Re: Suggestion
Troll alert. (just let it die) On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Bruno Comerci bruno_come...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi guys. Instead of wasting your time and man power, why wont you join to the ReactOS project? It would be more beneficial to the internet community and to the users around the world who wants a free OS with similar looking and functions than Windows, if you just throw away your FreeBSD and join forces with the ReactOS team to accelerate their process. Actually there isnt any single free OS that can be fully trusted, but ReactOS seems to be that one that we all are wating for. Sincerely, Common world's citizen who dont have money to pay Windows and dont trust Linux and any other Unix-based OS. ___ 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 ___ 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: Still having trouble with package upgrades
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 10:28 AM, David Jackson djackson...@gmail.com wrote: I still have yet to find a resolution to the problems I have had with binary packages and upgrades on FreeBSD. Binary upgrading is broken with every tool I have tried. There is no real reason why FreeBSD should not provide a facility for users to be able to binary upgrade to the most recent version of all packages with a simple upgrade command. One faulty argument I heard was that it is often not a good idea to upgrade to new software release. The whole purpose of having a release cycle for programs is to provide stable, tested releases for the public to install that will will work properly, and improve upon and fix problems with older releases. This is why mainline release are differentiated from betas and the CVS downloads which are experimental. So you really do want the most recent release, especially for corrections to any security problem. Making upgrades more difficult actually makes the system more insecure by exposing people for a long time to security problems that were fixed in software but making it difficult for people to upgrade. As for the security issues of downloading binary packages. The fact is source packages are not safer than binary packages, more on that in a bit. I am astonished that people here would not realise the obvious, having safe binary installs is do-able from mirror sites, just have the package management software download MD5s from many mirror sites, compare them and test the downloaded package, is they are off, then the package will not be installed the user will be prompted to allow a notification of the problem to be sent to the FreeBSD administrators. The fact is, binary releases are no more dangerous than source releases, someone could just as easily insert bad code in a source code package on a mirror, you need automated MD5 checking anyway, for both binary or source upgrades. So the idea that source upgrades are safer is false, just dead wrong. As for compile options, the solution is simple, compile in all feature options and the most commonly used settings into the binary packages, for the standard i386 CPU. If people want customisations then they can build the software for themselves. A good software philosophy is to allow software to work out of the box with as little configuration as possible, but allow everything to be configured by the user if they want, by shipping software with reasonable defaults which can be overridden by the user. Make simple things easy and complicated things doable. In GUI, by default, complexity can be hidden from users, but if people want fine grain control, they should be free to use advanced screens of the GUI to get complex, fine grained control. In GUI design, more commonly used settings can be provided more upfront while advanced features for use by experts can be placed deeper in advanced or expert screens oft the GUI. Everything should be able to be configured or accomplished by both GUI and CLI and API. A good user friendly model for a useable OS is to allow for binary packages of the entire system to be upgraded with a single upgrade command. It should work out of the box without hassle. Keeping software up to date to recent releases is good practice, remember what I said about the purpose of software releases. make it easy. why dont the freebsd administrators just have a build machine that automatically compiles the software and makes them available as the ports are updated. The user should be able to keep their system up to date without doing any system wide all at once OS-release upgrades at all. There is no reason why kernel and userland programs have to be upgraded at the same time. Especially considering its a good design practice for kernel to provide backward compatability. Instead the system would be piecemeal updated over time, including the kernel, in a piecemeal fashion. The need for system wide OS distribution version numbers like FreeBSD 9.0 is becoming obsolete. Versions are still very valuable for the kernel, but for collections of the entire system software, it has become much less relevant. This was from an age when people would receive a Tape or CD in the mail and update everything all at once, now software can be upgraded in a piecemeal way over time with automatic updates. The CD-based upgrade and all at once system wide upgrades actually for reasons are inferior, in that it meant often months would go by before a software program was updated, delying the application of vital security fixes. Before the age of the internet and the hacker, that may have been acceptable. Its not anymore. With Firefox and Flash for instance, security fixes are made sometimes weekly, with an system wide at once upgrade model, it could be a very long time between upgrades of such software between releases of the OS software distribution CD. The idea of waiting on a
Re: Still having trouble with package upgrades
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:42 AM, David Jackson djackson...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: David, allow me to add a few thoughts: On Wed, 7 Mar 2012 11:28:47 -0500, David Jackson wrote: As for compile options, the solution is simple, compile in all feature options and the most commonly used settings into the binary packages, for the standard i386 CPU. I think this can develop into a major problem in certain countries where listening to MP3 is illegal. :-) You are talking about the codec. What Ubuntu seems to do is distribute these codecs as a seperate nonfree addon package which are then loaded by applications at run time. You see, options do not necessarily have to be compiled into programs, they can be loaded at libraries and then loaded by programs at run time if they are available. This is also a rare circumstance, and there are workaround as above. If people want customisations then they can build the software for themselves. That's what they'll do anyway. :-) No, usually they do not. Few people except for hard core geeks want to mess around with compile options. most will use runtime configuration through a GUI which is faster. This is irrelevant. FreeBSD has these options because most of its users are system administrators, developers or other types of geeks. Serving these needs is a major part of what FreeBSD does. That's why we have the long standing motto: FreeBSD - The power to serve. People who don't want these things, and insist on fool-proof upgrades will probably be happier running Windows, Mac OS X or some distribution of Linux. I've been around email lists long enough to know that every operating system (MS Windows, Linux, etc) occasionally has its update nightmares. My advice to you is: 1. Define your needs. 2. Choose the best software to meet your needs. 3. Choose the best operating system to run the software. 4. Choose the best hardware to run the operating system. If you've performed these steps out of order, you're unlikely to be happy. Andrew ___ 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: Still having trouble with package upgrades
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:56 PM, David Jackson djackson...@gmail.com wrote: This is irrelevant. FreeBSD has these options because most of its users are system administrators, developers or other types of geeks. Serving these needs is a major part of what FreeBSD does. That's why we have the long standing motto: FreeBSD - The power to serve. People who don't want these things, and insist on fool-proof upgrades will probably be happier running Windows, Mac OS X or some distribution of Linux. I've been around email lists long enough to know that every operating system (MS Windows, Linux, etc) occasionally has its update nightmares. My advice to you is: 1. Define your needs. 2. Choose the best software to meet your needs. 3. Choose the best operating system to run the software. 4. Choose the best hardware to run the operating system. If you've performed these steps out of order, you're unlikely to be happy. Andrew You have just now declared complete indifference to and alienated about 99% of the potential user base and their needs, those who could care less about compiling source and messing with compiler options. I disagree. I have provided a process for you (or others) to make better decisions regarding the selection of software, operating systems and hardware. How could the developers of any operating system please everyone without watering down the excellent qualities of their creation? It is good that we have so many operating systems from which to choose. This allows operating systems to specialize in their strengths and for users to prioritize their needs. To the extent that you have discussed tools that are broken, I thank you; and I hope you have reported the bugs. I'm sure the tools will be fixed. Every open source operating system is created by developers who decide the direction the operating system will take. The operating system is backed by its own community. When you throw claims about most users not wanting to compile applications from source code, it is clear that you have not taken time to learn about the operating system, its history or the culture of the community. I encourage you to do so. Andrew ___ 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: Still having trouble with package upgrades
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Benjamin Tovar b...@robotoloco.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 12:57:46PM -0500, David Jackson wrote: So it seems like a happy compromise here. You will get what you need and us newbies and other users who really dont want the extra trouble of compiling will get our binaries. Everyone gets what they want and is happy, it seems. Yes, this sounds awfully good, except that I think it is much harder than you think. First, some options are mutually exclusive (i.e. ncurses vs slang)... so, maybe there are two, or three versions of the same package... and again, this sounds awfully good, except for the limited and volunteered time of a port maintainer. A happy compromise might be then to have binary packages of popular ports, which is how we have it now. Second, and I think this the most important reason, ports put the responsibility of the system on the user. They force you to make decisions on exactly what software is installed. You want the stability and freedom of FreeBSD without this responsibility, and this seems very hard to compromise (e.g., macosx and most linux distributions remove the responsibility by making all these choices for you). Is this newbie friendly? Probably not. Does it need to be? Well, it would be nice if more people use it, but if we remove the responsibility from the user, then it would not be FreeBSD, it would be something else. (Like Debian GNU/kFreeBSD, which sounds like what you are looking for.) -- Benjamin Tovar It is not newbie friendly. As a non-techie (CPA), however, I can tell you that it makes the user a better user; and **that** is a good thing. Some things are worth doing. :-) Andrew ___ 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
booting install DVD while hard drive is in RAID mode
I purchased an HP Pavilion p6510f. I cannot boot either FreeBSD 8.1 (amd64) or OpenSUSE 11.3 Gnome Live CD unless I change the hard drive mode from RAID to IDE. Unfortunately, that damages my Windows 7 installation. (The computer is currently being restored to factory state.) Is there an option I can pass to the kernel to bootup the FreeBSD installation DVD while the hard drive is in RAID mode? Thanks, Andrew ___ 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: booting install DVD while hard drive is in RAID mode
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Diego Arias dak@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Diego Arias dak@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.com wrote: I purchased an HP Pavilion p6510f. I cannot boot either FreeBSD 8.1 (amd64) or OpenSUSE 11.3 Gnome Live CD unless I change the hard drive mode from RAID to IDE. Unfortunately, that damages my Windows 7 installation. (The computer is currently being restored to factory state.) Is there an option I can pass to the kernel to bootup the FreeBSD installation DVD while the hard drive is in RAID mode? Thanks, Andrew Do you have a RAID? I don't have a RAID that I know of. The computer came with Windows 7 Home Premium 64 and the hard drive set to RAID in the BIOS. The computer contains only one hard drive and one DVD writer. The hard drive has 3 partitions: a small partition, the OS partition and the recovery partition. Do you try restoring with IDE instead of RAID? I don't think that will work. I've read online that you have to reinstall Windows to change modes. Restoring maintains the old Windows configuration. I've been told that *Ubuntu live CD's can boot on computers with RAID mode on. That's why I was hoping that there was a kernel option I could use at bootup. Andrew ___ 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: Real-Time Video Recording (ionice equivalent)
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Debacker deback...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a ionice equivalent for FreeBSD. Let suppose that I setup a NAS using FreeBSD. I can substain 50MiB/s writing. Let suppose that I have a 720p security camera, writing at 2 MiB/s in a file. Then I have 10 users copying files around. All of this activity (camera + users) through Samba, so each connection has a dedicated process. Problem is that I want to give camera's maximal priority to guarantee smooth recording. I don't expect Samba to use much CPU, 99% should be spent in IO. So if I set the nice value of camera's process to Real-Time, it should do much, because its process will be on wait status most of the time. Consequently, when some IO requests coming from camera's process are in the queue, I want them to have top priority compared to requests coming from other processes. As the camera is limited to 2MiB/s, I expect the system to remain responsive. I know that seeks may lower the speed of the HDD, but as the HDD is slowing down, completing requests, I expect the number of camera IO requests to increase in the queue, and to be packed together, hopefully, stabilizing the number of seeks. BTW, I would use root preexec setting of Samba to execute a shell script for each new connection, giving best priority to the process if the user is camera. Any idea? Thanks Laurent Debacker Would putting the camera's storage space on a separate HDD from the other users help? Andrew ___ 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: OpenOffice 3.2.1 in FreeBSD 8.1
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.com wrote: Quoth Antonio Vieiro on Monday, 26 July 2010: Hi all, For those trying to test OpenOffice 3.2.1 in FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE (no official package yet): This: ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/FreeBSD/3.2.1/i386/OOo_3.2.1_FreeBSD81Intel_install_es.tbz From ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/FreeBSD/3.2.1/i386/ is working for me. (I now most of you already knew this, but I didn't!, I'm a FreeBSD newbie!) Cheers, Antonio Umm... what's wrong with the port? Works okay here (well, as OK as OpenOffice.org ever is). -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterl...@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com Compiling OpenOffice is not a practical option for many of us due to hardware restraints. I'm glad to see that there's a compiled binary somewhere! Andrew ___ 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
java citrix client on seamonkey
I'm trying to access applications on my employer's network via Citrix. I'm using seamonkey as my browser on FreeBSD 7.3 Release. I have installed diablo-jdk-freebsd7.i386.1.6.0.07.02.tbz. and the icedtea6-stubs package. My employer's website for Citrix access facilitates the installation of the Java client for Citrix. When I try to open an application, I get a message stating that I haven't chosen to trust GlobalSign Root CA. I installed the certificates in seamonkey; but I still get the error message. The details of the error are here: x.sdk.jsse.CitrixSSLException: You have not chosen to trust GlobalSign Root CA, the issuer of the server's security certificate. at com.citrix.sdk.jsse.SocketFactory.createSslSocket(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at com.citrix.client.io.net.ip.proxy.o.a(Unknown Source) at com.citrix.client.io.net.ip.z.a(Unknown Source) at com.citrix.client.io.net.ip.z.a(Unknown Source) at com.citrix.client.module.td.tcp.TCPTransportDriver.s(Unknown Source) at com.citrix.client.module.td.TransportDriver.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) Caused by: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: com.citrix.sdk.jsse.i at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Alerts.getSSLException(Alerts.java:174) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.fatal(SSLSocketImpl.java:1591) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:187) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.fatalSE(Handshaker.java:181) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:975) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.processMessage(ClientHandshaker.java:123) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.processLoop(Handshaker.java:516) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Handshaker.process_record(Handshaker.java:454) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(SSLSocketImpl.java:884) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1096) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1123) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(SSLSocketImpl.java:1107) ... 11 more Caused by: com.citrix.sdk.jsse.i at com.citrix.sdk.jsse.a.a(Unknown Source) at com.citrix.sdk.jsse.a.a(Unknown Source) at com.citrix.sdk.jsse.a.a(Unknown Source) at com.citrix.sdk.jsse.c.checkServerTrusted(Unknown Source) at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.ClientHandshaker.serverCertificate(ClientHandshaker.java:967) ... 18 more Does this mean the certificate(s) need to be installed somewhere in Java? If so does anyone know how to do this? I had the same problem on Xubuntu 9.10 but success on Xubuntu 10.4 using seamonkey, openjdk and the icedtea plugin. I would have tried using openjdk on FreeBSD; but I didn't know if it would do any good (or cause problems) since icedtea6-stubs requires diablo. Thanks, Andrew ___ 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: Very simple file sharing between FreeBSD server and windows client ?
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:31 AM, Ruben de Groot mai...@bzerk.org wrote: On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 06:43:09AM -0500, Andrew Gould typed: Another item to consider in this discussion is sharity-light, an easy-to-use program that allows FreeBSD to mount Windows shares. Sharity-light is in the ports and Sharity is available as a commercial product: What's the advantage over mount -t smbfs, which comes with the base ? Ruben When I tried it, back in 2003, I could get it to work easily. I had trouble getting smbfs to work. As someone noted, the sharity-light port is now marked as broken. Andrew ___ 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: Very simple file sharing between FreeBSD server and windows client ?
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:00 AM, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Chip Camden sterl...@camdensoftware.com wrote: Does anyone have a recommendation for NAS that works well for both FreeBSD and Windows clients? IME, among commercial offerings, virtually all support SMB (via Samba) but only the high-end (large relatively costly) ones support NFS also. (A while back, the largest Buffalo that Fry's had -- 4TB IIRC -- claimed to support NFS; all other NAS of any brand mentioned only SMB and DELNI.) You can use an inexpensive SMB-only NAS with a FreeBSD client, but you'll need Samba on the client. Another item to consider in this discussion is sharity-light, an easy-to-use program that allows FreeBSD to mount Windows shares. Sharity-light is in the ports and Sharity is available as a commercial product: http://www.freshports.org/net/sharity-light http://www.obdev.at/products/sharity/index.html Andrew Gould ___ 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: user friendliest gui
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:26 PM, Jean-Paul Natola jnat...@familycareintl.org wrote: Will it pop-up a message saying your drive is clean? If so then great -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robert Bonomi Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 3:07 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: user friendliest gui Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 18:51:44 + Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: user friendliest gui My users here, no gui = machine is broken From: Eitan Adler [mailto:li...@eitanadler.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 2:48 PM To: Gary Gatten Cc: Jean-Paul Natola; FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: user friendliest gui On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Gary Gatten ggat...@waddell.com wrote: If that's all your doing on that system, maybe some restricted shell with automagical scan script would be fine? Just a thought. Avoid GUI's if you can! Why? For most users GUIs are far easier to understand and use. Why?? Because, In this case, the GUI is entirely -un-necessary-. The user doesn't have to do anything other than stick the flash drive in the USB port. The machine does everything else. *WITHOUT* any further user intervention required. Why bother with the GUI, when there is no inter-actiona required? I'm going to advocate for a GUI here due to the possibility of a false positive during malware detection. The user should be given a choice as to whether the infected file is cleaned, deleted or left alone. If the user chooses to keep the file, the user should also be able to store the scan log onto the usb drive. (Users should also be able to decide that no log will be written to the drive.) These things will require interaction with the user. There is also the possibility that the OP will want to add related, optional services later. One example might be the option to choose whether the usb drive is scanned or completely erased by overwriting the drive with zeros. Another good use for the GUI, as scanning an 8GB or 32GB usb drive may take some time, is to present a slideshow to the user about computer security or, perhaps, an introduction to the wonderful operating system that is running on the computer. Andrew ___ 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: Very simple file sharing between FreeBSD server and windows client ?
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Frank Bonnet f.bon...@esiee.fr wrote: Hello Is there a simple software to share files between a FreeBSD server and a windows client other than Samba which is a bit overkill for my needings, I just want to share a directory (and subdirectories) of my server with ONE Windows client, to facilitate some files exchanges between two users. Thanks for any infos Some things simply aren't that simple if you're setting them up yourself. The good news is that you get to choose the type of complexity you want to deal with: 1. Samba. 2. You could purchase a networked drive (network attached storage) that both computers can access. Many retail stores now carry these. 3. Webdav (included with Apache 2.2). This setup is as complex as Samba; but you can access it securely across the internet via SSL. Good luck, Andrew ___ 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: Very simple file sharing between FreeBSD server and windows client ?
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Timm Wimmers t...@ticore.de wrote: Am Montag, den 10.05.2010, 14:35 +0200 schrieb Frank Bonnet: Hello Is there a simple software to share files between a FreeBSD server and a windows client other than Samba which is a bit overkill for my needings, I just want to share a directory (and subdirectories) of my server with ONE Windows client, to facilitate some files exchanges between two users. I would guess WinSCP (I think it's based on Putty, THE ssh client for windows) or Filezilla (FTP, SFTP) will fit your needs. If you want more integration like connecting shares to driveletters take a look at DokanSSHFS at http://dokan-dev.net/en/ -- Timm Luebeck - Germany Gioorgi.com has a comparison of SSHFS and WebDAV: http://gioorgi.com/2009/webdav-versus-sshfs/ ___ 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: Small computer to run a GUI?
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Liontaur liont...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Adam Vande More amvandem...@gmail.comwrote: Sounds like you want a netbook. -- Adam Vande More I was more thinking of something without a monitor, keyboard or mouse. I want to put it in a cupboard and not worry about it. With a netbook i'd probably have to leave it open (or else it would go into suspend mode or heat up or...). I was just hoping for something Soekris size but with a VGA output. Mark Have you taken a look at the fit-PC2? Since it can run Linux, the odds are it can run FreeBSD as well. You might want to ask the creators. http://www.fit-pc.com/web/ Andrew ___ 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: booting??
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: well, the pcbsd iso on my dvd-rw seems to be doing something. i have at least seven junk dvd's that k3b tells me are full. is there a way of erasing these 7 discs or are they trash? (I did try # cdrecord dev=1,0,0 foo.iso on a non-empty and and empty DVD. no joy. k3b knew howto do it right. what are the magic commands to use from the cmdline to erase my dvd? is there a utility to erase? tia, gary Check out the following web page: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-dvds.html Andrew ___ 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: anybody know if there is a 32-bit distro of pcbsd?
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: last night i started an upgrade on my ubuntu linux via the net. finished this morning, and after thoroughly checking stuff, i can't reboot. (i have multiple copies of stuff everywhere so did not lose much if anything.) this may be the time to give pc-bsd a try. before i surf over, does anybody know if there is a version for older computers. my thinkpad is a 2005, 3.0ghz, a gig of ram, lots of diskspace tx, gary You can find 32 and 64 bit versions of PC-BSD 8.0 (the latest release) here: http://www.pcbsd.org/content/view/152/11/ Your computer meets the recommended specifications as far as processor speed and RAM. Best of luck, Andrew ___ 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: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?
oops. After replying to all, I noticed that this thread is cross-posted to both freebsd-questions and freebsd-advocacy. (Although I removed advocacy from this reply.) fyi ___ 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: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:28 AM, telmn...@757.org wrote: That whoever wrote that post is very closed minded, has no problem condemning something prior to investigation, and perhaps wears a pair of glasses that only come in one shade. Oracle is an expensive business application that is expected to be VERY reliable. It's expected to have a high end support infrastructure behind it. This is why they limit the number of operating systems to a very specific few, that are backed by companies with a reputation. I'm not vouching for them, but most businesses aren't looking to plunk down $50,000 or $100,000 for a database product for their mission critical application, and run it on something that lacks a commercial support infrastructure behind it. RedHat is the only reason linux has gotten as far as it has in the heavy business and gov't world. I completely and utterly disagree with the claims made in that post. I've been using FreeBSD for nearly 10 years, and I vouch for the fact that FreeBSD has made huge strides during that time. Not only is the OS mature, but so are the people who write it, maintain it, and advocate it. While it has, it's still lagging. I can't even get a decent shell from the FreeBSD install CD or boot CD. If the installer fails at getting the first package, after you re-enter the information to try again, it seems to pick up on package #2, skipping the first, which is probably the kernel. I took a hiatus(sp) from FreeBSD and when I came back after spending a bunch of time in the Linux world, I noticed some pretty sore things. I'm not hating on BSD, I'm still kind of meh about Linux, but I can see why companies do what they do. A small firm webhosting stuff with MySQL is one thing. Large corporations running mission critical databases is another. I assume Oracle goes through heavy lengths to certify their product on the few OSes they officially support. Probably Solaris, Redhat and their own Linux distro. This is a huge deal to them. Think of it as an appliance. If you hate Linux, help Solaris. Run your oracle on your Solaris system, and hit it from your FreeBSD system. I'd be willing to bet there is little to no commercial demand for Oracle on FreeBSD. Heck, look at all the SGI went through with Oracle, and the rumors were that Oracle ran faster than any other platform on IRIX for a while. Oracle wouldn't release it, maybe becuase Ellison and McNealy are BFF or something. ...and this, of course, brings us to the purchase of Sun Microsystems by Oracle. Expect Oracle to put a lot of emphasis on Solaris in the future. ___ 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
updating pc's to the same date/time
I would like to do a fresh installation of FreeBSD 7.2 and then update it to the same state as another computer so I can transfer it's packages and have them in sync with the ports. Is my understanding of the system correct in that all I have to do is: 1. Copy /usr/src and /usr/ports to the new computer. 2. Rebuild and install the kernel and world. 3. Copy and install the packages I created on the first computer. Thanks, Andrew ___ 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: Error compiling KDE 3
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Jerryges...@yahoo.com wrote: On Wed, 2 Sep 2009 19:26:46 + Jeronimo Calvo jeronimocal...@googlemail.com wrote: Trying to compile KDE 3, I am getting the folliwing error... any ideas? === Installing for gnutls-2.8.3 === gnutls-2.8.3 depends on executable: pkg-config - found === Generating temporary packing list === Checking if security/gnutls already installed === An older version of security/gnutls is already installed (gnutls-2.6.4) You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it properly. If you really wish to overwrite the old port of security/gnutls without deleting it first, set the variable FORCE_PKG_REGISTER in your environment or the make install command line. cd /usr/ports/security/gnutls make deinstall make reinstall make distclean cd - make install -- Jerry ges...@yahoo.com The package list may have changed between version 2.6.4 and 2.8.3. I would recommend replacing make deinstall, above, with: pkg_delete gnutls-2.6.4 Andrew ___ 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: itunes on FreeBSD
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:08 AM, Jerryges...@yahoo.com wrote: I use itunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/ extensively on my Windows machines to download music. AFAIK, Apple does not make a version for linux/bsd, although I might be incorrect. I investigated Rhapsody http://www.rhapsody.com/-software; however, there is no generic version of that available for linux/bsd either. Is anyone aware of a similar programs that works on FreeBSD? I am looking for a full featured program that works along the same lines as itunes. -- Jerry ges...@yahoo.com Try looking at these: Rhythmbox (Gnome; ports category: audio) http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/ Banshee (uses mono; ports category: multimedia) http://banshee-project.org/ Amarok (KDE; ports category: audio) http://amarok.kde.org/ ___ 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: Equivilant of 'lsmod'
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Jerryges...@yahoo.com wrote: What is the equivalent of the Linux 'lsmod' command in FreeBSD? -- Jerry ges...@yahoo.com I think it's kldstat. Andrew ___ 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: Packages available for different FreeBSD versions
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:27 PM, RWrwmailli...@googlemail.com wrote: On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:41:12 -0500 Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.com wrote: STABLE is what it sounds like. I don't think it is what it sounds like - STABLE branches are development branches with stable binary interfaces. It's the security branches that are intended for production use. From: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/version-guide/index.html During the lifetime of each major release, an individual branch may also be termed STABLE. This indicates that the FreeBSD Project believes that the branch is of sufficiently proven quality to be used by a wide range of users. Branches that need further testing before being widely adopted are named CURRENT. ___ 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: Desktop Install Option
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Sabeeh Baigsba...@jhu.edu wrote: So, I've been wondering about something. FreeBSD is a general purpose operating system, even though it has historically only heavily been used on servers. Why is it that FreeBSD doesn't provide a desktop installation, something similar to say Debian's option of Standard Desktop? For those who need it, it'd be great. -- Sabeeh Ahmed Baig I am of the opinion that specializing in everything is the same thing as specializing in nothing. (Said another way: If everything is a priority, nothing is.) Every operating system has its strengths and weaknesses. The more an operating system becomes all-things-to-all-users, the more it tends to lose its comparative edge in any one area. All of that being said, PC-BSD is a desktop solution on FreeBSD. You can download it for free or purchase it with support: http://www.pcbsd.org/ Andrew ___ 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: Packages available for different FreeBSD versions
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Chris Stankevitzcstankev...@toyon.com wrote: Hello, Hello, I have two questions: 1. Is it true that I have the choice to run these versions of FreeBSD: 8.0 CURRENT 7.2 RELEASE 7.2 STABLE 7.2 CURRENT 7.1 RELEASE 7.1 STABLE 7.1 CURRENT 7.0 RELEASE 7.0 STABLE 7.0 CURRENT 6.4 RELEASE 6.4 STABLE 6.4 CURRENT You can find links to directories with ISO images of various RELEASES here: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ Some older releases have been moved to archives. Once you're installed a RELEASE, you can update it to STABLE by updating the operating system. More information about updating can be found in the online handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ more specifically here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading.html 2. For each of the versions above, what version of GCC and VirtualBox is available? I don't intend for this questions to directly be answered -- I'm hoping for a site that lists the versions of all packages available for a particular version of FreeBSD like this page for gentoo: http://packages.gentoo.org/package/www-client/mozilla-firefox The ports system, and the versions of applications available, changes with time and is not directly associated with the core operating system version number. Once you've installed the operating system, you could choose to keep the operating system the same, but continue to update the ports system. You can find application binaries that were built at the time the OS version was released here: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ They are arranged by computer architecture and release number. There are also stable directories for certain releases. More information about various RELEASES and their features can be found here: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/ Thank you, Chris Best of luck, Andrew ___ 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: Packages available for different FreeBSD versions
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Chris Stankevitzcstankev...@toyon.com wrote: Chuck, Thank you for your help. I have two questions: Chuck Swiger wrote: Ports are not branched-- there is no STABLE or CURRENT for ports. The same ports tree can be used on 6.x, 7.x, and 8-CURRENT. 1. With what is the STABLE/CURRENT tag associated? a) core operating system version number b) the ports collection c) something else Ports is a system created to install and manage third party applications that are separate from the core operating system. Although they are separate, it is good to have them in sync so that they are compiled using the same libraries, etc. Therefore, there is an attempt to associate packages (compiled versions of ports) with the version of the operating system upon which they were compiled. RELEASE, STABLE and CURRENT, refer to the core system. RELEASE refers to the version of the operating system that was released with release notes, etc. When you update the core operating system, you can use cvsup to download changes to the source code. STABLE and CURRENT tell cvsup what set of changes you want to download. STABLE is what it sounds like. The changes include patches related to security issues and bugs. New features may be included, but are considered too risky or experimental. CURRENT will put you on the bleeding edge. What are the repercussions of never updating the core operating system version number? Well, you'll miss ongoing security updates and improvements to the system. 2. I thought security updates and improvements to the system would arrive via the ports mechanism. What kinds of things are not updated via ports? (My experience is with Gentoo where everything is updated via portage and there is no core operating system version number). This is addressed above. I would add, though, that the cvsup mechanism can be used to download updates to the ports system and documentation, in addition to changes to the core system. Thanks again, Chris ___ 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 ___ 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: KDE3 -- KDE4
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:23 AM, RWrwmailli...@googlemail.com wrote: On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:33:38 -0700 Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: i'd be interested in Paul's question. it may be that kde3 is sopping up wy to much disc space. only have 6.5g left KDE4 makes KDE3 look like Fluxbox. I can't remember the exact figures on /usr, but I maintain my ccache by timestamp, and it rose from 3.2GB to 7.9GB after adding KDE4. And that 3.2GB figure included kde3 (including KOffice), xfce, fluxbox, windowmaker, icewm and numerous gui and server applications. Is there an increase in usability/benefit to match the increase in resource consumption? (Please forgive me - I know that's a horribly subjective question.) Thanks, Andrew ___ 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: KDE3 -- KDE4
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Paul Schmehlpschmehl_li...@tx.rr.com wrote: Can someone who has already done this upgrade suggest the best way to go about it? Do I need to completely uninstall kde3 first? Is there an upgrade path that's not fraught with gotchas? -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst Unless things have changed very recently, KDE4 is in its own directory folder. This may imply that KDE3 and KDE4 can coexist. As always, YMMV. Best of luck, Andrew ___ 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: KDE3 -- KDE4
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:37 PM, Polytroponfree...@edvax.de wrote: On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 19:15:18 -0500, Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.com wrote: Unless things have changed very recently, KDE4 is in its own directory folder. Terminology: the directory (is not a folder, and not a directory folder). FreeBSD has directories, not folders. :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... Okay. I'm trainable. ;-) ___ 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: mutt with muttprofile and GnuPG-Support
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Randall Woodzafir...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:53:47 -0500, Doug Poland d...@polands.org said: On Tue, July 28, 2009 11:49, Christian Grube wrote: Hi, I was wondering, why there is no IMAP/SMTP-Support in mutt or mutt-devel. I have had mutt-ng and muttprofile on my debianbox and it works like a charm. Is there a small hint for me to provide the same functionality under FreeBSD 8? I've been using mutt-devel for years with IAMP support. A quick look at the Makefile leads me to believe IMAP support is built in and not a configurable knob. -- Regards, Doug IMAP support is AT LEAST in mutt-devel and probably in mutt as well, and has been since the 1.3 days (2003 or so). As for SMTP support, that appeared around 1.5.17 I think (about a year ago); you might have to use mutt-devel for it. That said, I find mutt-devel to be as stable as I could hope for and never seem to have any problems with it, unlike some devel packages that can be flaky. I think if you type mutt -v at the prompt, it will show you which options were compiled in. ___ I may be misunderstanding the issue with SMTP. Is the poster just needing to send email through a non-local email server? If so, the port msmtp is very easy to use and works very well with mutt. Andrew ___ 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: 7.2 RELEASE ? Buggy as hell
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Adam Vande Moreamvandem...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:32 PM, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: I have (supposedly, as I am told by my bootup) upgraded to 7.2 Wonderful. But how do i make this thing work. I've managed to do it on an amd64 on an ACER Travelmate 4400 running at 1600mhz. This box runs on 3ghz; Xorg comes up and the mouse is dead. Flashplayer9 with linux-emulator f8 and all the tweaks does not work, acroread9 does not either, hal is useless. I've tried turning off the option AllowEmptyInput to off; i've tried starting hal - and when I run startx, the configuration file is the default built-in... I don't understand what the hell is going on... None of the solutions on google seem to work either... oh, but there is some sunlight in neverneverland... I can boot and I can install all kinds of files - funny, I don't want to play with this crap... and I certainly am not going to reinstall after all I have gone through... If I do reinstall, it will be another OS. If it all works on amd64, what's wrong with i386? I think it's time to switch to something more reliable. There's nothing wrong i386, at least in the regard you're suggesting. Try searching deeper within yourself for the issue. -- Adam Vande More I don't think that answer was helpful. PJ is not alone in frustration regarding 7.2. For many users, it's hard to tell whether the balance of difficulties lies in bugs or new manual configuration requirements of 7.2. I think much of the frustration lies in our perception of STABLE. When we upgraded from 7.1 (or 7.0), we expected a fairly smooth ride. I had frustrations related to X (hal), mounting drives (hal), printing (cups vs applications), and printing (gimp vs hpijs). Yes, I read the (uncentralized) documentation. I even posted the urls of a few pages on this list for others to find. Again, the effort feels inconsistent with STABLE -- my perception only, I'm sure 7.2 meets a technical definition. Those of us who upgraded further, to 7.2p1 and beyond, faced additional challenges related to the change in the default version of Python. Keep in mind, for many of us, this is all in addition to massive changes in KDE. Simply put, I had a much easier time when I installed 5.0. Your mileage may have varied. FreeBSD is still my choice for web and database serving. As for the desktop and printing, I will probably use Mac OS X until a few months after FreeBSD 8.0 is released. And that's okay. There is no law that states an operating system has to meet every computing need. Andrew ___ 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: 7.2 RELEASE ? Buggy as hell
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:08 PM, Mel Flynnmel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net wrote: On Thursday 30 July 2009 12:50:11 Andrew Gould wrote: On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Adam Vande Moreamvandem...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:32 PM, PJ af.gour...@videotron.ca wrote: I have (supposedly, as I am told by my bootup) upgraded to 7.2 Wonderful. But how do i make this thing work. I've managed to do it on an amd64 on an ACER Travelmate 4400 running at 1600mhz. This box runs on 3ghz; Xorg comes up and the mouse is dead. Flashplayer9 with linux-emulator f8 and all the tweaks does not work, acroread9 does not either, hal is useless. I've tried turning off the option AllowEmptyInput to off; i've tried starting hal - and when I run startx, the configuration file is the default built-in... I don't understand what the hell is going on... None of the solutions on google seem to work either... oh, but there is some sunlight in neverneverland... I can boot and I can install all kinds of files - funny, I don't want to play with this crap... and I certainly am not going to reinstall after all I have gone through... If I do reinstall, it will be another OS. If it all works on amd64, what's wrong with i386? I think it's time to switch to something more reliable. There's nothing wrong i386, at least in the regard you're suggesting. Try searching deeper within yourself for the issue. -- Adam Vande More I don't think that answer was helpful. It's the right answer though. PJ is not alone in frustration regarding 7.2. For many users, it's hard to tell whether the balance of difficulties lies in bugs or new manual configuration requirements of 7.2. I think much of the frustration lies in our perception of STABLE. When we upgraded from 7.1 (or 7.0), we expected a fairly smooth ride. I had frustrations related to X (hal), mounting drives (hal), printing (cups vs applications), and printing (gimp vs hpijs). Yes, I read the (uncentralized) documentation. I think release CD's should not contain packages anymore, cause everything you describe here, has absolutely nothing to do with FreeBSD 7.2, but with 3rd party software that happened to be packaged at release time. You should really be using PCBSD if you want a packaged desktop system, for which the developers claim responsibility and for which much (if not all) of the configuration has been done for you. When using FreeBSD you are expected to understand the handbook, configure things on your own and be able to troubleshoot problems and/or provide the right information in case you need help. If you can't do this, then FreeBSD is not the right tool for you. No harm in that, nobody forces you to use FreeBSD nor will convict you for using an OS that suits you better. -- Mel Your answer is presumptuous. You've already assumed that my problems lie in my inability or lack of willingness to read the documentation and perform configuration. I have been running X on FreeBSD successfully since version 4.0 and have been reading documentation and configuring my system since 2000. I'm not just talking about X, I'm talking about postfix, postgresql, samba, apache with webdav over ssl, etc. I am having far more trouble with a STABLE release than I had with 5.0. After searching many decentralized sources of the sacred documentation (when will the brow beating end?) and reconfiguring my system, I am still having problems. I have been to PC-BSD and back again. I prefer some of my own configurations. If I, after these 8 to 9 years, am having a surprising level of difficulty, I would prefer not to be handily dismissed as a spoon-fed noob. It is easy, and technically correct, to separate the core FreeBSD system from the ports. This I grant you. Beyond the initial clarification, however, it is not the least bit useful. To the world of FreeBSD users, even many of the technically advanced users, FreeBSD would lose much of its usefulness without the ports. So, beyond saying that it's not your problem, what have you accomplished? I'll get off my soap box now. If I sound overly frustrated or sound like I'm ranting, it's because I am accustomed to that sense of control that FreeBSD provides.only, I've lost that feeling on the desktop side. Andrew ___ 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: How to find what symlink points to?
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Ungaunga...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Mon, 7/27/09, Erik Trulsson ertr1...@student.uu.se wrote: From: Erik Trulsson ertr1...@student.uu.se Subject: Re: How to find what symlink points to? To: Unga unga...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 9:36 PM On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 05:44:59AM -0700, Unga wrote: Hi all I need to remove some unwanted symlinks on /dev using a C program. The struct dirent only shows the symlink name, how do I find what that symlink points to for verification purpose? By using the readlink(2) system call. But readlink(2) fails with errno set to 2. Can readlink(2) use with dev nodes? Unga Doesn't 'ls -alh' provide that information? Andrew ___ 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
gutenprint and lpd
The CUPS administration tool prints a fine test page to an Epson Stylus Photo R280 using a gutenprint ppd; but the printer does not appear in Abiword or Gimp. Attempts to configure the printer under Gimp's gutenprint plugin were a disaster -- my fault, I'm sure. I'm running FreeBSD 7.2 (STABLE as of last week) and XFCE4. I'm using applications installed, mostly, using 'pkg_add -r [app name]'. Is there a way to use gutenprint drivers with lpd when the printer definition is not in the foomatic database? Is there something special I need to do for applications to see CUPS printers? Thanks, Andrew ___ 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: July snapshots
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 1:52 AM, Bruce Cranbr...@cran.org.uk wrote: On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:31:44 -0500 Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know if any snapshots (iso files at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/) will created in July? I don't know, but you can always find daily snapshots at http://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/ -- Bruce Cran Thanks, You just saved me a lot of compile time. Andrew ___ 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
July snapshots
Does anyone know if any snapshots (iso files at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/) will created in July? Thanks, Andrew ___ 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: Xorg - how can I configure this thing??
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 3:23 PM, herbsherbert.raim...@gmx.net wrote: Hi Daemons, I am stuck with a fresh installation, FreeBSD 7.2 with the usual X Server environment.. Usually I invoke xorgconfig to set up the hardware I have, like mouse driver, monitor frequency, resolution and so on. The new X server 1.6.0 seems to have some sort of autoconfig. I compiled the /usr/ports/X11-wm/fluxbox - it installs the X Server with Fluxbox. Then I type startx. The twm windowmanager shows up, but accepts no input. Mousepointer stuck, no key input. I cannot even create a /etx/X11/xorg.conf file by invoking ./xorgconfig .. What am I doing wrong? Can anybody give me a hint in the right direction? Thanks! herb langhans Herb, 1. Get to a terminal (ctl-alt-F2 should get you there). 2. Log in as root. 3. Execute:'Xorg -config' This command should probe your hardware and create a sample xorg.conf file (xorg.conf.new, I think) in root's home directory. 4. Using your favorite console-based editor, edit the new xorg.conf.new file. In the ServerLayout section, add the following: Option AllowEmptyInputfalse 5. Save the xorg.conf.new file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf 6. Make sure the following 2 lines are in /etc/rc.conf: hald_enable=YES dbus_enable=YES 7. Reboot the computer and test X. Best of luck, Andrew ___ 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: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released
2009/6/30 Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey all, Continuing the effort in producing custom FreeBSD builds, I am pleased to announce a GNOME-based one. This includes a complete GNOME 2.26.2 desktop and also the gnome-power-tools and gnome-fifth-toe package collections. As always, feedback is welcome. Manolis Kiagias It would be interesting to see how much demand exists for an installation DVD with KDE 3.5. (KDE lost a large amount of voter share in Linux Journal's last Readers' Choice Awards.) Does anyone know how long KDE 3.5 will be available in the ports? (Expecting its eventual demise, I switched to Gnome, then to XFCE4.) Andrew ___ 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: ANNOUNCE: Custom GNOME-based FreeBSD iso released
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Thomas Abthorpetabtho...@freebsd.org wrote: At this time KDE has not announced an EOL on 3.5. That said, you will likely see it in the tree through the end of 2009. HTH Thomas Yes. Thanks. Andrew ___ 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
links for hal and hplip
For those of you, like myself, struggling with hal and printing (separate issues), check out the links below. You will note that the freebsd gnome page is at freebsd.org, but the freebsd kde page is at freebsd.kde.org. The hplip information at the kde site is not specific to kde. The hal faq at the gnome page has some information that is not specific to gnome. gnome: http://www.freebsd.org/gnome hal:http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html kde: http://freebsd.kde.org hplip: http://freebsd.kde.org/howtos/hplip.php Best of luck, Andrew ___ 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: WLAN with Thinkpad T41
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Jochen Neumeisterjoc...@daten-chaos.de wrote:
Hi there,
I have a Thinkpad T41 with FreeBSD 7.2/i386
With dmesg i see the wlan card:
ath0: Atheros 5212 mem 0xc021-0xc021 irq 11 at device 2.0 on
pci2 ath0: [ITHREAD]
ath0: WARNING: using obsoleted if_watchdog interface
ath0: Ethernet address: 00:05:4e:48:14:ab
ath0: mac 5.6 phy 4.1 5ghz radio 1.7 2ghz radio 2.3
I read the handbook, and this is me /boot/loader.conf:
if_ath_load=YES
wlan_scan_ap_load=YES
wlan_scan_sta_load=YES
wlan_wep_load=YES
wlan_ccmp_load=YES
wlan_tkip_load=YES
This entry i made in the rc.conf for the ath0:
ifconfig_ath0=inet 192.168.0.13 netmask 255.255.255.0
Now ifconfig ath0 say:
ath0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu
1500 ether 00:05:4e:48:14:ab
inet 192.168.0.13 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect)
status: no carrier
ssid channel 124 (5620 Mhz 11a)
authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpower 31.5 bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan
bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250 roam:rssi11a 7 roam:rate11a 12 burst
bintval 0
and this is me /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
network={
ssid=linksys_SES_29944
psk=xxx
}
ifconfig ath0 list scan found me accesspoint:
linksys_SES... 00:06:25:4b:0d:95 11 54M -73:-96 100 EP WPA
Now I connect:
goofy# wpa_supplicant -i ath0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Trying to associate with 00:06:25:4b:0d:95 (SSID='linksys_SES_29944'
freq=2462 MHz) Associated with 00:06:25:4b:0d:95
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:06:25:4b:0d:95 [PTK=TKIP
GTK=TKIP] CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:06:25:4b:0d:95
completed (auth) [id=0 id_str=]
ifconfig ath0 say, I am connected:
goofy# ifconfig ath0
ath0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu
1500 ether 00:05:4e:48:14:ab
inet 192.168.0.13 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (OFDM/54Mbps)
status: associated
ssid linksys_SES_29944 channel 11 (2462 Mhz 11g) bssid 00:06:25:4b:0d:95
authmode WPA privacy ON deftxkey UNDEF TKIP 2:128-bit txpower 31.5
bmiss 7 scanvalid 60 bgscan bgscanintvl 300 bgscanidle 250
roam:rssi11g 7 roam:rate11g 5 protmode CTS burst roaming MANUAL
but, now ping, now open a Internetsite in firefox, nothing.
But i can go for a DHCP-IP:
goofy# dhclient ath0
DHCPREQUEST on ath0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
DHCPACK from 192.168.0.2
bound to 192.168.0.234 -- renewal in 43200 seconds.
When I ping the DHCP-Server 192.168.0.2, i have 100% packet loss.
The Laptop works finde with LAN, but not with WLAN.
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Is LAN still configured for this network? (Is the laptop confused
about which interface to ping through?)
Are the contents in /etc/resolv.conf correct?
Was the gateway properly set?
(I expect that dhcp set the DNS and gateway values correctly; but it's
always good to check.)
Good luck.
Andrew
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Re: Announcing: FreeBSD Custom XFCE ISO (take II)
2009/6/16 Manolis Kiagias sonic200...@gmail.com: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hey all, snip List of main packages == This is a comprehensive list of packages included in the ISO: abiword, archivers (zip, unzip, rar, unrar) bash, bluefish, cdrtools, dvd+rw-tools, evince, firefox3, gimp, gnash, gnumeric, gnupg, inkscape, mercurial, pkg_rmleaves, portaudit, portupgrade, rdesktop, rtorrent, ristretto, samba, scribus, sudo, thunderbird, tilda, wget, xfburn, xfce4 + plugins, xorg, zim. Several other packages are included as dependencies of the above top level ones. The total list of packages is 496. There are no conflicts between them, you may even install all of them during the initial setup or afterwards. I will start preparing a server ISO (CD sized) soon. I also welcome all ideas on what to include/exclude in later versions of this DVD. It has been suggested to include openoffice packages as abiword / gnumeric don't cut it for many people. This will increase the size of the download, although hopefully not dramatically as most dependencies are probably already included. I am all open to ideas, so please email me your suggestions and comments. Thanks, Manolis Kiagias -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAko3OA4ACgkQZ/MxGm4PtJRuvgCfYcOTk2whTnOekRqrBMJYjWZ3 tOcAnRF2Y1E14T/zFGOMBJk+v46tz2AN =VfqE -END PGP SIGNATURE- Would you consider adding unix2dos? Thanks Andrew ___ 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: Announcing: FreeBSD Custom XFCE ISO (take II)
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Roberttravelin...@cox.net wrote: On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:37:44 +0300 First I want to say thank you. This is very welcome for my older slow laptop. That said. Have you considered Claws-Mail? Robert Claws-Mail is good. It can also use the address book in jpilot, which might be a good option for a lightweight PIM. Andrew ___ 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
using gutenprint drivers - cups vs foomatic
There is a gutenprint driver for my printer (Epson Stylus Photo 280) that doesn't appear in the gutenprint or foomatic ppd directories in /usr/local/share. It only appears after I install gutenprint-cups, and then it appears in a gutenprint subfolder somewhere under /usr/local/share/cups/. Since many of the installed applications don't seem to want to access the cups printer, I'd like to switch back to lpd rather than always recompiling applications with CUPS support. Will the ppd files under /usr/local/share/cups work with foomatic and lpd? Thanks, Andrew ___ 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: Another uptime story
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Chris Rees utis...@googlemail.com wrote: 2009/5/27 Glen Barber glen.j.bar...@gmail.com: On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: Maybe there's a way of patching the uptime utility that it adds the previous uptime of the system (since last shutdown) to the actual uptime. I know this denies everything uptime stands for, let's call it accumulated uptime. :-) I like that idea, actually.. Not for faking cumulative uptime. It'd be kinda nice knowing how long a particular machine has been 'alive' without looking through service tag records. -- Glen Barber How about: [ch...@amnesiac]~% ls -l /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 324 Apr 15 2008 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub [ch...@amnesiac]~% I think I'd cry if I were to lose 553 days of uptime Chris You could write a script that sends uptime output and a start/stop flag to a database when the system starts and stops. This wouldn't account for improper shutdowns, although you could tell when a stop date/time was missing. If you also documented the installation date/time of various components, you could also track their lives separately. Andrew ___ 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
interrupt storm on irq 10
I purchased a NetGear WPN511 cardbus wireless adapter (atheros chipset) yesterday. The card uses irq 10, as does the firewire port and ethernet port (fxp0) on my Dell Inspiron 8100. The laptop is running FreeBSD 7.2 Release (generic kernel). When I bootup the laptop with the wireless adapter in the cardbus slot, I see messages regarding interrupt storm detected throttling interrupt source. This did not occur prior to adding the wireless adapter. If I insert the wireless adapter after bootup, I don't see the messages on the console or as dmesg output. Otherwise, the adapter works fine. Are interrupt storms a problem? Do I need to worry about them? If so, is there anything I can do about them? Thanks, Andrew ___ 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: A FreeBSD program that rotates text
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: Dear list, I'm searching for a FreeBSD based means to align text in a circle, adjusted like in a sigulum. I've tried to find an option in OpenOffice, but failed. Can anyone name me a program that can be used to do so? It can even be LaTeX, or a painting program that lets me construct a sigulum, like this: http://www-e.uni-magdeburg.de/ruge/verschiedenes/medien-als-manipulatoren/otto.gif Text at the top should be adjustable with its bottom towards the inner of the circle, text at the circle's bottom hould be adjustable with the bottom to the outer perimeter of the circle so both text is standing up. A pictural figure should be placable in the inner of the circle. Colours should be applyable. Final output can be everything: Image formats like PNG or JPG, PDF files, Postscript. Suggestions, anyone? =^_^= Thank you! -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Check out the Gimp tutorial regarding text to path: http://gimp-tutorials.net/gimp-text-to-path-tutorial Does this meet your needs? Andrew ___ 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: Keyboard not working in gnome?
snip And in /etc/rc.conf: bus_enable=YES Shouldn't the line above be: dbus_enable=YES hald_enable=YES Or does anyone have any hints on why a keyboard (that i'm currently writing on...) don't work in X11/Gnome? Any hints on debugging this? /Chris Andrew ___ 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
abiword wierdness
I installed abiword from the 7.2-release binaries online. When I try to type, the cursor doesn't move forward and the characters are appearing on top of the previous characters. Is anyone else having this problem? Any suggestions? Thanks, Andrew ___ 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: abiword wierdness
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr wrote: Andrew Gould wrote: I installed abiword from the 7.2-release binaries online. When I try to type, the cursor doesn't move forward and the characters are appearing on top of the previous characters. Is anyone else having this problem? Any suggestions? Thanks, Andrew It happened to me recently. I think it was fixed when I installed few true type fonts from ports. Try x11-fonts/webfonts, dejavu, urwfonts-ttf Thanks. I'll do that tonight. Andrew ___ 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
Solved: RE: abiword weirdness
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr wrote: Andrew Gould wrote: I installed abiword from the 7.2-release binaries online. When I try to type, the cursor doesn't move forward and the characters are appearing on top of the previous characters. Is anyone else having this problem? Any suggestions? Thanks, Andrew It happened to me recently. I think it was fixed when I installed few true type fonts from ports. Try x11-fonts/webfonts, dejavu, urwfonts-ttf That did the trick! Thanks! ___ 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: Installing Unix
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Ese Oronsaye eorons...@gmail.com wrote: Hi I am a newbie to Unix with no experience in installing unix operating system. Have been through Download Freebsd but not quite sure what I should download. What is ISO and Distribution not quite sure which I should download. Can anyone help me with this. Regards Ese ___ The ISO file is an image that is ready for burning to a CD or DVD. The file you should download depends upon the kind of hardware your running. Please describe the hardware you are using. I strongly advise you to read the installation section of the online handbook before attemtping to install the operating system. The most arcane part for newbies is probably partitioning the hard drive. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ It would also be good if you have either a friend who runs FreeBSD nearby or a second computer with internet access running. That way you can get help quickly. The installation isn't really difficult; but if you're a newbie, you might have questions or start second-guessing your choices. Best of luck, Andrew ___ 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: Processors
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:48 AM, Renato A. Rocabo cserge...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, I'm new with FreeBSD setup. Just want to as if Core 2 Duo processor compatible with FreeBSD. Thanks a lot.. -- Renato A. Rocabo mobile: 09208095152 email: cserge...@gmail.com ym: carlos_serge...@yahoo.com skype: rrocabo Welcome to FreeBSD. Since you're new, it's likely that you'll have many such questions regarding hardware compatibility. The link below will take you to the hardware notes for the most recent release (7.2): http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.2R/hardware.html Best of luck, Andrew ___ 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
print test page - false negative
Just an anecdote to any of you who may be having trouble configuring printing: I installed FreeBSD 7.2 Release with CUPS and gutenprint-cups. The printer in question is an Epson Stylus Photo R280, which is supported by gutenprint. After configuring CUPS, including permissions for /dev/ulpt0, I could print; but the test page came out as garbage. In a moment of frustration, I tried to print the CUPS configuration window from the File menu in firefox..it worked! I then shutdown and left to see Star Trek before anything could go wrong. :-) I'll try to print from other applications later. Andrew ___ 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: Xfce unable to lookup hostname
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.comwrote: Every time I log in to xfce, it throws a warning that it cannot lookup bsdbox (which is my hostname as defined in rc.conf). The warning dialog suggests altering /etc/hosts to fix the problem. In fact, it's not a problem because my WAN connectivity is fine, but I still want to resolve this. In /etc/hosts there are two lines containing: localhost localhost.my.domain Since I'm connecting to the Internet through a dynamic-IP ISP without a reserved domain name, I have nothing with which to replace my.domain. What should I do to resolve this issue? In a situation like this (note: I am behind a home router), is there actually anything I can replace my.domain with? Pardon my very limited understanding of networking concepts :) Thanks, Daniel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Try adding the following line to /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 bsdbox bsdbox.my.domain Do not delete the localhost lines. Andrew ___ 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: Xfce unable to lookup hostname
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.comwrote: Really? No IP? I mean like ::1 localhost 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 bsdbox.local bsdbox 127.0.0.1 bsdbox.local. Right, I realize I was unclear. I just meant that two lines contained localhost localhost.my.domain, not that they ONLY contained that phrase. So, yes, I'm referring to the lines starting with ::1 and 127.0.0.1. Let me make sure I understand (part of) your advice. Since I set hostname=bsdbox in rc.conf, I should replace localhost instances in /etc/ttys ? Thanks, Daniel I don't think you should touch /etc/ttys for this problem. Andrew ___ 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: Xfce unable to lookup hostname
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.comwrote: I added the line 127.0.0.1 bsdbox bsdbox.my.domain and now it works perfectly, thanks! Question: what does the line I added tell my computer? I.e., what does that line do? The /etc/hosts file is used to map host names to IP addresses. It is very useful for assigning names to computers on your home network since those computers are (probably) not mapped in a DNS system. As you can see, an IP address, such as 127.0.0.1 (local host and bsdbox), can be mapped to multiple names. Andrew ___ 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: Preferred client for DynDNS
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.comwrote: There appear to be several clients capable of working with DynDNS.com services here: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/dns.html E.g., dns/inadyn, dns/ipcheck Can anyone make recommendations? My goal in using DynDNS is to allow remote SSH logins to a machine behind a router at my house (using a common ISP). Thanks, Daniel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org I use ddclient. It was the first one I tried, and works well, so I haven't tried anything else. Andrew ___ 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: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.comwrote: Just installed 7.2-RELEASE. After changing my /etc/ttys to default to xdm and rebooting, my machine opens xdm, but I cannot type or press enter. My keyboard isn't totally unresponsive, however, because I can Ctrl+Alt+F# to another virtual terminal. Any ideas? Thanks, Daniel ___ 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 Could you use your mouse in xdm? I don't know if this is related; but I couldn't get my mouse to work in KDE or XFCE4 until I turned on hal. I added the following to /etc/rc.conf and rebooted: dbus_enable=YES hald_enable=YES Best of luck, Andrew ___ 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: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.comwrote: Yep, that was it! I should have read the Handbook more thoroughly: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/x-config.html#AEN6615 me too ;-) ___ 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: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.comwrote: I thought /usr/ports/UPDATING is only created when you appraise your ports with a view toward updating. I.e, after a fresh install of 7.2 (not an upgrade from 7.1), I didn't think the UPDATING file would be very helpful. It's good, general advice. There are UPDATING files in various places for various updates, I think, including /usr/src/. It's almost as good as.(wait for it).. and always back up your data. (That one never gets old!) :-) Andrew ___ 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: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:45:02 -0500, Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.com wrote: It's good, general advice. There are UPDATING files in various places for various updates, I think, including /usr/src/. At least according to the history of problems with X that appeared on this list, /usr/ports/UPDATING hasn't received the attention it should. Things like the empty inputs and the crazy DBUS HAL stuff has been mentioned there. I didn't update my X yet, so I will have all this trouble in the future. :-) It's almost as good as.(wait for it).. and always back up your data. Customer: I've just done a new Word document, saved it, then accidentally deleted it. Is there anything you can do to get it back? Tech Support: Sorry, no, the backup isn't run until night time. Customer: Ohh, can we restore it tomorrow, then? I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry over this one. ;-) :-) -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ 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
portability of FreeBSD on a USB stick
If I install amd64 FreeBSD on a USB stick, should I be able to boot it up on both PC hardware (Intel core duo) and Intel Mac hardware with rEFIt? Thanks, Andrew ___ 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
release packages and portupgrade
I installed from the FreeBSD 7.2RC2 DVD. I added packages from the DVD, from the ftp site using pkg_add and the release directory, and by executing: portupgrade -NpPrR [package name] I have not updated the system or ports that were installed from the DVD. When I tried to install digikam (I'm taking another look at KDE stuff), I noticed many warning messages that installed packages were of earlier versions than required. Does portupgrade install only the version of a package indicated by the ports version? Does it look for the latest version at the FreeBSD ftp site? Thanks, Andrew ___ 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
[Off Topic] question for UML users
I need to create flow charts for analytical and reporting processes at work. I had played with the UML editor that came with PC-BSD and noticed you could store notes with the objects (very cool). Can/should UML be used for something like this? Thanks, Andrew ___ 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: Gnucash 2.2.7_2 after upgrade to Firefox 3.0.9
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Keith Seyffarth w...@weif.net wrote: Is anyone else having issues wit Gnucash 2.2.7 crashing when you try to open an account after portupgrading Firefox in response to security audit reports from about a week ago? (that's the only change I can think of that seems to coincide with the change in behavior; and yes, I did look through UPDATING for known issues first...) Gnucash will launch just fine, but when I try to open an account it crashes. Running Gnucash in debug mode only reports that there was a segmentation fault and core was dumped. Looking through the Gnucash FAQ on the Gnucash site, I saw that there was an issue similar to this on Windows, and their recommended fix was to remove ~/.gconf, ~/.gconfd, ~/gnome2, and ~/gnucash. Though these instructions were for windows, I tried moving those files to see if that made a difference, but it didn't. I also tried pkg_deleting gnucash and then portinstalling it again, as well as removing the ~/gnucash directory, or removing all the various .log files and .xac files from the ~/gnucash directory, but I continue to have the same behavior; gnucash will open, but trying to open an account in gnucash (either by clicking the Open button or by double clicking the account name) gets gnucash to dump core. I have also downloaded the source tarball for gnucash 2.2.9 from sourceforge, but encounter an issue running ./configure on that, as it is not finding gettext (which I appear to have installed at /usr/local/bin/gettext). Ideas? Thoughts? Suggestions? Keith S. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org If you think the problem is related to upgrading Firefox, try pkg_deleting Firefox. Also, I think portupgrade has an option where it will list all of the applications that will be affected by an upgrade without actually doing the upgrade (see 'man portupgrade'). Try this: 1. Get a list of applications that would be affected by portupgrading firefox and its dependencies (list A). 2. Then get a list of applications that would be affected by portupgrading gnucash and its dependencies (list B). 3. Your problem may be in a dependency that is on both list A and list B. Good luck, Andrew ___ 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: PostgreSQL 8.3.7 builds incomplete
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Mark ad...@asarian-host.net wrote: I'm new to PostgreSQL. Just installed the latest version, 8.3.7 (client + server) on my new FreeBSD 7.1 system. Gotta say, there's something seriously broken with this package. First of all, it doesn't install 'include' files anywhere (real useful for installing DBD-Pg-2.13.1, later on). And worse, it generates no 'pg_config' file (also needed for installing DBD-Pg-2.13.1, later on). PostgreSQL actually installs, and runs. But as a result of the totally incomplete install/compile, I can't build DBD-Pg-2.13.1 (for Perl) thereafter. So, how do I get /usr/ports/databases/postgresql84-server/ to build normally? Thanks, - Mark ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org You're message initially references an incomplete build of PostgreSQL 8.3.7; but ends asking about PostgreSQL 8.4. Which are you trying to build? I would expect version 8.3.* to build normally. PostgreSQL 8.4, however, is still in beta (Beta 1 according to their website.) Best of luck, Andrew ___ 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: PostgreSQL 8.3.7 builds incomplete
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Mark ad...@asarian-host.net wrote: From: Andrew Gould [mailto:andrewlylego...@gmail.com] Sent: woensdag 29 april 2009 20:41 To: Mark Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 8.3.7 builds incomplete You're message initially references an incomplete build of PostgreSQL 8.3.7; but ends asking about PostgreSQL 8.4. Which are you trying to build? I would expect version 8.3.* to build normally. If I go to the /usr/ports/databases/postgresql84-server/ directory, it actually downloads and builds a 8.3.7 version; so the name version difference is not my fault. a rare case when accuracy causes confusion ;-) - Mark I would suggest that you deinstall or pkg_delete it. Then try configuring and installing from: /usr/ports/databases/postgresql83-server/ Let us know if you still have problems. Andrew ___ 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: PostgreSQL 8.3.7 builds incomplete
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Mark ad...@asarian-host.net wrote: From: Andrew Gould [mailto:andrewlylego...@gmail.com] Sent: woensdag 29 april 2009 20:54 To: Mark Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 8.3.7 builds incomplete On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Mark ad...@asarian-host.net wrote: From: Andrew Gould [mailto:andrewlylego...@gmail.com] Sent: woensdag 29 april 2009 20:41 To: Mark Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 8.3.7 builds incomplete If I go to the /usr/ports/databases/postgresql84-server/ directory, it actually downloads and builds a 8.3.7 version; so the name version difference is not my fault. a rare case when accuracy causes confusion ;-) I would suggest that you deinstall or pkg_delete it. Then try configuring and installing from: /usr/ports/databases/postgresql83-server/ Let us know if you still have problems. Wow, you're right. That actually DOES build normally! :) Got files in the designated include dir, and it built a working pg_config. I should have looked better, instead of just picking the highest-version server. Still, makes you wonder, if the postgresql84-server port is so incredibly broken, why even include it? (Could also be it just purposely omits writing files in the include dir and making the pg_config, precisely because it's beta). From your first message, it looks like the 8.4 server itself runs fine. The 8.4 port is probably there for beta testing purposes since there are no FreeBSD binary packages on the PostgreSQL site. At any rate, it's all working now. Thanks! - Mark Best of luck, Andrew ___ 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: freebsd vs. pc-bsd
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Charles Oppermann chuc...@gmail.comwrote: If your willing to buy books concerning FreeBSD I'd suggest Absolute FreeBSD 2nd edition (if you have use Unix like systems) or FreeBSD Unleashed 6 (though it was published at the of FreeBSD 6 it is still very applicable and provides introduction to Unix like systems). Second the recommendation on both books. I recently found booksellers discounting FreeBSD Unleashed 6 and was able to pick it up for $14USD at a local retailer. It's still very applicable to FreeBSD 7.x versions. I think Absolute FreeBSD (2nd Edition) is also acceptable even if you haven't been exposed much to Unix-based operating systems. It just goes through the introduction quicker. It's mainly for people who wish to run FreeBSD in a server environment, as opposed to a desktop environment. If you don't understand networking, I'd add a third recommendation for Absolute FreeBSD. Understanding networking at some level will help troubleshoot many problems and will help you understand many security issues. Michael Lucas makes it easy to learn. Andrew ___ 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: maybe OT, but involves OOO its slideshow fmt, ``Impress''
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 4:08 AM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:18:43 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: yes, the voices [from audio/festival] are pretty good; i use them to read boring stuff to me when i'm about brain-dead! but these voices just don't cut it given the kind of quasi-poetic stuff i have. Wouldn't it be easier to use a natural speaker then? I know there's no such person in the ports collection... :-) This is a very good point. (Especially since Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, voice of the computer in the original tv series of Star Trek, is no longer with us.) Writings of such a human nature deserve a real human's voice and interpretation. ___ 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: Win4BSD -- any comments or experiences?
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de wrote: Hello, Subscribed in a FreeBSD mailing list in Spanish, I've got a pointer to this software: http://win4bsd.com/wp/win4bsd-free-for-non-commercial-use/ Any comments about or test results in compare with Qemu? Thx matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e matthias.ap...@oclc.org - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use FreeBSD. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org I played with win4bsd for awhile. It works well for normal desktop usage. Unfortunately, virtual os setups do not handle complex data analysis of extremely large data sets well. I think it has to do with memory usage/management. Otherwise, I liked win4bsd a lot. Andrew ___ 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: freebsd vs. pc-bsd
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Ricardo Jesus ricardo.meb.je...@gmail.com wrote: Michael Jr. wrote: Hi, I was just wondering what are the major differences between freebsd and pc-bsd and is it harder or just as easy to setup freebsd as a desktop compared to pc-bsd? Will freebsd work with sager laptops, and will freebsd recognize 4 gigs of ddr3 memory and if it does not regularly, how can I get freebsd to recognize 4 gigs of ddr3 memory? Will freebsd be able to recognize the latest technologies, like intel core 2 duo and the new Nvidia GTX260m, and hard drives at any speed like 7200 rpm? I don't know any kind of code so is there any books or any kind of resources that you recommend I look at? Sorry I have so many questions but I just ordered a new sager laptop and I do not really want to have to use windows vista if I don't have to, and I think it would be fun to learn how to use freebsd. Thank you, Michael Haid If you want a desktop with KDE, flash, JRE and printing with HP printers, PC-BSD is a great choice. Many of my preferred applications are non-KDE apps, so it's less of a great choice for me. Both PC-BSD and FreeBSD work well on my Dell Inspiron 8100 (circa 2000); so you know they don't hog a lot of resources. I don't know about sager laptops. I don't think any 32bit operating systems recognize 4GB of RAM. For 4GB of RAM, you would be better with the 64bit version of FreeBSD. (I could be wrong.) Try a live CD in your laptop to determine whether the hardware is properly recognized. I hope this helps, Andrew ___ 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: Win4BSD -- any comments or experiences?
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Juergen Lock n...@jelal.kn-bremen.dewrote: In article d356c5630904240925y25a2ec11m429e57001880c...@mail.gmail.com you write: On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de wrote: Hello, Subscribed in a FreeBSD mailing list in Spanish, I've got a pointer to this software: http://win4bsd.com/wp/win4bsd-free-for-non-commercial-use/ Any comments about or test results in compare with Qemu? Thx matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e matthias.ap...@oclc.org - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use FreeBSD. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org I played with win4bsd for awhile. It works well for normal desktop usage. Unfortunately, virtual os setups do not handle complex data analysis of extremely large data sets well. I think it has to do with memory usage/management. Otherwise, I liked win4bsd a lot. Well I haven't actually tried win4bsd, only researched about it one the web a little once and noticed it seems to be based on an old version of qemu (it still uses kqemu 1.3.* not 1.4.* like current qemu - which btw is the only reason I haven't removed the old kqemu from ports and renamed the new one, i.e. emulators/kqemu-kmod still is the old one.) Now does that mean current qemu is better/more stable than win4bsd if all you want is emulate something like xp? I don't know... (Maybe the win4bsd folks have incorporated other fixes that aren't in qemu yet? At least they certainly seem to have added features...) Cheers, Juergen I used an early version of win4bsd. It was a no-brainer to install! The win4bsd folks did very well in this regard. Andrew ___ 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: maybe OT, but involves OOO its slideshow fmt, ``Impress''
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 10:48:52AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:36:25 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: tHat said: how can I experiment with translating my html into slideshow format? If this is a case of RTFM, where is the FM page website that will get me going.? For a real slideshow in terms of projected presentation, maybe you want to check the foiltex package (port: textproc/foiltex) and create a PDF file with it, using LaTeX. The advantage is that it can be easily turned into plain text if needed (e. g. for speech synthesis). Along with xpdf (also from the ports), you can do: This ought to help if I ever find a free speech synthesizer. I found one yesterday that must be a real human voice; unfortunately, commercial. % xpdf -fullscreen presentation If you want the slides HTML based, an option would be to create a script that reads the big HTML source and splits it into small slides with less text, according to a template. But I think it's still neccessary to put hands on it to get things like document structure right. You're right, and thanks to you, Uli, and Andrew noted. Looks like the slideshow/ppt/impress method won't be the way to go. I've checked out the PresentationZen site and have a better idea how this kind of presentation works. I need some other means of reaching folks. gary -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... I've never done video editing on FreeBSD; but on a Mac, you can create a movie using slides and a sound file (wav, mp3, etc). You would need an application that could import images and sound, and let you sync the two by assigning the order and duration of each slide. It would then have to spit out a movie file, of course. Any video editing (on FreeBSD) knowledge out there? Another option is a python script that uses vnc to create a shockwave flash file from your actions on your desktop: http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/vnc2swf/ The script is able to import a sound file that you record while you create the demo. Good luck, Andrew ___ 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: maybe OT, but involves OOO its slideshow fmt, ``Impress''
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Peter Ulrich Kruppa ulr...@pukruppa.netwrote: Am Mittwoch, den 22.04.2009, 00:23 -0700 schrieb Gary Kline: In any case, there are two questions for this list. The first, obviously, is subjective and is: would having my stuff in slideshow fmt gain me a wider readership? Yes. Any sort of attractive presentation will draw more attention to your content than ordinary text without any pictures or animations. The second is: anybody out there willing to clue me in on this stuff? I have always made very good experiences with technical questions of all kind on this list. Regarding your contents or lay-out and design there probably are better forums. Greetings, Uli. gary It is very difficult to convey concepts or ideas with any complexity with slides alone. Usually, slides should accompany and complement a presentation. If the document must stand alone (no speech, etc), and the content is of any complexity, I would advise not using slides. For anyone using slides, I recommend the following book by Garr Reynolds: Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery Best regards, Andrew ___ 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: i had a tought
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Arjen Simon Scheer a.s.sch...@casema.nlwrote: why there is not a lunix operatingsystem consortium, for the kernel end the commercial userinterface -- Arjen Simon Scheer Konigin Wilhelminalaan 4-017 4205ET Gorinchem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Because commercial entities are too busy switching from Linux to FreeBSD? ;-) ___ 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: Can you ACTUALLY print from FreeBSD?
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Keith Seyffarth w...@weif.net wrote: cups-base-1.3.9_3 Common UNIX Printing System cups-pdf-2.5.0 A virtual printer for CUPS to produce PDF files cups-pstoraster-8.15.4_2 Postscript interpreter for CUPS printing to non-= PS printers gutenprint-cups-5.1.7_3 GutenPrint Printer Driver libgnomecups-0.2.3_1=2C1 Support library for gnome cups admistration hplip-2.8.2_4 Drivers and utilities for HP Printers and All-in-One = device Just a question: do you have foomatic filters installed? OpenPrinting sugge= sts them=2C and I don't see them above. yes: foomatic-filters-3.0.2_4 Foomatic wrapper scripts sorry I didn't list them previously. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org See the instructions here: http://am-productions.biz/docs/hplip.php One of the items is mentions is that hplip requires that ulpt be disabled so that the printer appears as a 'ugen' device. I think this requires recompiling the kernel. Also, remember that lpd has lp* files (in /usr/bin/ ?) that may conflict with CUPS files of the same name in /usr/local/bin/. Did you rename/move the lpd versions? I struggled with cups and hplip for weeks. PCBSD seems to have these things working well; but for my FreeBSD server, I've switched from an HP printer to a used postscript Okidata. Best of luck, Andrew ___ 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: Can you ACTUALLY print from FreeBSD?
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Keith Seyffarth w...@weif.net wrote: cups-base-1.3.9_3 Common UNIX Printing System cups-pdf-2.5.0 A virtual printer for CUPS to produce PDF files cups-pstoraster-8.15.4_2 Postscript interpreter for CUPS printing to non-= PS printers gutenprint-cups-5.1.7_3 GutenPrint Printer Driver libgnomecups-0.2.3_1=2C1 Support library for gnome cups admistration hplip-2.8.2_4 Drivers and utilities for HP Printers and All-in-One = device Just a question: do you have foomatic filters installed? OpenPrinting sugge= sts them=2C and I don't see them above. yes: foomatic-filters-3.0.2_4 Foomatic wrapper scripts sorry I didn't list them previously. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org See the instructions here: http://am-productions.biz/docs/hplip.php One of the items is mentions is that hplip requires that ulpt be disabled so that the printer appears as a 'ugen' device. I think this requires recompiling the kernel. Also, remember that lpd has lp* files (in /usr/bin/ ?) that may conflict with CUPS files of the same name in /usr/local/bin/. Did you rename/move the lpd versions? I struggled with cups and hplip for weeks. PCBSD seems to have these things working well; but for my FreeBSD server, I've switched from an HP printer to a used postscript Okidata. Best of luck, Andrew I should have added that the Okidata is printing via apsfilter. Andrew ___ 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: HOWTO Apache + SSL
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Pieter Donche pieter.don...@ua.ac.bewrote: Where can I find a really good FreeBSD7 step by step HOW-TO on setting up digital certifcates (SSL) for the Apache22. My apache22 is running on my freebsd7 system but I never set up any apache httpd server for https access yet ... ___ 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 I use apache 2.2, which comes with SSL. All you have to do is create/sign the certificate and configure the file httpd.conf. I've used the same setup from FreeBSD 6.* to FreeBSD 7.1. A quick google for 'apache2 ssl freebsd' led me here: http://codesnippets.joyent.com/posts/show/802 Best of luck, Andrew ___ 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: web based file sharing
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Mikel King mikel.k...@olivent.com wrote: On Mar 27, 2009, at 5:13 AM, Terry wrote: Just looking for a way to give easy access over the internet to some files for multiple users. Web based would be ideal as they all know how to open a browser. Internally files are shared using samba. Has any one come across any thing ? Cheers Terry Depending on the client OSes you could go with a WebDAV based solution. Apache has several modules for dealing with dav. Mac OS X, KDE, and even most versions of Windows have built-in clients. Cheers, Mikel King CEO, Olivent Technologies Senior Editor, Daemon News Columnist, BSD Magazine 6 Alpine Court Medford, NY 11763 http://www.olivent.com http://www.daemonnews.org http://www.bsdmag.org skype: mikel.king t: 631.627.3055 m: 646.554.3660 I've found WebDAV to be a good choice. I would suggest that you allow only secure access (https, port 443) to the web server. I have port 80 turned off and blocked by a firewall. It takes a little more configuration; but I think it's well worth the effort. I have accessed WebDAV via secure web from both Mac OSX and Windows XP. I know nothing of Vista (lucky me), so I can't speak to its compatibility. Best of luck, Andrew ___ 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: Duplicate Installation of FreeBSD
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.comwrote: Hello list, I have installed and configured a FreeBSD system based on 7.1-RELEASE (not that it matters so much) and I want a way in which I can duplicate this on several other machines. What is the easiest and the simplest way? Please consider the K.I.S.S principle. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby. - Natalie Wood If the hard drives are the same size, you might consider cloning the installation using g4u (ghost for unix): http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ - Andrew ___ 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: 7.1-release and KDE4
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 4:08 PM, joel perry finnd...@gmail.com wrote: Attempting to pkg_add kde4 fails because the lame3.97_1.tgz is not located in the latest ftp location. I and many others would appreciate it if you would add lame to latest folder so that this package will install. It was previously available in the 7.0 release. -- Joel Perry SBSC Registered Microsoft Partner 803.800.5650 Lame was available on the ftp site? Are you sure? I thought lame was one of the packages that couldn't be distributed in binary form due to license restrictions. Andrew ___ 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: Ports on Macbook
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:33 AM, michael michael.copel...@gmail.com wrote: Marc Coyles wrote: http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/macosx.html They can write whatever they want. I'm not binded by it. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single *Apple-labeled* computer at a time So, in theory, apply white lx tape to any PC, write APPLE on it in black marker. That PC is now labelled Apple and you can therefore use their software on it legally... (?) O_o Marci playing the semantics game has gotten people in trouble before. on a side note, Sweden is a member of Interpol, and therefore subject to international laws. #this is specifically to our Swedish friend http://www.interpol.int/Public/ICPO/Members/default.asp; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol; In order to maintain as politically neutral a role as possible, Interpol's constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution forbids its involvement in crimes that do not overlap several member countries,^[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol#cite_note-1 or in any political, military, religious, or racial crimes.^[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol#cite_note-2 Its work focuses primarily on public safety, terrorism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism, organized crime http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized_crime, war crimes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes, illicit drug http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illicit_drug production, drug trafficking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_trafficking, weapons smuggling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_smuggling, human trafficking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking, money laundering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering, child pornography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_pornography, white-collar crime http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-collar_crime, computer crime http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_crime, intellectual property crime http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_Property and corruption http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_corruption. violating laws of more than one member state, in this case the united states and anywhere that a stolen copy transfers to in the member states constitutes a crime. that being digital or physical media. people have already been prosecuted in countries for doing exactly this and arguing that their own laws say its not forbidden. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org ...and legalities aside, let's not forget the question of ethics. Andrew ___ 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: Ports on Macbook
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:00 AM, michael michael.copel...@gmail.com wrote: Andrew Gould wrote: On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:33 AM, michael michael.copel...@gmail.com wrote: *snip* ...and legalities aside, let's not forget the question of ethics. Andrew ethics is like latin, few care. but i agree with you in entirety. michael At least you didn't make a dead language analogy. ;-) Andrew ___ 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: Rsync | Push script
On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 02:40:21PM +0100, Jos Chrispijn wrote: Just having made a backup script that should take care of nocturnal backup of my mySQL data from one server to my backup server. cd /backup DATE=`date +%d%m%y` DIR=backup.$DATE /letc/rc.d/mysql-server stop rsync -avpog /var/db/mysql//r...@10.10.10.50:123/usr/backup/$DATE/ /letc/rc.d/mysql-server start It goes wrong when I run the rsync line; I run my backup thru port 123 (can be any portnumber). 10.10.10.50 is backup server on which I want to logon as root; during script run I will fill out root password myself. Can someone hint me in the right direction? rsync deamon is running. Jos Chrispijn Doesn't rsync work via ssh by default? The default configuration of sshd on the backup server probably prevents external root users from accessing the server. Are you sure you want to run the backups as root? Andrew Gould ___ 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
off topic: reporting attempts to access computers
What information should I send to an ab...@* address when reporting a break-in attempt? My logs show a dictionary attack of invalid user names against port 22. I obtained an ab...@* email address using 'whois' and reported the beginning and ending date/times and the originating IP address. Is there any other information I need to send? Is there someone else I should notify? Most of the attacks I receive are from other continents, so I just block the network range found via 'whois'. In this case, the IP address is fairly local, so I'm hesitant to block the entire range. Thanks, Andrew ___ 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: off topic: reporting attempts to access computers
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:01 PM, GESBBB ges...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.com What information should I send to an ab...@* address when reporting a break-in attempt? My logs show a dictionary attack of invalid user names against port 22. I obtained an ab...@* email address using 'whois' and reported the beginning and ending date/times and the originating IP address. Is there any other information I need to send? Is there someone else I should notify? Most of the attacks I receive are from other continents, so I just block the network range found via 'whois'. In this case, the IP address is fairly local, so I'm hesitant to block the entire range. There are some applications that you might want to install that can help. Personally, I have found reporting the abuse virtually useless. I use to just include the entire log with the data that pertained to the user in question; however, that just proved a waste of time. If you are using 'passwords' to access your account, you might want to consider using certificates instead. That is far safer than using a password that eventually can be cracked. -- Jerry Yes, it's probably time to move to certificates. Thanks for the suggestion. Andrew ___ 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: Unix Epoch
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 2:32 AM, Jos Chrispijn j...@webrz.net wrote: On 13.02.2009 at exactly 23:31:30 (UTC), Unix time was equal to '1234567890'. This was the total time that has been elapsed since 1 januari 1970 0:00 UTC. After having survived from a major headache (...) I wonder whether this can technically affect my system or is it just a milestone in history? Jos Chrispijn ___ It is my understanding that this event resulted in a certain amount of alcohol consumption yesterday. It is possible, therefore, depending on how you define technically affect, that certain systems may experience certain..inefficiencies today. Your mileage may vary. ;-) ___ 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: OCR...
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 07:33:41PM -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 01:32:57PM -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:08:55PM +0200, Reko Turja wrote: so what is the best commercial/shareware that can read a 10pt-font file? (( also, when i have time to get back into actually hacking, this [[turning imaged pdf into OCR'able ascii or 8859-1]] is giong to be a first target. any idea which team i should go with. gOCR looks best so far to me. AABBYY Finereader - Omnipage haven't been able to catch it in several years either feature or qualitywise. No idea if Finereader runs under emulator though. If the file is already a PDF and 72 DPI with text as graphics most of the damage has already been done, and it will be extremely hard to OCR. well, damage is probably done. how can i check the resolution? i tried to increase it by creating huge ppm and tif files, but then that's really absurd since there can only be just so much data per image. i _could_ try xv and jpeg and smoothing image to refine, but too much hassle. (i used gocr -m 130 and saw the glyphs it (presumably) saw. seemed pretty much okay to my eyes. but then i'm not a computer program. [MAYBE :)] gary -Reko -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 2.23a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php At one point in time, the Abby folks were offering a back-end that ran on FreeBSD. I tried to get the free download; but it never happened. (They misplaced my signed, faxed license agreement and I finally got tired of the back-and-forth prerequisite communication.) Abby also no longer supports Mac OS X. I use an old version and like it a lot. OK, now i know what to expect. I found theit site and signed up to get the linux version; trial. not likrly to go any further gary Andrew -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 2.23a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php I'm rooting for you! :-) well, i just got an email from a david hazard who said to look on their website; i replied that i had and couldn't find their test suite if/when this guy replies, i'll share. gary Start here: http://www.abbyy.com/sdk/?param=59956 I will try again, as well. Andrew ___ 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: OCR...
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:11 AM, Reko Turja reko.tu...@liukuma.net wrote: -- From: Gary Kline kl...@thought.org Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 4:23 AM To: Andrew Gould andrewlylego...@gmail.com Cc: Reko Turja reko.tu...@liukuma.net; FreeBSD Mailing List freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OCR... On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 07:33:41PM -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 01:32:57PM -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: well, damage is probably done. how can i check the resolution? i tried to increase it by creating huge ppm and tif files, but then that's really absurd since there can only be just so much data per image. i _could_ try xv and jpeg and smoothing image Yeah, if the image resolution is already at 72DPI, there's sadly no trick in the world that can reliably return the lost information. I've read some horrid scans with low resolution in Finereader, and it can grab much of the information nicely. With low resolution be prepared to manually correcting problem spots though. Only reliable way to quesstimate resolution is the font size when at 100% in the screen. If the text is about 10 pixels high, the information has probably been stored in 72DPI for space saving purposes. Wasn't aware of the FreeBSD/Linux backend, but if that works it'd be great - haven't myself visited their website in ages as the version I have does the job I got it for. -Reko I may have used the wrong term. I think it used to be an sdk; but now there's a product with extended platform support for Linux and FreeBSD. Andrew ___ 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: OCR...
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:08:55PM +0200, Reko Turja wrote: so what is the best commercial/shareware that can read a 10pt-font file? (( also, when i have time to get back into actually hacking, this [[turning imaged pdf into OCR'able ascii or 8859-1]] is giong to be a first target. any idea which team i should go with. gOCR looks best so far to me. AABBYY Finereader - Omnipage haven't been able to catch it in several years either feature or qualitywise. No idea if Finereader runs under emulator though. If the file is already a PDF and 72 DPI with text as graphics most of the damage has already been done, and it will be extremely hard to OCR. well, damage is probably done. how can i check the resolution? i tried to increase it by creating huge ppm and tif files, but then that's really absurd since there can only be just so much data per image. i _could_ try xv and jpeg and smoothing image to refine, but too much hassle. (i used gocr -m 130 and saw the glyphs it (presumably) saw. seemed pretty much okay to my eyes. but then i'm not a computer program. [MAYBE :)] gary -Reko -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 2.23a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php At one point in time, the Abby folks were offering a back-end that ran on FreeBSD. I tried to get the free download; but it never happened. (They misplaced my signed, faxed license agreement and I finally got tired of the back-and-forth prerequisite communication.) Abby also no longer supports Mac OS X. I use an old version and like it a lot. Andrew ___ 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: OCR...
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 01:32:57PM -0600, Andrew Gould wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:08:55PM +0200, Reko Turja wrote: so what is the best commercial/shareware that can read a 10pt-font file? (( also, when i have time to get back into actually hacking, this [[turning imaged pdf into OCR'able ascii or 8859-1]] is giong to be a first target. any idea which team i should go with. gOCR looks best so far to me. AABBYY Finereader - Omnipage haven't been able to catch it in several years either feature or qualitywise. No idea if Finereader runs under emulator though. If the file is already a PDF and 72 DPI with text as graphics most of the damage has already been done, and it will be extremely hard to OCR. well, damage is probably done. how can i check the resolution? i tried to increase it by creating huge ppm and tif files, but then that's really absurd since there can only be just so much data per image. i _could_ try xv and jpeg and smoothing image to refine, but too much hassle. (i used gocr -m 130 and saw the glyphs it (presumably) saw. seemed pretty much okay to my eyes. but then i'm not a computer program. [MAYBE :)] gary -Reko -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 2.23a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php At one point in time, the Abby folks were offering a back-end that ran on FreeBSD. I tried to get the free download; but it never happened. (They misplaced my signed, faxed license agreement and I finally got tired of the back-and-forth prerequisite communication.) Abby also no longer supports Mac OS X. I use an old version and like it a lot. OK, now i know what to expect. I found theit site and signed up to get the linux version; trial. not likrly to go any further gary Andrew -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 2.23a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php I'm rooting for you! :-) ___ 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
tool for detecting filesystem?
Background: I received a CD that I couldn't mount on my FreeBSD computer. Later, in a different city, I played it on my MacBook. It was a slideshow with music that had been created using a Roxio product. I did a right-click on the CD's icon and selected Get Info, where I learned that the CD was formatted for UDF. What would have been the best/easiest way to determine the filesystem present on a CD or hard drive partition from within FreeBSD? Thanks, Andrew ___ 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: tool for detecting filesystem?
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Wojciech Puchar woj...@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl wrote: Later, in a different city, I played it on my MacBook. It was a slideshow with music that had been created using a Roxio product. I did a right-click on the CD's icon and selected Get Info, where I learned that the CD was formatted for UDF. What would have been the best/easiest way to determine the filesystem present on a CD or hard drive partition from within FreeBSD? [r...@wojtek ~]# file -s /dev/ad0a /dev/ad0a: Unix Fast File system [v2] (little-endian) last mounted on /mnt3, last written at Tue Dec 30 00:29:21 2008, clean flag 1, readonly flag 0, number of blocks 49992, number of data blocks 49439, number of cylinder groups 4, block size 8192, fragment size 1024, average file size 16384, average number of files in dir 64, pending blocks to free 0, pending inodes to free 0, system-wide uuid 0, minimum percentage of free blocks 0, SPACE optimization Thanks. Andrew ___ 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: NetBSD networking question
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Shawn Hoffman shoff...@logikos.comwrote: Hello, my name is Shawn Hoffman, and I am the Staffing Manager for Logikos Inc. Logikos is a product software development firm located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I am contacting you in hopes that you might be able to offer suggestions as to where we might find a contract NetBSD Administrator. We are beginning a project for a client that necessitates this background. Is there someone you know who might have an interest in a contract opportunity of this sort? If so, I would appreciate any assistance your network of contacts may offer. Thank you. Shawn Hoffman - Staffing Manager Logikos Inc, 2914 Independence Drive Fort Wayne, IN 46808 260-483-3638 260-484-5268 fax shoff...@logikos.com Although you may find the person you need on this list, you will probably have better luck contacting the NetBSD community. You can find more information at http://netbsd.org. Best of luck, Andrew Gould ___ 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: Sun sucks
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Ansar Mohammed ans...@gmail.com wrote: So I am trying to build Java on FreeBSD 7.0. I need to REGSITER to download the Timezone Java patch. After registering Sun complains that they don't like my ID and I need to provide more information. I create another account. Same problem. After 3 months I finally get an email saying they want clarification on the acronym for my company. (no access yet to download Java patch.) This sucks man. Is there one central repository where we can get all the components required to build Java on FreeBSD? From the FreeBSD Foundation: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml ___ 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: PostgreSQL setup
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 9:06 AM, stan st...@panix.com wrote: I have installed PostgreSQL via the ports on a new 7.1 machine. I am trying to set it up. I found: http://www.freebsddiary.org/postgresql.php Whic says to run: su -l pgsql -c initdb But that gives me the following error message: initdb: no data directory specified You must identify the directory where the data for this database system will reside. Do this with either the invocation option -D or the environment variable PGDATA. But when I try: # su -l pgsql -c initdb -D /usr/local/postgres I get: Illegal option -D What am I doing wrong? I think the command has to be enclosed in quotation marks since it consists of multiple words. su thinks the '-D' is an argument for su rather than initdb. su -l pgsql -c 'initdb -D /usr/local/postgres' Best of luck, Andrew ___ 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
