Re: Hi

2006-12-15 Thread Bob M.
On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 19:14 +0530, prashant chavan wrote: > Hi > > I wanna know how to add system module to FreeBSD. > If any clarification reqd plz let me know. > > Thanks in advance! > pcpat You want to load a kernel module, a .ko file? man kldload and man loader.conf It's pretty straightfo

Re: List Protocol (was: Major Version Upgrade 4.11 to 5.x)

2006-12-13 Thread Bob M.
On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 23:10 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Those people > don't comprehend a "mailing list". They do "web pages" and "web > forums" and other clumsy devices. Put it on www.freebsd.org if you > want it easily accessible to such people. "Those people", are probably future Fr

Re: TCP parameters

2006-11-17 Thread Bob M.
On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 19:17 -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > Window scaling is enabled by default. I'd assumed that there would be a > sysctl to disable it, but I can't seem to find one. > fwiw, the "net.inet.tcp.rfc1323" sysctl is for window scaling/ high performance extensions. Bob ___

Re: how to use the freebsd help

2006-10-24 Thread Bob M.
On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 14:21 +0100, shonbir singh tomar wrote: > hello, > i have installed the freebsd but i dont know how to use it after > installation a black scrren comes prompting for login and password after > login by root or user a # or $ sign appears its the console mode how i want >

Re: System monitoring

2006-10-19 Thread Bob M.
On Thu, 2006-10-19 at 09:17 +0200, riccardo_diago wrote: > hi all, > I'm newbie w/ freebsd. > i'm trying to install freebsd 6.1 to create a server only to monitoring > the others. > Anybody has experience with cacti and nagios? > or if u can suggest me other solution would be great. :-) > > thanks

Re: PCI wireless adapter card

2006-10-18 Thread Bob M.
On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 01:28 -0600, Tyler Thompson wrote: > i need a driver for a Wireless-G PCI adapter card with SpeedBooster, > the model number is WMP54GS. and instructions on installing the > driver. I am new to BSD. I am running Desktop BSD 1.0 AMD 64. There isn't a native FreeBSD driv

Re: Flash Plugin not working

2006-10-17 Thread Bob M.
On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 18:07 +0530, Subhro wrote: > Hello Michael, > > Thanks for the info. This is just for the help of others. The commands > present there helped me and flash is currently working fine for me. > > Thanks > Subhro > > On 10/16/06, Michael S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I follo

Re: What's so compelling about FreeBSD?

2006-10-16 Thread Bob M.
On Sun, 2006-10-15 at 15:26 -0700, William Tracy wrote: > I even compiled my own kernel so that > I'm all 1337. :-) What does this mean? > So, basically, I'm asking you guys to wow me. :-) Show me how FreeBSD > can outdo Linux. Make me never want to go back. I would think if you spend enough ti

Re: Strange X problem

2006-10-06 Thread Bob M.
On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 12:05 -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On Friday, October 06, 2006 08:30:36 -0400 Robert Huff > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Paul Schmehl writes: > > > >> Not really. I want X to start *without* requiring a console > >> login and prompt me for a login in the gui, ju

freebsd compilation of handbooks

2006-09-21 Thread Bob M.
Came across this earlier today, and figured it was a good resource: http://elibrary.fultus.com/technical/index.jsp?topic=/com.fultus.freebsd.books/books/arch-handbook/index.html Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebs

Re: nmap route problem

2006-09-19 Thread Bob M.
On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 11:55 +0800, musashi miyamoto wrote: > is there a way to fix this? i searched google, but i cant find any > solution. thanks > > Starting Nmap 4.11 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2006-09-18 20:53 PHT > WARNING: Unable to find appropriate interface for system route to 21

Re: Is Active Directory integrated file sharing possible on FreeBSD?

2006-09-19 Thread Bob M.
On Tue, 2006-09-19 at 10:13 +0100, Ashley Moran wrote: > On 18 Sep 2006, at 19:41, Bob Johnson wrote: > > You might need to make sure AD support got enabled. In the samba3 port > > at least, it is off by default (although winbind support is enabled by > > default). > > > Bob, > > I think that's

RE: flash plugin and firefox

2006-09-15 Thread Bob M.
On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 12:15 -0500, Christopher M. Hobbs wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I couldn't find the original message in my mail folders, but there was > discussion of an English translation of the unixlike.com.br > flash+firefox howto. > > I wrote a translatio

Re: Network connectivity between FreeBSD and Linux

2006-09-15 Thread Bob M.
On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 08:31 -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Arindam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > [snip] > > > > >From the FreeBSD box, can you ping the loopback address: 127.0.0.1, if > > > so, can you ping your ip address: 10.0.0.101. If so, can you ping your > > > gateway? Did you set

Re: Firefox+Flash

2006-09-15 Thread Bob M.
On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 14:57 -0700, White Hat wrote: > FreeBSD 6.1 > > I have been trying to get a few of my friends to try > FBSD on their PCs without much success. One of the > major problems is the inability to get flash to work > properly to display videos available on Google. I know > that the

Re: Network connectivity between FreeBSD and Linux

2006-09-15 Thread Bob M.
On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 10:47 +0530, Arindam wrote: > > >> > > >> > I have FreeBSD 6.1 installed on one machine and Fedora Core 2 on > > >> > another. I dual boot the FreeBSD 6.1 machine with a RedHat EL 4.3 > > >> > installation. I have assigned the same static IP address and > > >> hostname > > >>

Re: fortune in English or Spanish

2006-09-14 Thread Bob M.
On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 15:21 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Thursday, September 14, 2006 a las 02:50:56PM +0200, [LoN]Kamikaze > escribió: > > > Matthias Apitz wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm missing somehow the classic 'fortune' command and files in the > > > ports, the are Italian and R

Re: Flatscreen Monitor Specifications

2006-09-12 Thread Bob M.
On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 07:25 -0700, Joel Adamson wrote: > Howdy Y'all, > > I am planning to install FreeBSD this weekend and I am doing a hardware > inventory. I have a fairly new computer (bought brand new a year ago: Dell > something-or-other 5100C), with a flatscreen monitor and USB everything

Re: X Configuration Woes

2006-09-12 Thread Bob M.
On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 14:28 +0530, Subhro wrote: > On 9/12/06, Arindam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 1. The Mouse still does not work ... may be I should try MouseSystems > > protocol. > > > I've found I have to use /dev/sysmouse and Protocol "auto" instead of "PS/2" despite my mouse most de

Re: Newbie Experience #2

2006-09-12 Thread Bob M.
On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 08:46 -0400, Bob Walker wrote: > Thanks to *all* who responded to my whining -- you've been great, and I am > going to give FreeBSD another try. Apologies to all if I sounded like a > twit... I was just eager to try something new as I have had it with MS > products. Regards, >