Re: xorg 7.4 questions

2009-12-28 Thread doug
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, Warren Block wrote: On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, d...@safeport.com wrote: I wouldn't install old versions of xdm. If there's a doubt about one of the many things xdm depends on, you can do 'portupgrade -Rf xdm'. It'll take quite a while. It may be somehting like this. The syste

Re: re-write is this booting info correct?

2009-12-28 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 291, Issue 3, Message: 1 On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:04:57 +0800 Fbsd1 wrote: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed First up, you'd be better off using a non-Windows charset here, as they use weird characters just for ordinary things like q

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kaya Saman
[...] add dbus_enable="YES" hald_enable="YES" to your /etc/rc.conf. That will most likely clear your problem. [...] I will give this a go soon :-) That's what I do with mine under FreeBSD, for both servers and workstations. Having both servers and workstations is cool as both of

Re: "Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file"

2009-12-28 Thread Victor Sudakov
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > >Are you sure you understand me? I was talking about mirroring the > >whole repository with cvsup/cvsupd protocol, that's where the > >"Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file" error occurs. > > Sorry, I missed the part of conversation about cvs mode in cvsup. > I

Re: "Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file"

2009-12-28 Thread Victor Sudakov
Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Dec 25), Victor Sudakov said: > > > I cvsup the FreeBSD CVS repository daily from cvsup.ru.freebsd.org. > > > Both the client and the server run CVSup Software version: SNAP_16_1h, > > > Protocol version: 17.0. > > > > > > Recently I noticed that there are

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kurt Buff
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 16:23, Kaya Saman wrote: So, given what you've written below, you probably know more about this stuff than I do. Cool. I will echo the advice already given, however: add dbus_enable="YES" hald_enable="YES" to your /etc/rc.conf. That will most likely clear your problem.

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Chuck Robey
Adam Vande More wrote: > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Kaya Saman > wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> I attempted an install of 7.2 stable on my laptop and subsequently >> installed X11also. Now I didn't have any Xorg.conf file but each time I >> tried to start X from the CLI using the normal startx com

Re: re-write is this booting info correct?

2009-12-28 Thread Fbsd1
Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:04:57 +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: The Microsoft/Windows fdisk program is used to allocate partitions on the hard drive. This program allocated two types of partitions “primary dos partition” and “extended dos partition”. Just a formal addition: "primary DOS p

Re: ?Bandwidth limit to 31kBps for wlan?

2009-12-28 Thread Ishmael F.E.
My bad, it was the gateway the one limiting the bandwidth : | Tanks anyway Have a nice day 2009/12/28 > 2009/12/28 > >> On 12/28/09 >> >> > Hi list >> > >> > I have this little issue with my wireless card: >> > No matter where I am or what I'm downloading, >> > I just can't download at more th

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kaya Saman
Kurt Buff wrote: On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 15:29, Kaya Saman wrote: I see I didn't completely read your original message. Indulge me a moment while I ramble here, and probably expose my ignorance... Xorg/X11 <> Gnome Gnome runs on Xorg: Xorg/Xfree runs X11 Xfree is now obsolete as Xor

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kaya Saman
The most common cause is that either hald (sysutils/hal) or dbus (devel/dbus) isn't running. Xorg needs them both to detect mouse and keyboard. Add dbus_enable="YES" and hald_enable="YES" to rc.conf to get them to start automatically. We'll see what the issue actually is - as I mentione

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kurt Buff
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 15:29, Kaya Saman wrote: > >> I can't speak to the rest, but WRT the GUI, I suspect you'll find it a >> lot easier if you install a Window Manager to handle a lot of this. I >> have found xfce4 to be a good one for me - gnome and kde were a bit >> much. Once I installed /us

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Pieter de Goeje
On Monday 28 December 2009 22:49:31 Kaya Saman wrote: > Hi guys, > > first up I hope I am in the right place as my questions are of a generic > nature about FreeBSD as I consider myself a new user not having much > mileage with the OS as of yet! > > Secondly I just wanted to wish everyone a happy C

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kaya Saman
I can't speak to the rest, but WRT the GUI, I suspect you'll find it a lot easier if you install a Window Manager to handle a lot of this. I have found xfce4 to be a good one for me - gnome and kde were a bit much. Once I installed /usr/ports/x11-wm/xfce4 with a 'make config-recursive' then chos

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kaya Saman
I would say ufs2 easily wins, but remember this is the freebsd-questions list ;) There are some differences though, ufs2 uses softupdates, not journaling(journaling is available and easy to implement via gjournal). Softupdates I believe are a little faster than journaling, but it's drawba

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kurt Buff
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 14:42, Kaya Saman wrote: > >> >> Running with no xorg.conf is fine, but you need to make sure dbus and hal >> are started at boot.  Follow the handbook for best results. >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html > > I'm sure I started them as this doc

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Kaya Saman wrote: > I know how strong UFS v.1 is as I use it with Solaris 9, but how about UFS > v.2 which is what FreeBSD runs?? When compared with ext3 from a > performance/reliability perspective which one comes on top? > I would say ufs2 easily wins, but reme

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kaya Saman
Running with no xorg.conf is fine, but you need to make sure dbus and hal are started at boot. Follow the handbook for best results. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html I'm sure I started them as this doc is exactly what I followed.. I think if I recall correct

more on click-feedback.

2009-12-28 Thread Gary Kline
The fellow who showed some interest in my need for some kybd feedback is a volunteer from Gallaudet U. Altho it is "unlikely" that I'll get a free "XO" to hack on, the chances are better if I have some kind of team. The obvious "conflict"--if it can be c

Re: New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Kaya Saman wrote: > Hi guys, > > first up I hope I am in the right place as my questions are of a generic > nature about FreeBSD as I consider myself a new user not having much mileage > with the OS as of yet! > > Secondly I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Ch

New user - small file server questions and quick GUI question

2009-12-28 Thread Kaya Saman
Hi guys, first up I hope I am in the right place as my questions are of a generic nature about FreeBSD as I consider myself a new user not having much mileage with the OS as of yet! Secondly I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Christmas and New Year also since we are in that period :-)

Re: "Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file"

2009-12-28 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Dec 25), Victor Sudakov said: > > I cvsup the FreeBSD CVS repository daily from cvsup.ru.freebsd.org. > > Both the client and the server run CVSup Software version: SNAP_16_1h, > > Protocol version: 17.0. > > > > Recently I noticed that there are lots of messages "Checksum mi

Re: the system does not boot

2009-12-28 Thread Diego F. Arias R.
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:51 PM, wrote: > Dear Sir, > > I have installed BSD 7.2 release. All the installation worked fine till the > first re-boot of the system. > > The reboot gos fine until the end where it breaks: > > "Warning: /usr was not properly dismounted. > Mounting /etc/fstab filesyste

Re: pulseaudio warning message

2009-12-28 Thread Joe Marcus Clarke
On 12/28/09 2:38 PM, Jerry wrote: > FreeBSD-7.2 > > From time to time, I see a warning similar to this in > the /var/log/messages log file: > > Dec 28 11:43:30 scorpio pulseaudio[3850]: module.c: module-detect is > deprecated: Please use module-udev-detect instead of module-detect! > > Dec 28 1

pulseaudio warning message

2009-12-28 Thread Jerry
FreeBSD-7.2 From time to time, I see a warning similar to this in the /var/log/messages log file: Dec 28 11:43:30 scorpio pulseaudio[3850]: module.c: module-detect is deprecated: Please use module-udev-detect instead of module-detect! Dec 28 11:43:30 scorpio pulseaudio[3850]: oss-util.c: '/dev/

Re: ?Bandwidth limit to 31kBps for wlan?

2009-12-28 Thread Ishmael F.E.
2009/12/28 > On 12/28/09 > > Hi list > > > > I have this little issue with my wireless card: > > No matter where I am or what I'm downloading, > > I just can't download at more than 31kBps ever > > (only while using BSD). > > > > What should I do to be able to download faster? > > > > The bandwidt

the system does not boot

2009-12-28 Thread gianrico.lamura
Dear Sir, I have installed BSD 7.2 release. All the installation worked fine till the first re-boot of the system. The reboot gos fine until the end where it breaks: "Warning: /usr was not properly dismounted. Mounting /etc/fstab filesystems failed, startup aborted ERROR: ABORTING BOOT (sending

Re: ?Bandwidth limit to 31kBps for wlan?

2009-12-28 Thread Paul B Mahol
On 12/28/09, Ishmael F.E. wrote: > Hi list > > I have this little issue with my wireless card: > No matter where I am or what I'm downloading, > I just can't download at more than 31kBps ever > (only while using BSD). > > What should I do to be able to download faster? > > The bandwidth should be

Re: xorg 7.4 questions

2009-12-28 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, d...@safeport.com wrote: I have been trying to get xorg 7.4 first going and then updated. I have some general questions. First using xdm it takes from 3-5 minutes to start. Second, using hal and dbus even starting is an adventure. Once it started in well under a minute but

Re: Confusion About "FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox"

2009-12-28 Thread Ivan Voras
Ivan Voras wrote: Ryan Ware wrote: Maybe someone here can distribute some enlightenment. In the press release for 8.0 it says, "FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox". I understand what the host mode support is with the VirtualBox port. What I don't understand is what supp

xorg 7.4 questions

2009-12-28 Thread doug
I have been trying to get xorg 7.4 first going and then updated. I have some general questions. First using xdm it takes from 3-5 minutes to start. Second, using hal and dbus even starting is an adventure. Once it started in well under a minute but mostly it just locks up. In reading Xorg.0.log

¿Bandwidth limit to 31kBps for wlan?

2009-12-28 Thread Ishmael F.E.
Hi list I have this little issue with my wireless card: No matter where I am or what I'm downloading, I just can't download at more than 31kBps ever (only while using BSD). What should I do to be able to download faster? The bandwidth should be ~400kBps I'm using 8.0. /boot/loader.conf: bcmwl5

Re: fetchmail and plain text password

2009-12-28 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 03:15:53PM +, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I use fetchmail > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail-fetchmail.html > to download all my mail from the Uni mail > server to my fbsd box. > > I typically run it in daemon mode, which requires > having

Re: how to modify date after unrar files?

2009-12-28 Thread ill...@gmail.com
2009/12/27 Tsu-Fan Cheng : > Yeah, and I found there is a switch: > > ts[N]  Save or restore file time (modification, creation, access) > > but what is the [N] supposed to mean? thanks!! > Without myself expending the effort, I'd guess epoch time. -- -- __

Re: "Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file"

2009-12-28 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On 12/28/2009 11:11 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: Are you sure you understand me? I was talking about mirroring the whole repository with cvsup/cvsupd protocol, that's where the "Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file" error occurs. Sorry, I missed the part of conversation about cvs mode in

Re: Max kernel dump size

2009-12-28 Thread cronfy
> > How can I calculate max kernel dump size? I want to create my swap > partition > > as small as possible, just to fit kernel dump needs. > > I'm not sure you really can. You'll definitely have enough if you allow > a bit more than you have memory, but these days that's going to be > overkill mo

Re: chroot SSH users.

2009-12-28 Thread krad
2009/12/27 Marwan Sultan > > Dear Krad, > Thank you for your reply, regarding your answer, i have few questions here > > 1- > in sshd_config file the default line is : > Subsystem sftp/usr/libexec/sftp-server > > So should i comment out the line? or just add your line ? > Subsystem

Re: chroot SSH users.

2009-12-28 Thread krad
2009/12/28 Tijl Coosemans > On Sunday 27 December 2009 18:16:47 krad wrote: > > fairly easy if you read the man page 8) I wrote this howto for sun > > boxes at work but it was using openssh so same rules should apply. > > Make sure chroot support was compiled in though > > > >1. Dont bother w

Missing library building "Amarok"

2009-12-28 Thread Frank Wißmann
Hi all! When building "Amarok" I get the following message: Error: shared library "sgutils.1" does not exist How can I obtain more information about it and where can I get it? Greetings Frank -- GU d- s:+ a+ C+>$ UBS>$ P L- !E--- W N+@ !o K--? !w--- O !M- !V- PS+ PE Y? !PGP- t+ 5 X !R tv- b+

Re: Max kernel dump size

2009-12-28 Thread Lowell Gilbert
cronfy writes: > How can I calculate max kernel dump size? I want to create my swap partition > as small as possible, just to fit kernel dump needs. I'm not sure you really can. You'll definitely have enough if you allow a bit more than you have memory, but these days that's going to be overkil

Re[2]: How to force tar to be quiet?

2009-12-28 Thread Коньков Евгений
Здравствуйте, Matthew. Вы писали 28 декабря 2009 г., 12:04:47: #cd / # ls -l total 5111 -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 786 7 сен 2008 .cshrc -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 253 7 сен 2008 .profile drwxrwxr-x 2 root operator 512 8 окт 2008 .snap -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel

fetchmail and plain text password

2009-12-28 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
I use fetchmail http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail-fetchmail.html to download all my mail from the Uni mail server to my fbsd box. I typically run it in daemon mode, which requires having my mail server password in plain text in .fetchmailrc I'm a little worried about

Re: re-write is this booting info correct?

2009-12-28 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:04:57 +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: > The Microsoft/Windows fdisk program is used to allocate partitions on > the hard drive. This program allocated two types of partitions “primary > dos partition” and “extended dos partition”. Just a formal addition: "primary DOS partition" - DOS

re-write is this booting info correct?

2009-12-28 Thread Fbsd1
How is this rewrite correct? Users with Microsoft/Windows knowledge of how a hard drive is configured may have a terminology issue with FreeBSD. Microsoft/Windows and FreeBSD use the word partition to mean different (but related) things. The Microsoft/Windows fdisk program is used to alloca

Re: "Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file"

2009-12-28 Thread Victor Sudakov
Erik Trulsson wrote: > > > > > > I would be happy to use svn as I do for my own projects. > > > > > > To run a cvs repository, you just need /usr/bin/cvs started from > > > inetd. It is even in the base system. > > > > > > To run a subversion repository, you need much more infrastructure and >

Re: "Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file"

2009-12-28 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:46:37AM +0600, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Victor Sudakov wrote: > > [dd] > > > > I would be happy to use svn as I do for my own projects. > > > > To run a cvs repository, you just need /usr/bin/cvs started from > > inetd. It is even in the base system. > > > > To run a

Re: How to force tar to be quiet?

2009-12-28 Thread Matthew Seaman
Коньков Евгений wrote: Здравствуйте, Matthew. Вы писали 27 декабря 2009 г., 20:46:05: MS> Коньков Евгений wrote: Здравствуйте, Freebsd-questions. when tar -cf file.tar /home/* It always says: tar: Removing leading '/' from member names man tar -P Preserve pathnames... But I do not need to pr

Re: chroot SSH users.

2009-12-28 Thread Tijl Coosemans
On Sunday 27 December 2009 18:16:47 krad wrote: > fairly easy if you read the man page 8) I wrote this howto for sun > boxes at work but it was using openssh so same rules should apply. > Make sure chroot support was compiled in though > >1. Dont bother with sun ssh it wont work. Opensolaris a

Re: "Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file"

2009-12-28 Thread perryh
Victor Sudakov wrote: > ... [svn] needs python26, perl and tcl - all the three of them ... It seems you may have discovered the significance of the name: it subverts the sysadmin's sanity. Maybe it can find practical use as a meta-port for scripting languages, if someone cares to add ruby to the

Re: "Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file"

2009-12-28 Thread Victor Sudakov
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > >To cut a long story short, I would rather continue using cvs, perhaps > >until there is subversion-light in the base system. > > I use successfully cvs for the same reasons. Most of the time I use the > French mirror and I have also used the two USA ones. I haven't both

Re: "Checksum mismatch -- will transfer entire file"

2009-12-28 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On 12/28/2009 7:46 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: To cut a long story short, I would rather continue using cvs, perhaps until there is subversion-light in the base system. I use successfully cvs for the same reasons. Most of the time I use the French mirror and I have also used the two USA ones. I h

Re: atrun: Missing Shared Object: libpam

2009-12-28 Thread Frank Shute
On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 10:13:11PM -0500, APseudoUtopia wrote: > > # /usr/libexec/atrun > /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libpam.so.4" not found, required by > "atrun" > > # find / -type f -name "libpam*" -ls > 3274162 284 -r--r--r--1 root wheel > 143412 Dec 5 04:48 /us

Re: which IP+gateway for Freebsd guest VM in VMware workstation

2009-12-28 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
On 12/27/2009 2:36 PM, Len Conrad wrote: Take a look here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/config-network-setup.html thanks, I've been setting up FreeBSD for 10 years, and have multimple FreeBSD VMs running in several ESXi hosts. Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. I just didn't