Pre-compiled package shortage
Hello everyone. I am a former user of Freebsd-7.2 Release who migrated to Debian. I was unable to find an ftp server that had a decent enough list of precompiled packages (including the default at ftp.freebsd.org; for example, when installing gnome2 via precompiled packages, the package manager was unable to find a number of dependencies available in package form. True, I can compile them from source, but this is rather time consuming. Does anyone know of an ftp server dedicated to maintaining a comprehensive list of precompiled packages (a la Debian Testing)? In all other regards, I favor freebsd over Debian or any other linux distribution, and would like to return to using it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Problems with PolicyKit and device mounting
Hello all. I am currently running 7.2-Release. I followed the instructions at the freebsd project website for configuring gnome; furthermore, I edited my Policy Kit to allow user 'bobo' to mount removable drives. However, when I start gnome, hal only mounts cd drives; while icons are produced for the other removable drives, hal does not mount them. Any suggestions would be welcome. -- -- Best, David Karapetyan http://davidkarapetyan.com University of Notre Dame Department of Mathematics 255 Hurley Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 Phone: 574-631-5706 Cell: 202-460-5173 Fax: 574-631-6579 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Unable to compile Hal
I am currently running FBSD RELEASE-7.2. I have updated the system using freebsd-update, ran portsnap fetch update to update all ports, and then ran portupgrade to upgrade all installed ports to their current versions. Yet, I am unable to compile hal; I get an error message "/usr/local/lib/libpolkit.so: undefined reference to 'strn...@fbsd_1.1'". Any suggestions would be welcome. -- -- Best, David Karapetyan http://davidkarapetyan.com University of Notre Dame Department of Mathematics 255 Hurley Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 Phone: 574-631-5706 Cell: 202-460-5173 Fax: 574-631-6579 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Quirk with latex-suite]
Hello; I am having a funny little problem with latex-suite. When I press
, and am prompted with a list of environments to insert, no matter
which I choose, it is inserted with a superfluous " that appears right
before the cursor. So, for example,
\begin{equation}
"cursor_is_here
\end{equation}
Does latex-suite do this by default? What file do I need to edit to
change this setting (I'd like to get rid of the quote mark).
-- --
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David Karapetyan
http://davidkarapetyan.com
University of Notre Dame
Department of Mathematics
255 Hurley Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618
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Re: Server encryption
Yes, having to enter the password in after reboot is a bit of a pain. That is not all; the encrypted drive must be fsck'd as well, which is a bit annoying. At present, I encrypt secure documents on my laptop, and leave my server unencrypted; thanks to your input, I will continue to do so. Thank you. On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 03:18:57PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to David Karapetyan : > > > Hello, I was wondering if it was a worthwhile endeavor to encrypt a > > backup hard drive on a server that I currently have in my office at > > school (I am a graduate student). I do have sensitive data on it > > (backups of my mail, as well as an msmtprc file that contains the > > password to a gmail account of mine). I am not particularly worried > > about theft of my server, but you never know. Am I simply being > > paranoid, or is there a considerable risk when one does not encrypt? > > If you don't encrypt the data and the server is stolen, the thief > has your data if he wants it. > > If you do encrypt it, the thief has to go to considerable length to > steal the system without powering it down, and even then it's difficult > to get the actual data. > > Most thieves don't care about your data. The value of the hardware is > enough, and they'll probably reformat the HDD with a bootleg Windows > Vista install anyway. > > You have to decide for yourself whether you feel the risk justifies > the effort. Keep in mind that if you encrypt the drive, you'll have > to enter the password any time the system is rebooted (such as after > a power outage). > > Hope this helps. > > -- > Bill Moran > http://www.potentialtech.com > http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ -- -- Best, David Karapetyan http://davidkarapetyan.com University of Notre Dame Department of Mathematics 255 Hurley Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 Phone: 574-631-5706 Cell: 202-460-5173 Fax: 574-631-6579 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Server encryption
Hello, I was wondering if it was a worthwhile endeavor to encrypt a backup hard drive on a server that I currently have in my office at school (I am a graduate student). I do have sensitive data on it (backups of my mail, as well as an msmtprc file that contains the password to a gmail account of mine). I am not particularly worried about theft of my server, but you never know. Am I simply being paranoid, or is there a considerable risk when one does not encrypt? On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 08:33:55PM +0100, Leslie Jensen wrote: > > I'm considering a Squid box serving two different networks, both with > their own Internet access. > > Access from network 1 to default router on network 1 > and > Access from network 2 to default router on network 2 > > > How do one set default router per NIC? > > Thanks > > /Leslie > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" -- -- Best, David Karapetyan http://davidkarapetyan.com University of Notre Dame Department of Mathematics 255 Hurley Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 Phone: 574-631-5706 Cell: 202-460-5173 Fax: 574-631-6579 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
problem rsycing with remote dir
Hello everyone. I am using the --backup flag in rsync to save incremental changes that rsync makes when I sync a directory on my laptop with my remote server. Please look at my pastebin code: http://pastebin.com/m16a3ce38On The problem is that I end up generating an r...@davidkarapetyan.homeunix.com: directory on my laptop that contains empty versions of all the directories that were backed up. In short, it is a directory filled with empty sub directories. Furthermore, I am unable to have $INC be placed anywhere other than within $TARGET, no matter how I alter the code. Interestingly enough, I use a very similar script on the server itself, with no issues. It seems that rsync's remote backup scheme, with the --backup flag, is a bit borked. Any suggestions? -- -- Best, David Karapetyan http://davidkarapetyan.com University of Notre Dame Department of Mathematics 255 Hurley Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 Phone: 574-631-5706 Cell: 202-460-5173 Fax: 574-631-6579 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Code to enlarge/shrink browser's embedded quicktime player
I was wondering if it was possible to generate code that would allow my clients to shrink or enlarge their quicktime players when playing lecture videos from my server. I know one can embed players into html code; however, wheat I specifically want is for someone to be able to click on a particular file in my apache server directory and then, when it begins streaming, have it play via a quicktime embedded interface that gives the client the option to manipulate its size. Ideally, I would like to generate a single bit of html code that can apply to all the files (rather than generate a series of href anchors for each). Can this be done? -- -- Best, David Karapetyan http://davidkarapetyan.homeunix.com University of Notre Dame Department of Mathematics 255 Hurley Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 Phone: 574-631-5706 Cell: 202-460-5173 Fax: 574-631-6579 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: mythtv port
I ask because I am considering installing debian on a home box and running mythtv from it. However, I don't trust anything other than the stable version of debian, and I am not a fan of their release cycle for packages. Quite frankly, I trust the freebsd community over the linux community, and the fbsd os over any linux distro. Could you give me an estimate on how much longer it will be before the port is updated? On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 05:38:02PM -0500, Greg Larkin wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > David Karapetyan wrote: > > Has the mythtv port been fixed yet? Any timetable for a new release? The > > current port makefile indicates that it is broken. > > ___ > > > Hello David, > > I've been working on various MythTV-related PRs, and I do plan to > unbreak multimedia/mythtv and upgrade it to 0.21 after receiving patches > from folks in the FreeBSD community. > > Stay tuned, and I'll send out an announcement to freebsd-multimedia once > it has been committed. > > Regards, > Greg > - -- > Greg Larkin > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve > http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFJb7rK0sRouByUApARAsMRAJsGOYQ4QZXvatG7HOAYqaWQivor6ACfSk9s > jskcvoRAmSePwkNnp83SeLs= > =+jB5 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" -- -- Best, David Karapetyan http://davidkarapetyan.homeunix.com University of Notre Dame Department of Mathematics 255 Hurley Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 Phone: 574-631-5706 Cell: 202-460-5173 Fax: 574-631-6579 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
mythtv port
Has the mythtv port been fixed yet? Any timetable for a new release? The current port makefile indicates that it is broken. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
mythtv ported over to freebsd?
Has anyone installed mythtv on a fbsd box? I checked the port makefile, and it stated that the port was broken? Is this true? If so, what are the major issues? On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 06:30:59PM -0600, Mitja wrote: > I did as instructions says: > b) Execute the following commands as root: > > # cd /usr/src > # patch < /path/to/patch > # cd /usr/src/lib/bind > # make obj && make depend && make && make install > # cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/named > # make obj && make depend && make && make install > # /etc/rc.d/named restart > > ...and I got: > > make: don't know how to > make /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.sbin/ntp/ntpd/../libparse/libparse.a. Stop > > Thanks. > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" -- -- Best, David Karapetyan http://davidkarapetyan.homeunix.com University of Notre Dame Department of Mathematics 255 Hurley Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 Phone: 574-631-5706 Cell: 202-460-5173 Fax: 574-631-6579 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Updating from 7.0 to 7.1
Hello, I was wondering if it was worth the time or effort to update from fbsd 7.0 to 7.1. From what I see, the only major change is the inclusion of dtrace. I am leaning towards not switching, but it seems a lot of people are. On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 05:50:24PM -0500, Gabriel Lavoie wrote: > It depends. This update was related to the flaw found in OpenSSL > recently. Since this update didn't touch the kernel, it's normal that > your're still on the 7.1-RELEASE kernel. The kernel version changes > only when an update touches it directly. > > Gabriel > > 2009/1/8 Ivailo Bonev : > > I've tried to install latest security patches with > > # freebsd-update fetch > > # freebsd-update install > > # reboot > > but after reboot > > # uname -r tells me that I have > > 7.1-RELEASE > > If I understand corectly from handbook, it should tells me -p1? > > Is there somthing that I am missing? > > ... and sorry for my bad English :) > > > > ___ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > > > > -- > Gabriel Lavoie > glav...@gmail.com > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" -- -- Best, David Karapetyan http://davidkarapetyan.homeunix.com University of Notre Dame Department of Mathematics 255 Hurley Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 Phone: 574-631-5706 Cell: 202-460-5173 Fax: 574-631-6579 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Best torrent client/server available for FreeBSD?
I second using rtorrent. It is by far the best torrent manager out there. On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 01:47:46AM +0100, Ulf Lilleengen wrote: > On ons, jan 07, 2009 at 03:04:24pm -0800, joe mcguckin wrote: > > There's quite a number of implementation in the ports collection. Does > > anyone have any options regarding which are the 'best'? > > > This doesn't really belong to this list. Cc'ing freebsd-questions@ for > further discussion. > > I have found myself to like rtorrent, which is a very powerful console > torrent client. > > -- > Ulf Lilleengen > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" -- -- Best, David Karapetyan http://davidkarapetyan.homeunix.com University of Notre Dame Department of Mathematics 255 Hurley Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 Phone: 574-631-5706 Cell: 202-460-5173 Fax: 574-631-6579 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: mutt question
Yes, I already am using colors. However, when I open mutt, the email located in the middle of my terminal screen is the one that is highlighted, rather than the topmost one. This strikes me as odd; I'd like for the topmost email (email #1) to be highlighted. On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 07:47:30PM -0300, Daniel Molina Wegener [Coder.CL] wrote: > On Wednesday 07 January 2009 19:07:13 David Karapetyan wrote: > > Hello. When I open my mutt email client, the cursor > > (highlighting mail) is always located in the middle of the > > screen. What option do I need to include in my muttrc so that > > when I open mutt, the cursor highlights the topmost email? > > Hi, try using colors if your terminal emulator support them, > I have these colors in my muttrc file: > > -8<--8<--8<--8<- SNIP > # Default colour definitions > color hdrdefault white black > color quoted cyan black > color signature brightwhite black > color indicator brightwhite red > color attachment black white > color error red white > color messagewhite black > color search brightwhite magenta > color status brightblue white > color tree white black > color normal white black > color tilde red black > color bold brightwhite black > color markersbrightcyan black > > # Colour definitions when on a mono screen > mono bold bold > mono underline underline > mono indicator reverse > > # Colours for items in the reader > color header brightyellow black "^(From|Subject|Date):" > mono header bold "^(From|Subject|X-Junked-Because\ > |X-Virus-hagbard):" > -8<--8<--8<--8<- SNIP > > > > > -- -- > > Best, > > David Karapetyan > > http://davidkarapetyan.homeunix.com > > University of Notre Dame > > Department of Mathematics > > 255 Hurley Hall > > Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 > > Phone: 574-631-5706 > > Cell: 202-460-5173 > > Fax: 574-631-6579 > > > > ___ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > > Regards, > -- > .O. | Daniel Molina Wegener | FreeBSD & Linux > ..O | dmw [at] coder [dot] cl | Open Standards > OOO | http://coder.cl/| FOSS Developer -- -- Best, David Karapetyan http://davidkarapetyan.homeunix.com University of Notre Dame Department of Mathematics 255 Hurley Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 Phone: 574-631-5706 Cell: 202-460-5173 Fax: 574-631-6579 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
mutt question
Hello. When I open my mutt email client, the cursor (highlighting mail) is always located in the middle of the screen. What option do I need to include in my muttrc so that when I open mutt, the cursor highlights the topmost email? -- -- Best, David Karapetyan http://davidkarapetyan.homeunix.com University of Notre Dame Department of Mathematics 255 Hurley Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 Phone: 574-631-5706 Cell: 202-460-5173 Fax: 574-631-6579 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Apache aliased directory invisible
FreeBSD office19.resnet.nd.edu 7.0-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p5 #0: Wed Oct 1 10:10:12 UTC 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 Hello all. I would like to make aliased directories in apache visible from the directory root. An example: When I visit http://myserver.com/, I would like to see the 'icons' folder (suppose that in my document root I have directories 'bobo' and 'gogo', but that /icons is actually an alias for /usr/local/share/icons). Bobo and gogo show up in the directoroy listing when I access http://myserver.com, but not /icons. How can I remedy this? -- -- Best, David Karapetyan http://davidkarapetyan.homeunix.com University of Notre Dame Department of Mathematics 255 Hurley Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 Phone: 574-631-5706 Cell: 202-460-5173 Fax: 574-631-6579 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Problem with www/mod_cband
FreeBSD office19.resnet.nd.edu 7.0-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p5 #0: Wed Oct 1 10:10:12 UTC 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 Hello everyone. Every time I try to use the mod_cband module in my apache22 webserver, apache segfaults upon restart. Things work fine when I disable the module from httpd.conf. Is this module broken, and if so, what comparable alternatives are there? -- -- Best, David Karapetyan http://davidkarapetyan.homeunix.com University of Notre Dame Department of Mathematics 255 Hurley Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 Phone: 574-631-5706 Cell: 202-460-5173 Fax: 574-631-6579 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Trouble with freenx server
Hello everyone; I am trying to set up a freenx server on my fbsd box. I have added users 'nx' and 'davidkarapetyan', and edited node.conf so that .xinitrc is identified as my nx session startup script. Here is the error I get when I try to connect from my windows client box: NX> 203 NXSSH running with pid: 1516 NX> 285 Enabling check on switch command NX> 285 Enabling skip of SSH config files NX> 285 Setting the preferred NX options NX> 200 Connected to address: 66.254.239.155 on port: 22 NX> 202 Authenticating user: nx NX> 208 Using auth method: publickey HELLO NXSERVER - Version 1.5.0-60 OS (GPL) NX> 105 hello NXCLIENT - Version 1.5.0 NX> 134 Accepted protocol: 1.5.0 NX> 105 SET SHELL_MODE SHELL NX> 105 SET AUTH_MODE PASSWORD NX> 105 login NX> 101 User: davidkarapetyan NX> 102 Password: NX> 103 Welcome to: abode.resnet.nd.edu user: davidkarapetyan NX> 105 listsession --user="davidkarapetyan" --status="suspended,running" --geometry="1024x768x32+render" --type="unix-default" NX> 127 Sessions list of user 'davidkarapetyan' for reconnect: Display Type Session ID Options Depth Screen Status Session Name --- - -- --- -- NX> 148 Server capacity: not reached for user: davidkarapetyan NX> 105 startsession --rootless="1" --virtualdesktop="0" --link="lan" --backingstore="1" --encryption="1" --cache="16M" --images="64M" --media="0" --session="officetohome" --type="unix-default" --kbload=" --kbload=pc102/en_US" --keymap=" --keymap=en_US" --kbtype="pc102/en_US" --aux="1" --screeninfo="1024x715x32+render" NX> 1000 NXNODE - Version 1.5.0-60 OS (GPL) NX> 700 Session id: abode.resnet.nd.edu-1000-B066639755F3B3F405A9DAE63946F1D1 NX> 705 Session display: 1000 NX> 703 Session type: unix-default NX> 701 Proxy cookie: e07a1335477d108f28225cc31a3f1ef2 NX> 702 Proxy IP: 127.0.0.1 NX> 706 Agent cookie: e07a1335477d108f28225cc31a3f1ef2 NX> 704 Session cache: unix-default NX> 707 SSL tunneling: 1 NX> 1009 Session status: starting NX> 1004 Error: Session did not start. NX> 596 Session start failed. NX> 999 Bye NX> 280 Exiting on signal: 15 Any ideas on how to fix this? -- Best, David Karapetyan http://nd.edu/~dkarapet/ University of Notre Dame Department of Mathematics 255 Hurley Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 Phone: 574-631-5706 FAX: 574-631-6579 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
