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Re: Alternative windowmanagers
On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 21:12:14 +0200, Christian Barthel wrote: As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big mistake. And there are also rumors that Gnome will be Linux only. Xfce is said to be, too. :-) I am not very interested in eyecandy: I want a stable and fast wm (less memory and cpu, quick access to important places), different workspaces, and it should be configurable with ordinary files. Of course, It must run under FreeBSD. [...] Are there any other window manager worth looking? What is your window manager? I'm primarily using WindowMaker. It has excellent and programmabe keyboard support. Its configuration can be done on file level, even though it's not _that_ easy. It has lots of useful features and runs very fast and stable. It does _not_ come with crap built in. Alternatives worth mentioning are IceWM and XFCE 3 (_not_ the new Xfce, the old one that mimics CDE). Those may be good if you like the classic way. Also fvwm2 is highly configurable and has good keyboard support. It's especially efficient on screens of smaller sizes. All of them are predictable, unlike many modern concepts... Because the magic of tiling window managers didn't open up to me yet, I can't comment on them, but I'm sure many professional users do actively use them, as after a bit of learning and practicing, those are said to be more comfortable than the common windowing solutions that urgently need to entertain you. :-) -- 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: MFP recommendations
2011/8/10 Jon Theil Nielsen jonth...@gmail.com Hi list, I want to buy another printer to use mainly with Windows. Even though I have no good feelings about those devises, that claims to be able to do everything I need. Even though, I need a better scanner with ADF and duplex printing (it need to be able to connect wirelessly to my Windows stations). So my question is if I can find such a thing, that I can connect to my FreeBSD server too. And if you can recommend a specific model. I have been looking at a lot of models, but I can't figure out if any of them would be able to work through FreeBSD, cups etc. Examples: HP Officejet Pro 8500A (CM755A) HP Photosmart Premium Fax e-All-in-One (CQ521B) Canon PIXMA MX885 Epson... Brother... In the first place, I may have to connect it via USB or ehternet. If it could be connected by my wireless adapter (Linksys WUSB600N), it would be nice Best regards, Jon Theil Nielsen Since my main goal is to be able to print over the network via my FreeBSD station, I could put in another way: Can I expect that printers known to be supported by HPLIP ( http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html) actually work in FreeBSD? And would one of the HP models by a safe choice? Regards, Jon Theil Nielsen ___ 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: extracting text from docx files
On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:16:11 +0200, Christian Barthel wrote: On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 02:36:32PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: I often receive information in *.docx format from my MS using colleagues. Sometimes I can ask for a pdf (or similar) instead, but not always. You have a lot of nice options: - Force them to use BSD/Linux ;) - explain them, why docx is shit! - don't read it I also suggest to combine this with reading the following article: http://en.nothingisreal.com/wiki/Please_don't_send_me_Microsoft_Word_documents It's very polite and precise about why using DOC files is generally a bad idea. It can be easily concluded that it also applies to DOCX files. The document also discusses alternatives. -- 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: extracting text from docx files
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:14:51PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:16:11 +0200, Christian Barthel wrote: On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 02:36:32PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: I often receive information in *.docx format from my MS using colleagues. Sometimes I can ask for a pdf (or similar) instead, but not always. You have a lot of nice options: - Force them to use BSD/Linux ;) - explain them, why docx is shit! - don't read it I also suggest to combine this with reading the following article: http://en.nothingisreal.com/wiki/Please_don't_send_me_Microsoft_Word_documents It's very polite and precise about why using DOC files is generally a bad idea. It can be easily concluded that it also applies to DOCX files. The document also discusses alternatives. That's not my war. It's not going to achive much me telling all our admin and academic staff that what they were tought throughout their career might not be ideal, or even not the only, tool in the universe. Sometimes I can request pdf, sometimes I fail. I also sometimes try to get pdf from various UK govt departments. Sometimes they only make documents available in MS formats. Again, sometimes they respond well, but mostly, they ignore my requests. By the way, I tried abiword, and it couldn't open my docx. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423 ___ 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
mysql client(s)
PhpMyAdmin shows: Server: Localhost via UNIX socket Server version: 5.5.15 Protocol version: 10 User: root@localhost MySQL charset: UTF-8 Unicode (utf8) Apache/2.2.19 (FreeBSD) mod_ssl/2.2.19 OpenSSL/0.9.8q DAV/2 PHP/5.3.6 with Suhosin-Patch MySQL client version: mysqlnd 5.0.8-dev - 20102224 - $Revision: 308673 $ I don't understand the client version thing. I have mysql-client-5.5.15 installed too. *Why* does PhpMyAdmin not show this client but an (to me) unknown program (mysqlnd-5.0.8-dev) Where does this program come from. I have no idea how it came on my system. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD supported versions (UNCLASSIFIED)
--As of August 10, 2011 6:42:58 PM -0700, Michael Sierchio is alleged to have said: man freebsd-update --As for the rest, it is mine. That doesn't help with the question being asked. The question is 'Will there be updates (as necessary) for this version of the OS in the future?'. Freebsd-update only answers 'Are there updates for this version of the OS in the present?'. Having present updates says nothing about there being future updates. (Nor does the fact that there aren't any at the present mean that there _won't_ be one tomorrow.) (Well, ok, given the current release structure having an update today means you are in a supported branch, and that supported branch will continue to get updates for the foreseeable future. But that still does not tell me when the branch is likely to get unsupported, and in theory a patch release could be made on the last day of support for a branch.) Daniel T. Staal --- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. --- ___ 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: extracting text from docx files
There are several docx converters online (google docx2pdf). Haven't tried them though. LibreOffice handles docx quite well. On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:22:22PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht typed: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:14:51PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:16:11 +0200, Christian Barthel wrote: On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 02:36:32PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: I often receive information in *.docx format from my MS using colleagues. Sometimes I can ask for a pdf (or similar) instead, but not always. You have a lot of nice options: - Force them to use BSD/Linux ;) - explain them, why docx is shit! - don't read it I also suggest to combine this with reading the following article: http://en.nothingisreal.com/wiki/Please_don't_send_me_Microsoft_Word_documents It's very polite and precise about why using DOC files is generally a bad idea. It can be easily concluded that it also applies to DOCX files. The document also discusses alternatives. That's not my war. It's not going to achive much me telling all our admin and academic staff that what they were tought throughout their career might not be ideal, or even not the only, tool in the universe. Sometimes I can request pdf, sometimes I fail. I also sometimes try to get pdf from various UK govt departments. Sometimes they only make documents available in MS formats. Again, sometimes they respond well, but mostly, they ignore my requests. By the way, I tried abiword, and it couldn't open my docx. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423 ___ 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: mysql client(s)
First hit on google: http://www.google.com/search?q=mysqlnd On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 01:31:11PM +0200, Dick Hoogendijk typed: PhpMyAdmin shows: Server: Localhost via UNIX socket Server version: 5.5.15 Protocol version: 10 User: root@localhost MySQL charset: UTF-8 Unicode (utf8) Apache/2.2.19 (FreeBSD) mod_ssl/2.2.19 OpenSSL/0.9.8q DAV/2 PHP/5.3.6 with Suhosin-Patch MySQL client version: mysqlnd 5.0.8-dev - 20102224 - $Revision: 308673 $ I don't understand the client version thing. I have mysql-client-5.5.15 installed too. *Why* does PhpMyAdmin not show this client but an (to me) unknown program (mysqlnd-5.0.8-dev) Where does this program come from. I have no idea how it came on my system. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [freebsd-questions] FreeBSD supported versions (UNCLASSIFIED)
On 11/08/2011 12:37, Daniel Staal wrote: (Well, ok, given the current release structure having an update today means you are in a supported branch, and that supported branch will continue to get updates for the foreseeable future. But that still does not tell me when the branch is likely to get unsupported, and in theory a patch release could be made on the last day of support for a branch.) A simple solution would be for there to ALWAYS be a patch release on the last day of support for a branch, that creates /etc/NOT-SUPPORTED or similar. Then it's just a matter of adding an /etc/cron.daily job to report on that, as long as you are following updates (and if you aren't you don't care about this issue). I can't think of any other OS that does this, either - they generally just report that there are no available updates. Howie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: [freebsd-questions] FreeBSD supported versions (UNCLASSIFIED)
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 12:45:23PM +0100, Howard Jones typed:
On 11/08/2011 12:37, Daniel Staal wrote:
(Well, ok, given the current release structure having an update today
means you are in a supported branch, and that supported branch will
continue to get updates for the foreseeable future. But that still
does not tell me when the branch is likely to get unsupported, and in
theory a patch release could be made on the last day of support for a
branch.)
A simple solution would be for there to ALWAYS be a patch release on the
last day of support for a branch, that creates /etc/NOT-SUPPORTED or
similar. Then it's just a matter of adding an /etc/cron.daily job to
report on that, as long as you are following updates (and if you aren't
you don't care about this issue).
I can't think of any other OS that does this, either - they generally
just report that there are no available updates.
You can do a lot of nice stuff just parsing the cvsweb. For example,
here's a very basic script for showing supported branches:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use LWP::Simple;
print Supported branches of FreeBSD:\n\n;
my @content = split /\n/,
get(http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/www/en/security/security.sgml;);
die Couldn't get url! unless @content;
my $line = shift @content;
do { $line = shift @content; } until ($line =~ /name=supported-branches/);
do { $line = shift @content; } until ($line =~ /table class=tblbasic/);
while ($line = shift @content) {
last if $line =~ /\\/table\/;
if ($line =~ /\t[hd]\/) {
$line =~ s/[^]*//g;
$line =~ s/^\s*//;
printf %-20s, $line;
}
print \n if $line =~ /\\/tr\/;
}
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ports make search not working in jails
Hi, I have been using Jails and EzJail for a while now and everything works perfectly except for make search in the ports collection insisde a jail. Otherwise the ports provided by the basejail works perfectly but I get this error when I try make search: The search target requires INDEX-8. Please run make index or make fetchindex. I tried all the normal steps that you would take in a normal environment but nothing seems to work. It must be something specifically related to Jails IMHO. Thanks in advance for any ideas! -- Alejandro Imass ___ 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
gphoto2 and ugen?
I used to be able to access pics on my digital camera via usb using gphoto2. Now all I get is: ugen0.2: Unknown at usbus0 (disconnected) Has anything changed recently in usb support? I don't have ugen(4) in the kernel. Should I add it? I'm pretty sure I was able to access pics with no ugen(4). Many thanks Anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423 ___ 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: ports make search not working in jails
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Alejandro Imass a...@p2ee.org wrote: Hi, I have been using Jails and EzJail for a while now and everything works perfectly except for make search in the ports collection insisde a jail. Never mind. It's a specific couple of jails that doesn't work and I never tried to fetchindex again. I tried in other servers and jails and make fetchindex works perfectly. Thanks! -- Alejandro Imass ___ 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 WIFI USB adapter
Folks: I have a Dell XPS Studio laptop with a broadcom wifi adapter built in. I've had no luck trying to compile in the BWI option into the kernel to get it to work and think that buying a cheap usb WIFI adapter is the quickest way to make wireless 802.11 b/g work. Realizing that some chip sets are better supported than others, I was hoping some list subscribers might be able to identify currently offered USB WIFI adapters that they know to work. I will then purchase one that has a good track record. Any suggestions/comments on adapters that work would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Bud ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD WIFI USB adapter
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:27:29 - b...@taiotoshi.org articulated: Folks: I have a Dell XPS Studio laptop with a broadcom wifi adapter built in. I've had no luck trying to compile in the BWI option into the kernel to get it to work and think that buying a cheap usb WIFI adapter is the quickest way to make wireless 802.11 b/g work. Realizing that some chip sets are better supported than others, I was hoping some list subscribers might be able to identify currently offered USB WIFI adapters that they know to work. I will then purchase one that has a good track record. Any suggestions/comments on adapters that work would be greatly appreciated. Basically, stay away form any N devices. Even the cheapest WIFI's offer N today, so be sure to purchase one that doesn't support it or else in all probability you will not be able to secure a driver for it. I know that sucks; however, it is what it is. It is also the reason I totally gave up attempting to use FreeBSD on any modern Laptop. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+f...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ___ 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: MFP recommendations
2011/8/11 Michael cada...@tucu.net On Aug 11, 2011, at 2:51 AM, Jon Theil Nielsen wrote: 2011/8/10 Jon Theil Nielsen jonth...@gmail.com Since my main goal is to be able to print over the network via my FreeBSD station, I could put in another way: Can I expect that printers known to be supported by HPLIP ( http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/index.html) actually work in FreeBSD? And would one of the HP models by a safe choice? Regards, Jon Theil Nielsen Hi, If you buy something like an Lexmark X543, you'll get all the features you want and it connects directly to your LAN. It speaks IPP and LPR which will work great with FreeBSD. It also speaks fluent MS Windows, Bonjour, Appletalk, etc. It's a little more expensive and larger than the HP you're looking at but you'll end up saving money over time using toner rather than ink. Michael Hi Michael, Thank you very much for your suggestion. It seems like a very nice printer. And I actually like the idea of a laser compared to inkjet. But for now, both the physical size and the price are too much. So I have too keep looking for another FreeBSD compatible solution (though it mostly - and certainly for scanning purposes - will be used with Windows). Regards, Jon ___ 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
How can I unblur emacs and firefox menu fonts.
Hi, My emacs and firefox, and maybe other apps, display is blurred? On emacs the content itself is clear, just the menu is blurred ( http://s1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb375/aksreera/?action=viewcurrent=emacs.jpg ). On firefox both content and menu are blurred ( http://s1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb375/aksreera/?action=viewcurrent=firefox.jpg ). Can any one help with guidance or pointers on what to install/configure to unblur them? Your help is appreciated. I am using xorg as my display manager and fvwm as my window manager with setup truetype fonts. Some configs are appended below, please let me know if you need any other info. Thank you, Akshay Following is my system configuration: [aksreera@cleanfreebsd /usr/home/aksreera]$ uname -a FreeBSD x.x.x.x. 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Feb 18 02:24:46 UTC 2011 r...@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 [aksreera@cleanfreebsd /usr/home/aksreera]$ cat /etc/rc.conf # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sun Aug 7 05:41:11 2011 # Created: Sun Aug 7 05:41:11 2011 # Enable network daemons for user convenience. # Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf. # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf. hostname=cleanfreebsd.hsd1.ca.comcast.net. ifconfig_em0=DHCP inetd_enable=YES moused_enable=YES nfs_client_enable=YES nfs_server_enable=YES rpcbind_enable=YES sshd_enable=YES #mountd_flags=-r # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sun Aug 7 13:50:14 2011 sshd_enable=NO hald_enable=YES dbus_enable=YES gnome_enable=YES [aksreera@cleanfreebsd /usr/home/aksreera]$ ___ 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: Alternative windowmanagers
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:23:15AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 5 Aug 2011 21:12:14 +0200, Christian Barthel wrote: As a Gnome 2.3x user too, I am also a bit nervouse. Gnome 3 is a big mistake. And there are also rumors that Gnome will be Linux only. Xfce is said to be, too. :-) The XFCE project has elected to support certain functionality by way of subsystems that only exist in Linux-based OSes. The window manager and desktop environment can still be used without that functionality, though. This was how the XFCE project maintainers decided to make it portable; by providing a way to not use certain functionality that requires the Linux kernel and subsystems that depend on it. Because the magic of tiling window managers didn't open up to me yet, I can't comment on them, but I'm sure many professional users do actively use them, as after a bit of learning and practicing, those are said to be more comfortable than the common windowing solutions that urgently need to entertain you. :-) If you want to have a friendly introduction to tiling window managers, I recommend i3. It's not a children's window manager, as beginner friendly versions of some other things are, but it is still more friendly to beginners than most tiling window managers in my opinion. For those who like to dive in head first and wade through the technical documentation in depth, xmonad and dwm are great. For those who want a somewhat gentler initial learning curve, though, i3 is great. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgp1KeIk2vmXG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: FreeBSD WIFI USB adapter
Isn't the Intel 3000 AGN supported by FreeBSD? I thought it was? On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Jerry je...@seibercom.net wrote: On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:27:29 - b...@taiotoshi.org articulated: Folks: I have a Dell XPS Studio laptop with a broadcom wifi adapter built in. I've had no luck trying to compile in the BWI option into the kernel to get it to work and think that buying a cheap usb WIFI adapter is the quickest way to make wireless 802.11 b/g work. Realizing that some chip sets are better supported than others, I was hoping some list subscribers might be able to identify currently offered USB WIFI adapters that they know to work. I will then purchase one that has a good track record. Any suggestions/comments on adapters that work would be greatly appreciated. Basically, stay away form any N devices. Even the cheapest WIFI's offer N today, so be sure to purchase one that doesn't support it or else in all probability you will not be able to secure a driver for it. I know that sucks; however, it is what it is. It is also the reason I totally gave up attempting to use FreeBSD on any modern Laptop. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+f...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ___ 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: How to turn off screen blanking
Aryeh Friedman wrote: I have a kiosk system I am almost done building and the last snag is attempting to make it so idle time (no keyboard or mouse attached) does not blank the screen. I have already tried the following: vidcontrol -S off disabling acpi and apmd from the kernel config enabling dpms via the kernel config and then running xset -dpms Any other ideas? ___ 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 Aloha Aryeh, In my shed the three generic servers are headless and all will show video on demand using a kvm switch. I had to set the bios show no errors on the boxes to make this work. There are not new by any means but may give you an idea what to try. I believe these are hardware settings. - ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + email: n...@hdk5.net All that's really worth doing is what we do for others.- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD WIFI USB adapter
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 04:27:29PM -, b...@taiotoshi.org wrote: Folks: I have a Dell XPS Studio laptop with a broadcom wifi adapter built in. I've had no luck trying to compile in the BWI option into the kernel to get it to work and think that buying a cheap usb WIFI adapter is the quickest way to make wireless 802.11 b/g work. Realizing that some chip sets are better supported than others, I was hoping some list subscribers might be able to identify currently offered USB WIFI adapters that they know to work. I will then purchase one that has a good track record. Any suggestions/comments on adapters that work would be greatly appreciated. Here is a list with different chips... http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.2R/hardware.html#WLAN The rum(4) driver supports USB 2.0 wireless adapters based ... I don't know any Dell devices, but maybe it's possible to replace the builtin chip with another wireless lan chip. Regards, Bud -- Christian Barthel Public-Key: http://bc.user-mode.org/bc.asc Mail: b...@nyx.user-mode.org Web: http://bc.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: ports make search not working in jails
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:05:14AM -0400, Alejandro Imass thus spake: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Alejandro Imass a...@p2ee.org wrote: Hi, I have been using Jails and EzJail for a while now and everything works perfectly except for make search in the ports collection insisde a jail. Never mind. It's a specific couple of jails that doesn't work and I never tried to fetchindex again. I tried in other servers and jails and make fetchindex works perfectly. Thanks! But does make search now work? -jgh -- Jason Helfman System Administrator experts-exchange.com http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_4830110.html E4AD 7CF1 1396 27F6 79DD 4342 5E92 AD66 8C8C FBA5 ___ 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: ports make search not working in jails
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Jason Helfman jhelf...@e-e.com wrote: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:05:14AM -0400, Alejandro Imass thus spake: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Alejandro Imass a...@p2ee.org wrote: [...] Never mind. It's a specific couple of jails that doesn't work and I never tried to fetchindex again. I tried in other servers and jails and make fetchindex works perfectly. Thanks! But does make search now work? Yes, absolutely! -- Alejandro Imass ___ 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
Has anyone been able to configure a Linksys E3000 using freebsd or pcbsd?
In a trade with a friend, I ended up with a Linksys E3000. The only windows machine that I have is my wife's 10 laptop that doesn't have a dvd. I use FreeBSD or pcBSD for everything, workstations, servers, etc. I need to configure this thing but can't find any instructions on web based configuration. The FAQ and the dvd all imply that you must run the windows installation programs. I doubt that is true. I've used other Linksys products, printservers, AP's, etc. with no problem. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. ed PS I've thought about wine but the machines I have here are all AMD64. In addition, I'm going to have to reconfigure it at some point. ___ 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: Has anyone been able to configure a Linksys E3000 using freebsd or pcbsd?
Hi-- On Aug 11, 2011, at 5:03 PM, eculp wrote: In a trade with a friend, I ended up with a Linksys E3000. The only windows machine that I have is my wife's 10 laptop that doesn't have a dvd. I use FreeBSD or pcBSD for everything, workstations, servers, etc. I need to configure this thing but can't find any instructions on web based configuration. The FAQ and the dvd all imply that you must run the windows installation programs. I doubt that is true. I've used other Linksys products, printservers, AP's, etc. with no problem. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. You can do a reasonable job of configuring an E3000 without using the Windows installer-- manually set up the laptop at IP 192.168.1.2 using a direct ethernet cable, and the router ought to be at http://192.168.1.1. Note that most of these Linksys E models, especially the ones with the L prefix are updated variants of the classic WRT54G(L), and you might consider running DD-WRT instead of the stock Cisco/Linksys firmware. Regards, -- -Chuck ___ 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: Has anyone been able to configure a Linksys E3000 using freebsd or pcbsd?
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:27:39 -0700 Chuck Swiger cswi...@mac.com wrote: Hi-- On Aug 11, 2011, at 5:03 PM, eculp wrote: In a trade with a friend, I ended up with a Linksys E3000. The only windows machine that I have is my wife's 10 laptop that doesn't have a dvd. I use FreeBSD or pcBSD for everything, workstations, servers, etc. I need to configure this thing but can't find any instructions on web based configuration. The FAQ and the dvd all imply that you must run the windows installation programs. I doubt that is true. I've used other Linksys products, printservers, AP's, etc. with no problem. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. You can do a reasonable job of configuring an E3000 without using the Windows installer-- manually set up the laptop at IP 192.168.1.2 using a direct ethernet cable, and the router ought to be at http://192.168.1.1. Note that most of these Linksys E models, especially the ones with the L prefix are updated variants of the classic WRT54G(L), and you might consider running DD-WRT instead of the stock Cisco/Linksys firmware. Regards, -- -Chuck ___ 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 Mine just handed out 192.168.1.1 via DHCP, and I was able to configure it with the browser. But I returned it to Best Buy as it didn't have as good a range as the older one I was replacing. I didn't need to use the DVD at all to configure it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD WIFI USB adapter
On Thu, 11 Aug 2011, Christian Barthel wrote: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 04:27:29PM -, b...@taiotoshi.org wrote: Folks: I have a Dell XPS Studio laptop with a broadcom wifi adapter built in. I've had no luck trying to compile in the BWI option into the kernel to get it to work and think that buying a cheap usb WIFI adapter is the quickest way to make wireless 802.11 b/g work. Realizing that some chip sets are better supported than others, I was hoping some list subscribers might be able to identify currently offered USB WIFI adapters that they know to work. I will then purchase one that has a good track record. Any suggestions/comments on adapters that work would be greatly appreciated. Here is a list with different chips... http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.2R/hardware.html#WLAN The rum(4) driver supports USB 2.0 wireless adapters based ... I don't know any Dell devices, but maybe it's possible to replace the builtin chip with another wireless lan chip. Usually yes, with some details. Any recent machine will use mini-PCIe wireless cards. There are full-size 30x51mm and half-size 30x27mm spaces. IBM/Lenovo and HP have BIOS code that only allows certain cards, generally ones they sell. Atheros AR5BXB63 b/g full-size cards have worked well for me in place of Broadcom cards. ___ 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
port build breaks at xmlto
FreeBSD 7.4 I am having trouble building the xmlto port on FreeBSD 7.4. I am getting an error: === Building for xmlto-0.0.24 make all-am for xml in xmlif.xml xmlto.xml; do FORMAT_DIR=./format /usr/local/bin/bash ./xmlto -o man/man1 man ./doc/$xml ; done || ( RC=$?; exit $RC ) xmlto: /usr/ports/textproc/xmlto/work/xmlto-0.0.24/./doc/xmlif.xml does not validate (status 3) xmlto: Fix document syntax or use --skip-validation option I/O error : Attempt to load network entity http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd /usr/ports/textproc/xmlto/work/xmlto-0.0.24/./doc/xmlif.xml:4: warning: failed to load external entity http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd; http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd; After alot of frustration I decided to throw everything away and start again: # pkg_delete -a # cd /usr/ports; rm -fr * # csup -h cvsup.au.FreeBSD.org /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile # cd /usr/ports/textproc/xmlto # make Using the defaults when the config screens appear. As there are now no packages installed and the ports tree is brand new there should be no problems but in the end it still fails with the same message. My /etc/make.conf is empty also. Why cant I build this package. -- Daryl Sayers Direct: +612 95525510 Corinthian Engineering Office: +612 95525500 Suite 54, Jones Bay Wharf Fax: +612 95525549 26-32 Pirrama Rd email: da...@ci.com.au Pyrmont NSW 2009 Australia www: http://www.ci.com.au ___ 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
(no subject)
Hello everybody. Could you tell which one version of FreeBsd I can installed driver PVR 250/350 and tell how can I install it. It is possible send version of FreeBSD and port of the pvr250. Best regards Hasan ___ 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 to get ip address automatically from different dhcp server
Hi Christopher,
Thanks for your solution. It does help a lot, but there's one problem.
For example, DHCP server is not started for some reason and my computer's
ethernet cable is plugged. Once dhcp server started, I can't get the IP unless
I unplug and then plug the ethernet cable. Do you know how to solve
this issue? Thank you.
Regards,
Dave.
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:30 AM, Christopher J. Ruwe wrote:
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 get an IP
automatically.
My question is it's possible to get ip address automatically from
different dhcp server? thanks.
Regards,
Dave.
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Have a look at /etc/devd.conf. Mine include a portion
#
# Try to start dhclient on Ethernet like interfaces when the link comes
# up. Only devices that are configured to support DHCP will actually
# run it. No link down rule exists because dhclient automaticly exits
# when the link goes down.
#
notify 0 {
match system IFNET;
match type LINK_UP;
media-type ethernet;
action /etc/rc.d/dhclient quietstart $subsystem;
};
#
notify 0 {
match system IFNET;
match type LINK_DOWN;
media-type ethernet;
action /etc/rc.d/dhclient quietstop $subsystem ; ifconfig $subsystem
inet 0.0.0.0;
};
I am under the impression that this rule does what you want to do.
Cheers,
--
Christopher J. Ruwe
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Re: MFP recommendations
Jon Theil Nielsen jonth...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/8/11 Michael cada...@tucu.net On Aug 11, 2011, at 2:51 AM, Jon Theil Nielsen wrote: 2011/8/10 Jon Theil Nielsen jonth...@gmail.com ... my main goal is to be able to print over the network via my FreeBSD station ... If you buy something like an Lexmark X543, you'll get all the features you want and it connects directly to your LAN ... ... both the physical size and the price are too much. Small, inexpensive, networked laser that works well with FreeBSD: Samsung ML-2571N. Being a PostScript printer it should work with pretty much anything -- if an OS has no entry for it, the entry for Apple LaserWriter should work. ___ 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
driver pvr250
Hello everybody. Could you tell which one version of FreeBsd I can installed driver PVR 250/350 and tell how can I install it. It is possible send version of FreeBSD and port of the pvr250. Best regards Hasan ___ 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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Please don't cross-post between several different mailing lists. On 12/08/2011 04:07, hasanhasanli Hasan wrote: Could you tell which one version of FreeBsd I can installed driver PVR 250/350 and tell how can I install it. It is possible send version of FreeBSD and port of the pvr250. There's support for the Hauppage WinTV 250/350 available in ports, but... http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-multimedia/2011-June/012235.html Any recent version of FreeBSD should do -- unless you have a good reason to do otherwise, I'd try FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE in the first instance. As for how to get and install FreeBSD, the Handbook is your friend: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html Cheers, Matthew -- 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: driver pvr250
I've replied you in another private message. This is the information I've found on the freebsd Ports page. FBSD version: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/multimedia/pvr250/distinfo Update to the 2010-10-10 version of John Wehles repository. This now compiles and works fine on 7.x and 8.x. Ports: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/multimedia/pvr250/ On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 1:13 PM, hasanhasanli Hasan hasanhasa...@mail.ru wrote: Hello everybody. Could you tell which one version of FreeBsd I can installed driver PVR 250/350 and tell how can I install it. It is possible send version of FreeBSD and port of the pvr250. Best regards Hasan ___ 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 -- Hugh ___ 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
