Re: question about xwindows

2008-02-17 Thread Wojciech Puchar
system. My son helped me set up the xwindows (KDE) on this system. It has worked OK what is xwindows? for quite a while and then yesterday I was trying to install a printer. Evidently I messed something up and now I get the following: hostname: not found dd: not found deleted too much?

Re: question about xwindows

2008-02-17 Thread Wojciech Puchar
first of all, you used that bad letter. Just call it X. Never add an s at the end of the other word. Some people are real allergic to this. no allergic, just matter of proper naming. X Window System is not a kind of windows. KDE is not a kind of X Window System too.. Robert Falanga wrote:

Re: FTP installation problem.

2008-02-17 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Righard van Roy wrote: Hello, I was planning stepping over from Linux to BSD. I trying to install FreeBSD using the minimal boot cd over FTP. In the installation menu I select that I do not wish to use IPv6, and that I do wish to use DHCP. I

FTP installation problem.

2008-02-17 Thread Righard van Roy
Hello, I was planning stepping over from Linux to BSD. I trying to install FreeBSD using the minimal boot cd over FTP. In the installation menu I select that I do not wish to use IPv6, and that I do wish to use DHCP. I sure I have selected the correct Network card. Although after this my DHCP

RE: FTP installation problem.

2008-02-17 Thread Da Rock
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:02:36 +0200 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FTP installation problem. Hello, I was planning stepping over from Linux to BSD. I trying to install FreeBSD using the minimal boot cd over

newfs_msdos and dvd-ram

2008-02-17 Thread Andriy Gapon
Should newfs_msdos be able to work on whole cdX/acdX device ? [ufs/ffs] newfs can do it. But with newfs_msdos I had to run disklabel first and then I could create a filesystem on cdXa, but I couldn't do it on the whole disk. -- Andriy Gapon ___

Re: question about xwindows

2008-02-17 Thread Alphons Fonz van Werven
Wojciech Puchar wrote: first of all, you used that bad letter. Just call it X. Never add an s at the end of the other word. Some people are real allergic to this. no allergic, just matter of proper naming. X Window System is not a kind of windows. KDE is not a kind of X Window System too..

Unkown username haldaemon in message bus configuration file

2008-02-17 Thread BlackSideMoon
Hi when i add into /etc/rc.conf line gdm_enable=YES (freebsd6.3) and my system start I see line Unkown username haldaemon in message bus configuration file. I think that's little problem (for newbies big problem) because I have to myself add haldaemon user (I did it accidentally and it's now

apache 2.2.8 authdbm woes

2008-02-17 Thread Doug Poland
Hello, For the past few days, I've been migrating a bunch of apache-1.3.41 vhosts to apache-2.2.8 (on the same machine, 6.3-RELEASE i386). Many of directories are protected with AuthType directives and I want to reuse the existing .dat files. After working successfully for more than a day

Re: (no subject) rmuser error

2008-02-17 Thread James
On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 12:04 -0500, Bill Moran wrote: James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 09:11 +0100, Lubomir Matousek wrote: Dear list, I have the following problem when using rmuser (freebsd 6.2) -- rmuser -v hana

Re: question about xwindows

2008-02-17 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Alphons Fonz van Werven wrote: Wojciech Puchar wrote: first of all, you used that bad letter. Just call it X. Never add an s at the end of the other word. Some people are real allergic to this. no allergic, just matter of proper naming. X Window System is not a kind of windows. KDE

Re: IPv4 loopback address is missing, why?

2008-02-17 Thread James
On Sat, 2008-02-16 at 10:41 -0700, Andrew Falanga wrote: HI, On my father's computer there isn't an IPv4 loopback address being assigned to the lo0 interface. What would cause this? I've looked at his configs and they're the same as on my system (obviously something is different, but

Re: apache 2.2.8 authdbm woes

2008-02-17 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 07:23:17AM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: Hello, You're likely suffering from this: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=119711 There were some recent changes to www/apache22 which specifically addressed the above:

Re: question about xwindow

2008-02-17 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 10:17:49PM -0500, Robert Falanga wrote: First let me say that I am quite new at freebsd or any other unix type system. My son helped me set up the xwindows (KDE) on this system. It has worked OK for quite a while and then yesterday I was trying to install a

PHP cli segfaults

2008-02-17 Thread Drew Sanford
Command line programs for php seem to segfault on a 7.0RC1 box (yes, I know, I should update to RC2) - for example: [EMAIL PROTECTED](~/bin)$ php -v PHP 5.2.5 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.6.2 (cli) (built: Feb 9 2008 13:03:20) Copyright (c) 1997-2007 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c)

upcoming version 7.0 live disc

2008-02-17 Thread Robert Joosten
Hi list, a friend visited my place yesterday bringing his HP netserver LH3 with him, 3 9GB's scsi discs in it. Dual pentium II 450. 512 RAM. No hardware raid though. Given the fact 7.0 is near including ZFS. Given the fact, as I understand, freebsd can boot of ZFS I wanna make raid1 on/with

issues with serial console output

2008-02-17 Thread Matthias Kellermann
Hi list, I'm trying to install a FreeBSD system on a remote server I can only access via a serial console with 57600 baud. There is a Linux rescue system that I use for copying a FreeBSD HDD image via dd to the harddisk. To access the FreeBSD installation via remote serial console I've done the

Re: question about xwindows

2008-02-17 Thread Alphons Fonz van Werven
Erich Dollansky wrote: Just check his original post, you might can help him. Actually, I've read the post. But just like the person who's trying to help now, I can only guess because I don't use KDE and don't know much about it. I just found it kinda disturbing how some people were being

unable to upgrade to 6.3-R

2008-02-17 Thread luizbcampos
Trying to upgrade my FreeBSD-6.1-R to 6.3-R, I followed the schema of Colin Percival at FreeBSD site. The matter is that when I type sh freebsd-update.sh -f freebsd-update.conf -r 6.3-RELEASE upgrade, as root I got freebsd-update.sh: Directory does not exist or it is not writable:

Re: unable to upgrade to 6.3-R

2008-02-17 Thread Wojciech Puchar
On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trying to upgrade my FreeBSD-6.1-R to 6.3-R, I followed the schema of Colin Percival at FreeBSD site. The matter is that when I type sh freebsd-update.sh -f freebsd-update.conf -r 6.3-RELEASE upgrade, as root I got freebsd-update.sh:

Re: apache 2.2.8 authdbm woes

2008-02-17 Thread Doug Poland
On Sun, February 17, 2008 08:19, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 07:23:17AM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: Hello, You're likely suffering from this: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=119711 There were some recent changes to www/apache22 which specifically addressed the

FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools

2008-02-17 Thread Dimitri Yioulos
Hello to all. I'm not sure whether to have posted this here or on a VMware list; apologies if I'm in the wrong place. The other day, I did a fresh install of v. 7RC2 from the minimal CD on a CentOS 5.1 box running VMware server 1.0.4. I had previously successfully installed v. 6.2, and

fdisk from fixit CD: geom not found

2008-02-17 Thread Jonathan McKeown
As part of our disaster recovery planning, I'm working up a bare-metal recovery sequence that can be followed by someone who's used Linux (easier to find here than a FreeBSD admin). My initial outline sequence was along the lines of: Boot install CD and choose Fixit fdisk -BI extract saved

Re: fdisk from fixit CD: geom not found

2008-02-17 Thread NetOpsCenter
Wojciech Puchar wrote: Boot install CD and choose Fixit get live CD, it's better for this. fdisk -BI extract saved disklabel from tape and install with bsdlabel Initialise filesystems using stored output of dumpfs -m (from tape) Restore filesystems from tape good you have such i plan.

Re: fdisk from fixit CD: geom not found

2008-02-17 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Boot install CD and choose Fixit get live CD, it's better for this. fdisk -BI extract saved disklabel from tape and install with bsdlabel Initialise filesystems using stored output of dumpfs -m (from tape) Restore filesystems from tape good you have such i plan. this is rare case today;)

Re: IPv4 loopback address is missing, why?

2008-02-17 Thread Dominique Goncalves
Hi, On Feb 16, 2008 6:41 PM, Andrew Falanga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI, On my father's computer there isn't an IPv4 loopback address being assigned to the lo0 interface. What would cause this? I've looked at his configs and they're the same as on my system (obviously something is

I'm trying to run a tighvnc (xvnc) server but...

2008-02-17 Thread E. J. Cerejo
I'm getting xdm on the other remote machine, I'm running gnome and that's what I want to get? I see an option for desktop on the Xvnc manpage but how do I find out the name of my desktop? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: freebsd dead after attempt on upgrade from 6.2 to 6.3

2008-02-17 Thread Brian A. Seklecki (Mobile)
On Sun, 2008-02-17 at 22:53 +0200, Deian Popov wrote: I have tested numerous times both 6.3 and 7 and the ata driver would not detect my hdd. Here is output of dmesg on 6.2system: File a bug for sure! Here are the relevant lines from the working 6.2 system: atapci0: Intel ICH5 SATA150

Re: freebsd dead after attempt on upgrade from 6.2 to 6.3

2008-02-17 Thread Deian Popov
During my struggle to get my machine up and running without loosing files/settings I made the stupid mistake to rebuild kernel twice without rebooting, which completely made my system unbootable, and couldn't go to loader prompt to boot kernel.old. I have tested numerous times both 6.3 and 7 and

Re: fdisk from fixit CD: geom not found

2008-02-17 Thread Jonathan McKeown
On Sunday 17 February 2008 21:51, Wojciech Puchar wrote: Boot install CD and choose Fixit get live CD, it's better for this. To be honest, if I'm not using an install CD (which will do the job) I may as well look at making a custom recovery disk which just needs to be booted - but see

Re: freebsd dead after attempt on upgrade from 6.2 to 6.3

2008-02-17 Thread Deian Popov
I will most definitely do, but this would happen after few days (don't have time to fix the system before that). The output of 6.3 and 7 is the same, so I will provide one from 6.3. Should I use http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html to file the report ? On Feb 17, 2008 11:09 PM, Brian A. Seklecki

How to Recover Audio CD /w cdparanoia?

2008-02-17 Thread Chris Maness
Is it possible to recover a audio CD with a corrupt TOC (table of contents) with cdparanoia? I have a little proprietary window app that does this, but in my quest for open source solutions, I was wondering if cdparanoia could handle this job. Any ideas? Thanks, Chris

Re: fdisk from fixit CD: geom not found

2008-02-17 Thread Wojciech Puchar
is slice actually created? Yes. so it's all right. just ignore it. as far as i remember i've got this message with bsdlabel -B, but i ignored it as everything worked fine. I'd still rather there wasn't an ``error'' message at all unless there's a genuine error: I'm planning for the case

Re: freebsd dead after attempt on upgrade from 6.2 to 6.3

2008-02-17 Thread Brian A. Seklecki (Mobile)
On Sun, 2008-02-17 at 23:45 +0200, Deian Popov wrote: I will most definitely do, but this would happen after few days (don't have time to fix the system before that). The output of 6.3 and 7 is the same, so I will provide one from 6.3. Should I use http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html to file

Re: X86 cpu without a FPU - Vortex86sx

2008-02-17 Thread Bruce Cran
Doug C wrote: I am trying to build FreeBSD 5.5 or 6.3 to run on a board that uses the DMP Vortex86sx SOC. This chip looks like a 486sx, no FPU. Is there a way to make a build that uses software emulation for the FPU, like the old days? I do not see anything in the .cong file that helps. I am

X86 cpu without a FPU - Vortex86sx

2008-02-17 Thread Doug C
I am trying to build FreeBSD 5.5 or 6.3 to run on a board that uses the DMP Vortex86sx SOC. This chip looks like a 486sx, no FPU. Is there a way to make a build that uses software emulation for the FPU, like the old days? I do not see anything in the .cong file that helps. I am trying to end up

Re: LDAP user authentication?

2008-02-17 Thread Darek M.
Jon Theil Nielsen wrote: I have googled for a very long time, but I haven't found any useful howto on this issue. Well, there is http://www.cultdeadsheep.org/FreeBSD/docs/Quick_and_dirty_FreeBSD_5_x_and_nss_ldap_mini-HOWTO.html but that seems to be a bit confusing an not up-to-date. I guess it

Re: X86 cpu without a FPU - Vortex86sx

2008-02-17 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, you might look for older version which have had support for a plain 386. 4.x and maybe 5.2 still have had it. Erich Doug C wrote: I am trying to build FreeBSD 5.5 or 6.3 to run on a board that uses the DMP Vortex86sx SOC. This chip looks like a 486sx, no FPU. Is there a way to make a

Re: LDAP user authentication?

2008-02-17 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 05:45:33PM -0500, Darek M. wrote: Jon Theil Nielsen wrote: I have googled for a very long time, but I haven't found any useful howto on this issue. Well, there is http://www.cultdeadsheep.org/FreeBSD/docs/Quick_and_dirty_FreeBSD_5_x_and_nss_ldap_mini-HOWTO.html but

Still looking for a calendar server...

2008-02-17 Thread Da Rock
I've brought this up before, I know, but I need a caldav server that will work with evolution. I've checked out Darwin Calendar Server, but they are not going to solve an issue (as of 2006) that means evolution can't use it, and evolution won't budge either- so a mexican stand-off and I'm

Re: issues with serial console output

2008-02-17 Thread Bogdan Ćulibrk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Matthias Kellermann wrote: | Hi list, | | I'm trying to install a FreeBSD system on a remote server I can only | access via a serial console with 57600 baud. | | There is a Linux rescue system that I use for copying a FreeBSD HDD | image via dd to

Re: Still looking for a calendar server...

2008-02-17 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 02:21:44AM +, Da Rock wrote: I've brought this up before, I know, but I need a caldav server that will work with evolution. I've checked out Darwin Calendar Server, but they are not going to solve an issue (as of 2006) that means evolution can't use it, and

The configuration could not be loaded --- Gnome

2008-02-17 Thread E. J. Cerejo
Hello I'm running FreeBSD and gnome and when I noticed that when I try to run System-administration-Network, Services, Shared Folders, Time and Date or User and Groups I get this error window: The configuration could not be loaded You are not allowed to access the system configuration. If I

Re: FreeBSD 7RC2 and VMware tools

2008-02-17 Thread John Nielsen
On Sunday 17 February 2008 01:06:28 pm Dimitri Yioulos wrote: I'm not sure whether to have posted this here or on a VMware list; apologies if I'm in the wrong place. The other day, I did a fresh install of v. 7RC2 from the minimal CD on a CentOS 5.1 box running VMware server 1.0.4. I had

Re: PHP cli segfaults

2008-02-17 Thread Bogdan Ćulibrk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Drew Sanford wrote: | Command line programs for php seem to segfault on a 7.0RC1 box (yes, I | know, I should update to RC2) - for example: | | [EMAIL PROTECTED](~/bin)$ php -v | PHP 5.2.5 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.6.2 (cli) (built: Feb 9 2008

Default named issues in FreeBSD-6.2:Any hints most welcome

2008-02-17 Thread dhaneshk k
People: i have a strange issue with named services in my freeBSD-6.2-Release Box (I have installed the OS from the ISO image from which I installed another box there named is running fine , but unfortunately in this box its not running ), I can't trace it what went wrong ? Named is not

Mounting a read-only md FS as read-only

2008-02-17 Thread perryh
I'm trying to mount an ext2fs image (in a file), following sec. 17.13.2 of the Handbook and the mdconfig(8) manpage. Since I don't want to change the image, just examine it, I specified -o readonly to mdconfig and the equivalent to mount. Is there some reason why this should not work? The