Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-20 Thread Erich Dollansky
is up and running, you can install the ports system and install any program from the ports collection via an Internet connection. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-20 Thread Erich Dollansky
with FreeBSD since years but it looks strange for people coming from different professions ... Erich Erich Dollansky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Lone Wolf wrote: It is not bundled. Almost nothing is bundled. But it is available in ports and installing it is one of the special options during

Re: GELI encryption and HDD critical temperature

2008-02-19 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, this problem is caused by how the drives are installed in the machine. Can you add a fan? Erich s.g. wrote: Guys, I notice occasional overheating of my GELI-encrypted hard drives followed by the reboot. This happens when there is heavy activity on the drive - eg when trying to dump

Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-19 Thread Erich Dollansky
Internet connection is not this good, install whatever you want from CD. Install only the missing pieces in the third step via Internet. Erich Thanks demons! Olivier Nicole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm thinking to install FreeBSD on my old PC. --- Processor: Intel Celeron 1.3 GH RAM: 192 MB

Re: FreeBSD 6.3 Xorg issues

2008-02-19 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, what happens if you simply start X without any configuration? My X runs only if I do not specify a mouse in the configuration file. I also have had to create the file by hand. Erich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:10:14 +0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: Computers that us FreeBSD. HELP!!!!!!!

2008-02-18 Thread Erich Dollansky
system. Erich Ryan Jenkins wrote: Hello, I currently have a Computer System that is based off the FreeBSD Operating System and I am trying to find a new supplier of hardware. Right now I am having a hard time finding a Computer Manufacture that can make a system that uses FreeBSD. I

Re: FreeBSD 6.3 Xorg issues

2008-02-18 Thread Erich Dollansky
started csup with the intent to patch 6.2 but upgraded the sources to 6.3, compiled, installed and rebooted without any problems. I know, but it happend this way. X kept on working. Erich _ Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word

Re: question about xwindows

2008-02-17 Thread Erich Dollansky
might can help him. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X86 cpu without a FPU - Vortex86sx

2008-02-17 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, you might look for older version which have had support for a plain 386. 4.x and maybe 5.2 still have had it. Erich Doug C wrote: I am trying to build FreeBSD 5.5 or 6.3 to run on a board that uses the DMP Vortex86sx SOC. This chip looks like a 486sx, no FPU. Is there a way to make

Re: question about xwindows

2008-02-16 Thread Erich Dollansky
a clue as to what is wrong, would someone help PLEASE? If you have CUPS, you can use a web browser to administer the printer. What kind of rpinter do you have installed? Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: FW: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)

2008-02-13 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, I am also getting these e-mail which land directly in the spam folder. Yes, I also get suddenly mails which seem to be from last month. I did not check where they got stuck. Erich Da Rock wrote: I am getting a serious case of deja vu here- anyone else? I've gotten a whole bunch

Re: Help with su on 6.3

2008-02-12 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, su works on my 6.3 - but without ssh - just as expected. Do you have physical access to the machine? Try it without ssh to help isolate the problem. Erich Neil Gruending wrote: Hi, Today I upgraded my computer to 6.3, but now root can't su to other users. I login as a regular user

Re: what happened to linuxflashplugin?

2008-02-11 Thread Erich Dollansky
the word FreeBSD in the license agreement. BSD also does not appear there. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: what happened to linuxflashplugin?

2008-02-11 Thread Erich Dollansky
. Agree here, but open-source friendly companies that promote the use of flash are much worse. As it seems to be, the reason why people want to use flash on FreeBSD is youtube in most of cases. YouTube? Isn't the right spelling YouPorn? Erich ___ freebsd

Re: what happened to linuxflashplugin?

2008-02-11 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, just send them an e-mail telling them that you are so sorry about the quality of their website that you have to buy somewhere else. Do not send this to the webmaster, send it to the sales department. Those people fight for the clients and give a shit on technology. Erich Alphons Fonz

Re: what happened to linuxflashplugin?

2008-02-11 Thread Erich Dollansky
of work :) and will motivate them to think it does not amtter how you do it as long as you address the sales department. The web master gives a shit for the clients. They are just a disturbing piece of shit for him but they are heaven sent for the sales people. Erich

Re: What version of Freebsd to run

2008-02-10 Thread Erich Dollansky
be to install 6.3 now and stick with it until 7.1 becomes available. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Removing FreeBSD

2008-02-01 Thread Erich Dollansky
the partition and then create a new Windows partition. If you simply add to the currently installed FreeBSD partition, you will not get very far. It might be of interest what kind of data are stored there. Has NSA a copy of it? - M White Black and White Computer Repair are you sure? Erich

Re: are we CRIMINALS?

2008-01-22 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Wojciech Puchar wrote: http://www.spamsuite.com/node/351 jest first step to criminalize unix at all first step? Many Unix tools are considered illegal by German law since last summer. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: are we CRIMINALS?

2008-01-22 Thread Erich Dollansky
since last summer. could you mail me more about it ? can you type ls? ;) I do not know if I can still answer this question as using a hacker tool can lead to get a nice place in a lovely prison. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: setup question

2008-01-22 Thread Erich Dollansky
more specific. Erich Jerry Breazeale wrote: I'll try again to submit a question. Please see the attached. Jerry Attachment is a copy of the message. Subject: Xorg config From: Jerry Breazeale [EMAIL

Re: Throttle the CPU when the system is idle

2008-01-21 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Andreas Davour wrote: On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, why don't you use powerd? Now I know a reason. It made my whole computer freeze and C-ALT-DEL or C-ALT-BS didn't even work. Maybe it's not that stable yet. I use it with the -v option without any problems. I do

Re: Throttle the CPU when the system is idle

2008-01-21 Thread Erich Dollansky
time before the machine really starts to react if the expected action results in more computing. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

Re: Throttle the CPU when the system is idle

2008-01-20 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, why don't you use powerd? Erich Andreas Davour wrote: I have toyed a bit with the dev.cpu.0.freq sysctl setting, and tried to lower it automatically when the system load goes down. For some reason it don't seem to work, even though the script works for simple debug output. Anyone

Re: pIII coppermine?

2008-01-01 Thread Erich Dollansky
. Just make sure that this is the case. Same cache size, same clock rate ... Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Blocking undesirable domains using BIND

2007-12-31 Thread Erich Dollansky
of efficiency that can be achieved in theory even with this many entries. this sounds like a perfect solution for me too. I will have to try this next year. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: Low Level Language Suggestions: OT

2007-12-31 Thread Erich Dollansky
out of C and C++. Even if there are more Java programmers out there, they not have the experience of the most C/C++ programmers. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Low Level Language Suggestions: OT

2007-12-31 Thread Erich Dollansky
this impact. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Photo organizer for FreeBSD?

2007-12-29 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: On 15:49:56 Dec 29, Laszlo Nagy wrote: I wonder if netpbm or ImageMagick is available in Cygwin or in some other form in Windows. ImageMagick is available native for Windows. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Blocking undesirable domains using BIND

2007-12-28 Thread Erich Dollansky
the hosts file, but copying it to /etc isn't enough. When finished please empty out your cache and restart your browser or reboot your computer. Erich Rob wrote: Then I found this site: http://everythingisnt.com/hosts.html and put their list in hosts, and now client PCs get a squid error in place

Re: Blocking undesirable domains using BIND

2007-12-27 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, I use hosts to block unwanted content but on per machine base. I use currentlu this as a starting point and add private preferences to hosts. http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.txt Has bind a visible advantage in the response time? Erich Maxim Khitrov wrote: Hello, I'm currently

Re: Blocking undesirable domains using BIND

2007-12-27 Thread Erich Dollansky
. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Server crashes

2007-12-23 Thread Erich Dollansky
. Erich Monah Baki wrote: Hi All, I'm running a very old server (P3, dual 600Mhz, SCSI 9GB harddrive). Applications that I run on it is MySQL and Apache. I have no problem with server uptime but I am not able to update because once I run the command: make buildkernel KERNCONF=SMP Server crashes

Re: rough method of cleaning the ports tree

2007-12-19 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 10:31:05PM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Erich Dollansky wrote: after noticing how large my ports tree grows while compiling, I thought of simply deleting it and do a CVSup to get a new one

rough method of cleaning the ports tree

2007-12-18 Thread Erich Dollansky
will still be very well organised after some months. What does the list think of this method? Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

Re: rough method of cleaning the ports tree

2007-12-18 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, John Nielsen wrote: On Tuesday 18 December 2007, Erich Dollansky wrote: There are at least two better ways of doing this that will take less time and not put unnecessary load on the CVS servers. this was the main reason for asking. If all would do it, CVSup would be of no help at all

Re: performance impact of large /etc/hosts files

2007-12-12 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: On Wednesday 12 December 2007 04:06:01 Erich Dollansky wrote: There's no clean solutions to getting different lookups per-user that Both ipfw and pf support tables, which is what you I would like to avoid having a fire wall running on each machine. Out

Re: performance impact of large /etc/hosts files

2007-12-12 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Warren Block wrote: On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Erich Dollansky wrote: If you still see unwanted content, just add a line and it will be gone during your next visit. Like AdBlockPlus, only more work. The beauty is, Internet feels still faster then before. Like AdblockPlus. It has one

Re: performance impact of large /etc/hosts files

2007-12-11 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: On Tuesday 11 December 2007 05:18:40 Erich Dollansky wrote: I use hosts for filtering all unwanted content on my personal machine. That's not apparent. What are your filtering? all the sites I personally do not want to see. and how do your filter using /etc

Re: performance impact of large /etc/hosts files

2007-12-11 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Warren Block wrote: On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Erich Dollansky wrote: This is really what I want. Just avoiding the traffic, the time and the optical disturbance caused by all those sites. I would even prefer a method as simple as hosts but linked even to my user account. http

Re: performance impact of large /etc/hosts files

2007-12-11 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: Erich Dollansky wrote: Assuming I've understood your initial post correctly, then I do the same, redirecting some dozen ad sites to a local web server. With a this is how I started. Then friends did the same. We exchanged the files. We added hosts files from

performance impact of large /etc/hosts files

2007-12-10 Thread Erich Dollansky
run currently 6.2. Thanks! Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to find out when a package is installed?

2007-12-09 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, pkg_info | grep name or whereis name /var/db/pkd contains for every installed port an enry. Isn't the date the date of the first installation of this package? Erich Simon Gao wrote: Hi, Is there a command that can help find out when a package is installed/compiled? Or what options

Re: who wrote this

2007-11-30 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Gerard wrote: On November 30, 2007 at 02:37AM Erich Dollansky wrote: [ snip ] sensorship starts in the mind of the people. ^ censorship I have had a good laugh on this. Let me tell you, why it was so. I have had to write two documents over the last month with the word sensor

Re: In the spirit of Godwin's law - I propose Beastie's law

2007-11-29 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 06:13:21PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: Joshua Isom wrote: On Nov 27, 2007, at 2:44 AM, Erich Dollansky wrote: Joshua Isom wrote: On Nov 27, 2007, at 1:32 AM, Erich Dollansky wrote: Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: His was a classic case

Re: who wrote this

2007-11-29 Thread Erich Dollansky
of the people. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: In the spirit of Godwin's law - I propose Beastie's law

2007-11-27 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Joshua Isom wrote: On Nov 27, 2007, at 1:32 AM, Erich Dollansky wrote: Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Hitler was a good facist, he did his job well. no, he was a bad one. He finally lost Flame war anyone? Verbrannte Erde was the motto of his final campaign. The mother of all flame

Re: In the spirit of Godwin's law - I propose Beastie's law

2007-11-27 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Joshua Isom wrote: On Nov 27, 2007, at 2:44 AM, Erich Dollansky wrote: Joshua Isom wrote: On Nov 27, 2007, at 1:32 AM, Erich Dollansky wrote: Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Hitler was a good facist, he did his job well. no, he was a bad one. He finally lost But he lost in due part

Re: who wrote this

2007-11-26 Thread Erich Dollansky
keep people busy. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: In the spirit of Godwin's law - I propose Beastie's law

2007-11-26 Thread Erich Dollansky
though. In some circles for example immigrants are foreign born and using the correct term is wrong. both terms are offensive here. I am a foreign talent. This brings up a new question: what is with the local talent. Erich ___ freebsd-questions

Re: In the spirit of Godwin's law - I propose Beastie's law

2007-11-26 Thread Erich Dollansky
they and the remaining IQ was killed by hand phones. Man, market penetration is here above 110% Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: In the spirit of Godwin's law - I propose Beastie's law

2007-11-26 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Does this include YouTube? this is an incorrect question as Flash is not really supported by FreeBSD. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: who wrote this

2007-11-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
as they live in a perfect world. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: top posting (off-topic)

2007-11-25 Thread Erich Dollansky
to keep the parts of the original message which is not referred to in the answer. Anyone else feel the same? Oh yes! Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

Re: Does anyone know how to get the required downloads from Sun to build Java?

2007-11-23 Thread Erich Dollansky
. So, you do not feel alone at least. After getting real bored with all the OpenOffice problems, I installed KOffice and Abiword and have not seen any problems yet. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: Fetching sources for 6.2-Release including changes ....

2007-10-31 Thread Erich Dollansky
. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: extracting 7_bit_ascii from ms_word files

2007-10-31 Thread Erich Dollansky
and have a test run. I works fine for me most of the time. Erich spellberg_robert wrote: greetings --- i finally ran into a situation where my existing approaces are no longer satisfactory. i never bought office. i have a twelve_year_old version of wordperfect from [ at that time ] novell

Re: Newby Question: What to do when one port can't recognize another port?

2007-10-30 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, there should be a file under /usr/ports/ called UPGRADING It contains some hints of changes. Jeff D wrote: IGNORED Unknown Berkeley DB version Can you configure Apache to use other database systems? Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Recommended servers for FreeBSD

2007-10-30 Thread Erich Dollansky
servers from Sun. I believe the biggest difference between IBM and Sun will actually be the people who will finally arrive at your site in case of problems. The same should be true for HP. Erich Andrew Wasilczuk wrote: Hi, I'm interested to see what servers people use for FreeBSD. I used

Re: www.freebsd.org won't load in IE 7.x in vista box.

2007-10-18 Thread Erich Dollansky
system administrators are not able to administer their systems properly? Man, fire the management. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

Re: Why 7.0 is so late ?

2007-10-17 Thread Erich Dollansky
to make the share holders happy, FreeBSD can afford to wait until the programmers are convinced that their work is good enough for the public. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: Power Point Files

2007-10-17 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, KOffice also includes a presenter. Erich Robert Huff wrote: Rem P Roberti writes: Are there any programs in the ports collection which allow you to view MS Power Point files? I occasionally receive these files and it would be nice to set up the .mailcap to be able to view them

Re: How to set up a network-attached printer

2007-10-14 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, did you consider using CUPS? It also should work with LPR but I never tried it. Erich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where would I find a specific method for setting up a Samsung ML-2571N network-attached PostScript printer in FreeBSD 6.1? I'm hoping for something less generic than what I've

Re: mailing list

2007-10-13 Thread Erich Dollansky
in control testing new Windows-clustering software. Erich Note below: To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Each mail contains information on how to unsubscribe from the mailing lists. If you have attempted to unsubscribe and have been unsuccessful, an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: How to create a user account with the same permission as root ?

2007-10-11 Thread Erich Dollansky
wholes. If you just want to do something as root without being root, use su. Erich williamkow wrote: Finally, I manage to setup X.org and then KDE 3.5.4 running on FreeBSD 6.2-Release. I created a user account named william and do not assign any group as I do not know what are the list of group name

Re: How to create a user account with the same permission as root ?

2007-10-11 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 07:34:54PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: FreeBSD is not Windows. True statement - thank heaven. You cannot have another root in the system. Unless I misunderstand what you are saying, this is NOT a true statement. You can create

Re: Hardware compatible : Marble_Mouse/TrackMan Wheel from Logitech

2007-10-08 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, I used the Trackman with earlier versions and I did not have any problems. I do not use it with the current version. Erich Roland Smith wrote: On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 08:51:16AM +0800, williamkow wrote: Tahnk you for your reply, may I ask if I to purchase TrackMan Wheel Mouse

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Rob wrote: think. Most the draw in a residence is the HVAC. what is this? HVAC? Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-08 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Ray wrote: On Monday 08 October 2007 8:36:39 pm Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, Rob wrote: think. Most the draw in a residence is the HVAC. what is this? HVAC? Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning move the machine around to be used for heating during winter. Compared to that PCs

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-07 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Gary Kline wrote: On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 11:12:00AM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote: *right* about the price. Can I assume that a ballpark would be 400W for each server? (My wife is right: I've got to cut back to three computers:-) I've found one APC 2200VA

Re: what kind of UPS will work best?

2007-10-06 Thread Erich Dollansky
for any other brand. But do not drop dead when you see the price difference. This will be money well spend. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: good replacement for open office

2007-10-05 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, do you really want the world to know what you are writing? icantthinkofone wrote: Frank Jahnke wrote: Why not use Google Docs? And ask NSA in case you need a backup? Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory

2007-09-26 Thread Erich Dollansky
or you need to enable PAE. Just build a custom kernel for 64 bits. real memory = 4227792896 (4031 MB) avail memory = 4139991040 (3948 MB) Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: Dual Opterons don't see all memory

2007-09-26 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On September 26, 2007 9:06:57 PM -0700 Eric Osterweil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 26, 2007, at 8:57 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: Eric Osterweil wrote: make use of it's 6GB of memory, and FreeBSD can only see about 4GB of it. Can anyone help me figure out how

Re: Software

2007-09-23 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, looking for other things, I found this: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=versioniId=5774 Wine is working nicely for me but I do not use iTunes. Erich Kellen Dale wrote: I was wondering what kind of software freeBSD can support. I am currently a windows user but I would

Re: Vhat kind of *simple* video card?

2007-09-23 Thread Erich Dollansky
? I do not need/want anything gamer-fancy, so am looking for something simple, like a MM with 8 or 16megs of video memory. This is the kind of card to go for then. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: How to convert ASCII to Hexadecimal format?

2007-09-22 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, man hexdump will explain the details. Erich ronggui wrote: for example: ASCII: a test HEX : 61 20 74 65 73 74 Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

Re: disc failure? at least snail snow CPU...

2007-09-22 Thread Erich Dollansky
. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Are you guys using xcdroast?

2007-09-20 Thread Erich Dollansky
someone elaborate if they experience the same error. (xcdroast:20529): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: All GTK applications need X up and running. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: troubles with attach too big HDD through USB

2007-09-19 Thread Erich Dollansky
operating system? Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Software

2007-09-19 Thread Erich Dollansky
. Erich Kellen Dale wrote: I was wondering what kind of software freeBSD can support. I am currently a windows user but I would like to switch to a Unix operating system. The one thing that I am concerned about however, is that since I am still a student I must have access to software

Re: http://www.freebsd.org site unreachable

2007-09-14 Thread Erich Dollansky
. Some mirrors seem to be perfect mirrors. I must really say that the mirrors are less reliable than the original. Using mirrors still makes sense as the response is faster and it also offloads the original. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: enabling SMP

2007-09-13 Thread Erich Dollansky
problems getting ACPCI working, I just get a panic, so I'm booting with it disabled. Then you will not get SMP running. cpu0 on motherboard Nothing else about CPUs in dmesg. This is expected. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: hosts is ignored

2007-09-12 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Peter Boosten wrote: Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, I have the feeling to be blind but I cannot find out why my FreeBSD 6.2 machine ignores hosts. host.conf says hosts dns What is host.conf used for? Never heard of it. Put the following line in your resolv.conf lookup file bind

Re: hosts is ignored

2007-09-12 Thread Erich Dollansky
worth a check. checked. It is readable by all. I agree. It is something stupid like. I just can't see it. It will be the joke of the year at the end. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: how to change next boot from windows to freebsd?

2007-09-12 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, I am not sure but cygwin could be of help here. Erich Georgi Iovchev wrote: Hello guys On my pc I have FreeBSD and Windows partitions. I often use my computer remotly, and sometimes i need to switch from bsd to windows and vice versa. I use freebsd's boot manager to select os at boot

Re: hosts is ignored

2007-09-12 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Don Read wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:51:23 +0800 Erich Dollansky said: Hi, checked. It is readable by all. I agree. It is something stupid like. Try to delete and re-type it. I got stung by a non-printing character once ... thanks, this was the reason. Erich

hosts is ignored

2007-09-11 Thread Erich Dollansky
'kopi'. I try to figure this thing out since some time. All I got was the feeling the I cannot see the wood anymore as there are so many trees. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: hosts is ignored

2007-09-11 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Matthew Seaman wrote: What does /etc/nsswitch.conf say? group: compat group_compat: nis hosts: files dns networks: files passwd: compat passwd_compat: nis shells: files Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: graphics and freebsd

2007-09-09 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, depending on what you want to do, GIMP (pixel oriented) and INKSCAPE (vector oriented) will be the tools of your choice. Erich Burhan Teoman wrote: Hello, Im a newbie to freebsd. I'm a graphic designer and i need profession graphic applications on freebsd. Please send your advice

Re: setting up xorg - mouse

2007-09-09 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, I have the same problem. If I leave the definitions for the mouse out, X starts without problems and uses the mouse. As long as a mouse definition is given in the configuration file, I cannot use the mouse. Erich Martin Tournoij wrote: On Fri 07 Sep 2007 22:09, Computer Answers wrote

Re: setting up xorg - mouse

2007-09-09 Thread Erich Dollansky
, the other on bottom. It is geting confusing. Erich, what is your mouse configuration? Also try and locate the problem in /var/log/Xorg.0.log This is a generic configuration: Section InputDevice Identifier mouse Driver mouse Option Protocol Auto

X11 reports BadLength (poly request too large ...

2007-09-09 Thread Erich Dollansky
cpufreq # support for none ACPI frequency control device drm # enables kernel support for direct rendering device radeondrm # enables support of the ATI Radeon chipset Erich PS The error message: Script started on Thu Aug 30 14:18:40 2007 You have

Re: Newbie questions about updating

2007-09-07 Thread Erich Dollansky
and the system is fine again. One last newb question is concerning cvsup itself. In reference to ports is there a difference, in the end, between this and portsnap? There should be no difference at the final end. Erich ___ freebsd-questions

Re: FreeBSD 6.2 Installation Problems

2007-09-07 Thread Erich Dollansky
with make install. the whole project, because apparently I can't get all of the components installed to make X or KDE work correctly. Please help! I think there is a huge difference between all of the components and the things needed to run KDE. Erich

Re: doubts about the freebsd devil

2007-09-04 Thread Erich Dollansky
red sex toy? oh no. I always thought this glow in the eyes of women when mentioning FreeBSD came from the operating system's performance. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: BSDstats Statistics for Aug, 2007 ...

2007-09-03 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, Marc G. Fournier wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- FreeBSD + 2.7% I hope the numbers are not this bad that my machine alone made your numbers jump his much. My FreeBSD was offline for a year. It was a hard time. Erich

Re: Weird FTP issue???

2007-09-03 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, did you also use different cable and different switch ports for this problematic machine? Yes, your problem sounds weird. Life told us so many times that things like this can happen. Erich Michaela wrote: Hi all, I was wondering if anyone can possibly explain or give their expertise

Re: periodic freeze and reset

2007-09-03 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, I have had crashes too on my machine with the 6.2 RELEASE kernel. They are gone since I use a custom kernel. The fun is that I have t use the rl NIC driver like you do. Erich Ghirai wrote: On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 17:46:54 -0400 Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ghirai [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: What laptop do you recommend?

2006-03-13 Thread Erich Dollansky
on a P2120. It was pretty good with the exception of battery life. The new P7xxx series used the Pentium M as a CPU which is better supported by FreeBSD. Erich ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

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