Re: A quality operating system
Lots of other people have given good answers. I'm just chiming in on points 3 and 7 On 20 Aug 2011, at 05:47, Evan Busch wrote: What is a quality operating system? I work as a database developer in an SME. I support end users on Mac OSX and Windows XP .. Windows Vista clients, and Windows 2008, FreeBSD and SuSE linux servers. Of these, the FreeBSD servers give least trouble. For non-techie users, usually but not always the OS X people have fewer problems. In his view, and now mine, a quality operating system is reliable, streamlined and clearly organized. That is hard to disagree with (3) Horrible documentation. This is my specialty and has been since the early 1980s. The FreeBSD documentation is wordy, disorganized, inconsistent and highly selective in what it mentions. It is not the product of professionals but it also not the product of volunteers with a focus on communication. It seems pro-forma, as in, it's in the documentation, so don't bother me. The web site compounds this error by pointing us in multiple directions instead of to a singular resource. It is bad enough that man pages are separate from your main documentation tree, but now you have doubled or trebled the workload required of you without any benefit to the end user. I personally find the documentation that comes as part of the install and the documentation on the FreeBSD website EASIER to use and more complete than any alternatives I use on a regular basis. (7) Disorganized website. Again, what are you comparing it to? I can often find my way to exactly the information I am looking for on the FreeBSD site using the search tool and menu structure within that site. To search for answers about Windows server, Windows desktop or OSX problems, I tend to rely on external search engines (Bing, Google) to trawl through the sites, and it takes longer to find the answers I need Michael Doyle mdo...@cooperationireland.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ 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: Upgrade 6.4-stable to 7.3
On 28 Jul 2010, at 11:47, Erich Dollansky wrote: Just one note. You are managing this machine remotely? No X on it? Take the two step approach and you should have a running system afterwards. It's a mail server, no X but I do have physical access. Michael Doyle Network Administrator, Co-operation Ireland mdo...@cooperationireland.org http://www.cooperationireland.org/ Co-operation Ireland Events: http://www.cooperationireland.org/supportus/overview Phone: +353-1-6610588 Fax: +353-1-6618456 Mobile: 00353-87-2357853 ___ 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
Upgrade 6.4-stable to 7.3
: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: PS/2 Mouse irq 12 on atkbdc0 psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED] psm0: model IntelliMouse Explorer, device ID 4 sio0: 16550A-compatible COM port port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0 sio0: type 16550A pmtimer0 on isa0 orm0: ISA Option ROMs at iomem 0xc-0xc7fff,0xc8000-0xc8fff, 0xec000-0xe on isa0 ppc0: parallel port not found. sc0: System console at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA 16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300 sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 sio1: port may not be enabled vga0: Generic ISA VGA at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa-0xb on isa0 Timecounter TSC frequency 2800113855 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec hptrr: no controller detected. acd0: CDRW TSST CD-RW/DVD-ROM TSH492B/TB06 at ata0-master UDMA33 ad4: 152627MB Maxtor 6V160E0 VA111900 at ata2-master SATA150 Michael Doyle Network Administrator, Co-operation Ireland mdo...@cooperationireland.org http://www.cooperationireland.org/ Co-operation Ireland Events: http://www.cooperationireland.org/supportus/overview Phone: +353-1-6610588 Fax: +353-1-6618456 Mobile: 00353-87-2357853 ___ 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
Advice request: DSL modem
I am looking for advice regarding DSL Modems: I need to add a computer to our VPN which is implemented using the FreeBSD IPSEC protocols. So far, all our sites are connected using a wireless point-to-point link provided by our ISP that gives us fixed IP addresses with no NAT issues. Now I need to add a site with a DSL link. My ISP will give me a fixed IP address for this site but can anyone recommend a DSL modem (ADSL2) that will be easy to configure with this setup ? (The previous model I used successfully for this purpose is no longer available) Thanks Mike Michael Doyle Network Administrator, Co-operation Ireland mdo...@cooperationireland.org http://www.cooperationireland.org/ Co-operation Ireland Events: http://www.cooperationireland.org/supportus/overview Not another brick in the wall: http://www.cooperationireland.org/appeal/ Phone: +353-1-6610588 Fax: +353-1-6618456 Mobile: 00353-87-2357853 ___ 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: Advice request: DSL modem
Thanks, that looks like EXACTLY what I need And one of my normal vendors had it in stock too. On 11 Mar 2010, at 11:52, Matthew Law wrote: Mike, I use a Draytek Vigor 120 (I'm in the UK, but it most certainly will work for you aswell). This is a self-contained ADSL modem that presents a PPPoE interface to your PC or server via a conventional RJ45 connector. It is painless and past firmware hiccups accepted, performs very well indeed. http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/vigor120.html I use it in preference to anything because it does not get you embroiled in PCI device driver support and it doesn't NAT or otherwise screw with the conenction - you get 'the internet' and nothing more. The only downside is it is not cheap. I think I paid around 50 GBP. Best regards, Matt. On Thu, March 11, 2010 10:42 am, Michael Doyle wrote: I am looking for advice regarding DSL Modems: I need to add a computer to our VPN which is implemented using the FreeBSD IPSEC protocols. So far, all our sites are connected using a wireless point-to-point link provided by our ISP that gives us fixed IP addresses with no NAT issues. Now I need to add a site with a DSL link. My ISP will give me a fixed IP address for this site but can anyone recommend a DSL modem (ADSL2) that will be easy to configure with this setup ? (The previous model I used successfully for this purpose is no longer available) ___ 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 following PHP upgrade
I am having problems following upgrading a specific port, and I would like advice on how to proceed in diagnosing the fault. The application showing symptoms of unreliable behaviour is WebCalendar 1.2.0b1 (a php application) http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php?topic=About FreeBSD 6.4 stable - Apache 2.2.11 - PHP 5.2.11 PostgreSQL 8.3.7 - WebCalendar 1.2.0 Server: FreeBSD 6.4 stable (compiled/installed Friday of last week). Everything appeared fine after the OS update. Apache 2.2.11 (Updated on Friday of last week. update caused no problems) PostgreSQL 8.3.7 (Updated on Monday. Drupal and Webcalendar worked after update. Took a little effort/time to get WikiMedia to update cleanly due to changes between PostgreSQL 8.2.x and 8.3.x as a previously optional module had been moved in to the core of PostgreSQL). Today I updated the installed version of PHP from PHP 5.2.6 to version 5.2.10 At first all appeared to work, but then I noticed that certain pages within the WebCalendar application were failing to load. /var/log/messages contains multiple lines of the form: Jul 16 16:13:33 intranet kernel: pid xxx (httpd), uid 80: exited on signal 4 /usr/local/www/apache22/logs/httpd-error.log contains multiple lines of the form: [Thu Jul 16 16:13:33 2009] [notice] child pid xxx exit signal Illegal instruction (4) I don't see any apache core files dropped, but I might be looking in the wrong place. I have re-installed PHP multiple times, including deleting and re- installing all the libraries that PHP depends on, and re-booting the server to ensure that all the old versions of libraries are not lingering in memory. Can someone advise me on where to look next and/or how to get further debugging information out of this stack of applications ___ 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: Problems following PHP upgrade
On 16 Jul 2009, at 18:14, Patrick Lamaiziere wrote: Le Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:06:19 +0100, Michael Doyle itm...@cooperationireland.org a écrit : I am having problems following upgrading a specific port, and I would like advice on how to proceed in diagnosing the fault. The application showing symptoms of unreliable behaviour is WebCalendar 1.2.0b1 (a php application) http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php?topic=About Did you try to fix the order of the extensions in php.ini? There are known problems with this. See by instance: http://www.pingle.org/2007/09/22/php-crashes-extensions-workaround Regards. Thanks for the hint, but still no joy.___ 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: Problems following PHP upgrade
On 16 Jul 2009, at 18:14, Patrick Lamaiziere wrote: Le Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:06:19 +0100, Michael Doyle itm...@cooperationireland.org a écrit : I am having problems following upgrading a specific port, and I would like advice on how to proceed in diagnosing the fault. The application showing symptoms of unreliable behaviour is WebCalendar 1.2.0b1 (a php application) http://www.k5n.us/webcalendar.php?topic=About Did you try to fix the order of the extensions in php.ini? There are known problems with this. See by instance: http://www.pingle.org/2007/09/22/php-crashes-extensions-workaround Regards. Thanks for your help Turns out that the bug was in the WebCalendar app, not PHP itself, just it didn't manifest before PHP version 5.2.8 I found the solution in the Sourceforge forum for the Webcalendar project here: https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=2920964forum_id=11588 ___ 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
Need help with multicast routing over VPN
My organisation has successfully used FreeBSD to set up a VPN between three sites. Now, in order to facilitate a phone system using VOIP between two of those sites, I have attempted to enable multi-cast routing between those sites. I looked at the mrouted manual, and attempted to configure it properly insofar as I understood it. I also re-compiled the kernels of the firewalls to enable multicast routing. I have not succeeded in getting the phone systems to see eachothers' multicast packets, and after several attempts, all I have done is to crash the firewalls, and annoy my staff members. If someone has done this sort of thing before, I would be prepared to send my config files to them for review (/etc/rc.conf, /etc/ipsec.conf, /etc/mrouted.conf, /usr/ local/etc/racoon/racoon.conf and /etc/rc.firewall are the files I think are of interest). Both systems are running FreeBSD 6.3-stable as of friday of last week. Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: question on DSL signal
On 4 Feb 2008, at 21:49, Tim Daneliuk wrote: David Banning wrote: snip 2. Is there any way to avoid it? Yes - switch to different fabric. I live near a large metro area, and the local cable company finally figured out that there was money to be made offering their very fast/reliable cable service to businesses. For $10/mo *less* than I was paying for 1.5/384 DSL with 8 static IPs, I now get 6.0/1.5 w/5 static IPs from Comcast. My only regret is that I could not continue to do business with Speakeasy, which is hands down the best ISP I've ever seen. The Comcast package has thus far (about 4 months) been flawless. They have a separate support group for business customers, they handled my reverse DNS perfectly and promptly, and - if I remain on the local backbone for testing - the system actually peaks to over 20Mb/sec. If you're not too far away from the CO you can try adsl2, but if your copper is lousy for dsl, it will be lousy for that as well. In both the UK and Ireland, one of the available different fabric solutions is broadband over a wireless connection using point-to-point radio or microwave connections with dishes mounted on the outside of the building. These rely on line of sight to the ISPs mast, and are therefore typically available only in large urban areas, but where they are available, I have found them to be more reliable than DSL. Personal experience: using them in several sites in the greater Dublin area (Ireland) and in the Belfast area (UK) for my company and our staff members who work from home. Additional benefits of this type of connection is that it is symmetrical (same upload and download speed) and, in the UK and Ireland at least, comes with with a fixed IP address as standard. (I have a friend in Kosovo who has the same technology deployed with private IP address ranges, so that does depend on your ISP) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 6.2 inside VMWare Fusion ?
On 6 Dec 2007, at 15:47, Doug Poland wrote: Michael Doyle wrote: Has anyone got FreeBSD 6.2 to load as a guest OS in VMWare Fusion on a new MacBook Pro ? I have been running 6.2 on an iMac since early betas of VMWare Fusion If so, could they give me pointers on what I need to do, since I have tried this and failed. Could you give some specific error messages? I start a new Virtual Machine, select FreeBSD as the OS, FreeBSD 6 as the specific version (from the VM Ware Fusion menus) Then insert a FreeBSD 6.2 install disk in the drive and run through the setup process. Select use entire disk, no boot manager, install the Developer package, no additional packages... the install runs to completion. However, when, after installing the OS, I let the virtual machine reboot, it hangs after the POST without displaying the FreeBSD hardware probe messages. No errors, nothing. It doesn't even get as far as the menu where you select normal, or acpi disabled, etc. I downloaded an image created by someone else of a VMWare Workstation image, and that runs on my Mac under VMWare Fusion, but I am unable to compile and install VMWare Tools (make all succeeded, but make install failed with a file not found error...) If you like I can copy/paste those errors in a seperate email. I don't understand why I cannot create my own bootable VMWare image though ? Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD 6.2 inside VMWare Fusion ?
Has anyone got FreeBSD 6.2 to load as a guest OS in VMWare Fusion on a new MacBook Pro ? If so, could they give me pointers on what I need to do, since I have tried this and failed. It's mostly just to see if I can do it - I have a number of real servers running FreeBSD 6 and was looking to make a test-bed platform inside my laptop for convenience more than anything else. Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 6.0 on Apple's Intel Developer Platform?
On 9 Jan 2006, at 20:41, JK wrote: I can get the 6.0 CD1 to boot ok on Apple's Intel Developers Platform but the usb keyboard is not recognized. Do I have to do something special to use a USB keyboard? There is no PS/2 keyboard or mouse port on that platform. Is the Boot CD image not recognising the USB port, or not recognising the Apple keyboard? If the latter, then a standard Windows/PC USB keyboard should work. I know that PC keyboards and Apple keyboards have different lay-outs and may act differently. PC keyboards work in a Mac. The converse may not be true (haven't tried it) Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
