Re: Support for hard drives > 2 TB?

2010-12-03 Thread perryh
Bruce Cran wrote: > On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 18:12:58 -0600 > Josh Paetzel wrote: > > ... The caveat is that very few systems have a BIOS that can > > boot from a GPT labeled drive. So regardless of your OS, you > > may still have issues. > That's why we have the Protective MBR that allows a 'legacy'

Re: No GPT on an usb key

2010-12-03 Thread David DEMELIER
2010/11/8 Boris Samorodov : > Hi, > > On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:52:55 +0200 David DEMELIER wrote: > >> I'm trying to put on my USB mass storage device a GPT scheme >> partitions. But gpart still add them as slices : > >> To be sure to remove the MBR before I dd'ed it > >> $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/de

Re: printer recommendations?

2010-12-03 Thread Charlie Kester
On Fri 03 Dec 2010 at 19:29:52 PST Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 19:26:43 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wrote: The last time I used parallel on FreeBSD, it was slow...well, slower than expected. Haven't really tested USB printers for speed. Ethernet is superior in many ways. The speed is

Re: printer recommendations?

2010-12-03 Thread John Levine
>> Network is the way to go. USB *may* be okay. Parallel is not >> living anymore - allthough I'm still using it that way, but >> my home setting is a life support system for obsolete >> technology anyway. :-) My printer is a sturdy old Lexmark Optra T610. CUPS has a driver, which does duplex, N-

portupgrade causes kernel message: maxproc limit exceeded by uid 0

2010-12-03 Thread Yuri
Beginning at some time less than 1 month ago I started getting such message. Increasing maxproc doesn't help. Current values are like this: kern.maxproc: 6164 kern.maxprocperuid: 5547 What may be causing such condition? Yuri --- sample log from portupgrade --- mv -f .deps/regex.Tpo .deps/regex

printing from inside Linux firefox

2010-12-03 Thread Dan Strick
I am running FreeBSD release 8.1. I normally run a Linux Firefox (currently version 3.5.15) because I need the flash plugin (/usr/ports/www/linux-f10-flashplugin10). I also need to print web pages on occasion but the Linux Firefox does not recognize the printers attached to my system. It writes

Re: printer recommendations?

2010-12-03 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 19:26:43 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 3 Dec 2010, Polytropon wrote: > > > I'm using a HP Laserjet 4000 duplex for more than 5 years now > > at home, I'm happy with it, allthough it's a _huge_ printer > > with all the accessories, but I don't care for that. > > I

Re: printer recommendations?

2010-12-03 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 3 Dec 2010, Polytropon wrote: I'm using a HP Laserjet 4000 duplex for more than 5 years now at home, I'm happy with it, allthough it's a _huge_ printer with all the accessories, but I don't care for that. It's only huge in comparison to smaller, lesser printers. A LaserJet 8000 makes

Re: ssh interactive session, through intermediate hosts ... problems ...

2010-12-03 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Josh Suid wrote: > # ssh u...@host ssh u...@host2 > Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal. > Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive). > > Is there a way to build this tunnel with a single command ? (an ssh > command, > run

Re: Support for hard drives > 2 TB?

2010-12-03 Thread Bruce Cran
On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 18:12:58 -0600 Josh Paetzel wrote: > Sure. FreeBSD supports installing to and booting from GPT labeled > disks that don't suffer from the 2TB size limitation that fdisk > imposes. The caveat is that very few systems have a BIOS that can > boot from a GPT labeled drive. So re

ssh interactive session, through intermediate hosts ... problems ...

2010-12-03 Thread Josh Suid
I connect to some systems via a series of ssh "jumps" - something like: # ssh u...@host Password: host~/ # ssh u...@host2 Password: host2~/ # ssh u...@host3 Password: host3~/ # (do some work) This is working well for me and does what I want it to. However, there are some things I'd like to d

Re: RELEASE vice CURRENT vice STABLE

2010-12-03 Thread Rob Farmer
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 13:26, JB wrote: > The other *BSD are developed sequentially, that is, there is one > branch and each major/minor release cycle follows the previous one > (at no time there is a parallel major/minor branch development). > > In case of FreeBSD, it seems (visually) that there

Re: RELEASE vice CURRENT vice STABLE

2010-12-03 Thread RW
On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 18:02:43 + (UTC) JB wrote: > On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:26:33 +, RW wrote: > > Broadly n-STABLE branch-off from CURRENT and release security > > branches branch-off from a STABLE branch. Release candidates are > > usually points on a Stable Branch, and releases are point

Re: Support for hard drives > 2 TB?

2010-12-03 Thread Josh Paetzel
On Friday, December 03, 2010 06:00:29 am Thomas Mueller wrote: > Can FreeBSD be successfully installed, and run, on all or part of a hard > drive > 2 TB? Sector size would be 4 KB, though I think the hard-drive > firmware can make sector size look like 512 bytes. I know fdisk can > handle up to 2

Re: RELEASE vice CURRENT vice STABLE

2010-12-03 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG
J B writes: > [...] > 8.1-RELEASE -> 8.2-CURRENT -> 8.2-STABLE -> 8.2-RCn -> 8.2-RELEASE > and the cycle repeats ? So do I. -- 소여물 황병희(黃炳熙) | .. 출항 15분전.. "I want you to eat well, to rest and sleep." -- Vito Corleone, "Chapter 1", page 39 pgp1h9fL2X6L2.pgp Description: PGP s

Re: RELEASE vice CURRENT vice STABLE

2010-12-03 Thread Mikle Krutov
On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 02:42:09PM +0100, J B wrote: > Hi, > > I have: > $ uname -r > 8.1-RELEASE > installed. > > I understand the concept of software dev, and RELEASE (a snapshot in time), > and CURRENT as a dev branch, and STABLE as a dev branch followed CURRENT. > But I have difficulty placin

Re: RELEASE vice CURRENT vice STABLE

2010-12-03 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 21:26:23 + (UTC), JB wrote: > In case of FreeBSD, it seems (visually) that there is some mainline > CURRENT branch repository since FreeBSD 1.0 time, from which major > branches are started in parallel (right now there are 8.2-CURRENT > and 9.0-CURRENT developed, if I am cor

Re: RELEASE vice CURRENT vice STABLE

2010-12-03 Thread JB
Polytropon edvax.de> writes: > ... > See the text file /usr/share/misc/bsd-family-tree for > details. > Hi, thanks for your response. I looked at that diagram of UNIX and *BSD history. When I go to the bottom of it (CURRENT state) I see a difference in how FreeBSD and other *BSD are developed.

Re: FreeBSD on Virtualbox: No network access

2010-12-03 Thread Volodymyr Kostyrko
03.12.2010 04:03, Weihang Wang wrote: I am running FreeBSD 8.1 in Virtualbox OSE as a guest OS on Ubuntu. Now the guest OS does not have network access. When using ifconfig, the virtual ethernet card le0 (when using PCI II) or pcn0 (when using PCnet FAST III) has no IP address. I have configure

Re: Can MS Exchange play nice with the mailing lists?

2010-12-03 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Dec 3, 2010, at 11:29 AM, John D McDonnell wrote: > Received: from exchange.pcam.local (unknown [68.234.51.1]) <-- Note 1 > by godfather.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11CE91B006A > for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2010 11:14:20 -0800 (PST) > Received: from exchange.pcam.local ([10.10.0.13]) by

Re: Can MS Exchange play nice with the mailing lists?

2010-12-03 Thread John D McDonnell
> -Original Message- > On Behalf Of David Brodbeck > > You might also try sending a message from the exchange server to > another email account of yours, so you can examine the headers on the > outgoing message for anything strange. I sent a test e-mail to another account of mine to get

devel/gobject-introspection throws up because of python

2010-12-03 Thread Chris Brennan
While trying to compile audio/tagtool on a FreeBSD7.3 (x86) machine devel/gobject-introspection decides to throw up and I got this: (the install was via portmaster -d) checking for /usr/local/bin/python2.6 version... 2.6 checking for /usr/local/bin/python2.6 platform... freebsd7 checking for /usr

Re: RELEASE vice CURRENT vice STABLE

2010-12-03 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 14:42:09 +0100, J B wrote: > Hi, > > I have: > $ uname -r > 8.1-RELEASE > installed. > > I understand the concept of software dev, and RELEASE (a snapshot in time), > and CURRENT as a dev branch, and STABLE as a dev branch followed CURRENT. > But I have difficulty placing them

Re: bash command line - can not type " c" char (not echoed)

2010-12-03 Thread JB
Chris Rees gmail.com> writes: > > Glad you solved it. > > Are you aware that packages and ports are identical once installed? > ... > > ... > > There are packages, no ports on my system. > > Yes, I am. I made a statement that looks incomprehensible -:) JB __

Re: bash command line - can not type "c" char (not echoed)

2010-12-03 Thread Chris Rees
Glad you solved it. Are you aware that packages and ports are identical once installed? Chris Sorry for top-posting, Android won't let me quote, but K-9 can't yet do threading. On 3 Dec 2010 11:35, "JB" wrote: > Hi, > > this happens both in console and gnome xterm. > No problem when c

Re: printer recommendations?

2010-12-03 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 2 Dec 2010 20:38:05 -0800, Charlie Kester wrote: > My old HP Laserjet 4+ is broken and I'm thinking about buying a new > printer. In case you have been happy with your 4+, consider getting a used HP office-class laser printer. I can recommend the HP LaserJet 4000 (maybe including a duple

Re: Kernel Panic at loading FreeBSD

2010-12-03 Thread David DEMELIER
2010/12/3 Dmitry Postolov : > Hi to All! > > Sorry for my bad English... > > On my notebook HP ProBook 4510s (Bios Compaq F17 (latest)) the > problem of times in some weeks is observed at loading FreeBSD 8.1. > > --- > > Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode > cpuid=0; apic id=00 > fault

Re: RELEASE vice CURRENT vice STABLE

2010-12-03 Thread JB
On Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:26:33 +, RW wrote: > On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 14:42:09 +0100 > J B wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have: >> $ uname -r >> 8.1-RELEASE >> installed. >> >> I understand the concept of software dev, and RELEASE (a snapshot in >> time), and CURRENT as a dev branch, and STABLE as a dev

Re: RELEASE vice CURRENT vice STABLE

2010-12-03 Thread RW
On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 14:42:09 +0100 J B wrote: > Hi, > > I have: > $ uname -r > 8.1-RELEASE > installed. > > I understand the concept of software dev, and RELEASE (a snapshot in > time), and CURRENT as a dev branch, and STABLE as a dev branch > followed CURRENT. But I have difficulty placing them

Re: Support for hard drives > 2 TB?

2010-12-03 Thread Bruce Cran
On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 11:13:56 -0500 Chris Brennan wrote: > I don't believe their is one that isn't green. Even Tigerdirect lists > the 3TB model as green. It also lists every model >1.5TB to be green > as well According to http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=100 there are Caviar B

Re: Support for hard drives > 2 TB?

2010-12-03 Thread Chris Brennan
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote: > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 6:00 AM, Thomas Mueller > wrote: > > Can FreeBSD be successfully installed, and run, on all or part of a hard > drive > 2 TB? Sector size would be 4 KB, though I think the hard-drive > firmware can make sector size

Re: FreeBSD on Virtualbox: No network access

2010-12-03 Thread Chris Brennan
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Weihang Wang wrote: > Hi Martes, > > I have tried the first two interfaces which are said to be supported by > FreeBSD, they do not work. Surprisingly, now I choose the option "Intel > PRO/1000 T Server" and in NAT mode, it works now > Thank you so much, you d

RELEASE vice CURRENT vice STABLE

2010-12-03 Thread J B
Hi, I have: $ uname -r 8.1-RELEASE installed. I understand the concept of software dev, and RELEASE (a snapshot in time), and CURRENT as a dev branch, and STABLE as a dev branch followed CURRENT. But I have difficulty placing them in a dev and respository tree. For example, in my case, can I des

console and bash - how to get Delete key working properly ?

2010-12-03 Thread J B
Hi, I searched BSD docs and Google for answers, but none of them works. By "working properly" I mean for Del key to delete char under the cursor and not the previous one. It works in gnome xterm, but not in console. It works in sh with config hint from FreeBSD handbook: bind ^? ed-delete-next-

Re: About FreeBSD command question

2010-12-03 Thread Frank Shute
On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 03:36:02PM +0800, kan wrote: > > Hi Support, > > I have a FreeBSD server for mailing, I must make backup and check the which > bit (32bit/64bit) is now use in FreeBSD, > so can you provide the command for me? > > Regards, > Kan Not too sure I'm clear what you're asking.

Re: /etc/rc.d/netif & em interfaces

2010-12-03 Thread Brian McCann
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Brian McCann wrote: > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Brian McCann wrote: > >> >> This isn't a Dell PoweEdge, but at least this is two platforms it's >> happening on now.  Strangely, my VMWare virtual machines that use the >> em driver do not have this problem. >

Re: About FreeBSD command question

2010-12-03 Thread Kevin Kinsey
kan wrote: > Hi Support, > > I have a FreeBSD server for mailing, > I must make backup and check the which > bit (32bit/64bit) is now use in FreeBSD, > so can you provide the command for me? > > Regards, > Kan What output does: $ uname -m produce? Kevin Kinsey ___

bash command line - can not type "c" char (not echoed) [SOLVED]

2010-12-03 Thread J B
my .bashrc had some bind commands and that probably had something to do with it. I relogged in and all is OK. JB ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "f

Re: Support for hard drives > 2 TB?

2010-12-03 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 6:00 AM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > Can FreeBSD be successfully installed, and run, on all or part of a hard > drive > 2 TB?  Sector size would be 4 KB, though I think the hard-drive > firmware can make sector size look like 512 bytes.  I know fdisk can handle > up to 2 TB;

Support for hard drives > 2 TB?

2010-12-03 Thread Thomas Mueller
Can FreeBSD be successfully installed, and run, on all or part of a hard drive > 2 TB? Sector size would be 4 KB, though I think the hard-drive firmware can make sector size look like 512 bytes. I know fdisk can handle up to 2 TB; this limit is not just for BSD but Linux too. Western Digital

About FreeBSD command question

2010-12-03 Thread kan
Hi Support, I have a FreeBSD server for mailing, I must make backup and check the which bit (32bit/64bit) is now use in FreeBSD, so can you provide the command for me? Regards, Kan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.or

bash command line - can not type "c" char (not echoed)

2010-12-03 Thread JB
Hi, this happens both in console and gnome xterm. No problem when change from bash prompt to sh subshell. There are packages, no ports on my system. $ uname -r 8.1-RELEASE $ env |grep -i shell SHELL=/usr/local/bin/bash $ ls /var/db/pkg/bash-4.1.7/ No readline lib present. JB __

Re: FreeBSD on Virtualbox: No network access

2010-12-03 Thread Timm Wimmers
Am Freitag, den 03.12.2010, 00:33 -0500 schrieb Weihang Wang: > Hi Martes, > > I have tried the first two interfaces which are said to be supported by > FreeBSD, they do not work. Surprisingly, now I choose the option "Intel > PRO/1000 T Server" and in NAT mode, it works now > Thank you so m