Re: Copying system/ports configuration?
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 2:00 AM, Mel fbsd.questi...@rachie.is-a-geek.netwrote:
On Tuesday 16 December 2008 16:16:27 Andrew Gould wrote:
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum
bg271...@yahoo.comwrote:
I have a FreeBSD 7.0 system that im using in production. I want to
create
a FreeBSD virtual machine, to use as a testbed for this production box.
The last time i did this it took a lot of time to get the VM set
up--installing all the right ports, getting the database configuration
right, etc.
Are there any shortcuts for this, e.g. a way i can automatically
install
the same ports on the new machine? I didnt see anything in the
handbook
or FAQ about this, but id think that people need to do this all the
time.
Any other advice for mirroring the system?
Thanks!
Jen
Someone once posted a shell script that obtained a list of installed
ports
from the package database system and fed the results to pkg_create, which
would create binary packages. Unfortunately, I can't locate the script.
cd /var/db/pkg
mkdir /var/tmp/packages
for DIR in *; do
if test -d ${DIR} -a -f ${DIR}/+CONTENTS; do
pkg_create -vb ${DIR} /var/tmp/packages/${DIR}.tbz
fi
done
This will create a package for all installed software in /var/tmp/packages.
Adjust accordingly.
Once ssh is in place on target:
scp -rp /var/tmp/packages target.machine:/var/tmp
On target:
cd /var/tmp/packages
for FILE in *; do pkg_add ${FILE}; done
Then all that's left is /usr/local/etc/ and possibly some
dirs /usr/local/share.
--
Mel
Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
and never get to the software part.
Thanks, Mel.
Andrew
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Re: Copying system/ports configuration?
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum bg271...@yahoo.comwrote: I have a FreeBSD 7.0 system that im using in production. I want to create a FreeBSD virtual machine, to use as a testbed for this production box. The last time i did this it took a lot of time to get the VM set up--installing all the right ports, getting the database configuration right, etc. Are there any shortcuts for this, e.g. a way i can automatically install the same ports on the new machine? I didnt see anything in the handbook or FAQ about this, but id think that people need to do this all the time. Any other advice for mirroring the system? Thanks! Jen Someone once posted a shell script that obtained a list of installed ports from the package database system and fed the results to pkg_create, which would create binary packages. Unfortunately, I can't locate the script. Check out 'man pkg_create'. Hopefully someone will post a more complete answer. Good luck, Andrew ___ 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
presentation application (other than OpenOffice)?
I'm browsing around for smaller office apps. Abiword and Gnumeric are great. Does anyone have any recommendations for a presentation software? I'd rather not compile OpenOffice; and I'm just not getting KDE4. Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm. Isn't life interesting. I would like to know how to block them and others without causing strange secondary problems. Actually a default pf configuration will let them pass unless I'm forgetting something important. ed I share your pain, Ed. I've had to perform 3 complete re-installations of computers in my household in the last year. Each time, I found a .limewire file in a user's application folder. The boys are now banned from my wife's computer. When the last culprit get's his computer back, he will find it running an operating system that is not supported by Limewire. The next time, he'll get it back without a network card. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sorry for asking but what are this limewire programs are? My unofficial take on it is that limewire is a peer-to-peer sharing application used by Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users to share files, usually music, often copyrighted, over the internet. It is one of the fastest, most effective ways to spread viruses, trojans, spyware, etc. The program does not use fixed ports, so the services are hard to block. In essence, the program gets the user to bypass security measures from the inside. If I am incorrect in my technical assessment, I welcome a correction. When people ask my advice about computers, I always include: Never use Limewire, or anything like it. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: firewall rules for bitlord, yahoo, limewire
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Fbsd1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dick hoogendijk wrote: My unofficial take on it is that limewire is a peer-to-peer sharing application used by Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users to share files, usually music, often copyrighted, over the internet. It is one of the fastest, most effective ways to spread viruses, trojans, spyware, etc. Is this your FreeBSD POV or more windows oriented? The program does not use fixed ports, so the services are hard to block. In essence, the program gets the user to bypass security measures from the inside. I have never needed a block on limewire. Firstly, all main conmputers run solaris and therefore also limewire on solaris and secondly, all windows machines are virtual. So -IF- one of them is infected I just put a recent snapshot ;-) Limewire is a windows only application. So how can you say it runs on solaris which is a flavor Unix? The Limewire website says it has versions for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and others, including OS/2 and Solaris. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
port/package versions related to 7.1 RELEASE
I noted that port packages are already on FreeBSD's ftp sites for 7.1 RELEASE. Does this mean that the ports and packages included in 7.1 BETA2 installation CD's will be the same ones distributed with 7.1 RELEASE? Or will the ports remain a moving target until RELEASE? Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel?
On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 9:08 AM, John Almberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 21, 2008, at 11:42 PM, Ian Jefferson wrote: Is anyone running FreeBSD on a Mac Mini Intel? I don't know the answer to your question, but don't think it's a crazy one. One of the most interesting things I've seen, lately, is a hosting company that uses stacks of Mac Minis running OS X Server. They may not be the thing for mission-critical services, but for day-to-day web hosting, they are far better (IMHO) than the typical WinTel or Linux white box systems that fill colo facilities. Need redundancy? Plunk down another $500 bucks! One of Apple's coolest products, I think. -- John Ian, You could always test it using VMWare Fusionand then let us know ;-) With a vm, you wouldn't have to worry about Apple's hardware booting process. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD and hardware??
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is nonsense. The Windows interface itself is quite limited and not very powerful. as KDE and Gnome and others. GUI's (and operating systems) should be evaluated by user type. For many, the command line is limiting. For others, it is limitless. when Win/95 came out being an OS/2 user at that time. From what I have read even the user interface of Mac OS X is much better that Windows although they have a much smaller market share. so why it have a much smaller market share? This is a big question that goes down many roads, including monopolistic practices, effective marketing and the fact that Apple controls both their OS and hardware, which made it less competitive for many years. Better does not always mean success in the marketplace. One of the best examples of this is OS/2. When I first started learning about Linux (FreeBSD came later), I read many messages from older IT veterans that if OS/2 had succeeded, they would have no need for Linux. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[OT] printing question
Time to buy a new printer. I don't print much from FreeBSD; but the need occasionally arises. Most of my printing is done while using Mac OS X. The Epson Artisan 800 is looking awfully nice; but it's not in the Linux printing database yet (http://openprinting.org/printer_list.cgi). Question: Since Mac OS X uses CUPS, if I share the printer on the Mac, will I need to worry about FreeBSD compatibility of the printer? I only need printing functions (not scan, etc) for the FreeBSD computer. Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD and hardware??
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:54:48AM -0500, Dan wrote: Wojciech Puchar([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2008.11.18 16:51:16 +0100: Have you used, erm... Linux? Both Linux and FreeBSD run pretty much at hardware level. You benchmark either, you'll get very close results in for benchmarks doing same thing over and over, or same thing in parallel linux can even be better. but try running many different tasks in parallel under linux. FreeBSD flies, while linux chokes. Can you point out some places on the web that confirm this? I can't point this out between Linux and FreeBSD, but back a few years ago, when I was involved in benchmarking high performance systems for purchase here, we found this to often be the case. Some systems just screamed on certain very parallel tasks, but practically came to a halt when a mix of tasks were run or even when trying to edit a script while things were running. Others were slightly less hot on the highly specialized tasks, but did well - much better - on the mix. We chose the system that handled the mix - which ran a BSD UNIX by the way, although a proprietary version as did most back then. Anyway, so, even though I haven't compared FreeBSD and Linux, I am not surprised to hear someone say there is this sort of difference. It is possible. Someone might investigate further and put out some verifiable numbers. jerry I don't have verifiable numbers; but I can speak from personal experience. I do complex financial/clinical data analysis for hospitals. I was using MS Access as a front-end. On the server end, I started with Linux and PostgreSQL. I moved from Linux to FreeBSD because during my more complicated series of queries, the Linux system would slow to a crawl. Sometimes, the PostgreSQL server would die. This never happened with FreeBSD. I even added Samba services and a web forum for the department. From 2000 to 2006, the only unplanned downtime experienced with my PostgreSQL/FreeBSD combo was due to 2 separate, prolonged power outages. When power was restored, the hardware and database servers came back online. Sadly, I no longer work there; and no longer have control over database assets. I read once that: The difference between the lab and the real world is that, in the lab, there is no difference. I wish I had noted the source. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] printing question
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Chad Perrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Your best bet for printer compatibility is to ensure that it's available as a network device rather than having to connect to it directly, and that it's a Postscript printer. If you want to get a printer and connect it directly to your Mac, and you're sure it'll work with your Mac, then you should be able to share it with the rest of the network without problems -- as long as it's a Postscript printer. If it isn't, you may have to do some digging to determine whether other computers on the network will be able to use the shared printer at all, including FreeBSD systems. Alas, I know basically nothing about the Epson Artisan 800. I'm happy with my HP laser printer connected directly to the network. -- Chad Perrin [ content licensed PDL: http://pdl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Albert Camus: An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. Thanks to all for the advice. So the bottom line is: Get a postscript printer. They're rather expensive. It may be worth the inconvenience of sharing drive space and printing from the Mac via VNC window. ;-) Now, if I had money to waste.. I just discovered that those really cool, wide format printers used at many photo printing shops are postscript printers Imagine the font size you could use on a 20x30 memo. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] printing question
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Warren Block [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Andrew Gould wrote: So the bottom line is: Get a postscript printer. They're rather expensive. Not always: http://wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/usedlasers.pdfhttp://wonkity.com/%7Ewblock/docs/usedlasers.pdf Thanks to Ghostscript, PCL printers will also work. It may be worth the inconvenience of sharing drive space and printing from the Mac via VNC window. ;-) That would be the easiest way, and probably the highest quality if you're printing images. Gutenprint will probably drive the Epson Artisan 800 soon if it doesn't already, but you might want to reconsider after this review: http://reviews.cnet.com/multifunction-devices/epson-artisan-800/4505-3181_7-33241287.html?tag=mncol;txt -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA Thanks for the links. The artisan appears to be a real mixed bag. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: calendar software wanted
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Daniel Molina Wegener [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marco escribió: hello list, anybody has experience with calendar software which runs on freebsd. i maybe would integrate it also in thunderbird/mutt,but thats not necessary, or use a stand alone software. minimum requirements to the software would be making entries, getting alarms for appointments. Try kontact (the kdepim port). Have fun xD thank you for responses, marco Regards, Before I moved from my PalmPilot III (still works) to an iPhone (not 3G), I used JPilot for my PIM and Sylpheed-Claws (the name has changed?) for email. This was a good setup because there was a plugin that allowed Sylpheed-Claws to access the JPilot addressbook. I currently use webcalendar (with apache, php, postgresql) for my calendar. This is overkill for an individual; but has many advantages for family scheduling: I can add an item to my wife's calendar with an email reminder. Since my wife has a blackberry email address, the message will get pushed to her phone. When testing this feature, I would suggest starting with something like a dinner invitation rather than a grocery list. ;-) Have fun, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to get my Dad's Win2k system to access internet through my FreeBSD 6.2 system
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 09:52:54AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: internet. My freebsd 6.2 box is connected to the internet and has 2 network cards, rl0 and rl1. rl0 connects to the ISP and rl1 is directly connected via a long Ethernet cable to the NIC on my dad's machine. While I can access the internet easily, I want my dad to be able to connect to the internet with my freebsd box serving as the gateway. Can anyone please explain to me in easy steps how to accomplish this ? If you use (or are willing to use) IPFirewall, this should help: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-natd.html Best of luck, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: has anyone actually received a bsdmag ?
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Chad Perrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 08:43:29AM -0500, Andrew Gould wrote: The BSDMag website mentioned that it would be available at Barnes Noble. I couldn't find it there; but I found it at Borders bookstores. I've seen a copy at Barnes Noble, but I'm more concerned about the fact that Craig B subscribed and hasn't received an issue yet. The observation was not intended as a solution. BSDMag has responded 'on list' -- it appeared in my email as a separate thread. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: has anyone actually received a bsdmag ?
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 8:14 AM, kenneth hatteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first 2 issues have covered topics from FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and actually a short one on MAC. In addition PCBSD is quite heavily featured. As far as I know this leaves only Dragonfly and DesktopBSD out for now in addition to Monowall, FreeNAS and FreeSBIE and others I do not know. Maybe these will be featured in later issues ? :) Kenneth Actually, I think there have been articles introducing PC-BSD and DesktopBSD. I haven't seen articles regarding Dragonfly; but version 1.12.2 is on the DVD. (FYI - DragonFly BSD version 2.0.1 was released on September 27.) The BSDMag website mentioned that it would be available at Barnes Noble. I couldn't find it there; but I found it at Borders bookstores. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ipf filter by user/group
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Yury Michurin [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Sorry for the mistake, i meant pf, the openbsd's packet filter. On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Yury Michurin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm quite new to ipf, Is there an option of filtering packets by user/group? What i want to accomplish is: 1. Block users from group 'users' to make outbound connections 2. Count traffic for users: alpha, beta, gamma If i can't accomplish that with ipf, what other firewall you suggest? Thank you for your time, Yury. Check out authpf, which is part of pf: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/authpf.html Users have to login as an authpf user via ssh. Once the authpf user is logged in, pf does it's filtering based upon the authpf user's IP address. You can create a ruleset for each authpf user. authpf users without their own ruleset use the a default ruleset. I hope this helps. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to compare 2 images from command line
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:23 AM, FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Marchand a écrit : Hash the images and compare the hashes. -- Original message -- From: FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi everyone, I'm trying to determine if 2 jpeg images are identical. The images are screenshots taken with scrot at different times. The point is to know if the display is working correctly. I tried to use 'diff' but without success, probably because of the metadata included in the image. I also tried the 'compare' command from imagemagick, but it produce an image containing the difference between the 2 images instead of telling me if both images are identical. So, my question is what are you using to determine if 2 images are identical? I'm using FreeBSD 7.0 and I need to be able to script this comparaison for an integration in Nagios. Thank you, Martin I just tried it and it doesn't work. The hashes are different. I can't say that I'm surprised since 'diff' is seeing a difference between the two identical images. Thanks for the suggestion Yes, there's a huge difference between testing differences in images and testing differences in files. What do you mean by ...know if the display is working correctly.? Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to compare 2 images from command line
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:31 AM, FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Gould a écrit : On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:23 AM, FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Marchand a écrit : Hash the images and compare the hashes. -- Original message -- From: FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi everyone, I'm trying to determine if 2 jpeg images are identical. The images are screenshots taken with scrot at different times. The point is to know if the display is working correctly. I tried to use 'diff' but without success, probably because of the metadata included in the image. I also tried the 'compare' command from imagemagick, but it produce an image containing the difference between the 2 images instead of telling me if both images are identical. So, my question is what are you using to determine if 2 images are identical? I'm using FreeBSD 7.0 and I need to be able to script this comparaison for an integration in Nagios. Thank you, Martin I just tried it and it doesn't work. The hashes are different. I can't say that I'm surprised since 'diff' is seeing a difference between the two identical images. Thanks for the suggestion Yes, there's a huge difference between testing differences in images and testing differences in files. What do you mean by ...know if the display is working correctly.? Andrew I want to determine if Mplayer is working correctly. The best way to be sure is to check if the display on the screen is changing. That's the purpose of the screenshots. The screenshots are taken by Nagios every 5 minutes and the new screenshot is compared with the preceding one. But, by now, it doesn't work because every tool we try is seeing a diffence between 2 identical images. Thank you for your interest Are you simply trying to determine whether the mplayer has finished playing a movie (that you're not watching)? It seems to me that the fact that the image changes is not a good indication that mplayer is working correctly, only that the movie isn't running. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: most universal file system for 1TB external USB2 hard drive
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:17 PM, RW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is also NTFS through ntfs-3g ,which is available for all of the above (sysutils/fusefs-ntfs on FreeBSD). Having a native Windows filesystem is sensible on a portable drive, and fat32 is not a great filesystem. http://www.ntfs-3g.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Great suggestion! I have NTFS support compiled into the kernel. Do you know if this conflicts with the usage of ntfs-3g? Thanks, Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kern.ipc.sem* and postgresql
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Albert Shih [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all Classic question but I don't find the answers by google. If I've server with X procs, N Go ram and if the only purpose of this server is to run a postgresql daemon how can I known/calculate what I must give to those variable set kern.ipc.semmni=? set kern.ipc.semmns=? set kern.ipc.semmnu=? and kern.ipc.shmall=? kern.ipc.shmmax=? kern.ipc.semmap=? Once those variables is determined how can I known/calculate the variable in postgresql.conf ? shared_buffers = 32MB # min 128kB or max_connections*16kB # (change requires restart) #temp_buffers = 8MB # min 800kB #max_prepared_transactions = 5 # can be 0 or more # (change requires restart) # Note: Increasing max_prepared_transactions costs ~600 bytes of shared # memory # per transaction slot, plus lock space (see max_locks_per_transaction). #work_mem = 1MB # min 64kB #maintenance_work_mem = 16MB# min 1MB #max_stack_depth = 2MB # min 100kB # - Free Space Map - max_fsm_pages = 204800 # min max_fsm_relations*16, 6 bytes each # (change requires restart) #max_fsm_relations = 1000 # min 100, ~70 bytes each # (change requires restart) # - Kernel Resource Usage - #max_files_per_process = 1000 # min 25 ? Regards. JAS -- Albert SHIH SIO batiment 15 Observatoire de Paris Meudon 5 Place Jules Janssen 92195 Meudon Cedex Heure local/Local time: Mer 27 aoû 2008 21:06:02 CEST I used to perform financial/clinical data analysis using a PostgreSQL server on FreeBSD, which entailed complex questions and a lot of data processing per query. I adjusted the PostgreSQL server using the configuration files; but never found a need to adjust the FreeBSD kernel. You can find information to help you at the links below. Managing Kernel Resources section of the manual: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/kernel-resources.html Hardware performance tuning section of the PostgreSQL manual: http://www.postgresql.org/files/documentation/books/aw_pgsql/hw_performance/ Global User Configuration Guide at Varlena's website: http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/Tidbits/annotated_conf_e.html Best of luck, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: photo management
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Girish Kulkarni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have accumulated around 3000 pictures on my disk over a decade and have been looking for a good tool for managing them on FreeBSD. Picasa apparently does a fairly good job on Windows and I have happily used F-Spot on Linux. But F-Spot doesn't work very well for me on FreeBSD (please see http://mail.gnome.org/archives/f-spot-list/2008-July/msg00031.html). I wonder what photo management tools or techniques people on this list use. Some recommendations will be very helpful. Thanks, Girish. -- Girish Kulkarni - Allahabad, India - http://girish.50webs.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Have you tried flphoto? I haven't used it, but you can get information here: http://www.easysw.com/~mike/flphoto/ I use ImageMagick in a Python script to make thumbnails of all photos in a directory for a web page. Good luck, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OT: most universal file system for 1TB external USB2 hard drive
I couldn't help myself. During lunch, I found a 3.5 1TB SATA internal HD **and** a USB2 HD enclosure for SATA drives on sale at large % discounts. It was more than I could resist. The operating systems in my home include FreeBSD, NetBSD, Mac OS X and Windows XP Pro. If I want all of these systems to be able to read and write to the drive, what file system should I use? I know fat32 is pretty universal, but is it advisable? Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Synaptics touchpad driver
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:34 PM, michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: after following this from pkg-message: the touchpad is not detected, and is still listed as just a mouse in the Xorg log. anyone getting something similar to this? machine is a HP DV2000, exact model is dv2225nr. default generic kernel from 7.0-Release. nvidia driver, ndis, are the only additions. ### o Add boot time tunable to /boot/loader.conf. Set hw.psm.synaptics_support=1 and shutdown -r now! /boot/loader.conf - hw.psm.synaptics_support=1 --- o Don't run moused(8) daemon. Dont' set moused_enable=YES in /etc/rc.conf. /etc/rc.conf -- moused_enable=NO --- I have a synaptics touchpad on a Dell Inspiron 8100 that works fine in FreeBSD 7.0. During the mouse device configuration of the installation process, all I had to do was indicate that the system has a serial mouse, and then activate it. I learned this the hard way during a previous installation when I indicated that I did not have a serial mouse, and the system failed to recognize the touchpad. Individual modules/functions of sysinstall can be run post-installation. As root, execute 'sysinstall', select Index, and then look for the module for mouse configuration. I hope this helps. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Python script for configuring wifi hot spots on FreeBSD
I just finished a Python script that: 1. prompts the user to select a wifi device from a list compiled from the results of ifconfig and dmesg; 2. prompts the user to select an Access Point (SSID) from a list derived from 'ifconfig [device] scan'; and 3. configures the wifi device using the chosen wifi device, SSID and dhclient. The script works with my system setup (ural0 and wi0 on FreeBSD 7.0); but I'd like someone to review the script because: 1. I made several assumptions about patterns in the output of ifconfig and dmesg based upon 2 wifi adapters. I'd like to make sure the assumptions don't break with other hardware. 2. I store data in Python dictionaries. When I display the dictionaries, the numbered options are not in order and I can't figure out how to sort them. This appears to be a cosmetic issue only; but it still bothers me. 3. My knowledge of networking is at a basic level. I have attached the script -- it is only 4KB. I would appreciate any advice/help. Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Format USB stick in FreeBSD
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Andrei Iarus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, How can I format a USB stick in FreeBSD? Thank you, Andrei You should be able to use the partition and disklabel modules in sysinstall. (Make sure you know the device name so you don't partition the wrong device!) Best of luck, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Python script for configuring wifi hot spots on FreeBSD
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Chuck Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, Andrew--
On Aug 20, 2008, at 8:44 AM, Andrew Gould wrote:
2. I store data in Python dictionaries. When I display the dictionaries,
the numbered options are not in order and I can't
figure out how to sort them. This appears to be a cosmetic issue only;
but it still bothers me.
If you have a bunch of keys that are sortable, you can do something like:
dict = { 1: 'alpha', 4: 'gamma', 2: 'beta', 3: 'delta' }
keylist = dict.keys(); keylist.sort()
for k in keylist: print k, dict[k]
...
1 alpha
2 beta
3 delta
4 gamma
See http://docs.python.org/lib/typesmapping.html for more details:
(3) Keys and values are listed in an arbitrary order which is non-random,
varies across Python implementations, and depends on the dictionary's
history of insertions and deletions. If items(), keys(), values(),
iteritems(), iterkeys(), and itervalues() are called with no intervening
modifications to the dictionary, the lists will directly correspond. This
allows the creation of (value, key) pairs using zip(): pairs =
zip(a.values(), a.keys()). The same relationship holds for the iterkeys()
and itervalues() methods: pairs = zip(a.itervalues(), a.iterkeys())
provides the same value for pairs. Another way to create the same list is
pairs = [(v, k) for (k, v) in a.iteritems()].
3. My knowledge of networking is at a basic level.
I have attached the script -- it is only 4KB.
The mailing list strips off many file attachments. You'd do better to put
your script on a website somewhere, and mail out the URL to it...
Regards,
--
-Chuck
The advice about sorting and keys() did the trick. (Thanks, Chuck!)
I have placed an improved hotspot.py at:
https://grokwell.org/freebsd/hotspot.py
I signed my own certificate, so you'll be getting a warning about that when
you visit my server.
Again, any advice is welcome and appreciated.
Thanks,
Andrew
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Re: desktop wireless card
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Tim Kellers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have had Lynksys cards that were not recognized, but in those cases I was able to use ndisgen (after I dug up the Windows drivers) to create a wrapper and enable those cards in both FreeBSD 6.3 and 7 -CURRENT (way back when 7 was current). I haven't had to do it since 7.0-RELEASE but I'd expect it to work as well. Tim Kellers CPE/NJIT Boris Kochergin wrote: James Harrison wrote: gahn wrote: Hello: Could anyone recommend a desktop wireless card for freebsd 6.2? Just moved in new place and only wireless in the house. Thanks in advance I use whatever was the cheapest linksys wireless G card I could find; plugs in to PCI slot and works wonderfully. ___ I'm not certain that everything Linksys puts out has FreeBSD-supported hardware inside. I have a bunch of TRENDnet TEW-443PI and Netgear WG311T cards that work well. They use the ath(4) driver. As a general statement, I'm pretty sure that anything with an Atheros chip inside (a fact often advertised on boxes of the products) that doesn't support any incarnation of 802.11n will work with said driver. http://atheros.rapla.net/ has more details. -Boris [EMAIL PROTECTED] I recommend looking at the hardware notes for your specific release. You can find 6.2's wireless notes at: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/hardware-i386.html#WLAN The man pages for the device drivers contain lists of compatible models. Beware: Some manufacturers will change the version number but not the model number when they change chipsets; so pay close attention to both the model and version numbers that are provided. Many of the models are old, but that means you can get many of them cheaply on eBay. Another option is getting a wireless adapter that plugs into your ethernet port, so operating system compatibility should not be an issue. One such product can be found here: http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0pid=333 Good luck, Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD, Ubuntu and Win XP on one system
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Jack Raats [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to put FreeBSD, Ubuntu and WInXP on one system using a boot manager. Which version do I have to put first on the harddisk, which second and which last? I also want to know which bootmanager to use? Thanks for your time Greeting Jack I would recommend installing WinXP first, then Ubuntu. The selection of a boot manager is a personal choice. I think Ubuntu uses the GRUB boot manager, which many people like. Install FreeBSD last, being careful not to overwrite the MBR of the hard drive. Once FreeBSD has been installed, boot up Ubuntu and modify the GRUB menu configuration file (/boot/grub/menu.lst). I found a sample of a FreeBSD entry here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=455951 Best of luck, Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OT: encrypted email using web based application
If I start with Subject line with the word secure using my work's email system, the email is sent to a secure, web based application where the recipients can view the message securely. The recipients receive a message that a secure email message is waiting for them there. They have to create an account based upon their email address to view the message. They do not have to recreate the accounts for future messages. This system is easy to use; and we don't have to worry about whether the recipients have PGP or GPG. Is there an open source application that does this? Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what do I do when a new piece of hardware doesn't even show up in dmesg?
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Steve Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only stumbling block to ditching windows on my laptop is a network card. I have a vanilla ath card that works fine under win32 and fedora, as well as a lucent-branded wi card. Neither even appears in dmesg when I put it in pccard0/cbb0. If I stick a compact flash card in an adapter, however, it looks to work (haven't tried mounting it). Anyway, how do I even start to debug this, since I have no output? I notice one of the lights on the card flashes when I plug it in, but that could just be part of it's power-up process... Eventually, I plan to hack my bios to get a unsupported network card to run without locking up the bios boot process, but from what I've read, that's alot of work... Thanks, Steve Have you checked the Hardware Notes for the version of FreeBSD that you're running? You can find links to the current versions' notes at: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/ That might give you some indication of whether the item is supported and whether there is a kernel module that you need to load. Best of luck, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ports dependency question
I tried to install freemind from ports (ports/deskutils/freemind). The installation failed because I am missing jdk 1.5*. The Makefile requires java 1.4. diablo-jre-1.5.0.07.01_10 is installed. Installing the latest binary via pkg_add -r freemind has the same results, so I don't think it's a question of needing to compile the java code. Does diablo not meet the java requirement? Should I need to install a java sdk? At what point would it be appropriate to contact the maintainer of freemind for help? Thanks, Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Java
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Greg Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dave wrote: | On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 12:43:47PM -0400, John Nielsen wrote: | On Tuesday 22 July 2008 12:20:48 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | I read in _Absolute FreeBSD_ that there is now an easy-to-install Java | package for 64-bit AMD FreeBSD 7.0, but I have so far not found this | package. Does it exist? | Yes. These packages are created. licensed and maintained by the FreeBSD | Foundation. See this link: | | http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml | | JN | | OK. I visited the link and downloaded the JDK and JRE for Freebsd 7, but | pkg_add fails, saying it cannot decode the CONTENTS file. I ran bunzip2 to get | tar files, but pkg_add fails with the tar file too. What's the proper way to | pkg_add these two files to get a working Java system? | | Thanks. Hi Dave, Can you post the exact output from pkg_add when it fails to install the files your downloaded? That will probably help me or someone else here troubleshoot the problem. Best regards, Greg - -- Greg Larkin http://www.sourcehosting.net/ I just downloaded diablo-caffe for FreeBSD7 (i386) with similar results: # pkg_add diablo-caffe-freebsd7-i386-1.6.0_07-b02.tar.bz2 pkg_add: unable to open table of contents file '+CONTENTS' - not a package? Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Java
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Greg Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Gould wrote: | On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Greg Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- | Hash: SHA1 | | Dave wrote: | | On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 12:43:47PM -0400, John Nielsen wrote: | | On Tuesday 22 July 2008 12:20:48 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | I read in _Absolute FreeBSD_ that there is now an easy-to-install Java | | package for 64-bit AMD FreeBSD 7.0, but I have so far not found this | | package. Does it exist? | | Yes. These packages are created. licensed and maintained by the FreeBSD | | Foundation. See this link: | | | | http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml | | | | JN | | | | OK. I visited the link and downloaded the JDK and JRE for Freebsd 7, but | | pkg_add fails, saying it cannot decode the CONTENTS file. I ran | bunzip2 to get | | tar files, but pkg_add fails with the tar file too. What's the proper | way to | | pkg_add these two files to get a working Java system? | | | | Thanks. | | Hi Dave, | | Can you post the exact output from pkg_add when it fails to install the | files your downloaded? That will probably help me or someone else here | troubleshoot the problem. | | Best regards, | Greg | - -- | Greg Larkin | http://www.sourcehosting.net/ | | | I just downloaded diablo-caffe for FreeBSD7 (i386) with similar results: | | # pkg_add diablo-caffe-freebsd7-i386-1.6.0_07-b02.tar.bz2 | pkg_add: unable to open table of contents file '+CONTENTS' - not a package? | | Andrew Hi Andrew, Ok, I'm doing the same now and will report back with my findings. Dave, hold tight for a bit. Best regards, Greg - -- Greg Larkin Here's the results of pkg_add with the v option: # pkg_add -v diablo-caffe-freebsd7-i386-1.6.0_07-b02.tar.bz2 Requested space: 256372980 bytes, free space: 1546737664 bytes in /var/tmpinstmp.uQ3Sre pkg_add: unable to open table of contents file '+CONTENTS' - not a package? pkg_add: 1 package addition(s) failed Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Java
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Greg Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Gould wrote: | On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Greg Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- | Hash: SHA1 | | Dave wrote: | | On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 12:43:47PM -0400, John Nielsen wrote: | | On Tuesday 22 July 2008 12:20:48 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | I read in _Absolute FreeBSD_ that there is now an easy-to-install Java | | package for 64-bit AMD FreeBSD 7.0, but I have so far not found this | | package. Does it exist? | | Yes. These packages are created. licensed and maintained by the FreeBSD | | Foundation. See this link: | | | | http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml | | | | JN | | | | OK. I visited the link and downloaded the JDK and JRE for Freebsd 7, but | | pkg_add fails, saying it cannot decode the CONTENTS file. I ran | bunzip2 to get | | tar files, but pkg_add fails with the tar file too. What's the proper | way to | | pkg_add these two files to get a working Java system? | | | | Thanks. | | Hi Dave, | | Can you post the exact output from pkg_add when it fails to install the | files your downloaded? That will probably help me or someone else here | troubleshoot the problem. | | Best regards, | Greg | - -- | Greg Larkin | http://www.sourcehosting.net/ | | | I just downloaded diablo-caffe for FreeBSD7 (i386) with similar results: | | # pkg_add diablo-caffe-freebsd7-i386-1.6.0_07-b02.tar.bz2 | pkg_add: unable to open table of contents file '+CONTENTS' - not a package? | | Andrew Ok, I finally see what's going on here. The web page reads: Packages ~--Available Soon Tarballs ~These Tarballs were used to generate the packages. They are useful if you don't use packages or as distribution files for the diablo ports. All you are downloading is a tarball that can be extracted directly into /usr/local. Once the packages are available, they will be posted to the page, and you'll be able to use pkg_add to manage them. This is the fully fleshed-out page for Java 5: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java15.shtml Hope that helps, Greg Oops. Sorry for the fuss. Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OT: 802.11g via USB1 vs 802.11b via pcmcia
I have an old computer that has USB1 ports and no internal wifi card. I have a 802.11b card I can use via pcmcia card and a 802.11g adapter I can use via USB1. Which wifi setup should I use for better performance? (I've never been clear about the speed of pcmcia.) Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OT - printing question
I have a postscript printer. I can send the output of text files to the printer; but the printer won't eject the page until I send enough text to fill the page. Is there a standard page-break or eject page command? Thanks, Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
difficulties with CUPS
When I try to add a printer that connected to the parallel port, CUPS does not give me an option for a local printer connection. make config in /usr/ports/print/cups-base does not appear to offer any solutions. Any advice? Thanks, Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD-7.0 Release and Camera?
I'm not sure about getting FreeBSD to recognize the camera; but if it has a removable memory card, you should be able to access it through a memory card reader. Best regards, Andrew On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 3:40 PM, chip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know how to get FBSD 7-R to recognize my Canon S3 IS and download pics from it? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/usr/local question
I just executed 'pkg_delete -a' to delete all packages and do a clean reinstall. (World and kernel were updated this morning.) Pkg_delete was unable to completely remove certain files and directories under /usr/local. Since I have backed-up all user data under /usr/local (web pages and postgresql databases) deleted all packages, is it safe to delete everything that remains under /usr/local? I have an archived copy of /usr/local/etc for reference during reinstallation. Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Equations (WAS: good replacement for open office)
On 10/5/07, Frank Jahnke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since you seem to use the equation feature quite intensively, maybe you have any clue on making the equation editor perform better. Sorry I can't really be of much help with OO.o equations. What I do personally is a kludge, but it works well enough. For documents that I create for read-only use, I use groff and friends. For those that require collaboration, I use Wordperfect to create the equations (it has an equation mode like troff's eqn), export them into Word format, and then read them into Word. The equation mode in Word is crippled, and you need to purchase MathType (I think that is the name) to make it usable. The same goes for references, BTW: you really need to purchase an add-on to make Word usable. In troff I just use refer together with Refbase. I've just not had much luck with OO.o's equation mode. If often crashes Word, and since all the people I collaborate with use Word, well, I use Word rather than try to teach them troff (or TeX). While they are all top-flight scientists and engineers at major US research Universities, their computer literacy is surprisingly low. I've given up on trying to find a BSD or Linux program that is good enough for this purpose -- none really are. So I just use Word in a VM and am done with it. Have you tried LyX? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Equations (WAS: good replacement for open office)
On 10/4/07, Chad Perrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 12:34:00PM -0500, Andrew Gould wrote: On 10/5/07, Frank Jahnke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've given up on trying to find a BSD or Linux program that is good enough for this purpose -- none really are. So I just use Word in a VM and am done with it. Have you tried LyX? I think this purpose, in this case, means collaborating with people using MS Word. That being the case, LyX is sort of the opposite of what he needs, even if it handles equation work excellently for print -- because, of course, it *doesn't* handle MS Word DOC format at all. At least, it didn't the last time I checked. I imagine the LyX maintainers haven't suddenly jumped on the interoperate with MS Office bandwagon lately. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Brian K. Reid: In computer science, we stand on each other's feet. You are so right about that. I saw equations in the subject line and jumped a little to quickly. ;-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....
On 9/6/07, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David U Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:10 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out That is my job. The ONLY way to get someone to re-examine their assumptions is to piss them off. What a breathtakingly arrogant ponce! Arrogance is in the eye of the beholder, my friend. Lots of people think the current President of the US is an arrogant SOB. Lots of others think the people that think this are utter morons. Perhaps THIS will piss YOU off enough to get you to reexamine YOUR assumption. Nope, but it was good for a chuckle. Thanks! Ted ___ The thread has degenerated to personal sparring. I think we're at a point where this discussion can be taken off-list without any of the rest of us missing critical content regarding FreeBSD. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Double Layer dvd burning in FreeBSD
On 9/4/07, Rohit Viswanadha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have read the manuals and have successfully burnt several DVDs before. I did nothing different when trying to burn dl DVD and it just has not been successful. Below is the error message I recieve from growisofs: Executing 'builtin_dd if=DVD.iso of=/dev/pass1 obs=32k seek=0' /dev/pass1: splitting layers at 1992528 blocks :*-[ SEND DVD+R DOUBLE LAYER RECORDING INFORMATION failed with SK=2h/ASC=04h/ACQ=01h]: Resource temporarily unavailable* I pretty much have had no luck with burncd or other tools when it comes to dl burning. My DVD Burner is: acd1: DVDR LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-832S/VTS3 at ata1-slave UDMA33 Since you got this to work on double layer dvd burning -- what type of burner do you have .. can you share your hardware specs ? Regards Rohit On 8/29/07, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone successfully burnt double layer DVDs in FreeBSD. yes I have some home videos which were burnt on a large size dvd -- there is no encryption on them.. its just straight vob files. any ideas will be appreciated. I've had no luck with mkisofs or other tools that i've tried. so please read manuals. there is actually no difference between this and writing standard DVD. ___ Wojciech Puchar , Would you also mention the brand of DL DVD that you've burned successfully? Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....
On 9/2/07, Mike Jeays [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2007 02:22, Michael Hauber wrote: Hey, all... I've been a user of FreeBSD and OpenBSD for quite a while now. Unfortunatly, I haven't had much time to tinker lately, and that's unlikely to change in the near future. Sadly, I need to get an OS that my wife would be more comfortable using and that wouldn't be as time-comsuming to make it more comfortable for her. I downloaded the uberyl live CD and found that ubuntu seems to pick up on everything I have on the laptop (as well as all the attachments), so I'm downloading it now. Because I've put so much time into getting this FreeBSD install where it is now (and because I favor the BSDs), I'm still a bit hesitant... Has anyone here had much experience with ubunu as a desktop? Negatives/positives? Kind of OT, I guess... I'd just rather hear it from someone in this group rather than the inevitable, Oh yeah. You won't be sorry. from the ubuntu folk (salespitches == fingernails on a chalkboard :) ). Thanks, Mike PS. Yes, I've played with PC-BSD. Unfortunately, that's still more work than I have time for. I am one of those sad cases who used FreeBSD for many years as my primary desktop at home, and then switched to Ubuntu about 6 months ago. I still run FreeBSD on an older server, that runs round the clock and is 100% reliable. I was only slightly frustrated by FreeBSD, mainly because of my inability to get a Hauuppage TV card to work, even after a few queries on this list. I also found that other multimedia software seemed more available and easier to set up - I not saying they were impossible, just that I seemed to be spending more time trying to get them to work than I wanted. Ubuntu works very well 'out of the box', and their Synaptic tool for finding and installing software is excellent. I am now running VirtualBox under Ubuntu, and it works extremely well; I can run W2K and XP for occasional use as guests, and what seems like full speed. (Much faster than QEMU, which I used before.) Both KDE and GNOME work fine, and for basic work with Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice and Postgresql, there is nothing much to choose between FreeBSD and Ubuntu from an office user's point of view. Both work great. Both seem rock solid, and recover well from the occasional power outages I get at my new home. (Ought to get a battery backup before disaster hits one day, I suppose). All the development tools are a few mouse-clicks away. I may switch back one day, as I like FreeBSD very much for its sound design and underlying philosophy. I feel 'guilty' about having changed! -- Mike Jeays http://www.jeays.ca ___ I moved from Linux to FreeBSD in 2000. Two years ago, at the request of my IT department, I started looking to move a database server back to Linux. Unfortunately(?), I found that each Linux distribution came with either problems or limitations. Several distros worked well out of the box; but I still had problems getting the applications I wanted working either because of bugs or license politics. I never made the move. Don't kid yourself, even open source applications and operating systems go through occasional periods where technical know-how is needed, even *Ubuntu. If you don't believe me, browse through the email lists of any *BSD or Linux operating system. This month's edition of Linux Format has an article documenting an experiment where 3 newbies are asked to perform various tasks in Linux. You may find this article useful. If the original poster is leaving FreeBSD to save time and make his wife's computing experience a pleasant one, I recommend Mac OS X. It comes with all of the advantages of Apple's understanding of users and user interfaces. Also, you can install your favorite unix apps via macports. In my home, I use Mac OS X for photo editing and creating slideshow DVDs. I use FreeBSD as my desktop and a database server. Good luck, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....
On 9/2/07, Michael Hauber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in the process of backup, and will be installing ubuntu shortly. Like one of the repliers stated, I too feel somewhat guilty... But I'll be back one of these days. Thanks, all. Mike Don't feel guilty. Keep a FreeBSD server running at home while you travel! You can backup your data securely and use it remotely via tightvnc. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....
On 9/2/07, Pollywog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 02 September 2007 23:37:49 Andrew Gould wrote: Don't feel guilty. Keep a FreeBSD server running at home while you travel! You can backup your data securely and use it remotely via tightvnc. Andrew There must be some trick to accessing a FreeBSD server via VNC. I have done it on Linux but I could not get it to work in FreeBSD. ___ I've had good luck with both vnc and tightvnc. The only tricks that I can think of are remembering the right window/port and allowing the ports through the firewall. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: spammers harvesting emaill address from this list
On 8/25/07, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Probably the list admins figure that anyone who posts here is an advanced user type who understands how to setup spam filters that work. Ted ___ Or doesn't; but wants to. I tell people that if they just want a Windows replacement, they should stick with Windows or use a Mac because they want better service from the computer without any growth in skills or responsibilities on their part. A core strength of the *nix operating systems and communities is the administrator/users' desire for control and acceptance of responsibilities that come with that control. System administration is not a spectator sport. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: /var or /usr for data?
On 8/22/07, Brad Waite [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would appear that the proper allocation of filesystems on FreeBSD is to put all data in /usr. I'm used to this and have been doing it for years. However, there's a few issues that keep coming up. A lot of the ports use /var for data dirs. MySQL, Qmail, dspam are a few that I've had issues with. Is there a canonical place to put data files on a modern FreeBSD server? Figuring out the sizes for each partition is an exercise in frustration when I don't know how big /var or /usr are going to grow. For now, I've changed the default config files for MySQL and dspam to use /usr/local for data dirs, but is this the right thing to do? I used to put everything on /, but that created problems when I couldn't fsck the single large partition and I had to boot from CD to fix things. That's an issue when the server's not in the same state. A Solaris associate of mine is of the opinion that /usr should be able to be mounted RO for security purposes. If /var was the default for all add-ons and data, I could see that, but that wouldn't work the ways things are now. I usually move the data directories (/usr/home, /usr/local/pgsql, /var/db/mysql, etc) to a separate, hard drive mounted at /data and create symbolic links back at the default locations. If you run out of space, you can move the data to a larger hard drive and either adjust the links or have the new drive mount at /data (or wherever you choose). I hope this helps. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: updating multiple freebsd desktops
- Original Message From: Bram Van Steenlandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Liste FreeBSD freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 6:59:22 AM Subject: updating multiple freebsd desktops Hi list, The company I work for is linux based, we work with our own app written in wxPython. I am having a lot of trouble finding a suitable desktop OS, I've just went with redhat but I think I am having second thoughts about it . Freebsd (wich we use for some servers) would be an option but: I find it really difficult to keep freebsd up to date in a desktop situation, recompiling things like gnome can take a lot of time. So what I would really like is to make one machine the build/test machine and keep this machine up to date with the ports and portmanager or so. Can I then set up some kind of repo with the packages from this machine and run something like yum upgrade on every desktop we have ? I know something like sharing (thus building it only once and installing it on multiple pc's) /usr/ports could be done but it is still to much work and I would like something that also works over the internet. Ideas anyone ? kind regards ___ Here are some ideas to get you started: 1. Maintain one server and access it remotely using X Window or vnc. 2. Use portupgrade on each with the options to upgrade ports using binaries from the internet. 3. Maintain one server and use pkg_create to create binary packages of all installed ports. 4. Take a look at PCBSD, which is FreeBSD preconfigured as a desktop and with additional, user-friendly features. http://www.pcbsd.org. Good luck, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: duplicating a dvd video
In Chapter 18.6.6 of the FreeBSD Handbook, you'll find instructions for creating an iso image from a data CD using the program dd. dd works for DVD's as well. You can then burn the iso image to a DVD using growisofs (see: man growisofs). You can find Chapter 18.6.6 at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-cds.html Good luck, Andrew L. Gould - Original Message From: Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 9:02:09 PM Subject: duplicating a dvd video Hello, I asked about this a while back and got some good feedback. The issue is it isn't happening. To recap i've got some family-made dvd videos that i've been asked to duplicate. They are quite lengthy and as i discovered won't fit on to a single layer dvd, so i got a three-pack, which i've already killed two, duel-layered dvds. My dvd writer can burn duel-layer dvds and the players can all play them so that's not an issue. What i did originally was to run dvdbackup on the original dvd video. I inserted it and ran: dvdbackup -i /dev/cd1 -o /path/to/backup/area -M which created a folder under there called video_ts. A segway i put in a movie in to the dvd drive, mounted it and checked it out that also has the video_ts folder so i'm sure that's what has to go on the dvd. I put in one of the blanks and do: growisofs -Z /dev/cd1 -dvd-video /path/to/backup/area which upon mounting the resulting dvd i confirmed that it does have a video_ts folder on it. My issue is when i try to play them i'm getting disk read errors. The only thing i can think of is i have to make iso images first, but i'd like confirmation on this or an idea of what i've missed before i try this again, i'd really not like to burn another coaster. Thanks. Dave. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: creating ftp users!
- Original Message From: Gollapati, Kishore (GE Indust, ES Europe, consultant) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 7:22:43 AM Subject: creating ftp users! Hi I am using windows 2003 server. I want to limiting ftp users to their respective home dir. i have seen your reply You can do this simply by creating a file /etc/ftpchroot and putting all the usernames in there. Can you please tell more on this Regards Kishore _ Step 1. Replace the operating system on the server (Windows Server 2003) with FreeBSD 6.2. During the installation, select the option to activate inetd and uncomment the ftp line in /etc/inetd.conf. Step 2. Login as root and create your users using the command 'adduser'. Step 3. Using a text editor, such as vi, create the file /etc/ftpchroot and add each user name on its own line. Best of luck, Andrew L. Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tightvnc trouble
Approximately 2 weeks ago, I performed a fresh installation of FreeBSD 6.2, updated to STABLE world and kernel, deleted all packages and installed up-to-date versions of packages. The upgrade to xorg 7.2 was uneventful. (whew) After using tightvnc, the user that started vncserver is unable to access an X window locally, even after killing vncserver and rebooting. All I get is a grey screen with a black crosshair until xinit gives up with the messages below. The first section is repeated several times before the program gives up. #messages begin# AUDIT: Tue Jul 17 08:34:12 2007: 853 X: client 1 rejected from local host (uid 1002) Xlib: connection to :0.0 refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified .. giving up. xinit: unable to connect to X Server waiting for X server to shut down ..FreeFontPath: FPE /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc refcount is 2, should be 1, fixing. xinit: Server error. #end of messages# After this happened, I had to remove and recreate the user to get X working again. Root, who never executed vncserver, was able to use X before and after tightvnc was used. To recreate this scenario, I created a new user, vncguest, with a .xinitrc file containing only one line: startkde. Vncserver was started using the default options (twm, etc). After remote access was opened and closed, vncguest has been unable to use X. My normal user can still use X (kde). Any advice? Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cursor key behavior with Firefox
- Original Message From: Rob Lytle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:39:03 AM Subject: Cursor key behavior with Firefox I know this isn't a Firefox list, but perhaps someone can save me some time. When I use the down arrow, rather than scrolling, it takes me right to the bottom of the page. Same behavior in Vista and FreeBSD. Thanks! This is really getting annoying. How in the world do you simply scroll? Rob ___ My arrows work fine in Firefox on Windows XP and FreeBSD 6.2 STABLE. Could there be a keyboard mapping issue with your keyboard that would affect both operating systems? Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If cvsup's a no-go, will copying work?
I received permission to install a *nix at work. I installed FreeBSD 6.2; but I am unable to cvsup successfully. I've tried the various modes. I've even tried nesting it in a Python script that tries to get authorization through a proxy -- it didn't help, but was worth a try. I really, really, really want to get past the xorg 7* issue before I have a lot of applications installed. If a computer at home is up-to-date, can I: 1. Delete /usr/src/*, /usr/ports/* and /usr/doc/* from the work computer; and 2. copy the /usr/src/*, /usr/ports/* and /usr/doc/* from the home computer? Is it as simple as that? Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: If cvsup's a no-go, will copying work?
- Original Message From: cpghost [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Andrew Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 6:56:34 PM Subject: Re: If cvsup's a no-go, will copying work? Andrew Gould wrote: I received permission to install a *nix at work. I installed FreeBSD 6.2; but I am unable to cvsup successfully. I've tried the various modes. I've even tried nesting it in a Python script that tries to get authorization through a proxy -- it didn't help, but was worth a try. I really, really, really want to get past the xorg 7* issue before I have a lot of applications installed. If a computer at home is up-to-date, can I: 1. Delete /usr/src/*, /usr/ports/* and /usr/doc/* from the work computer; and 2. copy the /usr/src/*, /usr/ports/* and /usr/doc/* from the home computer? Is it as simple as that? On more thing. I usually csup /usr/src, /usr/ports and /usr/doc on one machine, and then rsync those directories to a lot of other machines on an internal network. Works like a charm, and conserves bandwidth too. rsync! (doh) and rsync works through ssh! Beautiful! Thanks. Thanks, Andrew cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 install CD causes immediate reboot
- Original Message From: Garrett Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 12:16:08 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.2 install CD causes immediate reboot -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Erik Trulsson wrote: On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 09:34:44AM -0800, Andrew Gould wrote: I was given a Dell Dimension m200a yesterday by someone who recently upgraded. I think it was created around 1997. CPU: Pentium RAM: 48MB odd: This PC runs Win95; but has 2 usb ports. Didn't Win98 predate usb ports? No, USB ports started appearing around 1996. It took a while before they become widespread though. The later revisions of Win95 did have support for USB, which was improved in Win98. When I try to boot up with the FreeBSD 6.2 installation CD, the system tries to boot from the CD; but then reboots before anything messages from the CD appear on the monitor. Is there something I can try, or should I just give up? I have a hard time throwing functional hardware in the trash. Maybe I'm struggling too much with my own mortality; but that's a different discussion. ;-) You could try booting an older version of FreeBSD (4.x probably since 5.x is very similar to 6.x) and see if that works. You could also fiddle with various BIOS settings. You could also try the boot floppies. If none of that works I would give up trying to install FreeBSD on that computer. Booting with FreeBSD 6.2 floppies worked. Thanks! Andrew Try booting the CD without acpi / apm support too. apm support with dell is fruity, and acpi shouldn't have really been supported all the way with the machine either. Moreover, you can try making a boot floppy with the BIOS update as the current BIOS version may not support Unix installs. I agree though--if you can't boot freebsd, you should give up. There are versions of Linux that may run on the laptop though, so you can give that a shot as well.. Also just for the sake of the archives, Win95 ver. b (basically SP2) did have USB support but it really sucked; I couldn't the machine to recognize a number of USB devices with this version of 95. However, Win98 made a big difference in this arena since they started properly supporting USB and so that's probably one reason why many people upgraded. - -Garrett -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFvOhoEnKyINQw/HARAjVxAKCW19E3zOsDLq0TvSgfa+N+W4yxZgCeJapp ZrmxQ0oXi5R0QoRFIRBI/fA= =iUTj -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: how to enable linux flash player in firefox
From: Robert Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:44:41 AM Subject: Re: how to enable linux flash player in firefox Andreas Davour writes: Anyway. Can we hope that patch is finding it's way into the main branch with haste? As I understand it: 1) This patch is the tip of the iceberg for a much larger change, 2) That change will not debut globally until 7.0. 3) Unfortunately, a critical piece of the enabling infrastructure (www/linuxpluginwrapper) is broken by this and no one has stepped forward to fix it. Robert Huff ___ I installed gnash, the port related to effort to create an open source flash player, including a plugin. Firefox recognizes it as a plugin; but I still get the missing plugin message on many flash web pages. Has anyone else here tried gnash? If so, what has your experience been? Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD 6.2 install CD causes immediate reboot
I was given a Dell Dimension m200a yesterday by someone who recently upgraded. I think it was created around 1997. CPU: Pentium RAM: 48MB odd: This PC runs Win95; but has 2 usb ports. Didn't Win98 predate usb ports? When I try to boot up with the FreeBSD 6.2 installation CD, the system tries to boot from the CD; but then reboots before anything messages from the CD appear on the monitor. Is there something I can try, or should I just give up? I have a hard time throwing functional hardware in the trash. Maybe I'm struggling too much with my own mortality; but that's a different discussion. ;-) Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble mounting Olympus WS-310M voice recorder
From: Garrett Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 10:42:15 PM Subject: Re: trouble mounting Olympus WS-310M voice recorder -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ajm wrote: On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 12:27:10AM +0100, Tore Lund wrote: Andrew Gould wrote: [snip] this is from a previous message in the thread: attempt: mount -tmsdos -orw /dev/da0s1 /mnt/ws310 try as root or su to root # mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/ws310 Interestingly enough I tried out these steps as root to see if I could resimulate this with my camera and I ended up with the same results. Only by trying to mount the camera as root could I succeed. Does anyone have a FAT16/FAT32 drive properly mounting under FreeBSD as a non-root user? If so, did you modify /dev, /etc/devfs.conf, or are you using amd(8)? - -Garrett I tried mounting the partition as root. It didn't work. I think I'll install an older version of FreeBSD somewhere and see if the problem is isolated to 6.2. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble mounting Olympus WS-310M voice recorder
cd /dev; ls -l xpt* pass* da0 says? You do need pass and da compiled into the kernel with the right permissions in order to make stuff work with cameras AFAIK. -Garrett Here's the output: # ls -l xpt* pass* da0 crw-r- 1 root operator0, 139 Jan 23 22:05 da0 crw--- 1 root operator0, 126 Jan 23 22:05 pass0 crw--- 1 root operator0, 138 Jan 23 22:05 pass1 crw--- 1 root operator0, 127 Jan 23 22:05 xpt0 FYI - In case it makes a difference, the Olympus WS-310 is a digital voice recorder, not a camera. Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
trouble mounting Olympus WS-310M voice recorder
Background: The Olympus WS-310M digital voice recorder has a standard USB interface and uses flash memory to store sound files. Unfortunately, this device only records to WMA files. I was able to view the filesystem on my MacMini without installing any software. I'm trying to mount it to my FreeBSD system so that I can use ffmpeg to convert the WMA files to a more universally readable format. Problem: I am having trouble mounting this device in FreeBSD 6.2. Here is the related dmesg output: umass0: OLYMPUS CORPORATION DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 3 da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: OLYMPUS DVR 1.00 Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device da0: 1.000MB/s transfers da0: 500MB (256000 2048 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 125C) umass0: at uhub3 port 2 (addr 3) disconnected (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): lost device (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): removing device entry umass0: detached umass0: OLYMPUS CORPORATION DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 3 da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: OLYMPUS DVR 1.00 Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device da0: 1.000MB/s transfers da0: 500MB (256000 2048 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 125C) Here is the output from 'fdisk /dev/da0': *** Working on device /dev/da0 *** parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: cylinders=125 heads=64 sectors/track=32 (2048 blks/cyl) parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: cylinders=125 heads=64 sectors/track=32 (2048 blks/cyl) Media sector size is 2048 Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 Information from DOS bootblock is: The data for partition 1 is: sysid 6 (0x06),(Primary 'big' DOS (= 32MB)) start 117, size 255885 (499 Meg), flag 80 (active) beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 54; end: cyl 499/ head 7/ sector 32 The data for partition 2 is: UNUSED The data for partition 3 is: UNUSED The data for partition 4 is: UNUSED Here is the output from 'ls /dev/da0*': /dev/da0/dev/da0s1 Here is the output of my various attempts at mounting this device as root: attempt: mount -tmsdos -orw /dev/da0 /mnt/ws310 result: mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument attempt: mount -tmsdos -orw /dev/da0s1 /mnt/ws310 result: mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0s1: Invalid argument Attempts with '-oro' instead of '-orw' had similar results. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble mounting Olympus WS-310M voice recorder
- Original Message From: Garrett Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 3:26:03 PM Subject: Re: trouble mounting Olympus WS-310M voice recorder -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Gould wrote: The MacMini mounts the drive as soon as it sees it, and deletes the device as soon as I unmount it; so I can't test it that way. When I try to mount it while it's mounted, I get: mount_msdos /dev/disk1s1: resource busy When I get_info on the drive, it reports a DOS_16 partition with a MS_DOS_12 file system. I didn't mean to mount the drive, just to see what the mount options were (that can be found via strictly the mount command). However, the get_info portion that you provided gave me the information that mount could have provided, most likely. I successfully mounted a DOS floppy on my FreeBSD system to ensure that mount_msdos was working properly. Ok. Do you have MSDOSFS_LARGE compiled in the kernel? - -Garrett -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFs9prEnKyINQw/HARAtiwAJ4tJfdiWRRdnsjDWVVgZ/0C+LrPmACfUCHQ gb7sQEeMJ1TOOWVJ0QqD+uE= =QnLK -END PGP SIGNATURE- I do not have MSDOSFS_LARGE compiled in the kernel. I'm recompiling now. Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: trouble mounting Olympus WS-310M voice recorder
- Original Message From: Garrett Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 3:26:03 PM Subject: Re: trouble mounting Olympus WS-310M voice recorder -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Gould wrote: The MacMini mounts the drive as soon as it sees it, and deletes the device as soon as I unmount it; so I can't test it that way. When I try to mount it while it's mounted, I get: mount_msdos /dev/disk1s1: resource busy When I get_info on the drive, it reports a DOS_16 partition with a MS_DOS_12 file system. I didn't mean to mount the drive, just to see what the mount options were (that can be found via strictly the mount command). However, the get_info portion that you provided gave me the information that mount could have provided, most likely. I successfully mounted a DOS floppy on my FreeBSD system to ensure that mount_msdos was working properly. Ok. Do you have MSDOSFS_LARGE compiled in the kernel? - -Garrett -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFs9prEnKyINQw/HARAtiwAJ4tJfdiWRRdnsjDWVVgZ/0C+LrPmACfUCHQ gb7sQEeMJ1TOOWVJ0QqD+uE= =QnLK -END PGP SIGNATURE- Adding MSDOSFS_LARGE to the kernel didn't help. I mounted the voice recorder successfully on Suse Enterprise Desktop 10. Upon mounting, however, the following 10 lines similar to the one below (only the number is changed) are added to dmesg: Buffer I/O error on device sda1, logical block 255884 This did not prevent Suse from mounting and reading the flash drive. I don't feel comfortable using FreeBSD or Linux to reformat the device because when I have the drive do the reformatting, it also creates several files. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Firefox refuses to start in FBSD 6.2-RELEASE
Original Message From: Firas Kraiem [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:37:16 PM Subject: Firefox refuses to start in FBSD 6.2-RELEASE Hi to all of you ! The title pretty much says it all, when I install Firefox, the install seems to run without problems but when I try to run it, no joy. If I try to run it from a terminal, I just get thrown back to the prompt without any output. This occurs with all the Firefox versions I've tried, i.e. : 1.5.0.8 package on the 6.2-RELEASE CD, 2.0.0.1 both from packages and ports and 2.0.0.1 Linux version from ports. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards Firas. What window manager are you running? Firefox was crashing on KDE; so I tried it on windowmaker, where it works fine. Granted, that's not a good solution; but it may help isolate the real problem. I hope this helps. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Firefox mess in Freebsd 6.1
- Original Message From: Michael M. Press [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dak Ghatikachalam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; FreeBSD WickerBill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:21:02 AM Subject: Re: Firefox mess in Freebsd 6.1 I need to try the Warren's method to see if that is going to help me, first of all I need to read man portupgrade to perform the upgrade from 6.1to 6.2 , as i am new into this freebsd world. The really easy way out is to install the linux-firefox port. If you do this, flash should just work. There shouldn't be any noticeable performance difference between the native FreeBSD Firefox browser and the emulated Linux one, either. -- The flash plugin works great with linux-firefox; but how do you get the java plugin to work with it? Thanks, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[OT] advice on wikis and bulletin boards
Strategic planning will be starting soon at my new place of employment, and I'd like to setup a place on our intranet to facilitate discussions and planning prior to meetings to reduce meeting times and make meetings more productive. This would be a new activity for this organization, so we'll start with just our own office. User permissions will be needed for security. I've used bulletin boards before (phpbb); but they don't seem to be well designed for group editing of documents. I've noticed that wiki's have become very popular; but I'm not sure how well they facilitate discussions. Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? Thanks, Andrew L. Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie Lynx and Mozilla Firefox Questions
- Original Message From: linux quest [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2007 10:22:25 AM Subject: Newbie Lynx and Mozilla Firefox Questions I have been searching for tutorials for browsing the Internet using Lynx, but can't seem to find one anywhere. There aren't any tutorial either in those Unix books that I bought. What command do I need to type to download Lynx and what command I need to type to run Lynx on FreeBSD? Secondly, I try to run firefox by typing ... # mozilla but ... it respond with error msg ... and yes I can connect to the Internet (I pinged google.com). Thanks for any help. Regards, Linux Quest -- (The beta version of the new Yahoo! Mail encourages people to reply at the top of the message; so please forgive the lack of symbols preceding lines of the original post. I have sent them a friendly suggestion regarding this issue.) To install Lynx, you can execute the following as root: pkg_add -r lynx but I prefer using the ports to get the SSL version: cd /usr/ports/www/lynx-ssl/ make install clean Then you can start lynx using: lynx url If you go to google.com and enter lynx tutorial, you'll get a list of good resources for learning lynx. The command mozilla is used to start the mozilla browser, which is still available. To start firefox, try firefox . Best of luck, Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printing Problem
--- Karl Agee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: uname -a FreeBSD enterprise.myhome.westell.com 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #4: Mon Oct 2 08:40:06 PDT 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC.20060916 i386 I cannot print from some applications, namely xpdf and evince. I am trying to print pdf's from these as printing in adobe reader 7 is disabled. I have cups installed and running and I can print from firefox and openoffice.org. In both xpdf and evince, the print dialog gives me a prompt for a printing command, not a printer to choose. This is a brother laser which is supported. This is a usb printer, lpstat shows: lpstat -p -d printer Brother_Laser is idle. enabled since Jan 01 00:00 system default destination: Brother_Laser /var/log/messages shows: Oct 6 08:45:56 enterprise lpd[11501]: /dev/lp: No such file or directory anything I can do to get printing in these apps to work? Did you remember to move or delete the lp* files from /usr/bin/ so that they don't conflict with the cups versions in /usr/local/bin/ ? Andrew L. Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: printer recommendation
--- Christopher M. Hobbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could anyone recommend a good desktop laser jet printer that is known to work under FreeBSD. I don't mind if it's an older model. I'd like to go cheap with it. I will be printing black and white planning sheets, and portions of books. Is there a list of printers that are useable under FreeBSD somewhere? Thank you for your time! cmh -- Christopher M. Hobbs IS Technician, City of Siloam Springs [EMAIL PROTECTED], (479).524.5136 If the printer works with Linux over the network or via parallel port, then it probably works fine with FreeBSD. If a USB printer works with Linux but not with FreeBSD, you can often get around the USB incompatibility by attaching the printer to a print server. Here's a searchable database of printers that are compatible with Linux. http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi I have a Oki B4350 printer (mono color laser) and an HP Photosmart 7150 that are attached to a Hawking Technology HPS12U print server. I use CUPS for printing in FreeBSD. This setup works great! Both HP and Okidata have been good about releasing PPD files (printer configuration files used by CUPS) for their printers. It's good that you're only looking for a laser printer. I've heard that compatibility issues with all-in-one printers can be a real pain. I hope this helps. Andrew L. Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
extracting base names from package listing
pkg_info provides a nice listing of package names that include version numbers. I'd like to have a list of the names without the version numbers so that I can write a script to install the newer versions after a clean installation. Looking at the package names, I'm having a hard time coming up with an algorithm for separating the package names from the version numbers. Many package names have dashes (postgresql-server), and some have letters in the version numbers (libid3tag-0.15.1b). Does anyone have a good way of separating the package names from the version numbers? Is there a better way of identifying and installing a set of packages after a clean installation? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Andrew L. Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeNX and NX tutorials?
Does anyone know of any tutorials for running FreeNX and NX on FreeBSD? Thanks, Andrew L. Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: extracting base names from package listing
Thanks. --- RW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 20 September 2006 19:45, Andrew Gould wrote: pkg_info provides a nice listing of package names that include version numbers. I'd like to have a list of the names without the version numbers so that I can write a script to install the newer versions after a clean installation. Looking at the package names, I'm having a hard time coming up with an algorithm for separating the package names from the version numbers. Many package names have dashes (postgresql-server), and some have letters in the version numbers (libid3tag-0.15.1b). Does anyone have a good way of separating the package names from the version numbers? Is there a better way of identifying and installing a set of packages after a clean installation? What you actually want is the origins, pkg_info -oq * will give you that. What I think is a better idea is to get a list of the leaf origins, and let the ports sytem sort out the rest itself - you may end up with a cleaner set of dependencies. See the thread Moving to new PC above for a way to get these from portmanager. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeNX and NX tutorials?
--- Norberto Meijome [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:48:55 -0700 (PDT)
Andrew Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know of any tutorials for running
FreeNX
and NX on FreeBSD?
have you tried something called Google? :)
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Yes, I have.
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Re: FreeNX and NX tutorials?
--- Jeff Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Norberto Meijome wrote:
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:48:55 -0700 (PDT)
Andrew Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know of any tutorials for running
FreeNX
and NX on FreeBSD?
have you tried something called Google? :)
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I wrote one a while back. You can find it using the
link below:
http://www.averageadmins.com/blog/2006/03/29/freenx-on-freebsd/
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Thanks for the link/help.
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FYI: USB wireless on FreeBSD 6.1 Release via ural driver
Given the occasional question regarding wireless adapters on this list, and that I didn't see this in the hardware notes, I thought I'd post a message: The D-Link DWL-G122 version B1 is compatible with FreeBSD 6.1 Release on the i386 architecture. This is a USB, 802.11g adapter. Please note that the hardware version number is important as some manufacturers like to change chipsets without changing model numbers. This adapter uses the ural driver. When I plugged the adapter into the USB port, it was identified correctly as ural0. Network configuration using ifconfig was standard, except that the wlan_wep module had to be loaded manually before the adapter could be configured with a WEP code. You can find a list of compatible, adapters in the ural man page. Remember to pay close attention to hardware version numbers. Best regards, Andrew L. Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Midnight Commander in base distribution set
--- Scott Oertel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bryan Bonifacio wrote: The ports and packages are also available from the CD-ROMs (either the first or the second). -- Bryan Renat S. Nurgaliyev [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! Please, please, please, include Midnight Commander into the future releases of FreeBSD! It is extremely time-safing and lightweight tool. It can be installed from ports, but what about disconnected PC's? Thanks a lot. With Best Regards, Renat S. Nurgaliyev Data Network Engineer I use midnight commander on a daily basis, can anyone recommend a better, more lightweight tool then mc? -Scott Oertel I would also like to hear recommendations for alternatives to mc that are light weight, work on the command line **and** are either included on the FreeBSD installation CD or would be appropriate additions to the installation CD. mc makes it much easier/faster to finish configuring the OS after a clean installation; so it's always the first application I pkg_add from the ftp site. It would be nice to have an application with mc's basic features on the installation CD, especially since immediate internet access cannot be assumed. Andrew L. Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: .bash_logout and shutdown -- need ideas
--- DW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Have a bit of an issue here: Just started using a .bash_logout script to handle doing my unison commands whenever I logout at end of day so I don't forget to sync my local homedir to my server before I head home. Works fine as long as I just do a # exit when I'm done. But more often than not, I do a # sudo shutdown -p now. The problem with that though, is that the shutdown process runs as root, and just drops the system, and I'm never actually getting logged out as much as booted out. So my .bash_logout doesn't run, and thus no unison unless I remember to run it manually first. Any ideas on how to work around this sitch? Thanks, DW Instead of using .bash_logout, why don't you create a script that runs all of your logout tasks and then ends with 'sudo shutdown -p now'? Andrew L. Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: .bash_logout and shutdown -- need ideas
--- DW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Gould wrote: --- DW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Have a bit of an issue here: Just started using a .bash_logout script to handle doing my unison commands whenever I logout at end of day so I don't forget to sync my local homedir to my server before I head home. Works fine as long as I just do a # exit when I'm done. But more often than not, I do a # sudo shutdown -p now. The problem with that though, is that the shutdown process runs as root, and just drops the system, and I'm never actually getting logged out as much as booted out. So my .bash_logout doesn't run, and thus no unison unless I remember to run it manually first. Any ideas on how to work around this sitch? Thanks, DW Instead of using .bash_logout, why don't you create a script that runs all of your logout tasks and then ends with 'sudo shutdown -p now'? That's a good idea; I'll probably end up doing something like that; I was actually thinking of of just making bash aliases for reboot and shutdown, I guess that would do the same thing. The other problem though I just discovered is that that will work fine if I'm just in on a console, but if I'm running XFCE, and choose reboot or shutdown from xfce's exit menu, that won't work. If I can't find a way to get xfce to use my exit script(s), then I guess I'll just have to get into the habit of bailing out to a console first before shutting down. Andrew L. Gould I've never examined the shutdown procedures used by windows managers; but the concept should be the same. You could write a script with your logout tasks followed by the command executed by XFCE's shutdown commands. (I'm sure someone on this list can address this part.) Next, create a button or menu option on XFCE's panel to execute your script from a terminal application. Andrew L. Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Midnight Commander in base distribution set
--- Xiao-Yong Jin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In the last episode (Aug 04), Andrew Gould said: --- Scott Oertel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use midnight commander on a daily basis, can anyone recommend a better, more lightweight tool then mc? I would also like to hear recommendations for alternatives to mc that are light weight, work on the command line **and** are either included on the FreeBSD installation CD or would be appropriate additions to the installation CD. Actually, mc is pretty lightweight if you disable all the options. Note that the dependency on Perl isn't listed in OPTIONS, so you have to disable it manually in the port Makefile by setting WITHOUT_PERL_MODULES=yes Anyway, for a base system, it's still a bit heavy. In fact, one can always do anything with cp/mv I believe the base system should only include the simplest solution, that is, the most fundamental tools one needs, and without redundancy. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] We're not talking about including mc (or similar application) in the base system. The installation CD's already contain many binary packages from the ports system (ie not in the base system). The question is whether there is an application similar to mc already on the CD; and, if not, whether one should/could be included. Andrew L. Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Replacing windows XP at home.
--- Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joshua Lewis wrote: Would I be better off just going with Gnome or KDE? I realize once I start installing apps that I will probably wind up installing something that uses Gnome or KDE libraries so I am going to wind up bloating my system any ways right? Look at them both and make a choice if you like either. I tried both in the past, but found they were not for me for various reasons, so I went looking, also tried Xfce as has been mentioned, but I decided I wanted to try something really different from things that seemed Windows like. Tried WindowMaker and have been using it now for a long time. Here is the url www.windowmaker.info if you are interested. As you requested lean and fast, little slow getting started, only because it is very different in the approach of say Gnome, KDE, or Xfce, but once you get used to it, works great. I also like dock apps, which you can get more info at http://dockapps.org/ Gee, I just use AfterStep. Of course, that isn't really an MS-Win environment replacement. It doesn't even attempt to be. But then I really do not want to have the look and feel of MS-Win.I want something more straight-forward and less icky. jerry Good Luck, Sean This is a good point here. Whereas it's good to have something familiar for immediate productivity, it's also good to explore different options to experience benefits/drawbacks that you hadn't considered before. In *nix (includind BSD's and Linux), you're not limited to one window manager. You can install several and use whichever matches your mood at the time. I used to use KDE and Gnome simply because the menus contained so many applications that were new to me. Once I knew which applications I wanted to use, I switched to XFCE because it's faster. I still use XFCE for my office productivity; but I'm still experimenting with icewm and windowmaker on an older computer because they feel so much faster. Definitely choose a window manager that will give you a positive experience now; but take time to browse *nix's other offerings. If you don't try new things, how can you make an informed decision? Andrew L. Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
siemens wireless pci adapter as dhcp client - success and questions
Happy Monday! I have successfully installed and configured a Siemens SpeedStream Wireless PCI Adapter, Model SS1024, in a desktop PC running FreeBSD 4.6 Release. I didn't know how to get wep configured via /etc/rc.conf, so I used a shell script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. Since I'm a newbie at networking and my approach seemed too easy, I am concerned that I may have missed something. Would someone review the script and tell me if I've forgotten anything important? Assumptions: * Firewall configuration is adequate * /etc/resolve.conf has been edited correctly * This test PC will be upgraded to FreeBSD 4-Stable /usr/local/etc/rc.d/wi0-dhcp.sh: #!/bin/sh # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/wi0-dhcp.sh # Configure wireless interface using DHCP case $1 in start) ifconfig wi0 ssid datawok authmode shared nwkey [replace with 0x and wep key] dhclient wi0 echo ' wi0' ;; stop) kill `cat /var/run/dhclient.pid` ifconfig wi0 remove echo ' wi0 removed' ;; status) ifconfig wi0 ;; *) echo 'usage: /usr/local/etc/wi0-dhcp.sh [start|stop|status]' ;; esac # End of file Thanks, Andrew Gould __ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos More http://faith.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Shortcuts in KDE/Gnome
I'm assuming you're talking about icons on the desktop rather than a menu item in the start menu. In KDE: 1. Right click on the desktop 2. Select Create New/Link To Application 3. Fill out the fields in the various tabs (Mostly self-explanatory) Best of Luck, Andrew Gould --- Lord Raiden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Silly me, but how do you make a shortcut to a program you just installed? I keep forgetting. It seems that after each time I install a new app on my desktop machine I have to create a shortcut to it, but I keep forgetting how. Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
can't find 112887-02.tar.Z for staroffice6.0
I tried to install staroffice6.0 using the ports sytem; but it was unable to find a needed file in the distfiles directory of the FreeBSD ftp site. The file is 112887-02.tar.Z and the port was looking in ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles. I tried to download the file manually; but couldn't find it. Does anyone know the files status? Is it no longer available? Thanks, Andrew Gould __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
