remote X session fonts question
Hi, My wifes laptop is too aged to work at an acceptable speed. I have converted it to a remote X terminal (over ssh) and that works like a charm. Only application that behaves funny is Openoffice.org.1.1.5. For some reason the fonts in the menus get too much space around them. Has anyone a clue on in which direction I should look? Do I need to setup a font server? Do the xorg.conf fonts sections need to be absolutly equal? Etc. Thanks, Maarten ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Deep in printer hell.
Relax, Take a coffee, sit back and read and the chapters from the handbook up to and including 9.3.1.3. When you have a parallel port configured I recommend apsfilter to do the rest. It took me about 2 minutes to configure a parallel printer. (HP 870 CXi). Good luck, Maarten On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 20:49 +0200, FreeBsdBeni wrote: On Wednesday 14 September 2005 09:58, WOB wrote: When JFK said, We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.., I always wondered what exactly the other things were. Apparently, one of them is printer configuration under FreeBSD. If I am using a HP Deskjet 940 connected via parallel cable, is there not some simple way of configuring this printer? Is it really necessary to follow all the steps in the handbook - just to print? The Basic Setup instructions are 15 pages printed. Assuming you can print them. I got this printer working 6 months ago under FreeBSD, and apparently my many notes on it are too many. Now I'm starting from scratch, to redocument it, and it just seems like there should be a simpler way. I'm using 5.4, Fluxbox, Abiword, and Firefox - that's it. Eventually I will figure it out again, I just wanted to know if there was some simple script I could run, or preferred short-cut for setting up desktop printer. I realize the handbook is written to be precise and server-centric, but I just want to print Yahoo driving directions, and other such things. thanks For my HP (PhotoSmart) I had to install /print/cups, /print/foomatic-filters and /print/hpijs and then configured the printer using the .ppd file from www.linuxprinting.org. Now I can print from within every program. Mine is a usb printer, but I suppose your parallel printer should work in a similar way. Hope this helps. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pccard, wi0, wep and DHCP
Hi, If used to have my wives laptop configured with rc.conf containing: 'ifconfig_wi0=DHCP' this works and brings up wi0. Since my town is crowded with wardrivers I would like to use wep. Because my wife often inserts the pcmcia card after booting I also like to have pccard enabled. I can manually configure the card to use WEP. dhclient is configured 'out of the box'. What I did after some googling: in /etc/rc.conf I added: pccard_enable=YES pccard_flags=-z pccard_ifconfig=DHCP and I removed: ifconfig_wi0=DHCP I created a file: /etc/start_if.wi0 ifconfig wi0 nwkey 0xsomehex The wi card is listed in /etc/default/pccard.conf : BENQ AWL100 PCMCIA ADAPTER config auto wi ? insert /etc/pccard_ether $device start remove /etc/pccard_ether $device stop so I think /etc/pccard_ether should be executed on boot/insertion. Now this works not as I expect. When I manually run: /etc/pccard_ether wi0 start /etc/start_if.wi0 is not interpretted and the WEP key is not set so dhclient fails. I guess I am missing a trivial point, but which? Maarten ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Custom Build
You could try to see if: /usr/src/tools/tools/nanobsd/ or /usr/src/release/picobsd/ or www.tinybsd.org fits your needs as well as checking man sysinstall for the scripting options. Good luck and post a nice tutorial somewhere on the web if you have some time spare (also nice for your organization if 'the next guy' is not there anymore). Maarten On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 20:36 -0500, Jack Barnett wrote: Hello all, How this is the correct list to post this to, if not, please point me to a more apporiate list. What I want to do is make a custom automated build for FreeBSD. Basically, create a build, burn it to CD-ROM, go stick it into a server and it automatically configures to the correct hardware, auto sets up the file system (1 hard drive per server) and then reboots. When it comes back up, I have a full functionaly customized FreeBSD install. The only interaction that should happen during the install, is putting in the hostname, select static or dynamic ip and then [for non-FreeBSD app] select to save to local or network drive. I'm good with perl/bash, etc, so I know how to create a script to automate the install for our application. I need to do this on a lot of servers, so doing a manual install would take weeks. Each server has 1 hard drive, all the data is stored on a very robust file server that gets backed up, if the hard drive fails, we just replace, rebuild and contiune where we left off. During the install, it should just partion off 512 for swap, then use rest of disk for root directory. Each disk may be a differant size, but they will all be more then 2 gigs. The build I want to create would be a mini-FreeBSD, just the kernal, some basic programs and 1 non-FreeBSD application. The only port that would be open is for SSHD and all servers would sit behind a firewall in there own seperate subnet (firewall only routes http requests to upload data and incoming ssh connections). We're currently using a very old custom Linux build, it's less then 10 megs total. The problem we are having with this, is that it doesn't support all the newer hardware we use (the build is about 4-5 years old) and FreeBSD is our standard operating envoriment (as far as servers goes), the admins here are more famlair with FreeBSD so it makes sense to switch to FreeBSD since we have to update the build anyways (the guy that made the build isn't here any more and the rest of us are FreeBSD fan-boys :P ) All the other FreeBSD servers that aren't in the cluster/grid are manually installed. Could someone point me in the right direction or to some documentation or other resources? Regards, Jack ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Spontaneous reboot
Hi, I just experienced a spontaneous reboot. I was fiddling a bit with ossctl (that comes with opensound, commercial license), had finished this (start sound with soundon) and started skype as a normal user. Skype stalled and the next thing I saw was a black screen and a reboot... Below some info, anyone interested in more please le me know. $ uname -a FreeBSD maarten 5.4-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p1 #10: Mon Aug 22 11:26:23 CEST 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MAARTEN2 i386 A part of dmesg output: Softoss: Audio device #7 is write only Softoss: Audio device #8 is write only Softoss: Audio device #9 is write only Softoss: Audio device #2 is write only Softoss: Audio device #3 is write only Softoss: Audio device #4 is write only Softoss: Audio device #5 is write only Softoss: Audio device #6 is write only Softoss: Audio device #7 is write only Softoss: Audio device #8 is write only Softoss: Audio device #9 is write only oss: Audio input 0 doesn't get filled. 0 / 1 oss: Probing the hardware for OSS Virtual Mixer Pro failed. Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode fault virtual address = 0xc4549450 fault code = supervisor read, page not present instruction pointer = 0x8:0xc2815059 stack pointer = 0x10:0xe33b9cd8 frame pointer = 0x10:0xe33b9d10 code segment= base 0x0, limit 0xf, type 0x1b = DPL 0, pres 1, def32 1, gran 1 processor eflags= interrupt enabled, resume, IOPL = 0 current process = 32 (irq22: oss) trap number = 12 panic: page fault Uptime: 45m34s Cannot dump. No dump device defined. Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort Rebooting... Copyright (c) 1992-2005 The FreeBSD Project. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Illegal access attempt - FreeBSD 5.4 Release - please advise
On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 07:22 -0400, Lee Capps wrote: On 11:18 Wed 24 Aug , Chris St Denis wrote: How can I easily auto deny after x failed attempts? Is this an sshd setting? I could find it. Is there something in ports that will firewall off somebody who is brute forcing? In addition to adding entries to /etc/hosts.allow you could try DenyHosts: http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/ I didn't find a port, but it works with FreeBSD and isn't too onerous to install. HTH, Lee ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nice suggestion, but how do I enable tcp_wrappers with sshd? See : http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/ssh_config.html I tried adding sshd: 127.0.0.1 : deny to /etc/hosts.allow but I failed the described test. Maarten ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Internationalization, gnome and gnucash
Hi, I have installed gnucash and as long as I stay with english everything looks fine. When I start gnucash like this: env LC_ALL=nl_NL gnucash I get funny characters: e-accent becomes e , so the quotes are before the e! When I do the same with, e.g., gedit e-accent in the menus is just what it should be, quotes on top of the e. Anyone a clue why this happens? BTW, it also happens with french or german language. Maarten ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Read bios settings
Hi, Is it possible to read, e.g., bios version numbers from within FreeBSD? Maarten ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Read bios settings
Hi, Is it possible to read, e.g., bios version numbers from within FreeBSD? Maarten ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sshd and pam
Try first to login as a user who is member of group wheel and then 'su'. See if that works, root login is mostly disabled for security reasons. Maarten On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 10:53 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed Jul 27 7:49 , Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just i have a question about ssh and pam . Trying to login on a machine with freebsd 5.4 from a machine in where i run fedora core 4 , i can't complete the operation . The error is sshd[449] pam authentication error . What does it mean?How i can set pam to permit to login to freebsd and control the machine remotely? I'm new to freebsd and i appreciate if anyone can help me to solve the problem . Are you logging in as root? That's disabled by default. What kind of authentication are you using? ___ yes i'm logging in as root , now i have understand , cause i can log in as a normal user . But then it's possible to log in as root , so i can administrate remotely the machine on the lan? freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anjuta question, gettext
Hi, I am fiddling a bit with Anjuta. For some reason I cannot compile an application unless I add at some point near the top of intl/dcigettext.c: #define HAVE_STRCHR 1 Does anyone know why this is needed? If I take the same project to my office (linux) system everything works just fine. Maarten ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
portupgrade errors
Hi all, Please see below. Why does portupgrade -a not work? I have tried everything, I read UPDATING, I removed pkgdb.db and INDEX'es. Rebuild ervything with portsdb -u and portsdb -uU and I even removed /usr/ports and did a fresh cvsup. Anyone got a clue? Maarten maarten# portupgrade -a /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:322:in `deorigin': cannot convert nil into String (PkgDB::DBError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:915:in `tsort_build' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:914:in `each' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:914:in `tsort_build' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:906:in `each' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:906:in `tsort_build' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:928:in `sort_build' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/pkgdb.rb:932:in `sort_build!' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:674:in `main' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:207:in `initialize' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:207:in `new' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:207:in `main' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:1869 maarten# portupgrade -afp --- Reinstalling 'mDNSResponder-107.1_1' (net/mDNSResponder) --- Building '/usr/ports/net/mDNSResponder' === Cleaning for libiconv-1.9.2_1 === Cleaning for gettext-0.14.5 === Cleaning for gmake-3.80_2 === Cleaning for libtool-1.5.18 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mplayer, oss and /dev/dspX
Hi, I am using OSS. When I start mplayer -ao oss -channels 6 I get nice surround sound. I have also installed OSS Virtual Mixers. Strange enough I do not manage to get mplayer to use other dsp devices e.g. % gmplayer -ao oss:/dev/dsp5 -channels 6 and xmms at /dev/dsp7 give a conflict when using simultanously: %xmms ** WARNING **: oss_open(): Failed to open audio device (/dev/dsp7): Device busy. #cat /dev/sndstat shows: OSS/FreeBSD 3.99.2c (C) 4Front Technologies 1996-2004 License serial number: E0008 UNREGISTERED VERSION Drivers: ALL License will expire after: 06/2005 *** Unregistered version *** Build: 200504131459 Kernel: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #7: Mon May 2 22:31:25 CEST 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MAARTEN Card config: VIA 8233 AC97 audio controller at 0xb000 irq 22 OSS Virtual Mixer Pro Audio devices: 0: VT8237 (DUPLEX,GRC3) 1: VT8237 (shadow) (DUPLEX,GRC3) 2: OSS Virtual Mixer v2.5 Playback CH #0 (GRC3) 3: OSS Virtual Mixer v2.5 Playback CH #1 (GRC3) 4: OSS Virtual Mixer v2.5 Playback CH #2 (GRC3) 5: OSS Virtual Mixer v2.5 Playback CH #3 (GRC3) 6: OSS Virtual Mixer v2.5 Playback CH #4 (GRC3) 7: OSS Virtual Mixer v2.5 Playback CH #5 (GRC3) 8: OSS Virtual Mixer v2.5 Playback CH #6 (GRC3) 9: OSS Virtual Mixer v2.5 Playback CH #7 (GRC3) Synth devices: 0: OSS Virtual Synth v2.5 Midi devices: Mixers: 0: VT8237 (ALC655) 1: Virtual Mixer History: dsp0: pid 915 cmd 'firefox-bin' IN OUT dsp0: pid 915 cmd 'firefox-bin' IN OUT dsp0: pid 915 cmd 'firefox-bin' IN OUT dsp0: pid 915 cmd 'firefox-bin' IN OUT dsp0: pid 1021 cmd 'mplayer' OUT and when I run xmms alone at /dev/dsp7 the history shows: dsp0: pid 915 cmd 'firefox-bin' IN OUT dsp0: pid 1021 cmd 'mplayer' OUT dsp7: pid 1028 cmd 'xmms' OUT I can also use the device simultanously (so I hear two sound at the same time, e.g. xmms and ossplay): dsp4: pid 1054 cmd 'ossplay' OUT dsp7: pid 1047 cmd 'xmms' OUT dsp4: pid 1054 cmd 'ossplay' OUT So I know I the mixers work but how I can force mplayer to use /dev/dspX instead of /dev/dsp that blocks the mixers? Maarten ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tun/tap question
Hi list, I am currently trying to get tun or tap working (with vde and qemu) but for some reason things don't work as I expect them: ten# vde_switch -tap tap0 -daemon ; ifconfig tap0 192.168.1.254 ; chmod 777 /tmp/vde.ctl ifconfig: interface tap0 does not exist Could it be I am missing a kernel option? vde_switch is working without tap, I can between to linux'es in qemu. ten# uname -a FreeBSD maarten.lan 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Sun May 1 12:03:54 CEST 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 Thanks, Maarten ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
