Trouble with CF PC card
Hello, I was recently given a Socket Low Power WLAN card, in compact flash form. I've been trying to get in running plugged into the compact flash reader on my old IBM X20 laptop. It's running FBSD 5.2.1. I'm not really sure how to proceed. I've never tried to run wireless stuff on FreeBSD, or to run it on a laptop for that matter. When the card inserted the machine reads it as follows (I'm doing this from memory) pccard1: unknown card some hex codes for product and manufacturer pccard1: CIS info Socket, CF+ LP WLAN Card Rev B So the card appears to be picked up and identified correctly, at least on the second line. Moreover, it is listed as a supported chipset in the wi man page. But: wicontrol yields SIOCsomething I don't quite remember device not configured. ifconfig -a lists only the loopback interface. running pccardd yields something like NO PC CARD I do have pccard_enable in rc.conf and if I boot with the card plugged in, it is listed in the boot log, in the same manner as above. I'm sure the problem is that I don't know what the hell I'm doing and the solution is not immediately obvious. Can anyone recommend a place where I can rtfm? So far I've seen only stuff for wicontrol, which isn't working for reasons I don't grasp. Thanks, John ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OT: Quiet SCSI drives?
I'm going to be doing some development work with a few databases in a regulated environment. Needless to say, I need some serious storage for running test versions. But for the reasons I won't bore you with, I'll want them just to run on my workstation. So I need an oomph workstation with a fair amount of storage. I'll build it myself so I can have my choice of components. (I'm looking at dual Opteron!) Here's the thing. I'd prefer SCSI drives for their performance and reliability but I can't stand the noise they tend to generate. Is anyone out there acquainted with a SCSI model that runs fairly quietly? It doesn't have to be the most blazingly fast model out there; I'm willing to sacrifice some performance (though not reliability) for quiet. I do have to work near the thing. Some noise is fine. It's the high-pitched squeal I get from the drives in the server room that kills me. Failing that, does anyone have experiences, positive or negative, with the various drive-noise dampeners on the market? Thanks, J ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
disk geometry issues during sysinstall of 5.2.1
Hello, I have a fairly new test machine configured on an Intel 875 (yes, the ICH5 controller) board. I have a standard ATA-133 drive and two SATA drives, Maxtor 80GB. They are not configured as a RAID device. Here's the thing: When I try to install FBSD, I get the apparently common disk geometry problem warnings for each drive (with the Boot Mgr MBR setting, and yes, including the parallel ATA drive). It instructs me to enter correct geometry, as reported by the BIOS. But the BIOS on this board doesn't report a geometry. I've scoured those stupid BIOS screens and haven't found anything, nor has a search of the product manual. How do I get the correct BIOS settings? Also, does it really matter? I've poked around the web and it seems like a lot of folks have encountered this and simply chosen to ignore it. Certainly there doesn't seem to be a definitive answer out there that I've seen. Turn on LBA isn't really an issue for the still-bleeding 875PBZ. In the 5-CURRENT installation that currently exists on the machineI regularly get crashes and kernel panics that are disk-related (I don't have those error messages handy; I'm not expecting anyone to divine the answer?). Moreover, I have gotten two hangs during installation using the 5.2.1 bootonly iso. I don't really know why as it's a true hang--no error messages--but it occurs shortly after filesystems are written and distro extraction begins. My working hypothesis is that my PITA ICH5 controllers are fighting FBSD's (new) twitchy SATA code. I dunno. Whaddaya think? -J ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Preferred MTA and mail configuration
I don't know if others have already chimed in, but I recommend Postfix. I actually use a combination of Postfix + Courier to handle my mailing needs. Postfix is by all accounts secure, and is much, much easier to configure than Sendmail (I'm told by people who pretend to understand Sendmail that it's much more powerful, but I haven't had any problems with Postfix's capabilities). Postfix comfortably handles Maildir-style delivery, so it works fine with Courier-IMAP. -J Message: 3 Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:58:57 +0200 From: Gareth Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Preferred MTA and mail configuration To: FreeBSD - questions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I'm new to email on FreeBSD. Could someone please advise at what MTA i should use. I thought courier might be a good choice since it has integrated POP3 and IMAP servers (bearing in mind i have to serve Outlook clients). I want simple install. Thank you Gareth -- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
firefox build fails
Hello, I cvsup'd the ports this AM and have tried to build firefox. Actually, it builds fine, it's the install that fails. I've tried on two machines, one running 4.9-STABLE and the other running 5.2-RELEASE. In both cases the the install fails with Error Code 1. There's no explanatory message attached and the last message is: gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/firefox/work/mozilla/embedding/browser/gtk' The next line is just: *** Error code 1 Any thoughts on what to do now? Thanks, John ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: firefox build fails
Yup. Whatever change was made looks good. It builds and installs now. Good work M[rs]. FirefoxPortsMaintainer! -John -Original Message- From: Kenneth Culver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:25 PM To: Goodleaf, John M Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: firefox build fails Quoting Goodleaf, John M [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello, I cvsup'd the ports this AM and have tried to build firefox. Actually, it builds fine, it's the install that fails. I've tried on two machines, one running 4.9-STABLE and the other running 5.2-RELEASE. In both cases the the install fails with Error Code 1. There's no explanatory message attached and the last message is: gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/www/firefox/work/mozilla/embedding/browser/gtk' The next line is just: *** Error code 1 Any thoughts on what to do now? Try cvsupping again, I believe some changes were made since you last cvsupped Ken ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
build problems with fresh cvsup (5.2)
I started with a blank src dir and cvsup'd the whole 5.2 tree. A buildworld yields this: /usr/src/contrib/libstdc++/libsupc++/eh_personality.cc:38:23: unwind-pe.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/src/contrib/libstdc++/libsupc++/eh_terminate.cc:34: /usr/src/contrib/libstdc++/libsupc++/unwind-cxx.h:41:20: unwind.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/src/contrib/libstdc++/libsupc++/eh_throw.cc:32: /usr/src/contrib/libstdc++/libsupc++/unwind-cxx.h:41:20: unwind.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/src/contrib/libstdc++/libsupc++/eh_type.cc:32: /usr/src/contrib/libstdc++/libsupc++/unwind-cxx.h:41:20: unwind.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/src/contrib/libstdc++/libsupc++/pure.cc:31: /usr/src/contrib/libstdc++/libsupc++/unwind-cxx.h:41:20: unwind.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/src/contrib/libstdc++/libsupc++/vec.cc:37: /usr/src/contrib/libstdc++/libsupc++/unwind-cxx.h:41:20: unwind.h: No such file or directory mkdep: compile failed *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/gnu/lib/libstdc++. I can build if I turn off CXX in /etc/make.conf. This is on a working machine already running 5.2-RELEASE. What gives? -John ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
network locking -- how to enable?
Hello, I've just been reading the Oct-Dec 2003 FreeBSD status report. I note there's a section describing how much of the work toward fine-grained locking in the networking subsystem is in 5.2 RELEASE, but not turned on. Now I've been out of the loop for a while, so I must have missed something. How do I turn it on? I realize there may be stability problems, so I don't plan to try it on a production machine. (How unstable is it, really?) Thanks, John ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OT: Roller blogger trouble?
Hello, Is anyone running the Roller Weblogger? (It's a Java/Struts based blog program.) I have FreeBSD 4.9, with a fresh install of Tomcat 5.0.16. It works and serves its root page quite nicely, also the manager page, which is pretty cool. I've tried to install Roller 0.9.8.1. There's not much to it, but I can't get it to work. The manager interface registers it, but it won't start up. The log shows a bunch of lines I believe relate to the problem. They say INFO 2004-01-21 16:24:50,809 IndexManager:getFSDirectory - Problem accessing index directory java.io.IOException: Cannot create directory: /nonexistent/roller-index So roller is trying to create a directory on /nonexistent, which doesn't. (The Tomcat server is owned by www.) So what should I do? I'd like to change the root directory for Roller, so that I can let it create its index somewhere else, but I'm not sure how to do that. Someone on the roller mailing list suggested I could do that in roller-config.xml though I see now directive for that purpose, nor a relevant comment. Ideas? Thanks, John PS I'm not subscribed to freebsd-java, so please CC me. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
buildworld failure 4.9 Stable -- 5.2 Release
Hello, I'm trying to upgrade a system from 4.9 (Stable) to 5.2 release. I get a buildworld failure with aand error that reads like this: In file included from /usr/src/lib/libkvm/kvm.c:62: /usr/src/lib/libkvm/kvm.h:41:24: sys/_types.h: No such file or directory In file included from /usr/src/lib/libkvm/kvm.c:62: /usr/src/lib/libkvm/kvm.h:49: error: syntax error before size_t /usr/src/lib/libkvm/kvm.h:49: warning: useless keyword or type name in empty declaration /usr/src/lib/libkvm/kvm.h:49: warning: empty declaration /usr/src/lib/libkvm/kvm.h:54: error: syntax error before ssize_t /usr/src/lib/libkvm/kvm.h:54: warning: useless keyword or type name in empty declaration /usr/src/lib/libkvm/kvm.h:54: warning: empty declaration Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks, John PS My make.conf file looks like this: MODULES_WITH_WORLD=true USA_RESIDENT=YES CFLAGS= -O -pipe NOGAMES=true NOINFO= true NOFORTRAN= true NO_LPR= true KERNCONF=CLYDE NO_SENDMAIL=true COPTFLAGS= -O -pipe CPUTYPE=pentium4 CXXFLAGS+= -fmemoize-lookups -fsave-memoized PERL_VER=5.8.1 PERL_VERSION=5.8.1 PERL_ARCH=mach NOPERL=yo NO_PERL=yo NO_PERL_WRAPPER=yo ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
nfs export trouble
Hello, I've been trying to export my /usr/ports/distfiles filesystem to a local network of bsd machines, but I keep getting an error in the syslog: can't change attributes for /usr/ports/distfiles What's going on there? I don't see anything obviously wrong with the exports line. Thanks, John ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Way OT: SSH+VNC as quickndirty VPN
Here's the scenario: I have a Windows machine at work. I have a VNC server on it. It is behind a firewall over which I have no control, so I cannot make a direct connection to this machine from outside. What I'd like to do is to initiate a SSH connection (with compression) to my BSD machine at home (which I can do) and forward the VNC server connection through that SSH tunnel. I'd like to then lock my workstation and office, go home, and use vncviewer to have access to my workstation at work. That way I can do work at odd hours and while watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Is this possible? I have tried a few combinations of port forwarding, but for whatever reason, find it unintuitive. Can't quite get it to work. Any suggestions much appreciated. -John ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
problem with build environment
I was tempted to send this to CURRENT, but this question seems more general. I installed 5_1 Release from an ISO on a fresh machine. I installed cvsup from packages and then cvsup'd the CURRENT code (tag=.). Curiously, buildworld fails repeatedly in the same way, suggesting there's something systematic wrong with my environment. Basically, the system won't build because it finds missing header files in libstdc++. If I put the missing file in manually, libstdc++ will build, but then something else just fails in the same way later on (groff or texinfo). I've cvsup'd multiple times, and removed /usr/obj and so forth. No go. There's something just wrong here. I don't pretend to understand the nitty gritty of the buildworld process, but I've used it a lot and not encountered this before. Incidentally, I did remove src and cvsup the RELENG_5_1 branch to try a clean rebuild. The build fails in the same spot, claiming an unwindsomething I don't recall right off.h in libstdc++/libsupc++ can't be found. Any suggestions? John ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
