Openfire weird start up problem
I am having trouble with openfire I found after starting I could not connect to the server Getting error WARNING: no shebang line in COPYRIGHT Here is the test sequence that shows the error: # service openfire start Starting openfire #service openfire status openfire is running as pid 9205 NOTE At this point it appears that openfire starts BUT immediately afterwards it must stop because a repeat status call gives: #service openfire status /usr/local/etc/rc.d/openfire: WARNING no shebang line in COPYRIGHT openfire not running? (check /var/run/openfire.pid Many thanks for any guidance I have reported problem to maintainer but so far no response. Thanks David -- David Southwell ARPS AFIAP Photographic Arts Trained experienced competition judge, mentor, trainer, lecturer, Advanced digital techniques, international project photography ___ 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
Ignorance and pth etc
Hi I seem to be getting problems with some error messages which appear to indicate pth failures. The system is 8.2-RELEASE GENERIC amd64 on Intel quad core. I do not understand how pth threads are managed. 1. From ports I have installed fpc-pthreads-2.6.0 libpthread-stubs-0.3_3 pth-2.0.7 2. I am totally ignorant of what is installed by the kernel or of how to check whether there are any conflicts in the system or the ports. 3. I want to install Jabber which seems to require pth-hard 4. The greatest concerns seem to be around Xorg with kde4 installed 5. Fundamentally I am concerned that something about thread management on this system is fouled up. For example kde4, following a recent upgrade,has taken to not loading. Would someone be willing to enlighten me a little? 6. To show the my concerns are not without some foundation among the multiple error messages given when kde4 fails to load there is the snippet shown below. Many thanks for any advice kded(2157)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to find an appropriate lock to guard the shared cache. This *should* be essentially impossible. :( kded(2157)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to perform initial setup, this system probably does not really support process-shared pthreads or semaphores, even though it claims otherwise. kded(2157)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to unmap shared memory segment 0x8097a1000 kbuildsycoca4 running... QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave. QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave. kglobalaccel(2164)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to find an appropriate lock to guard the shared cache. This *should* be essentially impossible. :( kglobalaccel(2164)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to perform initial setup, this system probably does not really support process-shared pthreads or semaphores, even though it claims otherwise. kglobalaccel(2164)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to unmap shared memory segment 0x8097b2000 kcminit(2166)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to find an appropriate lock to guard the shared cache. This *should* be essentially impossible. :( kcminit(2166)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to perform initial setup, this system probably does not really support process-shared pthreads or semaphores, even though it claims otherwise. kcminit(2166)/KSharedDataCache: Unable to unmap shared memory segment 0x8098ec000 QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave. QDBusConnection: session D-Bus connection created before QCoreApplication. Application may misbehave. -- David Southwell ARPS AFIAP Photographic Arts Trained experienced competition judge, mentor, trainer, lecturer, Advanced digital techniques, international project photography ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: epson printers on amd64
On Saturday 19 November 2011 21:27:42 Warren Block wrote: On Sun, 20 Nov 2011, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, David Southwell wrote: Anyone up to date on how to do high quality printing with epson inkjet printers (in my case r2400 and r2880) on amd64 systems. print/pips* reports they require 386 and do not compile on amd64. print/gimp-gutenprint works pretty well from Gimp, although I have not figured out how to get consistent color and brightness. It supports both of those printers. I'm sure I'm not alone in doubting that _any_ ink-spitter is likely to produce high quality printing or consistent color and brightness, regardless of the host support used. Those printers are designed to be manufactured as inexpensively as possible so as to be sold at very low prices, the profit being in the recurring ink sales. Cheap and high quality tend to be incompatible design goals. (Sorry, I hadn't realized I was replying on -emulation, which is meant for computer emulation. CCed to -questions on this reply.) Quality color photos are the one area where inkjets really can do a good job. Experimenting with cheap Epson R200 and R280 has shown that they can print better quality photos than local photo printing places. Color and brightness are consistent until I print a different photo. Gutenprint saves the settings, it's just that they don't work the same with different photos. Possibly this is due to my changing the wrong adjustments. Oh, and I've only used Gutenprint on 32-bit systems so far. To get high quality printing with good inkjet printeres like r2400 and r2880 here are the main steps I follow: 1. Define the colour space (e.g adobe rgb 1998) to be used when the image is being captured. 2. Shoot using the correct white space setting for the scene. 3. Load onto the computer having first profiled your monitor. 4. Use your preferred editing software (e.g. photoshop) using a defined working space colour profile e.g. adobe 1998 (I prefer prophoto which is 32bit floating decimal point). 5. Convert the colour profile of the image to the working colour space. 6. Process the image. 7. When processing complete choose the paper for printing. 8. Make sure you have a suitable colour profile for that paper for your chosen printer. 9. Print using the appropriate paper profile. . ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: epson printers on amd64
On Sunday 20 November 2011 01:33:53 David Southwell wrote: On Saturday 19 November 2011 21:27:42 Warren Block wrote: On Sun, 20 Nov 2011, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, David Southwell wrote: Anyone up to date on how to do high quality printing with epson inkjet printers (in my case r2400 and r2880) on amd64 systems. print/pips* reports they require 386 and do not compile on amd64. print/gimp-gutenprint works pretty well from Gimp, although I have not figured out how to get consistent color and brightness. It supports both of those printers. I'm sure I'm not alone in doubting that _any_ ink-spitter is likely to produce high quality printing or consistent color and brightness, regardless of the host support used. Those printers are designed to be manufactured as inexpensively as possible so as to be sold at very low prices, the profit being in the recurring ink sales. Cheap and high quality tend to be incompatible design goals. (Sorry, I hadn't realized I was replying on -emulation, which is meant for computer emulation. CCed to -questions on this reply.) Quality color photos are the one area where inkjets really can do a good job. Experimenting with cheap Epson R200 and R280 has shown that they can print better quality photos than local photo printing places. Color and brightness are consistent until I print a different photo. Gutenprint saves the settings, it's just that they don't work the same with different photos. Possibly this is due to my changing the wrong adjustments. Oh, and I've only used Gutenprint on 32-bit systems so far. To get high quality printing with good inkjet printeres like r2400 and r2880 here are the main steps I follow: 1. Define the colour space (e.g adobe rgb 1998) to be used when the image is being captured. 2. Shoot using the correct white space setting for the scene. 3. Load onto the computer having first profiled your monitor. 4. Use your preferred editing software (e.g. photoshop) using a defined working space colour profile e.g. adobe 1998 (I prefer prophoto which is 32bit floating decimal point). 5. Convert the colour profile of the image to the working colour space. 6. Process the image. 7. When processing complete choose the paper for printing. 8. Make sure you have a suitable colour profile for that paper for your chosen printer. 9. Print using the appropriate paper profile. Sorry I should have mentioned that ghostscript are integrating colour profiling using icc profiles although the last time I checked there was no support for the kind of monitor profile creation devices such as those manufactured by datacolor which I use on I hate to say it MS$ systems. There is an interesting paper on Ghostscript Color Management to be found on www.artifex.com/Ghostscript_Color_Architecture.pdf david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: epson printers on amd64
On Sunday 20 November 2011 01:58:07 David Southwell wrote: On Sunday 20 November 2011 01:33:53 David Southwell wrote: On Saturday 19 November 2011 21:27:42 Warren Block wrote: On Sun, 20 Nov 2011, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, David Southwell wrote: Anyone up to date on how to do high quality printing with epson inkjet printers (in my case r2400 and r2880) on amd64 systems. print/pips* reports they require 386 and do not compile on amd64. print/gimp-gutenprint works pretty well from Gimp, although I have not figured out how to get consistent color and brightness. It supports both of those printers. I'm sure I'm not alone in doubting that _any_ ink-spitter is likely to produce high quality printing or consistent color and brightness, regardless of the host support used. Those printers are designed to be manufactured as inexpensively as possible so as to be sold at very low prices, the profit being in the recurring ink sales. Cheap and high quality tend to be incompatible design goals. (Sorry, I hadn't realized I was replying on -emulation, which is meant for computer emulation. CCed to -questions on this reply.) Quality color photos are the one area where inkjets really can do a good job. Experimenting with cheap Epson R200 and R280 has shown that they can print better quality photos than local photo printing places. Color and brightness are consistent until I print a different photo. Gutenprint saves the settings, it's just that they don't work the same with different photos. Possibly this is due to my changing the wrong adjustments. Oh, and I've only used Gutenprint on 32-bit systems so far. To get high quality printing with good inkjet printeres like r2400 and r2880 here are the main steps I follow: 1. Define the colour space (e.g adobe rgb 1998) to be used when the image is being captured. 2. Shoot using the correct white space setting for the scene. 3. Load onto the computer having first profiled your monitor. 4. Use your preferred editing software (e.g. photoshop) using a defined working space colour profile e.g. adobe 1998 (I prefer prophoto which is 32bit floating decimal point). 5. Convert the colour profile of the image to the working colour space. 6. Process the image. 7. When processing complete choose the paper for printing. 8. Make sure you have a suitable colour profile for that paper for your chosen printer. 9. Print using the appropriate paper profile. Sorry I should have mentioned that ghostscript are integrating colour profiling using icc profiles although the last time I checked there was no support for the kind of monitor profile creation devices such as those manufactured by datacolor which I use on I hate to say it MS$ systems. There is an interesting paper on Ghostscript Color Management to be found on www.artifex.com/Ghostscript_Color_Architecture.pdf OK thanks to you guys asking some questions I have found that graphics/lprof-devel can support the creation of monitor and print profiles using Spyder 2 Spyder 3 from datacolor. I have been a bit lazy in following up my earlier interest in profiling monitors on freebsd 7.2 8.2 as I would like to reduce my reliance on MS$ and apple systems. It looks like I missed this one which is being compiled as I speak. I will try forcing a compile of the 32bit code for the epson r2400 r2880 which I am told may compile on 64bit given some work. I will report back if I finish up with a viable system. David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: devel/libsoup-2.32.2 Compile error _md5 problem
On 1/20/11 5:39 PM, David Southwell wrote:
[...]
deleted gobject-introspection
Got the similar error messages--
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ../tools/g-ir-scanner, line 43, in module
from giscanner.scannermain import scanner_main
File /usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/scannermain.py, line 34, in module
from giscanner.dumper import compile_introspection_binary
File /usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/dumper.py, line 26, in module
from .gdumpparser import IntrospectionBinary
File /usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/gdumpparser.py, line 30, in module
from .transformer import TransformerException
File /usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/transformer.py, line 26, in module
from .cachestore import CacheStore
File /usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/cachestore.py, line 24, in module
import hashlib
File /usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py, line 136, in module
md5 = __get_builtin_constructor('md5')
File /usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py, line 63, in
__get_builtin_constructor
import _md5
ImportError: No module named _md5
gmake[2]: *** [GLib-2.0.gir] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/gobject-
introspection/work/gobject-introspection-0.9.12/gir'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/gobject-
introspection/work/gobject-introspection-0.9.12'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection.
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/devel/libsoup.
Hi David,
What is the output of the command pkg_version -vL=? Can you build
libsoup successfully in a clean jail (no ports installed) with an
up-to-date ports tree?
From what I've seen by Googling the error message ImportError: No
module named _md5, you likely have a broken Python 2.6 installation.
Can you pkg_delete it and reinstall it as well, assuming you don't have
a boatload of ports that depend on it?
Regards,
Greg
Hi Greg
Thanks for the suggestion I also think it is something to do with python2.6
which I have already rebuilt one. I am out of the office until Tuesday but will
set the system on another complete rebuild of python before I leave. The jail
idea will have to wait until then.
Thanks
David
I will report back
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Re: devel/libsoup-2.32.2 Compile error _md5 problem
On 1/19/11 12:04 PM, David Southwell wrote:
Thanks in advance for help with this one:
File /usr/local/bin/g-ir-scanner, line 43, in module
from giscanner.scannermain import scanner_main
[...]
File /usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py, line 136, in module
md5 = __get_builtin_constructor('md5')
File /usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py, line 63, in
__get_builtin_constructor
import _md5
ImportError: No module named _md5
gmake[3]: *** [Soup-2.4.gir] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory
`/usr/ports/devel/libsoup/work/libsoup-2.32.2/libsoup'
gmake[2]: *** [all] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory
`/usr/ports/devel/libsoup/work/libsoup-2.32.2/libsoup'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory
`/usr/ports/devel/libsoup/work/libsoup-2.32.2' gmake: *** [all] Error 2
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/devel/libsoup.
*** Error code 1
David
Hi David,
Is devel/gobject-introspection up to date? Do you get this same error
if you install devel/libsoup into a box without any ports installed on
it. You can easily set up a testbed by using a jail to do that.
If nothing else depends on gobject-introspection, you could always
pkg_delete it and then restart the libsoup build. It would be
interesting to know if that eliminates the error or not.
Regards,
Greg
deleted gobject-introspection
Got the similar error messages--
Traceback (most recent call last):
File ../tools/g-ir-scanner, line 43, in module
from giscanner.scannermain import scanner_main
File /usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/scannermain.py, line 34, in module
from giscanner.dumper import compile_introspection_binary
File /usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/dumper.py, line 26, in module
from .gdumpparser import IntrospectionBinary
File /usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/gdumpparser.py, line 30, in module
from .transformer import TransformerException
File /usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/transformer.py, line 26, in module
from .cachestore import CacheStore
File /usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection/work/gobject-
introspection-0.9.12/giscanner/cachestore.py, line 24, in module
import hashlib
File /usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py, line 136, in module
md5 = __get_builtin_constructor('md5')
File /usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py, line 63, in
__get_builtin_constructor
import _md5
ImportError: No module named _md5
gmake[2]: *** [GLib-2.0.gir] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/gobject-
introspection/work/gobject-introspection-0.9.12/gir'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/gobject-
introspection/work/gobject-introspection-0.9.12'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gobject-introspection.
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/devel/libsoup.
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devel/libsoup-2.32.2 Compile error _md5 problem
Thanks in advance for help with this one:
File /usr/local/bin/g-ir-scanner, line 43, in module
from giscanner.scannermain import scanner_main
File /usr/local/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/scannermain.py, line
34, in module
from giscanner.dumper import compile_introspection_binary
File /usr/local/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/dumper.py, line 26, in
module
from .gdumpparser import IntrospectionBinary
File /usr/local/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/gdumpparser.py, line
30, in module
from .transformer import TransformerException
File /usr/local/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/transformer.py, line
26, in module
from .cachestore import CacheStore
File /usr/local/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/cachestore.py, line
24, in module
import hashlib
File /usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py, line 136, in module
md5 = __get_builtin_constructor('md5')
File /usr/local/lib/python2.6/hashlib.py, line 63, in
__get_builtin_constructor
import _md5
ImportError: No module named _md5
gmake[3]: *** [Soup-2.4.gir] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory
`/usr/ports/devel/libsoup/work/libsoup-2.32.2/libsoup'
gmake[2]: *** [all] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory
`/usr/ports/devel/libsoup/work/libsoup-2.32.2/libsoup'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/libsoup/work/libsoup-2.32.2'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/devel/libsoup.
*** Error code 1
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Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating
On 12/27/10, David Southwell da...@vizion2000.net wrote: On 12/27/10, David Southwell da...@vizion2000.net wrote: Agreed - but following Doug's commit I can vouch that the PERL_THREADED hack was still needed for 7.2 p3 systems on amd64. It shouldn't be needed. Can you remove this definition from any locally-modified Makefiles, and provide the same information that was requested from Da Rock? (Why do I feel like a WWE announcer when I type that? ...) b. I do not want to rebuild WITHOUT_IMAGEMAGICK_PERL on a running system with active user access which needs perl. Have you got the replies from Da Rock? David Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating
On 12/27/10, David Southwell da...@vizion2000.net wrote: On 12/27/10, David Southwell da...@vizion2000.net wrote: Agreed - but following Doug's commit I can vouch that the PERL_THREADED hack was still needed for 7.2 p3 systems on amd64. It shouldn't be needed. Can you remove this definition from any locally-modified Makefiles, and provide the same information that was requested from Da Rock? (Why do I feel like a WWE announcer when I type that? ...) b. I do not want to rebuild WITHOUT_IMAGEMAGICK_PERL on a running system with active user access which needs perl. Have you got the replies from Da Rock? Before going any further I would suggest that Da Rock be advised to update his ports tree followed by # pkgdb -F Fix any problems then. If there are any problems he cannot fix at this stage then report those. Then: # portmaster -a or portupgrade -a If he gets any failure which may possibly be linked to a Perl problem he should rebuild perl with upward and downward recursion. e.g #portupgrade -rR lang/perl5.8 Until that is completed any other report could send us off on a wild goose chase. My twopennorth David Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating
On 12/27/10, David Southwell da...@vizion2000.net wrote: On 12/27/10, David Southwell da...@vizion2000.net wrote: Agreed - but following Doug's commit I can vouch that the PERL_THREADED hack was still needed for 7.2 p3 systems on amd64. It shouldn't be needed. Can you remove this definition from any locally-modified Makefiles, and provide the same information that was requested from Da Rock? (Why do I feel like a WWE announcer when I type that? ...) b. I do not want to rebuild WITHOUT_IMAGEMAGICK_PERL on a running system with active user access which needs perl. Have you got the replies from Da Rock? Before going any further I would suggest that Da Rock be advised to update his ports tree followed by # pkgdb -F Fix any problems then. If there are any problems he cannot fix at this stage then report those. Then: # portmaster -a or portupgrade -a If he gets any failure which may possibly be linked to a Perl problem he should rebuild perl with upward and downward recursion. e.g #portupgrade -rR lang/perl5.8 Until that is completed any other report could send us off on a wild goose chase. My twopennorth I can do what you suggested when we have a report from Da Rock with his results from a system with thoroughly updated ports. My guess is that his probs will be solved by the above. David Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating
On 12/27/10 01:05, Roland Smith wrote: On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 11:42:37PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: Something I'm missing here? A fix would be nice, I should be used to it though- ImageMagick _always_ has issues for me. I just thought it'd be nice to get it updated for once- it looked so close :) I'm getting something similar, have been for a couple of weeks: ** Port marked as IGNORE: graphics/ImageMagick: OpenEXR requires threads. . Perl is non-threaded. Reinstall Perl with threads or undefine WITH_IMAGEMAGICK_PERL ** Listing the failed packages (-:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed) - graphics/ImageMagick (marked as IGNORE) (Follow-ups redirected to ports@, or I tried to.) Hmm. I'm not alone then. I'll do some poking then and see what comes up... :) Any hints guys? Try building ImageMagick without perl support. Works for me, with EXR, but haven't tested with Djvu; cd /usr/ports/graphics/ImageMagick make config ┌── ──┐ │ Options for ImageMagick 6.6.5.10 │ │ ┌^(-)┐ │ ... │ │[X] IMAGEMAGICK_OPENEXR OpenEXR support (needs threads) │ │ │ │[X] IMAGEMAGICK_OPENMP OpenMP for SMP (needs threads) │ │ │ │[ ] IMAGEMAGICK_PDF PDF format support │ │ │ │[ ] IMAGEMAGICK_PERL Perl support │ │ ... Roland ImageMagick is already installed, so getting something to work is not a problem. Its updating it... What concerns me is perl-threaded _is_ installed but it can't see it. Do you have in: etc/make.conf PERL_THREADED=true ?? David Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating
On 12/27/10 20:22, David Southwell wrote: On 12/27/10 01:05, Roland Smith wrote: On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 11:42:37PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: Something I'm missing here? A fix would be nice, I should be used to it though- ImageMagick _always_ has issues for me. I just thought it'd be nice to get it updated for once- it looked so close :) I'm getting something similar, have been for a couple of weeks: ** Port marked as IGNORE: graphics/ImageMagick: OpenEXR requires threads. . Perl is non-threaded. Reinstall Perl with threads or undefine WITH_IMAGEMAGICK_PERL ** Listing the failed packages (-:ignored / *:skipped / !:failed) - graphics/ImageMagick (marked as IGNORE) (Follow-ups redirected to ports@, or I tried to.) Hmm. I'm not alone then. I'll do some poking then and see what comes up... :) Any hints guys? Try building ImageMagick without perl support. Works for me, with EXR, but haven't tested with Djvu; cd /usr/ports/graphics/ImageMagick make config ┌── ──┐ │ Options for ImageMagick 6.6.5.10 │ │ ┌^(-)┐ │ ... │ │[X] IMAGEMAGICK_OPENEXR OpenEXR support (needs threads) │ │ │ │[X] IMAGEMAGICK_OPENMP OpenMP for SMP (needs threads) │ │ │ │[ ] IMAGEMAGICK_PDF PDF format support │ │ │ │[ ] IMAGEMAGICK_PERL Perl support │ │ ... Roland ImageMagick is already installed, so getting something to work is not a problem. Its updating it... What concerns me is perl-threaded _is_ installed but it can't see it. Do you have in: etc/make.conf PERL_THREADED=true Perhaps I'm a little daft atm. Either way I want to be clear: Are you saying the define needs to be in the make.conf so that it will build correctly? It _does not_ actually look at what perl is installed? IF that is the case, then wtf? Either ImageMagick should be checking the actual pkg installed, or the perl port should be defining this in the make.conf, right? Seeing as perl already makes a define in make.conf... Meanwhile I'll check it out. Cheers Yep you need that line in make.conf Also are ALL your ports up to date? I cannot remember when but there was a recent patch to fix the problem you describe. When you have that line in make.conf you may need to recompile perl and all ports that depend upon it. David Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating
What concerns me is perl-threaded _is_ installed but it can't see it. Do you have in: etc/make.conf PERL_THREADED=true Perhaps I'm a little daft atm. Either way I want to be clear: Are you saying the define needs to be in the make.conf so that it will build correctly? It _does not_ actually look at what perl is installed? IF that is the case, then wtf? Either ImageMagick should be checking the actual pkg installed, or the perl port should be defining this in the make.conf, right? Seeing as perl already makes a define in make.conf... Meanwhile I'll check it out. Cheers Yep you need that line in make.conf Who made this claim? This is not some standard, user-configurable knob -- it is only used by 5 ports, and each of them assigns a value to it in the port Makefile. It shouldn't be set in make.conf. As for why it isn't working in Da Rock's case, he hasn't answered any of the questions I asked him earlier. b. I suggest you see an earlier thread on same topic [ImageMagick Upgrade Problem]. I also wonder if the OP's ports tree is up to date. David Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ImageMagick, Djvu, and Perl-threaded - marked as IGNORE when updating
On 12/27/10, David Southwell da...@vizion2000.net wrote: What concerns me is perl-threaded _is_ installed but it can't see it. Do you have in: etc/make.conf PERL_THREADED=true Perhaps I'm a little daft atm. Either way I want to be clear: Are you saying the define needs to be in the make.conf so that it will build correctly? It _does not_ actually look at what perl is installed? IF that is the case, then wtf? Either ImageMagick should be checking the actual pkg installed, or the perl port should be defining this in the make.conf, right? Seeing as perl already makes a define in make.conf... Meanwhile I'll check it out. Cheers Yep you need that line in make.conf Who made this claim? This is not some standard, user-configurable knob -- it is only used by 5 ports, and each of them assigns a value to it in the port Makefile. It shouldn't be set in make.conf. As for why it isn't working in Da Rock's case, he hasn't answered any of the questions I asked him earlier. I suggest you see an earlier thread on same topic [ImageMagick Upgrade Problem]. That thread (I'm assuming you're referring to the one in Nov. on FreeBSD-ports) is no longer relevant after Doug's commit (which was announced in that thread): That was why I wondered whether all the OP's ports are up to date. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/graphics/ImageMagick/Makefile.d iff?r1=1.313;r2=1.314 The suggestion that users set that variable was a temporary hack that should never have been needed, were it not for the earlier problems with the port, which have since been resolved (in part, anyway). PERL_THREADED should only be defined when it is used, and should record whether the perl port being used is threaded, and not some user-selected value. Agreed - but following Doug's commit I can vouch that the PERL_THREADED hack was still needed for 7.2 p3 systems on amd64. The questions I originally asked were in: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2010-December/225501.h tml The current thread did not make that clear. (This thread is a little hard to follow because it's spread between two lists, -questions and -ports, with some replies not being sent to -ports.) I also wonder if the OP's ports tree is up to date. That's a good question. He mentioned that he was updating a lot of ports, so I'm assuming that it is, but it's something that he should check. His comments made me wonder :-; Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ 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
text wrapping console type size etc
Hi How can one control output to the console. Using a console window on an X windows system with kde4 I find the output limited to a line of 179 chars which can be really inconvenient. Even when, for example: # ps -aux myfile any chars beyond an apparent column limit of 179 are dropped and not transferred to the file. How is the chars per line limit altered? How does one enable console windows to wrap lines? How does one increase decrease type size for consoles? Thanks in advance david Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: portupgrade command line option -f problem
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:24:26 +0100 David Southwell da...@vizion2000.net wrote: Tried that but no good - it still seems to goof up. I recall it used to work many versions ago but it may not have been picked up on a regression test. It works for me. Which port is it failing on portupgrade -frR apache22 does not rebuild apache modules david Should have mentioned this is after adding WITH_OPENSSL_FROM_PORTS=yes to make.conf. This change requires a rebuild of apache modules. david Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: portupgrade command line option -f problem
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:24:26 +0100 David Southwell da...@vizion2000.net wrote: Tried that but no good - it still seems to goof up. I recall it used to work many versions ago but it may not have been picked up on a regression test. It works for me. Which port is it failing on portupgrade -frR apache22 does not rebuild apache modules david Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ 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
portupgrade command line option -f problem
Hi man portupgrade advises: -f --forceForce the upgrade of a package even if it is to be a downgrade or just a reinstall of the same ver- sion, or the port is held by user using the HOLD_PKGS variable in pkgtools.conf. In practice on freebsd 7.2 p3 amd generic I find that uptodate packages are excluded! [Exclude up-to-date packages [done] Whereas I wish to have all identified packages rebuilt even if they are shown as being up to date. This may be necessary if, for example, a change has been made to make.conf which affects ports might have an up to date version but were compiled prior to the changes in make.conf. Unless I am mistaken it seems as though the -f option not produce results I expect after reading the man page. David Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: portupgrade command line option -f problem
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:14:30 +0100 David Southwell da...@vizion2000.net wrote: Hi man portupgrade advises: -f --forceForce the upgrade of a package even if it is to be a downgrade or just a reinstall of the same ver- sion, or the port is held by user using the HOLD_PKGS variable in pkgtools.conf. In practice on freebsd 7.2 p3 amd generic I find that uptodate packages are excluded! [Exclude up-to-date packages [done] I think it's misleading, in my experience it does then go on to reinstall the ports. If nothing gets rebuilt try specifying the full package name or the origin. Tried that but no good - it still seems to goof up. I recall it used to work many versions ago but it may not have been picked up on a regression test. David Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ 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
ssl problems
I have been having trouble with apache server which has ceased loading and
other ports which have some dependency on openssl. I believe the problem may
be due to some kind of ssl conflict but do not know how to recognise the cause
or go about identifying and curing the problem.
System: freebsd 7.2 amd p3 generic quad core on intel
If I run ssl the response from the version shows 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007.
OpenSSL version
OpenSSL 0.9.8e 23 Feb 2007
Pkg _ info reports:
dns1# pkg_info -o '*ssl*'
Information for dsssl-docbook-modular-1.79_1,1:
Origin:
textproc/dsssl-docbook-modular
Information for linux-openssl-0.9.7f_2:
Origin:
security/linux-openssl
Information for openssl-1.0.0_2:
Origin:
security/openssl
Information for php5-openssl-5.3.3_2:
Origin:
security/php5-openssl
Information for py26-openssl-0.10:
Origin:
security/py-openssl
Information for qca-ossl-2.0.0.b3_4:
Origin:
security/qca-ossl
Attempting to load the apache server monitoring with ktrace:
dns1# ktrace /usr/local/sbin/apachectl start
Apache/2.2.16 mod_ssl/2.2.16 (Pass Phrase Dialog)
Some of your private key files are encrypted for security reasons.
In order to read them you have to provide the pass phrases.
Server www.vizion2000.net:443 (RSA)
Enter pass phrase:
OK: Pass Phrase Dialog successful.
dns1# kdump ktrace_kdump_03
at the end of the kdump file I see the attempt to load fails as follows:
12759 sh RET getrlimit 0
12759 sh CALL setrlimit(RLIMIT_RSS,0x7fffdd20)
12759 sh RET setrlimit 0
12759 sh CALL getrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK,0x7fffddb0)
12759 sh RET getrlimit 0
12759 sh CALL setrlimit(RLIMIT_MEMLOCK,0x7fffddb0)
12759 sh RET setrlimit 0
12759 sh CALL getrlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC,0x7fffde40)
12759 sh RET getrlimit 0
12759 sh CALL setrlimit(RLIMIT_NPROC,0x7fffde40)
12759 sh RET setrlimit 0
12759 sh CALL getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE,0x7fffded0)
12759 sh RET getrlimit 0
12759 sh CALL setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE,0x7fffded0)
12759 sh RET setrlimit 0
12759 sh CALL getrlimit(RLIMIT_SBSIZE,0x7fffdf60)
12759 sh RET getrlimit 0
12759 sh CALL setrlimit(RLIMIT_SBSIZE,0x7fffdf60)
12759 sh RET setrlimit 0
12759 sh CALL getrlimit(RLIMIT_VMEM,0x7fffdff0)
12759 sh RET getrlimit 0
12759 sh CALL setrlimit(RLIMIT_VMEM,0x7fffdff0)
12759 sh RET setrlimit 0
12759 sh CALL dup2(0xb,0x1)
12759 sh RET dup2 1
12759 sh CALL close(0xb)
12759 sh RET close 0
12759 sh CALL dup2(0xc,0x2)
12759 sh RET dup2 2
12759 sh CALL close(0xc)
12759 sh RET close 0
12759 sh CALL getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE,0x7fffe260)
12759 sh RET getrlimit 0
12759 sh CALL setrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE,0x7fffe260)
12759 sh RET setrlimit 0
12759 sh CALL read(0xa,0x5204c0,0x3ff)
12759 sh GIO fd 10 read 380 bytes
is no longer supported.
echo Please edit httpd.conf to include the SSL configuration
settings
echo and then use apachectl start.
ERROR=2
;;
configtest)
$HTTPD -t
ERROR=$?
;;
status)
$LYNX $STATUSURL | awk ' /process$/ { print; exit } { print } '
;;
fullstatus)
$LYNX $STATUSURL
;;
*)
$HTTPD $ARGV
ERROR=$?
esac
exit $ERROR
12759 sh RET read 380/0x17c
12759 sh CALL fork
12759 sh RET fork 12762/0x31da
12759 sh CALL getpgrp
12759 sh RET getpgrp 12759/0x31d7
12759 sh CALL wait4(0x,0x7fffe1cc,WUNTRACED,0)
12759 sh RET wait4 12762/0x31da
12759 sh CALL exit(0)
Please ask for further info.
Thanks in advance
David
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TCP Logs Why Connection attempt to closed port
Large quantities of these errors constantly appear in log/dmesg.today. Can anyone explain what is going on and whether any action is needed. If so how to go about tracing the cause. Thanks in advance for any guidance David TCP: [::1]:61570 to [::1]:4713 tcpflags 0x2SYN; tcp_input: Connection attempt to closed port TCP: [127.0.0.1]:62307 to [127.0.0.1]:4713 tcpflags 0x2SYN; tcp_input: Connection attempt to closed port Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ 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
Browser choices flash
Hi One of our freebsd systems is a user terminal with desktop. We have constant difficulties with web browsing on that platform. Here is the data 1. INFO: System: freebsd 7.2-RELEASE-p3 - GENERIC amd64 Desktop: kde4.5.1 Current installed web browser stuff: konqueror 4.5.1 epiphany-2.30.2_1 firefox-3.5.11,1 flashplugin-mozilla-0.4.13_5 A GPL standalone Flash (TM) plugin for Mozilla web browser kwebkitpart-0.9.6.b1_1 Web browser component for KDE based on QtWebKit links-0.98,1Lynx-like text WWW browser seamonkey-2.0.6 The open source, standards compliant web browser w3m-0.5.2_4 A pager/text-based WWW browser webkit-gtk2-1.2.3 An opensource browser engine 2. PROBLEMS Frequent crashing of all available browsers - seems to be flash related. 3. ADVICE PLEASE Most reliable browser combination and recomendations of specific port combinations which can deliver reliable browsing including flash capability. Thanks in advance Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ 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
Hi - identifying cause of crash - a how to please
Hi I have a specific situation which causes a system crash on freebsd 7.2 p3 amd64 on intel quad core. Can someone teach me how to trace the cause? The crash is repeatable in the following circumstances: (a) User logs in (b) % startx (c) kde4 loads and works the session (d) user logs out x session terminates. (e) user attempts to start a new x session with: (f) % startx (g) system crashes immediately System requires rebooting to single user mode. Run fsck -y and then go multiuser. Whereupon the cycle can be repeated. This event did not occur until kde was upgraded to kde 4.3.5. The video card is a winfast PX7800GT providing openGL with dual DVI. The crash problem was not present before upgrading to 3.4.5 so whilst not ruling out the card I am not assuming it is the video card. It would be helpful if the procedure could be identified clearly. I will post the results available on the web so someone who knows how to interpret them could take a look. Finally should I be asking this question on another maillist? Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Expect questions?
What would be the right list for questions about expect? When I upgraded from FreeBSD 4.x to 8.0, my expect script broke, and I cannot for the life of me see why. Odd though it may seem you might find the newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl This is the place to go with expect questions. Tcl is the core language fro expect. Learn one you know the other!! david Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Hi - identifying cause of crash - a how to please
David Southwell wrote: Hi I have a specific situation which causes a system crash on freebsd 7.2 p3 amd64 on intel quad core. Can someone teach me how to trace the cause? The crash is repeatable in the following circumstances: (a) User logs in (b) % startx (c) kde4 loads and works the session (d) user logs out x session terminates. (e) user attempts to start a new x session with: (f) % startx (g) system crashes immediately System requires rebooting to single user mode. Run fsck -y and then go multiuser. Whereupon the cycle can be repeated. This event did not occur until kde was upgraded to kde 4.3.5. The video card is a winfast PX7800GT providing openGL with dual DVI. The crash problem was not present before upgrading to 3.4.5 so whilst not ruling out the card I am not assuming it is the video card. It would be helpful if the procedure could be identified clearly. I will post the results available on the web so someone who knows how to interpret them could take a look. Finally should I be asking this question on another maillist? This is a good place to start, and if someone knows a better spot it will probably be indicated. I can't give you an in depth response, but maybe something to start with. The Kernel Debugging section of the Developer's Handbook may serve as an introduction to a few basics: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/ You can also start right away by examining the .xsession-errors file you will find in the users home directory. Also, in /var/log look for the Xorg.0.log and Xorg.0.log.old. After restarting from a crash, if you startx the first one will only contain info on that startup; the second one (.old) may contain some info on what happened at the time of the previous crash, if it is indeed the X server crashing. Sometimes any errors to stdout may appear in /var/log/messages. Sometimes there may be informative error messages present which can be Googled, and other times nothing useful. The same with the .xsession-errors file - it usually contains information relevant to the applications which were running on top of X. If you are running the nvidia driver and see some evidence that it may be responsible for the crash, you could try substituting the nv driver as a test. This might help isolate the problem to the nvidia driver. But where to go from here is a good question. Sometimes if there is some problem wrt the nvidia driver after some kind of upgrade doing a make, make deinstall, and make reinstall of the nvidia driver port occasionally fixes something, but this is a long shot. Nvidia also has a web forum you might hunt around in. Also, if you are doing startx to start KDE with a .xinitrc file in the users home dir (with startkde in here), try it without so the default TWM window manager comes up instead of KDE. Then do the restart test and see if it crashes. This is a good way to separate the problem from being X related and/or KDE related. -Mike Thanks mike Will give all that a go. Incidentally found no.xsession-errors in user's directory. Photographic Artist Permanent Installations Design Creative Imagery and Advanced Digital Techniques High Dynamic Range Photography Official Portraiture Combined darkroom digital creations Systems Adminstrator for the vizion2000.net network ___ 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
/etc/hosts.deniedssh
Examples from hosts.deniedssh I seem to be on the receiving end of a concerted series of unsuccessful break in attacks on one of our systems. One small part of the attack has resulted in over 2000 entries in our hosts.deniedssh file in less than 1 hour. I would be interested in any comments on the small example shown below and any advice. Thanks in advance David r200-40-132-245.static.adinet.com.uy mail.munisanmiguel.gob.pe port-83-236-241-198.static.qsc.de pd95b50ce.dip0.t-ipconnect.de v32641.1blu.de dubovik.net r200-40-132-245.static.adinet.com.uy mail.munisanmiguel.gob.pe port-83-236-241-198.static.qsc.de pd95b50ce.dip0.t-ipconnect.de v32641.1blu.de dubovik.net r200-40-132-245.static.adinet.com.uy mail.munisanmiguel.gob.pe port-83-236-241-198.static.qsc.de pd95b50ce.dip0.t-ipconnect.de v32641.1blu.de dubovik.net r200-40-132-245.static.adinet.com.uy mail.munisanmiguel.gob.pe port-83-236-241-198.static.qsc.de pd95b50ce.dip0.t-ipconnect.de v32641.1blu.de dubovik.net r200-40-132-245.static.adinet.com.uy mail.munisanmiguel.gob.pe port-83-236-241-198.static.qsc.de pd95b50ce.dip0.t-ipconnect.de v32641.1blu.de dubovik.net r200-40-132-245.static.adinet.com.uy mail.munisanmiguel.gob.pe port-83-236-241-198.static.qsc.de pd95b50ce.dip0.t-ipconnect.de v32641.1blu.de dubovik.net r200-40-132-245.static.adinet.com.uy mail.munisanmiguel.gob.pe port-83-236-241-198.static.qsc.de pd95b50ce.dip0.t-ipconnect.de v32641.1blu.de dubovik.net r200-40-132-245.static.adinet.com.uy ___ 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
syncache_timer: errors; What do they mean?
Here are some example entries in /var/log/messages (server ip address removed and replaced by [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] : Can anyone please tell me what thses messages mean and what action (if any) I should be taking. Thanks in advance for any replies Jan 11 10:41:57 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63584 to [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting (1) SYN|ACK Jan 11 10:42:01 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63429 to [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting (2) SYN|ACK Jan 11 10:42:03 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63584 to [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting (2) SYN|ACK Jan 11 10:42:13 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63429 to [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting (3) SYN|ACK Jan 11 10:42:16 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63584 to [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting (3) SYN|ACK David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: syncache_timer: errors; What do they mean?
David Southwell wrote: Here are some example entries in /var/log/messages (server ip address removed and replaced by [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] : Can anyone please tell me what thses messages mean and what action (if any) I should be taking. Thanks in advance for any replies Jan 11 10:41:57 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63584 to [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting (1) SYN|ACK Jan 11 10:42:01 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63429 to [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting (2) SYN|ACK Jan 11 10:42:03 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63584 to [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting (2) SYN|ACK Jan 11 10:42:13 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63429 to [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting (3) SYN|ACK Jan 11 10:42:16 dns1 kernel: TCP: [113.53.173.247]:63584 to [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25; syncache_timer: Response timeout, retransmitting (3) SYN|ACK What is happening is this: host 113.53.173.247 (which appears to be somewhere in Thailand) is trying to connect to port 25 on your machine. [I guess it's probably trying to spam you.] Now, the very first packet sent to establish a TCP connection is known as the 'SYN' packet -- that's because it has the Syn bit set in the options bitmap. That comes from the remote system (as it is trying to connect to you.) Your machine is receiving that OK. The next step is for your machine to respond, sending a SYNACK packet back to the remote machine (Yes: you guessed it: this has both the Syn and the Ack bits set in the packet options). Your machine is sending these packets off OK, but here is where it is all going horribly wrong. Your machine never receives the 3rd packet back from the originating machine -- which is just an ACK packet -- to say it received the response. So it logs the message you've seen and tries again. After a certain number of retries, it will give up on the attempted connection, clear out any allocated memory and go back to a quiescent state just listening for new incoming connections. Unless all three of these packets make it to and fro, the TCP connection has not been properly set up. This process is described as the Three way handshake -- unless that succeeds do data can flow across the connection, so if this is an attempt to spam you, it's going to be singularly ineffective. Chances are, you've run into a badly configured firewall, or a broken spam-bot, which is causing packets to disappear from the wire. It /might/ possibly be an attempt to DoS you by filling up various kernel memory structures allocated to managing TCP connection state, but judging by the time chops on the log extract you've shown, the other side would need to be sending orders of magnitude more traffic in order to beeffective. Given this is too low intensity to have much effect on your machine, you can simply do nothing and ignore the log messages: it will clear itself up given enough time. Otherwise, a firewall rule to drop traffic from the offending source will help reduce the noise level. On the vanishingly remote chance that this really is a valid SMTP peer of yours, you'ld need to contact them out of band and try and work out where the traffic is being blocked and what to do about it. Cheers, Matthew Thanks Mathew -- very well described..even I can understand it chuckles I did not mention I am running freebsd 7.2 p3. I use sshguard and denyhosts and blackhole. I have the: sshd : PARANOID : deny set in /etc/hosts.allow and wonder if the above combination could somehow be connected with the messages. I get some interesting messages sequences like this: Jan 11 12:40:09 dns1 kernel: TCP: [200.199.44.147]:22093 to [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:139 tcpflags 0x18PUSH,ACK; tcp_do_segment: FIN_WAIT_1: Received 76 bytes of data after socket was closed, sending RST and removing tcpcb Jan 11 12:40:11 dns1 kernel: TCP: [200.199.44.147]:22093 to [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:139 tcpflags 0x10ACK; syncache_expand: Segment failed SYNCOOKIE authentication, segment rejected (probably spoofed) Jan 11 12:40:11 dns1 kernel: TCP: [200.199.44.147]:22093 to [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:139 tcpflags 0x4RST; syncache_chkrst: Spurious RST without matching syncache entry (possibly syncookie only), segment ignored Jan 11 12:40:14 dns1 kernel: TCP: [200.199.44.147]:9 to [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:445 tcpflags 0x2SYN; tcp_input: Connection attempt to closed port From what are clear spoofing initiatives Thanks again David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: denying spam hosts ssh access - good idea?
I'm thinking of denying ssh access to host from which I get brute force ssh attacks. HOwever, I see in /etc/hosts.allow: # Wrapping sshd(8) is not normally a good idea, but if you # need to do it, here's how #sshd : .evil.cracker.example.com : deny Why is it not a good idea? Also, apparently in older ssh there was DenyHosts option, but no longer in the current version. Is there a replacement for DenyHOsts? Or is there a good reason for such option not to be used? many thanks anton I use denyhosts ( /usr/ports/security/denyhosts ) works well for me. I also use blackhole and sshguard david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD
2009/12/11 Kevin Oberman ober...@es.net: Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:49:42 + From: Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk Sender: owner-freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:42:36 -0600, Sam Fourman Jr. sfour...@gmail.com wrote: I have tried looking around and OpenBSD appears to be the undisputed #1 track record in terms of security and FreeBSD is #2 (I didn't count dragonflyBSD) VMS would be #0, then? :-) I dunno. Haven't seen many MS-DOS exploits recently either... I'm sure that there are systems happily running MSDOS, but I bet not too many are networked. I know that there is still a lot of VMS out there and that it has remained a cash cow for HP. It lived on primarily in the banking and financial sector, though I guess the use is dropping since HP recently outsourced support to India and that lead to the retirement of the last of the original VMS developers, Andy Goldstein. Also, the the end of TECO as Andy was responsible for porting it to almost every platform DEC ever sold (RSX, RSTS, VMS, TOPS-10 and TOPS-20, RT-11, and several others) and continued to maintain it until his retirement. (Most readers of this list probably don't even remember TECO.) And, for may years VMS had major network security problems, especially the infamous default DECNET/DECNET account that lead to may compromises and the second major network worm, Worms Against Nuclear Killers. (I won't use the acronym so as not to offend our British readers. I found out about that when the BBC interviewed me about it and I was told that I could not utter the word.) Wow, I didn't know your side don't use that word... I thought I knew about all the stereotypically British ones! Do you guys have any curses or insults at all??? Chris I ran a radio show in the states - the language restrictions there ww were they strict!! David ___ 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
CUPS laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network - one remaining problem
Hi All Thank you everyone for your help as a result of combined efforts I have finally succeeded in getting cups the server to communicate with the printer and print. HOWEVER!! One minor niggling problem remains. I cannot communicate with the cups management interface on http://localhost:631 due to password authentication failure. I try logging in as 'root' with correct root password in the login dialogue. I altered the loglevel to debug and the output is at the end of the email. It seems as though the cupsd is not receiving the input (probably due to some config error on my part!). I have tried using a number of different browsers but get the same result. Prior to testing I did: dns1# lppasswd -g wheel -a root The standard cups error log showed cupsdAuthorize: pam_start() returned 4 (system error)! So I raised the loglevel to debug and got the results shown further down. All the configuration has been done manually. I restarted cupsd with: dns1# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd restart Stopping cupsd. Starting cupsd. The HP JetDirect Configuration report includes the following info: ___ Model Number: J4169A Firmware Version: L.20.24 Under TCP/IP we have: Hostname: [mydevice] Domain Name: [my_domain].[my_tld] # The following all show correct entries: Ip Address: Subnet Mask: Default Gateway: DNS Server: __ End of jetDirect config info: The beast is printing. Cups is running: dns1# ps -aux |grep cupsd root 40253 0.0 0.1 27956 5332 ?? Is1:01PM 0:00.02 /usr/local/sbin/cupsd -C /usr/local/etc/cups/cupsd.conf dns1# cat /usr/local/etc/cups/cupsd.conf # # $Id: cupsd.conf.in 8805 2009-08-31 16:34:06Z mike $ # # Sample configuration file for the CUPS scheduler. See man cupsd.conf for a # complete description of this file. # # Log general information in error_log - change warn to debug # for troubleshooting... LogLevel warn # Administrator user group... SystemGroup wheel # Only listen for connections from the local machine. Listen localhost:631 Listen /var/run/cups.sock # Show shared printers on the local network. Browsing On BrowseOrder allow,deny BrowseAllow all BrowseLocalProtocols CUPS # Default authentication type, when authentication is required... DefaultAuthType Basic # Restrict access to the server... Location / Order Deny, Allow Deny from All Allow from 127.0.0.1 Allow from 62.49.197.50 /Location # Restrict access to the admin pages... Location /admin AuthType Default Require user @SYSTEM Order Deny, Allow Deny from All Allow from 127.0.0.1 Allow from 62.49.197.50 /Location # Restrict access to configuration files... Location /admin/conf AuthType Default Require user @SYSTEM Order Deny, Allow Deny from All Allow from 127.0.0.1 Allow from 62.49.197.50 Order allow,deny /Location # Set the default printer/job policies... Policy default # Job-related operations must be done by the owner or an administrator... Limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription Cancel- Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job Suspend- Current-Job Resume-Job CUPS-Move-Job CUPS-Get-Document Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM Order deny,allow
Re: CUPS laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network - one remaining problem
I have had a posting on the Cups list from Michael Sweet msw...@apple.com who has suggested the problem is something to do with my pam configuration. Thanks in advance for further guidance: Thanks Michael - it looks as though you may have put your finger on the problem -- but I am not certain how to react to it!!! (see below) On Dec 10, 2009, at 5:34 AM, David Southwell wrote: Thanks to some help from people on one of the freebsd lists I have finally succeeded in getting cups the server to communicate with the printer and print. HOWEVER!! One minor niggling problem remains. I still cannot communicate with the cups management interface on http://localhost:631 due to password authentication failure. So the title of this thread is still very relevant. Thanks in advance for any help with the problem. To bring readers up to date: I try logging in as 'root' with correct root password in the login dialogue. I altered the loglevel to debug and the output is at the end of this post. It seems as though the cupsd is not receiving the input (probably due to some config error on my part!). I have tried using a number of different browsers but get the same result. Prior to testing I did: dns1# lppasswd -g wheel -a root The standard cups error log showed cupsdAuthorize: pam_start() returned 4 (system error)! OK, so you have a PAM configuration error most likely - check that the /etc/pam.d/cups file is consistent with the other PAM files in /etc/pam.d (i.e. using the correct security modules...) ahahahaha There is no /etc/pam.d/cups file !! There is a /usr/local/etc/pam.d/cups which has the following lines: auth requiredpam_unknown.so nodelay account requiredpam_unknown.so Shown below is ls -l for each directory! Wanted --- good model for pam.d/cups and where to put it!!! chuckles [NB This is a freebsd 7.2 p3 amd64 system with intel quad core.] dns1# ls -l /etc/pam.d/ total 38 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 2907 May 1 2009 README -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 322 May 1 2009 atrun -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 199 May 1 2009 cron -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 547 May 1 2009 ftp -rw-r--r-- 2 root wheel 547 May 1 2009 ftpd -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 467 May 1 2009 gdm_disabled -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 365 May 1 2009 imap -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 467 May 1 2009 kde -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 374 May 1 2009 login -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 662 May 1 2009 other -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 319 May 1 2009 passwd -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 365 May 1 2009 pop3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 328 May 1 2009 rsh -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 739 May 1 2009 sshd -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 380 May 1 2009 su -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 705 May 1 2009 system -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 754 May 1 2009 telnetd -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 532 May 1 2009 xdm dns1# ls -l /usr/local/etc/pam.d total 16 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 69 Dec 10 09:19 cups -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 672 Dec 7 10:06 gdm -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 98 Nov 29 17:42 gnome-screensaver -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 135 Nov 4 22:09 polkit -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 135 Dec 2 09:00 polkit-1 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 399 Sep 27 18:20 sudo -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 399 Sep 27 18:20 sudo.default -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 98 Nov 5 03:22 xscreensaver Maybe someone who is versed in the intricacies of pam.d on freebsd 7.2 p3 amd64 might be willing to point me in the right direction. Thanks David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD
On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:21:26 +0100 Julian H. Stacey j...@berklix.com replied: Fortuantely, I had no problem setting up a black FreeBSD box to preserve my sanity. A tip for those threatened with no BSD box at work: FreeBSD runs fine _inside_ a box that looks like a multi sheet scanner. OK, slow, but invisible to managers who require MS only. These scanners often lie abandoned in company junk rooms ( cheap on web), as people know they used to need MS's abandoned NT (= Not There) operating system. Well they do ... until one installs BSD. Credit to David M. who did the FreeBSD work. Pictures of hardware to look for in junk rooms: http://www.berklix.com/scanjet/ Cheers, Julian Out of pure morbid curiosity, would you please answer this question for me. You work for a corporation that specifically requires the use of a specific OS, the OS itself is not material to this question. It also forbids the use of any unauthorized OS or equipment on the companies network. You decide to ignore their directives and eventually: 1) Get caught 2) Cause a problem with the company's network, etc. Now, when you get fired and possible charged with a crime, do you: 1) Cry and bitch that they are being unfair? 2) Accept the fact that you deserved to be dismissed? Where I use to work, two or three employees were fired each year because they thought they knew more than everyone else. They failed to realize that they were being compensated to do what they were told and not what they thought they should be doing. The bottom line is if they are not smart enough to follow company directives, they are certainly not capable of instigating their own protocol. most lickers are not very smart either. David ___ 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
set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network
Hi Thanks in advance for any replies. I am trying to set up a freebsd 7.2 p3 system to be able to print from an hp laserjet 2200dn equipped with a built in 10/100 jetdirect 610N. The printer is also used by a number of MS$ systems on the same subnet as the server so I know the printer is working and configured to print both text and graphics and to use the double sided facility. I need to use similar facilities from the server. On the windows XP systems the printer is identified by a port entry in the form [my_device].[my_domain].[my_tld]:HP LaserJet 2200 in the printer properties. The HP JetDirect Configuration report includes the following info: Model Number: J4169A Firmware Version: L.20.24 Under TCP/IP we have: Hostname: [mydevice] Domain Name: [my_domain].[my_tld] # The following all show correct entries: Ip Address: Subnet Mask: Default Gateway: DNS Server: Despite reading the documentation I seem to be having difficulty setting up the printer from the server. So far I have not been able to get the beast to print-- I have scrapped all attempts at configuring the server and would appreciate some guidance before I trying again!! Thanks David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network
Hi David, Despite reading the documentation I seem to be having difficulty setting up the printer from the server. So far I have not been able to get the beast to print-- I have scrapped all attempts at configuring the server and would appreciate some guidance before I trying again!! Maybe you should tell us what facility you are trying to configure: configuring cups or lpd is not exactly the same same. I have had success for many years, with many models of HP printers, through a Perl script, used as output filter for lpd, the script would connect to the printer on TCP port 9100. Bests, Olivier Hi Olivier Thanks for taking the time to come back to me. I really do not mind which facility to use provided I get the results!!! chuckles. I do need to use as many of the printer features as possible. I have enable the following: IPP Printing : Enabled FTP Printing : Enabled LPD Printing : Enabled 9100 Printing: Enabled SLP Config : Enabled EWS Config : Enabled So I should be able to use a similar approach to you. Is the script readily available and what do I need to do to install and configure it? Thanks again David David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network
On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 10:40:02 + David Southwell wrote: Hi Thanks in advance for any replies. I am trying to set up a freebsd 7.2 p3 system to be able to print from an hp laserjet 2200dn equipped with a built in 10/100 jetdirect 610N. The printer is also used by a number of MS$ systems on the same subnet as the server so I know the printer is working and configured to print both text and graphics and to use the double sided facility. I need to use similar facilities from the server. On the windows XP systems the printer is identified by a port entry in the form [my_device].[my_domain].[my_tld]:HP LaserJet 2200 in the printer properties. The HP JetDirect Configuration report includes the following info: Model Number: J4169A Firmware Version: L.20.24 Under TCP/IP we have: Hostname: [mydevice] Domain Name: [my_domain].[my_tld] # The following all show correct entries: Ip Address: Subnet Mask: Default Gateway: DNS Server: Despite reading the documentation I seem to be having difficulty setting up the printer from the server. So far I have not been able to get the beast to print-- I have scrapped all attempts at configuring the server and would appreciate some guidance before I trying again!! Please, show your configuration files and diagnostic messages. Unfortunately as I said I have scrapped the configuration attempts and files and cleaned the logs ready for a new start...I felt it was a mess and the history had become part of the problem!! So I cleaned the decks and am ready to start again !! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network
David, So I should be able to use a similar approach to you. Is the script readily available and what do I need to do to install and configure it? I can share, but right now I have to go back home, I'll send it to you tomorrow. If you simply: telnet your.printer 9100 and type some text you will get that text printed! Olivier That worked Thank you v much . I look forward to that BTW Does the script handle raw PCL/postscript? David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network
David Southwell writes: I am trying to set up a freebsd 7.2 p3 system to be able to print from an hp laserjet 2200dn equipped with a built in 10/100 jetdirect 610N. The printer is also used by a number of MS$ systems on the same subnet as the server so I know the printer is working and configured to print both text and graphics and to use the double sided facility. I need to use similar facilities from the server. I recently used CUPS to connect to a LaserJet 6 series with a non HP (but supposedly HP-compatible) print server. After some help, I entered socket://IP address in the appropriate field ... and everything Just Works. Robert Huff Hi Robert Seasons greetings Thanks v. much. With help from Olivier Nicole I was able to telnet to the printer 9100 and text types got printed. My questions now are: 1. How do I manage to print single/double sided and determine the page orientation for different jobs? 2. How do I print images/ PCl /postscript. Olivier has a script which he will be sending me tomorrow but I do not know whether that deals with those issues. Warm regards david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:26 PM, David Southwell da...@vizion2000.netwrote: David Southwell writes: I am trying to set up a freebsd 7.2 p3 system to be able to print from an hp laserjet 2200dn equipped with a built in 10/100 jetdirect 610N. The printer is also used by a number of MS$ systems on the same subnet as the server so I know the printer is working and configured to print both text and graphics and to use the double sided facility. I need to use similar facilities from the server. I recently used CUPS to connect to a LaserJet 6 series with a non HP (but supposedly HP-compatible) print server. After some help, I entered socket://IP address in the appropriate field ... and everything Just Works. Robert Huff Hi Robert Seasons greetings Thanks v. much. With help from Olivier Nicole I was able to telnet to the printer 9100 and text types got printed. My questions now are: 1. How do I manage to print single/double sided and determine the page orientation for different jobs? 2. How do I print images/ PCl /postscript. Olivier has a script which he will be sending me tomorrow but I do not know whether that deals with those issues. install CUPS. Installed and configured cups but cannot get the online login system to work. It refuses to accept username/password combination. Here are the relevant lines in cupsd.conf: # Show shared printers on the local network. Browsing On BrowseOrder allow,deny BrowseAllow all BrowseLocalProtocols CUPS # Default authentication type, when authentication is required... DefaultAuthType Basic # Restrict access to the server... Location / Order Deny, Allow Deny from All Allow from 127.0.0.1 Allow from 62.49.197.50 /Location # Restrict access to the admin pages... Location /admin AuthType Default Require user @SYSTEM Order Deny, Allow Deny from All Allow from 127.0.0.1 Allow from 62.49.197.50 /Location # Restrict access to configuration files... Location /admin/conf AuthType Default Require user @SYSTEM Order Deny, Allow Deny from All Allow from 127.0.0.1 Allow from 62.49.197.50 Order allow,deny /Location Relevant ports: dns1# pkg_info |grep cups cups-base-1.4.2_1 Common UNIX Printing System: Server cups-client-1.4.2_1 Common UNIX Printing System: Library cups cups-image-1.4.2_1 Common UNIX Printing System: Library cupsimage cups-pdf-2.5.0 A virtual printer for CUPS to produce PDF files cups-pstoraster-8.15.4_4 Postscript interpreter for CUPS printing to non-PS printers cups-samba-6.0_2The Common UNIX Printing System: MS Windows client drivers cups-smb-backend-1.0_2 A CUPS backend for printing to Windows servers gnome-cups-manager-0.31_10,1 Admistration tool for cups gutenprint-cups-5.1.7_4 GutenPrint Printer Driver libgnomecups-0.2.3_2,1 Support library for gnome cups admistration py26-cups-1.9.46CUPS bindings for Python ___ 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
Apache server imap.so ssl_once_only_init error
Hi Would anyone be willing to help me out of my misery - I need to solcve this one: Thanks in advance David Apache22 server does not start httpd-error.log reads: [Wed Oct 07 16:03:17 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate is a CA certificate (BasicConstraints: CA == TRUE !?) [Wed Oct 07 16:03:18 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate is a CA certificate (BasicConstraints: CA == TRUE !?) /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Apache server imap.so ssl_once_only_init error
Chuck Swiger wrote: Hi-- On Oct 7, 2009, at 8:11 AM, David Southwell wrote: [Wed Oct 07 16:03:17 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate is a CA certificate (BasicConstraints: CA == TRUE !?) [Wed Oct 07 16:03:18 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate is a CA certificate (BasicConstraints: CA == TRUE !?) /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit At a guess, you are trying to use self-signed certificates, and you generated a CA certificate to sign them, but are trying to use that CA cert directly instead of creating a new x.509 keypair, CSR, and signing that with your CA cert or have a Verisign, enTrust, openca.org, etc. Regards, I would guess that the imap.so symbol issue is what is causing Apache to die... The certificate-related messages are warnings and should not make it fatal. Markiyan. I am pretty sure that is the case. The imap issue was around before I created the certificates. Here is a longer extract from the httpd-error.log /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit [Wed Oct 07 13:58:39 2009] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache] [Wed Oct 07 13:58:40 2009] [warn] module php5_module is already loaded, skipping /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit [Wed Oct 07 14:24:01 2009] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache] /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit [Wed Oct 07 14:28:32 2009] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache] /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit Checked [Wed Oct 07 14:29:12 2009] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache] /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit [Wed Oct 07 15:54:47 2009] [warn] Init: Session Cache is not configured [hint: SSLSessionCache] /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit [Wed Oct 07 16:03:17 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate is a CA certificate (BasicConstraints: CA == TRUE !?) [Wed Oct 07 16:03:18 2009] [warn] RSA server certificate is a CA certificate (BasicConstraints: CA == TRUE !?) /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit From this you can see the Session Cache not figured problem went away after I created the certs but I am stioll left with the imap.so proble. which seems to be the cause of the fatal failure. Dpoes anyone know how to fix that? David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Apache server imap.so ssl_once_only_init error
David Southwell writes: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit I look at this and ask (knowing very little about either) is this a problem with Apache, or a problem with PHP?. Robert huff I wish I darn well knew chuckles Right now I am doing a portupgrade -frR mail/php5-imap in the hope that might sort it -- but there is no intelligence behind the initiative chuckles David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Apache server imap.so ssl_once_only_init error
Robert Huff wrote: David Southwell writes: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/php/20060613/imap.so: Undefined symbol ssl_onceonlyinit I look at this and ask (knowing very little about either) is this a problem with Apache, or a problem with PHP?. Easy enough to see - comment out the imap.so module in /usr/local/etc/php/extensions.ini and see if Apache will start. If it does the problem is the imap module. A more generic way to drive this wedge is to temporarily comment out the LoadModule php5_module line from httpd.conf. If it starts without this module it isn't Apache. Some PHP modules have dependencies in that they need the other modules loaded before they load. Try moving the imap.so line in extensions.ini to the bottom of the file so all the other crypt modules such as openssl, hash, mcrypt, etc are loaded first. -Mike Mike you are right on the ball. When I comment out the imap.so line in extensions.ini the server starts up normally. So now we have the culprit. That is after doing a portupgrade -frR mail/php5-imap. The question is where do I go from here?? Thank you David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: Looking up libraries and header files
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Greg Larkin Sent: 01 October 2009 07:08 To: da...@vizion2000.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking up libraries and header files -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 da...@vizion2000.net wrote: Hi What is the simplest way to found out which port installs specific harder or library files? ATM I do it through a google search on the file name and usually find a clue.. but I suspect there ia better mousetrap!! chuckles Thanks in advance David Hi David, pkg_which will do what you want: # pkg_which /usr/local/include/librsync.h [Updating the pkgdb format:bdb_btree in /var/db/pkg ... - 289 packages found (-1 +1) (...). done] librsync-0.9.7_1 # Cheers, Greg - -- Greg Larkin Thanks Greg U R on the ball as usual! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: Looking up libraries and header files
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Mak Kolybabi Sent: 01 October 2009 07:07 To: da...@vizion2000.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking up libraries and header files On 2009-10-01 06:59, da...@vizion2000.net wrote: What is the simplest way to found out which port installs specific harder or library files? pkg_info has a --which flag that tells you what package a file came from: % pkg_info --which /usr/local/include/pcre.h /usr/local/include/pcre.h was installed by package pcre-7.9 -- Matthew Anthony Kolybabi (Mak) m...@kolybabi.com Thanks Mat Now I have two solutions for the price of one question Brill!! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: Looking up libraries and header files
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of David Southwell Sent: 01 October 2009 07:50 To: 'Mak Kolybabi' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Looking up libraries and header files -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Mak Kolybabi Sent: 01 October 2009 07:07 To: da...@vizion2000.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking up libraries and header files On 2009-10-01 06:59, da...@vizion2000.net wrote: What is the simplest way to found out which port installs specific harder or library files? pkg_info has a --which flag that tells you what package a file came from: % pkg_info --which /usr/local/include/pcre.h /usr/local/include/pcre.h was installed by package pcre-7.9 -- Matthew Anthony Kolybabi (Mak) m...@kolybabi.com Thanks Mat Now I have two solutions for the price of one question Brill!! OK One problem How about ports that are not installed? Is there another route that will deal with stuff not on the system? David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: Looking up libraries and header files
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robert Huff Sent: 01 October 2009 08:00 To: David Southwell Cc: 'Mak Kolybabi'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Looking up libraries and header files David Southwell writes: One problem How about ports that are not installed? Is there another route that will deal with stuff not on the system? I'm not quite sure what you're asking here; perhaps you could give a scenario? The above methods only work for things that are properly installed/registered with the ports(/packages) system. If you've installed something not from a port ... you're on your own. My scenario is a port is compiling but complains about the absense of a header or a file from a port that has NOT been installed on the system. I have had this a few times when essential source was in a port not listed as a dependency. What I am thinking of is a centrally maintained database of all header and library files available to the port system. David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of da...@vizion2000.net Sent: 29 September 2009 13:06 To: 'Frank Steinborn' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3 -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Frank Steinborn Sent: 29 September 2009 11:47 To: David Southwell Cc: ' ?'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3 David Southwell wrote: By base-bind I mean the version of bind that is included in freebsd 7.2 operating system which is a version earlier than the latest Bind96. When installing bind96 and I did not keep base-bind. Now multiple ports give the following type of problem -this is just one example. ___ gnome-vfs-2.24.1_1 compile stops with message: === gnome-vfs-2.24.1_1 depends on shared library: pango-1.0.0 - found gnome-vfs-2.24.1_1: bind installed with PORT_REPLACES_BASE_BIOND causes build problems. *** error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gnome-vfs *** Error Code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gnome-vfs _ You should be able to restore the bind from base by using the install.sh script in /usr/src/contrib/bind9. Deinstall the port first, though. ThanksI deinstalled the port and tried to run install-sh # sh install-sh and got the response: install: no input file specified Any chance you might make me a little wiser on how to use install-sh?\ Thanks David Sorrty to ask again - but I really need to solve this problem asap. Thanks in advance David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3 -
Hi I installed bind96 without keeping base-bind and am now having problems with some ports not compiling. What is the simpliest way to restore the original system Base_Bind? Thanks in advance David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3
David Southwell пишет: Hi I installed bind96 without keeping base-bind and am now having problems with some ports not compiling. What is the simpliest way to restore the original system Base_Bind? Thanks in advance David ___ 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 -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of ? Sent: 29 September 2009 03:52 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3 Исходное сообщение Тема: Re: How to restore Base_Bind on amd64 7.2 p3 - Дата: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:51:00 +0400 От: Алексеев Александр aleks...@rumonitor.ru Кому: David Southwell da...@vizion2000.net Ссылки: f26af28b92f447f7a85c19c38cbcf...@sleuth64 Please let me see the error messages that occur when you're building ports. What means base-bind? -- Alexandr A Alexeev http://www.unixcommunity.net/ By base-bind I mean the version of bind that is included in freebsd 7.2 operating system which is a version earlier than the latest Bind96. When installing bind96 and I did not keep base-bind. Now multiple ports give the following type of problem -this is just one example. ___ gnome-vfs-2.24.1_1 compile stops with message: === gnome-vfs-2.24.1_1 depends on shared library: pango-1.0.0 - found gnome-vfs-2.24.1_1: bind installed with PORT_REPLACES_BASE_BIOND causes build problems. *** error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gnome-vfs *** Error Code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gnome-vfs _ Thanks David ___ 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
turn authentication on -- a simple how to please!!
My mailserver uses postfix and has a number of virtual domains. I am getting the following difficulties on delivery of legitimate emails to remote addresses failing with a request to tun authentication on. I am comparatively new to managing mailservers. Could someone please tell me what I need to do. My searches on google seem to give me long explanations of what is meant to happen but I cannot find simple instructions on how to fulfill the requirements!! dns1# fgrep abc /var/log/maillog Sep 7 17:01:59 dns1 postfix/smtp[86489]: 179BE34D41D: to=competiti...@bristolphoto.org.uk, relay=mail.abc.org.uk[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx]:25, delay=2.2, delays=2/0/0.15/0.03, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (host mail.abc.org.uk[xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] said: 550 Please turn authentication on (in reply to RCPT TO command)) dns1# Thanks in advance david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Firefox 3.5...
2009/8/26 Wayne Sierke w...@au.dyndns.ws: On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 11:32 +0100, Peter Harrison wrote: I've Firefox 3.0.11,1 on my 7.2-release system at the moment. Anyone offer some advice on moving up to 3.5? Is it as simple as pkg_delete'ing 3.0 and then installing 3.5? Thanks for any thoughts. Should be, or if you use portupgrade: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-July/202568.htm l 2nd'd. portupgrade -o www/firefox35 firefox\* worked perfectly here. yep it compiles fine on amd64 freebsd 7.2 p3. However when launched it asks for you to accept a cookie from some strange site. I denied the cookie permission and firefox35 immediately shut down. david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:14:49 +0100 David Southwell da...@vizion2000.net wrote: Hi every one My understanding is that one uses the amd64 for building a kernel for systems with Intel Quad Core processors. It is helpful when naming conventions follow a logical strand. I mean why does freebsd use a single manufacturer's name to represent a genre? The time to complain about that was when they put the i in i386. Yep I tried to email intel to tell them using uucp on my unix system from a Sirius on an 8086 but intel were not on email at the time!!! David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: cvs tag usage
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:32 PM, b. f.bf1...@googlemail.com wrote: He has _7_2_0_RELEASE, not RELENG_7_0_2_RELEASE. Well, neither actually. :) s/0_2/2_0/ . But I inferred from the context -- it seemed obvious, particularly from what he wrote later -- that he meant those choices as suffixes to RELENG, which he omitted for the sake of brevity. I assumed you also made this inference. Agreed, but IMHO, it's better to be precise and not assume too much. :-) OK guys this has now reached the point where I am again confudes -- here is my original posting amended to ensure there is no ambiguity I am confused about the usage of the tag for src. I took a look at the web pages and found the following choices: RELENG_7_BP RELENG_7_2_BP RELENG_7_2_0_RELEASE RELENG_7_2 But could not find anything that told me where -p2 fits into this!! # uname -a 7.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Jun 24 00:14:35 UTC 2009 r...@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 To synchronize src and keep up to date do I use: *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7_2 will this automatically track the latest version in 7_2 and therefore keep track with 7.2-RELEASE-p2 or later?? or do I need to use something like: *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7_2-p2 or something else!! Where can I find some explanation on this? Maybe something from this discussion could be added to the handbook/synching.html page so the choice of suffix for configuring cvsup could be made easier for those who are not familiar with the meaning of undocumented suffixing such as -p2 !!. Another could there possibly be some consistency between the output from uname -a and the suffixing used for synching of the src be practicable. Please do not bite my head off if it is not practical -- I acknowledge it is a question born of ignorance and confusion chuckles david Thanks in advance David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: cvs tag usage
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 5:32 PM, b. f.bf1...@googlemail.com wrote: He has _7_2_0_RELEASE, not RELENG_7_0_2_RELEASE. Well, neither actually. :) s/0_2/2_0/ . But I inferred from the context -- it seemed obvious, particularly from what he wrote later -- that he meant those choices as suffixes to RELENG, which he omitted for the sake of brevity. I assumed you also made this inference. Glen You hit the sweet spot!! David ___ 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
Learning about Control of Optimization -- for dummies please
I have found http://docs.freebsd.org/info/gcc/gcc.ifo.Optimize_Options.html. I am about to build a new kernel am starting to dig a bit deeper into things I have, until now, taken for granted. The above link is very informative in technical terms about how to control optimization but I find it difficult to interpret the info in a way that tells me what might work best on my own system (Intel quad Core) with 8G of ram. Current kernel is GENERIC but as I said I am going to build a new one. # uname-a FreeBSD dns1.vizion2000.net 7.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Jun 24 00:14:35 UTC 2009 r...@amd64- builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 Could anyone please point me in the right direction to achieve greater understanding of what optimizations may be most appropriate for compiling a kernel for my system. The docs are very good on the how but are not very helpful when it comes to solving the what why and when questions when the who is a dummy chuckles. Thanks in advance David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Learning about Control of Optimization -- for dummies please
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:19:23 +0200 Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 10:54:07AM +0100, David Southwell wrote: I have found http://docs.freebsd.org/info/gcc/gcc.info.Optimize_Options.html. I am about to build a new kernel am starting to dig a bit deeper into things I have, until now, taken for granted. The above link is very informative in technical terms about how to control optimization but I find it difficult to interpret the info in a way that tells me what might work best on my own system (Intel quad Core) with 8G of ram. The build system takes care of that, once you have set the correct CPUTYPE in /etc/make.conf. For a quad-core, set CPUTYPE=nocona. See make.conf(5), /usr/src/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk and /usr/src/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk. As I read the man page for [g]cc, though, setting -march=nocona (which is where the CPUTYPE information ends up in the cc commands) tells the compiler which base instruction set to use and which model of instruction scheduling to use, but to get the rest of the model-dependent features used, he would still need to add -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 at a minimum for most other compilations, though these would not be advisable for kernel compilations. I don't recall whether SSE4 instructions are in the Nocona/ Merom/Kentfield chips or first appear in the Core i7 series. I don't think the compiler versions available under FreeBSD support the SSE4 instructions, though, so SSE4 doesn't matter anyway. Additionally, compiler settings for building the kernel can be set with COPTFLAGS in /etc/make.conf. Using anything other than -O or -O2 is not guaranteed to work. If you don't know what you are doing, do not use COPTFLAGS and stick with the defaults that the build system generates. Right. -O3 might royally screw a kernel in particular. :-) Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG Thanks for add more useful info however would you mind elaborating a little more because I do not understand the implications. should I have: CPUTYPE=nocona in make.conf? Do I need anything else in make.conf? So far my draft make.conf has these entries: CPUTYPE=nocona CFLAGS= -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe FORCE_MAKE_JOBS=true Incidentally I am also puzzled because it appears necessary to use amd64 GENERIC as my starting point when the cpu is actually Intel Quad Core!! I presume this means that in drafting a kernconf I need to refer to; dns1# pwd /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf dns1# ls -l total 44 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 13 Jun 20 2005 .cvsignore -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel482 Apr 15 04:14 DEFAULTS -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 11968 Apr 15 04:14 GENERIC -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel818 Apr 15 04:14 GENERIC.hints -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1036 Apr 15 04:14 MAC -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel132 Apr 15 04:14 Makefile -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 20721 Apr 15 04:14 NOTES It would be great if some logical consistency could be introduced into naming conventions!!! It would really help those of us who know little and make it a trifle easier to climb the greasy pole of knowledge chuckles ___ 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
kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core
Hi every one My understanding is that one uses the amd64 for building a kernel for systems with Intel Quad Core processors. It is helpful when naming conventions follow a logical strand. I mean why does freebsd use a single manufacturer's name to represent a genre? David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Learning about Control of Optimization -- for dummies please
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:19:23 +0200 Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 10:54:07AM +0100, David Southwell wrote: I have found http://docs.freebsd.org/info/gcc/gcc.info.Optimize_Options.html. I am about to build a new kernel am starting to dig a bit deeper into things I have, until now, taken for granted. The above link is very informative in technical terms about how to control optimization but I find it difficult to interpret the info in a way that tells me what might work best on my own system (Intel quad Core) with 8G of ram. The build system takes care of that, once you have set the correct CPUTYPE in /etc/make.conf. For a quad-core, set CPUTYPE=nocona. See make.conf(5), /usr/src/share/mk/bsd.cpu.mk and /usr/src/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk. As I read the man page for [g]cc, though, setting -march=nocona (which is where the CPUTYPE information ends up in the cc commands) tells the compiler which base instruction set to use and which model of instruction scheduling to use, but to get the rest of the model-dependent features used, he would still need to add -mmmx -msse -msse2 -msse3 at a minimum for most other compilations, though these would not be advisable for kernel compilations. I don't recall whether SSE4 instructions are in the Nocona/ Merom/Kentfield chips or first appear in the Core i7 series. I don't think the compiler versions available under FreeBSD support the SSE4 instructions, though, so SSE4 doesn't matter anyway. Additionally, compiler settings for building the kernel can be set with COPTFLAGS in /etc/make.conf. Using anything other than -O or -O2 is not guaranteed to work. If you don't know what you are doing, do not use COPTFLAGS and stick with the defaults that the build system generates. Right. -O3 might royally screw a kernel in particular. :-) Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG Thanks for add more useful info however would you mind elaborating a little more because I do not understand the implications. should I have: CPUTYPE=nocona in make.conf? Do I need anything else in make.conf? So far my draft make.conf has these entries: CPUTYPE=nocona CFLAGS= -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe FORCE_MAKE_JOBS=true Incidentally I am also puzzled because it appears necessary to use amd64 GENERIC as my starting point when the cpu is actually Intel Quad Core!! I presume this means that in drafting a kernconf I need to refer to; dns1# pwd /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf dns1# ls -l total 44 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 13 Jun 20 2005 .cvsignore -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel482 Apr 15 04:14 DEFAULTS -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 11968 Apr 15 04:14 GENERIC -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel818 Apr 15 04:14 GENERIC.hints -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1036 Apr 15 04:14 MAC -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel132 Apr 15 04:14 Makefile -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 20721 Apr 15 04:14 NOTES It would be great if some logical consistency could be introduced into naming conventions!!! It would really help those of us who know little and make it a trifle easier to climb the greasy pole of knowledge chuckles It is logical. You use i386 on old amd processors also. The naming amd64 comes from the fact that AMD did come first with the 64 bit processor. If Intel was the first it proberly would have a name like i386_64 or something like that. Nothing to worry about. If your Intel proccessor has 64 bit support use the AMD64 version It is just a name. About the make.conf the use of nocona is ok but put a ? mark ofter CPUTYPE Do not ask me why, people told me it is better, if i understand correctly It has someting to do about the choice the compiler has while building, it could override the nocona setting if it is needed. If i recall correct CPUTYPE?=nocona I would ditch the CFLAGS, the normal setings ar the same as that line FORCE_MAKE_JOBS=true FORCE_MAKE_JOBS is also ok Hi Johan Thanks for that - you comments are really helpful and place things in context. I would still be inclined to feel that although the naming convention can be historically justified it remains practically illogical!!! Naming conventions work well when they help people understand what they represent. To illustrate my point at one time Britain referred as the British Empire but such a title would be laughable today!! David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: kernel designations terminology confusion -- amd64 used for into quad core
On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 02:14:49PM +0100, David Southwell wrote: Hi every one My understanding is that one uses the amd64 for building a kernel for systems with Intel Quad Core processors. That depends on if you installed the amd64 version of FreeBSD or the i386 version. The kernel should of course match the rest of the system. Intel's Quad Core processors (at least all the models they have released so far) supports both amd64 and i386. (i386 being 32-bit, while amd64 is 64-bit.) It is helpful when naming conventions follow a logical strand. I mean why does freebsd use a single manufacturer's name to represent a genre? The amd64 architecture is called that because it was AMD who invented and created it and was for a while the only one using it and since AMD named the architecture AMD64 that was the name FreeBSD used too. Later Intel also started using it (while using their own name(s) for it), but FreeBSD has stuck with the name amd64. This is no more strange than calling the i386 architecture for i386 even if it runs on a whole lot of processors other than the original Intel 80386. I would still be inclined to feel that although the naming convention can be historically justified it remains practically illogical!!! Naming conventions work well when they help people understand what they represent. To illustrate my point at one time Britain referred as the British Empire but such a title would be laughable today!! There is enough for people to get their head around in understanding what is going on without adding additional levels of confusion because noone thought of future developments!! However this is not an argument anyone is likely to get steamed up about -- however illogical it may be chuckles david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Learning about Control of Optimization -- for dummies please
On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 02:02:05PM +0100, David Southwell wrote: Additionally, compiler settings for building the kernel can be set with COPTFLAGS in /etc/make.conf. Using anything other than -O or -O2 is not guaranteed to work. If you don't know what you are doing, do not use COPTFLAGS and stick with the defaults that the build system generates. Right. -O3 might royally screw a kernel in particular. :-) Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG Thanks for add more useful info however would you mind elaborating a little more because I do not understand the implications. should I have: CPUTYPE=nocona in make.conf? Yes. Do I need anything else in make.conf? If you are building a custom kernel, you can set the name of the kernel config there. E.g.: KERNCONF=FOO You should then put your kernel config in /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/FOO. So far my draft make.conf has these entries: CPUTYPE=nocona OK. CFLAGS= -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe CFLAGS are used for building userland programs. COPTFLAGS are used for building the kernel. I think that the values you've listed here are already the default, so they are superfluous really. FORCE_MAKE_JOBS=true This is only for ports. Incidentally I am also puzzled because it appears necessary to use amd64 GENERIC as my starting point when the cpu is actually Intel Quad Core!! This is a FAQ. AMD originated the 64-bit extensions to the x86 architecture while intel was chasing the itanium pipedream. This extended architecture became known as x86_64 or amd64. After itanium became a dud, intel started making amd64 compatible chips as well, because the AMD chips had been hugely successfull. I presume this means that in drafting a kernconf I need to refer to; dns1# pwd /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf dns1# ls -l total 44 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 13 Jun 20 2005 .cvsignore -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel482 Apr 15 04:14 DEFAULTS Some options were moved to a DEFAULT file that is automatically included in every kernel, so that people can't forget them. Formetting one of those can result in an unusable kernel. -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 11968 Apr 15 04:14 GENERIC -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel818 Apr 15 04:14 GENERIC.hints -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1036 Apr 15 04:14 MAC -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel132 Apr 15 04:14 Makefile -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 20721 Apr 15 04:14 NOTES NOTES contains extra options that aren't in the GENERIC kernel. It would be great if some logical consistency could be introduced into naming conventions!!! It would really help those of us who know little and make it a trifle easier to climb the greasy pole of knowledge chuckles Just look at the beginning of each file. You'll find a description of that files purpose. You should base you kernel configuration on the GENERIC kernel. The first thing you need to do is change the ident line to match the filename. A kernel config FOO should include ident FOO. Then remove devices and options that you don't need. If you don't know what a device or option is, leave it in. For devices, there is usually a manual page. E.g. if you see 'device em', you can get information about it with 'man em'. Look at the dmesg(8) output to see which devices you actually have. Roland Roland Thank you I will be digging around and try and make good use of yr advice David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: 7.2 CD won't boot
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:41 AM, John Nielsen.i...@us.army.org wrote: Hi guys, My 7.2 Release Disc 1 won't boot. I get the following and nothing more: CD Loader 1.2 Building the boot loader arguments Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found Relocating the loader and the BTX I'm running on a Intel SE7501BR2, single Xeon, 2GB. I have burned a second CD and swapped the CD drive, cable and RAM, all to no avail. I have a RR1520 RAID controller, but removed that as well. On-board SCSI controller and serial ports have been disabled, too. Nothing seems to make a difference. What on earth could be going on? Can you verify if another machine boots the CD? Could be a bad download. Could be a hardware incompatibility. Also, could you try disabling ACPI at boot? I found the amd64 dvd download to be corrupt recently. So do check the download -- did you verify your download? David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: 7.2 CD won't boot
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:41 AM, John Nielsen.i...@us.army.org wrote: Hi guys, My 7.2 Release Disc 1 won't boot. I get the following and nothing more: CD Loader 1.2 Building the boot loader arguments Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found Relocating the loader and the BTX I'm running on a Intel SE7501BR2, single Xeon, 2GB. I have burned a second CD and swapped the CD drive, cable and RAM, all to no avail. I have a RR1520 RAID controller, but removed that as well. On-board SCSI controller and serial ports have been disabled, too. Nothing seems to make a difference. What on earth could be going on? Can you verify if another machine boots the CD? Could be a bad download. Could be a hardware incompatibility. Also, could you try disabling ACPI at boot? I found the amd64 dvd download to be corrupt recently. So do check the download -- did you verify your download? David John My cc to you was bounced. jn07te...@yahoo.de: host d.mx.mail.yahoo.com[68.142.202.247] said: 554 delivery error: dd This user doesn't have a yahoo.de account (jn07te...@yahoo.de) [-5] - mta247.mail.mud.yahoo.com (in reply to end of DATA command) David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: help installing
how can help me install free bsd I get loaded free bsd it said is loaded good Can not get xwindow to load or kde help use to opensuse the best for os == J Lee Hughes K C 0 H W A 73 = Do what you can every day! Learn what you can every day! Life is good! = Welcome Do you have another machine available with access to the internet. If so use that one to go to http://www.freebsd.org follow the links to documentationhandbook you should find everything you need there. Come back here if you get stuck David M0TAU ___ 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
cvs tag usage
I am confused about the usage of the tag for src. I took a look at the web pages and found the following choices: _7_BP _7_2_BP _7_2_0_RELEASE _7_2 But could not find anything that told me where -p2 fits into this!! # uname -a 7.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Jun 24 00:14:35 UTC 2009 r...@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 To synchronize src do I use: *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7_2 will this automatically track the latest version in 7_2 and therefore keep track with 7.2-RELEASE-p2 or later?? or do I need to use something like: *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7_2-p2 Where can I find some explanation on this? Thanks in advance David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: cvs tag usage
David Southwell wrote: I am confused about the usage of the tag for src. I took a look at the web pages and found the following choices: _7_BP _7_2_BP _7_2_0_RELEASE _7_2 But could not find anything that told me where -p2 fits into this!! # uname -a 7.2-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p2 #0: Wed Jun 24 00:14:35 UTC 2009 r...@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 To synchronize src do I use: *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7_2 will this automatically track the latest version in 7_2 and therefore keep track with 7.2-RELEASE-p2 or later?? Yes. RELENG_7_2 is the security patched update of Release. The -p2 means there have been two security patches applied to the source code. The actual release (RELENG_7_2_0_RELEASE) is static and will never change. The only thing that changes with _7_2 is the addition/inclusion of the patches you see in the security announcements. -Mike Thanks for being helpful.. it might be useful if these designations appeared somewhere in the documentation-- but I guess there is enough for people to do!!! From what you are saying using *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_7_2 will work for me Thanks again David ___ 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
What is Freebsd 7.2pX
Where is information about 7.2pX to be found on freebsd.org? I am running freebsd 7.2 64 amd 7.2-RELEASE #0: Fri May 1 07:18:07 UTC 2009 r...@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 version on Intel quad core and was advised to upgrade to 7.2pX but have not found about such a version from the web site and a google search for freebsd 7.2pX produces no documents. Thanks in advance David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Can I resume the perl upgrade?
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 05:20:35 Ruben de Groot wrote: On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:05:50PM -0700, David Southwell typed: On Saturday 11 April 2009 17:20:56 Chris Rees wrote: I hope it is not too far off topic but: Can anyone tell me how to fix this one: Stale dependency: bsdpan-Pod-Perldoc-3.15 - perl-5.8.9_2 (lang/perl5.8): can't convert nil into string My update to 10 seems to be OK except for this.. I cannot find its origin so do not know what to deinstall and reinstall It would also be great to get all bsdpan into the pkgdb with their origins.. is there any way to do that? Thanks in advance David Perhaps you should start a new thread. Chris Tried that last week to no avail So asmy question was vaguely on topic I had hoped someone might be able to contribute something useful!! If you can send a reply-all to the list, you certainly can send a new question, can't you? Hijacking threads *is* considered rude/ignorant/dumb by some. That said, Pod::Perldoc seems to be part of perl-5.8.[8-9] on my systems, so unless you're doing some nonstandard things with this package, I suggest you just pkg_delete the bsdpan package and get on with it. Hi Ruben Sorry to get cross with you but it has been clear from your responses that you have not actually troubled to read the detail of what I posted. The origibnal posting refrred to the issue as being one that came as a result of doing something similar to the OP for the thread. There was a second part (relating to getting the info on bsdpan into the DB. a. If you had read carefully you would have found that I have already tried: posting another thread b. I had already tried pkg_delete without success. c. I had tried package_deinstall again without success. d. I am totally puzzled why bsdpan-Pod_Perldoc should be showing a dependency on perl-5.8-9 when I have upgraded to 10. I will be very happy to get on with it when I know how to achieve that nirvana. In the meantime those who get try to get picky without reading a thread carefully do tend to offeset the work of so many people who are friendly and helpful Thanks in advance for positive contributions david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Can I resume the perl upgrade?
On Saturday 11 April 2009 17:20:56 Chris Rees wrote:
2009/4/11 David Southwell da...@vizion2000.net:
On Friday 10 April 2009 11:43:33 kime...@gmail.com wrote:
Paul Schmehl wrote:
--On Friday, April 10, 2009 11:17:00 -0500 Paul Schmehl
pschmehl_li...@tx.rr.com wrote:
According to /usr/ports/UPDATING, if you want to upgrade to perl5.10,
you do
the following:
Portupgrade users:
0) Fix pkgdb.db (for safety):
pkgdb -Ff
1) Reinstall perl with new 5.10:
portupgrade -o lang/perl5.10 -f perl-5.8.\*
2) Reinstall everything that depends on Perl:
portupgrade -fr perl
My machine got rebooted right in the middle of step 3. Is there a
way to
resume where I left off? Or do I just start over?
Let me rephrase. I don't see a way in portupgrade to start over where
I left off. However, pkg_info -R lang/perl* shows that all my ports
depend on 5.10 and no ports are still depending upon 5.8. Is it safe
to assume that the reboot happened after portupgrade had finished?
Nope. With this info you can assume that step 2/3 worked. Not the step
3/3. I dont know how to restart at the stage it was before reboot as I
dont use portupgrade.
Personnaly, as portmaster failed with some ports and abort the whole
update process, I wrote a simple sh script which loop over the packages
which need perl (got via the via pkg_info -R, need reordering
thought...), exec portmaster ${PKG}, and keep a list of which reinstall
succeed and which failed.
Regards
I hope it is not too far off topic but:
Can anyone tell me how to fix this one:
Stale dependency: bsdpan-Pod-Perldoc-3.15 - perl-5.8.9_2 (lang/perl5.8):
can't convert nil into string
My update to 10 seems to be OK except for this..
I cannot find its origin so do not know what to deinstall and reinstall
It would also be great to get all bsdpan into the pkgdb with their
origins.. is there any way to do that?
Thanks in advance
David
Perhaps you should start a new thread.
Chris
Tried that last week to no avail
So asmy question was vaguely on topic I had hoped someone might be able to
contribute something useful!!
No such luck!!
Thank you for your contribution
most helpful
David
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Managing bsdpan -- some advice please
Basically I do not know how to manage the bsdpan ports. On portupgrade -a I get long lists like the one below. How are items held How do I decide whether ort not to hold them. Some advice would be appreciated. I have searched for some guidance on the freebsd web site but not found any. --- Skipping 'bsdpan-B-Debug-1.10' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-Exporter-5.62' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-constant-1.15' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-Text-Soundex-3.03' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-File-Path-2.04' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-CPAN-1.9203' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-SelfLoader-1.15' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-MailTools-2.03' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-libwww-perl-5.813' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-Term-ReadLine-Perl-1.0302' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-DB_File-1.817' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-IPC-SysV-2.00' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-ANSIColor-1.12' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-Thread-Semaphore-2.09' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-B-Lint-1.11' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-CPAN-1.9205' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-Safe-2.16' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-CPAN-1.9102' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-Thread-Queue-2.11' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-libnet-1.21' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-Shell-0.72' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'textproc/p5-Text-Balanced' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'bsdpan-Term-Cap-1.12' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'databases/p5-DBD-mysql' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'devel/p5-IO' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'devel/p5-Devel-Symdump' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'devel/p5-Pod-Coverage' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'devel/p5-Filter' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'lang/p5-Switch' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'misc/p5-Array-Compare' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'textproc/p5-Pod-Simple' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'math/p5-Math-Complex' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'converters/p5-Encode' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'www/p5-CGI.pm' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'devel/p5-AutoLoader' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'devel/p5-Devel-PPPort' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) --- Skipping 'textproc/p5-podlators' because it is held by user (specify -f to force) Thanks David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Flooded with emails to root -- URGG
On Thursday 25 September 2008 09:40:34 Chris Pratt wrote: On Sep 25, 2008, at 9:34 AM, David Southwell wrote: Hi I am running postfix. Am receiving a flood of emails that appear to emanate from Servers who have received spam that has masqueraded [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the email source. Could anyone please suggest the best way of dealing with these. Please bear in mind I am not all that familiar with postfix so if anyone feels treating me like an idiot and spoonfeeding the actual command s to use I would be most appreciative chuckles I have no idea what a command would be to stop receipt. Cutting off the original generation of the emails being spoofed is more to the point. You may want to look at SPF (openspf.org). If your domain is listed with an spf entry in DNS, you become less tempting as a domain to spoof. Over time, it will all but cease. Once you've created an SPF DNS record, many servers receiving mail spoofed for your domain will begin to drop it rather than backscatter emails back to your server. You should study the information on their site but in a nutshell, you create a TXT record in DNS that lists your servers IP as the only valid machine to send mail for your domain. This tells the others to drop emails from other IPs using your domain. It's relatively effective and painless. Thank you That really did the trick.. Within two hours the flood of backscatter (about 400 an hour) was virtually gone That was great advice David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Flooded with emails to root -- URGG
Hi I am running postfix. Am receiving a flood of emails that appear to emanate from Servers who have received spam that has masqueraded [EMAIL PROTECTED] as the email source. Could anyone please suggest the best way of dealing with these. Please bear in mind I am not all that familiar with postfix so if anyone feels treating me like an idiot and spoonfeeding the actual command s to use I would be most appreciative chuckles I have just installed procmail but not yet activated it. (Incidentally I do have a number of virtual domains but the only one that seems to get flooded is the primary hostname. There have also been numerous failed hacking attempts on to the system but as they keep trying to get in using services that are not actually running they have got nowhere (so far!!) david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Postfix issue
On Monday 08 September 2008 03:57:11 you wrote: On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 02:47:47 -0700, David Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Could anyone tell me what entry I should make in postfix configuration files to bounce mails directed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] that emanate from a source outside my local network. Sorry to ask the question here but postfix users mailing list is currently rejecting mails from servers on a dynamic ip address - so I cannot get through to ask a question there. I don't think that restriction is going to be lifted any time soon. So why are you not using your ISP to relay emails, using its mail gateway (which should have a static IP address)? I think the restriction is OTT especially in the light of civil liberties issues. I do not like the fact that a number of governments (including most european ones) now have the right to access all emails that pass through an ISP's server. They do not have the right to access private server systems unless they have a warrant. BIG BROTHER is watching far too much. Frankly I am surprised that organisations such as Postfix are not aware of the issue and realise the civil liberties implicati Another emerging issue is cable operators refusing to allow fixed IP address so they can receive revenue from reporting on user usage data. Additionally low volume users, unless they pay a high premium and subscribe to a business service cannot acquire fixed IPs. IN some areas that are primarily residential they will not even allow fixed IPs at any price. This movement to commercialise the internet and limit access in this way is deplorable when there are alternative methods of dealing with legitimate problems. David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Postfix issue
On Monday 08 September 2008 03:38:05 Sahil Tandon wrote: David Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could anyone tell me what entry I should make in postfix configuration files to bounce mails directed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] that emanate from a source outside my local network. After permitting your networks in the smtpd_recipient_restrictions, use check_recipient_access to REJECT any messages with an RCPT TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#check_recipient_access http://www.postfix.org/access.5.html Thanks very much.. I seem to be struggling getting with the postfix command structure. If you have the time would you be kind enough to give me specific examples of the actual entries to be made in the appropriate files. In case it is relevant my server has a number of virtual domains but the problem I am getting is on the primary address for the mail server. Assume the email address in question is [EMAIL PROTECTED] which appears to be subjected to problems and I want to permit only addresses on the local network to send emails to that address. Thanks in advance No problem if you are too busy David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Postfix issue
On Monday 08 September 2008 04:10:11 Sahil Tandon wrote: David Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry to ask the question here but postfix users mailing list is currently rejecting mails from servers on a dynamic ip address - so I cannot get through to ask a question there. Incidentally, your IP is also listed on several RBLs. You are right - that is why I am asking this question to help me fix the problem. Someone hacked our network. I have fixed most stuff but need to fix this issue to close the final door. !!! Someone got a trojan onto my wifes windows 32 bit system which has access to my picture library (I am a photographer). It has taken me three days to fix the problem there and then I found they had used that route to get onto the freebsd server. I have blocked that access now but there are some things to fix on the mail suystem and this is one of them. I think I have closed most loopholes now. If you could help me with this one it would be appreciated. Thanks for your help David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Postfix issue
On Monday 08 September 2008 04:19:11 Wojciech Puchar wrote: I do not like the fact that a number of governments (including most european ones) now have the right to access all emails that pass through an ISP's only if you use big operators. All UK operators are big operators and covered by this -- if you provide internet access you jhave to give government access!! BIG BROTHER is watching far too much. Frankly I am surprised that we have democracy. in democracy majority decides for everybody. majority wanted it for they own good. minority has to shut up or go away. A democracy that does not respect minority rights including civil liberties is not a democracy but an authoritarian state. Another emerging issue is cable operators refusing to allow fixed IP address so they can receive revenue from reporting on user usage data. could you please tell more about the sentence above. maybe it's my bad english but i don't understand. why constantly changing user IP could help reporting user data and getting revenue? They keep track of who is connected by using hardware info and by use of login security. This movement to commercialise the internet and limit access in this way is deplorable when there are alternative methods of dealing with legitimate even now we are more restricted than people in China, where they have chinese internet with very very limited access to outside, but withing chinese internet there are very little limits. Whether anyone else is more or less affected is irrelevant. I would not want to sanction state executions in my own country because state executions are permitted in either USA or China or Iran or Iraq!! Neither would I want to approve breaches of civil liberties because there are breaches in Chine. David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Postfix issue
On Monday 08 September 2008 04:47:49 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 04:33:14 -0700, David Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 08 September 2008 03:57:11 you wrote: On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 02:47:47 -0700, David Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could anyone tell me what entry I should make in postfix configuration files to bounce mails directed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] that emanate from a source outside my local network. Sorry to ask the question here but postfix users mailing list is currently rejecting mails from servers on a dynamic ip address - so I cannot get through to ask a question there. I don't think that restriction is going to be lifted any time soon. So why are you not using your ISP to relay emails, using its mail gateway (which should have a static IP address)? I think the restriction is OTT especially in the light of civil liberties issues. I do not like the fact that a number of governments (including most european ones) now have the right to access all emails that pass through an ISP's server. They do not have the right to access private server systems unless they have a warrant. 'civil liberties' are only meaningful in the context of a specific 'civilization'. Welcome to the civilization that allows spammers to use dynamic IP addresses to disrupt, annoy, cause harm, commit commercial and all other sorts of fraud. One may easily argue that the 'civil laws' that forbid stealing from other people are 'limiting the freedom we have to use the potentially boundless resources available all over the place'. I don't think anyone would consider the argument in favor of stealing as very sound. The same can be said of the IP address space. One can argue for days, nay for _weeks_ or even years, that requiring a static IP address to be able to post to a 'common resource' --like the mailing list-- is a limit to the freedom of everyone. I'm not very convinced this limit is as bad as you are trying to describe, though. Giorgos In yesterday's world anyone could send a physical letter to any address anywhere in the world. I get spam letters through the letter box it is up to me to chuck them in the bin. Why should the internet be different especially when the restrictions on fixed IPs are brought about soleley for commercial interests. If the same protocol was applied to physical mail then we would not have been allowed to send letters unless we had a big building to send it from and all letters would have had to have had a big building sending address. No banning on the grounds of address type is discriminations. Yes bad because there has been specific abuse and ban until the abuse is cleaned up.. but do not ban on type of address!! It would be like saying only the rich could send letters!! David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Postfix issue
On Monday 08 September 2008 05:09:03 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 05:21:03 -0700, David Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the same protocol was applied to physical mail then we would not have been allowed to send letters unless we had a big building to send it from and all letters would have had to have had a big building sending address. We have a big building; it's called Post Office. Or do you think that someone determined enough cannot monitor where you are sending physical letters? I agree and they do BUT they need a warrant to do so!! That is the safeguard. With the internet no warrant is needed. There is no protection for civil liberties as applies with pohysical mail. David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Postfix issue
On Monday 08 September 2008 05:03:30 Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: David Southwell: In yesterday's world anyone could send a physical letter to any address anywhere in the world. I get spam letters through the letter box it is up to me to chuck them in the bin. Why should the internet be different especially when the restrictions on fixed IPs are brought about soleley for commercial interests. Because of sheer volume... in yesterday's world one was not able to send thousands of letters in a few seconds for free...or by using services one has not paid for... In the past world one paid to send and received for free. That was the deal. In the past people abused the mail system by using forged stamps or freepost labels. There is no difference. I pay for my connection to receive.. and pay for my connection to send. Some people just want to not paly their part in absorbing the risks that go with participation. It is up to us to defend our systems. To classify a whole load of users, the majority of whom are genuine, as invalid users is degrading and discriminatory. My point of viwew -- you are entitled to yours but IMHO not to enforce it!! David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Postfix issue
Hi Could anyone tell me what entry I should make in postfix configuration files to bounce mails directed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] that emanate from a source outside my local network. Sorry to ask the question here but postfix users mailing list is currently rejecting mails from servers on a dynamic ip address - so I cannot get through to ask a question there. Thanks David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
smtp authentication
Hi I am really ignorant about this issue. I am running postfix on freebsd 7.0 using a dynamic IP address and am getting requests to turn on smtp authentication for outgoing mails to reach servers such as yahoo.com but do not know how to do it. I am using kmail as a client. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would be most grateful. Thank you David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Image metadata - reading writing
Hi Does anyone know of a uitlity that for metatdata stored in raw image files (especially canon *.CR2) would enable me to: 1. Read the data from a file 2. Write new information into the file I want to extract the metadata, use it in a mysql database and update the metadata from the mysql database. Thanks in advance David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: stdout -determining size of??
On Saturday 22 September 2007 12:00:41 Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Sep 22), David Southwell said: How is the the size of stdout controlled. My query comes about because I had a shell running for ages with unlimited history and found it had gobbled uyp all the space available to stdout!!! Could you provide the error message that made you think that stdout has a limit? stdout could be anything: tty, socket, pipe, file, etc. If you have redirected stdout from a script to a file, like ls ls.txt, then it's possible that you filled up a filesystem. Here is what made me ask the question: -- Weekly output report: Cleaning up kernel database files: Rebuilding locate database: locate.code: stdout: No space left on device Rebuilding whatis database: -- End of weekly output -- ___ After getting the message I dumped the history and locate.updatedb ran without any problem. David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: stdout -determining size of??
On Monday 24 September 2007 04:14:48 Erik Trulsson wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 04:09:56AM -0700, David Southwell wrote: On Saturday 22 September 2007 12:00:41 Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Sep 22), David Southwell said: How is the the size of stdout controlled. My query comes about because I had a shell running for ages with unlimited history and found it had gobbled uyp all the space available to stdout!!! Could you provide the error message that made you think that stdout has a limit? stdout could be anything: tty, socket, pipe, file, etc. If you have redirected stdout from a script to a file, like ls ls.txt, then it's possible that you filled up a filesystem. Here is what made me ask the question: -- Weekly output report: Cleaning up kernel database files: Rebuilding locate database: locate.code: stdout: No space left on device Here stdout was almost certainly re-directed to some file on the disk. Unfortunately the disk was full. Rebuilding whatis database: -- End of weekly output -- ___ After getting the message I dumped the history and locate.updatedb ran without any problem. The shells history is probably stored in a file on the disk. When you removed that file the space became available again. It looks like you simply filled up the filesystem. Nothing to do with 'the size of stdout'. I understand but how can I manage this? Do you happen to know how to configure history storage? It looks as though I need to choose a filesystem where running run out of space is sufficiently improbable to be inconceivable!! The shell in question is an X Konsole. Thanks again David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
stdout -determining size of??
Hi How is the the size of stdout controlled. My query comes about because I had a shell running for ages with unlimited history and found it had gobbled uyp all the space available to stdout!!! So I wonder how stdout is controlled!! david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
subversion: Can't Creat Directory error
Hi Using eclipse as an IDE with subclipse on a Ruby on Rails project I am getting the error svn: Can't Create Directory /long path :The filename or Extsnion is too long The svn server is on freebsd 6.1 with apache/webdav and the error is reported from a win XP x64 client on our local network. Can onyone please guide me on how to deal with this problem? Does anyone happen to know where this limitation is likely to be coming from and how it might be overcome? Thanks in advance David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Convince me, please!
On Wednesday 15 August 2007 12:39:17 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: One of the best emails I've seen as a reply to a user coming from the Windows world. Many thanks for taking the time to write all this :-) - Giorgos On 2007-08-15 03:14, David Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I see where both sides in this argument are coming from.. basically a lack of understanding of the others point of view. As a user of multiple operating systems..Freebsd, Windows 98, 2000, XP and XP 64, Linux and apple I thought i might throw in a remark or two which is intended to help a newcomer to a freebsd world. First lets think of the MS windows user. As a newcomer to a unix OS, such as freebsd, you are faced with two very large sets of challenges or, as I would like you to think of it, educational opportunities. Because the vendor of the operating system is also the vendor of major applications, including its most commonly used browser, office applicatiions and compiler systems non-technically minded users do not easily have a clear grasp of the distinction between the roles of an OS and the role of applications. To use any Unix system effectively a clear and reasonably detailed understanding of the way applications interact with the operating system is essential. For its own commercial reasons Microoft are keen to blur that distinction in the minds of its users to maintain a false notion that only MS windows can fulfill its user's needs. Secondly because MS windows operates in a commercial environment it fosters a dependency culture in which you pay for your OS, you pay for your applications and in return you EXPECT a level of support and therefore users are not encouraged to extend their capabilities beyond understanding the applications they use. In the freebsd world most applications and utilities are there for installing without charge. The users include people who develop and everyone partakes in a foem of voluntary mutual support. It is a world in which expectation of support is anathema and in which a combination of striving for greater personal comeptency and voluntary sharing of knowledge and responsibility is the dominant ethos. So if you plan a move to the unix be ready to learn to build a greater understanding of how the operating system works, how applications are installed and maintained and above all to realize your basic needs will not be fulfilled in the same way as they are fulfilled in MS windows and that that you will need to put in a lot of effort to understand how to benefit from the much greater opportunities provided by OS's such as Freebsd. So your first first set of educational opportunities are to learn how reconstruct your expectations and to construct a set of relationships that will work for you in a unix world. The second set of educational opportunities are to study the practicalities. You need to decide the basic things you need to get on board freebsd. You need a browser.. that is no problem there are many to choose from .. you need office tools well there is a complete office suite. Whatever you need there will be a tool for you and the choices are a rich but usually free!!. The draw back is being faced with the challenge of learning how to choose. That is daunting challenge and those of us who are familiar with unix system, and accustomed to communicating with other freebsd users, are often guilty of failing to understand that people who come from an MS Windows find the terse ways in which we tend to communicate to be abrasive. My suggestion to you would be to proceed without risk. Dabble with freebsd alongside your MSWindows system until you reach the point at which you are ready or not (as the case may be) to change over completely. You do not need the latest hardware to get started. Freebsd is much less bloated and, in that respect, more efficient than MS windows. Follow the instructions and play with the system and see where you want to go with it. Like countries all IT systems and applications have their own language. MS windows has its own language !! Every territory has a language needed to discuss its inhabitants understandings. If you use the pejorative term jargon to describe a language you will need to learn you will never learn to adjust. I recomend you treat this adjustment process is an educational opportunity. If you are not willing to learn the words that describe how a world that is new to you functions then, like a immigrant in a foreign land, you will not feel you understand either the practical systems or the cultiure of your environment. You will not find anyone here wanting to sell you the system!! The unix world does not work like that. Those of us who have used unix since before MSDos was developed do not easily realize just how difficult the adjustment can be for those whose experience
Re: Convince me, please!
On Wednesday 08 August 2007 23:20:28 Goltsios Theodore wrote: Well sorry if I'm getting annoying but I think you face the Unix world in the wrong manner. Well you expect to find something you are used to, or something like MS Win you only know. I advise that you should be more open minded, willing to read and spare time to get familiar to the Unix OSes that are around. But the advantages are and the power that these kind of systems offer, which is probably unlimited compared with the Windowz strict and limited way of operating. If you really don't want that kind of power (thus doing what you must faster, better and in a more efficient way) then you are in the wrong place. A good way to start solving all questions concerning the FreeBSD is its handbook or the perhaps the FAQ. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ PS Try some googling or the freebsd official site for more resources. I'm sure all your questions will be satisfied. Theodoros Goltsios Kinetix Tele.com Support Center email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel. Fax: +30 2310556134 WWW: http://www.kinetix.gr/ Latitude wrote: I'm interested in changing over to FreeBSD from Windows, but I'll have to say, you guys don't really present a forceful argument to Windows users of how easy the switch may be. I get knee-deep in FreeBSD jargon the second I get to your webpage. I need to see an overwhelming argument that FreeBSD is a perfectly acceptable alternative for home desktop users who have previously known only Windows. For instance, if I download and install FreeBSD, will I instantly have a desktop windowing environment that I can navigate in while I figure out what's going on? Will I have a browser and way to setup an internet connection right off the bat? How will I migrate files from other operating systems? I understand you guys have been around for a while, but you don't seem to understand the monumental fear involved in switching operating systems. You need to address those concerns head on from the start. I need to see several screenshots of apps that I can use as alternatives to what I have. Help me (and yourselves) out. I see where both sides in this argument are coming from.. basically a lack of understanding of the others point of view. As a user of multiple operating systems..Freebsd, Windows 98, 2000, XP and XP 64, Linux and apple I thought i might throw in a remark or two which is intended to help a newcomer to a freebsd world. First lets think of the MS windows user. As a newcomer to a unix OS, such as freebsd, you are faced with two very large sets of challenges or, as I would like you to think of it, educational opportunities. Because the vendor of the operating system is also the vendor of major applications, including its most commonly used browser, office applicatiions and compiler systems non-technically minded users do not easily have a clear grasp of the distinction between the roles of an OS and the role of applications. To use any Unix system effectively a clear and reasonably detailed understanding of the way applications interact with the operating system is essential. For its own commercial reasons Microoft are keen to blur that distinction in the minds of its users to maintain a false notion that only MS windows can fulfill its user's needs. Secondly because MS windows operates in a commercial environment it fosters a dependency culture in which you pay for your OS, you pay for your applications and in return you EXPECT a level of support and therefore users are not encouraged to extend their capabilities beyond understanding the applications they use. In the freebsd world most applications and utilities are there for installing without charge. The users include people who develop and everyone partakes in a foem of voluntary mutual support. It is a world in which expectation of support is anathema and in which a combination of striving for greater personal comeptency and voluntary sharing of knowledge and responsibility is the dominant ethos. So if you plan a move to the unix be ready to learn to build a greater understanding of how the operating system works, how applications are installed and maintained and above all to realize your basic needs will not be fulfilled in the same way as they are fulfilled in MS windows and that that you will need to put in a lot of effort to understand how to benefit from the much greater opportunities provided by OS's such as Freebsd. So your first first set of educational opportunities are to learn how reconstruct your expectations and to construct a set of relationships that will work for you in a unix world. The second set of educational opportunities are to study the practicalities. You need to decide the basic things you need to get on board freebsd. You need a browser.. that is no problem there are many to choose from .. you
Re: Convince me, please!
On Wednesday 15 August 2007 03:14:09 David Southwell wrote: On Wednesday 08 August 2007 23:20:28 Goltsios Theodore wrote: Well sorry if I'm getting annoying but I think you face the Unix world in the wrong manner. Well you expect to find something you are used to, or something like MS Win you only know. I advise that you should be more open minded, willing to read and spare time to get familiar to the Unix OSes that are around. But the advantages are and the power that these kind of systems offer, which is probably unlimited compared with the Windowz strict and limited way of operating. If you really don't want that kind of power (thus doing what you must faster, better and in a more efficient way) then you are in the wrong place. A good way to start solving all questions concerning the FreeBSD is its handbook or the perhaps the FAQ. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ PS Try some googling or the freebsd official site for more resources. I'm sure all your questions will be satisfied. Theodoros Goltsios Kinetix Tele.com Support Center email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel. Fax: +30 2310556134 WWW: http://www.kinetix.gr/ Latitude wrote: I'm interested in changing over to FreeBSD from Windows, but I'll have to say, you guys don't really present a forceful argument to Windows users of how easy the switch may be. I get knee-deep in FreeBSD jargon the second I get to your webpage. I need to see an overwhelming argument that FreeBSD is a perfectly acceptable alternative for home desktop users who have previously known only Windows. For instance, if I download and install FreeBSD, will I instantly have a desktop windowing environment that I can navigate in while I figure out what's going on? Will I have a browser and way to setup an internet connection right off the bat? How will I migrate files from other operating systems? I understand you guys have been around for a while, but you don't seem to understand the monumental fear involved in switching operating systems. You need to address those concerns head on from the start. I need to see several screenshots of apps that I can use as alternatives to what I have. Help me (and yourselves) out. I see where both sides in this argument are coming from.. basically a lack of understanding of the others point of view. As a user of multiple operating systems..Freebsd, Windows 98, 2000, XP and XP 64, Linux and apple I thought i might throw in a remark or two which is intended to help a newcomer to a freebsd world. First lets think of the MS windows user. As a newcomer to a unix OS, such as freebsd, you are faced with two very large sets of challenges or, as I would like you to think of it, educational opportunities. Because the vendor of the operating system I mean here in the MS windows operating system! is also the vendor of major applications, including its most commonly used browser, office applicatiions and compiler systems non-technically minded users do not easily have a clear grasp of the distinction between the roles of an OS and the role of applications. To use any Unix system effectively a clear and reasonably detailed understanding of the way applications interact with the operating system is essential. For its own commercial reasons Microoft are keen to blur that distinction in the minds of its users to maintain a false notion that only MS windows can fulfill its user's needs. Secondly because MS windows operates in a commercial environment it fosters a dependency culture in which you pay for your OS, you pay for your applications and in return you EXPECT a level of support and therefore users are not encouraged to extend their capabilities beyond understanding the applications they use. In the freebsd world most applications and utilities are there for installing without charge. The users include people who develop and everyone partakes in a foem of voluntary mutual support. It is a world in which expectation of support is anathema and in which a combination of striving for greater personal comeptency and voluntary sharing of knowledge and responsibility is the dominant ethos. So if you plan a move to the unix be ready to learn to build a greater understanding of how the operating system works, how applications are installed and maintained and above all to realize your basic needs will not be fulfilled in the same way as they are fulfilled in MS windows and that that you will need to put in a lot of effort to understand how to benefit from the much greater opportunities provided by OS's such as Freebsd. So your first first set of educational opportunities are to learn how reconstruct your expectations and to construct a set of relationships that will work for you in a unix world. The second set of educational opportunities are to study
New to Subversion: Authorization failure
Hi
I am new to subversion and have hit a problem - if anyone feels like helping
it would be much appreciated.
I have set up subversion to run with apache.
Versions:
apache-2.2.4_2
subversion-1.4.4_1
I can connect remotely from a client to the server, using name|password
combination so authentication appears to work fine but authorization is
failing.
This is a new repository as can be seen from the output of the
svnlook. An initial import attempt from the client fails with the client
reporting RA Layer request failedand 403 forbidden error from the server.
Clearly I have something wrong in my authorization set up. Can anyone point me
in the right direction?
I have chosen to use an SVNParentPath configuration for multiple repositories
to exist under the same root with all repositories sharing the same
AuthzSVNAccessFile.
I have made all repository paths owner:group www:www
I have made no changes to the files created by the svnadmin create command.
1. Here are my entries in hhtp.conf
# Modules include
LoadModule dav_module libexec/apache22/mod_dav.so
LoadModule dav_svn_module libexec/apache22/mod_dav_svn.so
LoadModule authz_svn_module libexec/apache22/mod_authz_svn.so
# Location entry:
Location /svnhome
DAV svn
SVNParentPath /usr2/svnhome
SVNListParentPath on
# Access control Policy
AuthzSVNAccessFile /usr/local/etc/apache22/Authz_svnhome
# try anonymous access first, resort to authentication
# if necessary
Require valid-user
AuthType Basic
AuthName Svn Repository
AuthUserFile /usr/local/etc/apache22/svn-auth-methusela_02
/Location
CustomLog /usr/local/etc/apache22/svn_logfile %t %u %{SVN-ACTION}e
env=SVN-ACTION
#
2. My AuthzSVNAccessFile
#
AuthzSVNAccessFile /usr/local/etc/apache22/Authz_svnhome
[/]
* = r
[/usr2/svnhome]
* =r
[project_meth: /usr2/svnhome/project_meth]
david = rw
test = r
#
3. Output from svnlook
#
svnlook info /usr2/svnhome/project_meth
2007-08-13 03:09:11 -0700 (Mon, 13 Aug 2007)
0
#
4. http-error.log
#
httpd-error.log
[Mon Aug 13 09:30:04 2007] [error] [client 192.168.15.1] Access
denied: 'david' MKACTIVITY project_meth:
#
5. svn_logfile
#
[13/Aug/2007:08:49:56 -0700] david list-dir '/'
[13/Aug/2007:08:51:47 -0700] david list-dir '/'
#
All help appreciated
Thanks in advance
david
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Subversion --mod_dav_svn.so -
Hi I am getting into problems compiling subversion with apache2. subversion-1.4.4_1 apache-2.2.4_2 Could someone who is familier with subversion apache please confirm with me the configure and make command lines for both. I have what I believe to be the correct entries in httpd.conf: LoadModule dav_module libexec/apache22/mod_dav.so LoadModule dav_svn_module libexec/apache22/mod_dav_svn.so Whatever I do not finish up with the required *so files after subversion is installed. So /usr/local/sbin/apachectl restart reports: httpd: Syntax error on line 88 of /usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf: Cannot load /usr/local/libexec/apache22/mod_dav_svn.so into server: Cannot open /usr/local/libexec/apache22/mod_dav_svn.so An up to date locate database does not find mod_dav_svn.so on the system. whereis reports: svn path is svn: /usr/local/bin/svn httpd path is: httpd: /usr/local/sbin/httpd Other *.so modules are in /usr/local/libexec/apache22 and loading correctly Thanks in advance david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help Pleasee: How to check FreeBSD's system characterset? How to change it to UTF-8?
On Sunday 12 August 2007 08:04:58 VeeJay wrote: Hello fellows How to check FreeBSD's system characterset? How to change it to UTF-8? I am unable to type a Ø Å Æ character Please help! depending upon what you are doing one of the outputs from #apropos utf8 may be helpful. david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Subversion --mod_dav_svn.so -SOLVED
On Sunday 12 August 2007 05:24:19 David Southwell wrote: Hi I am getting into problems compiling subversion with apache2. subversion-1.4.4_1 apache-2.2.4_2 Could someone who is familier with subversion apache please confirm with me the configure and make command lines for both. I have what I believe to be the correct entries in httpd.conf: LoadModule dav_module libexec/apache22/mod_dav.so LoadModule dav_svn_module libexec/apache22/mod_dav_svn.so Whatever I do not finish up with the required *so files after subversion is installed. So /usr/local/sbin/apachectl restart reports: httpd: Syntax error on line 88 of /usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf: Cannot load /usr/local/libexec/apache22/mod_dav_svn.so into server: Cannot open /usr/local/libexec/apache22/mod_dav_svn.so An up to date locate database does not find mod_dav_svn.so on the system. whereis reports: svn path is svn: /usr/local/bin/svn httpd path is: httpd: /usr/local/sbin/httpd Other *.so modules are in /usr/local/libexec/apache22 and loading correctly Thanks in advance david OK Found it # make -DWITH_MOD_DAV_SVN configure #make -DWITH_MOD_DAV_SVN #make install works ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Umass device problems
Hi I originally posted the report below in April but so far noone has reported a fix. Should I post this issue to another list? Alternatively maybe a PR is necessary. I can stop repeated messages by placing a card in the umass devivce but when there is no card present there seems no way to stop them. Thanks in advance David Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] /var/run]# camcontrol devlist USB2.0 CF CardReader at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0) USB2.0 CBO CardReader at scbus0 target 0 lun 1 (pass1,da1) --- From /var/log/messages: Apr 18 03:27:03 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da1 - 6 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Medium not present Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da0 - 6 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): SCSI Status: Check Condition Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): NOT READY asc:3a,0 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Medium not present Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Unretryable error Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da1 - 6 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with packages on 6.2
On Friday 08 June 2007 22:37:01 Steve Lake wrote: Ok, I don't know if this is a problem with the ports setup I have on my Freebsd box or something else, but I thought I'd ask anyways. I've got a machine with a fresh copy of 6.2 release on it. Thought I'd be cute and install all the ports first and then go from there. pkg_add -r xorg came up with an error that said the package couldn't be found in the Latest directory. Ok, so I got the direct link to the package it referenced. Can't be found by pkg_add, yet I can download it via a browser just fine. So I dug around in the ALL directory instead and found the latest Xorg package. Gave that to pkg_add and it found it, but then said it couldn't find any of the dependent packages. It's the same story with every single package I try to add with pkg_add that's referenced from the packages directory for 6.2. The error I keep getting is like this: Error: FTP Unable to get ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/xmms. tbz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/xmms .tbz' by URL I've even grabbed my ports tree twice and rebuilt my kernel to 6.2 stable and still no change. Anyone have any idea why this isn't working? And how do I, if possible, change the ftp location and path that pkg_add looks at so that it's using something other than the root ftp.freebsd.org server. Maybe something like ftp3.freebsd.org or one of the lesser used ftp servers? Thanks in advance for any answers you can give. :) Please reply directly to me as I'm not on this list right now. (too much mail to sort through) I may be off beam here but are you behind a firewall? Do you need to use passive mode ftp. A look at man pkg_add might help. david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xorg problem 6.9 7.2
On Friday 08 June 2007 07:07:03 [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: Bernt Hansson wrote: [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: Bernt Hansson wrote: Hello I've upgraded Xorg to 7.2 on a 6.2-stable machine according to UPDATING. If I'am trying startx as a normal user I get this error AUDIT: date ¥ time : pid X: client 1 rejected from local host (uid 1001) Xlib: Connection to 0:0 refused by server Xlib: No protocol specified Starting from root no problem. As a normal user /usr/local/bin/startxfce4 starts fine. I'm guessing it's a permissions problem, is it? I suggest you check all the pathnames in your xorg.conf, I had a similar problem and adjusting paths solved them. What paths did you have in mind? I regenerated the xorg.conf file after upgrading. Setting ModulePath /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules is the most important one. I have just completed a portupgrade to 7.2 but have not yet restarted the server. How do I regenerate xorg.conf? Thanks in advance david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: var/log/messages umass da0 6 how to stop?
On Thursday 26 April 2007 14:51:30 Lowell Gilbert wrote: David Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Thursday 26 April 2007 13:11:35 Lowell Gilbert wrote: David Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How do I stop these messages from umass devices. Apr 18 03:27:03 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da1 - 6 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Medium not present Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da0 - 6 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): SCSI Status: Check Condition Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): NOT READY asc:3a,0 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Medium not present Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Unretryable error [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp]# camcontrol devlist USB2.0 CF CardReaderat scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0) USB2.0 CBO CardReaderat scbus0 target 0 lun 1 (pass1,da1) [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp]# With no devices plugged I get these meesages at the rate of 1 every two seconds into /var/log/messages Is something polling those devices? Some kind of automounter? [Gnome and KDE seem to have their own automounters, running from user level...] ___ I do not know -- how can I find out? Have you enabled amd(8)? Are you running Gnome or KDE? For example, I see that in Gnome, under the preferences menu, there is an option for whether to automatically mount removable media when inserted. If you disable that and the messages go away, then we at least know what the trigger is. If I put a 256M memory card in then messages for da0 stop.. Good; that makes sense. The problem is that although messages stop for da0 I cannot stop da1 AND I would really like to be able to control this without having to have memory cards et al in the devices at all times. I have tried kde settingsperipheralsstorage media and removed the tick box adjacent to Enable medium application autostart after mount but that made no difference. The messages continue!! There must be some other way.. Thnaks in advance to anyone who can tell me how to manage these devices properly david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: var/log/messages umass da0 6 how to stop?
On Friday 27 April 2007 07:33:11 James Seward wrote: On 4/27/07, David Southwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is that although messages stop for da0 I cannot stop da1 AND I would really like to be able to control this without having to have memory cards et al in the devices at all times. I get this when I have my USB card reader plugged in (and empty). I'm pretty sure it's hal (via KDE) which is responsible for the polling in my case. My low-tech fix is to yank the USB cable out when I'm not using the reader :) If there was a way to stop it filling up my syslog though I'd love to know. /JMS Umph -- glad I am not the only one with the problem. The difficulty in my case is that the media devices are built in to the front of the case so I cannot really unplu the usb without turning off the machine!! There must be a solution. I wish I was a bit brighter!! david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
var/log/messages umass da0 6 how to stop?
How do I stop these messages from umass devices. Apr 18 03:27:03 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da1 - 6 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Medium not present Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: Opened disk da0 - 6 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): SCSI Status: Check Condition Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): NOT READY asc:3a,0 Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Medium not present Apr 18 03:27:05 dns1 kernel: (da1:umass-sim0:0:0:1): Unretryable error [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp]# camcontrol devlist USB2.0 CF CardReaderat scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0) USB2.0 CBO CardReaderat scbus0 target 0 lun 1 (pass1,da1) [EMAIL PROTECTED] /tmp]# With no devices plugged I get these meesages at the rate of 1 every two seconds into /var/log/messages Thanks in advance david ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
