Re: kern.maxfiles questions

2003-12-28 Thread paul beard
Some updates to this. The machine was unresponsive this AM so I had to reboot it. I'm used to 90-100 day uptimes (as the power company permits) so this is quite unusual. On Dec 27, 2003, at 11:03 PM, paul beard wrote: [/usr/home/paul]:: sysctl kern.openfiles kern.maxfiles kern.openfiles: 257

Re: kern.maxfiles questions

2003-12-29 Thread paul beard
On Dec 29, 2003, at 7:24 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Is there some way to find out what's tying up the file descriptors? fstat(1) Of course. I had been thinking of that in terms of files, not file handles. D'oh. -- Paul Beard www.paulbeard.org/ paulbeard [at] mac.com

kern.maxfiles problem resolved

2003-12-29 Thread paul beard
. That seemed to do it. Now openfiles are sitting in the low 200s . . . . I've posted this on my weblog with the relevant image (didn't want to send an attachment to the list). http://www.paulbeard.org/movabletype/archives/001347.html -- Paul Beard www.paulbeard.org/ paulbeard [at] mac.com

Re: How can I automatically mount a windows-xp share from a freeBSD box using windows username andpassword?

2003-12-29 Thread paul beard
the procedure should be similar: you need to use .nmbrc to store your authentication details, but it should just work. man nsmbrc for more specifics. -- Paul Beard www.paulbeard.org/ paulbeard [at] mac.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http

Re: How can I automatically mount a windows-xp share from a freeBSD box using windows username andpassword?

2003-12-29 Thread paul beard
, but there is a wealth of good information here: http://www.google.com/search?q=nsmbrcie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8 -- Paul Beard www.paulbeard.org/ paulbeard [at] mac.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Does FreeBSD allow one to use the Floppy Drive on a SunBlade 100 ?

2003-12-29 Thread paul beard
. No one would dispute using a floppy on x86 hardware. -- Paul Beard www.paulbeard.org/ paulbeard [at] mac.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 5.2 where is /kernel.GENERIC

2003-12-29 Thread paul beard
On Dec 29, 2003, at 3:08 PM, fbsd_user wrote: You are talking about the kernel source. I am talking about the /kernel.GENERIC binary execution file. locate kernel.GENERIC and see what it turns up. find / -name kernel.GENERIC -print cd / ls -l kernel* -- Paul Beard www.paulbeard.org

Re: Automated reply from mattm@mail.citystamp.com

2003-12-30 Thread paul beard
On Dec 30, 2003, at 11:20 AM, Eric F Crist wrote: Is there a way we can filter out these types of messages or perhaps can someone tell me how to do it fairly easily? I think your better autoresponders don't send these to mailing lists: not sure why these are getting through. -- Paul Beard

Re: Plan 9 style backup utility for FreeBSD?

2004-01-02 Thread paul beard
understanding it, in 1999/1/1 you might have a file tree that looks like the live one with only files that were modified on 1999/1/1, but all other files would be links back to their unchanged versions. I like the idea of it. -- Paul Beard www.paulbeard.org/ paulbeard [at] mac.com

Re: Samba, Cups and Printing: Windows client gives Access denied

2004-01-02 Thread paul beard
was having this same problem and your smb.conf helped me out. I added these two lines to the stanza for the printer itself: guest ok = yes use client driver = yes And that seemed to make my access denied error go away. -- Paul Beard www.paulbeard.org/ paulbeard [at] mac.com

Re: Yahoo! and GAIM

2004-01-09 Thread paul beard
On Jan 9, 2004, at 8:27 PM, Eric F Crist wrote: I have those packages installed, just MUCH newer versions. How do I work around this and force the install? any reason not to build from the port? -- Paul Beard www.paulbeard.org/ paulbeard [at] mac.com

portupgrade error [cannot convert nil into String (PkgDB::DBError)]

2005-07-08 Thread paul beard
/portupgrade:1869 -- Paul Beard contact info: www.paulbeard.org/paulbeard.vcf Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: portupgrade error [cannot convert nil into String (PkgDB::DBError)]

2005-07-09 Thread paul beard
On Jul 9, 2005, at 6:01 AM, Kris Kennaway wrote: Did you read /usr/ports/UPDATING? The last change I found mentioned the use of libc and the PORTSDB_DRIVER. I made that change ages ago and have tried the other variants to get around this. -- Paul Beard contact info

Still have questions on portupgrade database problems

2005-07-19 Thread paul beard
on the one by one. -- Paul Beard contact info: www.paulbeard.org/paulbeard.vcf Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem? PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part

wireless access point in FreeBSD 8.2p2

2011-08-27 Thread Paul Beard
Yes, I am trying it without any encryption until I see some packets being passed. It seems like a lot of people are getting this to work but I'm not able to follow how they did it. -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem

Re: wireless access point in FreeBSD 8.2p2

2011-08-27 Thread Paul Beard
to figure this out. -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr

Re: wireless access point in FreeBSD 8.2p2

2011-08-28 Thread Paul Beard
as many as the *-wrt variants. *grumble* -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Closed [was Re: wireless access point in FreeBSD 8.2p2]

2011-08-28 Thread Paul Beard
to refresh my memory on adding a swapfile). I'm calling it closed for now. Better use of my time to just find a backup AP. -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: wireless access point in FreeBSD 8.2p2

2011-08-28 Thread Paul Beard
as an access point, no? -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions

Re: wireless access point in FreeBSD 8.2p2

2011-08-28 Thread Paul Beard
benefits. — interesting. I assume you could figure them out from wardriving? -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Solution: mysqld fails to run, can't create/find mysql.sock

2012-01-14 Thread Paul Beard
be created or give any indication of the actual problem. This is all more a problem for the mysql developers than FreeBSD but I am posting it to the list in case anyone else gets bitten by it. -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem?

Re: Solution: mysqld fails to run, can't create/find mysql.sock

2012-01-14 Thread Paul Beard
port want to keep the socket under /var/run/mysql/mysqld.sock or some such, to avoid issues with /tmp? Apparently not, as I commented out any reference to it in my.cnf and still saw the same messages about /tmp/mysql.sock. It seems to work if spelled out explicitly. -- Paul Beard Are you

database apps that ignore sockets? [was: Solution: mysqld fails to run, can't create/find mysql.sock]

2012-01-14 Thread Paul Beard
/cacti-spine. -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem?

Re: database apps that ignore sockets? [was: Solution: mysqld fails to run, can't create/find mysql.sock]

2012-01-15 Thread Paul Beard
socket. I'll quote your definition in the bug report as it seems crystal clear. -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem?

Re: database apps that ignore sockets? [was: Solution: mysqld fails to run, can't create/find mysql.sock]

2012-01-15 Thread Paul Beard
domain socket, in UNIX, just that it does in this app. I learned a couple of things here. I hope I can make them clear to the people who need 'em. -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem?

securing MySQL: easiest/best ways?

2012-05-08 Thread Paul Beard
=127.0.0.1 to /etc/rc.conf. This seems to work as netstat and sockstat no longer show port 3306 listening and database connections are happening. Is this the preferred/best way? -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem?

what is pkg_create doing?

2007-05-29 Thread paul beard
0 1852K 1232K RUN 0 2:38 95.73% pkg_create I am new to 6.2 (being a belated migrator from 4.x): is there a knob somewhere to turn off pkg creation? Not that I see any packages being kept anywhere . . . . I'm not subscribed, so CCing would ensure I get your reply. - -- Paul Beard

Re: what is pkg_create doing?

2007-05-31 Thread paul beard
in how ports are done in the Moderne Age. -- Paul Beard words: http://paulbeard.org/wordpress pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pdb206/ Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem? PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part

screen and curses(?) output

2008-07-13 Thread paul beard
erase2 intrkill ^O ^Y ^D undef undef ^? ^H ^C ^U lnext min quitreprint start status stopsusptime ^V 1 ^\ ^R ^Q ^T ^S ^Z 0 werase ^W -- Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/ paulbeard.org

kernel debugging: seeing swap issues in 7.0

2008-05-23 Thread paul beard
128 0 Any ideas what I can do (besides buy more hardware)? -- Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: kernel debugging: seeing swap issues in 7.0

2008-05-23 Thread paul beard
1 -200 101M 70340K swread 3:04 0.93% cc1 I have filed a bug against gcc, per instructions. There seems to be an issue somewhere in py-gtk that is exacerbated by the low resources on this system. Thanks. -- Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL

Re: kernel debugging: seeing swap issues in 7.0

2008-05-24 Thread paul beard
site or built on another machine. That's as may be, but the initial warning/error message was that the gcc folks wanted a big filed. If there is a package for this, I'll go that route. -- Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED

verbose sysctl messages in dmesg?

2005-10-12 Thread paul beard
in dmesg. Is this something I can toggle off? This is in FreeBSD 4.11, built from sources pulled just a couple of days ago. - -- Paul Beard contact info: www.paulbeard.org/paulbeard.vcf Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1

question on manpages/hier(7)

2013-05-09 Thread Paul Beard
. -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: question on manpages/hier(7)

2013-05-09 Thread Paul Beard
so I have no idea how this is getting all futzed up. I am finding files in /usr/local/share/man/man1 that were updated yesterday with others dating back to 2007. -- Paul Beard Are you trying to win an argument or solve a problem? ___ freebsd

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