how do i find a file in all directories 7 to 9 days old?
guys, how can i use find or whatever to find a file, say 6 levels deep that is = 9 days old? i'm looking fo something i had to jt down [[ASCII]]. can't remembr te file name, nor when i was when i had the idea flash into my mind sigh. thanks, gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 8.51a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.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
disappearing files
Hi, I am using FreeBSD 8.2 with an UFS filesystem containing a jail. I do a tar of the whole jail every night. Suddenly after a few weeks of operation, tar complains about being unable to stat /usr/lib/libmilter.so. From inside the jail: ls /usr/lib | grep ^libmilter.so$ returns libmilter.so ls /usr/lib/libmilter.so returns ls: libmilter.so: No such file or directory ls -l /usr/lib /dev/null returns ls: libmilter.so: No such file or directory Trying to access the file from the main system gives the same result. A reboot returns everything to normal. Exactly the same also appeared on another machine some time ago, the only difference was that it appeared on another file. Does anyone know what can cause this problem ? Thanks in advance, David Arendt ___ 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
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Can't seem to send to some of the freebsd lists
I'm sending this message to check whether it reaches the list. So far, none of my messages sent to freebsd-t...@freebsd.org have been received and sometimes (every 2nd or 3rd message it seems), I'll receive a notice that my message was marked as spam and is awaiting moderator approval (something that never comes). I've also sent a message to this list asking for help on exactly why my message might be marked as spam. I've checked my domain at mxtoolbox.com and everthing checks out ok (reverse DNS, PTR record, non-open relay) so I'm not sure what the problem could be. Would appreciate any insight (if this message actually reaches the list, that is). :) Andre Goree an...@drenet.info ___ 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: disappearing files
On 7/28/2011 10:15 AM, ad...@prnet.org wrote: Hi, I am using FreeBSD 8.2 with an UFS filesystem containing a jail. I do a tar of the whole jail every night. Suddenly after a few weeks of operation, tar complains about being unable to stat /usr/lib/libmilter.so. From inside the jail: ls /usr/lib | grep ^libmilter.so$ returns libmilter.so ls /usr/lib/libmilter.so returns ls: libmilter.so: No such file or directory ls -l /usr/lib /dev/null returns ls: libmilter.so: No such file or directory Trying to access the file from the main system gives the same result. A reboot returns everything to normal. Exactly the same also appeared on another machine some time ago, the only difference was that it appeared on another file. Does anyone know what can cause this problem ? File system corruption would cause such behavior. And/Or perhaps something is wrong with the underlying disk device. I would search the logs for messages indicating that the storage medium is failing. Does dmesg contain anything related? I would also unmount and fsck the file system. HTH, 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: disappearing files
Hi, Dmesg returns no error. Also smartctl returns no errors. I will wait for other suggestion before unmounting the volume in this machine for the case someone else has another suggestion what to check for, because it might be that by umounting and remounting, it will take again a few month for the problem to reappear. On the other machine that was having the problem, dmesg and smartctl also returned no errors. I rebooted the machine and started fsck which also returned no error. On remounting, everything was working again. Bye, David Arendt On 7/28/2011 10:15 AM, ad...@prnet.org wrote: Hi, I am using FreeBSD 8.2 with an UFS filesystem containing a jail. I do a tar of the whole jail every night. Suddenly after a few weeks of operation, tar complains about being unable to stat /usr/lib/libmilter.so. From inside the jail: ls /usr/lib | grep ^libmilter.so$ returns libmilter.so ls /usr/lib/libmilter.so returns ls: libmilter.so: No such file or directory ls -l /usr/lib /dev/null returns ls: libmilter.so: No such file or directory Trying to access the file from the main system gives the same result. A reboot returns everything to normal. Exactly the same also appeared on another machine some time ago, the only difference was that it appeared on another file. Does anyone know what can cause this problem ? File system corruption would cause such behavior. And/Or perhaps something is wrong with the underlying disk device. I would search the logs for messages indicating that the storage medium is failing. Does dmesg contain anything related? I would also unmount and fsck the file system. HTH, 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 ___ 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 clone, nfs and pxeboot
Hi, I wanted to experiment a bit with pxeboot. Therefore I created a zfs clone of a jail filesystem. The clone was shared as via nfs. Pxeboot complained that it can't load the kernel. The pxeboot ls command gave some correct and some really messed up filenames. I then deleted the clone and copied the filesystem (in the same zpool) using zfs send ... | zfs receive ... If I share this new filesystem via nfs, pxeboot doesn't have the messed up filename problem and everything works as expected. Is there some known problems with zfs clones and nfs ? Just for information, this was tested on FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 (not the machine were I have problems in the other thread) Thanks in advance, Bye, David Arendt ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Can gpart create ntfs and FAT-32 partitions?
On 7/28/2011 7:55 AM, Kevin Oberman wrote:
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, recovery
partition (which I may
not use), and Lenovo's odd SYSTEM_DRV that is required for booting.
gpart has no
indications of how to create an NTFS or FAT partition. Any way to so
this? Or, should I
use W7 to do that and leave the space for the FreeBSD ones?
No, you can do this with gpart.
gpart knows the following MS related GUIDs. The types you need
to use in -t are ms-basic-data, ms-ldm-data etc.
{ ms-basic-data, G_PART_ALIAS_MS_BASIC_DATA },
{ ms-ldm-data, G_PART_ALIAS_MS_LDM_DATA },
{ ms-ldm-metadata, G_PART_ALIAS_MS_LDM_METADATA },
{ ms-reserved, G_PART_ALIAS_MS_RESERVED },
{ ntfs, G_PART_ALIAS_MS_NTFS },
I don't know which partition types you should use for the
wanted partitioning scheme.
The struct that defines the known gpart GUIDs is in
/sys/geom/part/g_part.c at line 69(on HEAD).
HTH, Nikos
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Re: zfs clone, nfs and pxeboot
On 28 July 2011 11:41, ad...@prnet.org wrote: Hi, I wanted to experiment a bit with pxeboot. Therefore I created a zfs clone of a jail filesystem. The clone was shared as via nfs. Pxeboot complained that it can't load the kernel. The pxeboot ls command gave some correct and some really messed up filenames. I then deleted the clone and copied the filesystem (in the same zpool) using zfs send ... | zfs receive ... If I share this new filesystem via nfs, pxeboot doesn't have the messed up filename problem and everything works as expected. Is there some known problems with zfs clones and nfs ? Just for information, this was tested on FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 (not the machine were I have problems in the other thread) Thanks in advance, Bye, David Arendt ___ 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 you can get the kernel modules to be fetched via tftp, does it work with that? ___ 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: how do i find a file in all directories 7 to 9 days old?
how can i use find or whatever to find a file, say 6 levels deep that is = 9 days old? i'm looking fo something i had to jt down [[ASCII]]. can't remembr te file name, nor when i was when i had the idea flash into my mind Try something like: find / -type f -mtime -10d -mindepth 5 -maxdepth 7 See find(1) for variations. b. ___ 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: how do i find a file in all directories 7 to 9 days old?
On 7/28/11, b. f. bf1...@googlemail.com wrote: how can i use find or whatever to find a file, say 6 levels deep that is = 9 days old? i'm looking fo something i had to jt down [[ASCII]]. can't remembr te file name, nor when i was when i had the idea flash into my mind Try something like: find / -type f -mtime -10d -mindepth 5 -maxdepth 7 See find(1) for variations. Hmm. I'm not sure owing to the difference between the body and the subject of the message, what criteria are really wanted, but for the criteria in the subject you might use something like: find / -type f -mtime -10d -mtime +6d b. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Can't seem to send to some of the freebsd lists
I believe freebsd-test was determined to be broken for quite a while (something about the archive having nothing from the last 2 years). On Jul 28, 2011, at 4:18 AM, Andre Goree wrote: I'm sending this message to check whether it reaches the list. So far, none of my messages sent to freebsd-t...@freebsd.org have been received and sometimes (every 2nd or 3rd message it seems), I'll receive a notice that my message was marked as spam and is awaiting moderator approval (something that never comes). I've also sent a message to this list asking for help on exactly why my message might be marked as spam. I've checked my domain at mxtoolbox.com and everthing checks out ok (reverse DNS, PTR record, non-open relay) so I'm not sure what the problem could be. Would appreciate any insight (if this message actually reaches the list, that is). :) Andre Goree an...@drenet.info ___ 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: Printr?
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:58:57 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: i have found an hp2025[x|n|dn] that looks goood since it has cups suppport. do you//any of you see anythn wrong with the hp2025X?? Gary, if you CAN, make a checklist, and read it as the more the better: [ ] printer has PCL [ ] printer has Postscript [ ] printer has network (often N suffix in name) Make sure _at least one_ can be checked. You should be fine then. There are _no_ other things that are _important_ if you want a good printer that ACTUALLY works. PS is the native output format for printing, so there is no need for CUPS (except relaying the data to the printer), and system's basic lp* tools are fully sufficient. PCL can be generated from PS by a single-line call to gs (the Ghostscript interpreter from ports). And if it has network, you can more easily access it - no need to put it directly next to the PC, and you can share the printer with other users in your house. The better HP models even have their own lpr subsystem built in, so the printing queue is in the printer and can be manipulated by the lp* tools in the printer instead of locally in the computer. Do not try to save money by cheap CRAP offers. If you have the chance, get a printer designed for office use. It will pay. I promise. :-) ps: i did read that the brother only wsorks with lighteight paper; another comlaint is that it goes thru toner very fast. ... Oh god! Those are indications that it must be a real crappy consumer-targeted printer (quotes intended!). You should not waste money or time on such nonsense. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printr?
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:03:05 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: 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 :) There are often eco solutions that allow you to request less laser toner. Also RET LIGHT/MED/DARK can have an effect on toner consumption. It can traditionally be set through the printer's operator panel. I do this at work so ink lasts more on the average. There is _no ink_ in a laser printer. If it was, it would be a problem. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:05:12 -0500, Antonio Olivares 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 printing Rank Owner Job Files Total Size active olivares 2(standard input) 10405 bytes [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ Now how do I configure apps like Firefox, evince, LibreOffice to print? No need to do that. Basically, the default options should be fine. However, _some_ programs require you to set paper format or margins. For actual _printing_, there is no need for any configuration. Programs will address the default printing queue (lp, or whatever $PRINTER says). If your printer is Deskjet, add setenv PRINTER Deskjet to /etc/csh.cshrc for systemwide use (all users), or whatever your default shell is. You can also use login.conf to set this environmental variable. I suggest to do so because if _not_ done, you'd have to add -P Deskjet in too many places. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printr?
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:21:56 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: hope my new printer lasts at least 6 years. You only have a chance with an office-class laser printer. Those are mostly a bit more expensive, HUGE :-) and come with network (see my checklist; having network is ABSOLUTELY NECCESSARY if you want to call something office-class). I have a HP Laserjet 4 which is almost 20 years old, and still working perfectly. The 4000d I'm currently using is also circa 10 years old. i found variants of the hp2025FOO. There is the 2025dn, the 2025x, and the 2025n. UNtil Robert mentioned it , i never thought of googling for an individual printer. there are a billion of them. They traditionally differ in features (the basic stuff like PS or PCL support, size of RAM, ability to add optinons like network, more paper trays, bigger paper trays, duplexers, output sorters and so on). Letters at the end often are in conjunction with is for office, is for home use only and should be seen as a warning signal. :-) BTW, for home home use means that it doesn't work longer than 4 years. Nobody wants a printer _that_ old. :-) bt i found it. and the ONLY difference i can see is __One__. the cheap one is the n; you have to by-hand set it to do duplex.the dn and the x have automatic duplex handling. So then, what is non-automatic duplex handling, i. e. manual duplexing? Reloading the paper yourself? Well, then all non-duplex-able printers _are_ duplexing, it's just to be manually. :-) interesting what just a litte hunting can tell you. Yeah, postscript, pcl 5 and 6. Excellent, should save you much trouble. And networking is also a fine feature, very handy, especially if you want to be able to print from more than one machine. USB simply isn't that smart. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printr?
On 28/07/2011 14:21, Polytropon wrote: bt i found it. and the ONLY difference i can see is __One__. the cheap one is the n; you have to by-hand set it to do duplex.the dn and the x have automatic duplex handling. So then, what is non-automatic duplex handling, i. e. manual duplexing? Reloading the paper yourself? Well, then all non-duplex-able printers _are_ duplexing, it's just to be manually. :-) You should be a bit wary of doing this sort of thing -- turning pages over to print on the back of them. Firstly many printers expect the paper to have a specific moisture content. Running the page through all the heated rollers in a laser printer can upset that, leading to the paper being stiffer or floppier than usual and resulting in paper jams. You can get a similar effect if you don't print very often and the paper gets left lying around in the tray for ages. Quality printers that can deal with many different weights of paper probably won't suffer from this. Secondly, the toner in a laser printed page is fixed to the paper by running it over a heated roller that melts the glue[*]. Turning the page over and running over the heated roller again can result in toner getting transferred onto roller surfaces where it shouldn't be. Result can be dirty looking pages and uneven print quality. Cheers, Matthew [*] Verb Sap. If you ever have the misfortune to get covered in toner, remember to wash in /cold/ water... -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:05:12 -0500, Antonio Olivares 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 printing Rank Owner Job Files Total Size active olivares 2 (standard input) 10405 bytes [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ Now how do I configure apps like Firefox, evince, LibreOffice to print? No need to do that. Basically, the default options should be fine. However, _some_ programs require you to set paper format or margins. For actual _printing_, there is no need for any configuration. Programs will address the default printing queue (lp, or whatever $PRINTER says). If your printer is Deskjet, add setenv PRINTER Deskjet to /etc/csh.cshrc for systemwide use (all users), or whatever your default shell is. You can also use login.conf to set this environmental variable. I suggest to do so because if _not_ done, you'd have to add -P Deskjet in too many places. :-) -- Polytropon, Thank you for the suggestion. I am using bash as my shell. I have a file ~/.bashrc with command in there and I get: bash: setenv: command not found Contents of ~/.bashrc are as follows: / [olivares@quadcore /usr/home/olivares]$ cat .bashrc # User specific environment and startup programs setxkbmap -option compose:ralt setenv PRINTER Deskjet */ Thanks for the suggestion hope to get it working :) Regards, Antonio ___ 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: how do i find a file in all directories 7 to 9 days old?
From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Jul 28 02:03:19 2011 Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:02:41 -0700 From: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org To: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: how do i find a file in all directories 7 to 9 days old? guys, how can i use find or whatever to find a file, say 6 levels deep that is = 9 days old? i'm looking fo something i had to jt down [[ASCII]]. can't remembr te file name, nor when i was when i had the idea flash into my mind sigh. *SIGH* indeed. Have you ever considered READING* the manpage for the relevant tool _before_ asking the world about the blindingly obvious? RTFM is abaolutely appropriate here. *DO*IT*.see the '-B primary. If the required math is beyond you, there are 1440 minutes in a day, andz. thus, 9 days is 12960 minutes. ___ 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: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:57:08 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: Polytropon, Thank you for the suggestion. I am using bash as my shell. I have a file ~/.bashrc with command in there and I get: bash: setenv: command not found Of course. :-) The setenv command is specific to the C shell (FreeBSD's default dialog shell). In bash (and in sh too), you set an environmental vairable like this: export PRINTER=Deskjet This is short for PRINTER=Deskjet export PRINTER See man bash for details: The supplied names are marked for automatic export to the environment of subsequently executed commands. - and so on. Contents of ~/.bashrc are as follows: / [olivares@quadcore /usr/home/olivares]$ cat .bashrc # User specific environment and startup programs setxkbmap -option compose:ralt setenv PRINTER Deskjet I don't think you need to send any of them into background (), as they should be processed right away. For example, your ~/.bashrc could look like this: setxkbmap -option compose:ralt export PRINTER=Deskjet Keep in mind that in _this_ case, $PRINTER is set for _your_ account only (which should be fine on a single- user system). However, if you set it up in /etc/csh.cshrc for system- wide use, user shells like bash should incorporate the setting. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer
For example, your ~/.bashrc could look like this: setxkbmap -option compose:ralt export PRINTER=Deskjet Keep in mind that in _this_ case, $PRINTER is set for _your_ account only (which should be fine on a single- user system). However, if you set it up in /etc/csh.cshrc for system- wide use, user shells like bash should incorporate the setting. -- Polytropon, I have made the changes, but the printer does not print :( from firefox. I might ``try the /etc/csh.cshrc for system- wide use'' option :) and get back / [olivares@quadcore ~]$ cat .bashrc # User specific environment and startup programs setxkbmap -option compose:ralt export PRINTER=Deskjet [olivares@quadcore ~]$ echo $PRINTER Deskjet / ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer
However, if you set it up in /etc/csh.cshrc for system- wide use, user shells like bash should incorporate the setting. -- Polytropon, I have made the changes, but the printer does not print :( from firefox. I might ``try the /etc/csh.cshrc for system- wide use'' option :) and get back / [olivares@quadcore ~]$ cat .bashrc # User specific environment and startup programs setxkbmap -option compose:ralt export PRINTER=Deskjet [olivares@quadcore ~]$ echo $PRINTER Deskjet / Made the changes with global /etc/csh.cshrc and it did not work :( [olivares@quadcore ~]$ cat /etc/csh.cshrc # $FreeBSD: src/etc/csh.cshrc,v 1.3.56.1.6.1 2010/12/21 17:09:25 kensmith Exp $ # # System-wide .cshrc file for csh(1). setenv PRINTER Deskjet But if I change lpr to lpr -P Deskjet, I can print. Then I will need to play with it some more? Thanks for your help valuable time. Regards, Antonio ___ 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: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:34:46 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote:
I have made the changes, but the printer does not print :(
You can always check
$ echo $PRINTER
which should give you the correct printer name, as
you did correctly show. Make sure upper/lowercase
matches exactly.
When you now use any lp* command, they should
refer to $PRINTER.
$ lpq
no entries
And as well:
$ lpr /etc/rc.conf
should print the specified file and place its entry
into the correct printer's queue.
from firefox.
I might ``try the /etc/csh.cshrc for system-
wide use'' option :) and get back
In Firefox (at least here in the old 2.0.0.20_9,1 versio
as I _hardly_ use it), the printing dialog contains a
way to specify the printer directly (as some other
programs also do, but setting a printer name _for each
application_ just sounds wrong).
Go: File - Print..., then Properties, where you'll
find Print Coommand:
lpr ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
So you _could_ do some customization here - but it
sounds no good to do that. :-)
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:44:52 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: Made the changes with global /etc/csh.cshrc and it did not work :( Requires re-login, but reboot should also be fine. :-) On the root prompt which (I assume!) has the C shell as the default dialog shell, % echo $PRINTER or % printenv PRINTER should show the correct name. The lp* tools will then use it (if set). [olivares@quadcore ~]$ cat /etc/csh.cshrc # $FreeBSD: src/etc/csh.cshrc,v 1.3.56.1.6.1 2010/12/21 17:09:25 kensmith Exp $ # # System-wide .cshrc file for csh(1). setenv PRINTER Deskjet I also have this in mine (although Laserjet is the name for the standard printer, and Laserjet-nodup for an additional printer without the duplexer). My login shell is the C shell. When I start bash from a csh prompt, I can also use the lp* commands, as $PRINTER will be inherited. But if I change lpr to lpr -P Deskjet, I can print. Then I will need to play with it some more? Make sure the settings are in effect. According to the manpages and my experience (that it _does_ work this way) show that if $PRINTER is present, it will be used as the default -P parameter. It makes things easier. For example, _all_ printing does to the default printer. If a temporary change is needed, just set $PRINTER to a different value as long as you need it. If it's a one time only use, -P is definitely better. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printr?
Quoth Matthew Seaman on Thursday, 28 July 2011: [*] Verb Sap. If you ever have the misfortune to get covered in toner, remember to wash in /cold/ water... That sounds like the /sapientia/ derived from /malus experientia/. -- .O. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com ..O | sterl...@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com OOO | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com pgpj3eHcGn5Ol.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:44:52 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: Made the changes with global /etc/csh.cshrc and it did not work :( Requires re-login, but reboot should also be fine. :-) Rebooted and firefox did not print :( On the root prompt which (I assume!) has the C shell as the default dialog shell, % echo $PRINTER or % printenv PRINTER Did not try these, as I reverted to .bashrc export PRINTER option. should show the correct name. The lp* tools will then use it (if set). [olivares@quadcore ~]$ cat /etc/csh.cshrc # $FreeBSD: src/etc/csh.cshrc,v 1.3.56.1.6.1 2010/12/21 17:09:25 kensmith Exp $ # # System-wide .cshrc file for csh(1). setenv PRINTER Deskjet I also have this in mine (although Laserjet is the name for the standard printer, and Laserjet-nodup for an additional printer without the duplexer). My login shell is the C shell. When I start bash from a csh prompt, I can also use the lp* commands, as $PRINTER will be inherited. But if I change lpr to lpr -P Deskjet, I can print. Then I will need to play with it some more? Make sure the settings are in effect. According to the manpages and my experience (that it _does_ work this way) show that if $PRINTER is present, it will be used as the default -P parameter. It makes things easier. For example, _all_ printing does to the default printer. If a temporary change is needed, just set $PRINTER to a different value as long as you need it. If it's a one time only use, -P is definitely better. -- However, in the other message: ** You can always check $ echo $PRINTER which should give you the correct printer name, as you did correctly show. Make sure upper/lowercase matches exactly. When you now use any lp* command, they should refer to $PRINTER. $ lpq no entries And as well: $ lpr /etc/rc.conf should print the specified file and place its entry into the correct printer's queue. *** This did work, the $ lpr /etc/rc.conf [olivares@quadcore ~]$ echo $PRINTER Deskjet [olivares@quadcore ~]$ lpq no entries [olivares@quadcore ~]$ lpr /etc/rc.conf [olivares@quadcore ~]$ lpq Deskjet is ready and printing Rank Owner Job Files Total Size 1stolivares 6/etc/rc.conf 512 bytes [olivares@quadcore ~]$ Firefox 5 does not have the properties option :( you mentioned. It has File - Page Setup, File - Print Preview, File - Print [General - Page Settings - Options], but no properties to change printer options :( Thank you for the help, I am almost there, in fact I can live with what I got :) Regards, Antonio ___ 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: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:06:47 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:44:52 -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: Made the changes with global /etc/csh.cshrc and it did not work :( Requires re-login, but reboot should also be fine. :-) Rebooted and firefox did not print :( Does it have some _overriding_ settings in its printer dialog? Did not try these, as I reverted to .bashrc export PRINTER option. You said that bash's echo $PRINTER would show the correct name, so things should be fine. This did work, the $ lpr /etc/rc.conf [olivares@quadcore ~]$ echo $PRINTER Deskjet [olivares@quadcore ~]$ lpq no entries [olivares@quadcore ~]$ lpr /etc/rc.conf [olivares@quadcore ~]$ lpq Deskjet is ready and printing Rank Owner Job Files Total Size 1stolivares 6/etc/rc.conf 512 bytes [olivares@quadcore ~]$ As it should be. The processing from plain text to whatever you need for the printer is done by the printer filter (e. g. ghostscript-based, apsfilter, CUPS, or something custom). Firefox 5 does not have the properties option :( you mentioned. It has File - Page Setup, File - Print Preview, File - Print [General - Page Settings - Options], but no properties to change printer options :( Very strange. But then, Firefox should address the DEFAULT printer queue, which is the one $PRINTER points to. Maybe you can try to print from a different web browser, e. g. Opera, just for testing? Thank you for the help, I am almost there, in fact I can live with what I got :) There is a workaround for this, and the emphasize is on work: You can have Firefox printing to a file instead to the $PRINTER. This file will be a postscript file. You can _then_ send this PS file (per lpr file) to the printer. :-) But I would really suggest to look into Firefox's settings. There must be something strange inside. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printr?
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:00:56 -0700, Chip Camden wrote: Quoth Matthew Seaman on Thursday, 28 July 2011: [*] Verb Sap. If you ever have the misfortune to get covered in toner, remember to wash in /cold/ water... That sounds like the /sapientia/ derived from /malus experientia/. No, /carpetum throwibus et garbagiae/. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Printr?
Quoth Polytropon on Thursday, 28 July 2011: On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:00:56 -0700, Chip Camden wrote: Quoth Matthew Seaman on Thursday, 28 July 2011: [*] Verb Sap. If you ever have the misfortune to get covered in toner, remember to wash in /cold/ water... That sounds like the /sapientia/ derived from /malus experientia/. No, /carpetum throwibus et garbagiae/. :-) /LOLum magnum/ -- .O. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com ..O | sterl...@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com OOO | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com pgpcCw5I5cNip.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: disappearing files
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:30:36 +0200
From: ad...@prnet.org
Subject: Re: disappearing files
Hi,
Dmesg returns no error. Also smartctl returns no errors. I will wait for
other suggestion before unmounting the volume in this machine for the case
someone else has another suggestion what to check for, because it might be
that by umounting and remounting, it will take again a few month for the
problem to reappear.
On the other machine that was having the problem, dmesg and smartctl also
returned no errors. I rebooted the machine and started fsck which also
returned no error. On remounting, everything was working again.
When the problem shows up again, run the following script, as superuser,
from inside the jail environment. It requires one argument -- the fully
qualified path name of the 'disappeared' file.
#!/bin/sh
if [ $# -lt 1 ] ; then
echo Usage: $0 pathname
echo 'pathname' MUST be spcified
echo
exit 1
fi
if [ $# -gt 1 ] ; then
echo Usage: $0 pathname
echo only one 'pathname' allowed (\$*\ is invalid)
echo
exit 1
fi
dir_name=`dirname $1` export dir_name
file_name=`basename $1 | sed -e 's/[.]/\\//'` export file_name
file_name=`dirname $file_name`
fs_name=`echo f* | tr ' ' '\n' | head -1`
fs_name='df ${fs_name} | tail -1 | cut -d ' ' -f 1'
sync; sync # this just minimizes fsck 'chatter'
echo
echo 'fsck output:'
yes |fsck -n ${fs_name} # don't fix anything, continue if asked
echo
echo 'ls output:'
ls -l ${dir_name}/${file_name}*
echo
echo 'stat output:'
stat ${dir_name}/${file_name}*
echo
echo 'stat -L output:'
stat -L ${dir_name}/${file_name}*
echo
echo 'lsof output:'
lsof | grep ${file_name}
This will show _all_ the relevant info for the file(s) and filesystem. Run
it when things misbehave, _and_ when things are working properly. Differences
should prove very informative.
Do -not- be suprised if 'fsck' reports inconsistencies -- such are to be
expected on an 'active' filesystem. However, the list of inconsistencies
_can_ be useful if 'something unexpected' shows up there.
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Re: zfs clone, nfs and pxeboot
Hi, yes, I know, but it would be interesing to know if there is a general problem with zfs clones shared over nfs or if it is pxeboot related. Bye, David Arendt On 07/28/11 13:10, krad wrote: On 28 July 2011 11:41,ad...@prnet.org wrote: Hi, I wanted to experiment a bit with pxeboot. Therefore I created a zfs clone of a jail filesystem. The clone was shared as via nfs. Pxeboot complained that it can't load the kernel. The pxeboot ls command gave some correct and some really messed up filenames. I then deleted the clone and copied the filesystem (in the same zpool) using zfs send ... | zfs receive ... If I share this new filesystem via nfs, pxeboot doesn't have the messed up filename problem and everything works as expected. Is there some known problems with zfs clones and nfs ? Just for information, this was tested on FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 (not the machine were I have problems in the other thread) Thanks in advance, Bye, David Arendt ___ 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 you can get the kernel modules to be fetched via tftp, does it work with that? ___ 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: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64
Anton et all, I have found another book diffyqs that does not compile with default teTeX, but does with TeXLive: Book is found here: http://www.jirka.org/diffyqs/ Source is here: http://www.jirka.org/diffyqs/diffyqs.tar.gz I create build script: /*** build script **/ #!/bin/sh pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode diffyqs.tex pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode diffyqs.tex makeindex diffyqs pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode diffyqs.tex /*** end build script **/ Errors: Xy-pic version 3.7 1999/02/16 Copyright (c) 1991-1998 by Kristoffer H. Rose krisr...@ens-lyon.fr Xy-pic is free software: see the User's Guide for details. Loading kernel: messages; fonts; allocations: state, direction, utility macros; pictures: \xy, positions, objects, decorations; kernel objects: directionals, circles, text; options; algorithms: directions, edges, connections; Xy-pic loaded) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xypic/xyall.tex Xy-pic option: All features v.3.3 (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xypic/xycurve.tex Xy-pic option: Curve and Spline extension v.3.7 curve, circles, loaded) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xypic/xyframe.tex Xy-pic option: Frame and Bracket extension v.3.7 loaded) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xypic/xycmtip.tex Xy-pic option: Computer Modern tip extension v.3.3 (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xypic/xytips.tex Xy-pic option: More Tips extension v.3.3 loaded) loaded) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xypic/xyline.tex Xy-pic option: Line styles extension v.3.6 loaded) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xypic/xyrotate.tex Xy-pic option: Rotate and Scale extension v.3.3 loaded) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xypic/xycolor.tex Xy-pic option: Colour extension v.3.3 loaded) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xypic/xymatrix.tex Xy-pic option: Matrix feature v.3.4 loaded) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xypic/xyarrow.tex Xy-pic option: Arrow and Path feature v.3.5 path, \ar, loaded) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xypic/xygraph.tex Xy-pic option: Graph feature v.3.7 loaded) loaded)) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/units/units.sty (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ifthen.sty) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/units/nicefrac.sty)) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/booktabs/booktabs.sty) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/microtype/microtype.sty (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/microtype/microtype.cfg)) (/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/txfonts/txfonts.sty) ! Package keyval Error: pdfborderstyle undefined. See the keyval package documentation for explanation. Type H return for immediate help. ... l.50 } If I find others, I will report back. Thanks sorry for not sending the other email correctly. Regards, Antonio ___ 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: printing to a HP Deskjet 812C printer
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: 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 printing Rank Owner Job Files Total Size active olivares 2 (standard input) 10405 bytes [olivares@quadcore ~/Documents]$ Now how do I configure apps like Firefox, evince, LibreOffice to print? Ok I have figured it out :) I need to change `lpr` to `lpr -P Deskjet` and it will print. lpr uses the lp queue by default. If that queue is capable of accepting PostScript (with a filter, in this case), all that's needed is for the application to use lpr.___ 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: how do i find a file in all directories 7 to 9 days old?
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:10:43AM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote: From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Thu Jul 28 02:03:19 2011 Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:02:41 -0700 From: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org To: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: how do i find a file in all directories 7 to 9 days old? guys, how can i use find or whatever to find a file, say 6 levels deep that is = 9 days old? i'm looking fo something i had to jt down [[ASCII]]. can't remembr te file name, nor when i was when i had the idea flash into my mind sigh. *SIGH* indeed. Have you ever considered READING* the manpage for the relevant tool _before_ asking the world about the blindingly obvious? RTFM is abaolutely appropriate here. Just relax :) He has got 24++ years experience: Of_Interest: With 24++ years of service to the Unix community. and can't work with find @_@ *DO*IT*.see the '-B primary. If the required math is beyond you, there are 1440 minutes in a day, andz. thus, 9 days is 12960 minutes. ___ 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 -- Christian Barthel Public-Key: http://bc.user-mode.org/bc.asc Mail: b...@user-mode.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: Howto's, Advice, Hints/Gotchas about livecd creation in FreeBSD
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Antonio Olivares Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 5:02 PM To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Howto's, Advice, Hints/Gotchas about livecd creation in FreeBSD 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 FreeSBIE 2.0.1, ..., etc Though still in its infancy, my project brings some features that no others have: http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/ I've not seen any other project utilize ISOLINUX as the boot-loader. Doing so has freed me from many restrictions. For example, my one single ISO can be written to either CD/DVD or USB or Hard Disk or SSD (without modification). Naturally, I'm not going to document how to burn an ISO (that should be pretty straight forward), but here's a link on how to write the ISO to either USB thumb drive (process is similar for HDD/SSD, just skip steps 2 and 3 because you presumably already know the device name associated with your target disk): 1. Visit http://sourceforge.net/projects/druidbsd/files/Druid-0.0.iso/download and download Druid-0.0.iso to a local directory. 2. Insert USB thumb drive 3. Execute: camcontrol devlist NOTE: find the `daN' device associated with your thumb drive 4. Execute: dd if=Druid-0.0.iso of=/dev/da5 NOTE: assuming `da5' is your thumb drive --- At this point, your thumb drive is ready to rock and roll -- However, continue with the remaining below steps to create a 2nd [visible] partition beyond the primary [invisible] bootable partition (allowing you to use the remainder of your thumb drive for usable storage)... 5. Execute: echo p 2 0x0c * * | fdisk -f - /dev/da5 NOTE: again, assuming `da5' is your thumb drive 6. Execute: newfs_msdos /dev/da5s2 NOTE: again, assuming `da5' is your thumb drive NOTE: You'll get a class not found response. Just ignore this. It's completely spurious. That's it. You now have a thumb drive with: a. An invisible boot partition for booting into Druid (a disc full of tools) b. A visible partition for storage, usable under Mac, Windows, Linux, and UNIX. NOTE/RECAP: Don't be fooled into thinking that this will work with just any-ol' ISO file. This works because (a) I am using the ISOLINUX boot-loader to chain-load to the FreeBSD mfsroot and (b) I've post-processed my ISO file (generated with mkisofs) with the ISOLINUX-isohybrid utility. Other advantages include the fact that the smallest possible ISO is 28MB, but can be grown to any size you want (my mfsroot remounts the CD-ROM through /dev/iso9660 GEOM structure). -- Devin I see some pages like mfsroot, and it is small custom made for ZFS and other goodies :), I am not there yet :(, I see there are custom scripts/SDK for livecd building: http://wiki.freebsd.org/AvgLiveCD http://livecd.sourceforge.net/ other pages and Frenzy Page: http://frenzy.org.ua/en/ I got standard cd based on 8.1 Release i386 and I like it, but it got too big :( What I am looking at. I would like to create a small ~200MB cd like old Frenzy with firefox and few apps to be able to copy2ram and take a FreeBSD system anywhere(like I do with some linux livecds like Slax, Porteus, PartedMagic, SystemRescueCD, Gparted, Clonezilla, etc). It would be nice to let people know that there is not just linux, I showed some students where I work that there are other OSes beside windows :) Also, I would like to create a bigCD/LiveDVD with many things(not the kitchen sink), with several apps I use for work, i.e, TeX/Latex (can be TexLive2011 or teTeX from ports), maxima, gnuplot(dep for maxima), ghostscript, ImageMagick, pdf utilities, compiler in case some apps are needed, gkrellm/conky, like XFCE, but can use FluxBox, Blackbox, other small Desktops or not use X if recommended. CD/DVD should have firefox, pf/ipfw firewall generic configuration, LibreOffice/(abiword gnumeric)/, mplayer mencoder, ffmpeg, vorbis-tools, lame, cdrecord/dvd+rw-tools/cdrdao, ..., etc. This like RoFreeSBIE had, but it died out unfortunately. KDE is heavier desktop[PC-BSD has this], Gnome too[There's GhostBSD]. If I can clone my current installation, I would be very happy and take my desktop everywhere I can boot it. If it is possible to put it on USB that would be also a great plus. My friends advice me to follow the advice given in http://wiki.freebsd.org/AvgLiveCD and get my feet wet. But I am not sure how to begin :( Thank you all for your generous advice/suggestions/comments. Regards, Antonio ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to
