asynchronous packet loss
Hi, I'm dealing with this issue since six weeks or so with no avail or a clear source of failure. So this may be my last chance. I have a 5.2.1 R Wifi access point on a Netgear MA 311 and two clients. I tested this with different versions of firmware. One client, a 5.3 B-7 has no problems in both directions for TCP/IP traffic.The second is a XP-SP2 laptop. If I ping from the XP to the 5.2.1 R i get 0% Packet loss. The other way around will have a packet loss of appr. 70% at the same time. Further more drops the packet loss to appr. 10-20% if there is huge traffic on the segment (i.e. copying some MB etc.). Any help is highly appreciated Tom ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: snd_neomagic kldloads, then 5.2.1-p11 freezes
Nice, but please stop cross-posting! Cheers Thomas On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 00:32:48 +0200, Jan Stary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am running FreeBSD 5.2.1-p11 on a Dell Latitude LS notebook. (See > KERNCONF and dmesg at the end.) Nearly everything is working fine, > except for the sound chip. > > I built the sound stuff as modules (sound/pcm + sound/driver/neomagic, > resulting in snd_pcm + snd_neomagic). > > When I try to insert the module, I get > > # kldload snd_neomagic > pcm0: mem 0xfea0-0xfeaf,0xf780-0xf7bf, irq 10, > device 0.1 on pci1 > > and then the system freezes. If I compile pcm right into the kernel, the > freeze occurs during bootime with the same message. > > I also have wi0 running at irq 10 (see dmesg); when I don't use it (no > card in, no device attached to wi0, irq 10 not used by anything), the > freeze ocuurs all the same. > > Suspecting some conflict between devices using irq 10, I said > hint.pcm.0.irq="5" in /boot/device.hints (irq 5 is not used by > anything), but kldloading snd_neomagic still tries to use irq 10 > - why is that? What is the right way of telling a device which irq to > use? > > Before I even found that it is a NeoMagic, I built all the sound modules > and tried kldloading them. Some of them just loaded and nothing happened > (I probably don't have any device they could serve), some resulted in > > # kldload snd_ad1816 > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0x4000 > sio1: port may not be enabled > > # kldload snd_ess > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio1: port may not be enabled > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio1: port may not be enabled > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio1: port may not be enabled > > # kldload snd_mss > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio1: port may not be enabled > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio1: port may not be enabled > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio1: port may not be enabled > > # kldload speaker > sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > sio1: port may not be enabled > speaker0 port0x61 on acpi0 > > Why does kldloading a sound module have to do anything with sio1? > Where is irq 3 'configured' to be used? (by the sound module?) > > So I also disabled sio1 in device.hints (hint.sio.1.disabled="1") - there > is only one sio at the machine anyway. > > I use ACPI - does it have anything to do with my problem? > (with ACPI, devices are 'on acpi0', not on 'on isa0' etc.) > >Thanks > >Jan > > This is my KERNCONF: > > # DELL -- kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/i386 on Dell Latitude LS > > ident DELL > machine i386 > cpu I686_CPU > #optionsCPU_SUSP_HALT # suspend on halt > #optionsCPU_UPGRADE_HW_CACHE # eliminates unneeded cache flushes > #optionsPERFMON > > #hints "GENERIC.hints" # Default places to look for devices. > #makeoptionsDEBUG=-g# Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols > > options SCHED_ULE # ULE scheduler > > options INET# InterNETworking > options INET6 # IPv6 communications protocols > options IPSEC > options IPSEC_DEBUG > options BRIDGE > > options FFS # Berkeley Fast Filesystem > options SOFTUPDATES # Enable FFS soft updates support > options UFS_ACL # Support for access control lists > options UFS_DIRHASH # Improve performance on big directories > options MD_ROOT # MD is a potential root device > > options PROCFS # Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS) > options PSEUDOFS# Pseudo-filesystem framework > options GEOM_GPT# GUID Partition Tables. > options COMPAT_43 # Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!] > options COMPAT_FREEBSD4 # Compatible with FreeBSD4 > #optionsSCSI_DELAY=15000# Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI > options KTRACE # ktrace(1) support > options SYSVSHM # SYSV-style shared memory > options SYSVMSG # SYSV-style message queues > options SYSVSEM # SYSV-style semaphores > options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING # POSIX P1003_1B real-time extensions > options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV# install a CDEV entry in /dev > > # Bus support. Do not remove isa, even if you have no isa slots > device isa > device eisa > device pci > > # Floppy drives > #device fdc > > # ATA and ATAPI devices > device ata > device atadisk # ATA disk drives > device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives > device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives > options ATA_STATIC_ID # Static device numbering > > # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse > device atkbdc
Updating Literature
Dear All, I searched the FBSD site and the web for a compendium how to updat from 4.x to 5.x but was unsuccessful. Any pointers? Thanks Tom ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Warning: a geometry of 116280/16/63 for ad0 is incorrect
> Hmm. If this unused slice is very tiny (less than 1% of the total > capacity), > it may be the remainder of the disk which unused due to the way the > partition > table values get rounded. > > I suppose I've gotten used to only being able to fit 80 or so "real > megabytes" > onto a "100MB drive" due to this and that (1.0e6 "MB" versus 1.05e6 "MiB", > newfs' reserved space, etc)... Its 63 bytes. But why is there another "boot" slice created under 5.x and not under 4.x? Tom ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Warning: a geometry of 116280/16/63 for ad0 is incorrect
> If the installer sees your existing XP and manufacturer service > partitions, > and they seem OK in terms of size, most likely everything is fine and you > can > ignore the warning about the geometry being incorrect. What seems strange between 4.x and 5.x in the fdisk partition table is, after deleting the slice yet to install FBSD and create a FBSD slice 4.x simple deletes and creates the slice, 5.x adds an additional unused "slice". Cheers Tom ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Warning: a geometry of 116280/16/63 for ad0 is incorrect
Dear All, I searched the web, archives and asked in some mailing lists with no satisfactory solution. The situation is an Thinkpad T42 with a 60GB harddisk, XP as well preinstalled as a service partition. Repartitioning was unproblematic. If I try to install any of the 5.x branch on t a free primary partition I get a warning in sysinstall that a geometry of 116280/16/63 for ad0 is incorrect. This is covered largely on the net with no clear cut solution. It seems to be related with FBSD and (relatively) large harddisks independent from multi- or single boot systems. If I try to install a 4.x branch release (4.9/4.10) no warning will be displayed. Someone remarked that this has not necessarily to be good luck, but may also destroy my partition. Could anyone shed further light on this situation and provide a guiding line how to get FBSD installed without destroying other OSs? Quite a long questions for a list like this. Thanks in advance for any support Tom ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
makestrs not found installing X
Hi, I'm currently trying to install XFree86-4. It stops with Error code 127 makestrs: not found but makestrs is located in /usr/X11R6/bin and the path is set. Any pointers would be highly appreciated. Thanks Tom ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Syslogd not logging data from remote machines
> > /usr/sbin/syslogd -a 192.168.111.1 -n > a /usr/sbin/syslogd -a 192.168.111.1:514 -n should work Cheers Tom ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Freebsd machine as a wireless access point ?
The NIC on the AP has to be able to support "Host AP" mode to work as an access point. Netgear MA 521 *with firmware 1.3* are on example for this. Cheers Tom > I have a spare PC with Freebsd installed on it. Can I configure > this machine to be a wireless access point ? > > just curious. > > -D > ___ > [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: routed(8)
Try to put two lines in /etc/gateways if=fxp2 passive if=fxp3 passive Cheers Tom > Is it possible to have routed(8) ignore certain ethernet interfaces. > > For example, on a device with fxp[0-3], I only need routed to > interact with fxp[0-1], and to ignore the existence of fxp[2-3]. > > TIA, > rip > > ___ > [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]"
sshd login "error"
Dear All, I'm running sshd on two machines (4.8 and 4.9 respectively) with the following options in sshd_config PermitRootLogin no PasswordAuthentication no The DSAauthentication key is for a normal user and runs smoothly. If I try to login as root from one of the boxes to another (works in both directions) I get a password prompt and after entering the root password access is granted!?? Am I missing something? Cheers & Thanks Tom ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Xbox & freebsd
Dear All, I was wondering if anyone managed to install freebsd on a xbox. Any resources are highly appreciated. Thanks Tom ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Removing system user
I would not delete them. A normal user, e.g., has to be member of the group staff to su to root, etc. Cheers Tom > On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 11:51:03PM +0800, meimi wrote: > >> I have read some document about server hardening. It suggests me >> removing >> the following users: >> operator, games, news, uucp >> and following groups: >> operator, staff >> I can guess that games is used for playing and news is used for >> reading >> news in news group. How about the other? Their descriptions in passwd >> are >> not clear. >> Am I safe to remove them in normal server environment (web, mail, ftp, >> DNS, SSH)? > > You can certainly remove those users and groups, but it's unlikely to > gain you very much and quite likely to cause you some problems. It > will certainly make it harder for you to do routine updates on your > system, possibly including some security patches. > > So long as you don't alter the entries in the master.passwd and group > files for those entities, you're pretty safe. Those IDs exist mostly > to be the owners of various files: note that the shell has been set to > /sbin/nologin and the password for those accounts has been locked and > that they have no special privileges despite the low UID and GID > numbers -- as such they are rather less dangerous than the account you > use to log in via. > > All in all, I wouldn't bother touching those accounts. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK > ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
