >> ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: xine and missing libdpstk
Am 05.02.2006 um 06:43 schrieb Gary Kline: I'm trying to build xine and find troubles with a missing library, libdpstk. I'm clueless re this DPS lib. Anybody? /usr/ports/UPDATING entry 20060126 regards tilman ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Adaptec AIC7901 and Striping
Hello, I have a Asus Xeon server with Adaptec AIC 7901 SCSI card and two discs. I made a RAID configuration for stripping two disks (RAID 0) When I try to install FreeBSD 5.4. FreeBSD still see two different discs( da0 and da1). Do you have any idea about this problem? Best Regards -- N. Ersen SISECI http://www.enderunix.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: firefox
Peter Marshall wrote: Is there a way to get things like flash, mpg, etc to work in firefox 1.5 with freeBSD ? Thanks Peter ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Flash I'm not sure, there is a flashplayer-port allthough, but I believe it only works with linux-firefox ( but again: I'm not sure so don't hold me for it if I'm wrong ). For playing videos ( Quicktime etc ) you can use the mplayer-plugin in the www category. I haven't used it myself ( on 1.5 ) but It worked on 1.0.X so I think it is updated to work with Fx 1.5 Hope this helps you -- -Frank Staals ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: kdeinit/openoffice/gnome-terminal crash in libpthread
Dayton Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I recently upgraded from 5.4R to 6.0R. I also tried to upgrade KDE and > openoffice. I use xfce, so my machine is not totally useless 8^). The > machine is a Toshiba Tecra M1. > > The first problem I noticed is that kdeinit dumps core. Subsequently, > openoffice-2.0 and gnome-terminal also crash in libpthread. Stack traces > from kdeinit and gnome-terminal are below. > > I have upgraded the kernel, libpthread, libc_r and libthr to -STABLE. I > have also recompiled kdeinit and gnome-terminal (openoffice is a binary > install). > > I have searched the archives. About a month ago someone had a very similar, > but there was no response. > > I have run out of ideas and am about to do a fresh install and restore, > ugh!, all my files. > > I would welcome any suggestions. See /usr/ports/UPDATING. In particular, it sounds like you missed the bit about recompiling *all* of your ports once you start updating any of them. Otherwise, you can end up linked against more than one version of the same threading library. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
sshd possible breakin attempt messages
Hello all, I guess one of the banes of our existance as Sys Admins is that people are always pounding away at our systems trying to break in. Lately, I have been getting hit with several hundred of the messages below per dayin my security report output... gilmer.org login failures: Feb 5 11:18:17 gilmer sshd[78078]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 206-171-37-232.ded.pacbell.net failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT! Feb 5 11:18:18 gilmer sshd[78080]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 206-171-37-232.ded.pacbell.net failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT! Feb 5 11:18:20 gilmer sshd[78082]: reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for 206-171-37-232.ded.pacbell.net failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT! I am running FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE, and right now this box is not a production machine, but I am going to be taking it live fairly soon. Questions: 1) Is there anything I should be doing to thwart this particular attack? 2) Given that I am on 5.4, should I upgrade my sshd or do anything else at this point to make sure my machine is as secure as possible? 3) (Meta-question) - Should I upgrade to 6.0 before I go live to be sure I am in the best possible security situation going forward? Should I wait until 6.1 for bug fixes (generally I am opposed to n.0 anything). Thanks Brad ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: dhclient in 6.0
Robert Huff wrote: Erik Norgaard writes: - Do you use a dhclient.conf from your previous install? These are incompatible. The new dhclient is a port from OpenBSD who completely rewrote dhclient. The old is from ISC. I do not believe this to be correct - the part about incompatible config files, that is. I am using my (ISC) dhclient.conf unmodified under (OpenBSD) dhclient with (as far as I know) no adverse results. And I think I specificly remember the announcement of the change explicitly saying most config files would need no changes. Ok, let me be more precise, there are options in the old ISC files that are not supported in the new and the new also introduces new options. Of course, whenever possible it is advantageous to reuse keywords and meanings. I do not know if dhclient defaults to ignore the unknown or it chokes and dies. Anyway, the problem may be solved by toggling with the dhclient.conf and OP does not mention any such thing nor it old files have been left from a previous install. Sniffing on the interface (snort -vC -i fxp0) would give some good clues as to where the problem is, maybe no responses get back because the request is blocked? or no requests are sent at all? I don't know if OP have reverted to 5.4 yet. Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: www.daemonsecurity.com/ca/8D03551FFCE04F06.crt Subject ID: 9E:AA:18:E6:94:7A:91:44:0A:E4:DD:87:73:7F:4E:82:E7:08:9C:72 Fingerprint: 5B:D5:1E:3E:47:E7:EC:1C:4C:C8:3A:19:CC:AE:14:F5:DF:18:0F:B9 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 6.0 on DVD
Or just use 3 floppies and install via FTP ;-) ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/6.0-RELEASE/floppies You will need boot.flp, kern1.flp, kern2.flp If you choose the developer series and ports you can build a system to your liking :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: dhclient in 6.0
Erik Norgaard writes: > - Do you use a dhclient.conf from your previous install? These > are incompatible. The new dhclient is a port from OpenBSD who > completely rewrote dhclient. The old is from ISC. I do not believe this to be correct - the part about incompatible config files, that is. I am using my (ISC) dhclient.conf unmodified under (OpenBSD) dhclient with (as far as I know) no adverse results. And I think I specificly remember the announcement of the change explicitly saying most config files would need no changes. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
High performance computing on FreeBSD
Dear Sirs. FreeBSd is now since 1996 my companion in scientific computing and related server systems and also my favorite operating system for every network stuff, firewalls and desktop systems I ever used. Now going ahaed with 64Bit, FreeBSD 6.X has been canceled for desktop systems due to the lack of a working JAVA in native 64Bit and especially a working native 64 Bit OpenOffice environment. Nevertheless, the experience of our group and especially of mine with several flavours of Linux, used at our computer center and its network performance and stability in comparison to FreeBSD's over the same time period let me tend to ask for a FreeBSD based high performance computer cluster more than such one founded on a Linux distribution. But there are some open issues and those need to be discussed deeper. First targets SMP/Node performance. I was very curious about SCHED_ULE when introduced in FreeBSD 5.X and was said to deliver a performance boost on SMP boxes. I'm still waiting for that to come true, every SMP scaling benchmark that has been taken in our computer center said Linux has the better SMP performance (on the same Opteron hardware, but I do not have specific details about that, sorry). Next point is the intercommunication of nodes. Infiniband or with special Hypertransport coupplings nodes will be able to communicate very fast. GBit LAN will be the least option, so the question is whether plans for or ready solutions for the node connections are underway. The last question refers to Fortran. Well, most of our scientists still work with Fortran77 or Fortran90/95 and it is hard to bring them towards C/C++, so the existence of good Fotran compiler will be essential. GCC 4.1/4.2 isn't standard in FreeBSD 6.X but many of other FreeBSD users told me they use the port's gcc 4.X very successful. But I feel better when the new GNU compiler collection will be the standard for FreeBSD. This may sound weird for some of yours, but I like the ease of upgrading software in FreeBSD which has reached a very, very high standard over the past 10 years (and it isn't comparable to jarsh weirdness I experienced with Linux, Solaris or Windows). So, utilizing standard ports and the base compiler collection gives a very stable and high quality platform - in my opinion. All right, this above mentioned fundamentals should be the basis for a small cluster system for numerical research. I still looking for benchmark tests, pro and contra regarding BSD/Linux (except the existence of better compiler software for Linux) and the state of development of high performance node interconnect and designated driver software. Target hardware will be a four or six node Opteron/Athlon64 platform with dual socket/dual core chips, with 4 or 8 GB local RAM and 200 GB local SATA disk drives, but main disk array will be RAID system attached via GBit LAN or, if possible, faster. The big question will remain in how the nodes should be interconnected and what kind of OS will be able to handle a specific interconnect (HTX/Infiniband). In the case my questions are to unspecific or naiv, please excuse that. Oliver ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
firefox
Is there a way to get things like flash, mpg, etc to work in firefox 1.5 with freeBSD ? Thanks Peter ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
system freezes
I'm using freebsd 6.0. After some time my system (router+nfs+ftp) freezes. After 10days I noticed that I cant ping my system. The monitor was kept shutdown so I got no message to screen and pushing any buttons didnt help out to wake up monitor. After reboot I haven't fount anything strange in my system or logs. How to try to find system freeze problem, because it happens at least twice a month. Thanks, And sorry for my bad English ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: error starting samba
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vasile C > Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 12:51 PM > To: FreeBSD Questions List > Subject: error starting samba > > I was using samba for some time .. but today I noticed that > it didn`t start so > when I tried to start it I got this error .Any ideas ? > > euclid# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba.sh start > Starting SAMBA: removing stale tdbs : > Starting nmbd. > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libintl.so.6" not found, > required by > "libpopt.so.0" > Starting smbd. > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libintl.so.6" not found, > required by > "libpopt.so.0" > > > euclid# uname -a > FreeBSD euclid 6.0-STABLE FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #0: Sun Jan 29 > 20:58:55 EET 2006 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EUCLID i386 Since you just updated your system, maybe the following are relevant: http://www.nabble.com/Problem-with-Samba3-startup-t821059.html#a2129790 http://forum.psoft.net/showthread.php?p=55300 You may need to update your samba port. It looks like your objects are out of synch. Did you update something else? I'd suggest: 1. backup 2. fsck 3. check hard disk 4. update ALL ports and packages. -gayn Bristol Systems Inc. 714/532-6776 www.bristolsystems.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: What's the bright idea? fam -> gamin
--- Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/6/06, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > My dependency are all foobared up now, How do I change them all back > > > to fam-2.6.9_6, so I don't have to run pkgdb -F everytime I > > > portupgrade? > > > > Remove fam by force and then install gamin. > > I don't want gamin, what was wrong with fam for fam? > > > > > What is wrong with running 'pkgdb -F' ? It is there to help you. Run > it > > and tell it to change all fam dependencies to gamin. > > > > Are you going to stop crying now? > > No Here is a thread to keep you busy while you're sulking: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2006-January/029128.html __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: dhclient in 6.0
make stuff up wrote: hi all.. this is new - just installed 6 and here: # dhclient fxp0 DHCPDISCOVER on fxp0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 DHCPDISCOVER on fxp0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 .. and a few other intervals... so if the fxp0 is up and the dhcp server is up then whats wrong with dhclient?... i'm actually writing from a machine on the same dhcp server... Hi there, I just read through this thread. I run dhclient on 6.0 with no problem at all. Normally, it will start sending a DHCPREQUEST then DHCPDISCOVER. Some questions: - Do you use a dhclient.conf from your previous install? These are incompatible. The new dhclient is a port from OpenBSD who completely rewrote dhclient. The old is from ISC. - Have you tried to toggle timeout/retry in dhclient.conf? - Can you sniff traffic on the NIC? - Do you have any firewalling set? or did you forget to disable ipfw? I think that ipfw defaults to block everything, I'm not sure if that is new in 6.0. Yes, I know the last two are somewhat basic stuff, but sometimes one just forget to check it. Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: www.locolomo.org S/MIME Certificate: www.daemonsecurity.com/ca/8D03551FFCE04F06.crt Subject ID: 9E:AA:18:E6:94:7A:91:44:0A:E4:DD:87:73:7F:4E:82:E7:08:9C:72 Fingerprint: 5B:D5:1E:3E:47:E7:EC:1C:4C:C8:3A:19:CC:AE:14:F5:DF:18:0F:B9 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: What's the bright idea? fam -> gamin
On 2/6/06, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My dependency are all foobared up now, How do I change them all back > > to fam-2.6.9_6, so I don't have to run pkgdb -F everytime I > > portupgrade? > > Remove fam by force and then install gamin. I don't want gamin, what was wrong with fam for fam? > > What is wrong with running 'pkgdb -F' ? It is there to help you. Run it > and tell it to change all fam dependencies to gamin. > > Are you going to stop crying now? No ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: What's the bright idea? fam -> gamin
--- Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My dependency are all foobared up now, How do I change them all back > to fam-2.6.9_6, so I don't have to run pkgdb -F everytime I > portupgrade? Remove fam by force and then install gamin. What is wrong with running 'pkgdb -F' ? It is there to help you. Run it and tell it to change all fam dependencies to gamin. Are you going to stop crying now? __ Find your next car at http://autos.yahoo.ca ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
What's the bright idea? fam -> gamin
My dependency are all foobared up now, How do I change them all back to fam-2.6.9_6, so I don't have to run pkgdb -F everytime I portupgrade? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Problems installing linux emulation under FreeBSD 4.9
Hi, I can't get the linux emulation installed under FreeBSD 4.9: ===> linux_base-rh-9 depends on executable: rpm - found ===> linux_base-rh-9 depends on file: /usr/local/sbin/pkg_info - found kern.fallback_elf_brand: 3 -> 3 glibc-2.3.2-27.9.7.i386.rpm execution of glibc-2.3.2-27.9.7 script failed, exit status 0 *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-rh-9. How can I fix this? Thanks, Manfred -- DSL-Aktion wegen großer Nachfrage bis 28.2.2006 verlängert: GMX DSL-Flatrate 1 Jahr kostenlos* http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: motherboard recommendations for 6.0
Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's time to set up another box to act as file server and I'm at the > crucial motherboard-choice stage. I'm looking for recommendations for an > i386 single-cpu mid-price board that work well with FreeBSD 6.0-stable. I > don't see the point in buying an Intel cpu but if you do then please make > your point. Thanks a lot. > > -- > Peter ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=ODk5 Why? Because it works with FreeBSD, it's cool [C/F], it's fast and it has all the necessary connectors. I use it as a desktop. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
ICH7 + RAID = AHCI trouble
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Hi,
i recently bought a new server with an Intel ICH7 chipset and embedded
LSI Raid.
I set the SATA mode in the BIOS to RAID. After that, i was able to
configure a RAID1 array using the Controllers BIOS.
Unfortunately, FreeBSD isn't seeing any of the installed HDs.
I tried to change the BIOS settings for SATA in the BIOS to all available
methods (RIAD, AHCI, NATIVE) with no success.
The only setting that makes FreeBSD able to see the HDs is COMPATIBLE, but
i loose the PATA channel if i use it, which is definitely not what i
want.
I tried the above with 6.0-RELEASE and RELENG_6 from "Thu Feb 2 18:32:06
CET 2006".
I took a closer look into the RELENG_6 ata(4) code and found the following
line in ata-chipset.c :
{ ATA_I82801GB_R1, 0, AHCI, 0x00, ATA_SA300, "ICH7" }
After i changed this line to :
{ ATA_I82801GB_R1, 0,0, 0x00, ATA_SA300, "ICH7" }
i was able to detect the two HDs AND the configured RAID1 array. I could
use fdisk(8) and bsdlabel(8) to set up the disk and can finally use it.
Unfortunately, i can only use two disk, as all other channels do NOT
appaer in FreeBSD, i think this is related to my change in the source, as
previously all channels where available, but without HDs.
I would really like to use the other channels too.
One problem could be the "RAID or AHCI enabled - detection code" in
ata_chipset.c (rev 1.126.2.8 in RELENG_6) below line 1660, but i'm not
sure.
Is there any chance we can track this down to make it working in a general
way, without the need to change the sources everytime i've cvsupped my
source tree?
I'm glad to help wherever i can to solve this issue.
regards
Joerg
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error starting samba
I was using samba for some time .. but today I noticed that it didn`t start so when I tried to start it I got this error .Any ideas ? euclid# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba.sh start Starting SAMBA: removing stale tdbs : Starting nmbd. /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libintl.so.6" not found, required by "libpopt.so.0" Starting smbd. /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libintl.so.6" not found, required by "libpopt.so.0" euclid# uname -a FreeBSD euclid 6.0-STABLE FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE #0: Sun Jan 29 20:58:55 EET 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EUCLID i386 -- If something goes wrong use : BOFH excuse #65: system needs to be rebooted pgpsqquWnKOQY.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: MySQL version for 6.0
Greg 'groggy' Lehey schrieb: I'd be interested to know why you recommend version 4.1 over 5.0. I still had not enough time to investigate 5.0. I just ran sql-bench a few times on a dual Pentium III 733 machine and noticed that 5.0 was up to 10% slower than 4.1 with the default configuration. So my recommendation is neither binding nor reasonable; it's just a random proposal according to my feeling. :-) Björn ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: compiling
On 2006-02-05 22:20, drew hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm am trying to compile an SMP kernel on mt machine. When i am in the > konsole BSD tells me the Dir /usr/src/sys/i386/conf does not exist. In > KDE I got to the Dir made the kernel put it in the /root/kernel Dir > and now that's O.K., BUT trying to compile and install is a new > nightmare. You have to be a bit more explicit about the _EXACT_ steps you took. I'm not sure I can safely guess the steps you took by reading the above description, and there are a few dozen things you could have done wrong. > Is it possible to compile and install in KDE? If so, how? Yes. You don't really need "KDE" though for this. The Handbook and the `/usr/src/UPDATING' file contain a detailed description of the steps you have to take to upgrade a system from the sources. Be sure to check these instructions before you start doing anything else. - Giorgos ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: remote x-window
On Sunday 05 February 2006 19:31, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Friday, 3 February 2006 at 8:58:08 +, Michael Fleming wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 09:48:56PM -0900, Beech Rintoul wrote: > >> I have sort of a newbie question. How do I connect to a remote > >> machine with x-windows and get a desktop? Could someone point me in > >> the right direction as I've never had a need to to do it before. I > >> do have ssh to the machine. > > > > You'll have to export $DISPLAY=x.x.x.x:0.0 so that the display on the > > remote machine is displayed on the local. > > Specifically, the DISPLAY environment variable states the name of the > remote host, the server number and the screen number. Normally you > only have one server, which is then 0. It's quite common to have more > than one screen: I'm writing this on echunga.lemis.com:0.0, but there > are two further screens called echunga.lemis.com:0.1 and > echunga.lemis.com:0.2. See http://www.lemis.com/grog/hardware.html > for an example. > > > You'll also have to forward X11 packets, check your ssh_conf so that > > "forward X11 yes". > > This is for tunnelling over ssh. I wouldn't recommend that in a local > context. > > > I use cygwin on my work laptop ( XP ) and a openvpn connection to my > > BSD machine then fire up the display on the XP machine. > > It's possible that you'd need it here, but between BSD machines it's > just overhead. > > One thing that you don't mention is whether the server will listen on > TCP. This used to be the default, but it isn't any more. If you're > using startx, you'll have to remove the 'nolisten-tcp' option. See > http://www.lemis.com/grog/desktop.html. > > If you're using KDE or GNOME, you'll probably have to do something > similar. I don't know the details, though. > > Greg Thank you much for your response, you have clarified a couple of points I wasn't sure about. In the short run I went with running a vnc server on the box which is supported by KDE. However, I need to learn all of this as I have need for it from time to time. Looks like I have a bit homework to do. Thanks again, Beech -- --- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise Travel \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com --- pgpcUGLK7Jp6U.pgp Description: PGP signature
Hostname Question
Is there any differnce in the way 6.0 resolves its own hostname compared to 5.2 ? I just noticed in phpsysinfo the hostname is being outputted as the IP address ? # hostname does in fact show the correct hostname.domain name of the machine. I have tried the same version of phpsysinfo (as I had on 5.2) as well as the most recent port and the result is the same. I checked rc.conf which is correct. Its not of great importance but I just was wondering about it ... Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
IPMI support in 6.x ?
Hi FBSDers, I'm setting up an Intel SR1435VP2 server (SE7320VP2 mobo) and it appears the only way to get at the temp and fan sensors is through IPMI, since there's no thermal section in 'sysctl hw.acpi'. I've tried freeipmi out of ports (hangs) and ipmitool appears to be for remote rather than local sensor reading, since there's no OpenIPMI/BMC kernel module for FreeBSD that I can find. All I can find for FBSD is Doug White's IPMI page from 2002. I haven't had much luck compiling his pre-pre-alpha code yet. http://people.freebsd.org/~dwhite/ipmi/ It would be so so nice if there was simple 'sysctl hw.sensors' like in OpenBSD: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openbsd-misc&m=112993650617151 and http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ipmi The output on that page is the total sum of what I want from IPMI. Is FreeBSD behind in this area? Is there work going on in 6.1 or something? I don't really want to deploy this server without monitoring. Thanks, Skye Poier Seattle WA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
