Re: spamfilter
I can only recommend a program called dspam, which is also in the ports. I personally had a very hard time to install and configure it, so this is not a praise only, but once i had it running it almost immediately started taking care on 99 percent of my spam. On Aug 1, 2006, at 7:51 PM, Duane Hill wrote: On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Robert Huff wrote: Micah writes: > I `ve got a spam problem and want to run a spamfilter. > There is only a problem i don`t no witch spamfilter to choose. > Can anyone give me a tip of a good and simple to run spamfilter??? I'm running SpamAssassin and spamass-milter. They seem to do an okay job. While I run (and like) this combination myself, there are at least two caveats of which one ought to be aware: 1) spamd (part of SpamAssassin) is written in perl. This is fine for a workstation, not so much for a high-volume mail server. This is because SpamAssassin is CPU and memory intensive. High- volume, I wouldn't see running on anything less than a dual 2.8ghz with a bare minimum of 4gig ram (8 would be better). 2) installing spamass-milter requires rebuilding sendmail. (I have no idea about other MTAs.) This usually sounds more frightening than it is, but can still lead to complications. Robert Huff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED]" -- "This message was sent using 100% recycled electrons." ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED]" !DSPAM:1,44cf40586291601157756! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Fastest disk in the west or bad iozone numbers?
Anyone have a clue why iozone reports disk read rates of 688MegaBytes/s on a 1GB test file? Am I doing something stupid, like not converting the numbers correctly? I've attached the iozone report, It's from a single 400GB Seagate SATA drive. infomatic# iozone -az -g 1g -b ~/seagate.xls Iozone: Performance Test of File I/O Version $Revision: 3.263 $ Compiled for 32 bit mode. Build: freebsd Contributors:William Norcott, Don Capps, Isom Crawford, Kirby Collins Al Slater, Scott Rhine, Mike Wisner, Ken Goss Steve Landherr, Brad Smith, Mark Kelly, Dr. Alain CYR, Randy Dunlap, Mark Montague, Dan Million, Jean-Marc Zucconi, Jeff Blomberg, Erik Habbinga, Kris Strecker, Walter Wong. Run began: Wed Aug 2 13:22:54 2006 Auto Mode Cross over of record size disabled. Using maximum file size of 1048576 kilobytes. Command line used: iozone -az -g 1g -b /root/seagate.xls Output is in Kbytes/sec Time Resolution = 0.02 seconds. Processor cache size set to 1024 Kbytes. Processor cache line size set to 32 bytes. File stride size set to 17 * record size. iozone test complete. Excel output is below: "Writer report" "4" "8" "16" "32" "64" "128" "256" "512" "1024" "2048" "4096" "8192" "16384" "64" 117858 208475 293496 467159 279442 "128" 13911 14740 32152 25182 67120 84273 "256" 27914 63615 235955 248516 27902 41006 71708 "512" 36384 64875 45791 275720 23293 50131 337516 82223 "1024" 28623 6571 97246 251659 71809 85375 125828 325509 278322 "2048" 47798 52503 41486 83218 79279 66456 47005 113475 74461 101551 "4096" 28189 12285 27437 51167 47354 53293 60537 50633 43507 44217 59572 "8192" 30163 42406 66024 43097 26781 34145 33147 56543 32099 70854 46321 66291 "16384" 28205 48073 39713 44404 48775 55348 67135 64065 61474 47064 45921 45291 67852 "32768" 32041 58188 66444 69155 64704 69603 61746 64296 65845 57059 54606 55612 64872 "65536" 35468 51383 58800 60465 61065 60876 60873 57916 57607 59288 58676 56887 59718 "131072" 36040 53350 56741 56059 56369 57402 56329 55548 53857 54671 53841 58136 56973 "262144" 41989 54045 56191 56397 56645 56980 54622 56138 55409 57708 56486 55746 55302 "524288" 43288 53420 55245 55694 56406 56120 55809 55519 54507 55516 55370 55267 56061 "1048576" 46697 52919 54481 54439 55033 54735 54715 54120 55171 54381 54624 54375 54315 "Re-writer report" "4" "8" "16" "32" "64" "128" "256" "512" "1024" "2048" "4096" "8192" "16384" "64" 653745 829499 943164 926881 633683 "128" 18127 67542 124981 202546 191015 469042 "256" 266396 325611 368399 133756 275911 349683 527997 "512" 23810 581247 111862 158560 14502 291555 581877 528987 "1024" 54540 62530 122578 385696 290659 370491 369535 466509 552932 "2048" 54979 64220 31940 70530 81616 35326 48416 79781 108400 71254 "4096" 50653 38137 55127 38932 82662 49606 86061 60064 47201 26341 63558 "8192" 30646 27428 66534 81869 46981 42537 62341 60307 52390 36061 46217 69476 "16384" 43660 54881 35682 48482 32834 41479 73412 61000 59474 62223 56970 53378 71564 "32768" 53460 70274 70062 66694 63557 68102 7 57039 69162 61680 64322 72151 52286 "65536" 53877 45904 56165 59962 59226 59401 57805 57885 57730 60035 59937 59053 60268 "131072" 51140 56017 56050 56288 56041 55215 56123 55062 56726 56384 57301 55848 57552 "262144" 48664 55599 56843 57017 56667 57204 55478 57366 57193 56061 57085 56457 56565 "524288" 48505 55655 55984 55376 55646 56182 55536 56360 56130 56665 56682 56507 55632 "1048576" 50267 52582 53160 53615 53812 53592 53757 53218 53713 53887 54246 54344 54261 "Reader report" "4" "8" "16" "32" "64" "128" "256" "512" "1024" "2048" "4096" "8192" "16384" "64" 943164 1144170 1365309 1256653 1280633 "128" 636395 1153045 1468419 1488779 1307491 1346852 "256" 885478 1163807 1361560 1407980 1375513 1422906 1319723 "512" 873453 1069138 1330031 1330031 1414110 1422540 1295529 980760 "1024" 920953 1143004 1245780 1426135 1426135 1190859 1326585 889667 865465 "2048" 881234 1228430 1436297 1471229 1476539 1519371 1353467 837257 799687 842512 "4096" 927107 1229979 1448358 1494862 1506925 1531235 1355348 820840 822963 780774 824148 "8192" 879832 1244800 1471785 1506701 1528892 1553009 1348254 799535 777007 758717 767907 778186 "16384" 895302 1142931 1481929 1518440 1530207 1416206 1242720 765569 788939 781013 780454
user limits
Can someone tell me where I can find some resources for limiting user account. As example to not execute some programs to not see the content of some folders and so on. Thank you, Mihai ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Adding To Path
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Did you mean to use the "-m" option? No. Someone pointed out the file to edit, which I knew existed but couldn't find ;) Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there?
On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Xiao-Yong Jin wrote: Let me say it again. There are three problems we are trying to solve. a. Bandwidth. Bandwidth, IMHO, isn't that big of an issue ... the ramp up time for this, IMHO, will be slow, so the bandwidth usage will be a gradual increase ... b. Duplicates. Ted seems to have this covered with the CPU ID thing ... c. Fakery. IMHO, not a *really* big issue ... I could see someone bothering to do it once or twice, but seems to be "alot of work for little gain" ... The main problem that I see is finding a method of doing this that a majority of ppl can agree with ... and then convincing Core of the merits, a group that hasn't even voiced an opinion in this conversation yet ... :( Without Core endorsement, this whole thing is a still birth, unfortunately ... Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.orgICQ . 7615664 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there?
Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> You still can't avoid fakeries. > > Except that the fake will not bother coming back 3 times at one week > interval, just to plant his faked data. > Yes, just put it in the crontab. Easy, isn't it? > Olivier > > -- Xiao-Yong ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 17" or 19"
On Aug 2, 2006, at 8:00 PM, David Kelly wrote: On Aug 2, 2006, at 6:55 PM, Nikolas Britton wrote: Me? I'd go for two monster 22 inch CRTs, or three 19 inch CRTs. So lacking in imagination we are. Don't settle for anything less than 30" http://www.apple.com/displays/ Don't stop there. Two of said, or at least one of said and one smaller one... (I have the 30" and the 20" on my G5 :-) I am interested to see what Steve announces next week at the Apple developers conference next week (WWDC). Rumor is it will be the Pro intel based machines. Would like one with dual 30" :-) Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there?
> You still can't avoid fakeries. Except that the fake will not bother coming back 3 times at one week interval, just to plant his faked data. Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there?
Mikhail Goriachev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > User Freebsd wrote: >> On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Nikolas Britton wrote: >> >>> This may sound dumb but why don't we just put a registration link on the >>> FreeBSD main page... or "registration" in sysinstall. Isn't this how >>> everyone else handles the problem? >> >> User A installs FreeBSD, registers, works with it for a week, finds he >> isn't getting anything done with it, wipes the drive and goes to something >> else ... >> >> User B installs FreeBSD 5.x, registers, works with it for a while and >> decides to CVSup to -CURRENT, so now we have an artificially high # of 6.x >> installs, and an artificially low # of 7.x installs ... nobody looks to be >> moving to 7.x, therefore why support it from a vendors perspective ... > > > Right, I've been following this thread from the start but didn't want to > get involved, even though I felt this is important and necessary. I've > come up with this token-based registration idea: > > Agent: Knock, knock... > Server: Hi, give us your last 2 tokens... > Agent: I don't have them... I'm a newborn. > Server: Ok. Here's one for you $token1 and come back in 7 days. > > 7 days later (or more if it's a laptop) > > Agent: Knock, knock... > Server: Hi, give us your last 2 tokens... > Agent: I only have 1 token. > Server: Ok. There you go $token2. Get back in 7 days. > > 7 days later (or more if it's a laptop) > > Agent: Knock, knock... > Server: Hi, give us your last 2 tokens... > Agent: Take them, $token1 and $token2. > Server (compares tokens): Thanks, now give us some info about yourself. > Agent: Ok, sending $information. > Server: Thanks, this is another $token3 for you. Come back in 7 days. > > ... beyond this point the agent is officially registered but must > maintain its rego by reporting every 7 days and keep providing latest 2 > tokens ... > > > In short, an agent must earn the registration. In this case it takes 2 > weeks. Once it registers, it becomes a real number in the stats. If that > agent stops reporting for a few months then it gets removed from the > stats. If agent's computer upgrades, then it doesn't matter because it > still sends $information (with updates) every time it reports. > > If another agent steals the tokens then it isn't an issue. The victim > gets rejected until it collects new tokens. This is because stolen > tokens already got registered. The burglar, in the other hand, stays > with that stolen registration and resubmits its own $information (uname, > dmesg, whatever), which overwrites victim's data. To strengthen the > system and avoid token high-jacks we could increment the number and > complexity of tokens. > >>From users' point of view, there are no registration or scary > configurations. The system takes over and does everything behind the > scenes. For sure, the only necessary thing would be an enable_rego=YES > or similar line in /etc/rc.conf. > > In order to cater for the demand, I reckon there would be enough people > willing to donate servers and bandwidth (I'd be one of them). Agents > also could detect the closest server on their own and report to it > (fastest_cvsup[1] style)... > > Ok, I'll stop here for now. > > > Cheers, > Mikhail. > > > [1] - > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/sysutils/fastest_cvsup/pkg-descr > You still can't avoid fakeries. In fact, I guess that unless one uses some kinds of Genuine Advantage things, you can not tell if the data is true. However, acquiring a unique id from the server is a good idea to prevent from duplication, if the bandwidth permits. Therefore, why not simplify it? 1. Require an ID from the server after installation if permitted by the user. 2. Provide the ID and `uname -mr` periodically or in a randomized time interval between one to two months. Or simply let the user decide when to run it. But states clearly that it'll overload the server if all the clients connect simultaneously. Let me say it again. There are three problems we are trying to solve. a. Bandwidth. b. Duplicates. c. Fakery. By randomizing the time interval, bandwidth can no longer be a problem. And the uniqueness is assured by the ID generated in the server. Finally, I can't see any open source solution could prevent some people from generating fake boxes, even with some serial number of the hardwares. Can we do some checks of the hardware serial numbers? Okay, even if we do, we are going to touch too much privacy. So just forget about it. -- Xiao-Yong ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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Re: 17" or 19"
On Aug 2, 2006, at 6:55 PM, Nikolas Britton wrote: Me? I'd go for two monster 22 inch CRTs, or three 19 inch CRTs. So lacking in imagination we are. Don't settle for anything less than 30" http://www.apple.com/displays/ -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there?
User Freebsd wrote: > On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Nikolas Britton wrote: > >> This may sound dumb but why don't we just put a registration link on the >> FreeBSD main page... or "registration" in sysinstall. Isn't this how >> everyone else handles the problem? > > User A installs FreeBSD, registers, works with it for a week, finds he > isn't getting anything done with it, wipes the drive and goes to something > else ... > > User B installs FreeBSD 5.x, registers, works with it for a while and > decides to CVSup to -CURRENT, so now we have an artificially high # of 6.x > installs, and an artificially low # of 7.x installs ... nobody looks to be > moving to 7.x, therefore why support it from a vendors perspective ... Right, I've been following this thread from the start but didn't want to get involved, even though I felt this is important and necessary. I've come up with this token-based registration idea: Agent: Knock, knock... Server: Hi, give us your last 2 tokens... Agent: I don't have them... I'm a newborn. Server: Ok. Here's one for you $token1 and come back in 7 days. 7 days later (or more if it's a laptop) Agent: Knock, knock... Server: Hi, give us your last 2 tokens... Agent: I only have 1 token. Server: Ok. There you go $token2. Get back in 7 days. 7 days later (or more if it's a laptop) Agent: Knock, knock... Server: Hi, give us your last 2 tokens... Agent: Take them, $token1 and $token2. Server (compares tokens): Thanks, now give us some info about yourself. Agent: Ok, sending $information. Server: Thanks, this is another $token3 for you. Come back in 7 days. ... beyond this point the agent is officially registered but must maintain its rego by reporting every 7 days and keep providing latest 2 tokens ... In short, an agent must earn the registration. In this case it takes 2 weeks. Once it registers, it becomes a real number in the stats. If that agent stops reporting for a few months then it gets removed from the stats. If agent's computer upgrades, then it doesn't matter because it still sends $information (with updates) every time it reports. If another agent steals the tokens then it isn't an issue. The victim gets rejected until it collects new tokens. This is because stolen tokens already got registered. The burglar, in the other hand, stays with that stolen registration and resubmits its own $information (uname, dmesg, whatever), which overwrites victim's data. To strengthen the system and avoid token high-jacks we could increment the number and complexity of tokens. >From users' point of view, there are no registration or scary configurations. The system takes over and does everything behind the scenes. For sure, the only necessary thing would be an enable_rego=YES or similar line in /etc/rc.conf. In order to cater for the demand, I reckon there would be enough people willing to donate servers and bandwidth (I'd be one of them). Agents also could detect the closest server on their own and report to it (fastest_cvsup[1] style)... Ok, I'll stop here for now. Cheers, Mikhail. [1] - http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/sysutils/fastest_cvsup/pkg-descr -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.webanoide.org PGP Key ID: 0x4E148A3B PGP Key Fingerprint: D96B 7C14 79A5 8824 B99D 9562 F50E 2F5D 4E14 8A3B ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
portmanager question
hi guys, sorry for this newbie question, i've been upgrading my box using portupgrade but recently i'm experiencing some wierd logs that can't be explained nor solved but luckily my box does not appear to be broken, i have a question though regarding portmanager, someone on this list recommended it in lieu of portupgrade, are the following the correct procedure using portmanager?\ # cvsup -L 2 ports-supfile # portmanager -u -l -ui or do i need to # portsdb -Uu before issuing # portmanager -u -l -ui TIA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Intel 82563EB + Blackford on v6.1
On 6/16/06, Danial Thom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It seems that most of the new MBs with the Blackford chipset use the 82563EB dual gig intel controller. Is there support forthcoming for the controller? Has anyone tested with a blackford MB yet? Ditto... Supermicro X7DBE. Where is the driver??? These chips will be hitting the market like hot cakes very soon... Xeons don't suck anymore. -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: qauestion using ed.
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 04:59:03PM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2006, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > Guys, > > > > How, pray tel, do I use ed to delete 23 lines? I can find "foo" > > with /foo, but then .,20d or .,+20d or .,+20 d don't work. > > .,.+20d > > +20d > > If you use the ``ex'' invocation of vi(m), ``20dd'' should do it. > > Bill Thankee! This works for most /patterns, but "http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Portmanger getting stuck in loop
Hi all, I've got a portmanager question. I've been using it for quite some time on various systems with great success - until today when i ctl+c'd in the wrong terminal and broke an upgrade that was going on. Now when i try to re-run portmanger to get a list of out of date ports I am getting this: 00109 :p5-Math-BigInt-1.77 /math/p5-Math-BigInt MISSING 00110 :p5-Socket6-0.19 /net/p5-Socket6 MISSING 00111 :p5-Email-Address-1.86 /mail/p5-Email-Address MISSING 00112 :lzo2-2.02_1 /archivers/lzo2 MISSING I've tried various portmanager upgrade attempts (using -u/-f/ and -p) and all seem to fail with similar messages as this: skipping p5-Math-BigInt-1.77 /math/p5-Math-BigInt marked IGNORE reason: looping, 3rd attempt at make skipping p5-Socket6-0.19 /net/p5-Socket6 marked IGNORE reason: looping, 3rd attempt at make skipping p5-Email-Address-1.86 /mail/p5-Email-Address marked IGNORE reason: looping, 3rd attempt at make skipping lzo2-2.02_1 /archivers/lzo2 marked IGNORE reason: looping, 3rd attempt at make soo...my question is, is there a way to reset the "state" of what portmanger things is installed (and what rev's etc...). i am not even sure if portmanger does this, although i am familiar with rebuilding the pkgdb after i messed up when using portupgrade ;) thanks for any pointers/help! -pete -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there?
On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Peter A. Giessel wrote: On 2006/08/02 15:37, User Freebsd seems to have typed: On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Nikolas Britton wrote: This may sound dumb but why don't we just put a registration link on the FreeBSD main page... or "registration" in sysinstall. Isn't this how everyone else handles the problem? I'd fill out a form to "register" FreeBSD, I did so with OpenOffice, and I did so with MacOSX, but I'm not going to let a DHD (dial home device) knowingly sit on my server. Thats one (of many) reasons I don't use Microsoft. I'll remove it before the "installworld" step if need be. Pine has a nice feature in it ... when you upgrade or install, the first thing it prompts you for when you start it up the first time is whether or not you wish to send a message in to be counted as a pine user ... its an opt-in sort of thing, but highly visible ... Maybe have something like this at the very end of the installworld? So that it isn't automatic, but it is an obvious step that ppl go through? It should also be included as part of sysinstall, again, opt-in ... "do you want to have you install counted?" ... sysinstall should report it as a fresh install, installworld as an upgrade ... The problem with something like this, mind you, is that the #s go up, but never come down (ie. someone retires a server), since there is no 'refresh timeout' ... The thing I was hoping for / looking at was some sort of update mechanism, so that retired servers would 'fade out' of the numbers ... the problem is that that requires *some sort* of DHD, whether it be in the form of something like uptimec, or a 'periodic monthly' report that goes out to say "i'm still alive" :( Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.orgICQ . 7615664 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 4TB filesystem
--- Lutz Rabing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi all, > > is someone still working on the "bigdisk" project? > it becomes > more an more easy to create disk arrays bigger than > 2TB ... it > would be a "really nice to have" feature. > > lutz > Nice to have, but I wouldn't want to fsck it! :) Nicole > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > The Large Print Giveth And The Small Print Taketh Away -- Anon __ 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: Changing user password from command line
Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: On Wednesday, 2 August 2006 at 15:53:07 +0300, Simon Phoenix wrote: On Wednesday 02 August 2006 12:48, Mike Fern wrote: Dear all, Does anybody know a program which is able to change user password from command line? We can add a user using single line pw (pw useradd), but i need ability to set the password also, instead of old command "passwd user" and then writing to stdin. man pw Look for -h option description. The advantage of using passwd(1) is that it is available on all UNIX-like systems (pw(8) isn't), and that it's easier to use. pw's ability to alter password files in directories other than /etc comes in handy sometimes. Unless there's an undocumented way to do this with passwd. - Micah ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: qauestion using ed.
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006, Gary Kline wrote: > > Guys, > > How, pray tel, do I use ed to delete 23 lines? I can find "foo" > with /foo, but then .,20d or .,+20d or .,+20 d don't work. .,.+20d +20d If you use the ``ex'' invocation of vi(m), ``20dd'' should do it. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX:(206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 ``Perhaps, when committing your first federal crime, it would be unwise to slap your name and address on it and mail it to 10,000 people.'' --Dogbert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 17" or 19"
On 8/2/06, dick hoogendijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Two LCD screens. Both have the same resolution (1280x1024) The 19" is $100 more expensive as the 17" What would to your opinions be the right thing to do. Go for the 17" or the larger (but probably a little less crystal sharp) 19" one. I'm not that rich. Probably my doubts are rooted in this;-) Thanks for any advice. Me? I'd go for two monster 22 inch CRTs, or three 19 inch CRTs. -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Changing user password from command line
On Wednesday, 2 August 2006 at 15:53:07 +0300, Simon Phoenix wrote: > On Wednesday 02 August 2006 12:48, Mike Fern wrote: >> Dear all, >> Does anybody know a program which is able to change user password from >> command line? >> We can add a user using single line pw (pw useradd), but i need >> ability to set the password also, instead of old command "passwd user" >> and then writing to stdin. > > man pw > > Look for -h option description. The advantage of using passwd(1) is that it is available on all UNIX-like systems (pw(8) isn't), and that it's easier to use. 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. pgpnS57kbPgut.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Changing user password from command line
On Wednesday, 2 August 2006 at 16:48:48 +0700, Mike Fern wrote: > Dear all, > Does anybody know a program which is able to change user password from > command line? Of course. I thought it was the only way. $ man -k password passwd(1), yppasswd(1) - modify a user's password From that man page: HISTORY A passwd command appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX. By comparison, pw(8) is a newcomer. In fact, the passwd command was in the Third Edition of Research UNIX, back in 1973. 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. pgp5G59PoWghy.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there?
On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Nikolas Britton wrote: This may sound dumb but why don't we just put a registration link on the FreeBSD main page... or "registration" in sysinstall. Isn't this how everyone else handles the problem? User A installs FreeBSD, registers, works with it for a week, finds he isn't getting anything done with it, wipes the drive and goes to something else ... User B installs FreeBSD 5.x, registers, works with it for a while and decides to CVSup to -CURRENT, so now we have an artificially high # of 6.x installs, and an artificially low # of 7.x installs ... nobody looks to be moving to 7.x, therefore why support it from a vendors perspective ... Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.orgICQ . 7615664 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
qauestion using ed.
Guys, How, pray tel, do I use ed to delete 23 lines? I can find "foo" with /foo, but then .,20d or .,+20d or .,+20 d don't work. Anybody? 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: need help troubleshooting man
On Wednesday 02 August 2006 18:03, Jonathan Horne wrote: > 1) i have only one box that is running STABLE, and its my x/kde > workstation. this is also my only computer with half-broken man pages. > 2) i have several production and development servers (no desktops), and > they are all RELENG. all my releng boxes have working man pages. i neglected to mention that *all* of my systems were installed as minimal, reguardless if they ended up as releng servers or stable workstation. tia, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
4TB filesystem
hi all, is someone still working on the "bigdisk" project? it becomes more an more easy to create disk arrays bigger than 2TB ... it would be a "really nice to have" feature. lutz ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: need help troubleshooting man
On Wednesday 02 August 2006 05:14, Matti J. Karki wrote: > On 8/1/06, Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i remember a thread from a few weeks back, that i followed closely, but > > was never able to resolve my issue as the original poster did. i have a > > 6.1-STABLE system that the bulk of my mans to not work, but some that are > > recently installed from ports are working. can someone guide me thru > > trouble shooting this issue? > > I managed to get this kind of situation by installing first the > "minimal set" (or "distribution") and then installing everything else > from the ports. The minimal installation set does not have man pages. > To get small - but fully functional - installation, I had to install > the "User set", which contains the required binaries and all relevant > documentation files. Maybe re-running the sysinstall and selecting > appropriate distribution set could help? > > > -Matti well, i thought about that for a moment, and i wasnt able to come to any real conclusion. 1) i have only one box that is running STABLE, and its my x/kde workstation. this is also my only computer with half-broken man pages. 2) i have several production and development servers (no desktops), and they are all RELENG. all my releng boxes have working man pages. what do i need to check between my working releng and my stable workstation to find the difference in why the stable has broken mans? tia, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 17" or 19"
On Aug 2, 2006, at 4:25 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: Two LCD screens. Both have the same resolution (1280x1024) The 19" is $100 more expensive as the 17" What would to your opinions be the right thing to do. Go for the 17" or the larger (but probably a little less crystal sharp) 19" one. I'm not that rich. Probably my doubts are rooted in this;-) Thanks for any advice. If the quality is good, go for the bigger one. Then you can set back a little instead of hunching forward to see the little stuff. The sharpness will be so much better than an old CRT that the tiny difference in sharpness will not be meaningful. It all depends on your eyes :-) I don't know what the costs are in Holland but you may want to see if you can find a 19" widescreen (1440x900) screen... I just got one from "Hanns-G" for $180 and it is quite nice and in the same ballpark as standard 19" but with more "usable" space. Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider chad at shire.net ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: upgrade port, a couple of questions
Scott Oertel wrote:
Nicolas Blais wrote:
On Wednesday 02 August 2006 17:27, Efren Bravo wrote:
Hi,
How can I see which ports depend on
libgmp-4.1.4_1?
If I upgrade it, the applications that are using
the old libgmp would be affected?
Thanks...
Efren Bravo.
If you go into /var/db/pkg/libgmp-4.1.4_1 you'll see a file called
+REQUIRED_BY. Read it (cat "+REQUIRED_BY") to see which ports require
libgmp.
You usually do not have to rebuild those ports unless there was a
major change in the library. It's up to you to know if you need to
rebuild them or not.
Nicolas.
This is a question i've had for a while, so this ("+REQUIRED_BY") checks
what depends on libgmp, how do you check what libgmp depends on?
pkg_info?
-r Show the list of packages on which each package depends.
-R Show the list of installed packages which require each
package.
Also I've found portmanager copes pretty well with most dependencies.
Chris
Scott.
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Re: 17" or 19"
> > Two LCD screens. Both have the same resolution (1280x1024) > The 19" is $100 more expensive as the 17" > What would to your opinions be the right thing to do. > Go for the 17" or the larger (but probably a little less crystal sharp) > 19" one. I'm not that rich. Probably my doubts are rooted in this;-) > Thanks for any advice. If the quality is good, go for the bigger one. Then you can set back a little instead of hunching forward to see the little stuff. The sharpness will be so much better than an old CRT that the tiny difference in sharpness will not be meaningful. jerry > > -- > dick -- http://nagual.nl/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE > ++ Running FreeBSD 6.1 +++ The Power to Serve > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[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: Mysql from ports
Yes, ports tree is current. I just ran cvsup yesterday.
That= sould be current enough, right?
Ron
On Wed= Aug 2 16:25 , Eric sent:
Ron Clark wrote:
> Good day all,
>
> I am building a new server and need Mys=l. I have tried to
insta= ll
> 4.1 server and 5.0 server. Both error out durin= the build.
I try= to
> restart the install and it installs, but then will no=
start beca= use
> /var/log/mysql directory does not exist. I create the
direc=ory a= nd
> try to restart, to no avail.
>
> Is there a version of My=ql that can be installed with out
error= s?
> Are there steps that am mi=sing to make this run? I have
install= ed
> Mysql from ports before with no er=ors, so this is new.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ron C
>
is your ports tree current?
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Re: upgrade port, a couple of questions
Nicolas Blais wrote:
On Wednesday 02 August 2006 17:27, Efren Bravo wrote:
Hi,
How can I see which ports depend on
libgmp-4.1.4_1?
If I upgrade it, the applications that are using
the old libgmp would be affected?
Thanks...
Efren Bravo.
If you go into /var/db/pkg/libgmp-4.1.4_1 you'll see a file called
+REQUIRED_BY. Read it (cat "+REQUIRED_BY") to see which ports require libgmp.
You usually do not have to rebuild those ports unless there was a major change
in the library. It's up to you to know if you need to rebuild them or not.
Nicolas.
This is a question i've had for a while, so this ("+REQUIRED_BY") checks
what depends on libgmp, how do you check what libgmp depends on?
Scott.
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17" or 19"
Two LCD screens. Both have the same resolution (1280x1024) The 19" is $100 more expensive as the 17" What would to your opinions be the right thing to do. Go for the 17" or the larger (but probably a little less crystal sharp) 19" one. I'm not that rich. Probably my doubts are rooted in this;-) Thanks for any advice. -- dick -- http://nagual.nl/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 6.1 +++ The Power to Serve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: upgrade port, a couple of questions
On Wednesday 02 August 2006 17:27, Efren Bravo wrote: > Hi, > > How can I see which ports depend on > libgmp-4.1.4_1? > > If I upgrade it, the applications that are using > the old libgmp would be affected? > > Thanks... > > Efren Bravo. If you go into /var/db/pkg/libgmp-4.1.4_1 you'll see a file called +REQUIRED_BY. Read it (cat "+REQUIRED_BY") to see which ports require libgmp. You usually do not have to rebuild those ports unless there was a major change in the library. It's up to you to know if you need to rebuild them or not. Nicolas. -- FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #11: Sun Jul 30 12:12:59 EDT 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CLK01A PGP? : http://www.clkroot.net/security/nb_root.asc pgp9Odg1ciaY8.pgp Description: PGP signature
upgrade port, a couple of questions
Hi, How can I see which ports depend on libgmp-4.1.4_1? If I upgrade it, the applications that are using the old libgmp would be affected? Thanks... Efren Bravo. - Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=ZWZyZW5iYQ%3D%3D __ LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Need help using ssh/netcat to proxy udp
Hello, I'm trying to use ssh and netcat to forward dns queries from a 6.1-STABLE workstation to a remote 6.1-STABLE DNS server. I was inspired by the information supplied at: http://zarb.org/~gc/html/udp-in-ssh-tunneling.html The methodology is elegant and simple, but I'm unable to get it working. Here's what I've done: local# ssh -L 6667:localhost:6667 server.foo.com server# rndc trace server# rndc querylog server# mkfifo /tmp/fifo server# nc -l -p 6667 < /tmp/fifo | nc -u 127.0.0.1 53 > /tmp/fifo local# mkfifo /tmp/fifo local# nc -l -u -p 53 < /tmp/fifo | nc localhost 6667 > /tmp/fifo local# echo "nameserver 127.0.0.1" > /etc/resolv.conf local# dig www.freebsd.org ; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> www.freebsd.org ;; global options: printcmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached I see nothing in the server's named.run file and dig reports the server wasn't reached. Also, I'm unable to ctrl-C out of either nc command local or remote. What am I doing wrong? -- Regards, Doug ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Mysql from ports
Ron Clark wrote: > Good day all, > > I am building a new server and need Mysql. I have tried to install >4.1 server and 5.0 server. Both error out during the build. I try to >restart the install and it installs, but then will not start because >/var/log/mysql directory does not exist. I create the directory and >try to restart, to no avail. > > Is there a version of Mysql that can be installed with out errors? >Are there steps that am missing to make this run? I have installed >Mysql from ports before with no errors, so this is new. > > Thanks in advance, I have MySQL-5 installed. It worked without incident. Might I suggest the following. If you have portsclean installed, part of the portupgrade package, please read the manual for it and run it. "portsclean -CLP" should do the trick. Then update your ports tree. I would recommend 'portsnap' but that decision is up to you. Then navigate to databases/mysql51-server I would recommend that you delete that directory you created manually. It probably has the wrong permissions, etc. and will cause a build problem. Do the regular "make install && make clean" and you should be good to go. Place: mysql_enable="YES" in the /etc/rc.conf file and then either reboot or run the rc.d file: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server start and it will create the directories it requires. You still have to create a use though. Ciao! -- Gerard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Office msg system
> Looking for suggestions on a web based msg system for an office. People > are in and out quite a bit, they need to be able to log in from the road. > Prefer email, notes, and maybe bulletin board to notify just a group or > everyone in case of a disaster. > Ability to link into cell phone text msg system would be nice. > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > You might like to have a look at http://www.egroupware.org/. It maybe a bit overkill but it is very flexible and works well. Rob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Mysql from ports
Ron Clark wrote: >Good day all, > > I am building a new server and need Mys=l. I have tried to install >4.1 server and 5.0 server. Both error out durin= the build. I try to >restart the install and it installs, but then will no= start because >/var/log/mysql directory does not exist. I create the direc=ory and >try to restart, to no avail. > > Is there a version of My=ql that can be installed with out errors? >Are there steps that am mi=sing to make this run? I have installed >Mysql from ports before with no er=ors, so this is new. > > Thanks in advance, > >Ron C > is your ports tree current? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there?
Nikolas Britton wrote: This may sound dumb but why don't we just put a registration link on the FreeBSD main page... or "registration" in sysinstall. Isn't this how everyone else handles the problem? Not on the home page, I would suggest, because a) opt-in registrations have really low take-up and b) you want to count systems, not users. Who would register once per machine they run? How could you tell if they were lying? I imagine I could *easily* rustle up a dozen or more email addresses and then claim, say 20? 100? hosts per address. Sysinstall is an option, but then you only get to count from the point where you get your change into a new release, and only count from that release forward. Every host running any older version is guaranteed to be missed. Eventually, you will start to get some kind of count, but again you will suffer from people who hate registering. Whether that will outnumber hosts lost to other counting methods, I could only guess. And anything upgraded using cvsup would be missed too. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need Advice for Tuning NFS to place nice with a Netapp
On 02/08/06, N. Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Cool! Can you share with me what sort of settings you use on your boxes? sysctl/kerneltunes/mount options? This may be a disappointment to you but... I didn't have to do anything :-( All I have is rw on the client. It has taken me a over a month to even get to speak to someone high enough up he food chain at Netapp to not say "FreeBSD - that's a version of Linux right?" It depends who you speak to. There are people at NetApp who know about FreeBSD. The web server replies (using either Apache and Lighthttpd) seem to max out at about 17mb/s. Response time for the web server will rise gradually, then suddenly become 10-20seconds for a reply. Much like a backup on a highway. They claim that the netapp unit is spending too much time dealing with file information IOPS than actual transfer of files. However even on a non in-use server, if I make a request for a file, that "heavy file access" seems normal. IE: GtAttr Lookup Rdlink Read Write Rename Access Rddir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 248 160 0 4 0 0236 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I would dispute NetApp's claim. NetApp filers are very capable at doing NFS operations. Static files tend to sit usefully in the buffer cache on web servers. So unless you are doing something really odd with your web servers I would tend to disagree with NetApp. I've just looked on one of our POP3 servers (mounting NetApps). POP3 causes far more random access than our web servers. As such it doesn't sit in the buffer cache very long. We have much higher figures than yours and absolutely no performance problems. Yes, 4X GigE from the filer via a Vif and trunking on the switch. A nice 10Gb ready HP unit. I have asked if using the Vif and trunking could have any effects but been assured it should not. It does mean I cannot use jumbo frames. But since web pages and images are small, I don't think there would be any benefit. There is nothing wrong in theory with that setup. But is may not be what you want. Try it with just one GigE interface. You're right - you probably don't need jumbo frames. Which interface does the HP unit have? Also, have a look at netstat -in. Are there any IErrs or OErrs or Coll? Paste the results here! 9907187 bytes/sec for a 16M file. It will transfer in nanotime. So, I believe that eliminates network performance as an issue. Well, not really. The figure above is showing < 10MB a second. That's not quite Fast Ethernet speed. If you are pushing 17mb (I guess that's megabits) that's not really a problem though. I've just tested this on the same POP3 server above, using dd to write a file onto a NetApp and I get 10889359 a second. And this machine is busy. Also, it is mounting the NetApp over Fast Ethernet. Hmm. Drat. We have some web servers that do nothing but send out data, but some that are used for uploading and file manipulation. I will have to make sure that global of an option will not effect what they do. It is a per volume option. And frankly I've never seen much use for atime. It's useful sometimes, but not a lot. Can you also put in the output of nfsstat -W -c 2. Maybe it's best to put this up on the web somewhere as it's wide, and it's not easy to read in email. Let it run for a minute or so, and if possible do two runs. One during the OK time, the other during the problem time. I would go back to basics. One GigE interface. Just rw mount options, and start testing. By testing I mean measuring. NFS tuning is fiddly. I've been using NetApps with FreeBSD for 5 years. It is a good combination. Can you also post the output of sysctl -a|grep nfs. But don't start fiddling with them yet! One last thing - are you female?! In a UNIX > newsgroup?! Yup :) Oh, and yes, I do play the drums :) Oh gawd. Whatever next? :-) Thanks for your assistance!! Nicole Frem. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Office msg system
Mark Busby wrote: > Looking for suggestions on a web based msg system for an office. People are > in and out quite a bit, they need to be able to log in from the road. Prefer > email, notes, and maybe bulletin board to notify just a group or everyone in > case of a disaster. > Ability to link into cell phone text msg system would be nice. check out horde + imp + nag, etc. it should do most of what you want and i think they have a mobile version of imp as well, tho i do not use it http://www.horde.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Mysql from ports
Good day all, I am building a new server and need Mys= ql. I have tried to install 4.1 server and 5.0 server. Both error out durin= g the build. I try to restart the install and it installs, but then will no= t start because /var/log/mysql directory does not exist. I create the direc= tory and try to restart, to no avail. Is there a version of My= sql that can be installed with out errors? Are there steps that am mi= ssing to make this run? I have installed Mysql from ports before with no er= rors, so this is new. Thanks in advance, Ron C Fr= eeBSD 5.5-STABLE #0: Tue Aug 1 17:59:18 CDT 2006 [DEL: :DEL] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Office msg system
Looking for suggestions on a web based msg system for an office. People are in and out quite a bit, they need to be able to log in from the road. Prefer email, notes, and maybe bulletin board to notify just a group or everyone in case of a disaster. Ability to link into cell phone text msg system would be nice. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
no stable zsh available in ports
On 29 August 2005 the port shells/zsh-devel was removed (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1078555+0+/usr/local/www/db/text/2005/cvs-all/20050904.cvs-all). Perhaps as a consequence, on 30 April 2006 the port shells/zsh was changed from version 4.2.6 of the stable branch to version 4.3.2 of the zsh development branch (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=551139+0+/usr/local/www/db/text/2006/cvs-all/20060507.cvs-all). After 3 months of struggling to use this new, relatively buggy version, I finally have time to address what I see as a problem. The solution, in my opinion, is to reinstate the shells/zsh-devel port for the development branch and have the stable branch, appropriate for unambitious end-users like me, on shells/zsh. Before bringing this up in my first-ever problem report, I wanted to do as the article "Writing FreeBSD Problem Reports" recommends: "If your problem has not been discussed on the lists, you might try posting a message about it and waiting a few days to see if someone can spot something you have overlooked." With thanks, Scott Benolkin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there?
On 8/2/06, Alex Zbyslaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nikolas Britton wrote: > On 8/2/06, Alex Zbyslaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> But the question then goes back to: can you make any kind of count out >> of cvsup servers? Someone already said they thought you couldn't. >> >> At the end of the day, I think that unique IP address is as close as >> it's possible to get to host count. It will undercount NATed hosts and >> networks with single cvsup/portsnap distribution points, and will >> overcount variable IP addresses. The latter, I think matters the least >> as long as you do your stats over a short enough period (e.g. 1 month). >> That wouldn't overcount much and deliberate faking would be hard and >> limited (how many IP addresses can one faker get access to?). > > > The problem with cvsup (I use cvsup.) is the error margin. The closer > we get to release dates the more I use cvsup, It's a side effect of > running -STABLE. anyways... back to the fakers... > > Lets think about the usage patterns of a "typical" faker vs NAT: > > Faker: > * All from one IP address. > * Sequential requests. > * Scripted, so each request should be timed perfectly with the one > before and the one after it. > * Thousands of requests. > > NATed Boxes: > * All from one IP address. > * Parallel requests. > * Not scripted, requests should be more random. > * Hundreds of requests? But if what you are counting is IP addresses then you faker has achieved nothing. You're not counting connections, but IP addresses. Yes, you undercount NATed and yes you undercount when distribution points are used, but I don't see any easy way to fake, at least not on the scale of a URL. Yes, if you happen to have 200 IP addresses, you could probably assign each in turn to your BSD box and cvsup, but this seems less likely to me, and is inherently limited. Sometimes I cvsup three times a day - in which case all are likely to come from same IP. Sometimes I cvsup once a month or less, in which case looking at statistics only over the last month will tend to flatten any effect from variable IPs. It's far from perfect, but unless you want each installation to have its own license number and a "GenuineFreeBSD" program which enforces unique license numbers somehow, I don't think there is a perfect answer. I'm guessing no-one in their right might does want this kind of enforcement ;-) This may sound dumb but why don't we just put a registration link on the FreeBSD main page... or "registration" in sysinstall. Isn't this how everyone else handles the problem? -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Adding To Path
beno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi; > I went to set env of my path to add another folder. Everything > *seemed* to work fine (it added, I checked) until I shelled out and > back in. Then it was gone! Here's what I tried: > > FreeBSD 5.3September 1, 1999 > FreeBSD 5.3 > server167# echo $shell > /bin/csh > server167# echo $path > /sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin > /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /root/bin > server167# > server167# setenv PATH > /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin:/usr/local/bin/ezmlm > server167# echo $path > /sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin > /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /root/bin /usr/local/bin/ezmlm > server167# exit > $ su > Password: > server167# echo $path > /sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin > /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /root/bin > > So, what happened to my ezmlm dir? Please help. Did you mean to use the "-m" option? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Will 'top' display cpu stats per cpu on SMP systems?
joe mcguckin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Similar to top on Linux ? The layout is somewhat different, but yes. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Unable to print
I know I posted earlier about this; however, since then I have gathered more information. First, I installed LPRng and had it replace the base system. I rebooted the system and it started up fine. However, I still cannot print. I can print from within 'apsfilter' but that is it. The printer is attached to a WinXP machine. I did have printing working until I updated to version 6.1. After that, it broke. Output of Apsfilter program: Your choice: ** creating printcap entry for printer aps1... creating spooldir ... creating samba config file ... read protect password information... remember SETUP settings in printers apsfilterrc file... Aug 2 14:15:53 seibercom checkpc[89703]: lp: Checkwrite: fcntl F_SETFL of '/dev /null' failed - Inappropriate ioctl for device Aug 2 14:15:53 seibercom checkpc[89703]: aps1: Checkwrite: fcntl F_SETFL of '/d ev/null' failed - Inappropriate ioctl for device ** done. = Output of checkpc -fV LPRng-3.8.28, Copyright 1988-2003 Patrick Powell, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Checking for configuration files '/etc/lpd.conf' found '/etc/lpd.conf', mod 0100444 Checking for printcap files '/etc/printcap' Checking for lpd only printcap files '/etc/lpd/lpd_printcap' DaemonUID 1, DaemonGID 1 Using Config file '/etc/lpd.conf' LPD lockfile '/var/run/lpd.515' .names :lp=lp .all :lp #Printcap Information lp|bj8pa06n.upp;r=600x600;q=high;c=full;p=letter;m=auto :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter :lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp/log :lp=/dev/null :mx#0 :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp :sh Checking printcap info Checking printer 'lp' Checking directory: '/var/spool/lpd/lp' directory '/' directory '//var' directory '//var/spool' directory '//var/spool/lpd' directory '//var/spool/lpd/lp' checking 'control.pr' file checking 'status.pr' file checking 'status' file checking '/var/spool/lpd/lp/log' file checking '/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct' file 2006-08-02-14:22:11.152 seibercom lp: Checkwrite: fcntl F_SETFL of '/dev/null' failed - Inappropriate ioctl for device Warning - lp: cannot open lp device '/dev/null' - Inappropriate ioctl for device 'if' filter '/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter' executable '/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter' = lpc status lp Printer Printing Spooling Jobs Server Subserver Redirect Status/(Debug) [EMAIL PROTECTED]enabled enabled0nonenone = Output: lpr -P lp /etc/printcap lpr: Connection refused = Output: lpr /etc/print lpr: Error - scheduler not responding! The first entry above: Aug 2 14:15:53 seibercom checkpc[89703]: lp: Checkwrite: fcntl F_SETFL of '/dev/null' failed - Inappropriate ioctl for device is probably where the problem is. However, I am not sure what I am suppose to do to correct it. -- Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Words can never express what words can never express. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there?
Nikolas Britton wrote: On 8/2/06, Alex Zbyslaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But the question then goes back to: can you make any kind of count out of cvsup servers? Someone already said they thought you couldn't. At the end of the day, I think that unique IP address is as close as it's possible to get to host count. It will undercount NATed hosts and networks with single cvsup/portsnap distribution points, and will overcount variable IP addresses. The latter, I think matters the least as long as you do your stats over a short enough period (e.g. 1 month). That wouldn't overcount much and deliberate faking would be hard and limited (how many IP addresses can one faker get access to?). The problem with cvsup (I use cvsup.) is the error margin. The closer we get to release dates the more I use cvsup, It's a side effect of running -STABLE. anyways... back to the fakers... Lets think about the usage patterns of a "typical" faker vs NAT: Faker: * All from one IP address. * Sequential requests. * Scripted, so each request should be timed perfectly with the one before and the one after it. * Thousands of requests. NATed Boxes: * All from one IP address. * Parallel requests. * Not scripted, requests should be more random. * Hundreds of requests? But if what you are counting is IP addresses then you faker has achieved nothing. You're not counting connections, but IP addresses. Yes, you undercount NATed and yes you undercount when distribution points are used, but I don't see any easy way to fake, at least not on the scale of a URL. Yes, if you happen to have 200 IP addresses, you could probably assign each in turn to your BSD box and cvsup, but this seems less likely to me, and is inherently limited. Sometimes I cvsup three times a day - in which case all are likely to come from same IP. Sometimes I cvsup once a month or less, in which case looking at statistics only over the last month will tend to flatten any effect from variable IPs. It's far from perfect, but unless you want each installation to have its own license number and a "GenuineFreeBSD" program which enforces unique license numbers somehow, I don't think there is a perfect answer. I'm guessing no-one in their right might does want this kind of enforcement ;-) --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: best way to copy from one fbsd box to another
On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 01:52:09PM -0400, David Banning wrote: > > I am installing a new server and have to copy many files from old server > to new. I have connected a windows box to each via samba, and am dragging > from one to the other via the windows box. > > This might seem like a silly question, but what is the way to copy > -directly- from one fbsd box to another? I use a combination of scp and rsync. scp for odd files and rsync for directories. -- 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: options VESA SC_PIXEL_MODE
On 8/2/06, dick hoogendijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I followed some advice on how to get higher resolutions on the console for my 1280x1024 LCD monitor. I recompiled the kernel with options VESA options SC_PIXEL_MODE After a vidcontrol MODE_282 I get a 1280x1024 console. Nice, but the characters are just "fat" compared to the chars I get in Xorg running the same resolution setting (those terminal chars are very sharp). This is typical of LCD and notebook screens in any OS. It a limitation of the display technology. Try another mode "vidcontrol -i mode" that has a smaller fonts. You could try forcing the font size smaller but I don't know how to do that. What about MODE_279? Furthermore it "feels" as though the screen has become a little slower then without vesa and sc_pixel_mode (in the console). Can this be? Or is this just my imagination. It's not your imagination. -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need Advice for Tuning NFS to place nice with a Netapp
--- Freminlins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nicole, > > On 02/08/06, N. Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Hi > > I have several web servers that are attached to a > > Netapp (network appliance) unit via NFS-3. A few > > servers are 5.5 and a few are 6.1 for comparison > > testing. All seem to have lousy performance. > > > We have a similar setup and it runs smoothly. Cool! Can you share with me what sort of settings you use on your boxes? sysctl/kerneltunes/mount options? It has taken me a over a month to even get to speak to someone high enough up he food chain at Netapp to not say "FreeBSD - that's a version of Linux right?" > Can you define "lousy performance" ? The web server replies (using either Apache and Lighthttpd) seem to max out at about 17mb/s. Response time for the web server will rise gradually, then suddenly become 10-20seconds for a reply. Much like a backup on a highway. They claim that the netapp unit is spending too much time dealing with file information IOPS than actual transfer of files. However even on a non in-use server, if I make a request for a file, that "heavy file access" seems normal. IE: GtAttr Lookup Rdlink Read Write Rename Access Rddir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 248 160 0 4 0 0236 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 > Can you give more details on your network? Are you > using Gig ethernet? And > over what medium? Yes, 4X GigE from the filer via a Vif and trunking on the switch. A nice 10Gb ready HP unit. I have asked if using the Vif and trunking could have any effects but been assured it should not. It does mean I cannot use jumbo frames. But since web pages and images are small, I don't think there would be any benefit. > Can you also try just copying a 100MB file from the > filer to one of the web > servers and record the time? 9907187 bytes/sec for a 16M file. It will transfer in nanotime. So, I believe that eliminates network performance as an issue. > Are you running nfsiod? Yes, I show 4 instances running. > When > > going through the issues with Netapp, the reasons > > given were that we have too many GettAdr/Lookup > > requests compared to actual reads. So all the NFS > IOPS > > are being used up by these requests. As soon as > the > > webservers get busy, requests pile up. > > > > I have tried everything I can think of. The web > > servers are even mounted read only with no help. > > > > My current mount options are: > > filer:/vol/fvol31/home/13/13 nfs > > ro,noatime,-r=32768,-T,-b,-R0,-i,-D2,-L 0 0 > > > Mounting noatime for web servers is a good idea > but... your "noatime" option > has no effect on NFS mounts (check out the mount man > page). You need "vol > options no_atime_update" on the NetApp. Hmm. Drat. We have some web servers that do nothing but send out data, but some that are used for uploading and file manipulation. I will have to make sure that global of an option will not effect what they do. > Any advice for sysctl tunes or anything else would > be > > much appreciatted! > > > > Thanks > > > > Nicole > > > > One last thing - are you female?! In a UNIX > newsgroup?! Yup :) Oh, and yes, I do play the drums :) > Frem. > Thanks for your assistance!! Nicole The Large Print Giveth And The Small Print Taketh Away -- Anon __ 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: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there?
On 8/2/06, Alex Zbyslaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Atom Powers wrote: > > It's still going to take you at least a release to get it into the > base install. But if you can find a way to use the portsnap data and > get useful information out of the cvsup data you can probably get > numbers now with an error margin as low as 8% to 15%. Hey, I said that a week ago! Guess I agree with you :-) Not quite convinced by the error margin, but as long as you count too low then I see no problem. If, as Nikolas pointed out, a URL-based reporting scheme can be bombarded with fakes, as a vendor I would not want to listen to any numbers it produced. But the question then goes back to: can you make any kind of count out of cvsup servers? Someone already said they thought you couldn't. At the end of the day, I think that unique IP address is as close as it's possible to get to host count. It will undercount NATed hosts and networks with single cvsup/portsnap distribution points, and will overcount variable IP addresses. The latter, I think matters the least as long as you do your stats over a short enough period (e.g. 1 month). That wouldn't overcount much and deliberate faking would be hard and limited (how many IP addresses can one faker get access to?). Then, as long as the methodology is clearly explained along with any stats, you'd have the ammunition to persuade vendors (we hope). --Alex The problem with cvsup (I use cvsup.) is the error margin. The closer we get to release dates the more I use cvsup, It's a side effect of running -STABLE. anyways... back to the fakers... Lets think about the usage patterns of a "typical" faker vs NAT: Faker: * All from one IP address. * Sequential requests. * Scripted, so each request should be timed perfectly with the one before and the one after it. * Thousands of requests. NATed Boxes: * All from one IP address. * Parallel requests. * Not scripted, requests should be more random. * Hundreds of requests? Also I seem to remember a way to detect NATed boxes: http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&rls=en&q=detecting+NAT&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Systrace port status?
Hello, Does anyone know the status of the port of systrace to FreeBSD? The project page does not appear to be updated and the author has not replied to my e-mail. Thanks, Michael. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: piperd in top
Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Aug 02), DAve said: Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Aug 01), DAve said: We are in the process of getting a good hammering of spam. I've been watching my mail gateways and they are keeping up well enough. But looking at top I am seeing a lot of processes with state of piperd. Piperd means the process is waiting on a read from a pipe. You can use lsof to determine what process is at the other end of the pipe (run lsof, find your process, find the PIPE fd, then find the other process with the same 0x value). Excellent, thank you. May I ask where you found that info. I looked but came up empty. I'd like to know the meanings of some other states not mentioned in the man pages. Such as nanslp, *GIANT, kqread, etc. The only place wait states are documented is the source, basically. There are many hundreds of them. States with an asterisk are mutexes To find the code related to piperd: find /usr/src/sys -name "*.c" | xargs grep -n piperd Or you could search the archive of questions@ where many of the more common states where elucidated just a couple months ago and Giorgos provided a good description of the UPPER CASE states. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Replacing windows XP at home.
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 08:56:33AM -0700, Joshua Lewis wrote: > Other then >personal preference. I have been using enlightenment for about a week >and perhaps it is something I did but my resolution is stuck at >1600x1280 at 65Hz. My monitor keeps getting mad at me and telling me >that is not the recommended solution. I have been trying to figure out >how to change it and I have updated the xorg.conf as the handbook says >but it still defaults. Unless anyone has an idea why I am going to >switch to fluxbox and see how that feels. Display resolution is independant of the window manager you choose. As you say, you've looked at xorg.conf, and that's the right place to go to fix this problem. The automatic X -config stuff tends to get you the largest screen real-estate that X thinks your graphics card and monitor are capable of supporting. In the past that often meant running at a lower colour depth (which tends not to be a problem nowadays when 64MB is considered a small quantity of graphics memory) or running at a lower refresh rate (much more likely to be a problem). In order to override the resolution presented to you, you can edit the last section in xorg.conf, the "Screen" section. There's two things you can add to this section that help. First you can force the colour depth of the monitor to 24bits. Your graphics card might support 32bits, but that isn't actually any higher colour resolution than 24bits -- the extra 8bits is used for fancy stuff like z-buffering or alpha (transparency). Secondly, you can tell X what your preferred screen resolution is. On my system, I like to run at 1600x1200. The monitor will do 1920x1440 but it's not really a supported resolution according to the manufacturers and the low refresh rate is annoying. So I have the following in my xorg.conf: Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor"Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 Modes "1600x1200" "1920x1440" "1280x1024" "1152x864" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 Modes "1600x1200" "1920x1440" "1280x1024" "1152x864" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 Modes "1600x1200" "1920x1440" "1280x1024" "1152x864" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 Modes "1600x1200" "1920x1440" "1280x1024" "1152x864" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 Modes "1600x1200" "1920x1440" "1280x1024" "1152x864" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1600x1200" "1920x1440" "1280x1024" "1152x864" EndSubSection EndSection ie. add the 'DefaultDepth 24' and 'Modes ...' lines. The modes lines give alternate resolutions that you can cycle through using Ctrl-Alt-KP_Plus or Ctrl-Alt-KP_Minus (ie + or - from the numeric keypad, not the ones on the top row of the main set of keys). Also, look at /var/log/Xorg.N.log which will tell you what modes your system thinks are workable, even if you put something a little too ambitious in the config file. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW pgpf67tOqQq0z.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: options VESA SC_PIXEL_MODE
On Wednesday 02 August 2006 16:58, dick hoogendijk wrote: > I followed some advice on how to get higher resolutions on the console > for my 1280x1024 LCD monitor. > > I recompiled the kernel with > options VESA > options SC_PIXEL_MODE > > After a vidcontrol MODE_282 I get a 1280x1024 console. > Nice, but the characters are just "fat" compared to the chars I get in > Xorg running the same resolution setting (those terminal chars are very > sharp). > > Furthermore it "feels" as though the screen has become a little slower > then without vesa and sc_pixel_mode (in the console). Can this be? Or > is this just my imagination. > > The console resolution has to be delt with because the default font is > really HUGE ;-) > > Question: is VESA the way to go or is it better to leave this out of > the kernel and do just something with the buildin "-f" (font) in > vidcontrol. I have font8x8/8x14/8x16 in my /etc/rc.conf > > Your comments and advise please. Maybe other mode from "vidcontrol -i mode" will be suitable for You. -- Best regards, Simon Phoenix (Phoenix Lab.) --- KeyID: 0x2569D30B Fingerprint: 78FC 5C40 07CC D331 148E CC79 84B8 D514 2569 D30B --- pgpS7oC9tpa0A.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: piperd in top
In the last episode (Aug 02), DAve said: > Dan Nelson wrote: > >In the last episode (Aug 01), DAve said: > >>We are in the process of getting a good hammering of spam. I've > >>been watching my mail gateways and they are keeping up well enough. > >>But looking at top I am seeing a lot of processes with state of > >>piperd. > > > >Piperd means the process is waiting on a read from a pipe. You can > >use lsof to determine what process is at the other end of the pipe > >(run lsof, find your process, find the PIPE fd, then find the other > >process with the same 0x value). > > Excellent, thank you. May I ask where you found that info. I looked > but came up empty. I'd like to know the meanings of some other states > not mentioned in the man pages. Such as nanslp, *GIANT, kqread, etc. The only place wait states are documented is the source, basically. There are many hundreds of them. States with an asterisk are mutexes To find the code related to piperd: find /usr/src/sys -name "*.c" | xargs grep -n piperd -- Dan Nelson [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: removing large files (lost+found)
Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Aug 02), Scott Oertel said: Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Aug 02), Scott Oertel said: Yesterday after an fsck a file was placed in the lost+found folder which size was exactly the size of the drive (450gb). What is the safest way to remove this file? If its timestamp updates when you touch a file on the main filesystem, it's most likely a snapshot file, either leftover from a failed background fsck, or manually created by you with mksnap_ffs. You can just delete it. The time stamp doesn't update, it gives an error: touch: #0005: Operation not permitted I mean touch some other file :) But I just remembered the correct way to determine if a file is a snapshot: "ls -lo". If the flags field contains the word "snapshot" for that file, it's a snapshot. Good call, yeah.. it is a snap shot file, I suppose I'll try and remove it, hopefully removing a 450GB file doesn't lock up the system.. # ls -lo -r 1 root operator snapshot 482801995408 Jul 31 05:52 #0005 Thanks, Scott Oertel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Replacing windows XP at home.
On 8/2/06, Joshua Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am actually not looking for a Windows look alike. I am simply replacing my XP system with a BSD solution. I am looking for a fast easy to configure and fun WM. I am absolutely looking for something new to use. not Windows like. That is why I was looking at enlightenment and fluxbox. but there are just so many I was hoping to get ideas as to why one would choose one over the other. Other then personal preference. I have been using enlightenment for about a week and perhaps it is something I did but my resolution is stuck at 1600x1280 at 65Hz. My monitor keeps getting mad at me and telling me that is not the recommended solution. I have been trying to figure out how to change it and I have updated the xorg.conf as the handbook says but it still defaults. Unless anyone has an idea why I am going to switch to fluxbox and see how that feels. I did want to mention that I do agree with your point. I am looking for something new and I am looking to experiment with other ways of doing things. But at the same time I would like a little eye candy. After all with today's power full systems there is nothing wrong with waisting a few CPU cycles to make the experience a little more enjoyable. I will certainly give XFCE a try I have seen allot of recommendations for that as well. Sincerely, Joshua Lewis /etc/X11/xorg.conf should look sorta like this, yours should have more Display SubSections in it: Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor"Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" EndSubSection EndSection -- BSD Podcasts @: http://bsdtalk.blogspot.com/ http://freebsdforall.blogspot.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: removing large files (lost+found)
In the last episode (Aug 02), Scott Oertel said: > Dan Nelson wrote: > >In the last episode (Aug 02), Scott Oertel said: > >>Yesterday after an fsck a file was placed in the lost+found folder > >>which size was exactly the size of the drive (450gb). What is the > >>safest way to remove this file? > > > >If its timestamp updates when you touch a file on the main > >filesystem, it's most likely a snapshot file, either leftover from a > >failed background fsck, or manually created by you with mksnap_ffs. > >You can just delete it. > > The time stamp doesn't update, it gives an error: touch: #0005: > Operation not permitted I mean touch some other file :) But I just remembered the correct way to determine if a file is a snapshot: "ls -lo". If the flags field contains the word "snapshot" for that file, it's a snapshot. -- Dan Nelson [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: piperd in top
Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Aug 01), DAve said: We are in the process of getting a good hammering of spam. I've been watching my mail gateways and they are keeping up well enough. But looking at top I am seeing a lot of processes with state of piperd. Piperd means the process is waiting on a read from a pipe. You can use lsof to determine what process is at the other end of the pipe (run lsof, find your process, find the PIPE fd, then find the other process with the same 0x value). Excellent, thank you. May I ask where you found that info. I looked but came up empty. I'd like to know the meanings of some other states not mentioned in the man pages. Such as nanslp, *GIANT, kqread, etc. Thanks, DAve -- Three years now I've asked Google why they don't have a logo change for Memorial Day. Why do they choose to do logos for other non-international holidays, but nothing for Veterans? Maybe they forgot who made that choice possible. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Weird result of portupgrade -aRr concerning pkgconfig or is it pkg-config?
On Wednesday 02 August 2006 15:00, Kevin Monceaux wrote: > On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 02:34:46PM +0100, RW wrote: > > $ grep pkgconfig /usr/ports/MOVED > > devel/pkgconfig|devel/pkg-config|2006-05-27|Renamed to use real vendor > > package name > > > > You can probably just pkg_delete pkgconfig, and fix-up the dependencies. > > Between the two you probably need to install the new version. > > Would: > > portupgrade -f -o pkgconfig pkg-config > > be the "correct" way to fix such a problem? probably, I don't use portupgrade much myself. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Telecom
On Wednesday 02 August 2006 14:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear All, > > Can we use FreeBSD in Telecom industry? If I want to build an Internet > Backbone which connect across country in asia. Is it suitable? How is > its stability of routing compare to Cisco? Internet backbone router don't run packets through conventional network stacks, they run the packets through asics or special network processors. FreeBSD could run on the control processor of such a router, but it would need a considerable amount of additional proprietory software and microcode. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: removing large files (lost+found)
Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Aug 02), Scott Oertel said: Yesterday after an fsck a file was placed in the lost+found folder which size was exactly the size of the drive (450gb). What is the safest way to remove this file? If its timestamp updates when you touch a file on the main filesystem, it's most likely a snapshot file, either leftover from a failed background fsck, or manually created by you with mksnap_ffs. You can just delete it. The time stamp doesn't update, it gives an error: touch: #0005: Operation not permitted -Scott Oertel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: removing large files (lost+found)
In the last episode (Aug 02), Scott Oertel said: > Yesterday after an fsck a file was placed in the lost+found folder which > size was exactly the size of the drive (450gb). What is the safest way > to remove this file? If its timestamp updates when you touch a file on the main filesystem, it's most likely a snapshot file, either leftover from a failed background fsck, or manually created by you with mksnap_ffs. You can just delete it. -- Dan Nelson [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: Replacing windows XP at home.
I am actually not looking for a Windows look alike. I am simply replacing my XP system with a BSD solution. I am looking for a fast easy to configure and fun WM. I am absolutely looking for something new to use. not Windows like. That is why I was looking at enlightenment and fluxbox. but there are just so many I was hoping to get ideas as to why one would choose one over the other. Other then personal preference. I have been using enlightenment for about a week and perhaps it is something I did but my resolution is stuck at 1600x1280 at 65Hz. My monitor keeps getting mad at me and telling me that is not the recommended solution. I have been trying to figure out how to change it and I have updated the xorg.conf as the handbook says but it still defaults. Unless anyone has an idea why I am going to switch to fluxbox and see how that feels. I did want to mention that I do agree with your point. I am looking for something new and I am looking to experiment with other ways of doing things. But at the same time I would like a little eye candy. After all with today's power full systems there is nothing wrong with waisting a few CPU cycles to make the experience a little more enjoyable. I will certainly give XFCE a try I have seen allot of recommendations for that as well. Sincerely, Joshua Lewis Original Message Subject: Re: Replacing windows XP at home. From: Andrew Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, August 01, 2006 12:27 pm To: Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Joshua Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org --- Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Joshua Lewis wrote: > > > > > >Would I be better off just going with Gnome > or KDE? I realize once I > > >start installing apps that I will probably > wind up installing > > >something that uses Gnome or KDE libraries so > I am going to wind up > > >bloating my system any ways right? > > > > > > > Look at them both and make a choice if you like > either. > > I tried both in the past, but found they were not > for me for various > > reasons, so I went looking, also tried Xfce as > has been mentioned, but > > I decided I wanted to try something really > different from things that > > seemed Windows like. > > > > Tried WindowMaker and have been using it now for a > long time. Here is > > the url www.windowmaker.info if you are > interested. > > As you requested lean and fast, little slow > getting started, only > > because it is very different in the approach of > say Gnome, KDE, or Xfce, > > but once you get used to it, works great. I also > like dock apps, which > > you can get more info at http://dockapps.org/ > > Gee, I just use AfterStep. Of course, that isn't > really an MS-Win > environment replacement. It doesn't even attempt to > be. But then I > really do not want to have the look and feel of > MS-Win.I want something > more straight-forward and less icky. > > jerry > > > Good Luck, > > Sean This is a good point here. Whereas it's good to have something familiar for immediate productivity, it's also good to explore different options to experience benefits/drawbacks that you hadn't considered before. In *nix (includind BSD's and Linux), you're not limited to one window manager. You can install several and use whichever matches your mood at the time. I used to use KDE and Gnome simply because the menus contained so many applications that were new to me. Once I knew which applications I wanted to use, I switched to XFCE because it's faster. I still use XFCE for my office productivity; but I'm still experimenting with icewm and windowmaker on an older computer because they "feel" so much faster. Definitely choose a window manager that will give you a positive experience now; but take time to browse *nix's other offerings. If you don't try new things, how can you make an informed decision? Andrew L. Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
removing large files (lost+found)
Yesterday after an fsck a file was placed in the lost+found folder which size was exactly the size of the drive (450gb). What is the safest way to remove this file? Thanks, Scott Oertel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: SATA Cables Suck!
I have SATA one cables/connectors, and they do come loose when fiddling in the case, but otherwise they are fine (when the case is closed and the machine is running. However, I do prefer the locking cables and jacks in SATA II. You might look at Newegg as your vendor, I believe I saw some there: http://www.newegg.com. Alternatively, I got some SATAII cables from, oddly enough, Microcenter, that were good priced and worked well. -Jim Stapleton On 8/2/06, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1 Aug 2006 at 17:23, Nikolas Britton wrote: > The number one problem I've had with SATA RAIDs has been the cables! 4 > times I've lost arrays because the cables came loose or some other > stupid problem with the cables. > > I need a vendor that has high quality latching SATA-II cables. Also... > what can we do with the old cables to fix them... super glue them > on?... Here's a question... Are all SATA cables rated for SATA-II? > I've never seen a definitive answer to this question and newegg.com > does not sells "SATA-II" cables... Also does the spec call for > shielded cables? > > frustrated, need a place to unload thanks. > > I think Western Digital makes securelock cables that snap in place pretty well. might be worth a look. Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Broadcom BCM5780 NIC on fujitsu primergy 220 server
Hi, I've found this post: http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-net@freebsd.org/msg19247.html It seems that support for BCM5780 was added into bge driver, in CURRENT, so i've cvsuped, and tried, and still not working. Anybody have an ideea howto solve this problem? (I have a Fujitsu Primergy RX 220 server with 2xbcm5780 gigabyte nics) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Problems with MySQL since upgrade
No, they were all normal (the latter two were 0, the first was about 110). FWIW, the query usually proceeds normally; it's only when it doesn't that things go bad. I'm wondering if this is a problem with threads -- I've been doing research, and a number of places say that there are threading issues on FreeBSD 5 with MySQL thread when using the standard threading library. I'm going to recompile MySQL with the linuxpthreads option, and see if that stops this... Thanks, Ricky On Aug 2, 2006, at 10:00 AM, Jim Stapleton wrote: I thought there were mysql forums, but I am not sure. In the queries I gave you, none of the results were too large I take it (not above the low thousands)? -Jim Stapleton On 8/2/06, Richard Morse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi! All of these queries worked just fine, without causing any problems. As this is more of a mysql issue, do you have any suggestions where it would be best for me to query them? Thanks, Ricky On Aug 2, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Jim Stapleton wrote: > Not sure, seems more of a mysql question, but here's some guesses I > have for diagnostics. > > could you run these queries? > > SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users WHERE status < 3 > SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sessiions WHERE sid = > "d9fe25949f79f2c767a0d237b4fdf841" > SELECT COUNT(*) FROM FROM users u INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid = > s.uid WHERE s.sid = "d9fe25949f79f2c767a0d237b4fdf841" AND u.status < > 3 > > -Jim Stapleton > > > > On 8/2/06, Richard Morse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Aug 1, 2006, at 9:24 AM, Richard Morse wrote: >> >> > Hi! I recently updated MySQL to version 5.0.22 using the ports >> > system (portupgrade -r -R mysql-\*). Previous to this, MySQL was >> > behaving perfectly normally. Since the upgrade, I have found that >> > every so often -- sometimes two or three times a day, sometimes >> > every other day, but no more often than that -- one of the >> > databases MySQL is hosting starts misbehaving, MySQL starts >> > climbing in processor usage, and I have to restart MySQL to >> > recover. By "misbehaving", I mean that some subset of queries to >> > this database start not returning -- they take forever. By >> > climbing in processor usage, I mean that my load averages, which >> > normally sit around 0, start going up to 3, 5, even 7. >> > >> > - How can I determine what query it is that is causing this to >> > happen? I have turned on the log files by adding the following >> > line to /etc/rc.conf: >> >> Hi! Since this time, I have, I think, found what query is causing >> the problem: >> >> SELECT u.*, s.* FROM users u INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid = s.uid >> WHERE s.sid = "d9fe25949f79f2c767a0d237b4fdf841" AND u.status < 3 >> LIMIT 0, 1 >> >> How can I determine _why_ this is causing MySQL to hang/enter some >> kind of infinite loop? >> >> Thanks, >> Ricky >> ___ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]" >> > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- [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: SATA Cables Suck!
On 1 Aug 2006 at 17:23, Nikolas Britton wrote: > The number one problem I've had with SATA RAIDs has been the cables! 4 > times I've lost arrays because the cables came loose or some other > stupid problem with the cables. > > I need a vendor that has high quality latching SATA-II cables. Also... > what can we do with the old cables to fix them... super glue them > on?... Here's a question... Are all SATA cables rated for SATA-II? > I've never seen a definitive answer to this question and newegg.com > does not sells "SATA-II" cables... Also does the spec call for > shielded cables? > > frustrated, need a place to unload thanks. > > I think Western Digital makes securelock cables that snap in place pretty well. might be worth a look. Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Problems with MySQL since upgrade
I thought there were mysql forums, but I am not sure. In the queries I gave you, none of the results were too large I take it (not above the low thousands)? -Jim Stapleton On 8/2/06, Richard Morse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi! All of these queries worked just fine, without causing any problems. As this is more of a mysql issue, do you have any suggestions where it would be best for me to query them? Thanks, Ricky On Aug 2, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Jim Stapleton wrote: > Not sure, seems more of a mysql question, but here's some guesses I > have for diagnostics. > > could you run these queries? > > SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users WHERE status < 3 > SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sessiions WHERE sid = > "d9fe25949f79f2c767a0d237b4fdf841" > SELECT COUNT(*) FROM FROM users u INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid = > s.uid WHERE s.sid = "d9fe25949f79f2c767a0d237b4fdf841" AND u.status < > 3 > > -Jim Stapleton > > > > On 8/2/06, Richard Morse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Aug 1, 2006, at 9:24 AM, Richard Morse wrote: >> >> > Hi! I recently updated MySQL to version 5.0.22 using the ports >> > system (portupgrade -r -R mysql-\*). Previous to this, MySQL was >> > behaving perfectly normally. Since the upgrade, I have found that >> > every so often -- sometimes two or three times a day, sometimes >> > every other day, but no more often than that -- one of the >> > databases MySQL is hosting starts misbehaving, MySQL starts >> > climbing in processor usage, and I have to restart MySQL to >> > recover. By "misbehaving", I mean that some subset of queries to >> > this database start not returning -- they take forever. By >> > climbing in processor usage, I mean that my load averages, which >> > normally sit around 0, start going up to 3, 5, even 7. >> > >> > - How can I determine what query it is that is causing this to >> > happen? I have turned on the log files by adding the following >> > line to /etc/rc.conf: >> >> Hi! Since this time, I have, I think, found what query is causing >> the problem: >> >> SELECT u.*, s.* FROM users u INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid = s.uid >> WHERE s.sid = "d9fe25949f79f2c767a0d237b4fdf841" AND u.status < 3 >> LIMIT 0, 1 >> >> How can I determine _why_ this is causing MySQL to hang/enter some >> kind of infinite loop? >> >> Thanks, >> Ricky >> ___ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]" >> > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > [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: Weird result of portupgrade -aRr concerning pkgconfig or is it pkg-config?
On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 02:34:46PM +0100, RW wrote: > $ grep pkgconfig /usr/ports/MOVED > devel/pkgconfig|devel/pkg-config|2006-05-27|Renamed to use real vendor > package name > > You can probably just pkg_delete pkgconfig, and fix-up the dependencies. > Between the two you probably need to install the new version. Would: portupgrade -f -o pkgconfig pkg-config be the "correct" way to fix such a problem? Kevin http://www.RawFedDogs.net http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org Bruceville, TX Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Problems with MySQL since upgrade
Hi! All of these queries worked just fine, without causing any problems. As this is more of a mysql issue, do you have any suggestions where it would be best for me to query them? Thanks, Ricky On Aug 2, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Jim Stapleton wrote: Not sure, seems more of a mysql question, but here's some guesses I have for diagnostics. could you run these queries? SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users WHERE status < 3 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sessiions WHERE sid = "d9fe25949f79f2c767a0d237b4fdf841" SELECT COUNT(*) FROM FROM users u INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid = s.uid WHERE s.sid = "d9fe25949f79f2c767a0d237b4fdf841" AND u.status < 3 -Jim Stapleton On 8/2/06, Richard Morse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Aug 1, 2006, at 9:24 AM, Richard Morse wrote: > Hi! I recently updated MySQL to version 5.0.22 using the ports > system (portupgrade -r -R mysql-\*). Previous to this, MySQL was > behaving perfectly normally. Since the upgrade, I have found that > every so often -- sometimes two or three times a day, sometimes > every other day, but no more often than that -- one of the > databases MySQL is hosting starts misbehaving, MySQL starts > climbing in processor usage, and I have to restart MySQL to > recover. By "misbehaving", I mean that some subset of queries to > this database start not returning -- they take forever. By > climbing in processor usage, I mean that my load averages, which > normally sit around 0, start going up to 3, 5, even 7. > > - How can I determine what query it is that is causing this to > happen? I have turned on the log files by adding the following > line to /etc/rc.conf: Hi! Since this time, I have, I think, found what query is causing the problem: SELECT u.*, s.* FROM users u INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid = s.uid WHERE s.sid = "d9fe25949f79f2c767a0d237b4fdf841" AND u.status < 3 LIMIT 0, 1 How can I determine _why_ this is causing MySQL to hang/enter some kind of infinite loop? Thanks, Ricky ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
options VESA SC_PIXEL_MODE
I followed some advice on how to get higher resolutions on the console for my 1280x1024 LCD monitor. I recompiled the kernel with options VESA options SC_PIXEL_MODE After a vidcontrol MODE_282 I get a 1280x1024 console. Nice, but the characters are just "fat" compared to the chars I get in Xorg running the same resolution setting (those terminal chars are very sharp). Furthermore it "feels" as though the screen has become a little slower then without vesa and sc_pixel_mode (in the console). Can this be? Or is this just my imagination. The console resolution has to be delt with because the default font is really HUGE ;-) Question: is VESA the way to go or is it better to leave this out of the kernel and do just something with the buildin "-f" (font) in vidcontrol. I have font8x8/8x14/8x16 in my /etc/rc.conf Your comments and advise please. -- dick -- http://nagual.nl/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 6.1 ++ The Power to Serve ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
anyone have any luck on installing FreeBSD on a SATA drive on an Adaptec 1205SA card?
I got this thinking adaptec would make their own chip, turns out it is a SiL 3112 (I got it to hopefully end the issues I was having with the SiL 2114 on my motherboard, turns out I just ended up with more). Anyway, while this new chip fixed the issues of write errors in windows, BSD cannot boot with the card installed, except in safe mode, and even then the installer hanges at random intervals. Any fix suggestions? The motherboard is an ABit NF7-S. The drive is a Seagate and was used for a FreeBSD install on an ASUS A8N-E motherboard, quite successfully. Thanks, -Jim Stapleton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Understanding top and memory usage
Philip Radford wrote: [ ... ] When using the top command I get the following in regards to memory usage. Mem: 223M Active, 970M Inact, 175M Wired, 50M Cache, 112M Buf, 73M Free Swap: 3029M Total, 12K Used, 3029M Free Can someone advise me which figure relates to actual physical memory which is available. I can't work out if it is the 970M Inact or the 73M Free (i.e. the last figure). The 73MB free is the amount of completely unused physical RAM available, but the system can use memory from the 970MB of inactive if needed to run new programs, otherwise that serves as a cache of already-accessed process and file data. -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: gcc: cpp pre-defined variables
Lorin Lund wrote: How can I find all the variables that are pre-defined in the pre-processor. Do these come from a configuration file? Or are the compiled in to cpp when it is ported to a platform? Something like: touch test.h; cpp -dM test.h ...will show you all of the predefined macros. These are compiled into the compiler when the toolchain is built. -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Problems with MySQL since upgrade
Not sure, seems more of a mysql question, but here's some guesses I have for diagnostics. could you run these queries? SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users WHERE status < 3 SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sessiions WHERE sid = "d9fe25949f79f2c767a0d237b4fdf841" SELECT COUNT(*) FROM FROM users u INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid = s.uid WHERE s.sid = "d9fe25949f79f2c767a0d237b4fdf841" AND u.status < 3 -Jim Stapleton On 8/2/06, Richard Morse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Aug 1, 2006, at 9:24 AM, Richard Morse wrote: > Hi! I recently updated MySQL to version 5.0.22 using the ports > system (portupgrade -r -R mysql-\*). Previous to this, MySQL was > behaving perfectly normally. Since the upgrade, I have found that > every so often -- sometimes two or three times a day, sometimes > every other day, but no more often than that -- one of the > databases MySQL is hosting starts misbehaving, MySQL starts > climbing in processor usage, and I have to restart MySQL to > recover. By "misbehaving", I mean that some subset of queries to > this database start not returning -- they take forever. By > climbing in processor usage, I mean that my load averages, which > normally sit around 0, start going up to 3, 5, even 7. > > - How can I determine what query it is that is causing this to > happen? I have turned on the log files by adding the following > line to /etc/rc.conf: Hi! Since this time, I have, I think, found what query is causing the problem: SELECT u.*, s.* FROM users u INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid = s.uid WHERE s.sid = "d9fe25949f79f2c767a0d237b4fdf841" AND u.status < 3 LIMIT 0, 1 How can I determine _why_ this is causing MySQL to hang/enter some kind of infinite loop? Thanks, Ricky ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[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: Weird result of portupgrade -aRr concerning pkgconfig or is it pkg-config?
On Wednesday 02 August 2006 13:22, Bobby Knight wrote: > HelloNewly installed 6.1. Barely touched ports so one would expect it > to work, yet it fails brutally for me as a new user when I do portupgrade > -arR just to upgrade a few packages.I have no clue why and what to do > so I am hoping someone here knows. Can't see what I have done wrong. I > have followed the available ports docs/mans slavishly. > > That is always cvsup ports and do a portsdb -Fu; portaudit -Fa before > upgrade as well as read UPDATING.The info I've managed to gather is > listed below. I don't want to retry the installation and maybe screw up > things more before I ask you guys. Problem seems to be with pkg-config or > pkgconfig... pkgconfig puzzles me. There > > exits no port of this in the tree yet it somehow is a package now. $ grep pkgconfig /usr/ports/MOVED devel/pkgconfig|devel/pkg-config|2006-05-27|Renamed to use real vendor package name You can probably just pkg_delete pkgconfig, and fix-up the dependencies. Between the two you probably need to install the new version. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Weird result of portupgrade -aRr concerning pkgconfig or is it pkg-config?
Bobby, On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 02:22:18PM +0200, Bobby Knight wrote: > HelloNewly installed 6.1. I recently said hello to a newly installed FreeBSD 6.1 myself. > Barely touched ports so one would expect it to work, That sounds like a reasonable expectation for FreeBSD. I'm new to FreeBSD myself. For the most part I've found it quite stable. I've been a Linux user for years(since the 1.x kernel days) and after only a few days of tinkering with FreeBSD on a test box I'm just about ready to switch my main box over to FreeBSD. > yet it fails brutally for me as a new user when I do portupgrade -arR > just to upgrade a few packages. I experienced a similar failure to the one you describe, although I didn't find it all that brutal. After a few tries I managed to get past it. > I have no clue why and what to do so I am hoping someone here knows. I don't really have a clue as to why myself but I'll tell you what worked for me. There may be a better solution to this and if so hopefully someone with more knowledge than I will point it out. To improve your chances of getting the answers you need you might want to consider paying attention to the guidelines posted occasionally, especially the part about including line breaks. Such a post can be found at: http://Lists.FreeBSD.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2006-July/126199.html Reformatting your post so I could reply to it took a bit of time. Since I had a similar problem I took the time to reformat your message and reply to it with the hope that it will encourage someone who might not otherwise have repiled to provide more information and a better solution to the problem. > Can't see what I have done wrong. My guess is you haven't done anything wrong. I had the same problem. > That is always cvsup ports and do a portsdb -Fu; portaudit -Fa before > upgrade as well as read UPDATING. I use portsnap myself and just installed portupgrade and portaudit yesterday. I'm still learning all the proper steps necessary to keep my system up to date. > Checking if devel/pkg-config already installed ===> pkg-config-0.20_2 > is already installed > You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again by ``make > reinstall'' to upgrade it properly. I tried a 'make deinstall' then 'make reinstall' as the error message suggested. It didn't help. Then, I tried a 'make deinstall' followed by a 'portupgrade -aRr' which appeared to get around the problem. Portupgrade installed the version of pkg-config it really wanted and upgraded everything successfully. Kevin http://www.RawFedDogs.net http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org Bruceville, TX Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
2 Gateways.
Hi, all! Problem: PC with FreeBSD, there are 2 gateway GW1 and GW2, GW1 is default. Need: Queries that come from GW2 goes through GW2, not through default. How can I do it? -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Telecom
Dear All, Can we use FreeBSD in Telecom industry? If I want to build an Internet Backbone which connect across country in asia. Is it suitable? How is its stability of routing compare to Cisco? Rgds, ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need Advice for Tuning NFS to place nice with a Netapp
Nicole, On 02/08/06, N. Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi I have several web servers that are attached to a Netapp (network appliance) unit via NFS-3. A few servers are 5.5 and a few are 6.1 for comparison testing. All seem to have lousy performance. We have a similar setup and it runs smoothly. Can you define "lousy performance" ? Can you give more details on your network? Are you using Gig ethernet? And over what medium? Can you also try just copying a 100MB file from the filer to one of the web servers and record the time? Are you running nfsiod? When going through the issues with Netapp, the reasons given were that we have too many GettAdr/Lookup requests compared to actual reads. So all the NFS IOPS are being used up by these requests. As soon as the webservers get busy, requests pile up. I have tried everything I can think of. The web servers are even mounted read only with no help. My current mount options are: filer:/vol/fvol31/home/13/13 nfs ro,noatime,-r=32768,-T,-b,-R0,-i,-D2,-L 0 0 Mounting noatime for web servers is a good idea but... your "noatime" option has no effect on NFS mounts (check out the mount man page). You need "vol options no_atime_update" on the NetApp. Any advice for sysctl tunes or anything else would be much appreciatted! Thanks Nicole One last thing - are you female?! In a UNIX newsgroup?! Frem. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Problems with MySQL since upgrade
On Aug 1, 2006, at 9:24 AM, Richard Morse wrote: Hi! I recently updated MySQL to version 5.0.22 using the ports system (portupgrade -r -R mysql-\*). Previous to this, MySQL was behaving perfectly normally. Since the upgrade, I have found that every so often -- sometimes two or three times a day, sometimes every other day, but no more often than that -- one of the databases MySQL is hosting starts misbehaving, MySQL starts climbing in processor usage, and I have to restart MySQL to recover. By "misbehaving", I mean that some subset of queries to this database start not returning -- they take forever. By climbing in processor usage, I mean that my load averages, which normally sit around 0, start going up to 3, 5, even 7. - How can I determine what query it is that is causing this to happen? I have turned on the log files by adding the following line to /etc/rc.conf: Hi! Since this time, I have, I think, found what query is causing the problem: SELECT u.*, s.* FROM users u INNER JOIN sessions s ON u.uid = s.uid WHERE s.sid = "d9fe25949f79f2c767a0d237b4fdf841" AND u.status < 3 LIMIT 0, 1 How can I determine _why_ this is causing MySQL to hang/enter some kind of infinite loop? Thanks, Ricky ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: watchdog question.
In response to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > On Tuesday 01 August 2006 20:39, Efren Bravo wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I've a freeBSD box and I've been seeing this > >> message for several months: sis0 watchdog > >> timeout. > >> > >> The box has two ethernet cards, sis0 (100mb) and > >> vr0 (10mb). > >> > >> The messages isn't frequent but yesterday it got > >> my attention. What does this mean? > > > > from sis(4) > > sis%d: watchdog timeout The device has stopped responding to the > > net- > > work, or there is a problem with the network connection (e.g. a cable > > fault). > > The motherboard is http://www.eprom.com/home/Microstar/ms7005.htm > > The PC has been up for 119 days and nobody have reported me a network > interruption. > > I've just changed the cable, so I'll wait to see if the system raises more > watchdog messages. In the console I see only two messages: april 20 | july > 4. It won't help. I wouldn't waste your time if I were you. I've dealt with these MSI boards in the past, and they're cheap luhsuh. Again, my understanding is that the ethernet card is crap, and occasionally just wedges of its own accord. After a few milliseconds, the watchdog goes off and triggers a hardware reset. A few packets get dropped and need resent, but TCP is a "reliable" protocol so nobody notices. Want to see just how bad the card is? Do some performance tests and see how close to the theoretical network maximum you can get on data transfers. If I remember correctly, we only got about 50% of was the card _should_ have been able to accomplish. The difference between the drivers provided by SIS and those built in to FreeBSD is that the SiS drivers for Windows will never tell you what's going on, whereas the FreeBSD drivers will log every time a hardware reset is required. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: watchdog question.
> On Tuesday 01 August 2006 20:39, Efren Bravo wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've a freeBSD box and I've been seeing this >> message for several months: sis0 watchdog >> timeout. >> >> The box has two ethernet cards, sis0 (100mb) and >> vr0 (10mb). >> >> The messages isn't frequent but yesterday it got >> my attention. What does this mean? > > from sis(4) > sis%d: watchdog timeout The device has stopped responding to the > net- > work, or there is a problem with the network connection (e.g. a cable > fault). The motherboard is http://www.eprom.com/home/Microstar/ms7005.htm The PC has been up for 119 days and nobody have reported me a network interruption. I've just changed the cable, so I'll wait to see if the system raises more watchdog messages. In the console I see only two messages: april 20 | july 4. Thanks to all for your time ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Changing user password from command line
On Wednesday 02 August 2006 12:48, Mike Fern wrote: > Dear all, > Does anybody know a program which is able to change user password from > command line? > We can add a user using single line pw (pw useradd), but i need > ability to set the password also, instead of old command "passwd user" > and then writing to stdin. > > Any ideas, suggestion? > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" man pw Look for -h option description. -- Best regards, Simon Phoenix (Phoenix Lab.) KeyID: 0x2569D30B Fingerprint: 78FC 5C40 07CC D331 148E CC79 84B8 D514 2569 D30B pgpMMVqhr24Rc.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there?
Atom Powers wrote: It's still going to take you at least a release to get it into the base install. But if you can find a way to use the portsnap data and get useful information out of the cvsup data you can probably get numbers now with an error margin as low as 8% to 15%. Hey, I said that a week ago! Guess I agree with you :-) Not quite convinced by the error margin, but as long as you count too low then I see no problem. If, as Nikolas pointed out, a URL-based reporting scheme can be bombarded with fakes, as a vendor I would not want to listen to any numbers it produced. But the question then goes back to: can you make any kind of count out of cvsup servers? Someone already said they thought you couldn't. At the end of the day, I think that unique IP address is as close as it's possible to get to host count. It will undercount NATed hosts and networks with single cvsup/portsnap distribution points, and will overcount variable IP addresses. The latter, I think matters the least as long as you do your stats over a short enough period (e.g. 1 month). That wouldn't overcount much and deliberate faking would be hard and limited (how many IP addresses can one faker get access to?). Then, as long as the methodology is clearly explained along with any stats, you'd have the ammunition to persuade vendors (we hope). --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: spamfilter
On 1 August 2006, at 22:55, User Freebsd wrote: If you want a truly user-friendly spam/virus solution, check out: http://www.renaissoft.com/maia/ I have this backing >200 VPS, including postgresql.org itself, and its literally a dream Misuse of literally - but I can second that recommendation :-P , as it allows *each user* to individually tailor their settings ... On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Olivier Nicole wrote: 1) spamd (part of SpamAssassin) is written in perl. This is fine for a workstation, not so much for a high-volume mail server. SpamAssassin itself is written in Perl... But it can be run on a remote server, it does not have to be on the machine running sendmail. 2) installing spamass-milter requires rebuilding sendmail. (I have no idea about other MTAs.) This usually sounds more frightening than it is, but can still lead to complications. I think stock sendmail is installed with milter, so it is only a matter aof configuration, not of compiling. Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED]" Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http:// www.hub.org) Email . [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.orgICQ . 7615664 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- [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: watchdog question.
Bill Moran wrote: RW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday 01 August 2006 20:39, Efren Bravo wrote: Hi, I've a freeBSD box and I've been seeing this message for several months: sis0 watchdog timeout. The box has two ethernet cards, sis0 (100mb) and vr0 (10mb). The messages isn't frequent but yesterday it got my attention. What does this mean? from sis(4) sis%d: watchdog timeout The device has stopped responding to the net- work, or there is a problem with the network connection (e.g. a cable fault). I've seen this frequently with sis cards. My opinion is that all sis cards are cheapo crap, and watchdog timer is a workaround to try to make them work in spite of being crap. I've seen sis cards in Windows machines and they perform lousy there as well. I always got these errors on sis cards too - always ignored then. Worked fine for me on a lightly loaded network. If you start getting real symptoms - card locking up for example - then you;ll have to get a better network card. But unless and until that happens I would ignore it. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Weird result of portupgrade -aRr concerning pkgconfig or is it pkg-config?
HelloNewly installed 6.1. Barely touched ports so one would expect it to work, yet it fails brutally for me as a new user when I do portupgrade -arR just to upgrade a few packages.I have no clue why and what to do so I am hoping someone here knows. Can't see what I have done wrong. I have followed the available ports docs/mans slavishly. That is always cvsup ports and do a portsdb -Fu; portaudit -Fa before upgrade as well as read UPDATING.The info I've managed to gather is listed below. I don't want to retry the installation and maybe screw up things more before I ask you guys. Problem seems to be with pkg-config or pkgconfig... pkgconfig puzzles me. There exits no port of this in the tree yet it somehow is a package now. Thanks.syscons buffer contents related to error I could get:---> Installing the new version via the port ===> Installing for pkg-config-0.20_2 ===> Generating temporary packing list ===> Checking if devel/pkg-config already installed ===> pkg-config-0.20_2 is already installedYou may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port againby ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly.If you really wish to overwrite the old port of devel/pkg-configwithout deleting it first, set the variable "FORCE_PKG_REGISTER"in your environment or the "make install" command line. *** Error code 1Stop in /usr/ports/devel/pkg-config. *** Error code 1Stop in /usr/ports/devel/pkg-config. ** Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/bin/script -qa /tmp/portupgrade42339.5 env PORT_UPGRADE=yes make PORT_UPGRADE=yes reinstall egrep: /var/db/pkg/pkgconfig-0.20/+CONTENTS: No such file or directory ---> Restoring the old version ** Fix the installation problem and try again. [Updating the pkgdb in /var/db/pkg ... - 45 packages found (-0 +1) . done] ---> Skipping 'devel/pkg-config' (pkg-config-0.20_2) because it has already failedportversion -vl "<":fontconfig-2.3.2_3,1< needs updating (port has 2.3.2_5,1) linux_base-8-8.0_14 < needs updating (port has 8.0_16) pkgconfig-0.20 < needs updating (port has 0.20_2) xorg-clients-6.9.0_2< needs updating (port has 6.9.0_3) xorg-printserver-6.9.0 < needs updating (port has 6.9.0_1) xorg-server-6.9.0_1 < needs updating (port has 6.9.0_4) xorg-vfbserver-6.9.0< needs updating (port has 6.9.0_1) xterm-206_1 < needs updating (port has 215)pkg_info:bash-3.1.17 The GNU Project's Bourne Again SHell bitstream-vera-1.10_2 Bitstream Vera TrueType font collection cvsup-without-gui-16.1h_2 General network file distribution system optimized for CVS db41-4.1.25_3 The Berkeley DB package, revision 4.1 expat-2.0.0_1 XML 1.0 parser written in C fontconfig-2.3.2_3,1 An XML-based font configuration API for X Windows freetype2-2.1.10_3 A free and portable TrueType font rendering engine gettext-0.14.5_2GNU gettext package gmake-3.81_1GNU version of 'make' utility imake-6.9.0 Imake and other utilities from X.Org jpeg-6b_4 IJG's jpeg compression utilities libXft-2.1.7_1 A client-sided font API for X applications libdrm-2.0.2Userspace interface to kernel Direct Rendering Module servi libiconv-1.9.2_2A character set conversion library libtool-1.5.22_2Generic shared library support script links-2.1.p21,1 Lynx-like text WWW browser linux_base-8-8.0_14 Base set of packages needed in Linux mode (for i386/amd64) lynx-ssl-2.8.5_2A non-graphical, text-based World-Wide Web client with SSL pcre-6.7Perl Compatible Regular Expressions library perl-5.8.8 Practical Extraction and Report Language pkg-config-0.20_2 A utility to retrieve information about installed libraries pkgconfig-0.20 A utility to retrieve information about installed libraries png-1.2.12_1Library for manipulating PNG images portaudit-0.5.11Checks installed ports against a list of security vulnerabi portupgrade-2.1.3.2_2,2 FreeBSD ports/packages administration and management too l s ruby-1.8.4_9,1 An object-oriented interpreted scripting language ruby18-bdb-0.5.9_2 Ruby interface to Sleepycat's Berkeley DB revision 2 or lat tiff-3.8.2 Tools and library routines for working with TIFF images xorg-clients-6.9.0_2 X client programs and related files from X.Org xorg-documents-6.9.0 Documentation of X11 protocol and libraries from X.Org xorg-fonts-100dpi-6.9.0_1 X.Org 100dpi bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-75dpi-6.9.0_1 X.Org 75dpi bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-cyrillic-6.9.0_1 X.Org Cyrillic bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-encodings-6.9.0_1 X.Org font encoding files xorg-fonts-miscbitmaps-6.9.0_1 X.Org miscellaneous bitmap fonts xorg-fonts-truetype-6.9.0 X.Org TrueType fonts xorg-fonts-type1-6.9.0 X.Org Type1 fonts
Re: Using dnscache locally with FBSD 6.x
In response to "Mark Powell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Bill Moran wrote: > > >>However, I use svscan to start up dnscache, and that starts very late in > >> the boot. That means I can't just have the single "nameserver 127.0.0.1" > >> line in resolv.conf, as every lookup would timeout until dnscache started. > >> That means I need to replace resolv.conf early in the boot with the > >> addresses of remote dns caches: > > > > Have you investigated the possibility of moving svscan's startup earlier in > > the boot sequence? I don't know whether the svscan startup script is rcng > > compliant yet, but if it is, you could move it to /etc/rc.d and move it > > _way_ up in the startup sequence. > > I think it is rcng compliant. However, once in /etc/rc.d, how is the order > of execution determined? I expect I will need to get it to run about the > same time that named is usually started. Have a look at the man page for rcorder. IIRC, that covers it pretty well. > > Another option is to put addresses that need to resolve before svscan has > > started into /etc/hosts so that they don't need DNS. This could be > > a maintenance nightmare, though, if there are many addresses. > > That sounds like a nightmare :( >Cheers. It was a thought. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: a good web statistics port?
In response to Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > i would really prefer awstats, but its been > in "command injection" limbo forever. awstats isn't nearly as dangerous as the advisories make it out. The last few security problems only apply to systems where awstats is configured to allow you to updated the statistics from the web browser. This is not the default configuration on FreeBSD. Personally, I don't need "up to the minute" stats, so all the machines it runs on for me just update it from cron every night. In that configuration, it's not vulnerable to anything. I believe this has been the case with the last 2 or 3 security problems that have been announced for awstats. I'm not aware of any security issues if you have the web-update disabled. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firefox 1.5.0.5 port build error
On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 01:11:27PM +0530, Chandan Haldar wrote:
> Having another crack at building firefox 1.5 on FreeBSD 6.0 Release...
> Anyone knows what this cryptic error could be due to? Thanks in advance.
>
> Chandan
>
>
> ===> Extracting for firefox-1.5.0.5,1
> => Checksum OK for firefox-1.5.0.5-source.tar.bz2.
> ===> firefox-1.5.0.5,1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.7 - found
> ===> Patching for firefox-1.5.0.5,1
> ===> firefox-1.5.0.5,1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.7 - found
> ===> Applying FreeBSD patches for firefox-1.5.0.5,1
> -e: not found
> *** Error code 127
>
> Stop in /home/newports/www/firefox.
This is usually a symptom of not updating the whole ports tree. If I
remember correctly, the trouble is caused by a missing definition of
one of the standard command variables from /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk.
In this case it seems it would be one of either the SED or the
REINPLACE_CMD --
happy-idiot-talk:...ports/www/firefox:% grep -e '-e ' Makefile
@${SED} -e 's|@FIREFOX_ICON@|${FIREFOX_ICON}|' \
@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e
'/accessibility.typeaheadfind.enablesound/s/true/false/ ;
\
So make(1) is trying to run '-e' as a command, and that doesn't work.
From the firefox port directory, try running:
make -V SED -V REINPLACE_CMD
If the result is not the same as this:
happy-idiot-talk:...ports/www/firefox:% make -V SED -V REINPLACE_CMD
/usr/bin/sed
/usr/bin/sed -i.bak
then you need to track down exactly where SED or REINPLACE_CMD are
being mangled, and fix that. Check for potential breakage in
/etc/make.conf, and use cvsup or portsnap or your method of choice to
grab a clean copy of the whole ports tree.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Re: portsdb output and portaudit question
"jan gestre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > the box's running for almost 2 months now setup as webmail server, the > > only thing i removed was the linux compatible applications since i have no > > plans of installing linux. i ran pkgdb -F and pkgdb -fu to no avail, after > > doing cvsup this morning, ran portsdb -Uu, i still see those message looking > > for packages that wasn't even installed. i don't see any strange behavior > > for the server except those mentioned here. could these be detrimental? I have no idea. However, if the system appears to be stable then I assume you could just ignore it. I guess removing things from the base installation was not such a good idea though. -- +==+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Gerard Seibert Zzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| icq: 95653152 FAX: (845) 228-1602 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | //This Space Available// +==+ ___ 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 Print
Garance A Drosehn wrote: > On August 1/2006, I (Garance) wrote: > > > >Check to see if you have multiple versions of 'lpr' > >running. *If* you do, then the results that you see > >will probably depend on which version you run. > > What I meant to say was: Check to see if you have > multiple versions of `lpr' *installed*. See what > you get from the command: > > type -a lpr OK, first of all, I just installed LPRng and had it replace my base lpr system. However, the same error message is repeated. type -a lpr lpr is /usr/local/bin/lpr lpr is /usr/bin/lpr type lpr lpr is hashed (/usr/local/bin/lpr) OK, so now what do I do? -- Gerard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
