Wireless (newbie questions)
Hello everyone, I'm very new to this whole wireless thing (I know, I'm late to the game) and I was just looking at buying my first PCMCIA 802.11g card. I want something that can use an external antenna so I've been looking at a Proxim Orinoco card (http://www.proxim.com/products/wifi/client/11bgpccard/index.html). It appears as though this card will work with FreeBSD but I just wanted to verify this. I've also got a friend who's done some wireless things before and he uses Linux and therefore Kismet. I see that FreeBSD has a port for bsd-airtools but I'm not sure if that's all that I'd need. I'd like to be able to sniff for traffic without sending any data out (he does this with Kismet) in order to not be detected. He has said that netstumbler sends out can't do this and bsd-airtools likens itself to netstumbler so I was wondering if bsd-airtools has these limitations as well. Anyone have any comments about the card I'm looking at or the functionality of bsd-airtools?? Thanks, Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: 11b/g PCMCIA
Hello, I know this is coming a while after this original topic was posted but I just got the same PCMCIA card and did some searching and didn't find any info about the card being supported as of yet. I am also fairly new to FreeBSD but am interested in knowing what I could do to help. I've got the card, I've been using the FreeSBIE live CD on my laptop (install on other machines) and could install on my laptop for testing but would like some sort of guide (if available) for how I can contribute. Thanks, Ben -- Original message from FreeBSD-Current on Thu Oct 9 08:49:21 PDT 2003 -- On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 wintran at email.cz wrote: Hi, does it plan to support PCMCIA card Proxim Orinoco model 8471-WD in FreeBSD? If someone wants to work on it and can get specs, sure. Doug White| FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite at gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
bash2 install on FreeBSD 5.1
Hello everyone - I recently decided to give FreeBSD 5.1 a try (I've only been running 4.8 for a little bit) so I chose to do a minimal install and build what I have to from the ports tree. I did the minimal install (along with man pages and ports) and everything seemed to be going well until I tried to install bash2 (I'm just used to bash). When I run make install clean, in the /usr/ports/shells/bash2 directory, I get an error indicating that OpenSSL needs to be installed (my first dependency issue in FreeBSD) so I go and install it. I then go back to /usr/ports/shells/bash2 and run make install clean again and make runs fine but when I install I get an error saying that it's already installed. I then ran make deinstall and get an error saying that bash2 is not installed. I went to the mailing list archives and found this thread: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/search.cgi?words=orphaned+portmax=25sort=sc oreindex=recentsource=freebsd-questions This sounds like the same issue I'm having but I never really found a fix. I tried running pkgdb -F and portupgrade but to no avail. Bash1 installs fine but I'd like to use bash2 (honestly, I'm not sure what all of the differences are but I'd like to run the latest and greatest). Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?? Thanks, Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: bash2 install on FreeBSD 5.1
Yes, I am sorry, I forgot to add that. I have tried make reinstall but that does not work. Ben -Original Message- From: Bryan Cassidy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 10:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: bash2 install on FreeBSD 5.1 Have u tried make reinstall in the bash2 port dir? On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:43:56 -0500 Pratt, Benjamin E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone - I recently decided to give FreeBSD 5.1 a try (I've only been running 4.8 for a little bit) so I chose to do a minimal install and build what I have to from the ports tree. I did the minimal install (along with man pages and ports) and everything seemed to be going well until I tried to install bash2 (I'm just used to bash). When I run make install clean, in the /usr/ports/shells/bash2 directory, I get an error indicating that OpenSSL needs to be installed (my first dependency issue in FreeBSD) so I go and install it. I then go back to /usr/ports/shells/bash2 and run make install clean again and make runs fine but when I install I get an error saying that it's already installed. I then ran make deinstall and get an error saying that bash2 is not installed. I went to the mailing list archives and found this thread: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/search.cgi?words=orphaned+portmax=25sort=sc oreindex=recentsource=freebsd-questions This sounds like the same issue I'm having but I never really found a fix. I tried running pkgdb -F and portupgrade but to no avail. Bash1 installs fine but I'd like to use bash2 (honestly, I'm not sure what all of the differences are but I'd like to run the latest and greatest). Anyone have any ideas on how to fix this?? Thanks, Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apache FreeBSD not executing
Hello - I'm trying to get my Apache web server up and running with PHP support but am running into problems. When I try to go to a .php web page I'm prompted to save the page instead of having the browser show the page. I've installed both /usr/ports/www/apache21/ and /usr/ports/www/mod_php5/ and in my httpd.conf file I've got the lines: LoadModule php5_modulelibexec/apache2/libphp5.so DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var index.php AddType application/x-http-php .php I've had this running before but not since I formatted my system, installed FreeBSD 5.1 and then synced my source tree and upgraded the system. I am now running FreeBSD 5.2.1-RC2 #2 from Sat Feb 21 13:55:19 CST 2004. I've also tried installing /usr/ports/lang/php5/ and /usr/ports/lang/php4/ and had the same issues. Thanks for any help, Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: Longest uptime
I cannot verify that any system has been up for 2300+ days but according to Netcraft.com (http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html) there are some very impressive uptimes out there. Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Incomplete Ports
Hello, I'm working on creating a FreeSBIE CD as a new project of mine. I'm running FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p3 #0: Thu Mar 18 20:46:44 CST 2004. I've been installing a bunch of different utilities so that I can get them on the CD but I've run into a few that have incomplete ports. For example, /usr/ports/sysutils/fileutils/ has just a README.html file in it. I just ran cvsup to update my ports tree and no change. I checked at http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ and could only search up to the 5.1-RELEASE ports tree. I've got a list of 18 ports that has only this README.html file so it doesn't seem to be just a random occurance. Thanks for any help, Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
`BIOCIMMEDIATE' undeclared in dsniff and firewalk
Hello - I'm trying to build dsniff-2.3 and firewalk-5.0 from the ports tree but in each build I get the error: error: `BIOCIMMEDIATE' undeclared (first use in this function) I'm not sure what the issue is and when I searched Google I didn't find any answers either so I thought I'd come here and ask. I'm running FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE-p3 #0: Thu Mar 18 20:46:44 CST 2004 and have updated my ports tree using cvsup just before I got these errors. Thanks for any help, Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FW: ns tclcl on FreeBSD 5.3
-Original Message- From: Pratt, Benjamin E. Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 1:34 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: ns tclcl on FreeBSD 5.3 Hello, I recently heard about the port net/ns so I thought I'd give it a try. Unfortunately when I tried installing it I found that one of it's dependencies is broken, devel/tclcl. The error message that I get when trying to install tclcl is === tclcl-1.15 is marked as broken: Does not compile on FreeBSD = 5.x. However when I search http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ and restrict the search to ports that are for 5-STABLE/i386 I am able to find tclcl-1.15, the broken port. I recently got an announcement listing the ports that are scheduled for removal and neither ns or tclcl were on that list. Does that mean that tclcl is being fixed?? If it is being fixed is there an estimated date at which we will be able to install tclcl and therefore install ns?? Thank you for any information, Ben ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Atheros card support in 5.2.1
Hello - I'm trying to get a card that's supported by madwifi drivers in Linux (atheros) to work in FreeBSD and eventually FreeSBIE. I've seen things posted in other threads that say that atheros cards are supported (at least some are) using the ath driver but in looking through my kernel configuration options I'm not seeing ath anywhere. I see an, awi, wi, and wl but no ath. Does anyone have any information about how to enable atheros support in 5.2.1?? Thanks, Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prelude-IDS questions
I've been wanting to get Prelude-IDS up and running for a while but just haven't had/made the time to do so until now. I was going through the documentation at http://www.prelude-ids.org/article.php3?id_article=6 and they make a couple of references that I have some questions about... 1) They reference prelude-php-frontend but that doesn't exist in the ports tree anywhere. I can't find the package on their page either. Does anyone have any experience with it?? If not I'll contact the Prelude-IDS developers to get more info. 2) They also reference a prelude-manager-db-create.sh script located in the prelude-manager directory but I'm not seeing the script. It looks like the only thing it does (according to the documentation) is create a DB in mySQL, create a user and give the user permissions but I'm wondering if there is something else that is being done. I'd appreciate any help from anyone with experience out there. Also, the prelude-ids port is listed as maintained by [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I was wondering what protocol is for contacting that address?? Do I just e-mail the address or should I contact the list first?? Thanks, Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Prelude-IDS questions
Bob - Thanks for the info about finding the php-frontend on their site. Do you have any information about the database question I had?? Does the referenced shell script, that I can't find, do anything other than just creating the database and creating the users?? I'm really wondering what tables need to be in the database for things to work. Thanks, Ben -Original Message- From: Bob Tito [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 1:02 PM To: Pratt, Benjamin E. Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Prelude-IDS questions Pratt, Benjamin E. wrote: I've been wanting to get Prelude-IDS up and running for a while but just haven't had/made the time to do so until now. I was going through the documentation at http://www.prelude-ids.org/article.php3?id_article=6 and they make a couple of references that I have some questions about... 1) They reference prelude-php-frontend but that doesn't exist in the ports tree anywhere. I can't find the package on their page either. Does anyone have any experience with it?? If not I'll contact the Prelude-IDS developers to get more info. try looking for prelude PIWI, AFAIK that is the frontend... Bob. 2) They also reference a prelude-manager-db-create.sh script located in the prelude-manager directory but I'm not seeing the script. It looks like the only thing it does (according to the documentation) is create a DB in mySQL, create a user and give the user permissions but I'm wondering if there is something else that is being done. I'd appreciate any help from anyone with experience out there. Also, the prelude-ids port is listed as maintained by [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I was wondering what protocol is for contacting that address?? Do I just e-mail the address or should I contact the list first?? Thanks, Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
libnet* questions
Hello, I'm writing to find out what others do, and what I can do, to work with ports that require the now three different libnet* ports. What I've been doing, and it seems like there should be an easier way, is installing one libnet*, for instance net/libnet then running portupgrade. I then deinstall net/libnet, install net/libnet-devel and run portupgrade. Now there's net/libnet10 that I've got to deal with as well. What is the best way people have found to get around package conflicts with these ports? I thank you in advance for any assistance. Ben ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: libnet* questions
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lowell Gilbert Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 08:30 To: Pratt, Benjamin E. Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libnet* questions Pratt, Benjamin E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello, I'm writing to find out what others do, and what I can do, to work with ports that require the now three different libnet* ports. What I've been doing, and it seems like there should be an easier way, is installing one libnet*, for instance net/libnet then running portupgrade. I then deinstall net/libnet, install net/libnet-devel and run portupgrade. Now there's net/libnet10 that I've got to deal with as well. What is the best way people have found to get around package conflicts with these ports? I haven't noticed any conflicts with these ports. libnet and libnet10 don't conflict at all -- they can be installed on the same machine -- and libnet-devel isn't required by anything else as far as I can see. I am still getting conflicts. Example: [EMAIL PROTECTED] pwd /usr/ports/net/libnet [EMAIL PROTECTED] make install clean === Installing for libnet-1.1.2.1,1 === libnet-1.1.2.1,1 conflicts with installed package(s): libnet10-1.0.2a_1,1 They install files into the same place. Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1). *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/net/libnet. [EMAIL PROTECTED] As far as needing libnet-devel goes, there was something that required it just this past week when I CVSuped and ran portupgrade. I can't remember what port it was, and couldn't find it immediately but will keep looking. Ben ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Secure Deletion (Like shred for Linux)??
Hello - I'm fairly new to FreeBSD and was wondering if there are any other programs out there for secure deletion. I know that you can use the -P flag with rm to overwrite files but you can't specify the iterations of overwriting. What I'm looking for is something similar to (or exactly like) shred for Linux. Is it out there?? Thanks, Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Secure Deletion (Like shred for Linux)??
Chris - It doesn't look like they do quite what I'd like. Here's the man page for shred (http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?shred+1). Shred is used in a shell script called Autoclave (http://staff.washington.edu/jdlarios/autoclave/) to securely wipe a hard drive before getting rid of it. I've attached the autoclave.sh script (as long as attachments are allowed, ask me for it if you don't get the attachment). Ben -Original Message- From: Chris Pressey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 1:50 PM To: Pratt, Benjamin E. Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Secure Deletion (Like shred for Linux)?? On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:31:52 -0600 Pratt, Benjamin E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello - I'm fairly new to FreeBSD and was wondering if there are any other programs out there for secure deletion. I know that you can use the -P flag with rm to overwrite files but you can't specify the iterations of overwriting. What I'm looking for is something similar to (or exactly like) shred for Linux. Is it out there?? Thanks, Ben Hi, The only programs I've seen like what you describe are 'obliterate' and 'srm'. /usr/ports/sysutils/obliterate /usr/ports/security/srm I'm not sure either of them does exactly what you want (specifying how many times to overwrite the file,) but they may be worth checking out. -Chris autoclave.sh Description: autoclave.sh ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Secure Deletion (Like shred for Linux)??
Chris - Thank you very much. I'll just modify autoclave.sh to use gshred instead of shred. Thanks again, Ben -Original Message- From: Chris Pressey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 2:17 PM To: Pratt, Benjamin E. Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Secure Deletion (Like shred for Linux)?? On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:55:07 -0600 Pratt, Benjamin E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris - It doesn't look like they do quite what I'd like. Here's the man page for shred (http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?shred+1). Shred is used in a shell script called Autoclave (http://staff.washington.edu/jdlarios/autoclave/) to securely wipe a hard drive before getting rid of it. I've attached the autoclave.sh script (as long as attachments are allowed, ask me for it if you don't get the attachment). Ben Ben, My bad! Shred *does* indeed exist on FreeBSD; it's part of /usr/ports/sysutils/fileutils and it's installed as 'gshred' (because all the fileutils are prefixed with a 'g' to avoid collisions with BSD versions of the same tools.) You should be able to install the fileutils port, create a symbolic link from 'shred' to 'gshred', and run the autoclave script. HTH, -Chris ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD BETA5 BETA6 won't boot
I'm trying to install FreeBSD BETA #6 onto my computer but the burned ISO won't boot. The boot is stalling just after detecting my CD-RW drive. I'm not sure if it's with the CD-RW detecting or with mounting the root file system. I also had the same problem when I CVSUPed my system from 5.2.1 to 5.3 BETA #5 along with the BETA #5 ISO. I did not have a problem booting with 6.0-CURRENT as of a few days ago (it's what I'm running now). I went to 6.0-CURRENT when Scot Hetzel suggested it may be an ATA driver in a post here: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1432335+0+/usr/local/www/db/text/2004/freebsd-current/20040905.freebsd-current I'm not sure if this is still an ATA driver issue with the 5.3 BETA releases but I'd really like to run 5.3 when it becomes stable. I'd also like to wipe the drive and try a fresh install from ISO so what can I do? Thanks for any help, Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: CST in 4.10 [was: 4.10]
When I was using 4.10 I had no problem with the time zones. I too am in the central time zone, Minnesota, USA. Did you accidentally select to use daylight savings time, or choose not to use it?? If you are in a CST/CDT area you'll switch to CST on Oct. 31. Ben From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Maximo Lopez Sent: Sat 10/16/2004 12:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 4.10 on this version the central standart time is incorrect , for the united states and mexico you have to use belize , in that wy you can have -0600 gmt Oscar Maximo Lopez S Equipo Compumax Proyectos y Compras Laredo Tamps (867) 710-78-10,724-15-28, 724-15-73 Laredo Tx (956) 729-83-72, 729-92-39 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: 5.3-BETAx Boot Problems
Thank you both very much. This did indeed resolve my issues and I am now getting FreeBSD 5.3-BETA6 configured on my problem system. Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gavin Atkinson Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:50 PM To: Pratt, Benjamin E. Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 5.3-BETAx Boot Problems On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Pratt, Benjamin E. wrote: Hello, I am still trying to get FreeBSD Beta to work but am running into problems when my system boots. The boot problem appears to be occurring just after the IDE drives are detected but before the root file system is mounted. These are the last four lines of text that are displayed when I try to boot from either ISO or after running CVSUP: md0: Preloaded image /boot/mfsroot 4423680 bytes at 0xc09b6c5c ad0: 29314MB IC35L030AVV207-0/V21OA66A [59560/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA66 ATAPI_RESET time = 1630us acd0: CDRW Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer Plus 9100/1.0c at ata1-master UDMA33 Yes, this bug was present in BETA5 and BETA6. It will be fixed in BETA7. In the mean time, you can avoid it by disabling your floppy drive (by setting hint.fd.0.disabled=1 at the loader) Gavin ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Shell script error
Hello, it's me again. This time I'm trying to do some shell scripting but I'm running into a problem with a randomization script that I found on the web. The script I'm trying to run can be found at: http://www.bsdbooks.net/shells/scripting/randomvar.html#PICKCARD. Everything runs fine on different Linux systems that I've used (Red Hat 9, Knoppix-STD, PHLAK) but when I run the script on FreeBSD or OpenBSD I get errors. I'm mainly running FreeBSD 5.3-BETA right now with /shells/bash2 installed so that's where I'd really like to get it running. I did change the first line to point to /usr/local/bin/bash but that didn't make any difference. If anyone knows why this won't run, or if anyone has another example of getting a random character (I'd eventually like to generate a random hexadecimal character) I'd love to hear from you. Thanks, Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Shell script error
Sorry, I was using sh test.sh to execute the script and getting the error: test.sh: 28: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting )) When I use ./test.sh to run it things work fine. Sorry for the clutter. Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Moran Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 11:02 AM To: Pratt, Benjamin E. Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Shell script error That script works fine for me on my box and I'm also running FreeBSD 5.3-BETA with bash2. What kind of error are you getting? What is the output of bash -x scriptname.sh (filling in the script name of course). --Andy On Oct 7, 2004, at 7:07 AM, Pratt, Benjamin E. wrote: Hello, it's me again. This time I'm trying to do some shell scripting but I'm running into a problem with a randomization script that I found on the web. The script I'm trying to run can be found at: http://www.bsdbooks.net/shells/scripting/randomvar.html#PICKCARD. Everything runs fine on different Linux systems that I've used (Red Hat 9, Knoppix-STD, PHLAK) but when I run the script on FreeBSD or OpenBSD I get errors. I'm mainly running FreeBSD 5.3-BETA right now with /shells/bash2 installed so that's where I'd really like to get it running. I did change the first line to point to /usr/local/bin/bash but that didn't make any difference. If anyone knows why this won't run, or if anyone has another example of getting a random character (I'd eventually like to generate a random hexadecimal character) I'd love to hear from you. Thanks, Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD 5.3 on Panasonic Toughbook CF-37
Hello, I'm taking over my wife's laptop and trying to get FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7 running. Things seem to be running fairly well, a bit of ghosting with the cursor in X but that's livable. The only problem that I'm running in to is the PCMCIA slot doesn't seem to be functioning. My Proxim WiFi card runs fine in Windows and Linux but I'm not even getting a power light on the card in FreeBSD. I have compiled ath and ath_hal support (Atheros drivers in Linux work) in to the kernel but even without proper drivers I'd think I should still get power. I checked the freebsd-questions and freebsd-mobile mailing list archives and haven't found anything helpful. I would have sent this to the freebsd-mobile list but I don't believe this would be considered a technical question. Where can I find a list of supported PCMCIA bus drivers?? Any idea how I can find out what PCMCIA bus chipset I'm using?? Thanks for any help, Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Rid of those Windows Desktops!
As Michael said, I would go with 5.3-RC1 since 5.3 is expected to be stable in a few days and it uses Xorg which is where future efforts are going to be put forth. I used to use Fluxbox for a desktop but have recently switched to XFCE4. It seems to take up less space and is very easy to work with. I'd almost suggest trying a bunch of different desktops and finding the one that suits you. Terry mentioned Aterm, I like the flexibility, but I have gotten cut-and-paste to work. Just copy by highlighting what you want on the clipboard, and then paste by clicking my scroll wheel button. Good luck, Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 8:07 AM To: 'FreeBSD Questions' Subject: Rid of those Windows Desktops! So I've been planning this for sometime and finally have the time to do it. We have various machines in the home no real fruity hardware, everything seems to supported by all current versions of FreeBSD 4.9,4.10 5.2.1 etc I've used FreeBSD for a number of years but mostly in the work place as Routers/Firewalls Webservers and file servers etc. I've never really put a lot of time into turning FreeBSD into a solid work station which I'm sure it's more than able to be. For the most part all the workstations will be used for the usuall, web,email, irc and local development. Cutting the long story short for people who use FreeBSD as a desktop currently, what version is recommended at the moment for such a task. Most of the boxes have fairly good specs, 1.9GHZ plenty of hdd space and lots of RAM. Can people recommend some nice window managers, email clients etc ? Or point to some documentation on building a secure stable desktop enviroment. I am doing my own searches too, I just like to hear from current users. Cheers Brian --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.773 / Virus Database: 520 - Release Date: 05/10/2004 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Aterm cut-and-paste was Re: Rid of those Windows Desktops!
I was searching for a way to cut-and-paste but couldn't find any documentation on how to do it with Aterm. I think I got frustrated and just started clicking and when I hit the scroll button it worked!! The only changes I've made are /etc/X11/xorg.conf changes to get my Z-axis button working: Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/sysmouse Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection I can't tell you if it's only a 5.3 or an Xorg thing or something else but I have used it on two different machines running 5.3-BETA6 or newer. I don't have an older version of FreeBSD running so I can't try it anywhere else, I would be interested to know though. Ben -Original Message- From: terry tyson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 9:07 AM To: Pratt, Benjamin E. Cc: Brian; FreeBSD Questions Subject: Aterm cut-and-paste was Re: Rid of those Windows Desktops! On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:46:48 -0500, Pratt, Benjamin E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Terry mentioned Aterm, I like the flexibility, but I have gotten cut-and-paste to work. Just copy by highlighting what you want on the clipboard, and then paste by clicking my scroll wheel button. Cool, how did you get it to work? Is it only available with 5.3? -- Terry ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Aterm cut-and-paste was Re: Rid of those Windows Desktops!
I just tried using CTRL-C to copy and CTRL-V to paste but that didn't work. I know I've used those commands to copy and paste in other applications (Firefox, etc.) but they don't work for me in Aterm or XFTerm4 (the terminals available to me in XFCE4. Highlighting and scroll clicking does work in the terminals and Firefox so it is the more all-around solution for me. The two separate clipboards is cool though. One from CTRL-C and a second from highlighted text. Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Josh Hansen Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 9:43 AM To: Pratt, Benjamin E. Cc: FreeBSD Questions; terry tyson Subject: Re: Aterm cut-and-paste was Re: Rid of those Windows Desktops! Pratt, Benjamin E. wrote: I was searching for a way to cut-and-paste but couldn't find any documentation on how to do it with Aterm. I think I got frustrated and just started clicking and when I hit the scroll button it worked!! The only changes I've made are /etc/X11/xorg.conf changes to get my Z-axis button working: Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/sysmouse Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection I can't tell you if it's only a 5.3 or an Xorg thing or something else but I have used it on two different machines running 5.3-BETA6 or newer. I don't have an older version of FreeBSD running so I can't try it anywhere else, I would be interested to know though. Ben You can copy and paste from any terminal or other application in X by highlighting text with the mouse, and then clicking with the wheel to paste. You can also copy and paste the Microsoft way, with Control-C/Control-V. One thing to keep in mind is that anything that you actually copy by Edit - copy, Control-C, right click - copy, etc will overwrite anything you simply highlight. It's like having two separate clipboards. One from actually copying, one from highlighting. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Laptops
I just installed 5.3-RC1 on a Panasonic Toughbook (366 MHz PII) last night and things are working well. I haven't gotten a lot running yet but don't foresee any problems. The only gotcha is I had to re-compile the kernel to get my Proxim wireless card working (default kernel doesn't have Atheros support) but that was a matter of adding a couple of lines in my kernel's conf file and typing two commands. Good luck, Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Montgomery Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Laptops I have a few PIII IBM and Toshiba laptops and was wondering about putting FreeBSD on them. I have installed several Linux versions on them (Caldera 2.4/3.1 - RH - SuSe - Mandrake) with minimum re-comps for functionality on the hardware. How does FreeBSD act on laptops any known issues? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Internet Access
There might actually be a reason for keeping a Windows Live CD around, technically it is Windows. Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Huff Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 2:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Internet Access Lucas Holt writes: If you are ever down, they won't help you because you don't run windows. You could lie to them of course. :) Few ISPs will pay their people to support anything but Windows and Mac. _However_ ... if you can reasonably cast the problem as something OS-independant they're still on the hook. Robert Huff ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: FreeBSD clients for M$ Exchange
Hello Matthias - Check out mail/evolution and mail/ximian-connector. It's a nice tool that has almost all of the functionality of Outlook but runs natively on FreeBSD or Linux. Ben -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthias Apitz Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 07:14 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD clients for M$ Exchange Hello together, In the future we will use an Exchange 2003 server because it provides groupware functionality for the clients (in most of the cases our co-workers are already using OutLook). I'll stay with FreeBSD or Linux and can read easy the mail folders with IMAP, using 'mutt' as MUA. Is there some client for FreeBSD providing groupware functionality, calendars, etc.? Thx in advance and pls do not comment on Exchange itself :-) Matthias -- Matthias Apitz / Sisis Informationssysteme GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g / D-82041 Oberhaching Fon: ++49 89 / 61308-351, Fax: -399, Mobile ++49 170 4527211 http://www.sisis.de/~guru/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Logo Contest Update?
OK, two months ago tomorrow the logo contest will have ended and there still hasn't been any information about the status of the contest. I was going to wait until the release of 6.0 to send this question out but that may not be for a while yet. Does anyone have any information on the contest status? I'm not saying that I need to know who the winner is but it'd be nice to know how many the choices are down to, or when it is expected that the winner will be announced. Ben ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
