Re: BSD sleep

2013-05-29 Thread Modulok
it to sleep for 3600 local seconds from the time the call is made until it wakes up again without any absurd gotchas. If the real-world time elapsed is more or less than 3600 seconds due to an internal clock error - fine. That's a different problem altogether. My 2 cents. -Modulok- On 5/29/13, RW

Case sensitive usernames and sendmail - mystic voodoo

2013-05-26 Thread Modulok
usernames in various config files, etc this isn't a real option. By just altering their usernames I'm afraid I'd break the whole damn universe. How can I enable mail for them? Cheers! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Case sensitive usernames and sendmail - mystic voodoo

2013-05-26 Thread Modulok
settings too? Of course it would be nice if there was a corresponding setting for the mc files which the cf files are usually generated from... So, best practices aside, this would be a bug in the default config? (i.e. can I celebrate my bug-finding yet?) Cheers! -Modulok

Revoke a DHCP lease early?

2013-03-09 Thread Modulok
192.168.1.24 How do you revoke a client's lease prematurely? Thanks. -Modulok- ___ 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: Software raid VS hardware raid

2013-01-30 Thread Modulok
not tried this with gpt, so I can't comment there. -Modulok- ___ 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

LaTeX Error: File `utf8x.def' not found

2013-01-20 Thread Modulok
by installing ``unicode-tex``, but I didn't find a ``unicode-tex`` package in the FreeBSD packages list on ftp.freebsd.org. Any pointers? I'm using this with Sphinx on FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE if that matters. Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: LaTeX Error: File `utf8x.def' not found

2013-01-20 Thread Modulok
it was no longer maintained? Thanks! -Modulok- Command output shown below: # pkg_add -r latex-ucs Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-8.3-release/Latest/latex-ucs.tbz... Done. Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-8.3-release/All/printproto-1.0.5

[no subject]

2013-01-15 Thread Modulok
List, When I boot the FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE install CD, everything boots as expected, except random letters appear in random colors. For example, a pink 'r' or a blue colon :, etc. What could be causing this? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

vidcontrol - How do I make these persist?

2012-11-26 Thread Modulok
List, If I edit things via vidcontrol, e.g: `vidcontrol grey black` where do I put this to make it persist across reboots on all terminals? Cheers! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: 0

2012-10-16 Thread Modulok
1 On 10/15/12, abdou massnoue abdoumassnoue2...@gmail.com wrote: ___ 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

pkgconf-0.8.9 conflicts...

2012-09-15 Thread Modulok
. pkgconf-0.8.9 conflicts with installed package(s): pkg-config-0.25_1 So, I try this:: pkg_delete pkg-config-0.25_1 But of course I can't deinstall it because several hundred already installed require it. Suggestions? -Modulok

Re: pkgconf-0.8.9 conflicts...

2012-09-15 Thread Modulok
Thanks! Everything works now. I should have read UPDATING before posting. -Modulok- On 9/15/12, Mark Felder f...@feld.me wrote: On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:33:09 -0500, modu...@gmail.com wrote: But of course I can't deinstall it because several hundred already installed require

Re: Help solving the sysadm's nightmare

2012-07-21 Thread Modulok
on such a project. Good luck with your nightmare. -Modulok- ___ 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

OT: Robotics or embedded or hardware programming... what is this called?

2012-06-20 Thread Modulok
? Are there prefabricated, standard embedded boards and hardware specs that play together like PC parts do? In short, I don't even know where to start. Even general pointers to books/websites would be great. Once I know what it's called I can google much more effectively ;) Thanks! -Modulok

Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of?

2012-06-11 Thread Modulok
This thread has united the open source community into doing something useful and constructive. Thanks guys. You really showed 'em. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Anyone using freebsd ZFS for large storage servers?

2012-06-02 Thread Modulok
on the situation, but nothing dramatic on either end. -Modulok- ___ 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

Trouble installing py-sqlite3 port for python3.x

2012-03-31 Thread Modulok
no python variables. I can display UTF-8 characters on the console just fine e.g: $ pytho3.2 ... chr(0xe4) 'ä' Suggestions, thoughts, ideas? Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: Removal of content from the mailing list

2012-02-10 Thread Modulok
On 2/9/12, yt corvusborea...@gmail.com wrote: Who should I talk to about removing a thread from the mailing list? With the countless number of mirrors this list has, it's pretty much impossible. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: software raid

2012-02-07 Thread Modulok
the worst performance you can get due to its raid3 nature. Requests have to be served sequentially, using all disks in the array. Slow in my experience. Good luck! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: 'rm' Can not delete files

2012-02-07 Thread Modulok
everything, can you just remove the directory and re-create it? e.g: cd .. rm -rf foo mkdir foo -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

setuid directories - or other option?

2012-02-04 Thread Modulok
soon and from what I gather, it won't work there. I guess I could have a cron job run every minute and change offending permission bits, but that feels hacky. Any other ideas? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: what are the top python books?

2012-01-25 Thread Modulok
at www.pythonchallenge.com it makes you use the language to solve problems in an interesting way. Then, once you have mad skills check out http://projecteuler.net/ Good luck! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

idletime in login.conf

2011-10-30 Thread Modulok
or more. I'm missing something. Other than an autologout shell variables, how do I force idle users to logout? Thanks. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

How to find out which version of PF a given box is using...

2011-09-21 Thread Modulok
List, Is there an easy way to find out what version of PF a given FreeBSD version is using? Currently I'm doing this: grep -iE '\bpf\b' /usr/src/UPDATING Just wondering if I'm missing something. I didn't see any '--version' flag in pfctl. -Modulok

Re: copying hard drives

2011-06-10 Thread Modulok
this so that clone drive can be smaller that the original. For this on FreeBSD, use dump(8) and restore(8) commands. Of course, they will only be suitable for FreeBSD, as they are file system (UFS) dependent. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Long Day's Journey into Bleep

2011-06-09 Thread Modulok
is the proCurve has a very inaccurate internal clock, but that is easily remedied by configuring ntpd on it. So yeah, even solid state stuff can die! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: FreeBSD Python version

2011-05-25 Thread Modulok
/bin/env python3.2 '''I'll use python 3.2''' #!/usr/bin/env python '''I'll use whatever version `which python` returns.''' -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

Re: Filename containing French characters ?

2011-05-23 Thread Modulok
Short answer, use a glob pattern. Assume I have a file named 'à fichier.txt': ls -l -rw-r--r-- 1 Modulok Modulok 12 May 23 09:01 ?? fichier.txt mv ?\ fichier.txt aFile.txt Long answer, for those who want to follow along and fix their terminal to display UTF-8, keep reading

Piping find into tar...

2011-05-04 Thread Modulok
result.tgz Thanks! -Modulok- ___ 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: Piping find into tar...

2011-05-04 Thread Modulok
using the 'j' flag.) find -E . -regex '.*\.txt$' -print0 | xargs -0 tar -cjf result.tbz As for pax, I thought tar could create pax archives too, via the --format pax option? Cheers Everyone! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Password theft from memory?

2011-04-27 Thread Modulok
On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Modulok modu...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know if this is a problem on FreeBSD... Process A requests memory. Process A Stores a plaintext password in memory or other sensitive data. Process A terminates and the memory is reclaimed by kernel. Process B

Password theft from memory?

2011-04-24 Thread Modulok
, looking for ProcessA's previously stored password. Does anyone know if this is even possible on FreeBSD? Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

Re: Is it safe to run tcpdump?

2011-03-05 Thread Modulok
feature of the PF firewall. You can setup specific rules to capture tcpdump compatible logs and send them either to a log file or to a pseudo network interface (the pflog device) for live viewing. There's a chapter about this covered in Peter Hansteen's The Book of PF. -Modulok- On 3/5/11

Re: GELI reliability

2011-02-25 Thread Modulok
on the copied file and the original (or at least a checksum) to see if it worked out. I'd do it for you and report back, but at the moment I don't have the hardware to spare. Let us know how it goes ;-) -Modulok- On 2/25/11, Terje Elde te...@elde.net wrote: Hi, I'm curious about GELIs theoretical

Re: FreeBSD and SSD drives

2011-02-13 Thread Modulok
So... how about those solid state drives... yup. -Modulok- On 2/13/11, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 07:38:01AM -0500, Jerry wrote: Bloat is a purely subjective term. What one user considers bloat could very well be a requirement for another use. For example

Installing gnome2 problems...

2011-01-26 Thread Modulok
, but the build still failed. I ran gnomelogalyzer.sh as instructed, but it said the cause was unknown. Before I built anything, I updated my ports tree via 'portsnap fetch portsnap update'. I'm on FreeBSD 8.1 RELEASE on amd64. Any suggestions? Thanks! -Modulok

Re: The book of pf...

2011-01-19 Thread Modulok
On 1/19/11, Peter N. M. Hansteen pe...@bsdly.net wrote: Modulok modu...@gmail.com writes: This book comes in two editions. The first was published in December 2007, the second, November, 2010. Does anyone have this? And if so would I be correct to get the first edition instead? I know

Re: The book of pf...

2011-01-18 Thread Modulok
No. The second edition also includes the syntax for FreeBSD 8.x.(It also includes the old sytnax for OpenBSD as well as the new syntax) -- chs, Thank you! That's what I needed to know. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

The book of pf...

2011-01-17 Thread Modulok
up and need to be well prepared. Suggested readings appreciated. Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr

Re: harddrive encryption

2011-01-17 Thread Modulok
backups! -Modulok- ___ 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: File Listing

2011-01-10 Thread Modulok
/etc/bluetooth /etc/bluetooth/hcsecd.conf /etc/bluetooth/hosts /etc/bluetooth/protocols There's also switches for how to handle symbolic links and staying on one file system, depth limits, file limits, etc. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Is there a 'Y' (i.e. branch) version of a command pipe?

2011-01-09 Thread Modulok
On 1/8/11, Modulok modu...@gmail.com wrote: List, Is there a command that lets me send standard input to two different places at the same time? (i.e. non-sequentially.) Think of it like a pipe character, but with a 'Y' branch instead. Basically, I want to record standard input to a log file

Is there a 'Y' (i.e. branch) version of a command pipe?

2011-01-08 Thread Modulok
pipes and then have two different programs read from each pipe, getting the same output. I can probably write something in Python, but thought I'd ask first. Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: ZFS

2011-01-01 Thread Modulok
Probably. I think I've got like 10 of these on and off. -Modulok- On 1/1/11, Gabor Illo stagel...@gmail.com wrote: Spam? 2010/12/6 freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Dear Sir/Madam, Your email was unable reach the intended person that you were sending it to. For more information on our

Re: Terrible Clock Skew

2010-12-08 Thread Modulok
because I have these same boards/chips running in Linux with no clock issues. In the man page for ntpd, you might look into The huff-n'-puff Filter. Not saying it will help, but it seems like you've tried everything else. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions

Broken port?

2010-11-29 Thread Modulok
List, I tried to install django with sqlite support from ports and got the error shown below. What do I do to fix this? Do I email a port maintainer or something? I used portsnap to update my ports collection before trying the install. I'm on 8.1-RELEASE amd64. Thanks! -Modulok- Error Below

Is ZFS ready for prime time?

2010-11-14 Thread Modulok
and what not, still work? As I understand it, I can just treat a geli like a generic block device, right? Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Weird file system corruption or something else?

2010-10-24 Thread Modulok
? An mdconfig issue? A mount_ntfs bug? -Modulok- ___ 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

dd to clone disks - new disk fails to boot.

2010-10-20 Thread Modulok
'slice' in FreeBSD terms) table or CHS/LBA black magic going on? Any ideas? Thanks. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions

Re: (no subject)

2010-09-17 Thread Modulok
now have two on the way :) Thank you! -Modulok- ___ 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

(no subject)

2010-09-16 Thread Modulok
that I can plug a few SATA drives into. Then I'll create a graid3 with them, or mess around with ZFS. Anyone using something worth a recommendation? Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: Anybody can use webcam in skype in 8.1?

2010-07-18 Thread Modulok
I had a similar problem under linux the other day, if that helps. I ended up setting the LD_PRELOAD environment variable to modify how skype gets linked at runtime. In bash: LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype Again that's on linux, so it's probably not relevant, or even if it is, the

Shaping torrent traffic?

2010-07-13 Thread Modulok
How do I catch torrent traffic with a pf.conf rule? It doesn't operate on any standard port numbers. Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

Reconstruct meaningful data from tcpdumps?

2010-07-09 Thread Modulok
Is there a way to reconstruct network traffic from a tcpdump file? Or something similar? As in: analyze the dump file and attempt to re-construct files transfered though http, ftp, known messenger protocols, instant message conversations, http requests, web pages, and so forth? There's a bunch of

VLANs is this right?

2010-07-05 Thread Modulok
time until later tonight so I thought I'd ask in the mean time. Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr

Re: VLANs is this right?

2010-07-05 Thread Modulok
/5/10, David Kelly dke...@hiwaay.net wrote: On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 10:16:19AM -0600, Modulok wrote: Criteria: - HostA must never directly talk to HostB. - Both hostA and hostB have an Internet connection. What I have to work with: proCurve switch which supports VLANs. 2x

Re: what is /usr/sbin/nmbd

2010-06-19 Thread Modulok
2000, Windows XP and LanManager clients. It also participates in the browsing protocols which make up the Windows Network Neighborhood view. ... -Modulok- On 6/19/10, Caleb Stein caleb.st...@me.com wrote: I constantly get messages telling me that it couldn't be executed

Online gaming and file downloads - latency hell!

2010-06-15 Thread Modulok
sysctl's that would help this out or something. I'm almost ready to just buy a 'gaming' *gag* router which implements their own brand of QoS, but don't want to sink to that level if I don't have to. Help! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Accessing file from windows or to windows

2010-05-06 Thread Modulok
could involve setting up an SSH client/server on the two machines and use 'sftp' or 'scp' to transfer files, among others. -Modulok- On 5/6/10, Tim Daneliuk tun...@tundraware.com wrote: On 5/6/2010 3:47 PM, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Hi all, I have a file I need in my bsd box, would it be easier

Re: Accessing file from windows or to windows

2010-05-06 Thread Modulok
it across a network you're never directly accessing the file system. There is always an intermediary between you and it; the daemon which handles file i/o requests. Notice: It handles your *requests*; you never actually access the underlying file system. On 5/6/10, Modulok modu...@gmail.com wrote

Broken port 'py-sqlite3'... or maybe something else?

2010-04-30 Thread Modulok
/Python-2.5.1.tgz. = No suitable checksum found for python/Python-2.5.1.tgz. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/databases/py-sqlite3. What does it mean? And...how do I go about getting 'py-sqlite3' installed in light of it? -Modulok- ___ freebsd

Unit conversion program?

2010-04-28 Thread Modulok
one in python pretty easily, but just thought I'd check before re-inventing the wheel. Thanks. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd

Outdoor wireless - has anyone used Ubiquiti power stations?

2010-04-07 Thread Modulok
a reasonable approach? I just thought I'd get a vote of confidence in my methods before I finally tackle this project and buy the equipment. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: theme

2010-04-05 Thread Modulok
, depending on what the author of the said picture was using. -Modulok- On 4/5/10, tristan tristan.n...@gmail.com wrote: In some FreeBSD pictures, i see a dock at the bottom. how do i get this? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: SSH root login with keys only

2010-04-05 Thread Modulok
You should also consider posting your patch and related content to, 'freebsd-hack...@freebsd.org'. -Modulok- On 4/5/10, Marcin Wisnicki mwisnicki+free...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:01:08 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/04/2010

How to mark an interace as 'down' at boot time?

2010-03-28 Thread Modulok
, but it's still up when the boot cycle completes. -Modulok- ___ 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

Wireless access point rc.conf syntax in FreeBSD 8?

2010-03-21 Thread Modulok
of this in the handbook wireless section that I saw. Anyway, I want to run it as an access point, not a client. The ral driver supports this, but I'm not sure on the rc.conf synax for creating an access point out of it. Could anyone point to some access-point-like examples? Thanks! -Modulok

Re: Copying mirrored partitions - will this work?

2010-03-20 Thread Modulok
incompatible change, as I never went back to 6.2. Just something to be aware of. Sorry I can't be more helpful. Maybe someone else knows more. -Modulok- On 3/20/10, Mike Clarke jmc-freeb...@milibyte.co.uk wrote: I'm currently running 8.0-RELEASE and am considering experimenting with 8.0-STABLE. I'd like

Re: Moving master.passwd file between servers... is this correct?

2010-03-11 Thread Modulok
Thanks guys, it worked! -Modulok- On 3/11/10, Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/03/2010 05:41:10, Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Mar 10), Modulok said: I need to migrate a passwd file from an old 6.2 server

Moving master.passwd file between servers... is this correct?

2010-03-10 Thread Modulok
, but is this correct? I'd hate to miss somethign before it goes online. Thanks guys! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr

Re: Newbie gmirror questions

2010-02-05 Thread Modulok
. -Modulok- On 2/5/10, Mike Clarke jmc-freeb...@milibyte.co.uk wrote: On Sunday 17 January 2010, Matthew Seaman wrote: However, one of the really amazingly brilliant things about geom is that just about any disk / storage related thing can be a geom provider, and geom constructs will nest very

Does geli metadata contain sensitive information?

2010-01-27 Thread Modulok
Does a geli metadata backup contain any sensitive information? Like... should apply the same precations as I do the key and password? Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Program to create/update Windows 'thumbs.db' files?

2010-01-02 Thread Modulok
there might be something already out there to do this. Thanks! Happy new year everyone. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions

(no subject)

2009-12-23 Thread Modulok
List, Is there a software method (not a microwave oven) to destroy a CD-R? Something like: dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/acd0? Obviously the above doesn't work, but the idea is there. Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Suggestion for the fdisk(8) manual page...

2009-12-21 Thread Modulok
FreeBSD was one) and the master boot record remained unaltered. I tried the same with gpart and everything worked fine. I wish I would have know about gpart earlier though. -Modulok- On 12/20/09, Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 12:40:48PM -0700, Modulok wrote: Just

Re: Suggestion for the fdisk(8) manual page...

2009-12-21 Thread Modulok
Just to clarify, when I say 'unused slices', I mean those of other operating systems I was no longer interested in having around, not as in 'marked as free space'. Thanks! -Modulok- On 12/21/09, Modulok modu...@gmail.com wrote: As far as I know, the class not found just a warning, not an error

Suggestion for the fdisk(8) manual page...

2009-12-20 Thread Modulok
the archives, apparently I'm not the only one. Thanks! -Modulok- ___ 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

FreeBSD 8 USB stack - Thank you!

2009-12-13 Thread Modulok
I just installed FreeBSD 8. I'm not sure which developers had a hand in the new USB stack, but I appreciate the effort put forth. Thank you all! Finally, I can use my printer without having to hack the ulpt.c file. I'm so happy! :-) -Modulok

Re: Temporarily halt boot process to enter encryption keys?

2009-12-09 Thread Modulok
your FreeBSD box into a sysV equivalent, making complex custom startups easier in the future. Blasphemy, I know! -Modulok- On 12/9/09, Corey J. Bukolt 0...@mail.ru wrote: Corey J. Bukolt wrote: Hello list, I have a FreeNAS box with a CF card for root, and 3 drives (soon to be 4) set up

Re: recovering data from this disk

2009-12-04 Thread Modulok
You might try freesbie. It's not a fixit shell, it's a full FreeBSD on a live CD. I've had better luck with it in the past than the fixit shell. Worth a shot. -Modulok- On 12/4/09, Tom Worster f...@thefsb.org wrote: On 12/4/09 1:51 PM, Henrik Hudson li...@rhavenn.net wrote: On Fri, 04 Dec

Wester Digital 'deep recovery cycle' and gstripe?

2009-11-17 Thread Modulok
that time another disks does the same the array is toast, right? Umm...what are the odds of this occurring? War stories? (The more I type this out, the more it's starting to sound like a bad idea.) Thoughts, ideas? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Wester Digital 'deep recovery cycle' and gstripe?

2009-11-17 Thread Modulok
Correction, it would be a graid3 setup. Sorry. -Modulok- On 11/17/09, Adam Vande More amvandem...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Modulok modu...@gmail.com wrote: List, Has anyone used 'Wester Digital Caviar Black' disks in a gstripe? I'm building a 2TB gstripe, from 3x

Re: freebsd.org slow?

2009-11-14 Thread Modulok
Chris, Seems alright now, for me anyway. (Indeed, the ever-irritating works for me response. Though it seemed the only thing appropriate here. Sorry. :)~ -Modulok- On 11/14/09, Chris christopher...@telting.org wrote: Anyone else notice how slow freebsd.org is? Chris

Re: CMS

2009-10-16 Thread Modulok
you had in mind :p -Modulok- ___ 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

Tune USB latency...is that the right word?

2009-09-26 Thread Modulok
or something? -Modulok- ___ 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

Is it possible to setup a graid3 on root?

2009-09-25 Thread Modulok
Just wondering if it is possible to setup a striped root partition (graid3) and still be able to boot from it. Logically, it doesn't sound promising, but has anyone tried this? Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Is this a kernel memory leak or a process memory leak?

2009-09-22 Thread Modulok
leak right? Anybody? -Modulok- ___ 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: internet access from FreeBSD

2009-09-22 Thread Modulok
with this 'juno', so I can't help there. Perhaps others will have further advice. -Modulok- On 9/22/09, gs_stol...@juno.com gs_stol...@juno.com wrote: I have a copy of Greg Lehey's online book about FreeBSD, but I believe it is from February 2006. Is there a later copy, and if so

Re: Is there such thing as a 'soft checksum' tool?

2009-09-07 Thread Modulok
Modulok modu...@gmail.com writes: I'm not even sure such a tool exists, but it's worth asking: I'm looking for a pseudo-checksum tool for use with catalogging images. For example, a strict checksum algorithm, like the sha family, will produce a dramatically different checksum for two

Is there such thing as a 'soft checksum' tool?

2009-09-05 Thread Modulok
the checksums are, the more similar two given images are. Does anyone know of anything like this? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd

SANE configuration ... ideas?

2009-09-04 Thread Modulok
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SANE epson.conf vs. epson2.conf

2009-09-03 Thread Modulok
that? Thanks. -Modulok- ___ 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: Continuous backup of critical system files

2009-08-25 Thread Modulok
, best of luck! -Modulok- ___ 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: Managing encrypted disks

2009-08-14 Thread Modulok
, then there are no geli providers attached. You can also check the output of the 'geli list' and 'geli status' commands. If they return nothing, no providers are attached, otherwise they'll list the providers and algorithms/key sizes used and so forth. -Modulok

Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman) (was: upgrade 7.2 overwrites partitions)

2009-08-06 Thread Modulok
fashion, at a given problem, there is some truth to the statement. Both types of systems are needed, and I sincerely hope that both continue to exist. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman) (was: upgrade 7.2

2009-08-06 Thread Modulok
[snip] Once taken the time to set things up, they make you happy running for a lifetime. :-) [/snip] It's nice to be able to go on vacation, without worrying about the servers back home craping out :) -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: How to find real CPU temperature?

2009-08-05 Thread Modulok
FreeBSD is running to check whether the computer is over heating? If your mainboard supports it, and depending on your CPU, you might look into sysutils/mbmon, found in the ports collection. Aside from that, what does the following command output? sysctl -a | grep temp -Modulok

Re: Secure password generation...blasphemy!

2009-08-04 Thread Modulok
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Re: Secure password generation...blasphemy!

2009-08-04 Thread Modulok
As I understand it I would have to double the length of a hashed password for it to be as secure as an un-hashed one, as each pair of characters represent one byte. Aye? -Modulok- On 8/4/09, RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com wrote: On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 22:20:50 -0800 Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi

Secure password generation...blasphemy!

2009-08-03 Thread Modulok
good enough, right? I'd think that listening for cosmic background radiation or environmental infrared is drifting a little far from being in the realm of practical. Right? Just looking for any re-assurances. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

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