Re: if anyone needs OOo 3.0.1 i386 package
On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:45:43 -0600 Tim Judd taj...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Ghirai ghi...@ghirai.com wrote: Seeing as good-day.net only has packages for amd64, i figured i'd make one; it only took about 9 hours or so :P http://ghirai.com/openoffice.org-3.0.1.tbz (~130MiB) Created with pkg_create -b on 7.1. Tried to install on another box and it worked fine, provided you have the required deps installed. -- Regards, Ghirai. What options (config), if any, did you build with? -DWITHOUT_MOZILLA -- Regards, Ghirai. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
[OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes
Hello, list. Before I pose my question, I am not intending to start a flame-war of any sort -- I'm just searching for different ways of doing things. With so many different version control systems available (aside from the traditional keep current backups solution), I am curious: Q: What is *your* favorite/suggestion solution to keep (working) versions of configuration files, in case something goes awry? I am specifically targeting configuration files because they are what I change the most, in avoidance of It worked 10 minutes ago... situations. Cheers, -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes
On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:37:27 -0400, Glen Barber glen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, list. Before I pose my question, I am not intending to start a flame-war of any sort -- I'm just searching for different ways of doing things. With so many different version control systems available (aside from the traditional keep current backups solution), I am curious: Q: What is *your* favorite/suggestion solution to keep (working) versions of configuration files, in case something goes awry? I am specifically targeting configuration files because they are what I change the most, in avoidance of It worked 10 minutes ago... situations. The base system of FreeBSD includes RCS[1]. I regularly use it to track changes to individual files. The advantage of RCS is that it is easy to use from a system that is barely `up', i.e. a system that has just been brought up to single user mode. No special daemons or other sort of service is required, no ports to be installed, and so on. I can usually just run something like: [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/ # cd /boot # rlog loader.conf RCS file: RCS/loader.conf,v Working file: loader.conf head: 1.5 branch: locks: strict access list: symbolic names: keyword substitution: kv total revisions: 5; selected revisions: 5 description: revision 1.5 date: 2009/03/27 17:58:59; author: root; state: Exp; lines: +2 -1 Autoload acpi_ibm.ko for the extra Thinkpad X61s tunables. [more output snipped] # Whenever I want to look at a change, I can use `rcsdiff': # cd /boot # rcsdiff -u -r1.4 loader.conf === RCS file: RCS/loader.conf,v retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5 --- loader.conf 2009/02/17 20:26:14 1.4 +++ loader.conf 2009/03/27 17:58:59 1.5 @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ legal.intel_iwn.license_ack=1 # Autoloaded modules. +acpi_ibm_load=YES snd_hda_load=YES #zfs_load=YES if_iwn_load=YES # The co(1) and ci(1) utilities are relatively easy to learn. Whenever a permanent change has to be made, I can use: # cd /path/to/file # rcsdiff -u filename If this shows changes they are probably uncommitted changes I have made without recording when or why. This is usually an indication of some sort of 'temporary hack'. I review the diff, and either commit it or throw it away. Then I check out a clean copy of the file, make the new permanent changes, review the changes one last time with the `rcsdiff' command, and commit them again. # co -l filename # vi filename # rcsdiff -u filename # ci -l filename As an extra bonus, when a system is fully up and running, there is very good integration of RCS with GNU Emacs, so I can edit the files directly from my Emacs session, view diffs with older revisions, roll a bunch of files back or forward through history, and do whatever else is supported by the VC mode[2] of Emacs: [2] http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/VersionControl RCS is not really 'modern', i.e. it does not support changesets with multiple files (each file has its own separate, per-file history), and it does not support elaborate file merging techniques (like some of the modern distributed VC systems). But it is always there, it does the Right Thing with file permissions and file ownership, and is well integrated with my favorite editor. That's more than enough for now :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes
Hi, Roger On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:20 AM, Roger Olofsson 240olofs...@telia.com wrote: For local configuration files there's a tool called rcs that can be used for tracking changes and rollback. It's a part of the FreeBSD base system. Check the man pages for rcs(1) ci(1) co(1) rcsdiff(1) and rcsintro(1) - rcsintro(1) is probably where you want to start. It's also available on other *nix systems like AIX, Red Hat, Solaris etc. I received a reply (off-list) mentioning the same tool. My response was: I was fairly certain that I would get rcs in a reply. I haven't used it too extensively, but it seems similar to cvs / svn -- which I personally like. I was more curious if people actually do use rcs for this purpose. It appears rcs is the right tool for the job. Thanks for the reply! -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 07:37:27AM -0400, Glen Barber wrote: Hello, list. Before I pose my question, I am not intending to start a flame-war of any sort -- I'm just searching for different ways of doing things. With so many different version control systems available (aside from the traditional keep current backups solution), I am curious: Q: What is *your* favorite/suggestion solution to keep (working) versions of configuration files, in case something goes awry? I am specifically targeting configuration files because they are what I change the most, in avoidance of It worked 10 minutes ago... situations. My configuration files are kept in git managed directories under ~/setup/hostname. Every hostname directory is its own repository. The reason that I'm using git is because it does what I need, is small and fast and doesn't require an external reporitory. For configuration files which are usually plain text all revision control systems would probably work OK. Every directory contains two perl scripts, check.pl and install.pl that respectively check the differences between files in the repository and in the filesystem and install files. Both these programs read a file called 'filelist.username'. This is a text file that has on every line a file in the reposirory, a permission, and its location in the filesystem (e.g. under /etc or /usr/local/etc for user root, or in $HOME for other users) and any post-install commands. Both scripts only process the filelists for the user that is running the script. Excerpt from filelist.root: # List of files that should be installed as root, # with their install locations. # Time-stamp: 2009-03-04 20:52:39 rsmith # setup filepermsystem file commands etc/login.conf 644 /etc/login.conf cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf etc/make.conf 644 /etc/make.conf etc/manpath.config 644 /etc/manpath.config etc/master.passwd 600 /etc/master.passwd pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd etc/mergemaster.rc 644 /etc/mergemaster.rc etc/named.conf 644 /var/named/etc/namedb/named.conf etc/ntp.conf644 /etc/ntp.conf /etc/rc.d/ntpd restart The file from the first column is installed in the location in the third column with the permissions listed in the second column. The rest of the line (if any) is interpreted as a list of commands and executed by a subshell. This system makes it easy to see if there are any differences between the configuration files in the repository and the real configuration files (e.g. after a mergemaster run). And it can install every file in its correct place. It also makes sure that users can only install their own files, by reading only that user's filelist. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpFyDwfajseu.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes
Hi, Roland. On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: My configuration files are kept in git managed directories under ~/setup/hostname. Every hostname directory is its own repository. The reason that I'm using git is because it does what I need, is small and fast and doesn't require an external reporitory. For configuration files which are usually plain text all revision control systems would probably work OK. Every directory contains two perl scripts, check.pl and install.pl that respectively check the differences between files in the repository and in the filesystem and install files. Both these programs read a file called 'filelist.username'. This is a text file that has on every line a file in the reposirory, a permission, and its location in the filesystem (e.g. under /etc or /usr/local/etc for user root, or in $HOME for other users) and any post-install commands. Both scripts only process the filelists for the user that is running the script. [snip] I currently use subversion for my University work (primarily because of how well it handles binary files). SVN seems to be a bit overkill for what I am looking for. The file from the first column is installed in the location in the third column with the permissions listed in the second column. The rest of the line (if any) is interpreted as a list of commands and executed by a subshell. This system makes it easy to see if there are any differences between the configuration files in the repository and the real configuration files (e.g. after a mergemaster run). And it can install every file in its correct place. It also makes sure that users can only install their own files, by reading only that user's filelist. I'll have to play around with this -- interesting. Thanks! -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Can't upgrade to 7.1-RELEASE
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 02:41:23AM +0200, Reinis Ivanovs wrote: Hello, I'm trying to upgrade a 7.0 system to 7.1-RELEASE, and it isn't working. I switch to the superuser, do freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.1-RELEASE, and then when I try running freebsd-update install, I get this: .chflags: ///.profile: Operation not supported Any hints as to what could be the problem? Well, it looks like someone set the 'schg' flag on the .profile file. You need to do 'chgflags noscgg FILENAME' on the file - probably from root. jerry Best, R. http://dabas.untu.ms/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [OT] - Best Practices(TM) for Configuration File Changes
Glen Barber skrev: Hello, list. Before I pose my question, I am not intending to start a flame-war of any sort -- I'm just searching for different ways of doing things. With so many different version control systems available (aside from the traditional keep current backups solution), I am curious: Q: What is *your* favorite/suggestion solution to keep (working) versions of configuration files, in case something goes awry? I am specifically targeting configuration files because they are what I change the most, in avoidance of It worked 10 minutes ago... situations. Cheers, Hi Glen, For local configuration files there's a tool called rcs that can be used for tracking changes and rollback. It's a part of the FreeBSD base system. Check the man pages for rcs(1) ci(1) co(1) rcsdiff(1) and rcsintro(1) - rcsintro(1) is probably where you want to start. It's also available on other *nix systems like AIX, Red Hat, Solaris etc. /R ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Software installasion (Was: Re: Wine without X)
Mel Flynn wrote: On Saturday 28 March 2009 13:06:44 Robert Huff wrote: Mel Flynn writes: Can I ask one more possibly really dumb question, to which I can find no answer: Is there a 'conventional', or sensible for one reason oranother, place to download application source to? Most systems I use or inherited use a variation of ~/src ~/cvs or ~/svn, where src are the tarballs + their extracted source and cvs/svn checkouts and/or exports. I have never done this, but if I were running a private ports tree I would be tempted to root it (if not on a separate partition) at /usr/priv_ports or something similar and have the structure minic /usr/ports whereever possible. The name would then be semi-intuitive, and a simple change of a few environment variables (perhaps in the login file of an account dedicated to working on those ports) would be all it took to change the framework. A private portstree (as in: uses the ports framework for compiling and installing software, including registering the port in /var/db/pkg) is best kept in /usr/ports/local. One needs to set VALID_CATEGORIES=local in /etc/make.conf and optionally add SUBDIR+=local in /usr/ports/Makefile.local if one cares about the ports ending up in the INDEX and make search. Ideally software not registering itself inside /var/db/pkg (as in software compiled by hand) should NOT be installed in $LOCALBASE (/usr/local by default) as there is no guarantee through the ports CONFLICTS mechanism, that a port overwrites files installed by your hand-compiled software. Many thanks to all who have helped on this one. I managed to get wine installed without X and it works :) However my application doesn't :( Most of the errors are concerned with MS Visual C++ libraries, which I have unconfirmed indications might be solved with 'winetricks' http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks. However, I think using winetricks means I need X anyway. So, I will leave it for now and try again after a bit more research. Thanks for all the ideas about where to download/install custom apps - the one that appeals most at this stage is a jail, partly because I have never played with them, and I think I should progress my learning in that direction. However I find the other answers very useful insights too. Given that winetricks calls itself a 'quick and dirty script', along with the fact that the current wine port doesn't work, I think I see another manual installation coming on. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Can't upgrade to 7.1-RELEASE
Thanks, that did the trick. I commented out the chflags and the script finished successfuly. That makes sense, since the kernel security level was -1, so chflags shouldn't matter. R. http://dabas.untu.ms/ On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 16:04, Jerry McAllister jerr...@msu.edu wrote: On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 02:41:23AM +0200, Reinis Ivanovs wrote: Hello, I'm trying to upgrade a 7.0 system to 7.1-RELEASE, and it isn't working. I switch to the superuser, do freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.1-RELEASE, and then when I try running freebsd-update install, I get this: .chflags: ///.profile: Operation not supported Any hints as to what could be the problem? Well, it looks like someone set the 'schg' flag on the .profile file. You need to do 'chgflags noscgg FILENAME' on the file - probably from root. jerry Best, R. http://dabas.untu.ms/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Software installasion (Was: Re: Wine without X)
--On March 29, 2009 11:03:03 AM -0500 Barnaby Scott b...@waywood.co.uk wrote: Many thanks to all who have helped on this one. I managed to get wine installed without X and it works :) However my application doesn't :( Most of the errors are concerned with MS Visual C++ libraries, which I have unconfirmed indications might be solved with 'winetricks' http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks. However, I think using winetricks means I need X anyway. So, I will leave it for now and try again after a bit more research. Sounds like missing dlls. You *may* be able to just copy the missing dlls into the wine lib directory and get the application to work. I would examine the error messages closely to see what dlls it trying to find and can't. Paul Schmehl, If it isn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ** WARNING: Check the headers before replying ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: analyzing httpd-error.log
On Mar 28, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, Webalizer is doing what it's supposed to with httpd-access.log, but when I give it the error log to process is coughs, spits and spills out errors with no data processed. My research hasn't turned up a good solution for webalizer and -error.log. The format of error log is pretty much different from the format of transfer log. No wonder webalizer is not liking it. You may have to write your own format for th error log. Well, can anyone suggest a port that will parse the error.log and output it to a web page that's easy to read? Also, in httpd.conf what level of detail should I set in the error.log to get the most information. It's currently set to 'warn', which I understand to be 'warn' and everything more critical than that. I don't care about the size of the log, or the amount of garbage per line. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
init panic in freebsd 7.1
Hi, I was having a little trouble with my computer, first thought was that the mboard was fried, but later found out it was the power supply and replaced it. The computer started but failed to boot, here is what it's been complaining, exec /sbin/init error 8 exec /sbin/init.bak error 8 exec /rescue/init error8 init: not found in path /sbin/ (a lot of paths) panic: no init what is that?? TFC ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Software installasion (Was: Re: Wine without X)
On Sun, 29 Mar 2009, Barnaby Scott wrote: Thanks for all the ideas about where to download/install custom apps - the one that appeals most at this stage is a jail, partly because I have never played with them, and I think I should progress my learning in that direction. However I find the other answers very useful insights too. Given that winetricks calls itself a 'quick and dirty script', along with the fact that the current wine port doesn't work, Today's updated wine-1.1.18,1 port works now. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: init panic in freebsd 7.1
On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:23:13 -0400, Tsu-Fan Cheng tfch...@gmail.com wrote: init: not found in path /sbin/ (a lot of paths) panic: no init what is that?? The init process is the root of the FreeBSD startup, and the last part of the OS loader cannot find it, so the OS cannot start. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=initapropos=0sektion=8manpath=FreeBSD+7.1-RELEASEformat=ascii You can use a live system CD of FreeBSD (6, 7) or FreeSBIE to boot the system with this CD, it should work. Then you can mount your / partition and check the existance of init which usually is /sbin/init. Don't forget to fsck the hard disk, maybe due to the failing power supply you had some damages on the hard disk (file-wise), or even worse... -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: analyzing httpd-error.log
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Charles Howse cho...@charter.net wrote: On Mar 28, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, Webalizer is doing what it's supposed to with httpd-access.log, but when I give it the error log to process is coughs, spits and spills out errors with no data processed. My research hasn't turned up a good solution for webalizer and -error.log. What are the errors? The format of error log is pretty much different from the format of transfer log. No wonder webalizer is not liking it. You may have to write your own format for th error log. Well, can anyone suggest a port that will parse the error.log and output it to a web page that's easy to read? Webalizer is probably your best bet. Also, in httpd.conf what level of detail should I set in the error.log to get the most information. It's currently set to 'warn', which I understand to be 'warn' and everything more critical than that. I don't care about the size of the log, or the amount of garbage per line. The 'debug' log level will provide the most verbosity. -- Glen Barber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Webcam support in FreeBSD?
There are three Linux drivers supported under emulation code: devel/linux-kmod-compat http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/devel/linux-kmod-compat/, multimedia/linux-gspca-kmod http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/multimedia/linux-gspca-kmod/, multimedia/linux-ov511-kmod http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/multimedia/linux-ov511-kmod/. I couldn't find hardware compatibility list for FreeBSD. There is one for Linux ov511 driver here: http://ovcam.org/ov511/cameras.html. Are any cameras really working under FreeBSD? Can they be used from Linux Skype on FreeBSD? Thanks, Yuri ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Binary upgrade 7.1 i386 - amd64 ?
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:05:12 +0100, Frederique Rijsdijk frederi...@isafeelin.org wrote: I'm planning to binary upgrade a machine that's now running i386 7.1-RELEASE-p3 to AMD64. Just to follow up on my quest here.. The upgrade went fine. Most ports were broken as expected. I gave up trying to recompile everything after a while, tripping over errors all over the place. Weird ones. The mountain of errors in front of me just never got any smaller. Ended up deleting all ports (pkg_delete -f \* is not something you do alot) and /usr/local/lib. This left me with configuration files of all the apps I had installed, as well as /var/db/ports/*. I simply recompiled the complete of apps that was installed, and after a day or so of compiling all is working again. No further work required. Amazing stuff! I find it amazing that even when things go really wrong in BSD (of course I did that :), it's quite easy to recover from such a aituation. Just all the port compiler options (/var/db/ports/*) and all the conf files of the apps is enough to recover - even from source. At the end of the day, it put a big smile on my face. Just had to say it! -- Frederique ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: analyzing httpd-error.log
On Mar 29, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Glen Barber wrote: On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Charles Howse cho...@charter.net wrote: On Mar 28, 2009, at 11:51 PM, Olivier Nicole wrote: Hi, Webalizer is doing what it's supposed to with httpd-access.log, but when I give it the error log to process is coughs, spits and spills out errors with no data processed. My research hasn't turned up a good solution for webalizer and -error.log. What are the errors? Intrusion attempts, (a few) bad links in my website, also I use the error.log to troubleshoot cgi scripts. The format of error log is pretty much different from the format of transfer log. No wonder webalizer is not liking it. You may have to write your own format for th error log. Well, can anyone suggest a port that will parse the error.log and output it to a web page that's easy to read? Webalizer is probably your best bet. Also, in httpd.conf what level of detail should I set in the error.log to get the most information. It's currently set to 'warn', which I understand to be 'warn' and everything more critical than that. I don't care about the size of the log, or the amount of garbage per line. The 'debug' log level will provide the most verbosity. Thanks, Glen. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Newsyslog mode on /var/log/security?
Dear mailing list, I seem to have forgotten something about /var/log/security and newsyslog.conf. I get wrong mode after the trim. Excerpt from /etc/newsyslog.conf: /var/log/security 644 7 5000 * JC Output from newsyslog -vn: chmod 600 /var/log/security.0.bz2 Why is the mode not 644? /etc/rc.d/syslogd restart and newsyslog restart have been performed. /R ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
6.x - 7.1
Hi all, We have (finally) made the decision to move our server (10 -Dell) from Toronto to a newer data center closer to our office in London. Before I ask this question, I would like to ensure everyone I will be reading all the docs I can find, but since the upgrade will be much work, I thought I would ask the question here anyways :-) Question: given the items below, should I expext the make and build of FreeBSD and the software below, to go pretty much as it did in 6.x? (Does anyone know of any showstoppers)? All software below has/will be built from ports. Synopsis: 10 Dell 1U Rack servers (Intel Based, SCSI) more or less standard entry level servers) All running -FreeBSD 6.x, -Apache 2.2.x -Mysql Server 4.x -PHP 4.x -Perl 5.x -Exim 4.6x -Spamassassin etc etc TIA, -Grant ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: 6.x - 7.1
Grant Peel wrote: Hi all, We have (finally) made the decision to move our server (10 -Dell) from Toronto to a newer data center closer to our office in London. Before I ask this question, I would like to ensure everyone I will be reading all the docs I can find, but since the upgrade will be much work, I thought I would ask the question here anyways :-) Question: given the items below, should I expext the make and build of FreeBSD and the software below, to go pretty much as it did in 6.x? (Does anyone know of any showstoppers)? All software below has/will be built from ports. Synopsis: 10 Dell 1U Rack servers (Intel Based, SCSI) more or less standard entry level servers) All running -FreeBSD 6.x, -Apache 2.2.x -Mysql Server 4.x -PHP 4.x -Perl 5.x -Exim 4.6x -Spamassassin etc etc TIA, -Grant I did much similar with NO issues. HOWEVER. I 'upgraded' to MySQL 5.x BIG MISTAKE. 5 is considerably slower than 4. Do not move to 5 unless/until you need the journaling features (and other features) of 5. Otherwise, your transition should be seamless. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- Jim Pazarena fqu...@ccstores.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Where is the Perl XML::Parser port
Hi, I'm installing the latest gimp and get to a point in the install where it says: checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl checking for XML::Parser... configure: error: XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool So, I've done some searches at freshports.org and I cannot find the XML::Parser perl module anywhere in the ports tree. What is it under? Thanks, Andy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: Webcam support in FreeBSD?
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:09:42 -0700 From: y...@rawbw.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Webcam support in FreeBSD? There are three Linux drivers supported under emulation code: devel/linux-kmod-compat http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/devel/linux-kmod-compat/, multimedia/linux-gspca-kmod http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/multimedia/linux-gspca-kmod/, multimedia/linux-ov511-kmod http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/multimedia/linux-ov511-kmod/. I couldn't find hardware compatibility list for FreeBSD. There is one for Linux ov511 driver here: http://ovcam.org/ov511/cameras.html. Are any cameras really working under FreeBSD? Can they be used from Linux Skype on FreeBSD? Maybe you could check out: http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/FreeBSD/usb-cameras.html That seems to me a place to start... (if you find out something, please share!! I have the same concern) Thanks, Yuri ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org _ ¿Querés saber cómo va a estar el clima mañana? Ingresá ahora a MSN http://tiempo.ar.msn.com/___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Where is the Perl XML::Parser port
On 3/29/09, af300...@gmail.com af300...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm installing the latest gimp and get to a point in the install where it says: checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl checking for XML::Parser... configure: error: XML::Parser perl module is required for intltool So, I've done some searches at freshports.org and I cannot find the XML::Parser perl module anywhere in the ports tree. What is it under? whereis p5-XML-Parser p5-XML-Parser: /usr/ports/textproc/p5-XML-Parser -- Paul ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Where is the Perl XML::Parser port
On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:07:42 +, af300...@gmail.com wrote: awgc So, I've done some searches at freshports.org and I cannot find the awgc XML::Parser perl module anywhere in the ports tree. What is it under? /usr/ports/textproc/p5-XML-Parser/ -- Anton Yuzhaninov ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Newsyslog mode on /var/log/security?
At 10:48 PM +0200 3/29/09, Roger Olofsson wrote: Dear mailing list, I seem to have forgotten something about /var/log/security and newsyslog.conf. I get wrong mode after the trim. Excerpt from /etc/newsyslog.conf: /var/log/security 644 7 5000 * JC Are you sure that's the only line you have for /var/log/security in your /etc/newsyslog.conf file? The distributed config file has: /var/log/security 600 10100 * JC Obviously you have a different entry from that, but did you remove the original entry? Output from newsyslog -vn: chmod 600 /var/log/security.0.bz2 Why is the mode not 644? /etc/rc.d/syslogd restart and newsyslog restart have been performed. I tried changing the permissions-field in my newsyslog.conf from 600 to 644, and newsyslog worked correctly for me. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = dros...@rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or g...@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Cleaning up multiplicates in elf ldconfig path
I am on FreeBSD/i386 6.4-STABLE (around Mar 1, 2009). I failed to find a solution to the (cosmetic) problem of ldconfig path having duplicate directories (dmesg output wrapped for this email) ... ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat \ /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/local/lib \ /misc/local/lib/compat \ /misc/local/lib/gcc-4.2.4 \ /misc/local/lib/gcc-4.3.3 \ /misc/local/lib/gegl-0.0 \ /misc/local/lib/gnash \ /misc/local/lib/graphviz \ /misc/local/lib/nss \ /misc/local/lib/qt4 \ /misc/local/lib/zsh \ /misc/local/lib/compat /misc/local/lib/gcc-4.2.4 \ /misc/local/lib/gcc-4.3.3 \ /misc/local/lib/gegl-0.0 \ /misc/local/lib/gnash \ /misc/local/lib/graphviz \ /misc/local/lib/nss \ /misc/local/lib/qt4 \ /misc/local/lib/zsh Note that /usr/X11R6 /usr/local are symbolic links to /misc/local. Is that what is causing the problem (since /etc/rc.d/ldconfig reads the default paths of both /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/local/lib)? If so, is it ok to eliminate the /usr/X11R6 symbolic link? And/Or, is there any other way to remove the multiplicates? I suppose I could stick in /etc/rc.conf this ... ldconfig_paths=/usr/lib/compat /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib/compat/package ... but then I would have make sure above does not miss any new paths added to /etc/defaults/rc.conf. Opinions or suggestions? - Parv -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
configuring the freebsd boot manager
Hi everyone, I am having some problems understanding how the freebsd boot manager works. I have installed FreeBSD and Linux on the same laptop HD and want to be able to select which one to boot when the computer starts. I installed the bootmanager to to the MBR during installation and when I boot the laptop I am presented with four choices; F1 - FreeBSD F2 - Linux F3 - ??? F4 - Linux but I am only able to select F1, F2-F3 only make the laptop beep and doesnt load anything. The way I have set up the HD is for Partition 1 to be a FreeBSD Slice, Partition 2 the Linux / Partition 3 is Linux swap and Partition 4 is Linux /home. Any help would be great thanks, Brett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: configuring the freebsd boot manager
Hi everyone, I am having some problems understanding how the freebsd boot manager works. I have installed FreeBSD and Linux on the same laptop HD and want to be able to select which one to boot when the computer starts. I installed the bootmanager to to the MBR during installation and when I boot the laptop I am presented with four choices; F1 - FreeBSD F2 - Linux F3 - ??? F4 - Linux but I am only able to select F1, F2-F3 only make the laptop beep and doesnt load anything. The way I have set up the HD is for Partition 1 to be a FreeBSD Slice, Partition 2 the Linux / Partition 3 is Linux swap and Partition 4 is Linux /home. Any help would be great This is a silly question, actually: do you have LILO installed on your Linux boot partition? I have BootEasy on the MBR, and LILO on Linux boot, and it works just fine. Also: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/disks.html#BOOTEASY-LOADER thanks, Brett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org _ Encontrá el auto de tus sueños en MSN http://xml.mercadolibre.com.ar/org-img/msn/autos.html___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
WireLess USB modem not detected .
List; when I attach a USB modem , I am seeing this message in dmesg output on FreeBSD6.2 ugen0: Qualcomm, Incorporated Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM, rev 1.10/0.00, addr 2 But it not showing /dev/ in dmesg why ? If it detected what will be the entry in /dev/? Question1) Can this USB wireless modem will work with FreeBSD6.2 ? if not with a any other FreeBSD version by default? in FreeBSD-6.2 to enable this USB data card, is it needed to recompile the Generic kernel? if so which patch to add for recompilation ? Question 2) To use this modem to get wireless connection which steps I have to follow further more.. Please help me with some tips to make it work in my FreeBSD Laptop. Thanks in Advance Dhanesh _ So many new options, so little time. Windows Live Messenger. http://www.microsoft.com/india/windows/windowslive/messenger.aspx___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org