Re: Dell 2850 use 32 or 64 bit?

2008-12-25 Thread Tim Judd
Tim Kellers wrote: I just bought a Dell 2850 (2 2.8GHZ dual core processors). The server will be used as a webserver, e-mail server. and a db server (both PostgresQL and My SQL Beyond the breaking of the 4 Gig RAM barrier, is there any compelling reason to use a 32 bit i386 or a 64 bit AMD O

Dell 2850 use 32 or 64 bit?

2008-12-25 Thread Tim Kellers
I just bought a Dell 2850 (2 2.8GHZ dual core processors). The server will be used as a webserver, e-mail server. and a db server (both PostgresQL and My SQL Beyond the breaking of the 4 Gig RAM barrier, is there any compelling reason to use a 32 bit i386 or a 64 bit AMD OS? The machine curr

how to use kde konqueror with my .ISO file?

2008-12-25 Thread Gary Kline
guys, i burned the iso file from my ubuntu platform, and it is valid. i can use a gnome tool to bring up the gnome broswer and read all the files here on my main, FBSD box. but i'd rather use konqueror and its tts function to read aloud the texts.

Re: Perl 5.10?

2008-12-25 Thread Bruce Cran
On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:47:21 -0700 Tim Judd wrote: > Jerry wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:06:46 -0800 (PST) > > "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" wrote: > > > > > >> Its now just over a year since Perl 5.10.0 was relased, but its > >> still not in FreeBSD. (/usr/ports/lang only has 5.8). [...] > on

Re: Perl 5.10?

2008-12-25 Thread Tim Judd
Jerry wrote: On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:06:46 -0800 (PST) "Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum" wrote: Its now just over a year since Perl 5.10.0 was relased, but its still not in FreeBSD. (/usr/ports/lang only has 5.8). Can someone tell me why? Is there any way to get it working stably? Is there any sche

Can't find the `7.0-RELEASE-p7' distibution

2008-12-25 Thread Roy Stuivenberg
Hello, I have FreeBSD 7-RELEASE, and upgraded to point 7. When I try to install packages/ports with sysinstall (FTP) it won't work and give me this message. Warning: Can't find the `7.0-RELEASE-p7' distribution on this FTP server. You may need to visit a different server for the release you are t

Re: Security Exploits...to report, or not to report?

2008-12-25 Thread Sahil Tandon
Modulok wrote: > I was given an FTP account on a server for company X. Being a UNIX > guy, I did some poking around and discovered a security flaw in how > they set their web server up, which would permit anyone at the company > with an FTP account, to intercept ANY data that passed through the >

Re: Security Exploits...to report, or not to report?

2008-12-25 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I was given an FTP account on a server for company X. Being a UNIX guy, I did some poking around and discovered a security flaw in how they set their web server up, which would permit anyone at the company with an FTP account, to intercept ANY data that passed through the company website. Questio

Re: FreeBSD and OpenCL

2008-12-25 Thread Mel
On Tuesday 23 December 2008 00:46:29 Eduardo Morras wrote: > Hello: > > Is there any plan to implement/use the new OpenCL standard in > FreeBSD? What's needed to use/implement it? Better > nvidia/ati/intel/other gpu drivers? I don't want to switch my data > crunching apps from FreeBSD to linux/wind

Re: Security Exploits...to report, or not to report?

2008-12-25 Thread APseudoUtopia
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Modulok wrote: > List, > > This isn't really FreeBSD related, but I have no one else to consult: > > I was given an FTP account on a server for company X. Being a UNIX > guy, I did some poking around and discovered a security flaw in how > they set their web server

Security Exploits...to report, or not to report?

2008-12-25 Thread Modulok
List, This isn't really FreeBSD related, but I have no one else to consult: I was given an FTP account on a server for company X. Being a UNIX guy, I did some poking around and discovered a security flaw in how they set their web server up, which would permit anyone at the company with an FTP acc

Re: Persistent Kernel Variables

2008-12-25 Thread Wojciech Puchar
put it in loader.conf On Thu, 25 Dec 2008, Jason C. Wells wrote: I have a new kernel variable in /boot/device.hints. kern.timecounter.hardware="i8254" but it's not set during boot. I have other hints that are set during boot. Why is kern.timecounter.hardware not being set? How can I fix

Re: can not start SVNserve

2008-12-25 Thread Mel
On Tuesday 23 December 2008 13:50:59 KES wrote: > Здравствуйте, KES. > > Вы писали 21 декабря 2008 г., 13:49:04: > > K> Здравствуйте, Mel. > > K> Вы писали 21 декабря 2008 г., 13:10:47: > > M>> On Thursday 18 December 2008 09:03:54 KES wrote: > >>> Здравствуйте, Mel. > >>> > >>> Вы писали 18 декабр

SMP and ACPI problem ??

2008-12-25 Thread Alain G. Fabry
Hi, To make a long story shorteverything worked fine on my system (7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD). Last night I was updating stuff on my windoswXP guess (under qemu) and performed a clean shutdown. This morning, after bringing back up my system it has been unbearably slow. Without doing anyting to F

Re: Persistent Kernel Variables

2008-12-25 Thread Bruce Cran
On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 07:39:18 -0800 "Jason C. Wells" wrote: > I have a new kernel variable in /boot/device.hints. > > kern.timecounter.hardware="i8254" > > but it's not set during boot. I have other hints that are set > during boot. Why is kern.timecounter.hardware not being set? How > can I

Re: Really strange resolution problems on xorg with a laptop

2008-12-25 Thread Jeff Laine
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 04:22:40PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > Polytropon wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 11:16:49 -0500, "Aryeh M. Friedman" > > wrote: > > > >> I have a HP Pavilion dv5000 and any "standard" xorg app like xterm or > >> anything else that comes with xorg seems to work fin

Persistent Kernel Variables

2008-12-25 Thread Jason C. Wells
I have a new kernel variable in /boot/device.hints. kern.timecounter.hardware="i8254" but it's not set during boot. I have other hints that are set during boot. Why is kern.timecounter.hardware not being set? How can I fix it. Later, Jason ___ f

Maria-Giuseppina Scirocco est absent(e).

2008-12-25 Thread Maria-Giuseppina . Scirocco
Je serai absent(e) du 22.12.2008 au 05.01.2009. En cas de besoin, veuillez vous adresser à Mme Anne-Marie Page tél. 022 418 42 24, le matin, ou envoyer un courriel à : v...@ville-ge.ch ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebs

Diwata Hunziker est absent(e).

2008-12-25 Thread Diwata . Hunziker
Je serai absent(e) du 19.12.2008 au 12.01.2009. Je serai de retour le 12 janvier 2009 et ne manquerai pas de vous répondre. Dans l'intervalle, je vous souhaite de très belles fêtes de Noël et de fin d'année. ** I will back on Monday, 12th January 2009. Merry Christmas and best wishes fo

OT [was: Out of Office AutoReply: Greater tool ..]

2008-12-25 Thread Ian Smith
On Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:19:18 -0500 Jerry wrote: > On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:31:10 -0500 > "Kevin Raleigh" wrote: > > >Kevin Raleigh is out of the office until Monday,January 4, 2009 > > Wow, still another incorrectly configured OoO application. This one > comes complete with a legally unen

Free 1GB laptop RAM

2008-12-25 Thread Garrett Cooper
Hi guys, Not sure if anyone would want them, but I have 2 x 512MB DDR667 working Dimms laying around unused that I'm more than happy to part with. Please note that it is standard laptop ram (this is compatible with some of the ultra small form factor machines though). So if interested

Re: Out of Office AutoReply: Greater tool is easy to get CD

2008-12-25 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:31:10 -0500 "Kevin Raleigh" wrote: >Kevin Raleigh is out of the office until Monday,January 4, 2009 Wow, still another incorrectly configured OoO application. This one comes complete with a legally unenforceable disclaimer. Are you a friend of "Jason Irwin" by any chance?

please resend your mesg to jules.sto...@gmail.com

2008-12-25 Thread julesg
Unfortunately the available space at jul...@stockpredictions.com is insufficient; I keep running out. So, please use: jules.sto...@gmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Out of Office AutoReply: [SPAM:##] Greater tool is easy to get AGJ81

2008-12-25 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:22:27 -0800 "Jason Irwin" wrote: >In accordance with the University Winter Closure schedule, I will be >out of the office Friday, December 19th - Monday January 5th. I will >check voice mail and email upon my return in January. Wonderful; another misconfigured OoO program