Re: which FF ad blocker?

2012-02-29 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Thursday 01 March 2012 07:57:53 Gary Kline wrote: > which of the many adblockers should i try? I use /etc/hosts to block unwanted sites. I used http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm as a starting point and added other sites over time. If course, adds which are served from the visited

Re: which FF ad blocker?

2012-02-29 Thread Chad Perrin
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 06:55:44PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > > agree with noscript. i dont recall the other one, but i was > blocking just too much and opened everything up. i'll try > 'add block plus' I'm pretty sure the extension you want is called Adblock Plus, not Add Blo

Re: which FF ad blocker?

2012-02-29 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 05:22:10PM -0800, Kurt Buff wrote: > Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:22:10 -0800 > From: Kurt Buff > Subject: Re: which FF ad blocker? > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 17:06, Jason Garrett wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 18:57, Gary Kline wrot

Re: which FF ad blocker?

2012-02-29 Thread Kurt Buff
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 17:06, Jason Garrett wrote: > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 18:57, Gary Kline wrote: > >> which of the many adblockers should i try? >> >> thanks in advance for your insights! >> > imho Add Block Plus is the best Agreed, and for further security, I also use NoScript and Request

Re: which FF ad blocker?

2012-02-29 Thread Jason Garrett
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 18:57, Gary Kline wrote: > which of the many adblockers should i try? > > thanks in advance for your insights! > > imho Add Block Plus is the best > -- > Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service > Unix > Voice By Computer (for Universal A

which FF ad blocker?

2012-02-29 Thread Gary Kline
which of the many adblockers should i try? thanks in advance for your insights! -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Voice By Computer (for Universal Access): http:/www.thought.org/vbc The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought

Re: FreeBSD And ARM

2012-02-29 Thread bsali...@gmail.com
Hi Tim, FreeBSD-arm should be the list to look into http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > I'm not quite sure where to ask this so even a pointer to the > right place would be appreciated: > > Is there any intent/work underwa

Re: VBox network boot

2012-02-29 Thread Andrei Brezan
On 29/02/2012 01:08, Da Rock wrote: On 02/29/12 03:04, Carl Johnson wrote: Warren Block writes: On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Da Rock wrote: I'm starting to believe this dog won't hunt (in fact is dead, bloated, and full of worms...); but has anyone got a solution for network booting in VBox on FBSD

Re: hard disk behavior

2012-02-29 Thread jb
jb gmail.com> writes: > ... > Dmitry and Adam, > I think your description of excessive heads parking may be very close. > I will try this remedy and will let you know. > jb > OK. Thanks. jb ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://

Re: Help compiling ffmpeg from source

2012-02-29 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Andy Wodfer wrote: > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Waitman Gobble wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Andy Wodfer wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Waitman Gobble >>> wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > On Feb 29, 2012 12:10 PM, "Andy Wodfer"

Re: Help compiling ffmpeg from source

2012-02-29 Thread Andy Wodfer
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Waitman Gobble wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Andy Wodfer wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Waitman Gobble >> wrote: >> >> > >> > On Feb 29, 2012 12:10 PM, "Andy Wodfer" wrote: >> > > >> > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Andy Wodfe

Re: Help compiling ffmpeg from source

2012-02-29 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Andy Wodfer wrote: > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Waitman Gobble > wrote: > > > > > On Feb 29, 2012 12:10 PM, "Andy Wodfer" wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Andy Wodfer wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Da Rock < > >

Re: Help compiling ffmpeg from source

2012-02-29 Thread Andy Wodfer
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Waitman Gobble wrote: > > On Feb 29, 2012 12:10 PM, "Andy Wodfer" wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Andy Wodfer wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Da Rock < > > > freebsd-questi...@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote: > > > > > >> On 02

Re: Help compiling ffmpeg from source

2012-02-29 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Waitman Gobble wrote: > > On Feb 29, 2012 12:10 PM, "Andy Wodfer" wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Andy Wodfer wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Da Rock < > > > freebsd-questi...@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote: > > > > > >> On 02

Re: Help compiling ffmpeg from source

2012-02-29 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Feb 29, 2012 12:10 PM, "Andy Wodfer" wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Andy Wodfer wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Da Rock < > > freebsd-questi...@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote: > > > >> On 02/29/12 23:48, Andy Wodfer wrote: > >> > >>> I'm on FreeBSD 8.2 STABLE (AMD6

Re: Help compiling ffmpeg from source

2012-02-29 Thread Andy Wodfer
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Andy Wodfer wrote: > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Da Rock < > freebsd-questi...@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote: > >> On 02/29/12 23:48, Andy Wodfer wrote: >> >>> I'm on FreeBSD 8.2 STABLE (AMD64). >>> >>> I need to install the latest ffmpeg 0.10, but it fail

IGB driver

2012-02-29 Thread Коньков Евгений
HI, Freebsd-questions. Can I use 7-STABLE and checkout latest IGB drivers from HEAD? Will them work? -- С уважением, Коньков mailto:kes-...@yandex.ru ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mai

Re: disk labels (was: Re: fixating USB Storage)

2012-02-29 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012, ill...@gmail.com wrote: On 29 February 2012 10:33, Robert Huff wrote: Warren Block writes:  >    I have a disk - ad1 - with a partition - p2 - that was  > (obviously) created by gpart ... but no label was attached.  >    Can I add a label to that partition later?  "man g

Re: disk labels (was: Re: fixating USB Storage)

2012-02-29 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012, Robert Huff wrote: Warren Block writes: >I have a disk - ad1 - with a partition - p2 - that was > (obviously) created by gpart ... but no label was attached. >Can I add a label to that partition later? "man gpart" only > shows a label being added when the partitio

Re: VBox network boot

2012-02-29 Thread Carl Johnson
Warren Block writes: > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Carl Johnson wrote: > >> Warren Block writes: >> >>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Da Rock wrote: >>> I'm starting to believe this dog won't hunt (in fact is dead, bloated, and full of worms...); but has anyone got a solution for network booting

Re: hard disk behavior

2012-02-29 Thread jb
Adam Vande More gmail.com> writes: > ... > > # /usr/local/sbin/smartctl -a /dev/ada0 > > > > 193 Load_Cycle_Count0x0032 001 001 000Old_age Always > > - > > 779337 > > > > Likely the noise you are hearing roughly corresponds to Load_Cycle_Count. > Yours is quite high

Re: hard disk behavior

2012-02-29 Thread jb
Erich Dollansky ovitrap.com> writes: > ... > I have no idea what causes the noise. What is the machine doing when you hear > it? > > Erich > I use it as a desktop. Mostly web browsing, Firefox, there is always some background activity in there, like financial data streaming, etc. But this sou

Re: hard disk behavior

2012-02-29 Thread Adam Vande More
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:18 AM, jb wrote: > Hi, > I very often hear this metallic (mechanical) clicking from my hard disk > when > it is active. I experience this behavior under FreeBSD only (not other > OSs). > Is there any way to figure out what it means ? > Any other tools, except SMART belo

Re: hard disk behavior

2012-02-29 Thread Dmitry S. Kasterin
Hi! 2012/2/29, jb : > Hi, > I very often hear this metallic (mechanical) clicking from my hard disk when > it is active. I experience this behavior under FreeBSD only (not other OSs). > Is there any way to figure out what it means ? Some time ago I had a similar problem with an external WD Scorpi

Re: hard disk behavior

2012-02-29 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Thursday 01 March 2012 00:18:03 jb wrote: > I very often hear this metallic (mechanical) clicking from my hard disk when > it is active. I experience this behavior under FreeBSD only (not other OSs). > Is there any way to figure out what it means ? > Any other tools, except SMART below, to

hard disk behavior

2012-02-29 Thread jb
Hi, I very often hear this metallic (mechanical) clicking from my hard disk when it is active. I experience this behavior under FreeBSD only (not other OSs). Is there any way to figure out what it means ? Any other tools, except SMART below, to try ? What to look for ? # /usr/local/sbin/smartctl

Re: disk labels (was: Re: fixating USB Storage)

2012-02-29 Thread ill...@gmail.com
On 29 February 2012 10:33, Robert Huff wrote: > > Warren Block writes: >>  >    I have a disk - ad1 - with a partition - p2 - that was >>  > (obviously) created by gpart ... but no label was attached. >>  >    Can I add a label to that partition later?  "man gpart" only >>  > shows a label being a

Re: fixating USB Storage

2012-02-29 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:55:35 -0700 (MST), Warren Block wrote: > I really need to do a combined article that covers all the > different types of labels. It's on the list. Please be so kind and also mention ufsid "labels" (unique file system id) in that article. Why? "Any partitions with

Re: FreeBSD And ARM

2012-02-29 Thread Arthur Chance
On 02/29/12 15:30, Tim Daneliuk wrote: I'm not quite sure where to ask this so even a pointer to the right place would be appreciated: Is there any intent/work underway to port FBSD to the Raspberry PI ARM SBC? At $35 this thing looks perfect for firewall/DNS/dhcp boundary machines. +1 on the

disk labels (was: Re: fixating USB Storage)

2012-02-29 Thread Robert Huff
Warren Block writes: > >I have a disk - ad1 - with a partition - p2 - that was > > (obviously) created by gpart ... but no label was attached. > >Can I add a label to that partition later? "man gpart" only > > shows a label being added when the partition is created, > > (untested)

FreeBSD And ARM

2012-02-29 Thread Tim Daneliuk
I'm not quite sure where to ask this so even a pointer to the right place would be appreciated: Is there any intent/work underway to port FBSD to the Raspberry PI ARM SBC? At $35 this thing looks perfect for firewall/DNS/dhcp boundary machines. Thanks, --

Re: fixating USB Storage

2012-02-29 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012, Robert Huff wrote: Polytropon writes: Label the drives and use labels instead of device names. Get some inspiration from Warren's excellent article here: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html Good piece, but it doesn't explicitly cover one

Re: Help compiling ffmpeg from source

2012-02-29 Thread Andy Wodfer
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Da Rock < freebsd-questi...@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote: > On 02/29/12 23:48, Andy Wodfer wrote: > >> I'm on FreeBSD 8.2 STABLE (AMD64). >> >> I need to install the latest ffmpeg 0.10, but it fails when compiling. I >> must admit I very rarely do it this way.

Re: Help compiling ffmpeg from source

2012-02-29 Thread Da Rock
On 02/29/12 23:48, Andy Wodfer wrote: I'm on FreeBSD 8.2 STABLE (AMD64). I need to install the latest ffmpeg 0.10, but it fails when compiling. I must admit I very rarely do it this way. Normally all software is installed from ports, but I couldn't find this version of ffmpeg there. Heres what

Help compiling ffmpeg from source

2012-02-29 Thread Andy Wodfer
I'm on FreeBSD 8.2 STABLE (AMD64). I need to install the latest ffmpeg 0.10, but it fails when compiling. I must admit I very rarely do it this way. Normally all software is installed from ports, but I couldn't find this version of ffmpeg there. Heres what I do: ./configure gmake and the proble

Re: fixating USB Storage

2012-02-29 Thread Robert Huff
Polytropon writes: > Label the drives and use labels instead of device names. > > Get some inspiration from Warren's excellent article here: > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html Good piece, but it doesn't explicitly cover one case and "man" provides no example.

Re: fixating USB Storage

2012-02-29 Thread Maciej Milewski
Dnia wtorek, 28 lutego 2012 15:32:18 bsali...@gmail.com pisze: > Maciej > > I didn't know if the label would work in loader.conf. > > This solution suggested by Adam worked and seems much simpler than > labeling the filesystem. Depends on your needs. For me it was essential to have the same name

Re: request a quote

2012-02-29 Thread Traiano Welcome
On 29/02/2012 13:03, "Damien Fleuriot" wrote: > > >On 2/29/12 10:58 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: >> On 29/02/2012 09:23, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >>> This does, however, raise an interesting question. >>> >>> Do you guys know of any company whose business model is freebsd >>>support and engineering

Re: request a quote

2012-02-29 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 29/02/2012 11:03, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > Having worked in a banking environment in the past, I can tell that high > profile companies shun open source software UNLESS they can get a > support contract. > > That's the reason Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Suse Linux Enterprise > Server are succe

Re: request a quote

2012-02-29 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 2/29/12 10:58 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 29/02/2012 09:23, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >> This does, however, raise an interesting question. >> >> Do you guys know of any company whose business model is freebsd support and >> engineering ? >> Like, a la RHEL or SLES. > > None that I know of.

Re: request a quote

2012-02-29 Thread jb
Mariusz Herman advatech.pl> writes: > > Hi, > > I would be thankful, if you could send me price of 4-year support for > FreeBSD. > ... This may help (NetBSD and FreeBSD support comes in pairs): http://netbsd.org/gallery/consultants.html jb __

Re: request a quote

2012-02-29 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 29/02/2012 09:23, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > This does, however, raise an interesting question. > > Do you guys know of any company whose business model is freebsd support and > engineering ? > Like, a la RHEL or SLES. None that I know of. People have tried to set up such things in the past, a

Re: request a quote

2012-02-29 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 29/02/2012 08:59, Mariusz Herman wrote: > I would be thankful, if you could send me price of 4-year support for > FreeBSD. You seem to be under a misapprehension of what FreeBSD.org is. We aren't an Operating Systems vendor that offers a product for sale. Instead, we are a group of like-minde

ODP: Re: request a quote

2012-02-29 Thread Mariusz Herman
Hi, Thank you a lot for link. That would very helpful. Have a nice day. _ Kind regards Mariusz Herman Sales Support Specialist e-mail: mher...@advatech.pl tel. (+4871) 772 66 08 kom. +48 661 917 210 Advatech Sp. z o.o. ul. Klecińska 123 54-413 Wrocław

Re: request a quote

2012-02-29 Thread Jerome Herman
On 29/02/2012 10:23, Damien Fleuriot wrote: 5-star rating this gem right now. This does, however, raise an interesting question. Do you guys know of any company whose business model is freebsd support and engineering ? Like, a la RHEL or SLES. Excluding dedicated servers rental, since the

Re: request a quote

2012-02-29 Thread Traiano Welcome
On 29/02/2012 11:23, "Damien Fleuriot" wrote: >5-star rating this gem right now. > > > > > >This does, however, raise an interesting question. > >Do you guys know of any company whose business model is freebsd support >and engineering ? >Like, a la RHEL or SLES. The only one that comes a clos

Re: request a quote

2012-02-29 Thread Damien Fleuriot
5-star rating this gem right now. This does, however, raise an interesting question. Do you guys know of any company whose business model is freebsd support and engineering ? Like, a la RHEL or SLES. Excluding dedicated servers rental, since they don't actually provide the real support.

request a quote

2012-02-29 Thread Mariusz Herman
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