Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?
Linksys, DLink, etc. Cheap is cheap You gave examples of WORST CRAP, and not really cheap. ___ 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: Sponsoring FreeBSD
I follow the list regularly but haven't posted any messages so far (that I can recall, at least), in the few years subscribed. I participate a little more actively in a few other lists, as well; but honestly I haven't seen a list as polluted as this one. The remarkable thing is that almost all the pollution is generated by ONE person alone. bad observation, but mostly agree I --hopelessly-- wish someone could take some kind of measure. try convincing of some kind of moderation, and setting up posting rules. ___ 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: Sponsoring FreeBSD
Excuse me, this thread was about..? I follow the list regularly but haven't posted any messages so far (that I can recall, at least), in the few years subscribed. I participate a little more actively in a few other lists, as well; but honestly I haven't seen a list as polluted as this one. The remarkable thing is that almost all the pollution is generated by ONE person alone. I --hopelessly-- wish someone could take some kind of measure. cheers ___ 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: backdoor threat
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:39:35 -0400 Bill Moran wrote: > Sure. It costs almost nothing to send a fax message, and he could > send it over and over and run you out of paper and ink while you're > sleeping. Infantile, yes. > yes except for the fact that i don't have a fax machine and the number is incorrect anyway :D > Sure, there's 10 things. Start by running a nmap scan from a > different computer and see what ports are open. Investigate each > program listening on those ports to ensure it's properly secured. > ok this is really neat! we did the scan and found what the open ports are. so the first one we changed was the ssh. then a friend said he assigns ports that are not used in /etc/services, so i presume this means for instance if we change the http port, we'll have to tell our http server to do business on that port? is this what you mean by ensuring that the program listening on a port is properly secured? or is there something else? > Making secure web forms is too complex to discuss in a single email. > ok we'll look into this further. we really don't have too many web forms and the forum software we use is punbb which i think they (rickard et al) take good care of. > Of course, the "someone" could just be spouting off. ... Some people > brag without being able to back it up. > i think this is such a situation. i think the person thought i'd be astonished that he was able to pull my first and last name as well as my address out of a whois search and show them to me :D and by showing me that he can use words like backdoor and BSD, no doubt i should step back and bow to his level of expertise! still, i see this as an opportunity for my son and myself to learn something we really haven't paid much attention to, so we're going to do it! thx for your help bill! -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's ___ 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: off topic: unmanageable switch?
2009/6/20 Nikos Vassiliadis : > Jerry B. Altzman wrote: >> >> Do you require Gigabit ethernet or no? > > That, I don't know yet... but given that they want to build > a solid infrastructure that will be worth of using for the > years to come, most probably yes. > > Environmental conditions will be normal, everything will be > indoor. And I *think* the power levels will be normal as well > (Wojciech mentioned that D-Links have been sensitive to power > spikes). > > I have found that D-Link are quite cheap and somebody on the > list suggested them. In that price range TP-LINK is also a > choice. Anybody advises against TP-LINK? > > Thanks a bunch for your answers, Nikos > > ___ > 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" > We've deployed a few DLink and Linksys unmanaged switches and are working fine. The only issue with the DLink ones are the external power supply (4-8 port desktop switches), they are pretty flakey, usually need a replacement within a few months of operations, but after buying a replacement from the radio shack/dick smith/jay car..., they're usually fine. Linksys switches have a limited lifetime warranty (whatever that means) on the gigabit 24 port switches. DLink have about 3 to 5 years depending. TP Link and Repotec I'm unsure of, the website doesn't list anything and neither does my supplier. My guess would be 1 year. The TP Link ones are pretty much no frills, I have a 8 port 10/100 and can max it out without and problems. Regards David N ___ 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: off topic: unmanageable switch?
Jerry B. Altzman wrote: Do you require Gigabit ethernet or no? That, I don't know yet... but given that they want to build a solid infrastructure that will be worth of using for the years to come, most probably yes. Environmental conditions will be normal, everything will be indoor. And I *think* the power levels will be normal as well (Wojciech mentioned that D-Links have been sensitive to power spikes). I have found that D-Link are quite cheap and somebody on the list suggested them. In that price range TP-LINK is also a choice. Anybody advises against TP-LINK? Thanks a bunch for your answers, Nikos ___ 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: off topic: unmanageable switch?
Linksys, DLink, etc. Cheap is cheap - Original Message - From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org To: Nikos Vassiliadis Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Sent: Fri Jun 19 09:45:22 2009 Subject: Re: off topic: unmanageable switch? Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > Hi, > > This has nothing to do with FreeBSD. I have to buy 3-4 24/16 > port ethernet switches for a school. Could you recommend a > brand/model? I don't know if such recommendations should be > done off list? Netgear - really cheap, no problems with them if inside(normal humidity and temperature). Peter ___ 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" "This email is intended to be reviewed by only the intended recipient and may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, use, dissemination, disclosure or copying of this email and its attachments, if any, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and delete this email from your system." ___ 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"
ZFS and block device replication
Hi, I'm starting digging into FreeBSD and ZFS and came up with a question which is bothering me. I'm thinking about placing block device replication (e.g. via DRDB or NDB) under a ZFS/ ZVOL. It would improve replication as it's done immediately, not within a time-frame (as the 'zfs [send/receive]' approach would. Imagine I have an active/ passive setup. would all the ZFS volumes and ZVOLs be available on the passive node, even if I haven't configured them explicitly? Regards, --- Mr. Olli ___ 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: freebsd mass deployment
Thanks for the advice given so far, I will have a look at them. @Wojciech: Your approach seems too simplistic to me. It might only work under very specific circumstances but is impractical otherwise. Consider, for example, a network consisting of machines of different types (workstations, web servers, mail servers, ...) with different hardware (different number of disks, different processor types, ...) and different configuration needs (file system, software, access rights, ...). Obviously, you cannot simply dd one system to the other. And if you want to change some configuration files on your machines after installation (I do know cfengine, by the way) or want to install additional software on some of them, are you still convinced of your approach? Unix tools are great, but your comment looks like an advice to use a swiss army knife for performing a bypass surgery ;). Martin ___ 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: Processes dying with signal 11
On Friday, June 19, 2009, at 12:21PM, "Bruce Cran" wrote: >Unfortunately memtest86+ runs on x86 hardware and this is a >PowerPC iBook. Being Apple hardware there's not much swapping of >hardware I can do - I'll run a few more tests but I guess it's probably >time to chuck it away. Try running Memtest OS X: http://www.memtestosx.org/joomla/index.php You could also try Apple Hardware Test (available on the original system disk - hold down "Option" on boot) to test all of the 'book's hardware. ___ 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: Processes dying with signal 11
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Bruce Cran wrote: > > Unfortunately memtest86+ runs on x86 hardware and this is a > PowerPC iBook. Yeah... I apparently had already forgotten it was a PPC machine. Ooops. :) -- 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: freebsd mass deployment
similar for FreeBSD too. So far I only found a guide for jumpstart. simply install on one, tar it up and untar on each other, using PXE just to boot anything. Wojciech, That is true, yes, but you have not answered the OPs question. Yes i did - it is the way of doing repetitive installations on many machines. Actually most simple because it uses unix tools that was invented >30 years ago :) ___ 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: freebsd mass deployment
I used SystemImager for Linux installs, and I was curious about doing something similar for FreeBSD. By chance, I ran across this today, and now I am very excited about trying it out. farbot port looks like you - as most people - like to make your life complex. unix already have all needed tools, very simple and efficient. there is tar, dump, restore, dd etc.. ___ 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: Processes dying with signal 11
I would suspect hardware. Most probably RAM than anything else initially. Can you run memtest86+? on Mac? ___ 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: Processes dying with signal 11
The problem I see is that after a few hours of running buildworld, when it starts building clang itself, 'as' crashes with a signal 11. always at the same point or in random places? if first - it's probably not hardware problem. It's at a random location, but it always happens after the build has been running for a few hours and when it's ended up swapping some processes out of main memory. I've read so it is hardware problem. As it start crashing when swap is used, it may be not memory but chipset problem - works fine until disk I/O is used. ___ 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: freebsd mass deployment
I used SystemImager for Linux installs, and I was curious about doing something similar for FreeBSD. By chance, I ran across this today, and now I am very excited about trying it out. farbot port http://code.google.com/p/farbot/ -jgh On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:01:42AM +, Martin Thomas thus spake: Hello list, I'd like to install FreeBSD on a number of machines, automatically and unattended over Ethernet via PXE. I'm quite familiar with FAI, which does a great job for Debian, and I'd like to know whether there is something similar for FreeBSD too. So far I only found a guide for jumpstart. Does anybody has experience with that matter and can provide some tools. Martin ___ 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: gmplayer cannot show video in xfce4
On 6/19/09, Carmel NY wrote: > On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:05:13 +0200 > "Paul B. Mahol" wrote: > >> Not from console; from xterm. And if xv is not available, x11 is just >> fine(but slow). > > This is everything: > > MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team > CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ (Family: 15, Model: 75, > Stepping: 2) > CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 > Compiled with runtime CPU detection. > > Playing Answer_Lady.mpg. > MPEG-PS file format detected. > VIDEO: MPEG2 320x240 (aspect 2) 25.000 fps 1379.2 kbps (172.4 kbyte/s) > == > Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough > VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES) > Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... > Opening video filter: [scale] > The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec. > Try appending the scale filter to your filter list, > e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp. > VDecoder init failed :( > Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b > Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2)) > == > == > Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3 > AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/9.07% (ratio: 16000->176400) > Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3) > == > AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) > Starting playback... > VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12) > VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) > Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. > VO: [xv] 320x240 => 320x240 Planar YV12 > New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong. 2 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 > Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf). > subtitle font: load_sub_face failed. > > > Now, the video did display and the audio is present. So why does it work > from an xterm display but not otherwise? And how gmplayer can have anything to do with hal? >From other perspective; gmplayer is no longer maintained and probably will be removed in future, users should switch to smplayer. -- 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: Processes dying with signal 11
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:35:09 -0400 Glen Barber wrote: > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Glen Barber > wrote: > > I would suspect hardware. Most probably RAM than anything else > > initially. Can you run memtest86+? > > > > Also, for what it's worth, I had this similar scenario a few years > ago. After numerous hardware replacements (RAM, motherboard, etc, > etc) it turned out to the the CPU that was the problem. > > It was bad enough that I couldn't even do a 'portsnap fetch' because > the checksum would be incorrectly calculated. > > Unfortunately memtest86+ runs on x86 hardware and this is a PowerPC iBook. Being Apple hardware there's not much swapping of hardware I can do - I'll run a few more tests but I guess it's probably time to chuck it away. -- Bruce ___ 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: Processes dying with signal 11
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 3:21 PM, Glen Barber wrote: > I would suspect hardware. Most probably RAM than anything else > initially. Can you run memtest86+? > Also, for what it's worth, I had this similar scenario a few years ago. After numerous hardware replacements (RAM, motherboard, etc, etc) it turned out to the the CPU that was the problem. It was bad enough that I couldn't even do a 'portsnap fetch' because the checksum would be incorrectly calculated. -- 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: Processes dying with signal 11
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Bruce Cran wrote: > > It's at a random location, but it always happens after the build has > been running for a few hours and when it's ended up swapping some > processes out of main memory. I've read > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#SIGNAL11 and > wondered if the collatoral is a normal symptom too. > I would suspect hardware. Most probably RAM than anything else initially. Can you run memtest86+? -- 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: Processes dying with signal 11
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:04:26 +0200 (CEST) Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > up-to-date HEAD: > > > > FreeBSD mac.draftnet 8.0-CURRENT #0: Tue Jun 16 22:07:11 BST 2009 > > bru...@mac.draftnet:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IBOOK powerpc > > > > The problem I see is that after a few hours of running buildworld, > > when it starts building clang itself, 'as' crashes with a signal 11. > > > always at the same point or in random places? > > if first - it's probably not hardware problem. It's at a random location, but it always happens after the build has been running for a few hours and when it's ended up swapping some processes out of main memory. I've read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#SIGNAL11 and wondered if the collatoral is a normal symptom too. > > I'm wondering if this is the normal case of bad memory/HDD/CPU or > > something else because it also causes several other processes to > > crash, notably dhclient and sendmail, but I've also seen tcsh crash > > too. I created a test program which allocated 500MB memory to > > force the system into swap (my iBook only has 512MB). After a few > > minutes dhclient crashed but the test program kept running. Is > > this what normally happens when hardware's going bad? > > isn't it going out of swap? No, it's definitely not running out of swap, since I have 4.5GB available! For example using the test program I allocate 500MB memory; 95MB swap gets used but after a few minutes I get: pid 470 (dhclient), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped) pid 1002 (sendmail), uid 0: exited on signal 11 pid 1054 (sendmail), uid 0: exited on signal 11 pid 1104 (sendmail), uid 0: exited on signal 11 pid 1156 (sendmail), uid 0: exited on signal 11 pid 1207 (sendmail), uid 0: exited on signal 11 but my test program keeps running: 1227 v1 R+ 2:06.23 /usr/obj/home/brucec/test -- Bruce ___ 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: Changing my login directory
>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:13:32 -0400,
>> Steve Bertrand said:
S> I've got a couple of jails now that I use exclusively for Perl
S> development. As soon as I log into the box via SSH, my first command is
S> _always_ "cd devel/something". I'd like to make it so that '~' remains
S> /home/steve, but when I log in, I would prefer to be dropped immediately
S> into /home/steve/devel.
This reminded me of how I deal with lots of directories. If you
have a project with files spread all over the place, here's a way to
navigate between 20-25 directories with no more than 3-4 keystrokes.
First, install the "grabchars" program:
http://examples.oreilly.com/upt3/split/grabchars/grabchars/
It's very useful for capturing and validating keystrokes from within
a shell script. For example:
ans=`grabchars -q'Answer y or n: '`
will print "Answer y or n: ", and it will store your reply after
pressing just one key, no need to hit return. Combine this with a
function to change your current directory and you're in business;
it has to be done in a shell function rather than a separate script
because it modifies your current shell working directory.
Second, create a file holding the directories you use the most:
me% cat $HOME/.cdlist
0 /home/vogelke
1 /home/vogelke/today
2 /home/vogelke/notebook/2007/0414/new-homepage
...
8 /doc/html/htdocs/blog/posts
9 /doc/sitelog/server1
a /doc/sitelog/server2
b /doc/sitelog/server3
...
o /home/vogelke/src
The first field is any digit, and the lowercase letters a-o. You can
use more letters, but I've found 25 choices to be more than sufficient.
The second field is the full path to the directory.
Finally, make a function using "grabchars" that will display this list,
prompt for a single character, and immediately change to that directory.
I use "jd" for the function name, but if you're not using the letter 'j'
for any commands, you can shorten this to three keystrokes.
Here's the function setup for the Korn and bash shells:
# Jump to a directory.
jd () {
clear
cat $HOME/.cdlist
local prompt="dir: "
local ans=`grabchars -d0 -L -c '[0-9a-z]' -q"$prompt"`
set X `grep "^$ans" $HOME/.cdlist`
case "$#" in
(3) cd $3; echo; echo "pwd: `/bin/pwd`" ;;
(*) echo no such entry ;;
esac
}
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/794951/coloring-directory-name-in-ksh
# Dump the PS1 stuff if you don't want to change your prompt.
chdir () {
command cd "$@"
CWDH=${PWD%/*}
/bin/pwd >> $HOME/.cdlist.new
PS1="${CWDH##*/}/${PWD##*/} ->"
export PS1
}
alias cd=chdir
Here's the function setup for the Z-shell:
# Jump to a directory.
jd () {
clear
cat $HOME/.cdlist
local prompt="dir: "
local ans=`grabchars -d0 -L -c '[0-9a-z]' -q"$prompt"`
set X `grep "^$ans" $HOME/.cdlist`
case "$#" in
(3) chdir $3 && echo && echo "pwd: `/bin/pwd`" ;;
(*) echo no such entry ;;
esac
}
# This function is run after you change directories.
chpwd () {
/bin/pwd >> ~/.cdlist.new
}
To find the most often-used directories, the "chdir" and "chpwd"
functions above will store the name of every directory you cd to in
"$HOME/.cdlist.new". To find your most popular directories:
me% sort ~/.cdlist.new | uniq -c | sort -n | tail
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I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve
immortality through not dying. --Woody Allen
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Re: Processes dying with signal 11
up-to-date HEAD: FreeBSD mac.draftnet 8.0-CURRENT #0: Tue Jun 16 22:07:11 BST 2009 bru...@mac.draftnet:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IBOOK powerpc The problem I see is that after a few hours of running buildworld, when it starts building clang itself, 'as' crashes with a signal 11. always at the same point or in random places? if first - it's probably not hardware problem. I'm wondering if this is the normal case of bad memory/HDD/CPU or something else because it also causes several other processes to crash, notably dhclient and sendmail, but I've also seen tcsh crash too. I created a test program which allocated 500MB memory to force the system into swap (my iBook only has 512MB). After a few minutes dhclient crashed but the test program kept running. Is this what normally happens when hardware's going bad? isn't it going out of swap? ___ 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: backdoor threat
In response to prad : > i just received this 'threat' from someone on a forum: Stay off that forum. Sounds annoying to me. > "+1.2507437628 <-- And,yes of course this is a fax, but I could > write and execute a script that would have some real fun with it.. > Don't you think. Especially from a BSD server ;) > > You missed a small back door, if you're nice I'll help you close it. ;)" > > i am very curious as to what script this person can write to have fun > with a fax number. what are they going to do - send me junk faxes > instead of junk emails? Sure. It costs almost nothing to send a fax message, and he could send it over and over and run you out of paper and ink while you're sleeping. Infantile, yes. > however, i'm very curious about the back door. what backdoors are there > on what is pretty well a freebsd server default setup? i have disabled > password access. there are some php forms, but i use the proper way to > set variables. are there other things i should be thinking about? Sure, there's 10 things. Start by running a nmap scan from a different computer and see what ports are open. Investigate each program listening on those ports to ensure it's properly secured. Making secure web forms is too complex to discuss in a single email. Of course, the "someone" could just be spouting off. A few years ago, I had someone claim that they could break into my server because my ports weren't "stealth" (i.e., because they returned RST packets instead of just dropping the syns). I invited the idiot to prove it by breaking in, which he never accomplished. Some people brag without being able to back it up. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ ___ 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"
backdoor threat
i just received this 'threat' from someone on a forum: "+1.2507437628 <-- And,yes of course this is a fax, but I could write and execute a script that would have some real fun with it.. Don't you think. Especially from a BSD server ;) You missed a small back door, if you're nice I'll help you close it. ;)" i am very curious as to what script this person can write to have fun with a fax number. what are they going to do - send me junk faxes instead of junk emails? however, i'm very curious about the back door. what backdoors are there on what is pretty well a freebsd server default setup? i have disabled password access. there are some php forms, but i use the proper way to set variables. are there other things i should be thinking about? -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's ___ 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: gmplayer cannot show video in xfce4
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:05:13 +0200 "Paul B. Mahol" wrote: > Not from console; from xterm. And if xv is not available, x11 is just > fine(but slow). This is everything: MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.1 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ (Family: 15, Model: 75, Stepping: 2) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1 Compiled with runtime CPU detection. Playing Answer_Lady.mpg. MPEG-PS file format detected. VIDEO: MPEG2 320x240 (aspect 2) 25.000 fps 1379.2 kbps (172.4 kbyte/s) == Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred colorspace: Mpeg PES) Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale... Opening video filter: [scale] The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec. Try appending the scale filter to your filter list, e.g. -vf spp,scale instead of -vf spp. VDecoder init failed :( Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder libmpeg2-v0.4.0b Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm: libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2)) == == Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3 AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/9.07% (ratio: 16000->176400) Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3) == AO: [oss] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample) Starting playback... VDec: vo config request - 320 x 240 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12) VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0) Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect. VO: [xv] 320x240 => 320x240 Planar YV12 New_Face failed. Maybe the font path is wrong. 2 ??% ??% ??,?% 0 0 Please supply the text font file (~/.mplayer/subfont.ttf). subtitle font: load_sub_face failed. Now, the video did display and the audio is present. So why does it work from an xterm display but not otherwise? -- Carmel car...@hotmail.com The man who runs may fight again. Menander ___ 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: Compact Freebsd 'appliance'
I have a couple of Via Artigo a2000 boxes, one running FreeBSD-STABLE (post 7.2) and the other running FreeNAS. Both work well. I've seen posts from one fellow who's tracking a bug with the vge interface under very heavy load, but both of mine stream music and do Time Machine backups via netatalk without any trouble. Logic Supply has a custom FreeNAS build that recognizes the disks as SATA and that adds support for Gb ethernet to the NIC (rolling in changes from -STABLE to the 6.x series on which the stable FreeNAS is based). http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2009/05/11/custom-a2000-freenas- image/ They're not the cheapest place to buy the box, but they're close and they do good support (I'm just a happy customer and I helped with the FreeNAS image, no other association). They're not Living Room quiet, but they're about as unobtrusive as you can get in a little box w/out going fanless. Also very nice looking boxes. Thanks! -- John ___ 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: Compact Freebsd 'appliance'
On Fri 19 Jun 2009 at 07:24:58 PDT John Almberg wrote: Sounds good. They are so inexpensive, I will just give it a whirl and see if it cuts the mustard. Speed isn't really an issue, since it's going to be twiddling it's thumbs most of the time. Doesn't really matter if it takes 10 seconds or 30 minutes to translate the videos. If you try one of the new fanless boards, let me know how it goes. I've been thinking about getting one of those myself. ___ 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: Compact Freebsd 'appliance'
John Almberg writes: > I have a client who has an application that he wants to deploy in his > customer's offices as a headless 'appliance'. Basically, just a black > box that you can plug into a Lan, turn it on, and it runs. No floppy > disk or CD, no monitor/keyboard, just remotely managed. > > This application won't store any critical data, so it doesn't need > redundancy. It just needs to be reasonably reliable, compact, and quiet. > > My first recommendation was to use a Mac Mini, but that excellent bit > of hardware was deemed 'not professional enough'. So now I am looking > for a compact pc that can run FreeBSD, of course. I think it probably > just needs a power supply, tiny motherboard with onboard ethernet, > usb, etc., and hard drive. > > If anyone has a recommendation (or if their are any vendors lurking), > please shoot me an email off list. I'll compile a list of > recommendations and post it all at once, in case anyone else is > interested in this. I have a couple of Via Artigo a2000 boxes, one running FreeBSD-STABLE (post 7.2) and the other running FreeNAS. Both work well. I've seen posts from one fellow who's tracking a bug with the vge interface under very heavy load, but both of mine stream music and do Time Machine backups via netatalk without any trouble. Logic Supply has a custom FreeNAS build that recognizes the disks as SATA and that adds support for Gb ethernet to the NIC (rolling in changes from -STABLE to the 6.x series on which the stable FreeNAS is based). http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2009/05/11/custom-a2000-freenas-image/ They're not the cheapest place to buy the box, but they're close and they do good support (I'm just a happy customer and I helped with the FreeNAS image, no other association). They're not Living Room quiet, but they're about as unobtrusive as you can get in a little box w/out going fanless. g. ___ 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: Processes dying with signal 11
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Bruce Cran wrote: > I've been trying to run a buildworld using the clangbsd branch on my > G4 iBook, but without success. I'm currently running a fairly > up-to-date HEAD: > > FreeBSD mac.draftnet 8.0-CURRENT #0: Tue Jun 16 22:07:11 BST 2009 > bru...@mac.draftnet:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IBOOK powerpc > > The problem I see is that after a few hours of running buildworld, when > it starts building clang itself, 'as' crashes with a signal 11. > > I'm wondering if this is the normal case of bad memory/HDD/CPU or > something else because it also causes several other processes to crash, > notably dhclient and sendmail, but I've also seen tcsh crash too. I > created a test program which allocated 500MB memory to force the system > into swap (my iBook only has 512MB). After a few minutes dhclient > crashed but the test program kept running. Is this what normally > happens when hardware's going bad? > Unfortunately, yes. Does the build fail in the same place everytime? Usually hardware failure will cause randomly placed SIGSEGV errors. -- 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: gmplayer cannot show video in xfce4
On 6/19/09, Carmel NY wrote: > On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:08:59 +0200 > "Paul B. Mahol" wrote: > >> Somehow hal manages to break -vo xv ? Try with mplayer and see full >> error message. >> What video driver are you using? > > I am using the 'nv' driver. > > Using mplayer from the console does not produce an error. Of course, > all I get is the audio track. No error message is displayed. Not from console; from xterm. And if xv is not available, x11 is just fine(but slow). -- 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"
Processes dying with signal 11
I've been trying to run a buildworld using the clangbsd branch on my G4 iBook, but without success. I'm currently running a fairly up-to-date HEAD: FreeBSD mac.draftnet 8.0-CURRENT #0: Tue Jun 16 22:07:11 BST 2009 bru...@mac.draftnet:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IBOOK powerpc The problem I see is that after a few hours of running buildworld, when it starts building clang itself, 'as' crashes with a signal 11. I'm wondering if this is the normal case of bad memory/HDD/CPU or something else because it also causes several other processes to crash, notably dhclient and sendmail, but I've also seen tcsh crash too. I created a test program which allocated 500MB memory to force the system into swap (my iBook only has 512MB). After a few minutes dhclient crashed but the test program kept running. Is this what normally happens when hardware's going bad? -- Bruce ___ 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: gmplayer cannot show video in xfce4
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:08:59 +0200 "Paul B. Mahol" wrote: > Somehow hal manages to break -vo xv ? Try with mplayer and see full > error message. > What video driver are you using? I am using the 'nv' driver. Using mplayer from the console does not produce an error. Of course, all I get is the audio track. No error message is displayed. So, if I use hal I lose the ability to view videos? That kind of sucks. Obviously, someone must know about it so I assume submitting a bug report would be a waste of time. -- Carmel ___ 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: The 'uname' output
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 03:31:38PM +0200, Harry Matthiesen Jensen wrote: > > > I have wondered why my build number in the 'uname' output not is > > > incrementet for each build I make of the system, it shows '#0' > > > all the time. > > > > Do you remove /usr/obj between builds? > > Yes, and going back in time, it match approximately when I started to > clean /usr/obj hmmm, so I should stop that part of it when Thanks Ruben, now it works ;-) -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #1: Compiled at Fri Jun 19 16:51:37 CEST 2009 i386 ___ 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"
automount and sshfs
sshfs is a file system that lets you mount a remote ftp dir on a directory using fuse. I have it working fine on freebsd. Instead of using the mount command to mount the fs, it's mounted by running the sshfs command. Is there some generic thing like amd that is not NFS specific that I could use to automatically run the sshfs command when something accessed a particular directory? Michael 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: gmplayer cannot show video in xfce4
On 6/19/09, Carmel NY wrote: > When I start mplayer (gmplayer) from within xfce4 and attempt to play a > video, I receive an error message. The audio portion works fine however. > > The screen-shot of the error message is viewable here: > > http://imagebin.ca/view/OdMEXlY.html > > What is strange is that the video was working until I modified the > PolicyKit.conf file. This is the modification I added. I substituted > 'me' for the actual users name. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If I remove the modifications, I cannot mount a CD. Is there something > else I should be or not be doing here? > Somehow hal manages to break -vo xv ? Try with mplayer and see full error message. What video driver are you using? -- 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: WLAN with Thinkpad T41
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Jochen Neumeister wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have a Thinkpad T41 with FreeBSD 7.2/i386
>
> With dmesg i see the wlan card:
>
> ath0: mem 0xc021-0xc021 irq 11 at device 2.0 on
> pci2 ath0: [ITHREAD]
> ath0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
> ath0: Ethernet address: 00:05:4e:48:14:ab
> ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
>
>
> I read the handbook, and this is me /boot/loader.conf:
>
> if_ath_load="YES"
> wlan_scan_ap_load="YES"
> wlan_scan_sta_load="YES"
> wlan_wep_load="YES"
> wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
> wlan_tkip_load="YES"
>
>
> This entry i made in the rc.conf for the ath0:
>
> ifconfig_ath0="inet 192.168.0.13 netmask 255.255.255.0"
>
>
> Now ifconfig ath0 say:
>
> ath0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu
> 1500 ether 00:05:4e:48:14:ab
> inet 192.168.0.13 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
> status: no carrier
> ssid "" channel 124 (5620 Mhz 11a)
> authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 31.5 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan
> bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11a 7 roam:rate11a 12 burst
> bintval 0
>
>
> and this is me /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
>
> network={
> ssid="linksys_SES_29944"
> psk="xxx"
> }
>
>
> ifconfig ath0 list scan found me accesspoint:
>
> linksys_SES... 00:06:25:4b:0d:95 11 54M -73:-96 100 EP WPA
>
>
> Now I connect:
>
> goofy# wpa_supplicant -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
> Trying to associate with 00:06:25:4b:0d:95 (SSID='linksys_SES_29944'
> freq=2462 MHz) Associated with 00:06:25:4b:0d:95
> WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:06:25:4b:0d:95 [PTK=TKIP
> GTK=TKIP] CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:06:25:4b:0d:95
> completed (auth) [id=0 id_str=]
>
>
> ifconfig ath0 say, I am connected:
>
> goofy# ifconfig ath0
> ath0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu
> 1500 ether 00:05:4e:48:14:ab
> inet 192.168.0.13 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
> media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/54Mbps)
> status: associated
> ssid linksys_SES_29944 channel 11 (2462 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:06:25:4b:0d:95
> authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit txpower 31.5
> bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250
> roam:rssi11g 7 roam:rate11g 5 protmode CTS burst roaming MANUAL
>
>
> but, now ping, now open a Internetsite in firefox, nothing.
>
> But i can go for a DHCP-IP:
>
> goofy# dhclient ath0
> DHCPREQUEST on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
> DHCPACK from 192.168.0.2
> bound to 192.168.0.234 -- renewal in 43200 seconds.
>
>
> When I ping the DHCP-Server 192.168.0.2, i have 100% packet loss.
>
>
> The Laptop works finde with LAN, but not with WLAN.
> ___
Is LAN still configured for this network? (Is the laptop confused
about which interface to ping through?)
Are the contents in /etc/resolv.conf correct?
Was the gateway properly set?
(I expect that dhcp set the DNS and gateway values correctly; but it's
always good to check.)
Good luck.
Andrew
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Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > Hi, > > This has nothing to do with FreeBSD. I have to buy 3-4 24/16 > port ethernet switches for a school. Could you recommend a > brand/model? I don't know if such recommendations should be > done off list? Netgear - really cheap, no problems with them if inside(normal humidity and temperature). Peter ___ 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"
WLAN with Thinkpad T41
Hi there,
I have a Thinkpad T41 with FreeBSD 7.2/i386
With dmesg i see the wlan card:
ath0: mem 0xc021-0xc021 irq 11 at device 2.0 on
pci2 ath0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
ath0: Ethernet address: 00:05:4e:48:14:ab
ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
I read the handbook, and this is me /boot/loader.conf:
if_ath_load="YES"
wlan_scan_ap_load="YES"
wlan_scan_sta_load="YES"
wlan_wep_load="YES"
wlan_ccmp_load="YES"
wlan_tkip_load="YES"
This entry i made in the rc.conf for the ath0:
ifconfig_ath0="inet 192.168.0.13 netmask 255.255.255.0"
Now ifconfig ath0 say:
ath0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu
1500 ether 00:05:4e:48:14:ab
inet 192.168.0.13 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
status: no carrier
ssid "" channel 124 (5620 Mhz 11a)
authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 31.5 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan
bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11a 7 roam:rate11a 12 burst
bintval 0
and this is me /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
network={
ssid="linksys_SES_29944"
psk="xxx"
}
ifconfig ath0 list scan found me accesspoint:
linksys_SES... 00:06:25:4b:0d:95 11 54M -73:-96 100 EP WPA
Now I connect:
goofy# wpa_supplicant -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Trying to associate with 00:06:25:4b:0d:95 (SSID='linksys_SES_29944'
freq=2462 MHz) Associated with 00:06:25:4b:0d:95
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:06:25:4b:0d:95 [PTK=TKIP
GTK=TKIP] CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:06:25:4b:0d:95
completed (auth) [id=0 id_str=]
ifconfig ath0 say, I am connected:
goofy# ifconfig ath0
ath0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu
1500 ether 00:05:4e:48:14:ab
inet 192.168.0.13 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/54Mbps)
status: associated
ssid linksys_SES_29944 channel 11 (2462 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:06:25:4b:0d:95
authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit txpower 31.5
bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250
roam:rssi11g 7 roam:rate11g 5 protmode CTS burst roaming MANUAL
but, now ping, now open a Internetsite in firefox, nothing.
But i can go for a DHCP-IP:
goofy# dhclient ath0
DHCPREQUEST on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.0.2
bound to 192.168.0.234 -- renewal in 43200 seconds.
When I ping the DHCP-Server 192.168.0.2, i have 100% packet loss.
The Laptop works finde with LAN, but not with WLAN.
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Re: Compact Freebsd 'appliance'
On Jun 18, 2009, at 7:59 PM, Charlie Kester wrote: On Thu 18 Jun 2009 at 14:18:21 PDT Tim Judd wrote: I've read reports (and forgotten it's source since then) that some Intel Atom processors work well, some don't with FreeBSD. This was something I read within a couple months, so I would see if anyone here can provide input on pros and cons on weather that particular Atom model number is well received and well tested. The only problems I've seen reported re Atoms was back in the days before the FreeBSD 7.2 release (or was it 7.1?) when there were problems with not recognizing the Realtek networking chip included on the Intel motherboards. FWIW, I'm running FreeBSD 7.2 on an Intel D945GCLF motherboard, which has an Atom 230 CPU. I got mine from http://www.mini-box.com. (I *am* using a Intel networking card rather than the builtin Realtek chip, but only because the Realtek recognition problems still existed when I first set up the machine. One of these days I should probably see if those problems are truly fixed, so I can recover the single PCI slot for some other use.) Since this is a home machine, I can't say it's the best test of whether FreeBSD runs OK on it. But I haven't had any problems with it. Sounds good. They are so inexpensive, I will just give it a whirl and see if it cuts the mustard. Speed isn't really an issue, since it's going to be twiddling it's thumbs most of the time. Doesn't really matter if it takes 10 seconds or 30 minutes to translate the videos. Thanks: John ___ 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: off topic: unmanageable switch?
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 06:22, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > > My list of priorities, with 1 being the most important. > 1. Price > 2. Stability > 3. No "smart" features >OK, this looks like a .1Q frame, let's drop it. >This MAC address is active on many ports, let's drop it. > 4. STP support >Would be nice, just to prevent cabling errors. >There is not gonna be deliberate use of duplicate >links between the switches to increase availability. > Do you require Gigabit ethernet or no? I've had very good experience with Netgear 24-port and 16-port rack mount switches (not the desktop consumer models -- although they too have worked well for me). They have somewhat more robust power supplies than the standard wall-attach transformers, and the FastEthernet models can be had for VERY cheap. (I bought a 24-port model a few years back for just about USD 100.) I've had Netgear switches run without a problem for *years*. Their managed switches, on the other hand, are a nightmare, and I wouldn't use them again if I had the choice. Nikos > //jbaltz -- jerry b. altzmanjba...@gmail.com www.jbaltz.com foo mane padme hum ___ 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: freebsd mass deployment
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Wojciech Puchar < woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: > >> I'd like to install FreeBSD on a number of machines, automatically and >> unattended over Ethernet via PXE. I'm quite familiar with FAI, which does a >> great job for Debian, and I'd like to know whether there is something >> similar for FreeBSD too. So far I only found a guide for jumpstart. >> > simply install on one, tar it up and untar on each other, using PXE just to > boot anything. Wojciech, That is true, yes, but you have not answered the OPs question. There are others interested in the answer, especially because he's mentioned his familiarity with FAI. I'd like to think that he already knows about dump/restore. He just wants an "automated, unattended" solution for FreeBSD. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube ___ 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: The 'uname' output
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 03:09:57PM +0200, Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 02:40:47PM +0200, Harry Matthiesen Jensen typed: > > I have wondered why my build number in the 'uname' output not is > > incrementet for each build I make of the system, it shows '#0' > > all the time. > > Do you remove /usr/obj between builds? > > Ruben Yes, and going back in time, it match approximately when I started to clean /usr/obj hmmm, so I should stop that part of it when re-building? ..if I want my build number back. -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT Compiled at Thu Jun 18 12:41:05 CEST 2009 i386 ___ 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: off topic: unmanageable switch?
Olivier I'd choose 3com. Their low-end unmanaged models are pretty cheap as well as some smarter officeconnect models. They are not cheap ___ 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: off topic: unmanageable switch?
Now I have had satisfaction with Dlink and Compex, maybe not among the cheapest, but still cheap. I have had some working for 6 or 7 years You are happy because you are using it with good power supply, probably UPS. Both (and D-Link mostly) are completely unprotected for even minor power spikes. None of them survived more than half a year when i used it of total over 10. For pure 100Mbps switches, Asus Giga-X is the best in that respect. ___ 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: off topic: unmanageable switch?
This has nothing to do with FreeBSD. I have to buy 3-4 24/16 port ethernet switches for a school. Could you recommend a brand/model? I don't know if such recommendations should be done off list? no idea about 4, but in my practice the cheapest ones are really good. ___ 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: freebsd mass deployment
I'd like to install FreeBSD on a number of machines, automatically and unattended over Ethernet via PXE. I'm quite familiar with FAI, which does a great job for Debian, and I'd like to know whether there is something similar for FreeBSD too. So far I only found a guide for jumpstart. simply install on one, tar it up and untar on each other, using PXE just to boot anything. ___ 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 VLANs - Why is IP address require on NIC connected to Trunk?
Hi, On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:16:18 am Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > Geoff Roberts wrote: > > I find I have to give the ext0 interface an IP address in order for > > routing and packet filtering to work on the attached VLANs. > > > > a) Is there a way to configure this so that I don't have to give ext0 an > > IP address? > > Yes, you just have to "up" the interface: > ifconfig_em0="up" Thanks to all who responded. I believe marking the interface as up will be the source of the issue. I'll be able to restart the server in a couple of days and verify everything works after a restart. It has been one of those nagging issues that eventually bubbled to the top of the list. Kind regards, Geoff ___ 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: freebsd mass deployment
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin Thomas wrote: > Hello list, > > I'd like to install FreeBSD on a number of machines, automatically and > unattended over Ethernet via PXE. I'm quite familiar with FAI, which does a > great job for Debian, and I'd like to know whether there is something similar > for FreeBSD too. So far I only found a guide for jumpstart. > > Does anybody has experience with that matter and can provide some tools. > > Martin > Hi Martin, I went to this presentation at BSDCan 2009, and I think you'll find some tip in the slides: http://www.bsdcan.org/2009/schedule/events/126.en.html Cheers, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKO47L0sRouByUApARAu8iAJ4ujw0kDL4Ng9IQ55oowzRDTjBqTACeP/q9 NbOa0YHKj6B3urEOl5EJfD8= =3jpp -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ 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: The 'uname' output
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 02:40:47PM +0200, Harry Matthiesen Jensen typed: > I have wondered why my build number in the 'uname' output not is > incrementet for each build I make of the system, it shows '#0' > all the time. > > Example output of 'uname -a': > > FreeBSD mugin-LAN.localhost 8.0-CURRENT > FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Thu Jun 18 12:41:05 CEST 2009 > r...@mugin-lan.localhost:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MUGIN i386 > > I had same issue on the system when I ran -STABLE. > > Just a little hint from someone will be appreciatet;-) Do you remove /usr/obj between builds? Ruben ___ 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: freebsd mass deployment
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:01:42AM +, Martin Thomas typed: > > Hello list, > > I'd like to install FreeBSD on a number of machines, automatically and > unattended over Ethernet via PXE. I'm quite familiar with FAI, which does a > great job for Debian, and I'd like to know whether there is something similar > for FreeBSD too. So far I only found a guide for jumpstart. > > Does anybody has experience with that matter and can provide some tools. Read the sysinstall manpage. You can automate allmost everything using an install.cfg file. Ruben ___ 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"
The 'uname' output
I have wondered why my build number in the 'uname' output not is incrementet for each build I make of the system, it shows '#0' all the time. Example output of 'uname -a': FreeBSD mugin-LAN.localhost 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Thu Jun 18 12:41:05 CEST 2009 r...@mugin-lan.localhost:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MUGIN i386 I had same issue on the system when I ran -STABLE. Just a little hint from someone will be appreciatet;-) -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT Compiled at Thu Jun 18 12:41:05 CEST 2009 i386 ___ 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: off topic: unmanageable switch?
On Fri,06/19/09 [17:31:49], Olivier Nicole wrote: > Nikos, > > > My list of priorities, with 1 being the most important. > > 1. Price > > 2. Stability > > As the price is the most important for you, buy any cheap switch. > > Now I have had satisfaction with Dlink and Compex, maybe not among the > cheapest, but still cheap. I have had some working for 6 or 7 years > non stop. I would not use them as core switch, but as satellite > switches they do OK. > > > 3. No "smart" features > > 4. STP support > > STP is definitely a smart feature, it comes with higher models only. > > Bests, > > Olivier > I'd choose 3com. Their low-end unmanaged models are pretty cheap as well as some smarter officeconnect models. -- Best regards, Jeff | "Nobody wants to say how this works. | | Maybe nobody knows ..." | | Xorg.conf(5)| ___ 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"
gmplayer cannot show video in xfce4
When I start mplayer (gmplayer) from within xfce4 and attempt to play a video, I receive an error message. The audio portion works fine however. The screen-shot of the error message is viewable here: http://imagebin.ca/view/OdMEXlY.html What is strange is that the video was working until I modified the PolicyKit.conf file. This is the modification I added. I substituted 'me' for the actual users name. If I remove the modifications, I cannot mount a CD. Is there something else I should be or not be doing here? -- Carmel ___ 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 mass deployment
Hello list, I'd like to install FreeBSD on a number of machines, automatically and unattended over Ethernet via PXE. I'm quite familiar with FAI, which does a great job for Debian, and I'd like to know whether there is something similar for FreeBSD too. So far I only found a guide for jumpstart. Does anybody has experience with that matter and can provide some tools. Martin ___ 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: off topic: unmanageable switch?
Nikos, > My list of priorities, with 1 being the most important. > 1. Price > 2. Stability As the price is the most important for you, buy any cheap switch. Now I have had satisfaction with Dlink and Compex, maybe not among the cheapest, but still cheap. I have had some working for 6 or 7 years non stop. I would not use them as core switch, but as satellite switches they do OK. > 3. No "smart" features > 4. STP support STP is definitely a smart feature, it comes with higher models only. Bests, Olivier ___ 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"
off topic: unmanageable switch?
Hi, This has nothing to do with FreeBSD. I have to buy 3-4 24/16 port ethernet switches for a school. Could you recommend a brand/model? I don't know if such recommendations should be done off list? My list of priorities, with 1 being the most important. 1. Price 2. Stability 3. No "smart" features OK, this looks like a .1Q frame, let's drop it. This MAC address is active on many ports, let's drop it. 4. STP support Would be nice, just to prevent cabling errors. There is not gonna be deliberate use of duplicate links between the switches to increase availability. Thanks in advance and excuse the off topic nature of my question Nikos ___ 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"
