Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-24 Thread Heiko Wundram (Beenic)
Am Donnerstag, 25. Oktober 2007 08:42:31 schrieb Andreas Widerøe Andersen: > Does any of these streaming solutions (encoders or servers) require me to > run a GUI on my FreeBSD boxes or can I simply run them like I always do: > command line only? Apple's Darwin runs perfectly just with command-lin

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-24 Thread Andreas Widerøe Andersen
Does any of these streaming solutions (encoders or servers) require me to run a GUI on my FreeBSD boxes or can I simply run them like I always do: command line only? Cheers, Andreas ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/

Re: forcing compilation/run time linking of lib32 on amd64

2007-10-24 Thread Joshua Isom
On Oct 24, 2007, at 8:56 PM, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: RW wrote: On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:49:24 -0400 "Aryeh M. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am writing some demo code (for teaching C) ... showing that int's are always word length s/always/typically/ C has been around for a long t

hidden disk geometry on Compaq Presario V2000

2007-10-24 Thread Lorin Lund
I have a Compaq Presario Notebook in the V2000 series. I just replaced the hard drive because the original was getting disk errors. I have a WD Scorpio 120 GB. When I try to load FreeBSD I get an error message when I get to the partition the disk stage. It says my disk geometry is wrong. It sa

OEM and Trademark license for Java on FreeBSD -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] no longer valid?

2007-10-24 Thread Pj Malloy
Hello, Short version --- Does anyone know to what email address at Sun I should send my questions regarding the Diablo FreeBSD JRE? Longer version --- Any help would be MUCH appreciated. I have some questions regarding the OEM and Trademark license for Java on FreeBSD.

Re: forcing compilation/run time linking of lib32 on amd64

2007-10-24 Thread RW
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:56:50 -0400 "Aryeh M. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RW wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:49:24 -0400 > > "Aryeh M. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> I am writing some demo code (for teaching C) ... showing that > >> int's are always word length >

Re: Via C7 Processor (CPU) - cpufreq and make.conf support

2007-10-24 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Roland Smith wrote: On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 02:25:11PM -0600, Ross Penner wrote: What does 'sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq_levels' report? It should list the available CPU frequencies. I get: dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 397/-1 198/-1 Is this something I should be reporting to stable?

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-24 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Charlie Farinella wrote: I'm still using Linux (Kubuntu, or Slackware) for my desktop machines, and am wondering if FreeBSD is an option for the desktop. I need to run Audacity for instance, and would like to be able to view audio-video content on the web. Has that been di

Re: forcing compilation/run time linking of lib32 on amd64

2007-10-24 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
RW wrote: > On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:49:24 -0400 > "Aryeh M. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I am writing some demo code (for teaching C) ... showing that >> int's are always word length >> > > s/always/typically/ > > C has been around for a long time and there is always a counter

Re: Can't overwrite a particular swap partition

2007-10-24 Thread RW
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:39:20 +0100 Bruce Cran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RW wrote: > > I have two swap partitions, ad4s1b is part of my main slice, and > > ad6s1b is on a second drive. The permissions are the same, but I > > can't overwrite the second one. The same thing happens whether I > > us

Re: forcing compilation/run time linking of lib32 on amd64

2007-10-24 Thread RW
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:49:24 -0400 "Aryeh M. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am writing some demo code (for teaching C) ... showing that > int's are always word length s/always/typically/ C has been around for a long time and there is always a counter-example to any sweeping generalisat

Periodic.conf?

2007-10-24 Thread jekillen
Hello; The following was a response to a query I posted regarding how to switch over to Postfix from SendMail: Also, there are some periodic things that are ran which are SendMail specific that need to be disabled. That is done within /etc/periodic.conf as such: daily_clean_hoststat_enable=

libXfont install problems from ports

2007-10-24 Thread James
I'm having issues with six or seven ports installing. I've traced it back to two ports that are having issues, one of which is libXfont. The version I've got installed is: evolution# pkg_info -Ix libXfont libXfontcache-1.0.4 The Xfontcache library The version in ports is 1.3.1 Here's my log:

Re: Can't overwrite a particular swap partition

2007-10-24 Thread Bruce Cran
RW wrote: I have two swap partitions, ad4s1b is part of my main slice, and ad6s1b is on a second drive. The permissions are the same, but I can't overwrite the second one. The same thing happens whether I use swapoff or reboot into single user mode. What's the difference? # dd if=/dev/random of

Can't overwrite a particular swap partition

2007-10-24 Thread RW
I have two swap partitions, ad4s1b is part of my main slice, and ad6s1b is on a second drive. The permissions are the same, but I can't overwrite the second one. The same thing happens whether I use swapoff or reboot into single user mode. What's the difference? # dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/ad4s1b

Re: rename file based on file's timestamp

2007-10-24 Thread Karl Vogel
>> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:45:08 +1000, >> andrew clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: A> I have a series of files in a directory: A> -rw-r--r-- 1 ozzmosis ozzmosis 115201253 Jul 28 2006 209.mp3 A> -rw-r--r-- 1 ozzmosis ozzmosis 115201253 Jul 31 2006 212.mp3 A> Now I want to rename these so th

Re: best way to run vista inside freebsd

2007-10-24 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
> I didnt know all this. thanks! QEMu will have to keep working for now ;) > > btw, does QEMU work ok under 64bit? Yes. Though you might get some strange situations depending on the guest OS and emulated machine. For example when emulating a x86_64 running XP pro as the Guest OS I can ping/te

Re: best way to run vista inside freebsd

2007-10-24 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:38:46 -0400 "Aryeh M. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Francisco Reyes wrote: > > Norberto Meijome writes: > > > >>> I do not have Windows on any of my machines but I have heard that > >>> Win4BSD is really good. It is not free! I believe it is about > >>> $45. > >> >

Re: the right next step?

2007-10-24 Thread Aliya Harbouri
Hi, Yes, I'm aware of pending freezes and such ... and the need for a PR. > As for ignoring make and build settings, that should probably > be put in a PR (bug report). If it is a serious bug, then it > might get addressed before the release. Otherwise it won't get > touched until after. I g

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 06:13:21PM +0100, Adam J Richardson wrote: > Donovan R. Palmer wrote: > >I have saved many of your emails for future reference. > > Hi Donovan, > > Welcome to the list. There's no need for you to store the emails, since > they're all archived at http://docs.freebsd.org/m

Re: the right next step?

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 03:15:17PM -0700, Aliya Harbouri wrote: > Hi Jerry! > > > I am not sure I understand all of what is being said or implied here. > > Hm. Now *I'm* confused by your confusion ;-) Let me summarize -- > > The www/apache22 port ignores (or more correctly, is not yet aware of

Re: [freebsd-questions] easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Aliya Harbouri
Hi Howie, > What does CPANPLUS do that CPAN doesn't that makes this a better > solution? Does it somehow integrate with the ports better? (rather than > getting conflicts between p5-* and bsdpan-*) > > I use quite a lot of CPAN modules, so a way to be able to get 'obscure' > modules, and still use

Re: First panic in 7.0-BETA1 on i386

2007-10-24 Thread Bruce Cran
Kris Kennaway wrote: Doug Poland wrote: I'd like to report the details but I'm unfamiliar with the process. Should I post here on -questions or on -current mailing list? -stable. I know 7-BETA1 is currently in a region somewhere between -current and -stable but I thought the -current list

Re: the right next step?

2007-10-24 Thread Aliya Harbouri
Hi Jerry! > I am not sure I understand all of what is being said or implied here. Hm. Now *I'm* confused by your confusion ;-) Let me summarize -- The www/apache22 port ignores (or more correctly, is not yet aware of ...) a port-installed bdb46. unlike most other ports that are up-to-date, it

Re: [freebsd-questions] easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Howard Jones
Gerard wrote: On October 24, 2007 at 02:11PM Sean Murphy wrote: 2) Use CPANPLUS to install the module. Unless the user has the time, knowledge and motivation to do the first, the second approach is usually superior. What does CPANPLUS do that CPAN doesn't that makes this a better soluti

Company Representative Is Needed.

2007-10-24 Thread WoodsJoAnnWoods
I'm responding to your advertisement on your website needing a company representative to receive payment on your behalf. NAME: Heavenly J&K Investments, Inc. Jo Ann Woods, Vice President ADDRESS: 450 Hillside Dr., Bldg. B, #200 CITY: Mesquite STATE: Nevada ZIP CODE:

Re: Via C7 Processor (CPU) - cpufreq and make.conf support

2007-10-24 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 03:02:21PM -0600, Ross Penner wrote: > On 10/24/07, Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 02:25:11PM -0600, Ross Penner wrote: > > > > What does 'sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq_levels' report? It should list the > > > > available CPU frequencies. > > > >

Re: Install on new INTEL motherboard, can't find ATA devices

2007-10-24 Thread Thomas David Rivers
Just to follow up on the Intel DG33UB issues. I tried the 7.0 BETA bootonly ISO image today; and low-and-behold, that "found" the missing CDROM drive. I'm going to try the 6.3 BETA when it rolls out... - Thanks - - Dave Rivers - -- Work: (

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Gerard
On October 24, 2007 at 02:11PM Sean Murphy wrote: > I don't install CPAN on FreeBSD. I use the ports and packages from > http://www.freebsd.org/ports > Do a search for the module that you require P5- means it is a perl > module also you can use the ports collection for PHP modules as well. >

Re: forcing compilation/run time linking of lib32 on amd64

2007-10-24 Thread Josh Carroll
> I am writing some demo code (for teaching C) and need to have the same > program run on a 32 bit machine and a 64 bit machine (showing that int's > are always word length)... I have 8-current amd64 how do I force it to > compile with 32 bit words? Add the following to your gcc command line: -m3

Re: user ppp and PPPoE bridging

2007-10-24 Thread freebsd
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: You said you had wrong encapsulation type. Did you make any progress? Yes. Changing the encapsulation type brought the line up, and things hobbled along... However, the line is dropped after a few minutes, apparently a result of not being able to determine line quality

Re: Via C7 Processor (CPU) - cpufreq and make.conf support

2007-10-24 Thread Ross Penner
On 10/24/07, Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 02:25:11PM -0600, Ross Penner wrote: > > > What does 'sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq_levels' report? It should list the > > > available CPU frequencies. > > > > > I get: > > dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 397/-1 198/-1 > > > > Is this so

forcing compilation/run time linking of lib32 on amd64

2007-10-24 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
I am writing some demo code (for teaching C) and need to have the same program run on a 32 bit machine and a 64 bit machine (showing that int's are always word length)... I have 8-current amd64 how do I force it to compile with 32 bit words? ___ freebsd-q

Re: Via C7 Processor (CPU) - cpufreq and make.conf support

2007-10-24 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 02:25:11PM -0600, Ross Penner wrote: > > What does 'sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq_levels' report? It should list the > > available CPU frequencies. > > > I get: > dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 397/-1 198/-1 > > Is this something I should be reporting to stable? It's not explicitly > menti

Re: Windows SSH client?

2007-10-24 Thread Andy Harrison
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/24/07, Doug Clements wrote: > > Free for non-commercial use: > > http://ssh.com/ > I second that. I still use this one because putty's interface is awful. Here's the direct link: ftp://ftp.ssh.com/pub/ssh/SSHSecureShellClient-3.2.9.exe -

Re: 7.0 and 6.3

2007-10-24 Thread David J Brooks
On Wednesday 24 October 2007 02:17:12 am Kris Kennaway wrote: > David J Brooks wrote: > > Bill Moran wrote: > >> Note also that a ports freeze is starting soon for 7.0 and 6.3 release. > > > > What are the differences between 6.3 and 7.0? Which should be considered > > the standard upgrade path fro

Re: Via C7 Processor (CPU) - cpufreq and make.conf support

2007-10-24 Thread Ross Penner
On 10/24/07, Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 01:25:51PM -0600, Ross Penner wrote: > > > sounds reasonable. unfortunetly, 'sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq' doesn't seem to > > > work on my system. heh, it'd probably work if I upgrade to 7.0 > > > > Apparently I'm an idiot. th

Re: Windows SSH client?

2007-10-24 Thread Rob
Eric F Crist wrote: I'm looking for a good, free, SSH client that has line/column numbers at the bottom, similar to SecureCRT. Any advice is appreciated! I've used Tera Term for years and recently discovered there's a new actively developed version at http://ttssh2.sourceforge.jp/ If you do

Re: Windows SSH client?

2007-10-24 Thread Alexandre Biancalana
On 10/24/07, Eric F Crist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey folks, > > I'm looking for a good, free, SSH client that has line/column numbers > at the bottom, similar to SecureCRT. Any advice is appreciated! http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ is great! _

Re: First panic in 7.0-BETA1 on i386

2007-10-24 Thread Doug Poland
Kris Kennaway wrote: Doug Poland wrote: I'd like to report the details but I'm unfamiliar with the process. Should I post here on -questions or on -current mailing list? -stable. Looks like the issue is: kernel: current process = 46 (ath0 taskq) Well, unfortunately that doesn't really say

Re: Via C7 Processor (CPU) - cpufreq and make.conf support

2007-10-24 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 01:25:51PM -0600, Ross Penner wrote: > > sounds reasonable. unfortunetly, 'sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq' doesn't seem to > > work on my system. heh, it'd probably work if I upgrade to 7.0 > > Apparently I'm an idiot. the sysctl command does work. when the system > is mostly idle,

Re: First panic in 7.0-BETA1 on i386

2007-10-24 Thread Kris Kennaway
Doug Poland wrote: I'd like to report the details but I'm unfamiliar with the process. Should I post here on -questions or on -current mailing list? -stable. Looks like the issue is: kernel: current process = 46 (ath0 taskq) Well, unfortunately that doesn't really say anything. Read the c

Re: 7.0 and 6.3

2007-10-24 Thread Kris Kennaway
Vince wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: David J Brooks wrote: Bill Moran wrote: Note also that a ports freeze is starting soon for 7.0 and 6.3 release. What are the differences between 6.3 and 7.0? Which should be considered the standard upgrade path from 6.2 release? Is there a compelling reason t

Re: Windows SSH client?

2007-10-24 Thread Doug Clements
On 10/24/07, Eric F Crist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey folks, > > I'm looking for a good, free, SSH client that has line/column numbers > at the bottom, similar to SecureCRT. Any advice is appreciated! > Free for non-commercial use: http://ssh.com/ --Doug _

First panic in 7.0-BETA1 on i386

2007-10-24 Thread Doug Poland
I'd like to report the details but I'm unfamiliar with the process. Should I post here on -questions or on -current mailing list? Looks like the issue is: kernel: current process = 46 (ath0 taskq) -- Regards, Doug ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org m

Re: Via C7 Processor (CPU) - cpufreq and make.conf support

2007-10-24 Thread Ross Penner
On 10/24/07, Ross Penner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/24/07, Erik Cederstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Ross Penner wrote: > > > Hi all, I have a few questions about my Via C7 processor. In > > > examples/make.conf there is an option for the CPUTYPE. It indicates > > > that only th

Windows SSH client?

2007-10-24 Thread Eric F Crist
Hey folks, I'm looking for a good, free, SSH client that has line/column numbers at the bottom, similar to SecureCRT. Any advice is appreciated! - Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://li

Re: Via C7 Processor (CPU) - cpufreq and make.conf support

2007-10-24 Thread Erik Norgaard
Ross Penner wrote: On 10/24/07, Erik Cederstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ross Penner wrote: Hi all, I have a few questions about my Via C7 processor. In examples/make.conf there is an option for the CPUTYPE. It indicates that only the C3 and the C3-2 chips are supported. Does the C7 chip hav

Re: reverse DNS resolution...

2007-10-24 Thread Eric F Crist
Thanks to all for their help. I was ignoring the forward DNS, and many things don't resolve reverse DNS unless there's a matching forward DNS. duh. thanks! Eric Crist On Oct 23, 2007, at 12:00 PMOct 23, 2007, Oliver Fromme wrote: Eric F Crist wrote: As I already stated, if I do a host

Now can't get past the copyright info. What next?

2007-10-24 Thread W. D.
I've got a FreeBSD 4.9 Samba file server that boots but hangs after the "Regents of the University of California" text. Is there some way to fix this? Boot from a CD? Put the hard drive in another computer? Help! Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Sean Murphy
Noah wrote: Martin Hepworth wrote: what have you tried and what errors do you get? Martin thanks for responding. here are the errors I am receiving when I am attempting to update things. sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install(CPAN::Shell->r)' [

Re: Writing Flash Driver

2007-10-24 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
Heiko Wundram (Beenic) wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 24. Oktober 2007 14:47:56 schrieb icantthinkofone: > >> Does that in any way answer the question? >> > > Yes, because gnash is an open-source (re)implementation of Flash Player, > compatible with a large part of the Flash7 specification, gnash

Re: Booting a GELI encrypted hard disk

2007-10-24 Thread Pawel Jakub Dawidek
On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 12:46:53AM +0800, Daniel Marsh wrote: > Even if all data on a drive is encrypted, the partition table is not. > Software based disk encryption works on partitions. That's not true. One can configure full disk encryption using GELI. To do it you need to have a small USB pen-

Re: webconference softwares ?

2007-10-24 Thread Shantanoo Mahajan
On 24-Oct-07, at 8:46 PM, Frank Bonnet wrote: Hello Anyone knows if such softwares ( webconference / webminars ) are availables in open source software world ? you may have a look at http://www.dimdim.com/ regards, shantanoo ___ freebsd-questions@

Re: Install on new INTEL motherboard, can't find ATA devices

2007-10-24 Thread Thomas David Rivers
> > On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 15:13 -0400, Thomas David Rivers wrote: > > I just got a new INTEL motherboard - chock full of these new-fangled > > SATA connectors... and one "legacy" ATA connector. I moved a disk > > drive from an older box to this new one.. > > > > The machine can boot from the dis

Re: Writing Flash Driver

2007-10-24 Thread icantthinkofone
Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote: On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 07:47:56AM -0500, icantthinkofone wrote: Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: icantthinkofone wrote: My naive question is, what is involved with creating an open source driver for flash for freebsd? Is it a legal issue? Or does it t

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-24 Thread Adam J Richardson
Donovan R. Palmer wrote: I have saved many of your emails for future reference. Hi Donovan, Welcome to the list. There's no need for you to store the emails, since they're all archived at http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/ anyway. :) Regards, Adam J Richardson __

Re: Booting a GELI encrypted hard disk

2007-10-24 Thread Daniel Marsh
On 10/23/07, Steve Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>> I am voraciously attempting to get a FreeBSD system to boot from > >>> a GELI encrypted hard disk, but am having problems. > >> > >> You don't need to encrypt the whole harddisk. You can encrypt > >> separate slices. There is no need

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Noah
Martin Hepworth wrote: what have you tried and what errors do you get? Martin thanks for responding. here are the errors I am receiving when I am attempting to update things. sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell->install(CPAN::Shell->r)' [~] Password:

Re: Writing Flash Driver

2007-10-24 Thread icantthinkofone
Heiko Wundram (Beenic) wrote: Am Mittwoch, 24. Oktober 2007 14:47:56 schrieb icantthinkofone: Does that in any way answer the question? Yes, because gnash is an open-source (re)implementation of Flash Player, compatible with a large part of the Flash7 specification, so that you don't

Re: Via C7 Processor (CPU) - cpufreq and make.conf support

2007-10-24 Thread Ross Penner
On 10/24/07, Erik Cederstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ross Penner wrote: > > Hi all, I have a few questions about my Via C7 processor. In > > examples/make.conf there is an option for the CPUTYPE. It indicates > > that only the C3 and the C3-2 chips are supported. Does the C7 chip > > have s

Re: USB->Serial adapter, how to make /dev/cuad* appear?

2007-10-24 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 05:23:48PM +0200, Benjamin Lutz wrote: > On 2007-10-24 17:15, Roland Smith wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 09:26:20AM +0200, Benjamin Lutz wrote: > > > > Does the onboard serial port work via USB? How odd! On my standard PC, > > > > the serial ports are driven by the sio

Re: rename file based on file's timestamp

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 10:45:08PM +1000, andrew clarke wrote: > Hi, > > Hopefully, a simple request... > > I have a series of files in a directory: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 ozzmosis ozzmosis 115201253 Jul 28 2006 209.mp3 > -rw-r--r-- 1 ozzmosis ozzmosis 115201253 Jul 31 2006 212.mp3 > -rw-r--r

Re: USB->Serial adapter, how to make /dev/cuad* appear?

2007-10-24 Thread Benjamin Lutz
On 2007-10-24 17:15, Roland Smith wrote: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 09:26:20AM +0200, Benjamin Lutz wrote: > > > Does the onboard serial port work via USB? How odd! On my standard PC, > > > the serial ports are driven by the sio driver, and have /dev/cuad* and > > > /dev/ttyd* devices, noc cuaU. >

if_bridge, if_tap and wireless NICs

2007-10-24 Thread Doug Poland
Hello, I've finally gotten emulators/qemu to work with bridge/tap networking on FreeBSD-7.0-BETA1 i386 using bfe0: For reference, I used the tutorial listed at: http://forums.bsdnexus.com/viewtopic.php?id=1563 My issue is, however, that QEMU/bridge/tap does not work with my wireless NIC (

Re: the right next step?

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 07:43:37AM -0700, Aliya Harbouri wrote: > Hi Bill! > > > Note also that a ports freeze is starting soon for 7.0 and 6.3 release. > > During the freeze, you'll have difficulty getting any ports changes > > through. > > That's what I figured -- and why I've been trying to c

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-24 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On Wednesday 24 October 2007 17:44:13 Brian A. Seklecki wrote: > Well, no, its just that the 99% of the managed switches & routers out > there are going to ("need to") support multicast video delivery > they way they want. I guess there are many possible solutions. YMMV. Many solutions to many dif

Re: cups-base woes

2007-10-24 Thread Brian A Seklecki (Mobile)
On Fri, 2007-10-05 at 19:21 -0400, E. J. Cerejo wrote: > I've been trying to portupgrade cups-base for a week now, every time I > cvsup my ports I get a different error message, now this is the latest > one. Any ideas on how to fix this or can someone direct me to the this > package so I don't

Re: resizing partitions

2007-10-24 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 12:15:03PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > I have need to alter some partition sizes on a (laptop) system I use > daily, with FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE installed. Are there tools you'd > recommend for this, that should be stable and not prone to hosing up my > filesystems? In parti

Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux?

2007-10-24 Thread Charlie Farinella
> On 2007-10-22 Donovan R. Palmer wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have been using Linux for over 10 years, but have for a number of > > reasons become very interested in learning to use FreeBSD. Are there > > any ex or current Linux users here and could you tell me how hard it > > is to make the shift fr

webconference softwares ?

2007-10-24 Thread Frank Bonnet
Hello Anyone knows if such softwares ( webconference / webminars ) are availables in open source software world ? thank you. -- Cordialement Frank Bonnet ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-q

Re: USB->Serial adapter, how to make /dev/cuad* appear?

2007-10-24 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 09:26:20AM +0200, Benjamin Lutz wrote: > > Does the onboard serial port work via USB? How odd! On my standard PC, > > the serial ports are driven by the sio driver, and have /dev/cuad* and > > /dev/ttyd* devices, noc cuaU. > > No, that one's a standard serial port, driven

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Aliya Harbouri
Hi everybody! > I'm not a very heavy perl user, but I've never *needed* to install CPAN on > FreeBSD. A little creative searching has revealed that most perl packages > are part of the FreeBSD Ports collection. > > If you use more obscure CPAN packages, I can see there might be a need to > install

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread James A. Harrison
> Gerard wrote: >> On October 24, 2007 at 01:44AM Noah wrote: >> >> >>> I am looking around for a really simple way to install CPAN on FreeBSD. >>> I keep running into errors in one variation or another. >> I'm not a very heavy perl user, but I've never *needed* to install CPAN on FreeBSD. A littl

Re: how can i install gnome2 through console

2007-10-24 Thread James A. Harrison
> On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 23:06 +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: >> On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 12:30 +0200, Ananias Uushona wrote: >> > I was installing gnome2 through x interface but I realize that its >> very hard >> > especially to beginners but I got it right is that I did n't have the >> > hardware name

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-24 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:35:34 +0300 Nikos Vassiliadis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 24 October 2007 17:03:57 Brian A. Seklecki wrote: > > > /usr/ports/multimedia/mencoder can encode/recode videos to many > > > differen Well, no, its just that the 99% of the managed switches & routers o

Re: the right next step?

2007-10-24 Thread Aliya Harbouri
Hi Bill! > Note also that a ports freeze is starting soon for 7.0 and 6.3 release. > During the freeze, you'll have difficulty getting any ports changes > through. That's what I figured -- and why I've been trying to communicate about this for ~ a month already. It's not really that *I* have an

Re: the right next step?

2007-10-24 Thread Aliya Harbouri
Hi John! > Does your PR include a fix? Well, I've sent my suggestion to the maintainer -- I don't know if it's the *right* fix for the general port. But, it works for me as a workaround. For what it's worth, in this particular case, I've simply asked that the www/apache22 port be made compatibl

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-24 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On Wednesday 24 October 2007 17:03:57 Brian A. Seklecki wrote: > > /usr/ports/multimedia/mencoder can encode/recode videos to many > > different formats, including wmv9 and H.264. > > > > /usr/ports/multimedia/vlc contains a streaming server, IIRC. > > Do any of these support multicast? Cisco is p

Re: rename file based on file's timestamp

2007-10-24 Thread Pietro Cerutti
Heiko Wundram (Beenic) wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 24. Oktober 2007 14:45:08 schrieb andrew clarke: >> Now I want to rename these so the new filenames are based on the file's >> timestamp, like so: >> >> -rw-r--r-- 1 ozzmosis ozzmosis 115201253 Jul 28 2006 2006-07-28.mp3 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 ozzmosis oz

Re: how can i install gnome2 through console

2007-10-24 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 23:06 +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 12:30 +0200, Ananias Uushona wrote: > > I was installing gnome2 through x interface but I realize that its very hard > > especially to beginners but I got it right is that I did n't have the > > hardware names and spe

Re: Q: general LaTeX mailing list

2007-10-24 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 17:03 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2007-10-23 12:43, Byung-Hee HWANG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > Who knows a good general LaTeX mailing list? Ah yes, here is also good > > mailing list for the question. However, I want to give specific and > > prof

Re: Q: general LaTeX mailing list

2007-10-24 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
On Tue, 2007-10-23 at 17:45 +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 12:43:28PM +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > Who knows a good general LaTeX mailing list? Ah yes, here is also good > > mailing list for the question. However, I want to give specific and > > profess

Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

2007-10-24 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
> /usr/ports/multimedia/mencoder can encode/recode videos to many > different formats, including wmv9 and H.264. > > /usr/ports/multimedia/vlc contains a streaming server, IIRC. Do any of these support multicast? Cisco is pushing this big time with AVVID. -- Brian A. Seklecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Writing Flash Driver

2007-10-24 Thread Benjamin M. A'Lee
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 07:47:56AM -0500, icantthinkofone wrote: > Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: >> icantthinkofone wrote: >> >>> My naive question is, what is involved with creating an open source >>> driver for flash for freebsd? Is it a legal issue? Or does it take more >>> time than anyo

Re: multiple postgresql servers in multiple jails?

2007-10-24 Thread Oliver Peter
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 10:06:08PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Oliver Peter wrote: > > Does anybody have a running system with more than one jail hosting > > more than one postgres server? > > Yes, you must configure them to use different port numbers, > because the SysV IPC IDs are derived fr

OpenSSL Upgrades from ports.

2007-10-24 Thread Grant Peel
Hi all, I need to upgrade (FreeBSD 6.2) OpenSSL due to some security concerns. I would like to do so from ports. If anyone cares to give me a simple how to I would be greatful. make deinstall make install clean ??? Are the any 'gotchas' upgrading OpenSSL I should watch for? -Grant _

Re: best way to run vista inside freebsd

2007-10-24 Thread John Nielsen
Quoting Francisco Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Frank Jahnke writes: VMs in general are a problem on Free. There is an effort to port the most recent VMware Workstation by a very good man. VMware employee? No, Orlando Bassotto, who is the programmer who did much of the work for the original

Re: Writing Flash Driver

2007-10-24 Thread Heiko Wundram (Beenic)
Am Mittwoch, 24. Oktober 2007 14:47:56 schrieb icantthinkofone: > Does that in any way answer the question? Yes, because gnash is an open-source (re)implementation of Flash Player, compatible with a large part of the Flash7 specification, so that you don't need Adobe's player to play Flash forma

Re: Low-cost online disk backup solution on FreeBSD. Hardware/Software recomendations?

2007-10-24 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Victor Meirans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Good day, > > I need an advice. What hardware/software would you recommend for online > disk backup server solution on FreeBSD? > 99% of clients will be Windows XP/Vista users and the main requirement > is low cost solution meaning that the c

Re: rename file based on file's timestamp

2007-10-24 Thread Heiko Wundram (Beenic)
Am Mittwoch, 24. Oktober 2007 14:45:08 schrieb andrew clarke: > Now I want to rename these so the new filenames are based on the file's > timestamp, like so: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 ozzmosis ozzmosis 115201253 Jul 28 2006 2006-07-28.mp3 > -rw-r--r-- 1 ozzmosis ozzmosis 115201253 Jul 31 2006 2006-0

Re: Writing Flash Driver

2007-10-24 Thread icantthinkofone
Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: icantthinkofone wrote: My naive question is, what is involved with creating an open source driver for flash for freebsd? Is it a legal issue? Or does it take more time than anyone has to give? Or is it just too difficult to do without help from Adobe?

Low-cost online disk backup solution on FreeBSD. Hardware/Software recomendations?

2007-10-24 Thread Victor Meirans
Good day, I need an advice. What hardware/software would you recommend for online disk backup server solution on FreeBSD? 99% of clients will be Windows XP/Vista users and the main requirement is low cost solution meaning that the client license should be free (GPL?) or low-priced compared to

rename file based on file's timestamp

2007-10-24 Thread andrew clarke
Hi, Hopefully, a simple request... I have a series of files in a directory: -rw-r--r-- 1 ozzmosis ozzmosis 115201253 Jul 28 2006 209.mp3 -rw-r--r-- 1 ozzmosis ozzmosis 115201253 Jul 31 2006 212.mp3 -rw-r--r-- 1 ozzmosis ozzmosis 115201253 Aug 1 2006 213.mp3 -rw-r--r-- 1 ozzmosis o

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Vince
Gerard wrote: > On October 24, 2007 at 01:44AM Noah wrote: > > >> I am looking around for a really simple way to install CPAN on FreeBSD. >> I keep running into errors in one variation or another. > I dont follow, CPAN.pm is installed as part of the perl port/package. Do you mean the setup afte

Re: best way to run vista inside freebsd

2007-10-24 Thread Frank Jahnke
On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 00:47 -0400, Francisco Reyes wrote: > Frank Jahnke writes: > > > VMs in general are a problem on Free. There is an effort to port the > > most recent VMware Workstation by a very good man. > > VMware employee? No. He is the fellow who did the VMware 3 port.

how can i install gnome2 through console

2007-10-24 Thread Ananias Uushona
I was installing gnome2 through x interface but I realize that its very hard especially to beginners but I got it right is that I did n't have the hardware names and specifications right now I want to do it automatically so it can detect the automatically so where do I begin to install it through c

Re: Mentor for C self study wanted

2007-10-24 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2007-10-23 23:24, Harald Schmalzbauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks all, > here was my example, just for completeness, I found mentors for my > needs. > #include > > void main() > { > short nnote; > > // Numerischen Notenwert einlesen > printf("Bitte numerischen Schulnotenwert eing

Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD

2007-10-24 Thread Gerard
On October 24, 2007 at 01:44AM Noah wrote: > I am looking around for a really simple way to install CPAN on FreeBSD. > I keep running into errors in one variation or another. I thought CPAN was depreciated in favor of CPANPLUS. I have installed CPANPLUS from ports without any problems. -- Ge

Re: 7.0 and 6.3

2007-10-24 Thread Vince
Kris Kennaway wrote: > David J Brooks wrote: >> Bill Moran wrote: >>> Note also that a ports freeze is starting soon for 7.0 and 6.3 release. >> >> What are the differences between 6.3 and 7.0? Which should be >> considered the standard upgrade path from 6.2 release? Is there a >> compelling reason

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