Re: Bye-bye beastie ...
-Original Message- From: Josh Ockert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >There isn't a fuss. Someone asked for help. The only fuss is coming from Ted, who insists that any slight against Beastie is a Fundamentalist Christian Crusade. It was particularly funny to see it directed against someone whose email address ends in demon.nl But then, I use Ted's posts as bad examples. It's good that they have some utility. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
First cvsup in sometime, and now I'm hosed
Hi, folks, I ran a cvsup against my supfile, then a portupgrade -a, and now I'm hosed. For starts, ruby is complaining about an insecure version of OpenSSL, and will not install, leaving me without, well, portupgrade. What have I done to myself, and how do I recover? Is this, by Hobson's choice, a good time to upgrade from 4.9? What should I provide to help tell what's going on with my box? All the best, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: accessibility/atk-1.4.0 port won't install/deinstall on 4.9
On Oct 23, 2004, at 3:15 PM, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: On Sat, 2004-10-23 at 15:07, John Adams wrote: I'm having trouble with accessibility/atk-1.4.0 on a 4.9 installation. Make sure you're cvsup'ing ports-all, and that you do not have a refuse file excluding the accessibility category. Aha! My supfile didn't have ports-accessibility in it. Typical rookie mistake, right? And this should fix me up, true? (I'm still waiting not to time out on a connection to cvsup.) All the best, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
accessibility/atk-1.4.0 port won't install/deinstall on 4.9
Hi, folks, I'm having trouble with accessibility/atk-1.4.0 on a 4.9 installation. Both portinstall and portupgrade tell me that "make: don't know how to make all-depends-list. Stop ** Makefile of 'accessibility/atk' is possibly broken: make: no target to make. ** The following packages were not installed or upgraded accessibility/atc (atk-1.4.0) (Makefile broken)" I've tried various things, of which it's pretty clear none were right--any advice on what to do? Thanks, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Starting MySQL
Hi, folks, I added MySQL with portupgrade today, but don't find mysqld anywhere on the machine. How do I start this silly thing? Thanks, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Setting up X with an unknown monitor and video adapter
Hi, folks, I've moved on up to 4.9 and, along with my continuing mouse problems, am a bit scared of setting up X. I've got an older monitor, an Apple Multiple Scan 1705, and a video adapter that doesn't appear to be in the supported list, an Intel 82810. (There's an Intel 810, but not an 82810, in the setup menu.) The warnings I see about possibly frying monitors by getting scan rates wrong have me a bit spooked. The manual for the monitor gives various scan rates for various modes of operation--I was thinking about putting a range in that was a bit lower on the low end than the lowest listed entry, and a bit lower on the high end than the highest listed entry. Any thoughts? I wouldn't mind explicit instructions, but guided self-help would be ideal. Thanks, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Why BSD?
Hi, folks, All these very intelligent, well-reasoned, sometimes philosophical answers--mine is nothing like that. A company for which I want to work uses FreeBSD extensively, so I'm learning something about it at home. That simple, John A see me fulminate at http://www.jzip.org/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Upgrade procedure question
On Wednesday, January 21, 2004, at 10:55 AM, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: What "install" do you mean? Upgrading a la: a. cvsup new source b. make buildworld c. make buildkernel d. make installkernel e. reboot and make installworld doesn't touch /etc. You give me far too much credit--I'm working off the ISO images. My problem has also shifted in a way that probably makes this question moot for the moment. While using the fdisk utility in /stand/sysinstall to cut up the 3/4 of the disk I'd left untouched, I seem to have bollixed up the partition on which BSD was installed. I was getting beaucoup errors on console after I did this, and when I reboot, no matter what I try, I get "Invalid partition", "No /boot/loader", and a boot prompt. What happens to my old /etc is now not seeming so important. Is it worth putting the 4.6 CD into the drive and trying to fix this? Or should I grit my teeth, lose the ports I'd downloaded (not many, not much--I was on dial-up), start over with 4.9, and see whether the things I learned from 4.6 are still in my memory? All the best, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Upgrade procedure question
Hi, folks, I decided my minor problems (a couple I've posted, a couple I haven't) might be solved by doing what I should've already done, namely, upgrading from 4.6 to 4.9. I'm looking at the text of INSTALL.TXT right now, and I've got a question which, if it weren't so basic, would probably be a FAQ: Does the install really copy all of the old /etc to some new location which you are prompted to define at the time of the upgrade? That's what it seems to say, but I'd feel foolish having gotten it wrong. If that's really true, then I'm ready to go--but if it's not, then I'm potentially in a world of hurt, having a lot of stuff stuck in /etc (both config files and stuff I've put there for safekeeping during the upgrade) that I really don't want to lose. Thanks, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
mouse and curl problems
Hi, folks, I've gotten my modem problems straightened out--and thanks for the help! Now, I've got two other oddities going on. (By the way, I've yet to upgrade to 4.9--that'll be soon, but not today--and I'm still on 4.6 for now.) First, my mouse--a very vanilla two-button PS/2--is not doing the right thing (or anything at all). I first turned it on with /stand/sysinstall and it appeared (on that screen) to be working correctly, but didn't know to do a vidcontrol -m on, so I started mucking around with the configuration. Now, I can't get it to appear normal in /stand/sysinstall, and it also flickers on the screen. It'll "select" when I click, but it doesn't select consistently, and it does not paste. I've yet to set up X--this is strictly on the bare screen. This is frustrating, but not horrible. Second, curl 7.10.7 will pkg_add, but when I try to use it (to resume the download of XFree86-fontScalable, which was almost done when we got a power hit), it tells me /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libssl.so.3" not found. Is this just a bad setting for LD_LIBRARY_PATH? Or something else? Thanks, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 06:57 PM, fbsd_user wrote: Try this command to mount the cd drive. First load the 4.6 install cd in cd drive mount /cdrom cd /cdrom ls cd / umount /cdrom Success! look at the etc/fstab to see how cd drive is configured Device Mountpoint FStype Options DumpPass /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 Explain how you switch from booting winme to booting FBSD I've yet to learn how to tell the bootloader to boot from the primary drive, so I just change the order of the drives in BIOS. Verify floppy drive works in winme. And there's the answer--I believe this drive is dead. I recall it making noises some time ago, and it must've gone over the edge. Fortunately, Atlanta has some good stores--I've been wanting to pop down to the one by Tech for a while now, and this is as good an excuse as any. This brings me back to the modem question. I can type in the entries from ppp.conf and ppp.log--or I suppose I could try to learn to write to the FAT partition elsewhere on this drive, which I'm not unwilling to do (shouldn't be hard, which is what I thought about the modem.) Advice? And thanks again, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
I love detailed questions! On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 01:05 PM, fbsd_user wrote: Why don't you start at the beginning and tell us about the PC you installed 4.6 on? It's an eMachines etower 600is Is this an pre Y2K box? Shouldn't be--I bought it new at Frye's in early 2001. What operating system was on it before? The primary drive has Windows ME on it. 4.6 is on the secondary drive. Have you ever used the floppy drive before? Yes. Does the floppy ready light flash when you power up the PC and boot? Good question--I'll check that next time I do so. What command are you using to try to mount the cd drive? mount /dev/cd* /mnt #No, I didn't use the *--but I tried all the /dev/cd* entries, one at a time, just as I did the /dev/fd* entries. You know the drive works because you installed from it. Yes. Have you checked the PC's bio's to verify that the com ports are enabled and the floppy drive is enabled? No--I'll do that next time through, too. However, see below for why I'm pretty sure the com ports (at least) are enabled. Is the modem powered up before you boot FBSD? Yes. Have you used the modem before? Yes. Can you prove it works on another system? It works on this one while running Windows ME--I tested that. Does this command connect to your com port with the external modem? Tip comx where x is the com port number that has modem If it connects enter AT for the hayes attention command. Should reply with OK It replies "connected" and is now hung. I never got to enter AT. Use ~ the . keyboard keys to exit tip command. The keyboard is now unresponsive, both to the ~ commands (~. and ~?) and to Alt-F3ing to another logon window. Power cycling... I did not see the floppy light--I had it disconnected while adding the secondary drive. I'll check that next time it's powered down. The floppy is enabled in BIOS. Serial port A is Auto, the floppy disk controlled is Enabled. I'm going to leave it in BIOS setup while I do some things with my daughter--back in a bit. Thanks! John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Fwd: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 11:06 AM, Andrew Boothman wrote: I presume you get sio lines for all of your serial ports? My original point still stands, are you sure you're using the right one for where your modem is plugged in? Yes, I'm pretty sure--I mistakenly used cuaa1 in my earliest attempts. Have you read through http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/dialout.html ? Yes, and the subsequent chapter on PPP, as well. Thanks again, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
On Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 10:29 AM, Andrew Boothman wrote: How are you trying to mount your floppy? "mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt"? Well, I was just naively trying mount /dev/fd0 /mnt, but now I've tried it as you suggest, and again gotten "Device not configured". This is also what fdformat gives me when I try to format the disk. I'm also unable so far to mount the CD drive. Are your serial ports probed correctly during boot? Look at "dmesg|grep cuaa". Now, that's interesting. I get results for sio, but nothing for cuaa or tty. All the best, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
On Monday, January 12, 2004, at 09:59 PM, fbsd_user wrote: It would be a whole lot more helpful if you posted your ppp.conf and the ppp.log of your last test I may have to type this in--I'm unable to mount the floppy drive, and MAKEDEV is telling me "bad unit for disk in: fd*" for each /dev/fd*. Should I consider this a second message to me saying, you have weird hardware, and give up? I'd rather not. Perhaps I have a different problem to work with first, getting the floppy mounted so I can write logs to it. Advice? Explain how you know FBSD has found your modem and can connect to it. Perhaps it hasn't--the last thing in the ppp.log is: ppp[116]: tun0 : Command: /dev/tty: set device cuaa0 That's from the interactive mode entry. From the auto mode entry, the last listing is: ppp[116]: tun0: Phase: PPP Started (auto mode) All the best, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
New installation: Hanging when trying to dial out
Hi, folks, I've got a brand-new installation of FreeBSD and the next thing I want to do is upgrade from 4.6 (the CD I had) to 4.9 or 5.1. However, first I need to dial out, and there I'm having a problem. I've followed the instructions (I hope!) in Chapter 18 of the handbook, and whatever approach I take to dialing out, the box hangs--I can't even Alt-F3 to a new shell. This happens whether I'm using cu or trying a manual connection in ppp. When I do the latter, after I type term, I get the responses, but, after type '~?' for help, the keyboard stops responding. ~. doesn't get me out of it--nothing does. The box is an eMachines etower 600is and the modem is a Microcom Deskporte 28.8P. Any help would be greatly appreciated. All the best, John A ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
