Re: Strange kernel log message
On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 07:58:41PM +, Bruce Cran wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> On 2007-11-26 09:58, Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> So I have this in my security run output: >>> kernel log messages: >>> +++ /tmp/security.hLYJI0kF Sun Nov 25 03:01:02 2007 >>> +<<<<222>2>>>NNNMNMMIII M III SIISAS SAAA 3 303,020,0 ,, EE >>> IEIIESSSAIAA S A f ff >>> + >>> + >>> +f >>> >>> WTF now? >>> >>> I'm not sure if that's a real kernel message that got garbled or whether >>> I should be worried about naughtiness. >>> >> >> It looks like multiple messages overlapping each other. Removing 3 >> characters every 4 bytes in the output produces things which seem >> vaguely recognizable: >> >> <22NNI II A ,,,EISA fff >> <<2>NMI SS 300 ISAAfff >> >> There's a sysctl option which you can tweak to make this less likely to >> happen, but I am not sure about its name. Our console gurus can help >> you track it down and tune its value :) > > The kernel option I've seen mentioned before to at least make this less > common is: > > options PRINTF_BUFR_SIZE=128# Prevent printf output being interspersed. Aha, thanks guys. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpMN9CbJ9VZW.pgp Description: PGP signature
Strange kernel log message
So I have this in my security run output: kernel log messages: +++ /tmp/security.hLYJI0kF Sun Nov 25 03:01:02 2007 +222>2>>>NNNMNMMIII M III SIISAS SAAA 3 303,020,0 ,, EE IEIIESSSAIAA S A f ff + + +f WTF now? I'm not sure if that's a real kernel message that got garbled or whether I should be worried about naughtiness. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpGFXYOSbSkc.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: man sysinstall
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 03:49:39PM +1100, Antony Mawer wrote: > On 31/01/2007 3:05 PM, Jared Barneck wrote: > ... > >I found the answer for how to reboot in the code. To > >reboot add the following to the end of the > >install.cfg: > > > >shutdown > > > >I found it in this source file: > >/usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/dispatch.c > > > >This source file has a list of a lot of the functions > >that can be called in the install.cfg. Even though the > >function is called "shutdown" it is a reboot not a > >shutdown, which is perfect because I wanted it to > >reboot. > > I have a local patch that we use on our installation process that adds a > couple of new commands: > > poweroff - shutdown and power off the machine (useful for doing > installation, then shut down for shipping) > poweroffNoRC - as above, but don't attempt to write rc.conf > shutdownNoRC - like regular "shutdown" (reboot), but no rc.conf > > The latter two options are handy if you write your own scripts that > generate rc.conf, as normally sysinstall tries to write rc.conf itself > on shutdown, which clobbers any existing file your scripts may create. > > If anyone is interested and/or these are likely candidates for inclusion > then I can submit a PR to have someone check these in. I also have a man > page update that documents the above functions. Antony, please do. Thanks, Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpo5YVk8k1gR.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: man sysinstall
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 08:05:39PM -0800, Jared Barneck wrote: > I found the answer for how to reboot in the code. To > reboot add the following to the end of the > install.cfg: > > shutdown > > I found it in this source file: > /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/dispatch.c > > This source file has a list of a lot of the functions > that can be called in the install.cfg. Even though the > function is called "shutdown" it is a reboot not a > shutdown, which is perfect because I wanted it to > reboot. > > Also, I found that a lot of variables are in this > file: > /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.h > > I will try write a few changes to the man page, and > send it to you with a diff file and get you my working > install.cfg in my next email. Thank you Jared, I'll look forward to integrating it. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpUYcXKwx1vg.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: man sysinstall
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 02:54:47PM +, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:05:13PM -0800, BSD Certification Team wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > The man page for sysinstall is pretty out of date. I > > am trying to PXE boot to an unattended install. > > > > I figured out that I needed to add dists=base kernels > > GENERIC even though kernels and GENERIC are not in the > > list in the man page. > > > > Is there anyone in charge of updating this > > information? I have never submitted an update. > > I guess that's me. Could you please raise a PR and send me the number? Actually, could you also (or just) send me your working install.cfg; I'm not in a position to text PXE at the moment and it will help me doublecheck that I'm doing it right. Thanks, Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpwPJituPwrx.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: man sysinstall
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 07:28:39PM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:54:47 + > Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:05:13PM -0800, BSD Certification Team wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > The man page for sysinstall is pretty out of date. I > > > am trying to PXE boot to an unattended install. > > > > > > I figured out that I needed to add dists=base kernels > > > GENERIC even though kernels and GENERIC are not in the > > > list in the man page. > > > > > > Is there anyone in charge of updating this > > > information? I have never submitted an update. > > > > I guess that's me. Could you please raise a PR and send me the number? > > I tried with almost every version of 5.X to get an unattended > install working. Never worked. It seems as if sysinstall > was looking only for a USB floppy drive. Originally I started > looking over the code to send in a PR and perhaps a patch, > but became busy with other things. I can't speak for 5.x because I didn't really run it, but this worked for 6.x a year ago: http://typo.submonkey.net/articles/2006/02/12/ The OP's note about adding the kernels line is definitely needed and I'll fix that (though I would really love a PR for it), but for anything else, you have to send hardware (a laptop or Soekris, I'm not fussy!) :) Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpB5NvrkjjFp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: man sysinstall
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:05:13PM -0800, BSD Certification Team wrote: > Hello all, > > The man page for sysinstall is pretty out of date. I > am trying to PXE boot to an unattended install. > > I figured out that I needed to add dists=base kernels > GENERIC even though kernels and GENERIC are not in the > list in the man page. > > Is there anyone in charge of updating this > information? I have never submitted an update. I guess that's me. Could you please raise a PR and send me the number? Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpdYbx5B4cJI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:32:38AM +1100, Murray Taylor wrote: > Exactly! And not only my .sig which I do have control over whether > I add it or not, and also the [EMAIL PROTECTED] stupid corporate disclaimer > also > (over which I have no control) sigh Though you could presumably add an empty .sig which would prevent others from having to delete the rubbish every time they wanted to reply to you :) Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgp4p88nr0FyI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Mail etiquette (was: What is this mean by this term)
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 09:42:54AM +1030, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > I think the biggest problem with Microsoft MUAs is not where they > position the cursor, but the difficulty they cause in editing the > text. My editor also positions the cursor at the very top when I > reply to a message. But it also makes it possible to tidy things up. To be fair to Microsoft (or perhaps this makes it even worse), their Mac development team clearly understand this, as Entourage (the Mac equivalent of Outlook) doesn't do any of the tens of stupid things that Outlook does. > "Top posting" is only one issue. Others of great importance are > trimming your posts, not breaking the lines into tiny fragments, and > not writing one-line paragraphs. Your .sig is a good example of > things that people should remove from replies. When they are correctly formatted (line-feed,hyphen,hyphen,space), good MUAs can do this automatically. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpkqYP0AYgtW.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: What is this mean by this term
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 04:31:41PM +1100, Murray Taylor wrote: > Unfortunately all Micro$lop 'standard' email clients and a few others > put the cursor at the top of the email, Actually, Entourage does not. While we're on the subject of etiquette, those insist on having this much crap at the bottom of their mails, might like to include a sig delimiter: > --- > The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive > use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential > and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, > dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action > in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities > other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you > received this in error, please inform the sender and/or > addressee immediately and delete the material. > > E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and > may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this > e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are > given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage > caused by such matters. > --- > > ### This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses by Bytecraft ### > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpZWW6EOFbpu.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: ssh public key authentification
On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 05:00:56PM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > On Thursday 18 January 2007 16:44, Christian Baer wrote: > > > The problem was not the authorized_keys file itself, it was my home > > directory. > > I don't think so. More likely, it was the .ssh directory itself. Why not? Group write is plenty enough for someone else to replace the .ssh directory with another one, so sshd checks for that. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgppxF88au6W8.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: is THIS why the 6.2 release seems stalled ?
On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 07:40:22AM -0800, Josef Grosch wrote: > While I do agree that FreeBSD does need work, the big pebble in my shoe > right now is a journaling file system (try doing a fsck on a 1TB file > system) If you want journalling file system then the thing to do is to check out -current, try out the journalling file system that it's had for the last couple of months and send bug reports when it misbehaves. Failing that it will eventually find its way into -stable when we assume that the lack of bug reports means that it works ok for people, whereupon you can all come here and bitch about how shit it is. Your call, people. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpXbVIZAyFw5.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: want to unsubscribe from cvs:commit
On Sat, Jan 06, 2007 at 11:40:39AM +0530, prashant chavan wrote: > hi > > I want to unsubscribe from cvs:commit . plz let me know how to do it. Follow the instructions at the bottom of every message you receive. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpz8bEOp0uUK.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Sharing ports tree, possible?
On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 02:20:58PM -0800, Simon Gao wrote: > Is it possible to share ports tree directory? If so, what's the procedure? As Bill said, you need to set WRKDIRPREFIX in /etc/make.conf; I generally use /var/tmp/port-builds. I also have a writeable share that consists of the port distfiles which is mounted at /usr/ports/distfiles by clients (well, it isn't really, but this will do for the purposes of explanation). I also have the following symlinks in /usr/ports: -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10508970 Dec 30 13:22 INDEX -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 9714237 Dec 30 13:22 INDEX-5 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel18 Jul 18 22:22 INDEX-5.db -> /var/db/INDEX-5.db -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 9715000 Dec 30 13:23 INDEX-6 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel18 Jul 18 22:22 INDEX-6.db -> /var/db/INDEX-6.db lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7 Jul 18 22:20 INDEX-7 -> INDEX-6 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 23674880 Nov 5 13:22 INDEX-7.db lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel16 Jul 18 22:23 INDEX.db -> /var/db/INDEX.db I'm not really sure what they're for; they're definitely there because clients running sysutils/portupgrade expect to be able to create them, but there may also have been some endian issues that I ran into when sharing them across different architectures. I honestly can't remember. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgppC08HFIqyQ.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Ports: Starting over from scratch?
On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 01:05:08PM -0600, Drew wrote: > I'm running into some problems on a desktop box that I've not seen anywhere > else with upgrading multiple ports. The problem is so extensive, and a > solution not being forthcoming, I'm very tempted to make deinstall from > /usr/ports and then pkg_deinstall -a, and start over again. Does anyone have > any advice or input on a procedure like this? I did something similar recently when I decided to remove all traces of kde and gnome from my desktop in favour of wmii. Basically, I did the following. o List all ports on the system pkg_info -E \* > /tmp/installed_ports o Edit the list, and delete every line except that which I know I want cp /tmp/installed_ports /tmp/required_ports vi /tmp/required_ports o Remove everything left in the file, letting the dependencies take care of keeping everything that I actually need pkg_delete `cat /tmp/required_ports` o Have pkgdb fix up any problems (there weren't any) pkgdb -Ff In my case though, I didn't want the ports that were being removed. It sounds llike you do, in which case you could also save the origins of the ports that you have installed and install them again afterwards. To save the origins of all of your installed ports: pkg_info -oa | grep / > /tmp/port_origins Then you can just throw them all back in with portinstall or similar. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpWXogVcFMFr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: cvs
On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 06:12:54PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >You're wrong. It's the other way around: > > > >We are *forced* to use CVSup, because CVS is centralized, without > >any other good way to mirror changesets to a distributed network of > >mirrors, users and developer workspaces. > > > >On the other hand, SVN is centralized too :-) > > What I wanted to say is that FreeBSD will remain for the time being, on > cvs - is that correct? Until we're happy with another tool and have reasons that make moving worth the effort, we'll stay with CVS. This is /not/ because of the CVSup infrastructue though, which is essentially good at throwing arbitrary filesets around and doesn't tie us to CVS. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgphKomI7I6gM.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: What's so compelling about FreeBSD?
On 15/10/06 23:26, "William Tracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay. > > I've installed FreeBSD on my desktop. I got KDE working, and Amor is > running so I have a little daemon sitting on my window. I can mount my > USB card reader and open the pictures from my digital camera in Gimp. > I can browse the web in Firefox. I even compiled my own kernel so that > I'm all 1337. :-) > > Overall, I like FreeBSD--the kernel build process felt a lot smoother > than Linux, the /boot and /sys file heirarchies makes more sense to me > than /boot and /usr/src under Linux, and the /dev heirarchy seems > sane, though it's still pretty alien to me. So far, everything I do > under Linux I can do under FreeBSD. > > FreeBSD is nice, but I haven't seen anything really *compelling* about > it. FreeBSD might be more stable as a server, but for my desktop Linux > has proven more than stable enough. (X crashes sometimes, but FreeBSD > can't really fix that.) The extra file flags look intersting, but > otherwise I haven't seen anything that I can do under FreeBSD that I > can't with Linux. > > So, basically, I'm asking you guys to wow me. :-) Show me how FreeBSD > can outdo Linux. Make me never want to go back. It'll come. Day by day, and slowly at first, but one day you will go back and it will feel wrong. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE : rm swapfile after swapoff can't release the disk space
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 01:55:36PM +, Honest Qiao wrote: > Environment: FreeBSD www141.igogo8.com 6.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD > 6.1-PRERELEASE #0: Fri May 12 12:12:17 CST 2006 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/iGOGO8-PAE i386 > > Description: > Several months ago , I read the follow article, and add a 12G swapfile. > The article url is > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/adding-swap-space.html > > > The swapfile is /usr/swap0 , and I have a swap mount which size is 2G. > top show: > Swap: 14G Total, 14G Free > > Today , I use swapoff /usr/swap0 to disable swapfile , and then rm > /usr/swap0. > /usr/swap0 was deleted, but its disk space can't release. > Now, top show: > Swap: 2048M Total, 2048M Free > > www141# df -hi > Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on > /dev/amrd0s1a 248M 41M 187M 18% 1609 31413 5% / > devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% 0 0 100% /dev > /dev/amrd0s1f 19G 965M 17G 5% 1737 2636085 0% /db > /dev/amrd0s1g 19G 12G 5.6G 69% 769803 1868019 29% /home > /dev/amrd0s1d 248M 43M 185M 19% 585 32437 2% /tmp > /dev/amrd0s1h 25G 19G 3.4G 85% 354372 3013562 11% /usr > /dev/amrd0s1e 248M 65M 163M 29% 6430 26592 19% /var How long did you wait? softupdates could introduce a short delay in the statistics above updating. Failing that, you will need to remove the device with mdconfig. Use "geom md list" to try to identify the correct md device, then remove it. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpI542kTXsh9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Downgrade from 6.2 PR to 6.1 RELEASE?
On 28/9/06 01:42, "Ahmad Arafat Abdullah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> - Original Message - >> From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "FreeBSD Questions" >> Subject: Downgrade from 6.2 PR to 6.1 RELEASE? >> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:46:42 -0700 >> >> >> I felt I should ask this question before taking a drastic action. I >> built this new production system complete with jail (which I can >> recreate very quickly) and all was running perfectly under 6.2 >> PRERELEASE. I was planning taking a chance and going production >> (against common wisdom of running 6.2 PRERELEASE in production). >> Yesterday I decided to cvsup and rebuild one more time and >> discovered a glaring problem on this AMD64 Tyan s4882. It can't >> reboot with the reboot command or shutdown -r about 75% of the >> time, it hangs between the uptime output and where it states >> Rebooting, then requires a manual reset to get going again. This >> tells me I have to fall back or will create a nightmare for >> production use. Presuming I can live with certain driver issues on >> 6.1 RELEASE P6, are there any serious dangers or unique procedures >> in going backward, to RELENG_6_1 from RELENG_6 that suggest it >> would be better to just start from scratch? I've not fallen back >> from CURRENT to a RELEASE, this will be my first time. > > > maybe u can give it a try, why not? same like my case, and it's weird.. > when i upgraded my box to 6.2-PRERELEASE, something weird happens.. i can't > login to my KDE ( my KDE is up and running ) using my user+pass, surprisingly > i add one more user+pass and it's can logged in! Can you report that to [EMAIL PROTECTED] please? We're building 6.2-BETA2 this weekend and it would be nice to fix this before 6.2-RELEASE if it's a wider issue. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Thin Terminals
On 24/9/06 13:52, "Ansar Mohammed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does it dance the Sun Ray dance, or are we back to rolling our own? >> >> Ceri > > > Huh? > Clearly, its not as attractive as a Sun Ray. But I dunno about dancing and > rolling.. Does it work with Sun Ray server? Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Thin Terminals
On 23/9/06 20:05, "Ansar Mohammed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ceri Davies >> Sent: September 23, 2006 5:53 AM >> To: Robert Davison; Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: Thin Terminals >> >> On 20/9/06 13:37, "Robert Davison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I've been looking at the Sun Ray terminals and like the idea of using >> thin >>> clients to connect to the main server to run apps. Are they any >> programms in >>> thr ports which allow a similar set-up using FreeBSD. I know you can do >> this >>> with X but would need a tutorial to help me through it. >>> >>> Anyone had a go at connecting a sun ray to FreeBSD or are the protocols >>> totally different. >> >> The Sun Ray Server software runs on Linux as well as Solaris, so I'd say >> that there's an outside chance that it might work. One day I'll get round >> to buying a Sun Ray client and try it out. > The Netier xl2000 is a much better platform. It's an amd k6 and upgradable > to 128Mb RAM. You can get them on ebay for about 10$ Does it dance the Sun Ray dance, or are we back to rolling our own? Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: freebsd black-listed on dsbl...
On 23/9/06 11:59, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]@mgedv.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hey guys, > > dunno whether this is the correct list, but if there's > someone feeling responsible for that, please try to fix ;-) > >> In: MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=4342 >> Out: 521 Service unavailable; Sender address >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] blocked using list.dsbl.org Should go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Sun X4200 FreeBSD 6.1 experience??
On 19/9/06 03:20, "Bachilo Dmitry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > В сообщении от Понедельник 18 сентября 2006 21:20 ke han написал(a): >> Has anyone experienced FreeBSD 6.1 on a Sun X4200 ? Does everything >> work? ILOM? RAID-1 ? 2 sets of RAID-1 ?...any feedback would help me >> make a decision. >> thanks, ke han > > Yes, I have. FreeBSD 6.1 (both i386 and amd64 versions) runs perfect on Sun > X4000-series servers. As well as on X2100 and on v20z and v40z. ILOM works > independently with OS, so there is no difference. RAID-1 is hardware, ot > software so it does not depend on OS too and works ok. We had an X4100 on trial and the FreeBSD installer didn't recognise any of the disks. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Thin Terminals
On 20/9/06 13:37, "Robert Davison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been looking at the Sun Ray terminals and like the idea of using thin > clients to connect to the main server to run apps. Are they any programms in > thr ports which allow a similar set-up using FreeBSD. I know you can do this > with X but would need a tutorial to help me through it. > > Anyone had a go at connecting a sun ray to FreeBSD or are the protocols > totally different. The Sun Ray Server software runs on Linux as well as Solaris, so I'd say that there's an outside chance that it might work. One day I'll get round to buying a Sun Ray client and try it out. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Wilfully dirtying a filesystem
On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 09:39:51PM +0100, Chris Whitehouse wrote: > Ceri Davies wrote: > >On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 02:58:03PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > >>>Hello Ceri, > >>> > >>>Thursday, August 17, 2006, 6:55:08 PM, you wrote: > >>> > >>>>I have a system on which /usr is slightly hosed, but not badly enough > >>>>for it to fail a preen fsck. > >>>>I cannot easily get to single-user on this machine, so is there a good > >>>>way for me to dirty the filesystem just enough to force "fsck -p" to > >>>>fail (yanking power also difficult)? "umount -f /usr; reboot" doesn't > >>>>seem to work... > >> > >>Is 'fsck -f' not a possibility? > > > >No, because I can't unmount /usr. > > > >Ceri > > clri (8) possibly? Too dangerous for my liking :) I inserted a "fsck -F -y" before the "fsck -F -p" in rc.d/fsck and rebooted; that got it. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpgCD2xhE1Pz.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Wilfully dirtying a filesystem
On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 04:23:01PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 02:21:30PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > >> > >> What kind of setup do you have where you can't get to single-user mode, > >> but you apparently want fsck -p to fail (which will put you in > >> single-user mode)? > > > > fsck -p failing will drop back to fsck -y, which will fix the problem. > > Um, okay, then why can't you just reboot into single-user mode and run > fsck -y before the filesystem is mounted? For the reasons outlined in my initial post. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpyW2B12D7Rm.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Wilfully dirtying a filesystem
On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 02:21:30PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Aug 17), Ceri Davies said: > > On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 02:58:03PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > Thursday, August 17, 2006, 6:55:08 PM, Ceri wrote: > > > > > I have a system on which /usr is slightly hosed, but not badly enough > > > > > for it to fail a preen fsck. > > > > > > > > > > I cannot easily get to single-user on this machine, so is there > > > > > a good way for me to dirty the filesystem just enough to force > > > > > "fsck -p" to fail (yanking power also difficult)? "umount -f > > > > > /usr; reboot" doesn't seem to work... > > > > > > Is 'fsck -f' not a possibility? > > > > No, because I can't unmount /usr. > > What kind of setup do you have where you can't get to single-user mode, > but you apparently want fsck -p to fail (which will put you in > single-user mode)? fsck -p failing will drop back to fsck -y, which will fix the problem. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpLMiQFPXGjV.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Wilfully dirtying a filesystem
On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 08:11:42PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 02:58:03PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > > > Hello Ceri, > > > > > > Thursday, August 17, 2006, 6:55:08 PM, you wrote: > > > > > > > I have a system on which /usr is slightly hosed, but not badly enough > > > > for it to fail a preen fsck. > > > > > > > I cannot easily get to single-user on this machine, so is there a good > > > > way for me to dirty the filesystem just enough to force "fsck -p" to > > > > fail (yanking power also difficult)? "umount -f /usr; reboot" doesn't > > > > seem to work... > > > > > > Is 'fsck -f' not a possibility? > > No, because I can't unmount /usr. Actually, that does nicely, thanks. I had hoped to avoid editing any startup scripts, but I don't really know why :) Cheers, Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpNN8knMSUM3.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Wilfully dirtying a filesystem
On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 08:15:11PM +0200, Daniel Gerzo wrote: > Hello Ceri, > > Thursday, August 17, 2006, 6:55:08 PM, you wrote: > > > I have a system on which /usr is slightly hosed, but not badly enough > > for it to fail a preen fsck. > > > I cannot easily get to single-user on this machine, so is there a good > > way for me to dirty the filesystem just enough to force "fsck -p" to > > fail (yanking power also difficult)? "umount -f /usr; reboot" doesn't > > seem to work... > > I have been told maybe a week ago that umount -f is badly broken and > might lead to the deadlock, therefore I would avoid using it :) Sounds ominous! Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgp8shvLxPm47.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Wilfully dirtying a filesystem
On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 02:58:03PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > Hello Ceri, > > > > Thursday, August 17, 2006, 6:55:08 PM, you wrote: > > > > > I have a system on which /usr is slightly hosed, but not badly enough > > > for it to fail a preen fsck. > > > > > I cannot easily get to single-user on this machine, so is there a good > > > way for me to dirty the filesystem just enough to force "fsck -p" to > > > fail (yanking power also difficult)? "umount -f /usr; reboot" doesn't > > > seem to work... > > > Is 'fsck -f' not a possibility? No, because I can't unmount /usr. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgp4bo5bUjjHI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Wilfully dirtying a filesystem
I have a system on which /usr is slightly hosed, but not badly enough for it to fail a preen fsck. I cannot easily get to single-user on this machine, so is there a good way for me to dirty the filesystem just enough to force "fsck -p" to fail (yanking power also difficult)? "umount -f /usr; reboot" doesn't seem to work... Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgptGZ7vUlzjA.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: 6.1 new sysinstall country panel?
On 17/5/06 18:08, "fbsd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While installing fresh virgin 6.1 from cdrom, the first thing > I get is a new panel asking for me to select the country I am from. > > What is the purpose of this new country selection screen? > Why was it added to sysinstall in 6.1? It was deemed that you might be running out of things to whine about. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: when 5.5
On 11/5/06 16:26, "Jeff Rollin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are maintenance releases of old branches always released in step with new > ones, or is it just coincidence that it's happening this way this time? It was planned this time as an experiment. The current feeling is that it has worked quite well. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New freebsd logo on freebsd.org
On 10/5/06 23:37, "martinko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ceri Davies wrote: >> On 9/5/06 15:57, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> At 07:01 AM 5/9/2006, you wrote: >>>> I have to agree with the original poster. The logo is crap, and so >>>> is the font they've started to use since the announcement of >>>> FreeBSD6.1-RELEASE. At >>> Me Too. At first I thought it was just a petty complaint. >>> >>> But if you're trying to "sell" FreeBSD to a boss or customer, a >>> serious, business-like web site surely helps. The new one seems to >>> borrow too much from the "hax0r" community's appearance. >>> >>> And the font overflows and looks like complete shit on my >>> browser; usually this would just be blamed on using a "Non Microsoft >>> Browser" (FireFox on windoze) but until we have IE for FBSD, it seems >>> a legit complaint. >> >> The font overflows? We didn't change the font. >> >> Ceri > > well, i would expect the page to scale somehow better when i try to > increase font size in mozilla. but if it can't even render properly when > i choose "officially" via "large" text size option right on the page, > then i must conclude it's not good and not ready for the public. :-( That's an issue for www@ -> over there. It also has nothing to do with the logo. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New freebsd logo on freebsd.org
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 07:00:49PM +0100, Jeff Rollin wrote: > > > > > >> I for one do not see an need to change the logo at all. > > > >That's no reason to tell lies. > > There's no reason to accuse people of telling lies without having any > evidence, either. Statements were made which are provably untrue. Call it what you want. > Can't wait till you get caught out. Sure. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgp0JuGBhhMJU.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: New freebsd logo on freebsd.org
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 05:51:10PM +, cpghost wrote: > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 06:40:01PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > > On 10/5/06 18:24, "cpghost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 02:44:03PM +, Kep Woof wrote: > > >>> This is free software man, if you don't like it, fix it > > >>> yourself. > > >> > > >> What is the procedure to fix a logo? > > > > > > use send-pr(1), of course! > > > > > > Since we're talking about logos: when will the next time window > > > open for a new try? I humbly suggest using 'FreeBSD' (the text, > > > no graphics) as logo. The only parameter would be choosing the > > > right distinctive font (let's call it the FreeBSD-Font) for it. > > > Was that suggested back then? We used to have a 'FreeBSD' image > > > on the old website. Perhaps that should have been used as a logo? > > > ANYTHING would have been better than that current ugly sex-toy. > > > > There were tens of submissions that just had the word 'FreeBSD'. > > Ah, good to know. Thank you. > > > The word > > 'FreeBSD' isn't a logo, or they looked crappy, so they lost. > > What about 'SONY' or 'IBM'? They are logos too. Granted, not as > long as 'FreeBSD', but a word doesn't disqualify as a logo just > because it's a word. I wouldn't sweat (or trust my memory to remember) the details. Most of them definitely said "Free BSD" though. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgp71WmURAV4u.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: New freebsd logo on freebsd.org
On 10/5/06 18:24, "cpghost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 02:44:03PM +, Kep Woof wrote: >>> This is free software man, if you don't like it, fix it >>> yourself. >> >> What is the procedure to fix a logo? > > use send-pr(1), of course! > > Since we're talking about logos: when will the next time window > open for a new try? I humbly suggest using 'FreeBSD' (the text, > no graphics) as logo. The only parameter would be choosing the > right distinctive font (let's call it the FreeBSD-Font) for it. > Was that suggested back then? We used to have a 'FreeBSD' image > on the old website. Perhaps that should have been used as a logo? > ANYTHING would have been better than that current ugly sex-toy. There were tens of submissions that just had the word 'FreeBSD'. The word 'FreeBSD' isn't a logo, or they looked crappy, so they lost. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: 6.1_RELEASE Install Problem
On 10/5/06 05:03, "bc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After make installworld I ran the final run thru of mergemaster and recived > this error: > > ERROR CODE 64 > FATAL ERROR: Cannot 'dc' into /usr/src/etc/ and install files to the > temproot environment. Did you cut and paste that, or copy it in manually? Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: vote for keeping "beastie" as official logo
On 10/5/06 15:53, "fbsd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you are as dissatisfied with the new official logo > as I am, then forward this email to the FreeBSD federation > board of directors at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dear FreeBSD federation board of directors: > > I am upset with the manner in which it was decided > that a new logo was needed. > > Only posting a message that this was happening on the > announcement list was an big mistake as it left out > the users who promote FreeBSD at the grass roots > level from knowing about it. An change of this > magnitude should have been broadcast to all lists > to get the widest based input possible. > > I sincerely hope this deception was not on > purpose as it looks that way. > > Furthermore the new logo design is not satisfactory > and does not represent the wants of the user community > as shown by the multiple posts on the questions > list of late. > > > My vote is for keeping the beastie image as the > official FreeBSD logo and removing the sex toy > logo from publication. OK, you have had your say. Will you then, for the love of all that is sacred, stop starting new threads on this subject? Please. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New FreeBSD Logo
On 10/5/06 15:15, "DAve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://pixelhammer.com/aw_jeez.jpg > > This has gone too far. Searching shows that the FreeBSD questions list > had mention of this over a year ago. > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-questions/2005-February/076063. > html > > To be blunt about it, you and everyone else had their chance. My wife, a > designer, knew FreeBSD had a logo contest and she wouldn't know FreeBSD > from a martian if it were not for my T-shirt. > > Anyone could have contributed. But like beta testing, most simply > ignored the request to participate, preferring to wait until someone > else did the hard work and made the tough decisions, then chose to bitch > when the result was not want they wanted. It's apathy. Yea, I'm more > than annoyed and this has been a long time coming. > > How many people actually keep a development server running just to help > open source developers test patches or updates, even when those patches > and updates do not affect them? > > How many donate to the souls who write the tools we use every day? Or do > they just read the maillists when they need help, never offering to help > others, and then get an attitude when the help they request doesn't > arrive? A lot. > > I constantly dog my employers to donate, let me have work time to help > out on lists, purchase the books (Mailscanner and Rails) that help the > developers, keep a development box for testing. They complain even > though they could not compete in the market place had they been required > to purchase licenses for all the software they use. > > The Internet is the industry that open source built, and it has created > a society of hand out junkies who think they should get everything their > way, for free, right now. > > This job isn't fun anymore. Hear, hear. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New FreeBSD Logo
On 10/5/06 09:18, "Ted Mittelstaedt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jonathan Horne >> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 7:23 PM >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo >> >> >> i dont mind saying that i think i must be about the only one >> who likes the >> new art. i think its very modern looking, crisp and abreviated, >> un-childish, but at the same time not too serious or ominous. >> >> ive actually thought about printing out some examples of both versions, >> carrying it down to our artists in our print studio, and "taste testing" >> them with professional artists who couldnt give one care about anything >> technical. *shrug* would be an interesting experiment, to say >> the least. >> > > Someone already posted a professional analysis. The summary was that > the new logo was amateurish with some serious flaws. Amateurish because > a ball is about the easiest thing you can produce in Photoshop and very > unoriginal. Serious flaws because due to all the shading this logo is > impossible to accurately reproduce on small items like business cards, > and on larger items the shading makes it very expensive to reproduce due > to the number of colors used. In fact, there are reduced colour versions for exactly that reason. Since you didn't bother to look for them, I guess this isn't the real issue for you, though. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD 6.1 is now available for download
On 10/5/06 17:54, "Daniel Bye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 10:28:34AM -0400, fbsd wrote: >> This is just a short note to inform all the list readers that 6.1 is >> available. > > We know. We read announce@ Thanks, that's funny! Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New freeBSD logo on freebsd.org
On 10/5/06 16:42, "Jeff Rollin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Does anyone else think its a logo get over it? When was the last time an >> IT admin went I installed Win 2k3 becuase it has that cool logo thing >> that I like for a screensaver? > > > I think it's a bigger problem than that. When was the last time Steve > Ballmer responded to a complaint that his shiny new elephant d*ck > screensaver crashed the system with the words "Go fuck yourself"? That's the > kind of response some who claim to be high-ups in the FreeBSD community are > giving here. Not a single "high-up", whatever that means, has responded to this thread. Could be nice if people would stop lying while trying to make a point. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New freeBSD logo on freebsd.org
On 10/5/06 15:25, "fbsd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your negtave comments are foundless. > A public vote is not an logistical near-impossibility. > Hell just creating a special list to submit an email > to as your yes or not vote is a simple solution and other > solutions could be found one way or the other. I guess that's why the USENET voting procedures didn't just get abandoned. > If you are insulted by my comments then I guess you > belong the self righteous snobs group and I dont care about you. Funny, that. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New freebsd logo on freebsd.org
On 10/5/06 13:13, "fbsd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As a long time reader of this list I did not see any > announcement of it here. Only after selection of the > new logo was made was it talked about on this list > People were very up set with it them and the ground > swell over this has only gotten bigger. > > Loyal long time users are feeling insulted about being > left out from the decision about the need for a new logo. > A post in the archive give some lame reasons for a new logo > which many people disagreed with even then but still the > new legal FreeBSD foundation went ahead any how put it > on the official website. > > I for one do not see an need to change the logo at all. That's no reason to tell lies. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Mirroring GNATS locally - /usr/ports/databases/gnats marked as forbidden
On 9/5/06 15:06, "Frank Steinborn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I want to mirror the FreeBSD-GNATS db at home, as shown in the > Committers Guide. However, gnats in Ports is marked as forbidden. Can > I safely use GNATS4 instead? Is it compatible to GNATS3 databases? Nope. I just run a local copy with the setuid bit taken off. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New freebsd logo on freebsd.org
On 9/5/06 10:52, "Kep Woof" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I guess this is the wrong list, but I just looked at freebsd.org and > saw the new logo. I really think it looks terrible. Everyone that > I've spoken to agrees. It looks like some kind of sextoy/spacehopper, > and not becomming to the enterprise os we know and love. Maybe it was > the best from the competition you had, but I don't think it's good > enough. Is there somewhere this was discussed? The new logo already > looks last year. Is there a plan to redesign it each year as design > trends come and go? If you compare it to the debian, IBM, BMW, > greenpeace, or google logos, the design relates in some way to the > subject. I don't see that happening here. > > Sorry if this is too late, or an unpopular opinion, or in the wrong > place, but I just wondered if anyone thinks the new logo is good, and > how long it's expected to last. > > Interested to hear what people think, I think you're trolling. Well done anyway. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New freebsd logo on freebsd.org
On 9/5/06 11:56, "cpghost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Semi-seriously, www@: how about offering people a chance to individually > customize that logo away? It's not really THAT important, but setting > up a transparent proxy just to filter that banner out is kind of silly > waste of time. Specify your own stylesheet, move along. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New freebsd logo on freebsd.org
On 9/5/06 15:57, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 07:01 AM 5/9/2006, you wrote: >> I have to agree with the original poster. The logo is crap, and so >> is the font they've started to use since the announcement of >> FreeBSD6.1-RELEASE. At > > Me Too. At first I thought it was just a petty complaint. > > But if you're trying to "sell" FreeBSD to a boss or customer, a > serious, business-like web site surely helps. The new one seems to > borrow too much from the "hax0r" community's appearance. > > And the font overflows and looks like complete shit on my > browser; usually this would just be blamed on using a "Non Microsoft > Browser" (FireFox on windoze) but until we have IE for FBSD, it seems > a legit complaint. The font overflows? We didn't change the font. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE !!
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 11:44:15AM -0500, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: > On Monday 08 May 2006 10:55, Ceri Davies wrote: > > On 8/5/06 15:39, "Jonathan Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > on a dev box, did a cvsup and buildworld yesterday... and now my > > > kernel says 6.1 stable! > > > > > > fbsd60-2# uname -a > > > FreeBSD fbsd60-2.dev.dfwlp.com 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #0: > > > Sun May 7 18:33:48 CDT 2006 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FBSD60-2 i386 > > > > > > *shrug* i look on freebsd.org, but i didnt see an announcement > > > about it yet. how close to release does this put us? > > > > It essentially means that the release has been finished, and is being > > built/uploaded. > > It's sitting on the mirror sites, if you look. I downloaded one this > morning. Yes, I know, but until it is announced, you can't be guaranteed that those bits are the right ones. The delay allows us to make sure that all mirrors have it before they start getting hammered. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgphgz2L7dzaR.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE !!
On 8/5/06 15:39, "Jonathan Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on a dev box, did a cvsup and buildworld yesterday... and now my kernel > says 6.1 stable! > > fbsd60-2# uname -a > FreeBSD fbsd60-2.dev.dfwlp.com 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #0: Sun May > 7 18:33:48 CDT 2006 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FBSD60-2 i386 > > *shrug* i look on freebsd.org, but i didnt see an announcement about it > yet. how close to release does this put us? It essentially means that the release has been finished, and is being built/uploaded. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: DCSSI Authorisation for Free BSD Software
Bethan, On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 03:44:35PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > ExportControls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Additionally, because FreeBSD contains what is considered "strong > > cryptography", French authorities (the "DCSSI") requires that an > > authorisation is obtained for the item if it is to be imported to, > > supplied in, used in, or exported from France. FreeBSD is partly developed in France, if that makes any difference. > > It is Reuters policy to be complaint with all relevant regulations in the > > countries they operate, and as Reuters will potentially be doing all of > > the activities mentioned above it is essential that they obtain the > > relevant authorisation from the DCSSI prior to importing to, supplying in, > > using in, or exporting FreeBSD from France. Consequently, Reuters cannot > > export FreeBSD from its server in the US to its French offices until said > > authorisation has been obtained. > > > > Therefore, we would appreciate if you could investigate whether such an > > authorisation has been obtained for FreeBSD v4.1, alternatively refer us > > to a legal contact that may be able to answer our query. Without wishing to offend him, Bill is just a user of FreeBSD, the same as Reuters. He is unlikely to wish to do that job for you. Try the FreeBSD Foundation, contacted via http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/contact.shtml. They are the closest thing we have to legal representation. The answer to your question, however, is extremely likely to be "no". There is no money for that. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgp7TjiZc5swr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: BSD equiv of /proc?
On 5/5/06 15:44, "Jeff Rollin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff. > > On 05/05/06, Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Fri, 5 May 2006 10:07:03 -0400 >> "Jim Stapleton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I have a proc filesystem on my computer, but it's empty. I'm used to >>> linux, where you can do stuff like 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' to get >>> information about the system. What is the BSD equivalent of this, or >>> is it /proc, and I'm just missing something? >> >> If you absolutely can't live without /proc, install the linuxulator >> and mount linproc. It will give you a linux compatible /proc. > Will that only work for Linux programs? It is available to them all (if they know to look in /compat/linux/proc, which is the canonical place for the linprocfs mount - Linux programs get redirected there automagically). I don't know if stuff would break if you mounted a linprocfs at /proc. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Log or Journal Filesystem
On 28/4/06 19:35, "Alexandre Biancalana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi List, > > Has some news about a log or journal filesystem for FreeBSD ?? > > I've looked at gjournal (http://wikitest.freebsd.org/moin.cgi/gjournal) > but it not seen to be a complete solution. There has been some other work done on gjournal, which we expect to see Real Soon Now. Watch this space. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: bind and multiple a records
On 23/4/06 07:24, "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On FreeBSD 6.0 with bind9, if I define a host to have multiple A > records, such that some IP addresses are listed more than once, for > example: > > . > . > . > www 600 IN A 192.168.1.1 > 600 IN A 192.168.1.2 > 600 IN A 192.168.1.1 > . > . > . > > > Will those addresses listed more than once show up more often as the > "answer" to name server requests (or more often as the first address > since it lists all addresses in response alternating the order)?? If it doesn't you could cheat thusly: www IN CNAME www1 IN CNAME www2 IN CNAME www3 www1IN A 192.168.1.1 www2IN A 192.168.1.1 www3IN A 192.168.1.2 It would still be a crappy solution though :) Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Firewall log unlimited - How to?
On 20/3/06 14:57, "Rodrigo G. Tavares de Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was configuring the Firewall when I got this message: > > Mar 20 11:16:08 bsd-net kernel: ipfw: limit 100 reached on entry 835 > >And the firewall stoped to create log messages after this message. > >What I do need to do to IPFW do not stop writing the log file? > >If I change this option IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT on kernel to: > IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=0 > Set the net.inet.ip.fw.verbose_limit sysctl to 0. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Mistake in FreeBSD manual
On 20/3/06 10:13, "Andrew Pantyukhin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/20/06, Grant Moritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>Hey, >>In the FreeBSD manual >>([1]http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network- >>inetd.html) under the section "25.2.5 Security" at the end of the >>first paragraph there is an error in grammar. >>"Some daemons, such as fingerd, may not be desired at all because they >>information that may be useful to an attacker." >>Doesn't make sense to me just thought I would pass along the >>observation you guys. > I think that an average english reader would not notice > that, inserting the word "provide" subconciously. That's what I did when I wrote it, when I proofread it, and again when I read it above. Sorry, I must be mentally blind to it! Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: BSD License "Innocence" Clause Proposal
On 19/3/06 22:16, "Andrew Pantyukhin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure if I should start advocating the idea here. > Some people must've had this thought before I ever > did, I hope they will support me. > > We need a special clause in the license we release > our work under. I'm not a lawyer, but I understand that > it will be very hard to devise and formulate. Basically, > it should state that under no circumstances and under > no legislation should ever any entity be punished for > breaking the license terms. > > I just can't sleep tight when a man can get sued and > prosecuted because he copied a piece of my work > without mentioning my name, whatever his motives > are. At the same time, I respect my work and the work > of other, and appreciate a way to state that names > should be mentioned. Well, just don't prosecute. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: docs/94587: Error in ftpusers(5) manpage
Whoops, wrong list. Ceri On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 07:43:32PM +, Ceri Davies wrote: > On 19/3/06 18:40, "Ceri Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > All of the man pages belonging to NetBSD's FTP daemon should be renamed so > > that they don't conflict, because this is too confusing. I recommend that > > this PR get assigned to whoever does the import of the lukemftpd stuff. > > Turns out I raised a PR for this 3.5 years ago: docs/44519. > > Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpqlryaMYQb4.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: docs/94587: Error in ftpusers(5) manpage
On 19/3/06 18:40, "Ceri Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All of the man pages belonging to NetBSD's FTP daemon should be renamed so > that they don't conflict, because this is too confusing. I recommend that > this PR get assigned to whoever does the import of the lukemftpd stuff. Turns out I raised a PR for this 3.5 years ago: docs/44519. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Daily chksetuid script - how to ignore certain dirs/filesystems?
On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 08:25:04AM -0700, Pat Maddox wrote: > On 3/19/06, Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 19/3/06 10:58, "Pat Maddox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I have a backup script that runs every night, backing up everything to > > > a backup drive. When the security script runs, it finds a bunch of > > > setuid files at /backup - I'd like to ignore those files, so I don't > > > have to wade through them every day. I also back up to a remote > > > server and it results in the same thing. How can I make it skip over > > > the backup dir, or at least ignore it in the output? The cron file in > > > question is /etc/periodic/security/100.chksetuid > > > > The best way to be to mount /backup nosuid. > > How about on the other server? The files go to the /home partition > (and that's where they have to go). I'd do the same there unless there is a good reason not to (and the same for /tmp, /var/, etc) as SOP anyway. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpwBgGxJzOO1.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Daily chksetuid script - how to ignore certain dirs/filesystems?
On 19/3/06 10:58, "Pat Maddox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a backup script that runs every night, backing up everything to > a backup drive. When the security script runs, it finds a bunch of > setuid files at /backup - I'd like to ignore those files, so I don't > have to wade through them every day. I also back up to a remote > server and it results in the same thing. How can I make it skip over > the backup dir, or at least ignore it in the output? The cron file in > question is /etc/periodic/security/100.chksetuid The best way to be to mount /backup nosuid. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: need help
On 17/3/06 12:30, "Michael S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've tried both. fsck_ffs /dev/ad0s1a also exits because of bad superblocks. If you used the default parameters when creating the filesystem then "newfs -N /dev/ad0s1a" should tell you where the alternate superblocks are and you may be able to use one of them with fsck_ffs's -b option. Don't forget the -N to newfs whatever you do though. If you're uncomfortable using that, then just try block 32 or 160. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: mounting nfs share
On 17/3/06 11:24, "Imran Imtiaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what is the command to mount NFS share? See the mount_nfs manpage. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: How to figure out who shutdown box (Kelly D. Grills)
On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 10:22:08PM -0500, Jon Poland wrote: > On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 10:24:17AM -0500, Jon Poland wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> I operate a colo box running FreeBSD 6.0-SECURITY. Yesterday the box > >> shutdown and powered off. I didn't execute shutdown or halt, and I'm > >the > >> only user who can. Here's what the logs tell me: > >> > >> /var/log/console.log: > >> Mar 3 11:24:29 kmart kernel: Shutting down daemon processes: > >> > >> /var/log/messages: > >> Mar 3 11:24:38 kmart syslogd: exiting on signal 15 > >> > >> last: (the important lines) > >> reboot ~ Fri Mar 3 13:10 > >> shutdown ~ Fri Mar 3 11:24 > >> > >> I don't see anything in any of the logs like "rebooted by X", etc. > >> > >> I'm not exactly sure how this can happen and looking for ideas. > >> > > > > Where are you logging security messages? I believe the default is to > > /var/log/security > > > > Have a look at /etc/syslog.conf and syslog.conf(5) > > > > You should see messages such as this in your security log: > > Mar 1 15:21:38 srv1 shutdown: reboot by kdgrills: > > For me, those show up in /var/log/messages: > Jan 17 22:54:23 kmart reboot: rebooted by polandj > > But nothing for the particular shutdown in question... It's possible that someone hit the power button. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgp8feqObPr3s.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: New logo, new look
On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 11:19:28AM +, Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 05:01:43PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> > On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Ceri Davies wrote:
> >
> > >On 6/3/06 14:56, "fbsd_user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >>So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo.
> > >>It sucks big time.
> > >>
> > >>When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good
> > >>you do not have to pick any of then, you could have just
> > >>closed the contest with no winner.
> > >
> > >The problem with that argument is that some people, including myself, liked
> > >the new logo. Since opinion is entirely subjective, you may as well shut
> > >up.
> >
> > Is there a reason why both the old and new logos cannot be used in tandem?
> > I'd rather leave the old one up on my web site, since, personally, I like
> > it better ... I understand the argument for a 'new logo', but, quite
> > frankly, after looking at the new one, I'm surprised the same arguments
> > (being associated with a demon) isn't still being made, since the new one
> > *still* gives that same connotation ...
> >
> > My preference is to keep using the old logo ("Beastie") on my web site,
> > and I imagine there are others that feel the same way ... are we going to
> > be "shunned" as a result? I would hope not ...
>
> Absolutely not - that was never the plan. Remember that Beastie
> represents BSD as a whole, while the new logo will represent FreeBSD.
> That's all it's about.
Occurs to me that the meaning of "absolutely not" might not be that
clear above: if you want to use Beastie on stuff, nobody will point at
you or mutter behind your back. We, as in the FreeBSD project, will
mainly be using the new one, as it will identify the FreeBSD project as
opposed to just BSD in general like Beastie does.
Ceri
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Re: New logo, new look
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 05:01:43PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Ceri Davies wrote:
>
> >On 6/3/06 14:56, "fbsd_user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo.
> >>It sucks big time.
> >>
> >>When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good
> >>you do not have to pick any of then, you could have just
> >>closed the contest with no winner.
> >
> >The problem with that argument is that some people, including myself, liked
> >the new logo. Since opinion is entirely subjective, you may as well shut
> >up.
>
> Is there a reason why both the old and new logos cannot be used in tandem?
> I'd rather leave the old one up on my web site, since, personally, I like
> it better ... I understand the argument for a 'new logo', but, quite
> frankly, after looking at the new one, I'm surprised the same arguments
> (being associated with a demon) isn't still being made, since the new one
> *still* gives that same connotation ...
>
> My preference is to keep using the old logo ("Beastie") on my web site,
> and I imagine there are others that feel the same way ... are we going to
> be "shunned" as a result? I would hope not ...
Absolutely not - that was never the plan. Remember that Beastie
represents BSD as a whole, while the new logo will represent FreeBSD.
That's all it's about.
Ceri
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Re: Release 6.0 386 kernel config file
On 6/3/06 19:26, "Steve P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could someone please give me a url to a text listing of this file? I > don't have access to fbsd right now. http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC - click "download" Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New logo, new look
On 6/3/06 14:56, "fbsd_user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. > It sucks big time. > > When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good > you do not have to pick any of then, you could have just > closed the contest with no winner. The problem with that argument is that some people, including myself, liked the new logo. Since opinion is entirely subjective, you may as well shut up. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Terminal Not Providing login: Prompt
On 4/3/06 23:37, "Jason C. Wells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Glenn Dawson wrote: >> At 03:04 PM 3/4/2006, Jason C. Wells wrote: >>> When I use 'tip' I seem to bee connected, but I get no login prompt. >>> >>> $ tip sio0 >>> connected >>> >>> and nothing else. >> >> Did you enable ttyd0 in /etc/ttys? > > Yes. Did you reboot or HUP init since? Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New Logo
On 3/3/06 18:01, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ansar Mohammed wrote: >> Does anyone know where I can get apparel with the new FreeBSD Logos? >> >> >> > On a related note: > What's the status of the winner of the logo contest? > Is it encumbered, is it free to use? Copyright has been assigned to the FreeBSD Foundation, the trademark has been applied for. There are a couple of loose ends to tie up. > Will there be a new contest? No. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: We want tu use your company name and logo
On 3/3/06 15:54, "Aaron Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/3/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I don't see the point in all this FreeBSD, Linux wars just give the man an >> answer and walk away he wants to sell FreeBSD Daemon logos, the Penguin >> Logos, and the slackware logo he has a right to do so as long as he asks >> the realative partys for permission. I find it lame and a waste of time to >> have all these Linux and FreeBSD wars and both OS'es have there place > > I haven't seen anything to indicate a war, just an indication that > someone thinks there is a thing called Slackware FreeBSD Linux that > they want to sell logo clothing for, and some other folks that find it > hilarious. An alternative might be that English is not his first language and he didn't know that there were supposed to be some commas there. I'm pretty sure that he doesn't think that there is such a thing as "Slackware FreeBSD Linux". What Chris is getting at is that I see 5 responses laughing at the guy - and he hasn't even been copied in on them, so they're all laughing behind his back - just because he mentioned Linux. That's just callous. > I find it hilarious. Do you laugh at people who stutter as well? Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: does buildkernel rerun config
On 1/3/06 07:53, "Steel City Phantom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > say you are running buildkernel with a config file. you realize you > made a mistake and ctl-c the build. change the config file and restart > buildkernel. does make buildkernel re-run the config to update the code > configuration? Yes. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: password change in memberships reminder
On 1/3/06 06:06, "Ashok Shrestha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just received my monthly "freebsd.org mailing list memberships > reminder." But some of my passwords were changed. Is that normal? > > I can't check my previous ones because I already deleted them. Is it possible that you never set a password? If so, one will have been randomly generated for you, which may explain why you don't recognise it. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Desperate - FreeBSD 6.0 Freezing
On 26/2/06 09:24, "Grant Peel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ACPI APIC Table: Ha ha - does that stand for what I think it stands for? Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: portsnap failing
On 23/2/06 11:33, "Ashley Moran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to update my ports tree on a 6.0-RELEASE/amd64 machine. I get this > error: > > Updating from Wed Feb 15 08:30:17 GMT 2006 to Thu Feb 23 10:20:03 GMT 2006. > Fetching 3 metadata patches.. done. > Applying metadata patches... done. > Fetching 3 metadata files... /usr/sbin/portsnap: cannot open > f1777c019669546744ef448c17531bdd125884253a6bf4b73f6e77001d7a0b12.gz: No such > file or directory > > > If I delete the portsnap files and try to fetch a new snapshot, I get this > error instead: > > Fetching snapshot generated at Thu Feb 23 03:09:19 GMT 2006: > f4b0454e7bce8a4decdb9190e22b8325a966e92005df5f 97% of 39 MB 118 kBps 00m08s > fetch: transfer timed out > > > Neither of my i386 boxes have this problem. Does anyone know where the issue > lies? Go on, humour me and run that bad boy with -x! sh -x /usr/sbin/portsnap fetch Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: torrents.freebsd.org
On 20/2/06 23:34, "Bob Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > torrents.freebsd.org (216.136.204.113:8080) does not seem to be > accepting any connections. Neither ctorrent nor rtorrent will connect > to it, nor will a manual telnet connection. > > torrents.freebsd.org:8080 is the tracker specified in the torrent > files downloaded from > ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/torrents/6.0-RELEASE. > > Am I doing something wrong or is it down? It's down. There are no reliable statements as to when it will be back up, either. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Odd file created in /
On 18/2/06 10:27, "Mike Loiterman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a file in / called -P. It is a socket file I believe I created by > mistake while trying to get mysql, spamassassin, or something similar to > work. > > How can I check for sure to make sure it isn't something important? Check to see if anything has it open currently. "netstat -a -f unix" will do that for you. Then rename it. Then wait a week before unlinking it. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Odd daily run output
On 15 Feb 2006, at 13:26, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Jimmie James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I know there's 8% reserved for softupdates, but how is it possible that there's _extra_ space on /tmp ? What am I missing? This is the first time I've seen this. This is a FAQ. In fact, it's listed in the FAQ list. "How is it possible for a partition to be more than 100% full?" http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/ disks.html#DISK-MORE-THAN-FULL Except that it isn't, and you should read the questions more carefully. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: More tomcat wierdness
On 13 Feb 2006, at 13:00, Ashley Moran wrote: I've reinstalled Tomcat (now in www/tomcat55) because it was going mental (100% CPU) and now the stop/start isn't working through the rc.d script. Tomcat starts and records the PID in /var/run/tomcat55.pid. But when I call the script with stop I get an error saying "tomcat not started? check pid file", or something to that effect. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ls -lad /var/run/. /var/run/tomcat55.pid drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 512 Feb 13 12:10 /var/run/. -rw-r--r-- 1 www wheel6 Feb 13 12:22 /var/run/tomcat55.pid It worked fine when it was running off the old www/jakarta-tomcat55 port - I don't know if anything has changed. "sh -x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/tomcat55.sh stop" may shed some light. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Long list of stale dependencies for tomcat55 port
On 13 Feb 2006, at 11:28, Ashley Moran wrote: Does anyone know how my Tomcat installation on a 5.4 box has ended up including the following as tomcat dependencies? atk-1.10.3 libXft-2.1.7 xorg-fonts-encodings-6.9.0_1 desktop-file-utils-0.10_3 pango-1.10.3 glib-2.8.6 cairo-1.0.2_1 gtk-2.8.12 mozilla-1.7.12_5,2 tiff-3.8.0 bitstream-vera-1.10_2 Nope. I don't even know what half of them do. I've deleted all the stale dependencies because freshports.org says the only run-time dependency is java/jdk14 (jdk15 on my machine). Is this right? According to make, yes: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/www/tomcat55} % make -V RUN_DEPENDS /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/bin/java:/usr/ports/java/jdk14 Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: scripting sysinstall for pxeboot
On 11 Feb 2006, at 04:30, Christopher Cowart wrote: On a not-a-show-stopper note, is there any way to get around specifying the hostname and/or net device? I'd rather not specify the hostname so that I can have one generic script for many machines. Further, what if a some other machine has a different kind of NIC? By hardcoding these values into install.cfg, the solution becomes much less maintainable. Why can't it obtain the hostname from DHCP? Any thoughts on this? Net device, I think you're out of luck. As for the hostname, if the DHCP server actually sends a hostname, then you *can* leave it out of install.cfg. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Mount changing mount point rights?
On 11 Feb 2006, at 08:44, Norberto Meijome wrote: thanks for the pointer. After mounting it, I did sudo chown betom: mnt_fld cd mnt_fld ls -la drwx-- 16 betom wheel512 Feb 11 12:07 . drwxr-x--- 50 betom betom 3072 Feb 11 11:47 .. [...] which looks ok to me.. but as soon as I unmount and mount again, it reverts to root:wheel That's very, very strange, and shouldn't be possible. What are you doing differently to me: # uname -v FreeBSD 6.1-PRERELEASE #19: Sun Feb 5 04:58:29 GMT 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SHRIKE # dd if=/dev/zero of=/a/md bs=1000 count=6144000 # mdconfig -a -f /a/md md2 # geli init /dev/md2 # geli attach /dev/md2 # newfs -U /dev/md2.eli # mount /dev/md2.eli /mnt # ls -ld /mnt drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Feb 11 15:15 /mnt # chown ceri:users /mnt # ls -ld /mnt drwxr-xr-x 3 ceri users 512 Feb 11 15:15 /mnt # umount /mnt # mount /dev/md2.eli /mnt # ls -ld /mnt drwxr-xr-x 3 ceri users 512 Feb 11 15:15 /mnt Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Mount changing mount point rights?
On 9 Feb 2006, at 12:52, Norberto Meijome wrote: hi all, I'm mounting a GELI encrypted, file backed vnode on ~/mount_folder. I am member of wheel. I start with Home directory: drwxr-x--- 51 betom betom 3072 Feb 9 23:38 betom file and folder which i want to mount in. drwxrwx--- 2 betom betom 512 Feb 9 17:42 mount_folder -rw-rw 1 betom betom 614400 Feb 9 23:38 geli.dsk I then define the md device, attach it to geli (it was already init and newfs -U run on it), fsck sudo mdconfig -a -t vnode -f ./_1.dsk -u 13 sudo geli attach /dev/md13 fsck -p -t ufs /dev/md13.eli the devices look like this : $ ls -l /dev/md* crw-r- 1 root wheel0, 121 Feb 9 22:24 /dev/md13 crw-r- 1 root wheel0, 122 Feb 9 23:23 /dev/md13.eli crw-rw 1 root wheel0, 87 Feb 9 22:24 /dev/mdctl Then mount it: sudo mount /dev/md13.eli /home/betom/mount_folder PROBLEM : the mount folder has changed it's access from 770 betom:betom to 750 root:wheel drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Feb 9 18:51 mount_folder -rw-rw 1 betom betom 614400 Feb 9 23:50 geli.dsk umask : $ umask 0022 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Thu Feb 9 23:48:53 2006] ~ $ sudo umask 0022 WHY is it doing that?! Since I want to use this folder as my own user , not root, I have to do the extra step of changing owner of the folder every time...quite annoying. how can I fix this? The owner of the "root" folder on the filesystem on md13.eli is root. Just chown/chmod it once it's mounted and it'll stick. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Proper mail headers
On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 06:57:30AM +0900, Eric Kjeldergaard wrote: > I reply to emails using the "reply to all" feature of my mail client. It > replies (not unreasonably, I think) to the list (as specified by List-ID), > the To, From, and CC. It seems to eliminate any duplicates as well as my own > address. This had a bad effect recently where I duplicated a message to the > -questions mailing list because it was To: questions@ with a List-ID of > freebsd-questions@ . My question is, other than paying careful manual > attention to where my replies are going, is there something that should be > changed on my client or on the server to make it more obvious that those 2 > email addresses are (for my purposes at least?) the same? You should probably just try to remember to check, and let those with nothing better to do beat themselves all up if you forget. I don't think it's life-or-death. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpAnVFeuVYVS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Proper mail headers
On 30 Jan 2006, at 18:36, Gerard Seibert wrote: Duane Whitty wrote: Hi everyone, I wanted to check to see if I am using the proper etiquette when filling in my headers, especially when responding to someone's post. Should I just let let my reply go to the person named in Reply-To or should I reply to the list and CC the poster, or is it the other way around? It is usually considered incorrect to directly mail or CC a response to a poster unless they specifically requested it. The etiquette on all the FreeBSD lists has long been to reply to the list *and* the poster. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: what am I doing wrong with edquota ?
On 29 Jan 2006, at 22:56, Ensel Sharon wrote: edquota -u -e /mnt/fs1:810:900:81:90 test200 Looks fine. Things to check: Do any other quotas work? Is the filesystem mounted with the appropriate quota options? Do you have QUOTA support in your kernel? Does /mnt/fs1/quota.user or /mnt/fs1/quota.group exist? Does "quotacheck -a" fix it? Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: inetd and security
On 25 Jan 2006, at 01:09, Playnet wrote:
Hello freebsd-questions,
What better for security reasons?
Inetd, xinetd, standalone? As sample -- vsftpd.
As i know, inetd insecure and deprecated. But what better, xinetd or
standalone?
There's nothing inherently insecure about inetd, and I think that
our implementation is just fine.
As for {x,}inetd vs standalone, that depends entirely on your kind
of load.
Ceri
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Re: Submit a bug for broken PicoBSD Dummynet/bridge?
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 09:24:00AM -0700, Tyler T wrote: > > > I still get this error > > > when trying to make a PicoBSD Dummynet bridge floppy > > > > > > http://i1.tinypic.com/mhwvux.gif > > > That depends if you rolled your own crunchgen configuration or not. > > Are you following a standard document to do this? > > Thanks for the reply!! I'm using > > http://people.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd/doc/how2build.html That document could do with deleting. Could you take a look at http://www.freebsd.org/projects/nanobsd/index.html and see if it fits any better; PicoBSD should be considered obsolete. Cheers, Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere pgpzKhxWith3G.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Submit a bug for broken PicoBSD Dummynet/bridge?
On 23 Jan 2006, at 21:27, Tyler T wrote: I posted about this earlier but no replies. Since then I wiped my hard drive and reinstalled FreeBSD 6 from scratch. I still get this error when trying to make a PicoBSD Dummynet bridge floppy http://i1.tinypic.com/mhwvux.gif Should I go ahead and submit a bug for it? That depends if you rolled your own crunchgen configuration or not. Are you following a standard document to do this? Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: FreeBSD vs Linux
On 18 Jan 2006, at 17:17, Nikolas Britton wrote: On 1/17/06, Philip Hallstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The computer is currently without keyboard, mouse or monitor. I am adding applications to the computer via ssh while I work. As soon as I get openbox and tightvnc installed, I'll switch to tightvnc so I can disconnect without disrupting jobs. (Hmm, I wonder if I'll have to add a mouse or keyboard at that point.) /usr/ports/sysutils/screen Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes (typically interactive shells). Each virtual terminal provides the functions of a DEC VT100 terminal and, in addition, several control functions from the ANSI X3.64 (ISO 6429) and ISO 2022 standards (e.g. insert/delete line and support for multiple character sets). There is a scrollback history buffer for each virtual terminal and a copy-and-paste mechanism that allows moving text regions between windows. nohup foobar > ~/foobar.log& tail -f ~/foobar.log If you think that is even vaguely equivalent to screen, then I cannot suggest strongly enough that you actually try it. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: information about distribution
On 19 Jan 2006, at 15:20, Martin Rolinec wrote: Hello. I would like to make a web page on which I would like to sale Linux distibution to people, who don´t have an opportunity to download it from internet. So I have few questions about a licence: 1. I would like to ask, if I can download the CD images from your distribution (iso-cd-dvd, live iso and so on) and offer them for sale on my web page, thus if I can spread your distibution legaly for a minimal charges? 2. CDs and DVDs I would like to sale with CD printing.../with Buble Jet printer/. So I would like to ask you, if I can use your LOGO and the LOGO of distibution and a color combination of your distribution on the CD printing. PS: Of course with using of your LOGO and the color combination I regard all rights and duties involved in copyright. So, every customer, who will buy your distribution will be notified in writing, that: 1. distribution is dowloaded from web, from your ISO images 2. distribution is burned 3. the price of CD or DVD does not include the technical support in all forms from you . 4. customer will be informed, that your LOGO, color and the name of distribution is subject to your author´s right 5. customer will be informed, that the CD was burned by me, so I will bear all problems coupled with its malfuncion. Thank you for your answers and I hope, that I will be able to spread your distribution without biggest problems. Martin, You can use the ISOs as long as you follow the terms at http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/license.html. Use of the daemon mascot requires that you obtain permission from Marshall Kirk McKusick, as per the entry at http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html. The "spacehopper" logo should be considered off-limits for now, as we are still awaiting legal work regarding it. We would appreciate it if you contributed a percentage of the proceeds to the FreeBSD Foundation (http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/) in order to help with further work, but you do not have to. As another poster pointed out, please don't call FreeBSD Linux; it's a different beast altogether. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: urgent, agir vite
On 18 Jan 2006, at 10:47, Roland Romero wrote: on dirait qu'il y a un bug là : http://www.fr.freebsd.org/cgi/search.cgi? max=25&source=www&words=TurboGX&submit=Rechercher ça affiche tout le code perl ! Rol, My French has withered to nothing since I studied it 12 years ago, so I hope you can understand my reply, We generally don't expect our mirror sites to run the CGI scripts. The code is not sensitive as it is publicly available in CVS, and this situation is actually very common on our mirrors. However, the mirrors are supposed to point all CGI links to www.FreeBSD.org; if you could us know where the link to the above was found, then we can work on fixing the misdirection. Cheers, Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: OS use rate
On 14 Jan 2006, at 13:33, n-n wrote: OS use rate in my project. 2005/01/10 - 2006/01/10 RedHat Enterprise Linux ES3.0 - 3947 RedHat Enterprise Linux AS3.0 - 1287 Sun Solaris 9 - 583 *BSD - 0 What project is that then? If you can't be bothered to tell us what you are talking about, then don't be surprised if you fall into everyone's killfiles. Whoops, there you go already. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Alice PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Setquota on FreeBSD 4.11
On 14 Jan 2006, at 10:53, Don O'Neil wrote: I'm having problems getting the port 'setquota' to work on my FBSD 4.11 box... When I type: setquota -g -f /array01 -bh51200K root I get setquota : /array01 does not have quotas enabled. Or when I type: setquota -u -f /array01 -bh51200K root I get setquota : GETQUOTA(root) - Invalid argument Even though I have built the kernel w/ the option, enabled quotas in rc, etc... quota -v shows: Disk quotas for user root (uid 0): Filesystem usage quota limit grace files quota limit grace /array01 0 0 0 0 0 0 I can edit quotas using edquota no problems. I had to build setquota from sources, as the port package for 4.11 isn't available anymore. Any ideas what might be going on here? I'm not familiar with the setquota port, but it's possible that the *quota files in /array01 are missing. Running quotacheck will fix that if it's the case. Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Alice PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: It is old.
On 14 Jan 2006, at 13:22, n-n wrote: Everyone says that FreeBSD is old. Hereafter, many people will say that Linux and OpenSolaris are good. I'm sorry, what are you talking about? Ceri -- That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Alice PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Getting latest files with cvsweb for a given tag
On 14 Jan 2006, at 01:42, RW wrote: Is there a cvsweb URL that will give me the latest version of a given file, given a specific tag? ie without specifying a explicit revision. What I am trying to do is write a script that will download the latest version of src/sys/conf/newvers.sh for RELENG_6_0, so it can parse out the version information and compare it with the output of uname -r. http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/sys/conf/ newvers.sh?rev=RELENG_6_0 It's probably easier to use anonymous CVS, although anoncvs.FreeBSD.org doesn't seem to be carrying our tree at the moment. Ceri PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: NIC bonding/teaming
On 13 Jan 2006, at 20:22, jim feldman wrote: Does 6.x have a nic bonding/teaming/failover feature like the linux bond (rnd robin, failover, ld bal, trunking)? I'm thinking multiple nics, one server, same lan/vlan. I've read up on CARP and one2many, but they don't seem to do what bond does. I think you want ng_one2many(4). Ceri PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: defaultroute not loading
On 13 Jan 2006, at 12:49, Ceri Davies wrote: On 12 Jan 2006, at 23:37, Michael Zimmer wrote: I just updated a i386 gateway to 6.0-STABLE - using my backed-up versions [from 5.1] of: rc.conf rc.firewall rc.resume rc.sendmail rc.shutdown rc.subr rc.suspend resolv.conf sysctl.conf ipnat.rules ipf.rules ...and the default route won't load on boot, although it is specified in rc.conf (replace all non-comment #'s and 1.2.3.4 with appropriate numbers) hostname="#.com" defaultrouter=1.2.3.4 # previously "1.2.3.4"; removed Could you post the output of "sh -x /etc/rc.d/routing start"? Please try to resist editing it too. Is this working for anyone on 6.0-STABLE? I don't see anywhere in /etc where the default route is actually installed. Ignore me, there's nothing wrong. At least not with FreeBSD... :-/ Ceri PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: defaultroute not loading
On 13 Jan 2006, at 14:16, Stijn Hoop wrote: Hi, On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 12:49:07PM +, Ceri Davies wrote: On 12 Jan 2006, at 23:37, Michael Zimmer wrote: hostname="#.com" defaultrouter=1.2.3.4 # previously "1.2.3.4"; removed Could you post the output of "sh -x /etc/rc.d/routing start"? Please try to resist editing it too. Is this working for anyone on 6.0-STABLE? I don't see anywhere in /etc where the default route is actually installed. [EMAIL PROTECTED] <~> grep defaultrouter /etc/rc.conf defaultrouter="131.155.68.1" [EMAIL PROTECTED] <~> netstat -rn | grep default default131.155.68.1 UGS 0 484325xl0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <~> bsdver FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE-p1 #2: Mon Jan 2 12:07:31 CET 2006 No other interfaces, so I'd say it works for me. Thank the gods for that. Could you send me the output of "sh -x /etc/rc.d/routing start" privately? I'm rather confused regarding where this happens. Ceri PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part
