Re: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

2006-05-08 Thread Kevin Kinsey
that cvsup changes that much. You can use fetch or FTP to grab from a newer location and add the package directly, e.g. # cd # fetch ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/path/to/some/real.pkg.tbz # pkg_add real.pkg.tbz HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- Consultants are mystical people who ask a company for a number

Re: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

2006-05-08 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Marty Landman wrote: This is giving me problems for some reason. I've put the floppy images on a Debian box in my office and dd'd onto a floppy. The boot.flp worked but then with the kern1.flp - which I dd'd onto the same floppy as boot.flp had gone on, get this after a while: zf_read: fill

Re: Writing to a mounted NTFS drive

2006-05-07 Thread Kevin Kinsey
, when you look up proprietary at Wikipedia, NTFS is a synonym. :-D Kevin Kinsey -- Lo! Men have become the tool of their tools. -- Henry David Thoreau ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Newbie Package Questions

2006-05-07 Thread Kevin Kinsey
HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. -- Henry Kissinger ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

Re: newbie wanting to switch to FreeBSD - planning stage question

2006-05-04 Thread Kevin Kinsey
, it want to take over the display hardware). Of course, YMMV. Kevin Kinsey -- How many people work here? Oh, about half. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Software RAID guidance

2006-05-04 Thread Kevin Kinsey
the opportunity to fix this. However, I do find gvinum(8) on my box Kevin Kinsey ___ 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 Broadcomm NIC - not recognized

2006-05-03 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Paul Schmehl wrote: Lowell Gilbert wrote: Paul Schmehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's a dual boot machine. Windows XP recognizes the NIC just fine, but *not* with the default drivers that come with XP SP2. I had to install the drivers from Dell. Maybe there's something different about

Re: Problem with Broadcomm NIC - not recognized

2006-05-03 Thread Kevin Kinsey
November. Kevin Kinsey --- Law of Continuity: Experiments should be reproducible. They should all fail the same way. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

Re: sysinstall ?

2006-05-03 Thread Kevin Kinsey
. Good luck, Kevin Kinsey -- During the voyage of life, remember to keep an eye out for a fair wind; batten down during a storm; hail all passing ships; and fly your colors proudly. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: Resetting Password FreeBSD 5.3

2006-05-02 Thread Kevin Kinsey
? 5.3 isn't quite 2 years old yet!! Kevin Kinsey PS As Grant mentions, single user mode is your friend, available from the 3rd stage boot menu -- Many pages make a thick book. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: apache error

2006-05-02 Thread Kevin Kinsey
, with the URL of # http://servername/server-status # Change the .your-domain.com to match your domain to enable. # Location /server-status SetHandler server-status Order deny,allow Allow from all /Location Note that you probably don't want allow from all. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- Your boss

Re: outlook express be routed through sendmail

2006-05-02 Thread Kevin Kinsey
misunderstood your question? HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- New Year's Eve is the time of year when a man most feels his age, and his wife most often reminds him to act it. -- Webster's Unafraid Dictionary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Apache 2.2 showing version

2006-04-29 Thread Kevin Kinsey
changing this knob. Good luck, Kevin Kinsey -- Two heads are better than one. -- John Heywood ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

Re: Apache 2.2 showing version

2006-04-29 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Jonathan Horne wrote: take a look at the ServerTokens section of httpd.conf. # # ServerTokens # This directive configures what you return as the Server HTTP response # Header. The default is 'Full' which sends information about the OS-Type # and compiled in modules. # Set to one of: Full | OS

Re: server rebuilds and disaster recovery

2006-04-28 Thread Kevin Kinsey
and all filesystems are intact, what's wrong with dump(8) and restore(8)? Kevin Kinsey -- An atom-blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways. -- Isaac Asimov ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: Install question FreeBSD 4.8r13

2006-04-28 Thread Kevin Kinsey
via ftp. Good luck! Kevin Kinsey -- Might as well be frank, monsieur. It would take a miracle to get you out of Casablanca and the Germans have outlawed miracles. -- Casablanca ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Bourn Shell -n Flag Questions

2006-04-28 Thread Kevin Kinsey
So, it would appear that -n is merely a lint type option or syntax checker. Whether or not it's smart enough to catch your error I can't tell; it caught mine with and without -x HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- The giraffe you thought you offended last week is willing to be nuzzled today

Re: find not finding file.

2006-04-27 Thread Kevin Kinsey
John Webster wrote: Can anyone explain this: # find /etc/ -name 'named.conf' # ls -l /etc/namedb/named.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3715 Nov 13 17:35 /etc/namedb/named.conf /etc/namedb is a link to another directory, don't use the trailing / in the ls -ld. So, in this case, you

Re: Whay does port is interactive mean?

2006-04-26 Thread Kevin Kinsey
all repair, but it might make it a lil' funny). Kevin Kinsey -- While most peoples' opinions change, the conviction of their correctness never does. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Which Wireless Adapter

2006-04-26 Thread Kevin Kinsey
recomendations? -- -- Bryan bc3910 'at' gmail 'dot' com Hello Bryan, Are you sure you're looking at the right page? pc98 architecture is mainly used in Japan AFAIK. If you change the pc98 in the URI to i386, you can see a few linksys and Dlink references. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- A countryman between

Re: A portupgrade question

2006-04-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Ian Moore wrote: Yes, that would fix the problem, but I'm just curious about what causes the problem in the first place, given that portupgrade rarely seems to have these kind of problems. Cheers, ls -l /var/db/pkg/mysql-client*?? Kevin Kinsey -- A method of solution is perfect

Re: learning to buildworld

2006-04-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
of a second box and a serial console arrangement, but it's not something I've needed to investigate. I'd recommend practicing on a scratch box, for starters. Also, it'd be a real Good Thing(tm) if a tech at the colo knows his BSD stuff, and his time is included in your contract ;-) . HTH, Kevin

Re: availability of distfiles

2006-04-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
, Kevin Kinsey -- Love the sea? I dote upon it -- from the beach. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FreeBSD architecture [was: (no subject)]

2006-04-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
of a number of protocols, of which TCP/IP is the most common; as for bursts vs. bit by bit, it's neither and both, depending on the nature of your pipeline HTH, Kevin Kinsey FreeBSD user -- The speed of anything depends on the flow of everything

Re: FreeBSD architecture [was: (no subject)]

2006-04-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
of a number of protocols, of which TCP/IP is the most common; as for bursts vs. bit by bit, it's neither and both, depending on the nature of your pipeline HTH, Kevin Kinsey FreeBSD user -- The speed of anything depends on the flow of everything

Re: availability of distfiles

2006-04-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
contain upgrade.txt anyway. I've heard patience is a virtue, but I've trouble with it, myself. Happy waiting ;-) Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

Re: Setting up Fluxbox (May apply to other GUI's)

2006-04-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
(and TCSH) need to rebuild your $PATH data after installing new programs. You can issue rehash after installation, or logout/in as I mentioned. HTH, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Simluating a satellite connection using dummynet?

2006-04-23 Thread Kevin Kinsey
if you can turn up anything on his site. Kevin Kinsey -- And do you think (fop that I am) that I could be the Scarlet Pumpernickel? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: which apache-version ?

2006-04-22 Thread Kevin Kinsey
albi wrote: from the ports : apache20 or apache21 or apache22 which one is the stable one ? I'm just guessing, but probably you could get an answer at apache.org. Kevin Kinsey -- No skis take rocks like rental skis! ___ freebsd-questions

Re: Remote screen control software - recommendations please

2006-04-21 Thread Kevin Kinsey
suspect you have to trust them with your credentials. Some people say Remote Admin (about $20) is the best. Any other recommendations / experiences / reviews ? Thanks I use rdesktop (net/rdesktop) to control Winboxen (unfortunately, some games don't play nice with it). Kevin Kinsey

Re: question on ftp - drag and drop

2006-04-21 Thread Kevin Kinsey
. Where I am going with this is that sales people want to save and access each other's word and excel files on the server from a laptop, over the net. Sounds (perhaps) more like a job for Samba than FTP. Kevin Kinsey -- She often gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed

Re: Same error with all ports install!

2006-04-21 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Marwan Sultan wrote: Hello Guys, I fresh installed FreeBSD 6.0R some wierd stuff going on! Firts: the box restarted from it self like 4 times, and /var/log/messages showing only one strange line (for me) which is Apr 22 01:10:46 box kernel: pid 5764 (cc1), uid 0:

Re: bsdcertification.org vs bsdcertification.com (which is which??)

2006-04-20 Thread Kevin Kinsey
, Kevin Kinsey -- Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Kernel messages

2006-04-20 Thread Kevin Kinsey
to grab network traffic. So, the first thing you ask yourself is, have I (or anyone allowed to be root) used any of this type of software? There might be other explanations, but I'm not suitably prepared to address them. Kevin Kinsey -- The idle mind knows not what it is it wants

Re: Window Manager Opinions

2006-04-19 Thread Kevin Kinsey
) of environments available in F/OSS (Out of the box, that is). In the end, your desktop is what you make it. Kevin Kinsey -- Don't force it, get a larger hammer. -- Anthony ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Problems with Postfix port

2006-04-19 Thread Kevin Kinsey
a production box, uninstall and reinstall the port (though that seems too Microsoftie to me) HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- Clones are people two. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Getting A Kernel Dump

2006-04-19 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Drew Tomlinson wrote: I have a 6.0 system running on a P3 550 that is rebooting every now and then due to a trap 12 error. I've followed the steps at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/kerneldebug.html for getting a crash dump but I'm not getting dumps.

Re: On-Board video card configuration.

2006-04-17 Thread Kevin Kinsey
35.0 - 70.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 120.0 EndSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 1280x1024 Modes 1600x1200 Modes 1024x768 EndSubSection - HTH, Kevin

Re: sudo port

2006-04-17 Thread Kevin Kinsey
deliberately tweaked the make process via the command line, make.conf(5), and such. So try /usr/local/etc. Kevin Kinsey -- Your business will go through a period of considerable expansion. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Copying a disk.

2006-04-17 Thread Kevin Kinsey
with sysinstall (or via CLI with fdisk, bsdlabel, newfs, etc.) and use dump(8) piped to restore(8)...fast, geometry independent. YMMV, Kevin Kinsey -- Mother is the invention of necessity. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: How do I change hostname in freebsd?

2006-04-17 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Matt Rajca wrote: ? -- Matt K. Rajca Software Engineer See hostname(1). Also, see init(8) and rc(8). Generally, to persist across reboots, you set something like hostname=hostname.domain.tld in /etc/rc.conf. Kevin Kinsey -- A stitch in time saves nine

Re: ipfw

2006-04-15 Thread Kevin Kinsey
, Kevin Kinsey -- And what will you do when you grow up to be as big as me? asked the father of his little son. Diet. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

Re: Improving kde perfomance...

2006-04-15 Thread Kevin Kinsey
machine; but, you weren't specific about this. Try another WM and see if the problem evaporate; that should at least give you a starting point to know what to look for. Kevin Kinsey -- One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people

Re: a few questions and concepts

2006-04-08 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Robert Huff wrote: Kevin Kinsey writes: It's somewhat interesting (to me) that the even numbered releases seem to have had longer and perhaps more successful runs than the odd numbered ones. 5.X, in particular, seemed short to me. Two comments: 1) Sample size = 2

Re: firewall

2006-04-07 Thread Kevin Kinsey
. FreeBSD has ipfw, ipfilter, and ipf+altq, I believe. See the FreeBSD handbook, chapter 24. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- Absence makes the heart grow frantic. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: Keypad no longer works under X

2006-04-07 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Hayford I sure don't see anything there that gives a clue. Have you tried and duplicated the problem with a different WM? Kevin Kinsey -- The party adjourned to a hot tub, yes. Fully clothed, I might add. -- IBM employee, testifying in California State Supreme Court

Re: a few questions and concepts

2006-04-07 Thread Kevin Kinsey
form, under /usr/share/misc/bsd-family-tree And then, on April 1, 2006, 2.2.9 was released ... (j/k, but it was a pretty good joke, Scott, if you're reading this immense missive). Bah, enough of my rambling HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- Usage: fortune -P [] -a [xsz] [Q: [file]] [rKe9] -v6

Re: Help?

2006-04-06 Thread Kevin Kinsey
, Kevin Kinsey * anachronism may not even be the right word, as it implies that BSD for idiots may someday be logical. Perhaps 'oxymoron' is better? -- People who think they know everything greatly annoy those of us who do. ___ freebsd-questions

Re: TCP/IP source Code

2006-04-04 Thread Kevin Kinsey
will corrupt your registry and reformat your boot volume... /evil-sarcasm ;-) HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- First Law of Socio-Genetics: Celibacy is not hereditary. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: cron question

2006-04-04 Thread Kevin Kinsey
, to be sure, but the cause of many a heartache: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/faq/admin.html#ROOT-NOT-FOUND-CRON-ERRORS ... not sure if this one's affected you or not, but I'm wondering Kevin Kinsey -- Acid absorbs 47 times its own weight in excess Reality

Re: Question bout migrating from 4.X tree to 5.x or even 6.x

2006-04-04 Thread Kevin Kinsey
. If you can hit 5.X successfully, jumping to 6 should be quite pain-free. YMMV, of course. Kevin Kinsey -- Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post how it feels about dogs. -- Christopher Hampton

Re: Linux migration

2006-04-02 Thread Kevin Kinsey
and detrimental for the most part. Shouldn't take any major corporate effort, and could be quite helpful. My $0.02, Kevin Kinsey -- My favorite sandwich is peanut butter, baloney, cheddar cheese, lettuce and mayonnaise on toasted bread with catsup on the side. -- Senator Hubert

Re: phpmyadmin and Access denied

2006-04-02 Thread Kevin Kinsey
other than (much as it should be). Hence, when you make the SQL root password into NULL, it works HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- Pure drivel tends to drive ordinary drivel off of the TV screen. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Can FreeBSD safely use a (un-booted from) drive that is invisible to the BIOS?

2006-04-01 Thread Kevin Kinsey
is not extensive) these would be relatively early ATX boards (Pentium II, early K6/2's, etc.). Kevin Kinsey -- Sentient plasmoids are a gas. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Video on webservers

2006-04-01 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Movie Maker has various options for output type --- one of these might be more suitable for 'net distribution. To be slight more On topic for the list: running make search key=video under /usr/ports does show a few programs that might be of assistance, but I've not tried any of them, myself. Kevin

Re: The packages in FreeBSD

2006-03-31 Thread Kevin Kinsey
to use the server with any of a number of SQL backends. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- The door is the key. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

Re: Why are so many people using 4.x?

2006-03-30 Thread Kevin Kinsey
talented programmers, can't create a great operating system in 6 years using VMS-based NT** (which dates back 13 years, I think, ATM, and VMS before that), how do you propose that starting over is going to produce anything as nice as what we have now before at least 2015, or later? Kevin Kinsey *I

Re: Does mod_php4 include php4?

2006-03-30 Thread Kevin Kinsey
it's configured**. HTH, Kevin Kinsey * IMHO, of course. ** I'm not sure I'm interpreting it correctly. I *always* use lang/php and get module/CLI. I *think* I could get CGI instead with a config knob ... but it's not necessary, since my CGI scripts could call the CLI with the appropriate

Re: Add partition to existing disk

2006-03-29 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Scott Hiemstra wrote: Thanks Jerry... I'll give it a try this evening. You may also wish to have a gander at growfs(8) ... ... the man page isn't too long, and it sounds like the right tool IYKWIM. HTH, KDK -- There is no security on this earth. There is only opportunity.

Re: Why are so many people using 4.x?

2006-03-29 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Kris Kennaway wrote: snip but it's the final release of a branch that is *over 7 years old* and carrying over 7 years worth of legacy baggage, and that's really the key point here. snip Kris Aw, c'mon, now. There's that other outfit that's using Mr. Cutler's 13-year-old legacy code,

Re: Motherboards

2006-03-28 Thread Kevin Kinsey
(not complaining, but you can find more advice in the archives, perhaps.) Kevin Kinsey -- The days are all empty and the nights are unreal. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

Re: Why are so many people using 4.x?

2006-03-28 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Joseph Vella wrote: I notice a lot of references to version 4.x. Is there any overwhelming reason why its use seems to be still popular. I'm wanting to set up a server (just for play) on my home network using a PII machine. Am I better off using an older version for such old equipment? If

Re: Fwd: package vs ports question

2006-03-27 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Luiz Eduardo Guida Valmont wrote: Thanks for the answer. I just hope I'm not messing things too much. So if a port may override a package, is the only solution to this generate a package then install it? Now if this happens, what will happen for example (supposing I install everything from

Re: package vs ports question

2006-03-27 Thread Kevin Kinsey
, Kevin Kinsey *Yeah, that's Read The Friendly Manual. Those who say otherwise, well, they're not friendly, I guess :D **Not to mention that an author/programmer is generally pretty familiar with his work ... up to a point (which is where commenting your code comes in, eh? ;-) -- Never have

Re: User unknown?

2006-03-27 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Guillaume R. wrote: PS:btw does anyone remember the option so that fetchmail fetch *all* the mails (the one non-read and the other one read as well)? Thx again Monsieur Man Pages says -a . . . Kevin Kinsey -- I hate quotations. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Re: Clamav-milter error message

2006-03-27 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Gerard Seibert wrote: For no apparent reason, when booting up I am suddenly presented with this message: Starting clamav_milter. /usr/local/sbin/clamav-milter: socket-addr (/var/run/clamav/clmilter.sock) doesn 't agree with sendmail.cf This is the contents of that line from the sendmail.cf

Re: Mail service principles: can I have the second mailbox

2006-03-27 Thread Kevin Kinsey
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] What is your M.U.A.*? Kevin Kinsey *Mail User Agent --- mail client (reading) software -- 186,000 miles per second: It isn't just a good idea, it's the law! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: Not an easy install

2006-03-26 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Benjamin Lutz wrote: On Saturday 25 March 2006 16:26, Kevin Kinsey wrote: Installer, yes. good system for installing programs ... some would differ. Ease of use isn't the only thing that FreeBSD ports offers, and I'm not sure that PCBSD has that figured out; obviously, that's open

Re: Not an easy install

2006-03-25 Thread Kevin Kinsey
don't, necessarily), head on over to www.desktopbsd.org. Some of us are O.K. with our stone knives and bearskins, as long as they work. As for you, install what you want. That's what free, as in FreeBSD, is really about. My $0.02, and I'm out of change on this one Kevin Kinsey *Friendly

Re: Installong screenshots

2006-03-25 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Tim wrote: Here's an idea, many of the distros I download I get from this site, distrowatch..com , most of the distros have screenshots of installing there OS's, FreeBSD does NOT have set of anything, if they did I am sure it would make is easy as I always use them to install my OS distros.

Re: Not an easy install

2006-03-25 Thread Kevin Kinsey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why couldn't you guys make a install easy instead of this and that, ok I am a newbie and it should be easy, I have installed Ubuntu, it was like a dream, smooth as silk, Fedora pretty much the same FreeBSD, its a nitemare if you have never done it, I am now reloading

Re: Not an easy install

2006-03-25 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Bill Moran wrote: Kevin Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And, incidentally, Tim, judging an OS by its installer is about as useful as judging women by their appearance. There's more to it than that. ;-) Really? Such as? Well, is it time to take it to chat@ ? ;) It all

Re: business of BSDmall

2006-03-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
___antonio zacca wrote: PS: my name is Yoshiya Imai Maybe they had a hard time deciding _exactly_whom_ to ship the goods to? ;) Kevin Kinsey P.S. Take a look at the archives for the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list, where a flame-fest on this subject has just taken place. One

Re: Problem installing port

2006-03-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
* the port correctly, since the package database won't know all of the files that were installed by the port (because the 'packlist' is incorrect). HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- When you are at Rome live in the Roman style; when you are elsewhere live as they live elsewhere. -- St. Ambrose

mount_ntfs(8) and filesize ... 2GB limit?

2006-03-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
FreeBSD NTFS layer that's at issue (in the FreeBSD portions of the problem, I mean). Can anyone confirm my hunch? And, even better, have you got a surefire way to get my_very_important.bkf off the disk? ;) Thank you very much, Kevin Kinsey -- It's not whether you win or lose but how you played

Re: mount_ntfs(8) and filesize ... 2GB limit?

2006-03-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 12:30:32PM -0600, Kevin Kinsey wrote: Good day, I'm quite *stuck* attempting to read a 14GB file from an NTFS volume. Obviously, an NTFS-based machine would be great, but they aren't playing nice, and I'm afraid my Winfoo isn't up to snuff

Re: crontab doesn't work

2006-03-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
. (/bin/sh ~/scripts/mybackup.sh). HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- WARNING TO ALL PERSONNEL: Firings will continue until morale improves. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: List Etiquette Question - Thank yous

2006-03-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
. You could include a brief thank you in that message. Anyway, considering how much dross and OT rave-ons that get posted to the list, I can't imagine that anyone would object to a pleasant thank you now and then. Thanks for that, Jerry. ;) Kevin Kinsey --- Your own qualities will help prevent

Re: mount_ntfs(8) and filesize ... 2GB limit?

2006-03-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey
readable by Windows, but since the data's off, I'm not sure I care, and Windows wasn't seeing it properly anyway. A reformat should do the trick. YMMV. Kevin Kinsey -- What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank? -- Bertold Brecht

Re: smb startup

2006-03-22 Thread Kevin Kinsey
the proper location for libs, which, on FreeBSD, is /usr/local/lib for this internationalization lib... At least it's working now, right? Good catch of the problem! Kevin Kinsey -- WARNING TO ALL PERSONNEL: Firings will continue until morale improves

Re: Using boot manager with FreeBSD and Windows

2006-03-21 Thread Kevin Kinsey
You're welcome. Kevin Kinsey *there could be, of course, considerable discussion about just what a normal FreeBSD installation is; and, it's perfectly normal to have a X windowing system run at startup, but running startx from a shell resource script is only one way, and arguably/ probably

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-21 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: On 22/03/2006, at 3:23 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: When I log out and select Turn off the computer it shuts down the system and leaves the machinery running, displaying this message: The operating system has halted. Please press any key

Re: Urgent FreeBSD Boot question!

2006-03-20 Thread Kevin Kinsey
to see the other drive's boot sector, or installing a 3rd party boot loader on the primary hard disk (such as GAG, Grub, or LILO as you mentioned above). HTH, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: Why doesn't Turn Off The Computer turn off the computer?

2006-03-20 Thread Kevin Kinsey
the system what kind of ACPI support you need, and have it loaded at boot-time; the bad news: some motherboards/BIOS will never be supported, there simply won't be enough programmer time to devote to all the whims of every chipset designer who's been allowed to release a product. Kevin Kinsey

Re: No shared library support for realplayer?

2006-03-18 Thread Kevin Kinsey
be worth mentioning. Kevin Kinsey -- I'm going to Boston to see my doctor. He's a very sick man. -- Fred Allen ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: problems using the GUI

2006-03-17 Thread Kevin Kinsey
it successfully in many cases) without a config file at all. So, make sure (by reading the logs, most likely) that the file you are modifying is actually being used by the server, or you're just spinning your wheels. Kevin Kinsey -- He who fears the unknown may one day flee from his own backside

Re: Spam on the list

2006-03-16 Thread Kevin Kinsey
it will be temporary; I'd be fairly confident that somebody with control of said server is or will soon be aware of the issue and is doing or will soon do something about it. Kevin Kinsey -- I hate trolls. Maybe I could metamorph it into something else -- like a ravenous, two-headed, fire-breathing dragon

Re: Xorg config problems

2006-03-11 Thread Kevin Kinsey
then need to tweak Refresh rates and Sync for your monitors and see what happens. Please include standard disclaimers, waivers of damages and remember YMMV and all that. ;-) HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- The meta-Turing test counts a thing as intelligent if it seeks to devise and apply Turing tests

Re: dd - cloning a disk.

2006-03-11 Thread Kevin Kinsey
of stations available with almost no time spent in tweaking the installation other than hostname and interface configuration in rc.conf. YMMV, and all that. HTH, (or at least provides another perspective). Kevin Kinsey -- My doctorate's in Literature, but it seems like a pretty good pulse to me

Re: Newbie FreeBSD/Linux Question

2006-03-08 Thread Kevin Kinsey
you tried this string when doing configure instead of make? Perhaps that is what is meant. ./configure --with-default-tmpdir=/mnt/ramfs HTH, but not holding my breath, Kevin Kinsey -- Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim

Re: 192.168.0.1/24

2006-03-07 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Huy Ton That wrote: Reading the handbook and I've seen /24 appended to an IP address often. I'm curious what this exactly means - I don't have strong networking skills; does this define what ip it goes up to? 192.168.0.1 through to 192.168.0.24? Google for CIDR Notation. HTH, Kevin

Re: 192.168.0.1/24

2006-03-07 Thread Kevin Kinsey
/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/ Might be worth a look. Kevin Kinsey -- It's not whether you win or lose but how you played the game. -- Grantland Rice ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: AND COBOL

2006-03-07 Thread Kevin Kinsey
yet laughed so hard today, and said day is almost done. TY, Bob. Kevin Kinsey -- The most disagreeable thing that your worst enemy says to your face does not approach what your best friends say behind your back. -- Alfred De Musset

Re: question about upgrade

2006-03-06 Thread Kevin Kinsey
me ! ) So, how can I upgrade the machine with just the distribution I installed before ? Thanks ! make.conf(5) should help. Of course, if you've not installed the manpages, you'll have to find them at the freebsd.org site Maybe you should put those in, this time ;-) Kevin

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Kevin Kinsey
fbsd_user wrote: So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. It sucks big time. When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good you do not have to pick any of then, you could have just closed the contest with no winner. I am sadden that the new logo is so

Re: php4 extensions

2006-03-06 Thread Kevin Kinsey
of the ilk 'foo.so' already loaded in module Unknown on line 0 caused by duplicate entiries in extensions.ini ... but I'm not sure what caused this to happen. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- Fortune favors the lucky. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Apache

2006-03-06 Thread Kevin Kinsey
/www/apache22 Thanks in advance, Pedro. Try looking in log files ... could be something like a server certificate mismatch. Also, you say config files seems ok --- is that from `apachectl configtest` ? Kevin Kinsey -- When you were born, a big chance was taken for you

Re: Applications using hard disk too often

2006-03-05 Thread Kevin Kinsey
this helps. -Frank Good advice. Michael: tell us more about the system? Kevin Kinsey -- We don't care how they do it in New York. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: We want tu use your company name and logo

2006-03-03 Thread Kevin Kinsey
it hilarious. Do you laugh at people who stutter as well? Ceri *ding ding ding* I'm terrible at C, but pretty good at English, and Ceri's evaluation seems straight up to me --- exactly what I thought on first view. So, who's going to answer his question? Kevin Kinsey -- A likely

Re: We want tu use your company name and logo

2006-03-03 Thread Kevin Kinsey
read the BSD licenses and copyrights. In regard to your specific question, see: http://www.freebsd.org/art.html#USE for more information about the various logos, their owners and licensing. Thanks... Yours respectfully And to you, also. Kevin Kinsey -- As flies to wanton boys

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