Midnight Commander's subshell gone..

2008-09-29 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
I have just updated /usr/ports/misc/mc to Mignight Commander 4.6.1.

As root I can switch with CTRL+O to the shell prompt, all fine. 

But as a normal user the shell prompt disappears when I hit CTRL+O. 

Both xterm and without X I have the same symptoms. So I have set all mc-related 
files in /usr/local/share/mc to 777 to check. I use both in /root/ as well in 
/home/herbs/ the same .profile and ./mc files -- still not working..

The previous mc-version ran just fine. 
What am I doing wrong??
Thanks for ideas!
herbs
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Re: Whic mail server?

2009-09-27 Thread herbert langhans
I personally prefer postfix too. It seems to be a relieable program, setting it 
up is easier then sendmail. It also integrates well with mailman (for the case 
you want to host mailing lists).

Some basic comparison:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_mail_servers

Cheers
herb langhans

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:25:04AM +0900, ?? wrote:
> Aflatoon Aflatooni  writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> > I am running a server that is acting as the mail server for only internal 
> > users (about 50 users). Currently we are running Sendmail, but reading on 
> > other discussions I noticed that qmail and other programs are suggested.
> > I am wondering if qmail is thought to be better than sendmail. Is there a 
> > matrix of features and functionalities that would compare the different 
> > mail servers? 
> > Any suggestions on spam filters like spam-assassin?
> 
> Qmail is old. And there is no maintainer for qmail. How about Postfix?
> Personally i'm running Postfix on three FreeBSD box.
> 
> Sincerely,
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Re: Whic mail server?

2009-09-27 Thread herbert langhans
Yes. What about bogofilter. This port is smart, I always wonder how intelligent 
it dedects spam, just by the content. Even works with Chinese messages..

Setting it up requires some time and patience (its a filter what plugs in at 
procmail). But its small and efficient, ideal for mailservers. 

http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/

Cheers
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> > > Any suggestions on spam filters like spam-assassin?
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Re: ath atheros 5424/2424 on the CQ60 Presario

2009-09-27 Thread herbert langhans
My Atheros PCMCIA-card went crazy with the HAL-port enabled. For the case you 
use HAL..

Cheers
herb langhans

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:26:23AM -0400, Kenneth wrote:
> Anyone been able to use the ath driver on an atheros 5424/2424?  I have a 
> Compaq Presario CQ60 and can not get the wireless light to turn blue?

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Re: problems with hal in freebsd 7.2 i386

2009-09-30 Thread herbert langhans
I had similar troubles with hal. 

The easiest solutions is to get rid of hal. Deinstall it. The xorg-package you 
can compile without hal (use make configure and uncheck hal) and it will work.

Cheers
herb langhans  
 
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 03:59:23PM -0700, chr...@uvic.ca wrote:
> I have several related problems with hald on 7.2 i386. First, on one
> machine (FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p2), hald will not start at startup, nor by
> executing the startup script /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hald start. It doesn't
> exit with any error code: it simply produces no output at all, and ps -ax
> | grep hal shows that it didn't start. Incidentally, the dbus and cupsd
> scripts in the same directory also do nothing.
> 
> On the other machine, however (FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE), hald doesn't *build*.
> It errors out with:
> 
> /usr/local/lib/libpolkit.so: undefined reference to `strn...@fbsd_1.1'
> gmake[4]: *** [hald] Error 1
> gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/sysutils/hal/work/hal-0.5.11/hald'
> gmake[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/sysutils/hal/work/hal-0.5.11/hald'
> gmake[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/sysutils/hal/work/hal-0.5.11/hald'
> gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/sysutils/hal/work/hal-0.5.11'
> gmake: *** [all] Error 2
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/hal.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/hal.
> 
> This machine was a new install from the 7.2 i386 CD, so to save time I
> used packages that had already been built on the first machine. All of
> these packages were built within a day of each other, from a previously
> updated ports tree with all previously installed packages removed.
> 
> Xorg and hald and dbus and everything related installed just fine, and
> Xorg works, except that the mouse doesn't work, which I suspect is caused
> by hald not working. On this machine, the hald that was compiled on the
> first machine won't start, this time giving an error:
> 
> r...@nimue /usr/local/etc/rc.d
> # ./hald start
> Starting hald.
>   
>   r...@nimue
> /usr/local/etc/rc.d
> # /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /lib/libc.so.7: version FBSD_1.1 required by
> /usr/local/lib/libpolkit.so.2 not found
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
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Re: problems with hal in freebsd 7.2 i386

2009-09-30 Thread herbert langhans
Maybe start over again installing the ports? There are drivers for the sis 
chipset, for the case you havent discovered them: 
/usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-video-sis

Also the already mentioned /usr/ports/x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse

And then reinstall /usr/ports/x11/xorg (with a make config before)

I have a similar combination, though using the traditional ps2 mouse..

Cheers
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Deleting the kernel source - just with #rm?

2009-10-04 Thread herbert langhans
Daemons,
a little question.

I just compiled a nice, slim kernel on my laptop, but I dont want to carry all 
the kernel sources around there.

Is it ok just to #rm the content of the /usr/src directory? And will I get it 
completely back from sysinstall or the FreeBSD-servers? Or is there a more 
elegant solution on FreeBSD?

Thanks!
herb langhans

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Re: Deleting the kernel source - just with #rm?

2009-10-04 Thread herbert langhans
Thank you, Andrew,
clicketyclick - all source code gone now, and the config file is saved.

Can you please tell me about the issue with freebsd-update. Does it mean if I 
run:
#freebsd-update fetch
#freebsd-update install
- it will overwrite my self compiled kernel? Good to know indeed! 

Cheers
herb langhans


On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 12:37:37AM +1100, andrew clarke wrote:
> On Sun 2009-10-04 15:15:05 UTC+0200, herbert langhans 
> (herbert.raim...@gmx.net) wrote:
> 
> > I just compiled a nice, slim kernel on my laptop, but I dont want to
> > carry all the kernel sources around there.
> >
> > Is it ok just to #rm the content of the /usr/src directory? And will I
> > get it completely back from sysinstall or the FreeBSD-servers? Or is
> > there a more elegant solution on FreeBSD?
> 
> This should be fine.
> 
> Since you've built a custom kernel you may want to keep a copy of
> your kernel build config ("LINT") file, eg. /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/HOSTNAME.
> 
> Note that you can't use freebsd-update to patch a custom (non-GENERIC)
> kernel.
> 
> You can restore the kernel source code by extracting the ssys.??
> binaries (normally found in the /src/ directory, eg.
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/7.2-RELEASE/src/ )
> using install.sh (found in the same directory).  Probably also with
> sysinstall, but I don't recall the steps to do that.
> 
> Regards
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Re: Voting for a native i386/amd64 flash player

2009-10-04 Thread herbert langhans
Yep, I am in.

I signed here:
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-1060

and also there:
http://www.petitiononline.com/flash4me/petition.html

Its the last thing I need to have a full native FreeBSD environment. 
Maybe you should dig out this thread after some weeks again, Leandro. I guess 
we can gather some more signatures from recent subscribers.

Cheers
herb langhans


On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 09:25:53PM -0300, Leandro F Silva wrote:
> Hey guys,
> 
> Let's vote to have a native i386 / amd64 flash player \o/ ..
> 
> We just have to create an account and voting on the link below =D
> 
> http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-1060
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Fetchmail freaks out

2009-10-12 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
there happen strange things when I boot my laptop, FreeBSD 7.2, Fetchmail 
6.3.11 (newest). 

..
Starting fetchmail.
Starting fetchmail.
fetchmail: can't accept options while a background fetchmail is running
.. (Yes, the 'Starting' appears twice)

My /etc/rc.conf contains:
fetchmail_enable="YES"

My /usr/local/etc/fetchmailrc contains:
poll MYDOMAINNAME.COM, protocol pop3, no dns
user MYUSERNAME there with password XX is MYUSERNAME here

My /usr/local/etc/rc.d/fetchmail exists and is the default one from the 
port-install.

That should be all the files I have. Fetchmail even works, but:

What are these double starting-messages (#ps -ax shows just one fetchmail 
running)?
What am I doing wrong? How to get rid of it?

Thanks
herb langhans

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Re: IBM Thinkpad 755C and FreeBSD's minimal hardware requirements - still usable?

2009-10-19 Thread herbert langhans
Not a long time ago I got an old Thinkpad 600. With 300MHz and 165MB Ram.

Also the same challenge - small and fast ports for daily work. I run X11 with 
fluxbox (installed without! hal support). 

Recommendable ports are: Opera (smaller then Firefox) or even Elinks (there is 
a setting 'graphic mode'). Mutt for e-mails, vim (also gvim) is my text editor 
- it replaces word processing software. Centerim for instant messaging (instead 
of pidgin). Axyftp is a fast ftp-client, also for X11. Generally all the 
motif-programs are small and fast.

For a few bucks I got the PCMCIA-Card TP-Link TL-WN610G. It works perfect, but 
only without hal.

And my battery lasts easily over three hours, almost four with just a text 
editor running.

Maybe you go for a bigger harddisk? Costs a few bucks and will have enough 
space for BSD 7.2 (what I use) and some of the ports? Compiling your own kernel 
and cleaning out the kernel source and the distfiles of the ports is also a 
good idea..

Cheers
herb langhans
 
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 06:47:27AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> I'm about to try something strange. Recently, I got back my
> IBM Thinkpad 755C. It's from ca. 1995, has a 486 processor
> at 75 MHz, 20 MB RAM and a 640x480x256 display. The hard disk
> is 330 MB, but I have a 500 MB disk that I want to use. Use
> for what? FreeBSD, of course.
> 
> Allthough this device is quite old, the battery lasts 3 hours.
> I'm not joking, I tried it.
> 
> The laptop contains two PCCARD (PCMCIA) slots for expansions.
> A floppy disk drive is built in, as well as audio (builtin
> microphone and speaker, connectors for line in and headphones).
> On the back, there are connectors for VGA, serial (9 pin),
> and parallel, as well as for some kind of docking station.
> There's no USB and no CD drive.
> 
> Here's my question:
> 
> Is it, under any circumstances, possible to run FreeBSD on this
> configuration in order to have a portable and lightweight (in
> regards of software) diagnostic computer?
> 
> I thought about putting in a PCCARD based NIC (I have a Realtek
> one that works well with FreeBSD), as well as a WLAN card.
> 
> On the software side I would think about CLI tools mostly, but
> it would be great to run X (even at this limited screen, but
> there's always the option of using a bigger virtual desktop).
> Programs should include a web browser, mail client, and finally
> a network traffic diagnostic tool, such as Wireshark (ex Ethereal).
> 
> I had FreeBSD 4 running on this device from floppy for testing
> purposes, so I know I have to pay attention to the fact that
> the keyboard needs to be flagged as XT (not AT) - very stange.
> I had FreeBSD 4 running on a 486/60 Toshiba T2130ct with 8 MB
> RAM in the past, but I'm using this one now for programming
> Motorola mobile radios. It's builtin trackpoint is not working
> anymore, but the Thinkpad's is in perfect condition, so I have
> a good pointing device. Furthermore, the Thinkpad's keyboard
> is excellent, compared to the Toshiba and to "modern" notebooks
> with their floppy-sloppy keys.
> 
> Is this imaginable at all?
> 
> Any ideas, comments or suggestions are appreciated.
> 
> 
> PS. Of course I would buy one of those modern "Netbooks" to
> have the same effect, but why buy when the stuff I have
> arund anywill will work, too? I know, I'm just plain mean,
> and I diskike the Netbook's nearly unusable keyboards as
> well as the absence of a proper pointing device (the ugly
> slimy fingerprint-glidepad is no solution).
> 
> 
> 
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Re: Mouse and keyboard don't work in Xorg 7.4

2009-10-19 Thread herbert langhans
If you dont need it for another reason, you can compile xorg-server without hal 
(#make config). Mouse and keyboard works without it too. This solved all such 
problems on my laptop.

Cheers
herb langhans

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 10:52:24PM +0400, Andrey Zhidenkov wrote:
> I've installed FreeBSD 7.2 with Xorg 7.4 server, but mouse (usb)
> and keyboard don't work. when I start X server the only way to exit
> is Ctrl-Alt-F* and kill the process.
> 
> I've find out that Xorg now uses hal and dbus to configure mouse and
> maybe this is a problem.
> 
> #tail /var/log/messages
> 
> Oct 19 22:10:14 freebsd kernel: info: [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 
> usecs
> Oct 19 22:10:14 freebsd kernel: drm0: [ITHREAD]
> Oct 19 22:10:34 freebsd kernel: info: [drm] Num pipes: 1
> Oct 19 22:35:02 freebsd hald[48486]: 22:35:02.636 [E] hald_dbus.c:5747: 
> dbus_bus_get(): Failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: 
> No such file or directory
> Oct 19 22:36:03 freebsd kernel: info: [drm] Setting GART location based on 
> new memory map
> Oct 19 22:36:03 freebsd kernel: info: [drm] Loading R500 Microcode
> Oct 19 22:36:03 freebsd kernel: info: [drm] Num pipes: 1
> Oct 19 22:36:03 freebsd kernel: info: [drm] writeback test succeeded in 1 
> usecs
> Oct 19 22:36:03 freebsd kernel: drm0: [ITHREAD]
> Oct 19 22:36:09 freebsd kernel: info: [drm] Num pipes: 1
> 
> When I start hald (/usr/local/etc/rc.d/hald start) it don't tell anything, 
> even in
> verbose mode, except of:
> 
> #/usr/local/sbin/hald --verbose=yes
> 22:48:16.400 [I] hald.c:669: hal 0.5.11
> 22:48:16.400 [I] hald.c:678: Will daemonize
> 22:48:16.400 [I] hald.c:679: Becoming a daemon
> 
> But:
> 
> #ps aux | grep hal
> mutex 68396  0.0  0.1  1660  1060  p0  D+   10:48PM   0:00.00 grep hal
> 
> So I think it doesn't starts.
> 
> This is my xorg.conf (generated by `Xorg -configure):
> 
> ---
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>   Identifier "X.org Configured"
>   Screen  0  "Screen0" 0 0
>   InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>   InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerFlags"
> Option "AutoAddDevises" "off"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
>   ModulePath   "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
>   FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>   FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
>   FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF"
>   FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
>   FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>   FontPath "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
> # Load  "dbe"
> # Load  "dri"
> # Load  "dri2"
> # Load  "extmod"
>   Load  "glx"
> # Load  "record"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>   Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>   Driver  "kbd"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>   Identifier  "Mouse0"
>   Driver  "mouse"
>   Option  "Protocol" "auto"
>   Option  "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
>   Option  "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>   Identifier   "Monitor0"
>   VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>   ModelName"Monitor Model"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>   Identifier  "Card0"
>   Driver  "radeon"
>   VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
>   BoardName   "RV515 [Radeon X1300]"
>   BusID   "PCI:4:0:0"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>   Identifier "Screen0"
>   Device "Card0"
>   Monitor"Monitor0"
>   SubSection "Display"
>   Viewport   0 0
>   Depth 1
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>   Viewport   0 0
>   Depth 4
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>   Viewport   0 0
>   Depth 8
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>   Viewport   0 0
>   Depth 15
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>   Viewport   0 0
>   Depth 16
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>   Viewport   0 0
>   Depth 24
>   EndSubSection
> EndSection
> -
> 
> Any help will be greatly appreciated ...
>  
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Re: flashplugin

2009-10-24 Thread herbert langhans
I have some instructions on http://freebsd.langhans.com.pl/af/index.html - not 
updated for a while, but it might be some useful input.

Cheers
herb langhans


On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 07:56:58PM -0400, PJ wrote:
> Is there any definitive install guide for flashplugin.
> I was able to install it on a 7.2 64bit machine and then on an i386 but
> somehow it has morphed into god-knows-what and no longer works.
> I thought I had installed it with linux-f8 emulations but I found the
> linux-f4 on the machine... so I don't know what is going on.
> Now, trying to reinstall under linux-f8 and flashplugin9 does not work...
> Adobe seems to be toally unreliable as to what they are doing with their
> software; at least from what I can see about the problems users are
> having with their products.
> So, the question - what is the latest method to get the flashplugin to
> work - what linux emulation, whick version of flashplugin... stumble,
> bumble and mumble ...
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Wifi Router and FreeeBSD - need some hints..

2009-10-25 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
I need some basic information about Wifi routers - very little I know about it.

There is my FreeBSD-server (the other one is Linux) and some clients are 
connected with a LAN-switch.

Now I want to add a Wifi Router to the network. I am not sure if I can set up 
the router without using some Windows software what comes with the router. 

My questions:
I just connect the Wifi router to the LAN and it should work? Or do I need any 
software (drivers) to keep the thing running?

There must be some software to 'talk' to the router - for setup. Is there 
anything available for FreeBSD or do I need Windows environment (what I dont 
have available)? What did you use to install your Wifi-router?

Every hint is welcome, thank you!
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Re: Wifi Router and FreeeBSD - need some hints..

2009-10-25 Thread herbert langhans
Thanks a lot for all the input - in lack of such a Wifi router to experiment I 
thought its much more difficult, like build a gateway from the server or such. 
I will buy one tomorrow..

Soon I will enter the world of tomorrow where information floats through the 
aether! (no stumbling over the LAN cable anymore..)

Cheers
herb langhans


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> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009, herbert langhans wrote:
> 
> >Hi Daemons,
> >I need some basic information about Wifi routers - very little I know 
> >about it...

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Re: Is Intel 5100AGN WiFi card supported?

2009-10-28 Thread herbert langhans
Do you know the card's chipset? The Atheros chips are working well, I have a 
TP-Link card with such..

Cheers
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> I have to change WiFi card, and my laptop only accepts certain types, 
> others are banned by BIOS.
> Is this one: Intel 5100AGN supported?
> 
> 
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Re: vim Keybindings

2009-10-31 Thread herbert langhans
The original vi is doing this as well? If not you should write to the port 
maintainer and the developers. 

Cheers
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> I'm experiencing an annoying problem with vim on FBSD 8 that I don't 
> have on FBSD 7.  Whenever I start vim, if I press the down arrow as the 
> first key, it deletes the first line of my file and enters insert mode.  
> All the other keys work fine and even the down arrow works fine after 
> the first press.
> 
> I've searched for help but haven't turned up anything relevant.  Any 
> ideas on what I can check?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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Re: 7.2-STABLE X mouse & keyboard issues

2009-11-11 Thread herbert langhans
This can be the notorious HAL. If you dont need it for another reason you may 
compile x11-server again, but switch the hal-support off. Should work well 
then..

Cheers
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> brings up a nice screen, but neither the mouse, nor the keyboard (both USB)
> function in X.
> 
> I have not created a /etx/X11/ config file yet. Do I need to do so? If so,
> what;s the best way?
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ifconfig - GUI interface available?

2009-11-26 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
I use my laptop in different wifi networks. To choose the ssid, passwords and 
such necessities I have to use the all-knowing and confusing 'ifconfig'.

Question: Is there a GUI replacement for ifconfig? Where I can scan, choose the 
ssid and do other basic things? I havent found anything in the ports 
collection..

Thanks
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Re: ifconfig - GUI interface available?

2009-11-26 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Andreas,
yes - I have studied the handbook, it was necessary to set all up.

Its merely a matter of comfort. Like on OSX or the infamous MS-thing, there is 
a simple window. It shows all the ssid, you click on one (maybe the password is 
already assigned) and you get the certain wifi net. 

I use the laptop in different networks, often its auto selecting the wrong one. 
It would be great to point and click and get the connection..

Cheers
herb langhans


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> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:09:26 +0100
> herbert langhans  wrote:
> 
> > Hi Daemons,
> > I use my laptop in different wifi networks. To choose the ssid, passwords 
> > and such necessities I have to use the all-knowing and confusing 'ifconfig'.
> > 
> > Question: Is there a GUI replacement for ifconfig? Where I can scan, choose 
> > the ssid and do other basic things? I havent found anything in the ports 
> > collection..
> 
> No idea, but what about using wpa_supplicant.
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-wireless.html
> 
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Re: A question about yell on a laptop

2009-12-11 Thread herbert langhans
Leslie,
/boot/loader.conf has to contain:
speaker_load="YES"

and even the little beep is a port to install:
/usr/ports/audio/beep

Cheers
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> I'm using audio/Yell a lot when I compile and run other scripted tasks.
> 
> On my laptop with FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p1 I can't get yell to make any 
> sounds at all.
> 
> I'm wondering if you can give me any hints on how to make yell work on
> my laptop, Dell Latitude E65000.
> 
> I have sound working but PC-speaker doesn't seem to be present.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> /Leslie
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Re: freebsd for children

2009-12-25 Thread herbert langhans
Maybe you find something appropriate on http://icewalkers.com - there are 
sections for education. I guess many of these are ported to FreeBSD, or just 
use the Linux program.

Something like this i.e.
http://www.icewalkers.com/Linux/Software/531160/Little-Wizard.html

Cheers
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> vague question, but what I have in mind (possibly) is
> say an interpreter linked with some graphical enviroment,
> perhaps drawing with commands, or making animations,
> or maybe music?
> 
> Something that would make kids or that age curious,
> some programming environment that they can easily
> understand and enjoy. A programming game of sorts?
> 
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Midnight Commander - Where is the subshell?

2009-12-29 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
I have just installed the brandnew mc 4.7 - now there is still an old little 
annoyance:

Being root I can switch away the mc-commander and use the shell, CTRL+o does 
the trick.

But as a normal user CTRL+o blanks the screen, no shell prompt appears and 
hitting a key just shows mc again.

The subshell support must be working, all is fine if I am root. 
What is wrong there, anyone knows the trick using the subshell as a normal 
user??

Thanks!
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Re: Midnight Commander - Where is the subshell?

2009-12-30 Thread herbert langhans
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 02:22:29AM +, Dave M. wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:37 PM, herbert langhans
>  wrote:
> > Hi Daemons,
> > I have just installed the brandnew mc 4.7 - now there is still an old 
> > little annoyance:
> >
> > Being root I can switch away the mc-commander and use the shell, CTRL+o 
> > does the trick.
> >
> > But as a normal user CTRL+o blanks the screen, no shell prompt appears and 
> > hitting a key just shows mc again.
> >
> > The subshell support must be working, all is fine if I am root.
> > What is wrong there, anyone knows the trick using the subshell as a normal 
> > user??
> >
> > Thanks!
> > herb langhans
> >
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> Hello,
> Check your directory permissions on ~home/.mc

I tried 777 on ~/.mc - still the same problem.

How about other listers Midnight Commander? Is it the same on your computers? 
Maybe I will write to the port maintainerabout it, for the case it is a common 
bug.

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Re: Midnight Commander - Where is the subshell?

2009-12-31 Thread herbert langhans
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:05:31AM +0100, Bernt Hansson wrote:
> herbert langhans said the following on 2009-12-30 09:21:
> > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 02:22:29AM +, Dave M. wrote:
> >> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:37 PM, herbert langhans
> >>  wrote:
> >>> Hi Daemons,
> >>> I have just installed the brandnew mc 4.7 - now there is still an old 
> >>> little annoyance:
> >>>
> >>> Being root I can switch away the mc-commander and use the shell, CTRL+o 
> >>> does the trick.
> >>>
> >>> But as a normal user CTRL+o blanks the screen, no shell prompt appears 
> >>> and hitting a key just shows mc again.
> >>>
> >>> The subshell support must be working, all is fine if I am root.
> >>> What is wrong there, anyone knows the trick using the subshell as a 
> >>> normal user??
> >>>
> 
> >> Hello,
> >> Check your directory permissions on ~home/.mc
> > 
> > I tried 777 on ~/.mc - still the same problem.
> > 
> > How about other listers Midnight Commander? Is it the same on your 
> > computers?
>  > Maybe I will write to the port maintainerabout it,
>  > for the case it is a common bug.
> 
> 
> I have no problems with mc subshell. You can move ~/.mc to some other 
> name and start over.

Fascinating. I have the 'no subshell' phenomenon on the desktop and the laptop. 
Tried also from another user login, still the same. Root can use mc-subshell, 
but users get a blank screen with CTRL-o.

It even seems to be not a common problem. Just common on my FreeBSD-computers..

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Re: Midnight Commander - Where is the subshell?

2010-01-01 Thread herbert langhans
On Fri, Jan 01, 2010 at 07:28:47PM +0100, Polytropon wrote:
> Herbert and all friends of the MC,
> 
> because the MC is my main tool for nearly everything, I
> think I should share my newest observation.
> 
> On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:06:02 +0100, herbert langhans 
>  wrote:
> > Fascinating. I have the 'no subshell' phenomenon on the desktop
> > and the laptop. Tried also from another user login, still the
> > same. Root can use mc-subshell, but users get a blank screen
> > with CTRL-o.
> 
> Fascinating, indeed. I have just updated mc to 4.7.0, which
> is on OS 8.0-RC1, and I don't have this problem. At "make
> config", I had set everything to [X] except X11. When I
> press ^o, I can "switch" between the MC and the subshell,
> even as an ordinary user.
> 
> 
> 
> > It even seems to be not a common problem. Just common on my
> > FreeBSD-computers..
> 
> Now no more. :-)

Thanks, Polytropon.
I think I will start at the beginning, config the thing and compile it again.

Should make no difference from 7.2 to 8.0 (just guessing).

Just good to know that I have a unique problem here, not a common FreeBSD-port 
bug..

Cheers
herb langhans

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Re: xlock - where

2008-03-17 Thread herbert langhans
I think its in /X11/xlockmore

Cheers
herbs, Warsaw


On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:13:28 +0100 (CET)
Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> where in ports is xlock?
> 
> i don't have this utility after installing xorg-apps, xorg-libraries, 
> xorg-drivers and xorg-fonts.
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Re: Xorg crashing randomly

2008-03-24 Thread herbert langhans
Maybe try the vesa or vga driver for a while and see what happens? Did you set 
the video ram correct?

Cheers
herbs


On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:21:04 +0200
Ghirai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> Lately Xorg (log file says X.Org X Server 1.4.0') seems to crap out randomly,
> sometimes after a few hours, sometimes after a few days.
> 
> I'm running 7.0-RELEASE, custom kernel (ULE scheduler and unneeded drivers 
> removed, everything else is default), and nvidia driver (latest).
> 
> There's nothing in messages, nor in the xorg log file, except:
> 
> ---
> Fatal server error:
> Caught signal 11.  Server aborting
> ---
> 
> I don't know what other info i should give, there isn't much (if anything) in 
> the log files.
> 
> I might add that i've tested the RAM, plus the rest of the system is ok.
> 
> Any ideas are appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
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Re: What is a good printer/all-in-one?

2008-03-25 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Isaac,
this is a good start:
http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting

In the 'printer' section you find a ranking and evaluation how the printers do 
on unixoid systems.

Cheers
herbs

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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:12:52 -0400
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> My 10-year-old deskjet being out of ink and probably not worth a replacement
> cartridge (it works, but makes some mechanical noise lately), I am
> considering a reasonable replacement, preferably with scanning/copy
> possibilities.
> 
> I tried to get Photosmart C4280, but while I was trying a faulty printcap on
> it, it lost its mind permanently (says 'incompatible print cartridges', and
> does not respond to the button combinations that HP support thinks should
> reset it). Besides, you can either attach it as ulpt or uscanner device, or
> play with hplip drivers as a generic device, but it seems too
> confusing. It was a waste of time and money for me and I am going to return
> it.
> 
> Requirements:
> 1. Reasonable physical size (should not be much larger than the old
> deskjet).
> 2. Either network/lpd or USB, scanner should be well supported by sane. If
> used via USB, it should be a compound device (i.e. printer, scanner and, if
> there, the umass device should appear as separate devices to avoid
> kld-loading and unloading modules). I heard Epsons show up as compound
> devices? any HP laserjets?
> 3. Reasonable maintenance cost (maybe a laser printer, I do not care for
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Re: Problem starting X as user

2008-04-03 Thread herbert langhans
Frank,
can you start twm when you log in as a user? It smells like some permission 
issue from xfce. You could backup all the xfce files with the actual 
permissions and then set them all to 777 and try to start it.

Just an idea
herbs
 

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:03:40 +0200
Frank WiĂźmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi all!
> Hope there's somebody out there who can help me with the following problem:
> When I type "startx" as root all is coming up as expected, the X-Server 
> and twm as WM. When I stop it, log in as a normal user and do the same 
> there is only a grey screen with a mouse-cursor coming up and doing 
> nothing until I kill the X-Server with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. On the 
> original screen from which I tried to start is shown the following error 
> message:
> 
> AUDIT: Thu Apr 3 20:34:48 2008 836 X: client 1 rejected from localhost 
> (uid 1001)
> Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1
> Xlib: connection to "0:0" refused by server
> Xlib: Protocol not supported by server
> 
> .xinitrc and .xsession both have the same contens "exec startxfce4" and 
> the permissions "rwxr-xr-x".
> 
> Any thoughts please?
> 
> TIA Frank
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Re: [Wine] Menu font size

2008-04-03 Thread herbert langhans
Austin,
I forgot to mention that I tried winecfg/graphicstab/DPI. It enlarges the 
content of the prog (like the written text in notepad) but not the menu..

There must be some way to define the font type and size the menu displays. 
Didnt found much in the documentation too. 

Maybe it is related that I use the ttf-fonts from the Unix installation. The 
~/.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts directory is empty. But in notepad I can change 
to all these Unix available fonts, so wine is able to access it. They should 
also somehow be available to the menu. 

Thats strange.
Cheers
herbs


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> On 4/3/08, herbert langhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi List,
> >  I just switched in here, sorry if I ask something you heard a couple of 
> > times.
> >
> >  On FreeBSD 7.0 I installed wine, all works well but I cannot find a way to 
> > make the menu font bigger. Its tiny on a 1280x1024 monitor.
> >
> >  I tried to modify win.ini:
> >  [Desktop]
> >  MenuFont=Arial
> >  MenuFontSize=18
> >
> >  but no change.
> >
> >  I fiddled with the registry, but couldnt find an option for the menu font 
> > size.
> >
> >  Whats the trick??
> >  Thanks
> >  herbs
> >
> >
> >
> 
> Run winecfg, select the graphics tab, and increase the DPI.
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Re: [Wine] Menu font size

2008-04-03 Thread herbert langhans
Sorry, this email went the wrong way.

herbs

> Austin,
> I forgot to mention that I tried winecfg/graphicstab/DPI. It enlarges the 
> content of the prog (like the written text in notepad) but not the menu..
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Re: [unsure] Re: Problem starting X as user

2008-04-03 Thread herbert langhans
Also check if you have the /etc/x11/xorg.conf -- root 644. Dont keep another 
xorg.conf in the /home/user directory so its using the one from /etc/x11 for 
sure. 

Dont have 
~/.Xresources and
~/.Xmodmap 
in the home directory. 

Check .xinitrc if it is in /root. If it is there and it works copy it over to 
the /home/user, care for permissions or make it 777.

Watch for /usr/local/lib/X11/xinit -- it will use this when you have no 
.xinitrc in the /home/user or permission is set wrong!

Such troubles I solve best when I look over it the next day. Usually I find it 
in two minutes then and wonder how I can have not seen such an obvious 
mistake.. 

Cheers
herbs
 

On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:38:04 +0200
Frank WiĂźmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> herbert langhans wrote:
> > Frank,
> > can you start twm when you log in as a user. It smells like some permission 
> > issue from xfce. You could backup the xfce files with the actual 
> > permissions and then set them all to 777 and try to start it.
> > 
> > Just an idea
> > herbs
> >  
> > 
> > On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:03:40 +0200
> > Frank WiĂźmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi all!
> >> Hope there's somebody out there who can help me with the following problem:
> >> When I type "startx" as root all is coming up as expected, the X-Server 
> >> and twm as WM. When I stop it, log in as a normal user and do the same 
> >> there is only a grey screen with a mouse-cursor coming up and doing 
> >> nothing until I kill the X-Server with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. On the 
> >> original screen from which I tried to start is shown the following error 
> >> message:
> >>
> >> AUDIT: Thu Apr 3 20:34:48 2008 836 X: client 1 rejected from localhost 
> >> (uid 1001)
> >> Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1
> >> Xlib: connection to "0:0" refused by server
> >> Xlib: Protocol not supported by server
> >>
> >> .xinitrc and .xsession both have the same contens "exec startxfce4" and 
> >> the permissions "rwxr-xr-x".
> >>
> >> Any thoughts please?
> >>
> >> TIA Frank
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> If I comment out the "exec startxfce4" in both files the effect is the 
> same: No WM starts, just the X-Server. The interesting effect is that 
> the output on the regular user's terminal is the same as above written. 
> So it seems it has nothing to do with the WM I want to start.
> 
> Frank
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Re: Re: Problem starting X as user

2008-04-04 Thread herbert langhans
Maybe rename /home/frank/.xinitrc to /home/frank/.xinit.rc.backup

Then copy /usr/local/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc to /home/frank and rename xinitrc to 
.xinitrc (and chown it to frank while youre at it).

As you have it now and you start as root it currently uses 
/usr/local/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc. When you start as user it might use 
/home/frank/.xinitrc. 

Working?
herbs


On Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:25:50 +0200
Frank WiĂźmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> herbert langhans wrote:
> > Also check if you have the /etc/x11/xorg.conf -- root 644. Dont keep 
> > another xorg.conf in the /home/user directory so its using the one from 
> > /etc/x11 for sure. 
> > 
> > Dont have 
> > ~/.Xresources and
> > ~/.Xmodmap 
> > in the home directory. 
> 
> I must admit I have some xmodmap-commands in my .xinitrc. They worked 
> fine in my 7.0-Beta1 installation. I now have upgraded to 7.0. X.org is 
> 7.3_1. I copied my ~/frank from one computer to another via NFS. May it 
> be there went something wrong? (See below)
> > 
> > Check .xinitrc if it is in /root. If it is there and it works copy it over 
> > to the /home/user, care for permissions or make it 777.
> 
> I have only one in ~/frank.
> 
> > 
> > Watch for /usr/local/lib/X11/xinit -- it will use this when you have no 
> > .xinitrc in the /home/user or permission is set wrong!
> 
> The file /usr/local/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc is set to r--r--r--. It seems 
> to me this is somehow wrong. Should I change it, and to which value?
> 
> > 
> > Such troubles I solve best when I look over it the next day. Usually I find 
> > it in two minutes then and wonder how I can have not seen such an obvious 
> > mistake.. 
> > 
> > Cheers
> > herbs
> >  
> > 
> > On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:38:04 +0200
> > Frank WiĂźmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> >> herbert langhans wrote:
> >>> Frank,
> >>> can you start twm when you log in as a user. It smells like some 
> >>> permission issue from xfce. You could backup the xfce files with the 
> >>> actual permissions and then set them all to 777 and try to start it.
> >>>
> >>> Just an idea
> >>> herbs
> >>>  
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:03:40 +0200
> >>> Frank WiĂźmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi all!
> >>>> Hope there's somebody out there who can help me with the following 
> >>>> problem:
> >>>> When I type "startx" as root all is coming up as expected, the X-Server 
> >>>> and twm as WM. When I stop it, log in as a normal user and do the same 
> >>>> there is only a grey screen with a mouse-cursor coming up and doing 
> >>>> nothing until I kill the X-Server with Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. On the 
> >>>> original screen from which I tried to start is shown the following error 
> >>>> message:
> >>>>
> >>>> AUDIT: Thu Apr 3 20:34:48 2008 836 X: client 1 rejected from localhost 
> >>>> (uid 1001)
> >>>> Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1
> >>>> Xlib: connection to "0:0" refused by server
> >>>> Xlib: Protocol not supported by server
> >>>>
> >>>> .xinitrc and .xsession both have the same contens "exec startxfce4" and 
> >>>> the permissions "rwxr-xr-x".
> >>>>
> >>>> Any thoughts please?
> >>>>
> >>>> TIA Frank
> >>>> ___
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> >>>>
> >>>
> >> If I comment out the "exec startxfce4" in both files the effect is the 
> >> same: No WM starts, just the X-Server. The interesting effect is that 
> >> the output on the regular user's terminal is the same as above written. 
> >> So it seems it has nothing to do with the WM I want to start.
> >>
> >> Frank
> >>
> > 
> > 
> 
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Adobe Flash Player Petition

2008-04-09 Thread herbert langhans
Hi List,
I just wrote an email to Justin Everett-Church.

He is the product manager for the Adobe Flash Player, this is his blog:
http://justin.everett-church.com/index.php/aboutjustin/
His email:
blog  justin.mailshell.com

Another product manager is Emmy Huang, but I couldnt find her email address.

We can try to make Adobe release a Flash Player plugin for FreeBSD. It is 
merely a matter for them to compile it and put it on their website for download.

PLEASE CONTACT ADOBE. TELL THEM TO RELEASE A FLASH PLUGIN FOR FREEBSD. There 
are more and more websites you cannot even enter without a running Flash 
Player. If many of the BSD community ask for it, they probably will release a 
BSD Version..

Thanks
herbert langhans
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Re: Adobe Flash Player Petition

2008-04-09 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Volodymyr,
I already use swfdec, but the curent port gets old too and doesnt seem to play 
recent Flash pages. 
I dont care about the animations, but it is frustrating not being able to enter 
some websites..

Cheers
herbs
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Re: Adobe Flash Player Petition

2008-04-09 Thread herbert langhans
Thanks to all the input I found a solution what works for me:

FreeBSD 7.0 and Firefox 3.0a2 (the firefox-devel port)

1. I deinstalled swfdec.
2. Closed Firefox and renamed .mozilla to .mozilla.backup 
3. Started firefox so to generate a new and clean .mozilla
4. #make install /usr/ports/www/nspluginwrapper
5. Downloaded 
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P2_Platform=Linux
--the .tar.gz format.
6. Extract libflashplayer.so from install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz and copy 
it to ~/.mozilla/plugins
7. Then, as normal user: 
$nspluginwrapper -v -a -i (to install)
$nspluginwrapper -l (to check if its installed)
8. Copied the settings, like bookmarks.html and other stuff like themes from 
.mozilla.backup to .mozilla (dont copy the whole bunch back not to overwrite 
the plugin settings)
9. My /etc/rc.conf has the entry linux_enable="YES" -- I suppose this is 
necessary.

That way you can enter the wonderful world of annoying advertisment even 
without using Windows.. 

Cheers
herbs
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Re: Adobe Flash Player Petition

2008-04-09 Thread herbert langhans
Works here. But I didnt check it on many websites. Just audio is not ok, its 
mute. 

herbs

> You were able to get version 9 working, I can't even do that on mine, it just 
> freezes firefox
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Re: Adobe Flash Player Petition

2008-04-10 Thread herbert langhans
Da Rock,
of course. But I have no idea where to leave the howto. Where do such articles 
go for FreeBSD? I just found the official doku on the freebsd.org page, also 
some articles there. Though I can make a website on my server for it, but it 
seems to be a kind of overkill, for just such installing sequence..

Any hints?
herbs


>Flashplayer on FreeBSD and Firefox

>Good to know. I was going to have a crack at it again once I got the
>chance... Can you whip up a how-to for a newbie so we can direct them to
>there in the future?
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RAM & Swap & Speed

2008-04-20 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
recently I had to add some more RAM on a workstation. Was 512MB before and is 
2GB now, the reason was to give some graphic apps more space.

But to my surprise the workstation ran faster--but before adding RAM it did NOT 
make use of the swap-partition and after the big RAM chip of course not too 
(checked it with #top).

This was a Slackware installation. Had anyone experienced such effect on BSD as 
well? 

Cheers
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Re: RAM & Swap & Speed

2008-04-20 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Jon,
all kosher here, I have my FreeBSD workstation and will put some more RAM into 
it. Just found it out on a penguin..

Honestly, I would never think that adding RAM to a comp with still unused space 
left could speed it up. Was just a coincident to find it out. But it clearly 
explains what I noticed--especially Firefox (lots of cache files) and the email 
client (switching folders with many lil files in there) had shown some 
difference.

Will give the computer store a visit tomorrow..
Cheers
herbs


> Why are you asking about Slackware file caching on a FreeBSD mailing
> list?  :-)
> 
> In any case, what you're probably seeing is the effect of having lots of
> spare RAM to cache files.  In FreeBSD top look at the Cache and Buf
> values up top.  If you're doing a lot of file I/O, this can make a
> noticeable difference, particularly if you're repeatedly reading the
> same files.
> 
> However, as is usually the case, unless you do some benchmarks on *your*
> computer, it's hard to say more than "the first couple GB of RAM you add
> will probably make your workstation run faster."
> 
> --Jon Radel
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re. laptop freebsd display not filling whole screen

2012-02-15 Thread herbert langhans
My IBM Thinkpad does that trick. But its some hardware-function and can
be switched via special key + FN8. Maybe download the service or
installation manual for your laptop and find some option? Maybe
also something in the setup?

Cheers
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Installation troubles

2012-02-22 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
yesterday I tried to install FreeBSD 9 on my 'new' laptop - an IBM X31.

Since this model has no CD or floppy drive I copied the memstick-file to
such an USB-thing and tried to boot. The laptop freezes when the kernel
scans for the UBS-ports, booting impossible.

Now my question: can I take the harddisk out, install FreeBSD 9 over
another laptop (with the X31-harddisk inside) and put the installed
harddrive back to the X31? Is there anything else besides the rc.d-stuff
what will/will not get installed if I use the 'wrong' computer?

The old hd-cotent will be deleted, the new laptop will only be FreeBSD.

All ideas welcome, thank you
herb langhans

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Re: Installation troubles

2012-02-22 Thread herbert langhans
Thanks for all the hints - now I have some point to go on. First I try
to use 8.2 from the memstick. If that fails I get such a little adapter
and install it from a normal PC (using the CD). 

I'll let you know after my homework is done. Good to know that FreeBSD has
some neutral kernel and chooses all drivers when it boots.

Late on!
herb langhans

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Has anybody out there taken the BSDA certification exams?

2012-05-01 Thread herbert langhans
Hi List,
on Saturday the 5th of May there is the Central-European BSD day in
Vienna. They also give the chance to make the BSDA certification
exams.

I went through the 'BSD Associate Exam Objectives' to get some idea
the questions. But I still wonder, how NetBSD users get away with the
style of questions and solutions asked. Its some years ago that I used
FreeBSD and I have for sure forgotten lots of details or never ran into
certain commands/solutions since changing to NetBSD.

Has any of you taken the exams? Has somebody told you about the exams? 
By the Exam Objectives I think its not that easy to pass ...

Cheers
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Re: backup tools

2012-06-22 Thread herbert langhans
Maybe take a look at lftp, at the mirror option. For basic demands its a
compact solution. 

Cheers
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Re: backup tools

2012-06-23 Thread herbert langhans
lftp does work incremental. Take a look at Chad's posting again and read 
what he needs. And of course, ftp via ssh is nothing new ...

Cheers
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On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 10:22:04AM +0200, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:49:39 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> > > Maybe take a look at lftp, at the mirror option. For basic demands its a
> > > compact solution.
> > 
> > try doing backup of things with 1 dirs and million files and certainly 
> > you will understand you need rsync.
> 
> In addition to rsync, which is regarded the default tool for
> the described action, maybe cpdup is worth looking at. It also
> has the ability to maintain "incremental" backups (add changes).
> 
> 
> 
> > ftp protocol is plain bad for that.
> 
> And insecure unless tunneled through some encryption (which might
> be important when backups appear inside a network with non-trusted
> participants, or across the Internet).
> 
> 
> 
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Re: backup tools

2012-06-23 Thread herbert langhans
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 11:10:06AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> >lftp does work incremental. Take a look at Chad's posting again and read
> >what he needs. And of course, ftp via ssh is nothing new ...

> still - any ftp client will no go faster than ftp protocol allows.

That's sure. But I think it's an option for the laptops what Chad
mentioned. Such scripts for backup are set up in minutes and it happily
copies the files to the server. If there are already user accounts on
the server, it could be really easy. I think it depends on the scale of
the network.

Cheers
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re. Hi i want to ask a question

2012-07-06 Thread herbert langhans
> Hi i want to ask a question about the new release of FreeBSD (9) is it 
> posible to run this release /whit GUI/ in IBM Thinkpad 1161 217 whit this 
> specs 500 mhz Intel Celeron processor 64mb Ram and 5gb HDD

I've been using even slower Thinkpads (300MHz), there are a few things
to be aware of.

Check on http://www.thinkwiki.org if the ethernet connection is
supported, also the graphic card (if you need a Windowmanager).
Soundcard can be an issue too.

Try to get some more RAM for it. On internet auctions you find them for
a few bucks, check on the thinkwiki if the type fits in. From 256MB on
it works well, good is 512. The slow processor doesnt matter much if you
have enough RAM.

Since the harddisk is not very large, you may want to take a look to
NetBSD (sorry FreeBSD-gurus). NetBSD is targeted at minimal or exotic
computers, you can easily install the precompiled packages without a
portstree. I use it for all my Thinkpads (Thinkpad 600, T23 and X31). 

Cheers
herb langhans

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Unusual Error while compiling from Portstree

2011-05-26 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
recently some of the ports get stuck when I compile from the portstree
with #make install - it says '1 out of 1 hunks failed--saving rejects to
nbase/configure.rej'.

The portstree is updated, FreeBSD 7.2 on this laptop, many other ports
are working.

I had such trouble with ports/graphics/xv, with ImageMagick and now with
nmap too. Here is the output:


sandcat# cd /usr/ports/security/nmap
sandcat# make install
===>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
===>  License GPLv2 accepted by the user
=> nmap-5.51.tar.bz2 doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.
=> Attempting to fetch http://nmap.org/dist/nmap-5.51.tar.bz2
nmap-5.51.tar.bz2 100% of   16 MB   99 kBps
00m00s
===>  Extracting for nmap-5.51_1
=> SHA256 Checksum OK for nmap-5.51.tar.bz2.
===>  Patching for nmap-5.51_1
===>  Applying FreeBSD patches for nmap-5.51_1
1 out of 1 hunks failed--saving rejects to nbase/configure.rej
=> Patch patch-nbase__configure failed to apply cleanly.
=> Patch(es) patch-Makefile.in patch-TargetGroup.cc patch-configure
patch-libdnet-stripped__configure patch-libdnet-stripped__src__eth-bsd.c
applied cleanly.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/ports/security/nmap.
sandcat# 


Anybody has an idea whats wrong there? I have no clue what it is about
failed hunks and such!

Thanks!
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Re: Alternative windowmanagers

2011-08-07 Thread herbert langhans
Something traditional on my laptop - I use Blackbox 07.01.

It even takes less memory and appears a little more responsive then
Fluxbox. 

Its a pity the developer didnt release any updates for years. Will see
how long it stands with more contemporary Unix systems. 

Cheers
herbs

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Re. Why do I feel like compact flash is more reliable than SSD ?

2011-12-30 Thread herbert langhans
The same here - I use a Sandisk Compact Flash with 8GB on my Thinkpad.
The thing runs the whole day and I didnt notice any failure (using
NetBSD). With a simple adapter card it formats and works like an
ata-disk.

Reading is quite fast! A good combination for stationary computers might
be to install FreeBSD and keep the 'busy & writing' like /home, /var and
/tmp on a traditional harddisk (writing is much faster there).

The other more static stuff like kernel, /usr, /etc, /dev and so on can
be left on the Flash-card. Will be great for booting and opening larger
programs.

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Re: learn

2013-08-01 Thread herbert langhans
The handbook is a monster, even technically interested people get lost
there. You know that, corebug.

I usually recommend the owl:
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596002619.do

Cheers
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Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 14:41:07 +0300
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/

This should help a lot for sure :)


2013/8/1 Teymur.Rahimzade 
> Hi.
> Please help me to learn freebsd unix.
> Many thanks.

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Re: Netbooks & BSD

2010-10-19 Thread herbert langhans
The cheapo way, if you get a model without a harddisk, is a compact flash
card with an adapter for a few bucks. I currently have this combination
in my Thinkpad (although its an ata to CF-adapter). Works great,
lightweight, shockproof and reads really fast from the 'harddisk'.
Downside is the slower writing - but enough RAM makes sure it doesnt
swap to the CF-Card. Eight Gigabyte is enough for me, most data are on
the server anyway.

Highly recommendable..
Cheers
herb langhans

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 02:53:30PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Oct 2010, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> 
> >El d?a Sunday, October 17, 2010 a las 12:17:16PM -0600, Warren Block 
> >escribi?:
> >
> >>On Sun, 17 Oct 2010, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> >>
> >>>Any alternative netbooks outside Asus which run FreeBSD?
> >>
> >>Of course.  The Acer Aspire models vary, but the D250 is nice.
> >
> >Just to make sure: you mean the "Acer Aspire One D250" netbook? But this
> >seems to have a SATA hard disk, or are there models out with SSD?
> 
> Mine has a SATA drive, but there shouldn't be any reason it couldn't
> use a SATA SSD in that form factor.  I should add that just over the
> last couple of days, my D250 has started to panic at random times.
> That's new, and I don't know what's causing it.  Given that it was a
> scrap machine I repaired, it may be hardware failure.
> 
> >In any case, it sells for around 300 euro (around USD 380) and seems to
> >be an alternative as getting my Eee PC 900 repaired for the same price
> 
> Now that the netbook craze is over, there are quite a few
> lightly-used ones for sale, often around $150 here.  Look around
> before buying new. Relatively older models like the D250 may be
> better for FreeBSD, because they have Intel video that works with
> the accelerated xorg driver.
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Re: AARGH... give me some idea for ad-blockers

2013-01-07 Thread herbert langhans
All I use is Adblock Plus. With the automatic updates I havent seen any
ad for month..

herb langhans

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Re: xorg default configuration location

2008-02-04 Thread herbert langhans
Hi,
I just checked on a clean bsd 6.3 and locate shows no xorg.conf.
Maybe invoke:
# xorgconfig
and see where it dumps the file.

Cheers
herbs

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> > Hello,
> >  In the online handbook, 5.4 X11 Configuration, 5.4.2 Configuring X11
> > states "As of version 7.3, Xorg can often work without any configuration 
> > file
> > by simply typing at prompt:
> > % startx
> >
> > If this does not work, or if the default configuration is not acceptable,
> > then X11 must be configured manually"
> >
> > Where *is* this default configuration located?
> >
> 
> from man 5 xorg.conf:
> 
>/etc/X11/
>/usr/local/etc/X11/
>/etc/X11/$XORGCONFIG
>/usr/local/etc/X11/$XORGCONFIG
>/etc/X11/xorg.conf-4
>/etc/X11/xorg.conf
>/etc/xorg.conf
>/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.
>/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf-4
>/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf
>/usr/local/lib/X11/xorg.conf.
>/usr/local/lib/X11/xorg.conf-4
>/usr/local/lib/X11/xorg.conf
> 
> Which is unless it was changed at compile time,
> which if you didn't it isn't.
> 
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Install question - sysinstall

2008-02-15 Thread herbert langhans
Hi List,
a short question:

Installing a fresh BSD System gives me among others the option 'X-User'. In the 
books I just find a hint its without source code, what I really dont need.

But is there anything else but the source code what I will miss later for a 
desktop installation or a simple webserver?? Anybody tried this?

Cheers
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Re: Is my hard ware sufficient?

2008-02-19 Thread herbert langhans
Should be more then enough with the graphic card.

My desktop comp is an AMD Duron 1,2Ghz, 512MB ram and the graphic card has 
32MB. X11 makes 1280x1024 in truecolor mode without much effort (is a good 
graphic card what is integrated in the mainboard, SIS-chip).

Can watch videos and dragging windows without delay and so on. So nothing to 
worry about..

Cheers
herbs


On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:19:51 -0800 (PST)
Lone Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'm not going to serve any one, I just want to take a small test drive with 
> FreeBSD .
> Regarding my graphic card, it is 32 MB, is it ok?
> Does FreeBSD come bundled with GNOME?
> 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
> > ---
> > Is my hard ware sufficient?
> 
> Sufficient to do what?
> 
> Until not so long ago, my DNS server was a PIII 550 MHz, with
> something like 120 MB RAM, serving about 150 clients.
> 
> I changed the hardware mostly because I had bigger machines available.
> 
> Olivier
> 
> 
> 
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Adobe Flashplayer

2008-02-25 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
anybody has some experience what flashplayer to use for Firefox 2.0 on BSD 7.0 
RC2? I checked in the ports and find /usr/ports/www/linux-flashplugin9 - but it 
obviously requires linux support.

Is there anything more elegant, like a BSD version of it? What do you use for 
your firefox browsers??

Cheers
herbs
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Re: Calendar Solution?

2008-02-26 Thread herbert langhans
Maybe this is the thing for you:
http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php
Needs Apache and an sql-server. I use it for years now and like the function 
what sends you an email before the appointment.

Cheers
herbs
 

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> Hello All,
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions for a 'corporate' calendar?  Either ports  
> or DIY or other ..
> 
> I am trying to get them on the idea of an OSX server..
> 
> They are using words like 'Exchange' and 'Externally Hosted Exchange'  
> servers..
> (just sends a chill down my spine.. )
> 
> We have our own email server with qmail, dovecot, squirrelmail.. etc  
> but no calendar..
> 
> any suggestions or opinions welcome.
> 
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Cups server and client

2008-03-04 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
a basic question before I run into experiments. I run a Cups printserver 
installation on a Slackware server. And now I want to connect from a BSD7.0 
workstation to this server to print.

I have to install Cups as well on the BSD-client? Is that right? Or can I 
access it even simply by setting up printcap? 

Cheers
herbs
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No floppy-images for FreeBSD 8.0 installation anymore?

2010-02-09 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
I use to install FreeBSD with the floppies, then choosing the ftp-install. It 
was quite a while ago I had done so -- but now I see the x.flp images are 
gone. Or maybe I just havent found them on the ftp-site??

I cannot boot this computer from the SCSI-CD drives. Is there any chance to get 
8.0 for floppies?

Thank you 
herb langhans
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Re: No floppy-images for FreeBSD 8.0 installation anymore?

2010-02-09 Thread herbert langhans
Yes,
just checked it. There is a 'boot from usb-cdrom' option in the setup. I guess 
I have to sacrifice a usb-stick for the installation. Will it work this way?

This is not yet updated in the the handbook -- but the 
8.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img seems to be a file I have to dump on the 
usb-stick. Is this the boot-file I need for the ftp-install?

Cheers
herbs


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> 
> herbert langhans writes:
> 
> >  I cannot boot this computer from the SCSI-CD drives. Is there any
> >  chance to get 8.0 for floppies?
> 
>   I do not believe there are (by default) floppies for 8.0;
> whether this is new for this release of not I cannot say.
>   Is the machine modern enough it could boot from a USB-connected
> CDROM?
> 
> 
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Re: freebsd install from floppy

2010-03-05 Thread herbert langhans
On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 01:33:52PM +0100, Piotr Lukawski wrote:
> Dears,
> I need to install Freebsd 8.0 using floppy and then ftp, but there are no
> floppy images in
>
+ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.0-RELEASE/floppies/<ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.0-RELEASE/floppies/>mentioned
> in
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html
> I tried so install Freebsd 7 using availiable floppy (successful) and update
> it to 8.0 (after 3 days finally error and now now whole /usr directory so I
> am stacked).
> Could you please produce install floppy images for Freebsd 8.0? Please
> please please. I have no power to do the install of 7, upgrade and fail
> again :-(
> Thanks in adavance.
> Piotr
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Yes, I definitly vote for the release of floppy images too! In my case its the 
SCSI-CD drives what do not allow me to boot from a CD.

It might be old fashioned, but its very easy just to boot the floppy and then 
install all over ftp! I guess there are still a couple of systems (old
+laptops, servers) which require it.

Thanks
herb langhans


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Re: under X, frozen keys, no mouse

2010-04-04 Thread herbert langhans
Henry,
you may have installed xorg with the HAL-option on. If you want to try without 
it go to the /usr/ports/x11-servers/xorg-server. Use #make config, switch off 
the HAL support and #make reinstall.

Cheers
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> I installed FBSD 7.3 on an older Compaq box.  It has a built-in video card,
> this isn't a top of the line superfast machine.
> 
> But it is important for me to press it into service.
> 
> I tried using a couple of Option lines in xorg.conf, but no luck.
> 
> so now my questions...
> 
> Will FBSD 7.3 make use of xf86cfg or some such program.  I ask because the X
> --configure command has never worked for me;  Not on any of five different
> machines I've put FBSD on.
> 
> I'm not trying to do a sophisticated install either -- and though I've
> decided against running OpenBSD, the default install put's up X
> perfectly...  (Why??)
> 
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Re: Online school for FreeBSD

2010-04-12 Thread herbert langhans
I sign here too - Lucas' Absolute FreeBSD covers practically all the aspects 
when you new to Unix. Its a good choice. A seperate computer for trying out and 
break'n'reinstall is also a good idea for a start. 

Its like learning a foreign language. At the beginning you may wonder how 
anybody can ever understand this mumbo jumbo. Then you will get an idea of it 
and go into an experimental stage where many things go wrong. And after some 
years you wonder that there was a time before where you could not understand 
such an obvious, logical concept.

Good luck!
herb langhans


On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 09:34:59PM -0800, jt wrote:
> I've been doing searches for online schools that teach FreeBSD. I've been 
> trying to learn on an off for years but when it starts getting complicated, I 
> get stuck. The handbook don't do allot of good.
> 
> My goal is simply this. I want to open a small business, A server, To lease 
> out web space, domains, etc etc. I want to start small and possibly expand to 
> a rack of servers and so on.
> 
> I've been searching all say and cannot find ANY online schools that teach 
> FreeBSD.  From what I understand, FreeBSD is the best for security and 
> control. I'll be leasing out shell space too so I need security like 
> sh3lls.net. A company like that is eventually what Id like to accomplish. But 
> I need to know the ground up. I don't want to trust an employee with root 
> access to my server.
> 
> I remember seeing a book out there specific to what I'm trying to do.
> 
> Anyway, I hope you can hook me up with a school. Or the proper books anyway. 
> FreeBSD for dummies or something.
> 
> You guys do excellent work. I hope not only to learn but someday contribute 
> back to the freebsd community.
> 
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Opera 10.5 - bad looking fonts on printer

2010-05-12 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
if I print from Opera via CUPS (Samsung ML 1610 on fileserver, CUPS client from 
workstation) I get very ugly results. The proportions of the letters dont fit, 
sometimes letters overlapping. No matter what font comes from the website to 
print - Opera chooses always this bad font, the font spacing is terrible.

Other programs like Abiword, OpenOffice a.s.o. print well.

My question: Does anybody have such troubles with BSD-Opera 10.5 too? Is there 
any font-port I have to install to get decent results? Is this a bug in the 
Opera BSD-port?

All ideas welcome - I have no clue whats causing this problems..

Thanks!
herb langhans

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Purple photos on firefox..

2009-07-21 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
I wonder if the same happens on your computers too.

Freebsd 7.2
Firefox 3.5

- sometimes the photos, mostly the JPG I guess, appear visible but in a deep 
purple shade.

Is it just on my comp? If not I will file a bug report the the 
Firefox-developers.

Thank you
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Re: Purple photos on firefox..

2009-07-21 Thread herbert langhans

It seems to be some firefox bug. When I save the certain purple JPG and
display it with another program on my comp it appears normal. 

Screenshot would look ok on any computer..

And it just happens occasionally. Maybe some screen engine bug in ff35?
Or my graphic card driver (sis-card) is allergic to ff35? Very strange,
all other X11 programs display correct..

Not even a big problem if its just on my computer. But I thought there are
other Freebsd users having this certain problem too.

Cheers
herb langhans


> >- sometimes the photos, mostly the JPG I guess, appear visible but in a 
> >deep purple shade.

> Take a screenshot, upload it to a hosting site, have a friend look at the 
> photo with a different monitor.
> 
> Failure modes for certain monitors may show these symptoms, or you may have 
> a loose cable to the video card.
> 
> Let us know how it works out.

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Re: Purple photos on firefox..

2009-07-22 Thread herbert langhans
Aloha Al,
its all kosher with the monitor, cables and graphic card. When I open a 
website, like a magazine, then I have i.e 10 pictures showing up well and two 
totally in purple. 

It must be a software issue. Just wonder where it comes from. Firefox 3.5? The 
Firefox libraries? Screendriver? Freebsd 7.2? A bug in the graphic card 
hardware (has never done this)? Or some combination of it. 

I will check for Adam's suggestion to take a look at the update notes and the 
dependencies.

Is a wacky bug, thats sure.

Thanks
herb langhans


On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:16:02 -1000
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> Steve Bertrand wrote:
> > herbert langhans wrote:
> > 
> >> - sometimes the photos, mostly the JPG I guess, appear visible but in a 
> >> deep purple shade.
> > 
> > I can't resist... was it about 1620 hrs when you witnessed this?
> > 
> > ;) Steve
> ###
> 
> 
> Aloha,
> 
> Check your monitor video "cable" I had one here with a bad cable that 
> turned the screen green occasionally.
> 
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FreeBSD & IBM Thinkpad - What Model to Choose?

2009-08-02 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
I bet there are FreeBSD-on-Thinkpad users out there. I need some help..

At the moment I search for a laptop, a used model from auction sites, 
preferably an IBM Thinkpad. There is a huge number of different models, even a 
Wiki with all the specs. But all the info doesn't help me to decide what model 
works best for me with FreeBSD. I also have no idea if the BSD drivers work out 
of the box. No dual boot required - I'll dump the Windows stuff.

The model I search for is a cheap low-end type. Small harddisk is fine too, it 
even can be slow - I use mostly vim, fluxbox, a few small gtk-ports and even 
get by with a text browser like lynx. 

Otherwise I would really reqire the Thinkpad to be slim and have some kind of 
low power consumption (this depends on the kind of processor I guess - I have 
no clue what processor is a good choice). And an opportunity to use a 
PCMCIA-Card for a Wifi connection (and drivers for them!).

Do you have any good/bad experiences with certain IBM Thinkpads?
Is there any special model (line) I should look for?
Are there any options I should look for or avoid (no BSD drivers available i.e)?

Thanks for your time!
herb langhans




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IBM Stinkpad and Wifi

2009-08-25 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
I have some troubles to get connected to an open Wifi-Net.

Its an older IBM Stinkpad 600 and I bought a new PCMCIA-card for it.
Chipset of the card is from Atheros, this is recommended by the FreeBSD
Handbook.

I boot the Laptop, the drivers seem to be compiled in the generic
Kernel. Booting shows something like:
ath0:  mem 0xff9f-0xff9f irq 17 at device 2.0 on
pci2
ath0: Ethernet address: 00:11:95:d5:43:62
ath0: mac 7.9 phy 4.5 radio 5.6

Good. Then I try:
# ifconfig ath0 up scan
#
(I tried this in a cool café, with cool people there and a cool open
access point..)
 
Nothing. There should be a list of the available access points. 
Is that right?
Something I missed with the setup?

I tried:
#kldload wlan_wep.ko
#kldload wlan_ccmp.ko
#kldload wlan_tkip.ko

..and BSD 7.2, a very recent version, tells me that these files already exist 
(so the kernel took
already care of it).

What am I doing wrong??
All ideas appreciated!
Thanks
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Re: Flash for FreeBSD -> GNOME -> Firefox

2009-01-14 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Grant,
here is a full description how to do that:
http://freebsd.langhans.com.pl

Cheers
herbs

On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:25:10 -0500
Grant Peel  wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Is there a port that emulates Adobe Flash? i.e. Adobe's download site 
> says 'Platform not supported' is there a port or package thats can be 
> used to view Flash content in Firefox?
> 
> -Grant
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Keyboard-beep on FreeBSD?

2009-01-27 Thread herbert langhans
Hi List,
a short question: Is there an easy way to get a keyboard-beep (each letter 
beeping when you type, like an old terminal)?

Maybe there is some straight forward settings - before I start to experiment..

Thank you!
herbs 
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Where is my STRFILE?

2009-02-20 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
strange, I have the manpage of strfile, but not the binary itself. I think its 
supposed to be content of every freebsd default installation? Or not? Its not a 
port, isnt it?

Can please anybody check and invoke >strfile on his comp? I have FreeBSD 7.1 
here. I want my fortunes back, they dont install without strfile!!

Thanks
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Re: Where is my STRFILE?

2009-02-20 Thread herbert langhans
/usr/games/strfile
..not there. Checked with locate, no strfile anywhere on 7.1!

Maybe it came with a port download of a game? Did they forget it on 7.1?
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Re: Where is my STRFILE?

2009-02-20 Thread herbert langhans
Even tried that.
In /usr/ports/games/freebsd-games are the classical games, but not the fortunes 
and the strfile. Have it installed now, still no strfile.

If I try installing the fortunes, the port-makefile complains that there is no 
strfile available.

Do you daemons have the binary 'strfile' on your system? Could you please check 
and tell me! Maybe somebody can send me this single binary file offlist by 
email?
Thanks 
herbs


On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:33:08 +0100
Andreas Rudisch <"cyb."@gmx.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:19:54 +0100
> herbert langhans  wrote:
> 
> > /usr/games/strfile
> > ..not there. Checked with locate, no strfile anywhere on 7.1!
> 
> Looks like it comes with fortune.
> /usr/src/games/fortune/strfile
> 
> Make sure you did install FreeBSD with games and/or updated it with
> games.
> 
> /etc/make.conf -> NO_GAMES set? Supfile containing src-all or src-games?
> 
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Re: flashplugin9?

2009-02-22 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Gary,
ff3 should work as well as ff2. May depend on the version of the pluginwrapper 
and the flash version.
I have made up some howto, maybe you want to check your installation step by 
step:
http://freebsd.langhans.com.pl

Cheers
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:47:23 -0800
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> Guys,
> 
> If I stick with FreeBSD as my main desktop, I want firefox and
> flashplugin-9.  So far, no joy.  I have firefox2, and when I try to
> pkg_delete, I find gnome2 is just one of the dependicies.
> linux-flashplugin-9 is installed as well as the pluginwrapper ports, but
> still YouTube won't work.
> 
> Is there an "all-linix" port or set of ports to use?  Or is there another
> way of getting both audio+video?  
> 
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X Window - how to get the standard font

2009-04-28 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
a little question:

I open a shell and invoke:
#xmessage 'hello world'
- it opens the window, but a rather tiny font.

So I invoke:
#xmessage -fn -*-fixed-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* 'hello world'
- the same appears in the fontsize I like.

Now the question:
Can I set the bigger font somewhere, so that i.e. xmessage appears always in 
the preset, bigger font without typing the whole -fn -*-* string in? 
Somewhere in .xinitrc? 

Checked the man pages, but its a science to find a solution there.

Thanks
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Re: Re: X Window - how to get the standard font

2009-04-29 Thread herbert langhans
Well, I asked the Daemons and got an answer from Jesus and a Guru ;)
Thank you guys , problem solved!
herbs


On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:27:57 +0100
Ricardo Jesus  wrote:

> herbert langhans wrote:
> > Hi Daemons,
> > a little question:
> > 
> > I open a shell and invoke:
> > #xmessage 'hello world'
> > - it opens the window, but a rather tiny font.
> > 
> > So I invoke:
> > #xmessage -fn -*-fixed-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* 'hello world'
> > - the same appears in the fontsize I like.
> > 
> > Now the question:
> > Can I set the bigger font somewhere, so that i.e. xmessage appears always 
> > in the preset, bigger font without typing the whole -fn -*-* string in? 
> > Somewhere in .xinitrc? 
> > 
> > Checked the man pages, but its a science to find a solution there.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > herb langhans
> > 
> I've seen .Xdefaults files that setup resources for apps such as xcalc 
> and xmessage.
> 
> Have a look at http://dotfiles.org/~n0nsense/.Xdefaults.
> 


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removing distfiles?

2009-05-27 Thread herbert langhans
Hi Daemons,
a short question: 

I can delete the .tar.gz files from /usr/ports/distfiles - is this correct?

Not that some port tree management goes crazy (dependencies or such)..

Thanks
herb langhans 

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Re: removing distfiles?

2009-05-27 Thread herbert langhans
Thanks,
quite some GB I could clean out on my workstation running on a good(?) old(!) 
20GB harddisk..

herb langhans


On Wed, 27 May 2009 22:56:10 +0200
Roland Smith  wrote:

> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:43:51PM +0200, herbert langhans wrote:
> > Hi Daemons,
> > a short question: 
> > 
> > I can delete the .tar.gz files from /usr/ports/distfiles - is this correct?
> 
> Sure.
>  
> > Not that some port tree management goes crazy (dependencies or such)..
> 
> They won't. But they'll have to re-download relevent ones if you decide
> to rebuild a port.
> 
> Using e.g. 'portmaster --clean-distfiles-all' only removes those distfiles
> that do not belong to installed ports.
> 
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Re: Flashplugin

2008-06-10 Thread herbert langhans
There are some instructions how you can get the Flashplayer running. Not 
perfect, but it will do in many cases.
http://freebsd.langhans.com.pl/af/index.html

Cheers
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Re: Is FreeBSD suitable for my thinkpad T61 ?

2008-06-11 Thread herbert langhans
The linux progs run very well, what I can tell with my modest amount of
programs using this mode. BSD uses a seperate directory what contains all
linux-bins and it integrates well. Also the speed is like a normal Linux
distro. Maybe it is a good idea to get an old 20GB harddisk, change it
and give it a try while leaving your old HD with your current
installation intact?

Cheers
herbs


> 2) I have read the FreeBSD Handbook. According to Chapter 10: Linux Binary 
> Compatibility, it seems that FreeBSD lacks support of many commercial 
> softwares such as MATLAB, Oracle, Mathematica. Is the linux binary 
> compatibility stable enough for work ?
> 
> Thanks a lot.
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Re: Firefox 3

2008-06-27 Thread herbert langhans
I took firefox-devel. Some days ago it was version 3.0a2. Works quite well if 
you really dont want to wait..

Cheers
herbs

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> Now that there's been quite some focus on the release of Firefox 3, I'm 
> wondering if anyone on the list knows when one can expect it to appear 
> in the ports tree?
> Thanks
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Re: Printer Installation

2008-07-11 Thread herbert langhans
Ah, BSD you use..
 
its likely that /usr/bin/lp what you invoke is the wrong one (there is the path 
set to it). If you have installed the cups-port, there will be another lp -- 
/usr/local/bin/lp -- the one cups uses (compare the filesize).

Rename /usr/bin/lp to /usr/bin/lp.backup so it will not use this one and then 
try again, invoking lp should take /usr/local/bin/lp then. 

Cheers
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> > installed using CUPS via the KDE printer wizard.  The printer works fine
> > when printing from X apps, but I am unable to print from the command
> > line.  My main concern is to be able to print from Mutt, but when I try
> > to do that I get an error message from Mutt telling me,"lpr: lp: unknown
> > printer."  I would appreciate being pointed in the right direction here.  
> > 
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Re: KDE-4.1 in FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE

2008-08-12 Thread herbert langhans
..just made an #portsnap update and there is the kde 4.1. Must have been come 
in recently.

Cheers
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Re: GUI Suggested?

2010-09-23 Thread herbert langhans
If you prefer terminal applications you may get happy with blackbox. Its
one of the smallest, but fully functional GUIs. And it is still kosher
according to Unix standards. Its my favorite, I even prefer it to
fluxbox, what is a little fancier.

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