Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/local/sbin/portinstall misc/shared-mime-info

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
Dear kind folks, I got me a new hard drive on one of my machines and installed FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 on it. I tried to run # portupgrade -R firefox which would update firefox to latest and all the ports that depend on it, but I am encountering a problem with shared-mime-info. quadcore#

Re: Book recommendations (slightly OT)

2011-07-27 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 26/07/2011 20:57, Mark Moellering wrote: I want to automate some tasks, creating directories, file editing, etc. I was going to pick up a book on shell scripting but wanted to ask the list if; A) I am barking up the wrong tree and should use something else. No -- automating routine tasks

Re: Hi installing on windows dual boot

2011-07-27 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 26/07/2011 12:06, Ganesh Khedkar wrote: I am new to FreeBSD , just wanted to give one suggestion that , Ubuntu linux have given one Nice facility to user that they can easily install Ubuntu in windows and any drive we want . Even we can assign size to that drive . So cant we

Re: Book recommendations (slightly OT)

2011-07-27 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Mark Moellering m...@msen.com wrote: I want to automate some tasks, creating directories, file editing, etc.  I was going to pick up a book on shell scripting but wanted to ask the list if; A) I am barking up the wrong tree and should use something else. B) If

Re: Hi installing on windows dual boot

2011-07-27 Thread perryh
Ryan Coleman edi...@d3photography.com wrote: A heads up about your footer: This email goes onto a mailing list that is available via an online archive... your terms are violated just by sending an email to this mailing list. Not necessarily. It says [emphasis added]: The contents of this

Re: How to get ip address automatically from different dhcp server

2011-07-27 Thread Edgar Rodolfo
2011/7/26, dave jones s.dave.jo...@gmail.com: Hi, I cat get an IP address from dhcp server by adding the line in /etc/rc.conf: ifconfig_em0=DHCP If I move my laptop to another place, I have to manually run dhclient em0 to get an IP. Otherwise, it won't get an IP automatically. My

legal notices at the end of emails (was: Re: Hi installing on windows dual boot)

2011-07-27 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 7/27/11 5:11 PM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Ryan Coleman edi...@d3photography.com wrote: A heads up about your footer: This email goes onto a mailing list that is available via an online archive... your terms are violated just by sending an email to this mailing list. Not

Re: legal notices at the end of emails

2011-07-27 Thread Svein Skogen (Listmail account)
On 27.07.2011 13:01, Damien Fleuriot wrote: On 7/27/11 5:11 PM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Ryan Coleman edi...@d3photography.com wrote: A heads up about your footer: This email goes onto a mailing list that is available via an online archive... your terms are violated just by sending an

Re: legal notices at the end of emails

2011-07-27 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:08:04 +0200 Svein Skogen (Listmail account) articulated: On 27.07.2011 13:01, Damien Fleuriot wrote: On 7/27/11 5:11 PM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Ryan Coleman edi...@d3photography.com wrote: A heads up about your footer: This email goes onto a mailing list

Re: Hi installing on windows dual boot

2011-07-27 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:06:57 +, Ganesh Khedkar wrote: Hi all, I am new to FreeBSD , just wanted to give one suggestion that , Ubuntu linux have given one Nice facility to user that they can easily install Ubuntu in windows and any drive we want . Even we can assign size to

Re: Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/local/sbin/portinstall misc/shared-mime-info

2011-07-27 Thread Frank Shute
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 01:41:15AM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: Dear kind folks, I got me a new hard drive on one of my machines and installed FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 on it. I tried to run # portupgrade -R firefox which would update firefox to latest and all the ports that depend on it,

Re: legal notices at the end of emails

2011-07-27 Thread Ryan Coleman
On Jul 27, 2011, at 6:30 AM, Jerry wrote: On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:08:04 +0200 Svein Skogen (Listmail account) articulated: On 27.07.2011 13:01, Damien Fleuriot wrote: On 7/27/11 5:11 PM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Ryan Coleman edi...@d3photography.com wrote: A heads up about your

Re: Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/local/sbin/portinstall misc/shared-mime-info

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
Any hints/pointers to resolve this issue? Thanks in Advance, Antonio # portupgrade -Nv p5-XML-Parser Regards, -- Frank, Thank you very much, but it still fails: quadcore# portupgrade -Nv p5-XML-Parser --- Session started at: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:33:21 -0500 [Updating the pkgdb

Re: Book recommendations (slightly OT)

2011-07-27 Thread doug
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, Mark Moellering wrote: I want to automate some tasks, creating directories, file editing, etc. I was going to pick up a book on shell scripting but wanted to ask the list if; A) I am barking up the wrong tree and should use something else. B) If I am headed in the right

Re: Hi installing on windows dual boot

2011-07-27 Thread Daniel Staal
On Wed, July 27, 2011 7:58 am, Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:06:57 +, Ganesh Khedkar wrote: Hi all, I am new to FreeBSD , just wanted to give one suggestion that , Ubuntu linux have given one Nice facility to user that they can easily install Ubuntu in windows and any

Re: Command failed [exit code 1]: /usr/local/sbin/portinstall misc/shared-mime-info

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
@ALL On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com wrote: Any hints/pointers to resolve this issue? Thanks in Advance, Antonio # portupgrade -Nv p5-XML-Parser Regards, -- Frank, Thank you very much, but it still fails: quadcore# portupgrade -Nv

Re: zpool remove locks up ZFS under amd64 RELENG_8

2011-07-27 Thread Daniel Staal
On Wed, July 27, 2011 1:03 am, Dennis Glatting wrote: I attached a SSD as a ZIL to a RAIDz pool, which is a fairly useless thing to do but I am testing. If I try to remove the SSD ZIL the zpool command does not return and in another window a zpool status also doesn't return or print

Re: legal notices at the end of emails

2011-07-27 Thread Chip Camden
Quoth Svein Skogen (Listmail account) on Wednesday, 27 July 2011: Those e-mail-footers of legalese-sounding mumbo-jumbo threatening voodoo-action against you and anybody standing next to you, should you not be the sole designated, implied or expressed, recipient of that e-mail, are _LESS_

Re: Book recommendations (slightly OT)

2011-07-27 Thread Chad Perrin
In the following, I cut out anything not needed as context for my response. Where I cut something out, you should assume that I agree with what Matthew Seaman wrote, and have nothing in particular to add to it at this time. The only possible exception is the specific list of resources he

build problem trying to upgrade a 7.0 system

2011-07-27 Thread doug
bcr:/usr/ports/databases/php5-pdo# make === php5-pdo-5.2.10 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/phpize - found === php5-pdo-5.2.10 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf-2.62 - found === PHPizing for php5-pdo-5.2.10 Configuring for: PHP Api Version: 20041225 Zend Module Api No:

Re: build problem trying to upgrade a 7.0 system

2011-07-27 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Jul 27, 2011, at 10:55 AM, doug wrote: Some is amiss as: bcr:~# /usr/local/bin/autom4te-2.62 /usr/local/bin/autom4te-2.62: Command not found. How do I find out what the actual error is? What does head -3 /usr/local/bin/autom4te-2.62 say? One guess is that it's pointing to an invalid

Re: build problem trying to upgrade a 7.0 system

2011-07-27 Thread doug
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Chuck Swiger wrote: On Jul 27, 2011, at 10:55 AM, doug wrote: Some is amiss as: bcr:~# /usr/local/bin/autom4te-2.62 /usr/local/bin/autom4te-2.62: Command not found. How do I find out what the actual error is? What does head -3 /usr/local/bin/autom4te-2.62 say? One

Re: build problem trying to upgrade a 7.0 system

2011-07-27 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Jul 27, 2011, at 11:50 AM, d...@safeport.com wrote: What does head -3 /usr/local/bin/autom4te-2.62 say? One guess is that it's pointing to an invalid invocation of perl #! /usr/bin/perl -w # -*- perl -*- # Generated from autom4te.in; do not edit by hand. exactly - I looked at that

printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
Dear folks, I have a working installation 8.2 Release AMD64 and I am trying to follow a printing howto : http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html I am copying the settings and I can't print. quadcore# lpq -a lp: Warning: no daemon present Rank Owner Job Files

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
Anton et all, hrs@ has been most speedy and helpful. He added print/latex-chapterfolder print/tex-mfpic With these 2 new ports + teTeX I can build this book fully, no errors. Check it out. If you know of another tex project where teTeX fails, please send me the details. I'm keen to

Re: How to get ip address automatically from different dhcp server

2011-07-27 Thread Christopher J. Ruwe
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:49:42 +0800 dave jones s.dave.jo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I cat get an IP address from dhcp server by adding the line in /etc/rc.conf: ifconfig_em0=DHCP If I move my laptop to another place, I have to manually run dhclient em0 to get an IP. Otherwise, it won't

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com wrote: Dear folks, I have a working installation 8.2 Release AMD64 and I am trying to follow a printing howto : http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html I am copying the settings and I can't print.

Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Gary Kline
folks, i sent a couple freebsd questions days ago and did not bcc myself. i never saw the post nor got any response. anyway, new one: is there any way of getting my 'brother HL-3040CN' color laser printr to work. i have mucked with it for 48 until i am ready to [[ dunno, really ]].

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote:  folks,  i sent a couple freebsd questions days ago and did not bcc myself.  i never  saw the post nor got any response.  anyway, new  one:  is there any way of  getting my 'brother HL-3040CN' color laser printr to work.  i

Re: legal notices at the end of emails

2011-07-27 Thread Robert Bonomi
From: Ryan Coleman edi...@d3photography.com Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:33:53 -0500 Subject: Re: legal notices at the end of emails -- Jerry This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: chkprintcap: Warning: blanks after trailing '\', at line 62 (entry lp) chkprintcap: Warning: values-line after line with NO trailing '\', at line 63 chkprintcap:2 warnings from skimming /etc/printcap This needs to be fixed. The entry is broken

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Warren Block wrote: A Deskjet 812C should be a parallel printer, with device /dev/lpt0. Are you using a USB to parallel adapter? Cancel that, an 812C has both parallel and USB. Make sure only the USB cable is connected, I suspect those printers don't have auto port

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Warren Block wrote: A Deskjet 812C should be a parallel printer, with device /dev/lpt0.  Are you using a USB to parallel adapter? Cancel that, an 812C has both parallel and USB.  Make sure only the

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Robert Bonomi
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:16:48 -0700 From: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org To: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Printr? folks, i sent a couple freebsd questions days ago and did not bcc myself. i never saw the post nor got any response. anyway, new one:

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: I changed /etc/printcap, and two blank pages came out but blank :( Okay, it's progress. And good news, that printer understands plain ASCII and PCL3. Make certain lpd is running (pgrep lpd), then try the test shown in the article: % printf

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: I changed /etc/printcap, and two blank pages came out but blank :( Okay, it's progress.  And good news, that printer understands plain ASCII and PCL3. Make certain lpd is

Re: Book recommendations (slightly OT)

2011-07-27 Thread Brandon Gooch
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Mark Moellering m...@msen.com wrote: I want to automate some tasks, creating directories, file editing, etc.  I was going to pick up a book on shell scripting but wanted to ask the list if; A) I am barking up the wrong tree and should use something else. B) If

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Ross
It requires CUPS and replaces system lpr. Here's an example on setting up HPLIP: http://daemon-notes.com/articles/install/hplip On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Ross basarev...@gmail.com wrote: Why you do not use

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ross basarev...@gmail.com wrote: It requires CUPS and replaces system lpr. Here's an example on setting up HPLIP: http://daemon-notes.com/articles/install/hplip On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 27,

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Roland Smith
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 01:16:48PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: this 3040cn is seriously low-end, Avoid that low-end crap like the plague. Those are usually depend on the driver to do all the processing work and chances of finding a FreeBSD driver are essentially nonexistant. Preferably get a

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Ross
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ross basarev...@gmail.com wrote: It requires CUPS and replaces system lpr. Here's an example on setting up HPLIP: http://daemon-notes.com/articles/install/hplip On Thu, Jul 28,

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Ross basarev...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ross basarev...@gmail.com wrote: It requires CUPS and replaces system lpr. Here's an example on setting up HPLIP:

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Ross
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Ross basarev...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Ross basarev...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Ross
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:29 AM, Ross basarev...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Ross basarev...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com wrote:

SOLVED! Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
I will be patient and try some things out then report back.  I appreciate the help and if I can't find a solution, I will take the plunge :) and hopefully not fail. Regards, Antonio If you do decide to take this route, it's not that hard to recompile a kernel. # csup -h

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 04:34:10PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:34:10 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert Bonomi bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com Subject: Re: Printr? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, kl...@thought.org Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:16:48 -0700 From: Gary Kline

Howto's, Advice, Hints/Gotchas about livecd creation in FreeBSD

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
Dear folks, I would like to kindly ask you as the Subject Line tells it all. I believe I have done my homework, and I have tried out some competing LiveCDs from *BSD like Bsdanywhere, jibbed(NetBSD), jggimi(OpenBSD), had used RoFreeSBIE(FreeBSD based but unmaintained), Frenzy, Mahesha, old

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
       ps:  i did read that the brother only wsorks with lighteight        paper; another comlaint is that it goes thru toner very        fast.  ... -- Try to use DRAFT option if it* exits :) I do this at work so ink lasts more on the average. Regards, Antonio

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Ryan Coleman
I think that was your first mistake. On Jul 27, 2011, at 6:58 PM, Gary Kline wrote: tehere were zero specs on the costco page ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
If you do decide to take this route, it's not that hard to recompile a kernel. # csup -h cvsup.FreeBSD.org -L2 /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile Copy your kernconf, say COFFIN, to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ if you are on 32bit or to /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/ if on amd64. The file

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
@ all, I restarted machine and I can print from command line :) [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ cat Document1.txt | lpr -P Deskjet [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ lpq -a Deskjet: Deskjet is ready and printing Rank Owner Job Files Total Size active

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:53:49AM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:53:49 +0200 From: Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl Subject: Re: Printr? To: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 01:16:48PM -0700,

Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com wrote: @ all, I restarted machine and I can print from command line :) [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ cat Document1.txt |  lpr -P Deskjet [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ lpq -a Deskjet: Deskjet is ready and

Re: Printr?

2011-07-27 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 07:03:05PM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:03:05 -0500 From: Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Printr? To: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Robert Bonomi bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com        ps:

Can gpart create ntfs and FAT-32 partitions?

2011-07-27 Thread Kevin Oberman
I want to create a GPT disk structure that has the following partitions: MBR NTFS (1.2G) NTFS (200G) FreeBSD OS (250G) NTFS (15G) FAT-32 (100G) (needs to be RW for W7 and FreeBSD and ntfs-3g is just not stable enough) FreeBSD data only (380G) The NTFS partitions are to place the Windows7 system,