KDE4 system utilization in FreeBSD vs. SuSE 11

2008-08-25 Thread David Gurvich
The system that I'm doing this on is a Thinkpad T23 with 1GB ram and 1Ghz P3. I've tried KDE4 as the ports tree now has packages for 7-STABLE and found that plasma+xorg is a resource hog. When I look in top I see xorg + plasma each using 20% of the cpu and a large portion of the ram. Opening

Re: TECRA_A9-S9017 -- /usr/src/UPDATING -- Machine is down.

2008-08-25 Thread David Gurvich
Are you sure you've updated all of /etc, particularly the login? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Panic on boot

2008-08-24 Thread David Gurvich
What modules are loaded from loader.conf? I had two distinct issues on one machine that were entirely due to module loading. One was sound, using snd_driver instead of a specific sound driver caused the machine to reboot. The other issue was nvidia. The binary nvidia driver caused an instant

segmentation fault in claws-mail and firefox

2008-08-23 Thread David Gurvich
Hello, I'm having an odd problem. When logged into a kde or kde4 session both of these programs work with no errors. When logged into icewm both of these have a segmentation fault with no errors. My guess is some required library is not in the path for these gtk programs, yet they work in kde.

Re: Virutual PC 2007 FBSD 6.3 hangs on install

2008-08-23 Thread David Gurvich
I would suggest using the free version of vmware and possibly virtualbox. VMWare will work and I'm not sure about virtualbox. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

Re: XFree86 instead of Xorg?

2008-08-23 Thread David Gurvich
Using Xfree86 is possible but may require much manual configuration. I also have problems with firefox and claws-mail in windowmaker icewm, but not in kde3 or kde4. I suspect there is a library path issue. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Impressions of kde-4.1

2008-08-20 Thread David Gurvich
I've installed the kde4 packages for freebsd-7-stable and the only program that I've tested that doesn't work is konqueror, that has problems with speed and stability, terminal emulator does not work, and leaves zombie processing to take up memory. I noticed 10 konqueror processes after having

Re: network problem

2008-08-19 Thread David Gurvich
A large number of ISPs block port 80 requests and do not inform you. With Verizon, you need to redirect external http requests to a different port that is not blocked or pay for the business connection. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Wireless (Edimax EW-7128g / ral) to work on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-08-08 Thread David Gurvich
I'm not sure of your settings, but increasing tx power is only good for transmitting and will increase noise, hurting reception. Your S:N numbers look quite poor, I rarely get any handshake when signal is that bad. I'm surprised you managed to get a dhcp offer. Have you tried this computer in

Re: 64-bit Linux Binary Compatibility (for Matlab)

2008-08-07 Thread David Gurvich
If you are looking for batch processing, octave may be an option. The objective was to be as compatible with Matlab as possible. There wasn't any gui available when I last looked at this program. As a side note, I found the following from the Matlab site hilarious : FreeBSD distributions of

Re: joining 2 files together ?

2008-08-07 Thread David Gurvich
You might try the old 'cat file1 file2 ... fileN'. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Resizing partitions and slices

2008-08-07 Thread David Gurvich
I have a hard drive with one slice and 3 partitions. Only two partitions are actually being used. I would like to delete the 3rd partition, resize the slice, and create a second slice the size of the deleted partition. Is there a safe way, one that preserves the data on the other 2 partitions,

Re: Wireless net Card

2008-08-06 Thread David Gurvich
I thought you were asking about a FreeBSD driver. If you are using Linux then the driver may work. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

Re: Wireless net Card

2008-08-06 Thread David Gurvich
FreeBSD and Linux are different operating systems. There is no compatibility between them. FreeBSD has an emulation layer which works for a limited subset of Linux binary programs. These are not kernel drivers. Your best bet on FreeBSD is to check the status for your chipset in CURRENT or to

Re: Setting up Wireless net Card

2008-08-05 Thread David Gurvich
I believe that card uses the Realtek 8185L chipset. You may be able to get ndis driver to work with it. Download the winxp driver from http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1PNid=24PFid=1Level=6Conn=5DownTypeID=3GetDown=falseDownloads=true I don't know if there is

Re: Flashplugin

2008-08-04 Thread David Gurvich
For youtube, gnash works better than linux-flashplugin7 and worse than wine+flash9 on i386. I understand that amd64 has difficulties with wine, making gnash or similar the only option. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Konqueror crashes with javascript

2008-08-03 Thread David Gurvich
When javascript is enabled visiting 'www.osnews.com' causes an 'illegal instruction' in konqueror and crashes with no other error messages. Regardless, konqueror should not crash that way. How does one report such a bug and how can more information be found? All I see is the 'illegal

Timeout on wireless ipw0 using wpa and dhcp

2008-08-01 Thread David Gurvich
Hello, I have been having an issue with maintaining a connection that seems to hang at random intervals. The only messages I see are about the interface 'ipw0: link state changed to DOWN' then UP a few times until the connection is reestablished or I have to '/etc/rc.d/netif restart ipw0'. If

Re: rc.suspend/rc.resume was: resume (hate to even ask)

2008-08-01 Thread David Gurvich
Can you verify that acpi is loaded and working, 'sysctl -a |grep acpi' ? Suspend/Resume will not work properly with apm and requires acpi. You might also try disabling the loading of any extra modules, particularly sound, on boot in /boot/loader.conf and see if any of that helps. I needed to

Find what options a precompiled package uses

2008-08-01 Thread David Gurvich
How does one find the options that a particular package was built with, without installing the package? I don't see any such options in pkg_info and wondered if there were some other tool. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Find what options a precompiled package uses

2008-08-01 Thread David Gurvich
I don't want to know what options are set for building a port. I want to know what options were used in a previously built port that is either available as a tar file or installed on a system, preferably checking the tar file for the options. ___

Re: Static ip wpa_supplicant

2008-08-01 Thread David Gurvich
I think I have the beginnings of an idea. Do not set WPA in rc.conf, only DHCP, and use 'script script_name;' in /etc/dhclient.conf. Then have that script do the configuration. Has anyone used dhclient.conf with a custom script? ___

Re: Find what options a precompiled package uses

2008-08-01 Thread David Gurvich
Looks like I made a bad assumption, that there would be something similar to /var/db/ports/PORT_NAME/options for packages. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: X won't start up; No matching Device section

2008-08-01 Thread David Gurvich
Have you loaded all the kernel modules you need and installed xf86-video-chips? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: keyboard!!

2008-07-31 Thread David Gurvich
I know of a company that makes new buckle-spring keyboards of all sorts, unicomp (uses the name pckeyboards). That includes custom made ones. The only issue for me is the price, $99. The one I've been wanting is the endurapro with a thinkpad-like stick in the middle.

Mounting hfs+ ipod on freebsd i386

2008-07-31 Thread David Gurvich
Does the kernel need to be rebuilt in order to mount an ipod formatted with apple's hfs+ filesystem? If yes, what options are needed in the kernel and if not, what needs to be done? Other than reformatting to fat32. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: keyboard!!

2008-07-31 Thread David Gurvich
Hello Roland, So you have also been lusting after one of these keyboards? Has anyone actually ordered and used one of these and what is the opinion on them? Thanks David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Static ip wpa_supplicant

2008-07-31 Thread David Gurvich
Hello, Is there any way using rc.conf and wpa_supplicant.conf that allows a static ip? It's starting to look like I need to write a separate startup script for networking. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Very very weak sound from the speaker

2008-07-30 Thread David Gurvich
On my thinkpad the sound controls are connected to acpi_ibm and the volume level can be seen with 'sysctl -a |grep volume' and controlled with 'sysctl dev.acpi_ibm.0.volume=SOME_VALUE' or the volume keys. Perhaps you need to load the acpi modules for your laptop.

Re: SCSI RAID on FreeBSD 7.0, where is the array?

2008-07-30 Thread David Gurvich
HDDs: 2xSeagate Cheetah 73.4 GB Ultra320 SCSI That system looks like you have only SCSI disks. These are listed as da0 and da1. Is the installer having trouble accessing the disks? I'm not sure I see the error. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: upgrade from 6.3 to 7.0

2008-07-25 Thread David Gurvich
You should not do the upgrade, though you can. ZFS is still experimental on FreeBSD though you can certainly use zfs pools on your existing system. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: what do I do when a new piece of hardware doesn't even show up in dmesg?

2008-07-24 Thread David Gurvich
You need to make certain all the necessary modules for your card are loaded. Try 'kldload ath' and then put the card in and see if that does anything. Also, use 'pciconf -lv' to confirm what the card is detected as. See the handbook on wireless configuration if that works.

Re: Default config for claws-mail

2008-07-22 Thread David Gurvich
I have claws-mail built the way I want, it's just that there was an update with portupgrade that installed the package from the repository. Suddenly my 'Spam/Ham' button wasn't working, took me a little while to figure out that claws-mail had been updated.

Default config for claws-mail

2008-07-21 Thread David Gurvich
I like to use claws-mail with the bogofilter plugin as it is fast and simple. The package is built without bogofilter and I wondered why that is so. Does having claws-mail built with bogofilter conflict with something else? Or is this a legacy of the time when the plugin was a separate port?

Re: USB pen drive quirk not working

2008-07-18 Thread David Gurvich
You need to remove the directory under /usr/obj that matches your source. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USB pen drive quirk not working

2008-07-16 Thread David Gurvich
I'm sure someone else knows better, but there is a Makefile in /usr/src/sys. Perhaps it's enough to 'make cam' there. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

Wireless network with wpa

2008-07-15 Thread David Gurvich
Hello, I would like to know what might be happening with a particular network configuration. Wireless router using wpa, wired router provides dhcp and connects to DSL modem. The wireless card involved is a mini-pci intel 2100 using the if_ipw driver. I could not get this card working at all

Re: panic

2008-07-15 Thread David Gurvich
Can you disable smp? I see reports on the same issue with 6.3 that imply it may be related to smp. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

Re: freebsd-update says -p3, but i've got -p2

2008-07-14 Thread David Gurvich
The only thing uname will give you is the currently running kernel. The update must not have changed the kernel. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: weird restarts when compiling

2008-07-13 Thread David Gurvich
It doesn't look like overheating, unless the thermal compound, heatsink and temperature monitor are not properly set. The only times I had reboots like that was due to a driver with an irq conflict, a driver accessing incorrect memory, or running out of space on a device (trying to write to

Re: Install failure for 7.0-RELEASE (Need help!)

2008-07-12 Thread David Gurvich
I have an A7N266 that had issues with the nvidia driver loading before the loader prompt and causing a reboot. The same board also had issues with wired ethernet working reliably. I installed solaris 10 and then opensolaris 2008.05. Both worked well. I installed opensolaris as I wanted newer

Re: Install failure for 7.0-RELEASE (Need help!)

2008-07-10 Thread David Gurvich
Have you tried mounting the iso on the existing system and using sysinstall to partition and install 7.0 on the new hard drive? There may be a problem with the ide controller or ide cable. Have you tried swapping cables? You could also do a minimal 6.3 install with no additional packages as

Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and RAM limit

2008-07-09 Thread David Gurvich
Hello, You might try the 64bit FreeBSD, I think your system is 64bit capable. That has much higher limits on memory addressing and should get around the issue. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: How do I install openoffice from packages?

2008-07-09 Thread David Gurvich
You could try one of the packages from the openoffice.org site http://porting.openoffice.org/freebsd/#obtain . I only see packages for 6.2 and there may be issues. Otherwise you need to build from the ports. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: difference between loading kernel module during boot and after boot manually?

2008-07-08 Thread David Gurvich
I don't know what the difference is, but there is one. I have a system that automatically reboots if nvidia is added to /boot/loader.conf on FreeBSD7. If the module is loaded from the loader prompt the system boots and xorg works. I now use solaris on that system as FreeBSD had all sorts of

wpa, static ip only on specific networks

2008-07-07 Thread David Gurvich
Hello, How does one configure a wireless connection using wpa and dhcp on some networks and wpa with a static ip on others? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: Intel Pro/Wireless 2200 -- radio stubbornly remains down at Toshiba Satellite M30-951

2008-07-06 Thread David Gurvich
Have you accepted the license agreement? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RT2790 Wireless miniCard - ral not working on Eee Box

2008-07-02 Thread David Gurvich
Is there a driver for this chipset? If not, why not? :D! No. The developers probably don't have the hardware. If you want support for it, I would suggest donating a card to a developer. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Configuring an older server for speed...

2008-06-30 Thread David Gurvich
There are improvements in the wireless system and in locking. One of the most interesting is the possibility of using zfs and dtrace from Solaris. Many of these features have undiscovered bugs that you might prefer not discovering on your own server. For desktop and laptop use I would certainly

Re: freebsd-update and more information

2008-06-30 Thread David Gurvich
freebsd-update only updates the installed sources, not all sources. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Cop[ying files from WIndows - FreeBSD using Cruizer

2008-06-29 Thread David Gurvich
You could transfer files in multiple ways other than copying files to a usb stick and mounting it in freebsd. To mount a fat32 volume in freebsd use 'mount -t msdos /path/to/device /mountpoint' and simply copy the files from the mountpoint. Alternatives are to use network file sharing, ssh file

Re: Unable to fetch source files using FTP for FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p2

2008-06-27 Thread David Gurvich
Hi, You just need to change the release name to 7.0-RELEASE. Use sysinstall and change it in Options or a source supfile with that release name. Keep in mind that if you buildworldinstallworld freebsd-update will not be able to do binary updates. ___

Re: Unable to fetch source files using FTP for FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p2

2008-06-27 Thread David Gurvich
If you have an install cd it works faster than csup to get the sources, then use csup to update the sources. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

wpa_supplicant trouble

2008-06-26 Thread David Gurvich
Hello, I am using FreeBSD-7.0-RELEASE and an intel 2100 wireless mini-pci card. The wireless connection is to a linksys router which then connects to a second router that acts as a DHCP server and gateway. The commands I use to start are the following: wpa_supplicant -D bsd -i ipw0 -c

Re: wpa_supplicant trouble

2008-06-26 Thread David Gurvich
A further note: If I run remove the '-B' option and add '-d', wpa_supplicant does disassociate but rapidly reassociates on it's own. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

xl driver in FreeBSD6.3 fails to maintain connections

2008-06-24 Thread David Gurvich
Hello, I have an x86 box with a 3com 905b ethernet card installed. I had frequent problems in connecting to it and in fact the card was not up when I checked. A reboot or 2 would bring the card up, but it would not stay up, ie ssh from another computer would disconnect. There did not appear to

Re: shared object libc.so.6 not found after freebsd-update

2008-06-22 Thread David Gurvich
Hello, I'm not certain of the following. I think you needed to update to 6.3 first and after the first update, install compat6x. Regardless, you may be able to recover by doing 'freebsd-update rollback'. That will undo the most recent changes and hopefully get you a working system.

ipw driver in 6.3 vs. 7.0

2008-06-21 Thread David Gurvich
Hello, I have not been able to get ipw, intel 2100, to associate with any ap in 6.3 but have been able to use the ipw driver in 7.0 with no difficulty. Has anyone successfully used the ipw driver in 6.3 and how? I can find instances of people connecting with 6.0 but none with 6.3. What changed

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-21 Thread David Gurvich
Hello, I have installed FreeBSD on a server and on a laptop. The laptop is more important in indicating some of the changes in FreeBSD. After all, you need graphics, wireless, sound, etc. for a good experience. All of these currently are and have been issues for both Linux and FreeBSD. I

wireless help

2008-06-20 Thread David Gurvich
Hello, You say you've created a static ip for your computer. What is the actual ip? If your router is on subnet 192.168.22.0, then your ip must also be on that subnet. Also, is your router configured as a gateway or router and is DHCP enabled on the router?

Wireless problems using an AP connected to router

2008-06-18 Thread David Gurvich
(tested with ping) but no connection to the router (also tested with ping). If I use 'wpa_cli reassociate' everything starts working again. What tools are available to help diagnose this issue and what is the issue? -- Thank you, David Gurvich