Re: reviving games/freebsd-games

2008-10-28 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 09:22:19PM +0100, clemens fischer wrote: Jeremy Chadwick: I think the bottom line here is that until someone steps up and actually volunteers to fix the code, it will remain broken. (I don't normally tote this attitude, but in this case it's applicable: this is a

vpnc problem: protocol not supported?

2008-02-24 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
Hello, i am trying to connect to the vpn at university from home. I have made a new kernel with what i think (thought) was needed for ipsec from reading the handbook, my kernel file looks like: include GENERIC ident

Re: pdksh vs. mksh info [was: Re: Apparently, csh programming is considered harmful.]

2007-12-20 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 03:32:38PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: Jurjen Middendorp wrote: If you're familiar with pdksh, are you also familiar with ksh93, which is (I believe) Mr. Korn's own shell? If you are, I would be interessted in your opinion of the two, any comparisons you might give. I've

Re: pdksh vs. mksh info [was: Re: Apparently, csh programming is considered harmful.]

2007-12-16 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 11:34:50PM -0500, Tom McLaughlin wrote: On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 22:26 -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: Tom McLaughlin wrote: Now that you mention pdksh, have you tried mksh (in Ports too)? I've installed it and successfully run moderately large ksh scripts (like the

Re: Linux /proc on FreeBSD

2007-12-02 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 01:32:37AM +0100, Pieter de Goeje wrote: On Sunday 02 December 2007, Lennart Koopmann wrote: Hey everyone, i am going to port a server that i am currently working on to FreeBSD. I don't have much experience with FreeBSD yet. The only real big thing i have to change is

Re: (off topic?) Best desktop

2007-11-24 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 09:03:14AM -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Well I pretty much went this way: abrwm (evilwm) (tinywm didn't have vwindows), fbpanel, xv, idesk, transset-dt, I have not selected a fm yet... For the most part I really like it (lean and mean) but one feature that several

Re: FreeBSD 7.0

2007-11-24 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
On Thu, Nov 22, 2007 at 10:43:24PM -0800, kasthurirangan balaji wrote: Hi, I am using FreeBSD 6.1 on my laptop. I understand that FreeBSD 7.0 will have ZFS file system. I did go through the sun website to understand the advantages of ZFS. Given that, will FreeBSD have a BTree/B+Tree(replicating

Re: problems using gdb on threaded programs

2007-11-13 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
Ok let me try again (more explanation/question below). Also sorry that i screwed up the script output by having a copy of the text in it... not sure how that happened! On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 05:53:09PM +, Jurjen Middendorp wrote: Hello, when i try to debug a program with threads (with gdb

problems using gdb on threaded programs

2007-11-10 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
Hello, when i try to debug a program with threads (with gdb) gdb complains about not being able to find thread start point and kind of hangs (see below). It is quite likely i misconfigured something, but i have no idea what that something would be (maybe forgot to put stuff in kernel?). I tried

Re: IBM T60 laptop?

2007-02-23 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 09:40:37PM +1100, fbsd wrote: Hi All, I am looking for a good laptop to put FreeBSD (PCBSD) on. The general consensus seems to be that IBM make good units and that the T60 is a good choice. But when I look at the three components that seem to cause most trouble in

How did i destroy my fpc compiler + compiled binaries?

2007-02-03 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
Hello, i have a very weird problem and am not sure what is wrong. I have deinstalled my fpc compiler a while ago, but i wanted to install it again today, but make-ing the port failed with some errors... not sure where to send it to or what those errors mean, so i'll put them at the end of the

Re: How did i destroy my fpc compiler + compiled binaries?

2007-02-03 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
Putting the COMPAT_FREEBSD4 and 5 options back in the kernel config solved the problem for not being able to use the binaries (the ones i had compiled with fpc and the fpc i get with pkg_add itself) so all is good now. Is it just a Bad Idea to put them out of the kernel or is freepascal a litle

Re: external touchpad for Thinkpad T23? (fwd)

2007-01-02 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 02:49:48AM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: I originally posted this to -mobile three months ago, but got no nibbles. The T23 is is running 6.1-RELEASE presently. Anyone? -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 05:18:23 +1000 (EST) From: Ian Smith [EMAIL

ipfw denies everything and i can open websites?

2007-01-02 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
Hello, i have configured my firewall, but after i do ipfw -q flush i am still able to visit websites, download my e-mail, etc. I thought the default action of ipfw was to deny everything and ipfw show confirms that... Why am i able to go on the internet? Is this weird behaviour or is there

Re: ipfw denies everything and i can open websites?

2007-01-02 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
I'm sorry, (don't laugh too hard) i had a litle startup script that read: ipfw disable firewall, i put that there before i had actually made my firewall rules... Once i removed it it turned out my rules weren't as decent as i thought, but now they work! And i was being so happy that i had made

Re: problems compiling Maildrop

2006-12-30 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2006-September/035268.html maybe this works? haven't tried it myself though, because make-ing the port worked without problems... On Fri, Dec 29, 2006 at 11:55:16AM -0500, Joe Auty wrote: On Dec 29, 2006, at 11:38 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Joe

Re: ipfw rules

2006-12-21 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
Ok, i changed my original rules. I'm going to use both the ruleset you recommended and these ones (not at the same time though :). And see which one gives me the least trouble. greetings, jurjen. #!/bin/sh ipfw -q flush cmd=ipfw -q add ks=keep-state oif=ath0 #sort in en out packets $cmd

Re: ipfw rules

2006-12-20 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
gives me the least trouble :) greetings, jurjen. On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 04:29:06AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-12-16 18:01, Jurjen Middendorp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried making a firewall for my laptop..but i'm not sure if i forgot anything. And things can always be done

ipfw rules

2006-12-16 Thread Jurjen Middendorp
I posted this to the freebsd-security list, but i believe that is not the right list to this question (sorry! this is my first message to the freebsd mailing-lists). I hope this is the right list! :) anyway: I tried making a firewall for my laptop..but i'm not sure if i forgot anything. And