8.0-RC3?

2009-11-10 Thread Alex R
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/ shows that there is an RC3 ISO image available for download? How many RC's until the final release? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/lis

Re: FreeBSD Source Code

2009-11-04 Thread Alex R
Petros Ring wrote: I would like you to send a copy of all the source code of FreeBSD so I may use it for a project that will allow the running of applacations from a different os to run on FreeBSD. Please send a attachment of the full source code in the reply email. Thank you, Petros

how long till 8.0-RELEASE

2009-10-18 Thread Alex R
Hi Guys, It's obvious the release is behind schedule, RC2 isn't even out yet according to the freebsd site. is there any rough ideas when we can expect 8.0-release? :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/l

Re: binutils

2009-10-10 Thread Alex R
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Unfortunately, it's under an unacceptable license. Wow. thats a great way to keep the operating system software up to date, use ancient versions of software to get around a stupid license agreement. What's being done to rectify that issue? ___

binutils

2009-10-08 Thread Alex R
Hi Guys, Is there any news on when the version of binutils that ships as part of the base system will be updated? The version that ships with 7.x etc is about 5 years old now. It creates problems on amd64 when compiling mplayer (assembly language directive errors), and can be resolved by ins

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

2009-09-18 Thread Alex R
Mak Kolybabi wrote: On 2009-09-14 12:12, Dan Goodin wrote: We'll be writing a brief article about this. I didn't notice anyone link the finished article yet, so here it is: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/14/freebsd_security_bug/ -- Matthew Anthony Kolybabi (Mak) () ASCII Ribbo

Security vulnerability in 7.x

2009-09-18 Thread Alex R
Hi All, I was sent this by a friend, could someone confirm if this exploit is really existant? http://www.vimeo.com/6580991 (requires flash) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions T

Re: 7.2-RELEASE/amd64 - weird stuff in dmesg

2009-09-10 Thread Alex R
Any ideas??? Anyone?? Alex R wrote: Hi everyone, I was wondering whether anyone could shed some light on the following messages I am seeing in dmesg: <<33>>aarrpp:: uunnkknnoowwnn hhaarrddwwaarree aaress format (0x) ress format (0x) arp: u

7.2-RELEASE/amd64 - weird stuff in dmesg

2009-09-09 Thread Alex R
Hi everyone, I was wondering whether anyone could shed some light on the following messages I am seeing in dmesg: <<33>>aarrpp:: uunnkknnoowwnn hhaarrddwwaarree aaress format (0x) ress format (0x) arp: unakrnpo:w nu nhkanrodwwna rhea raddwdarrees sa dfdorre

Re: Userland PPP fails to load via rc.conf (7.2/amd64)

2009-08-14 Thread Alex R
Thank you Ruben :-) :-) I wouldn't have thought in a million years that could be the issue, but what you have said makes perfect sense. Looks like its back to /bin/sh for root. Cheers, Alex. Ruben de Groot wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:08:48PM +1000, Alex R typed: Actually

Re: Userland PPP fails to load via rc.conf (7.2/amd64)

2009-08-14 Thread Alex R
Actually I did change the root shell to bash. U think that might cause it? Ruben de Groot wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 09:49:48PM +1000, Alex R typed: Hi Ruben, Output is as follows: /usr/bin/su: libutil.so.7 => /lib/libutil.so.7 (0x800635000) libpam.so.4 => /u

Re: Userland PPP fails to load via rc.conf (7.2/amd64)

2009-08-14 Thread Alex R
There are also some interesting responses in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc about this (I opened a thread there too). ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail t

Re: Userland PPP fails to load via rc.conf (7.2/amd64)

2009-08-14 Thread Alex R
ote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 06:20:00PM +1000, Alex R typed: Hi Guys, I ran into the same problem as this person did (see the link below): http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-...@freebsd.org/msg24337.html ppp starts fine if invoked from shell prompt, however the problem above occurs f

Userland PPP fails to load via rc.conf (7.2/amd64)

2009-08-14 Thread Alex R
Hi Guys, I ran into the same problem as this person did (see the link below): http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-...@freebsd.org/msg24337.html ppp starts fine if invoked from shell prompt, however the problem above occurs for me when I attempt to start it automatically at boot via /etc/rc.co

Re: installworld fails on 7.2-RELEASE/amd64

2009-08-10 Thread Alex R
Boris Samorodov wrote: On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:17:09 +1000 Alex R wrote: Boris Samorodov wrote: On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:30:22 +1000 Alex R wrote: /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/boot/i386/boot2/../btx/btx/btx -l boot2.ldr -o boot2.ld -P 1 boot2.bin btxld:No such file or directory

Re: installworld fails on 7.2-RELEASE/amd64

2009-08-10 Thread Alex R
Boris Samorodov wrote: On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:30:22 +1000 Alex R wrote: /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/boot/i386/boot2/../btx/btx/btx -l boot2.ldr -o boot2.ld -P 1 boot2.bin btxld:No such file or directory *** Error code 1 This error (not only with btxld but with some random file) often

installworld fails on 7.2-RELEASE/amd64

2009-08-10 Thread Alex R
Hi Guys, Have done tonnes of buildworld's before and never ran into the problem I a having on this new machine. Basically I have csup'd my source tree on a freshly installed 7.2-RELEASE/amd64 box (tracking the 7.2-RELEASE branch). make buildworld -- works ok. make buildkernel KERNCONF=custom -

Re: installworld fails on 7.2-RELEASE/amd64

2009-08-10 Thread Alex R
Alex R wrote: I am in the process of deleting /usr/src and completely csup'ing the source tree from scratch, and will try another rebuild, however I am skeptical this will fix anything. This seems to have fixed it... but why... ___ fr

SMP System but only CPU#0 being used?

2007-06-03 Thread Alex R
Hi All, Just wondering about something here. First of all, I am running FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE and the CPU stats (parts of dmesg) CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2992.52-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf49 Stepping = 9 Features=0xbfebfbff Features2=0x641d> AMD F

Re: SMP System but only CPU#0 being used?

2007-06-02 Thread Alex R
On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:43:52 -0500, JD Bronson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If this is HTT (seems to be) > and not 'real' dual processors > > I just answered this last week? > > Check /etc/sysctl.conf for this: > > machdep.hyperthreading_allowed=1 > > > -JD Thanks for the reply, I checked

SMP System but only CPU#0 being used?

2007-06-02 Thread Alex R
Hi All, Just wondering about something here. First of all, I am running FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE and the CPU stats (parts of dmesg) CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2992.52-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0xf49 Stepping = 9 Features=0xbfebfbff Features2=0x641d> AMD Fe

Re: 6.2/i386 X/DRI issues

2007-05-31 Thread Alex R
On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 13:16:00 +1000, Norberto Meijome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > it's in the archives of the list - you need to install the mesa-demos > port. Installed it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ glxinfo Error: unable to open display But thats because I am ssh'd into the box from work, I dare say

Re: 6.2/i386 X/DRI issues

2007-05-31 Thread Alex R
On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 13:16:00 +1000, Norberto Meijome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 13:01:22 +1000 > What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log tell you about it? (have chopped out the irrelevant bits as the log is far too long to post here) (II) LoadModule: "dri" (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xo

Re: 6.2/i386 X/DRI issues

2007-05-31 Thread Alex R
On Thu, 31 May 2007 16:13:48 +1000, Norberto Meijome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it actually isn't that hard - just issue the commands, let it build and > install... anyway, you wont be getting DRI until you do it (or 6.3 comes > out, > in which case you may be able to use freebsd-update to upg

Re: 6.2/i386 X/DRI issues

2007-05-30 Thread Alex R
On Thu, 31 May 2007 12:33:35 +1000, Norberto Meijome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sure, update your src tree and rebuild your kernel and world (and install > them :) ). > > and, just in case, you can find how to do that here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld

Re: 6.2/i386 X/DRI issues

2007-05-30 Thread Alex R
On Wed, 30 May 2007 16:38:56 -0400, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 6.2-what? You are probably running Release; you don't have Stable unless > you've updated source and re-compiled everything. Stable is really a few > steps ahead of release, with additional features and fixes, believed to be, >

Re: 6.2/i386 X/DRI issues

2007-05-30 Thread Alex R
On Wed, 30 May 2007 11:26:24 -0500, Reid Linnemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i945 dri is working in 6-STABLE as of some months ago. This does not seem to be the case for me. As an experiment, I booted from a 7-CURRENT CD and installed it (May snapshot) and it was detected! But not in 6.2/i