New install, rebuilding world

2006-06-27 Thread AB
I'm new to FreeBSD, but I've been reading alot in the Handbook about building custom kernels and rebuilding world, and still can't seem to find what I'm looking for. I want to be able to recompile my whole system so that it's optimized for my hardware, but I'd rather not track -Stable and have to

6.0-SNAP005: pptpclient; mpd/ng; pf; tcpdrop; vidcontrol/saver; gbde/md

2005-07-09 Thread Ab Normal
I've installed FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT-SNAP005 (i386) on my stand-alone home computer, which connects to the internet via adsl. Being no expert, I don't presume to characterize the following observations as bugs (except, perhaps, with regard to tcpdrop), but I wonder if anyone else has experienced

Re: 6.0-SNAP005: pptpclient; mpd/ng; pf; tcpdrop; vidcontrol/saver; gbde/md

2005-07-09 Thread Ab Normal
I wrote: 1. In the past, using FreeBSD 4.9 and 4.10, I connected to my dsl modem/router using pptpclient. With pptpclient on 6.0, however, I noticed that download speed from the internet was very slow -- only about 20 percent of the rate I was accustomed to. A check with top revealed that

Serious investigations into UNIX and Windows

2004-10-23 Thread Stefan [Swebase AB]
Hi I have tried searching for this but i only get reports made by students and private programmers, i trust a programmer more than a large corporation any day but to show a person i know and convince him i need some serious investigations made by large corporations into comparing BSD and

NewSysLog FBSD 4.9

2004-03-01 Thread Pelle Andersson (SPD Systems AB)
root:root 640 7 * @T00Z #--- It does not work =( No error messages or anything. What do I need to do? Any suggestions? BEST REGARDS/MVH PELLE ANDERSSON SPD SYSTEMS AB WWW.SPD.NU

Re: NewSysLog FBSD 4.9

2004-03-01 Thread Pelle Andersson (SPD Systems AB)
SYSTEMS AB WWW.SPD.NU -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: Matthew Seaman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skickat: den 1 mars 2004 15:16 Till: Pelle Andersson (SPD Systems AB) Kopia: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ämne: Re: NewSysLog FBSD 4.9 On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 02:35:20PM

Qpopper SSL

2004-03-05 Thread Pelle Andersson (SPD Systems AB)
Hi! Want to get Qpopper to work with SSL on a FreeBSD 4.9. I have followed the instruction at various sites about how this should be done including eudora.com/qpopper. I have also followed alot of instructions on how to make a cert-file (cert.pem) from a .key and .crt file. That includes

ProFTPD from ports with TLS

2004-03-08 Thread Pelle Andersson (SPD Systems AB)
Hi again! I do not know if this is a FreeBSD issue but I need to ask to know. I have installed ProFTPd 1.2.9 from ports with #--- 'make WITH_OPENSSL=yes install clean' #--- Everyting went just fine, no errors or anything. The server is starting up ok and seems to be running fine. The problem?

SV: Recommended GUI manager for MYSQL

2004-03-15 Thread Pelle Andersson (SPD Systems AB)
Yes, I can... =) http://www.mysqlfront.de/ BEST REGARDS/MVH PELLE ANDERSSON SYSTEM AND NETWORK ENGINEER SPD SYSTEMS AB WWW.SPD.NU -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Gareth

FBSD4.9 MySQL 4.x

2004-03-15 Thread Pelle Andersson (SPD Systems AB)
Hi List! I have read that MySQL and FreeBSD 4.x is a bad thing due to FreeBSD's bad(?) threading. I have also read that I can enable linux-threads when compiling. Does these LinuxThreads solve all MySQLFreeBSDThreading issues? Thanks ___ [EMAIL

FreeBSD-SA-04:05.openssl Question

2004-03-17 Thread Pelle Andersson (SPD Systems AB)
Hi again list! Please have indulgence with this question ;) [QUOTE] Note that any statically linked applications that are not part of the base system (i.e. from the Ports Collection or other 3rd-party sources) must be recompiled. [/QUOTE] Does this mean I need to: 1. Apply the patch 2.

SV: FreeBSD-SA-04:05.openssl Question (UPDATED!)

2004-03-18 Thread Pelle Andersson (SPD Systems AB)
It should be 'make buildworld' below, not 'recompile the kernel?' :-/ Hi again list! Please have indulgence with this question ;) [QUOTE] Note that any statically linked applications that are not part of the base system (i.e. from the Ports Collection or other 3rd-party sources) must be

Problems accessing fd0 on Compaq Proliant 1600 + FBSD 4.7-RELEASE

2003-02-12 Thread Magnus Hansson (Infoflex Data AB)
Hi, When I try to access the floppy on my Compaq Proliant 1600(PII-450) running FreeBSD 4.7 (release) I get the following message(s) on the console: (tar tvf /dev/fd0) fdc0: cmd 13 failed at out byte 1 of 4 fdc0: Re-enable FIFO failed fdc0: ready for input in output fdc0: cmd 8 failed at out

Timezone conversion

2004-11-28 Thread Jimmy Mäkelä | Loopia Webbhotell AB
Hi I'm trying to convert a date from one timezone into another using the date-command, but I can't seem to get it to work. The problem can be illustrated as below, though in reality I get the date from another source of course, otherwise I wouldn't have to do this. Take a date in some timezone