Changing colors in shells

2003-10-29 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Lo folks, i would like to change the colors of the shell to FG=green BG=black. I do _not_ ask how to change the promt, i rather want to change the default FG BG colors, so that with whatever program (be it Konsole, putty, ssh.org, ...) i log in via SSH it uses this colors. I am aware of the fact t

pppctl - delete config rules

2003-10-10 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Hello there, i can add a config rule to pppd via pppctl (e.g. "nat port tcp10.0.0.2:80 80"), but how do i remove it with pppclt again? thx -- NEU FÜR ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - für Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gruß, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden un

Re: mount an ftp or ssh filesystem

2003-09-26 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
C. Ulrich wrote: On Thu, 2003-09-25 at 04:34, Pascal Giannakakis wrote: Hello, i'd like to mount remote ftp and ssh dirs into my local dir-tree, however can't find info on that for FreeBSD. I can't find neither a port, nor something for the kernel (like LUFS in Lunix). Other netw

Re: ppp with DSL leaves unused routes

2003-09-25 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
fbsd_user wrote: Add these 2 statements to your ppp.conf file disable iface-alias# Stop adding old IP addr as alias when ppp # redials because line was lost. These old ips # showed using ifconfig -a on tun0. iface clear# Remove a

tool to sniff data from a device file

2003-09-25 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Hi, is there any generic capture-tool that can sniff and display the data that is going in and out of a device, say /dev/sio0 or /dev/usb0, and display it in whatever style, like tcpdump does with net-interfaces? TIA -- NEU FÜR ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - für Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, Fi

mount an ftp or ssh filesystem

2003-09-25 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Hello, i'd like to mount remote ftp and ssh dirs into my local dir-tree, however can't find info on that for FreeBSD. I can't find neither a port, nor something for the kernel (like LUFS in Lunix). Other network-FSs are not an option. BTW - If you wonder whats its use is: i would like to access th

Fwd: ppp with DSL leaves unused routes

2003-09-24 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Hello, i have FreeBSD 5.1 running which is connected to the INet via a PPP / DSL. My DSL provider forces disconnect every 12 hours, and my ppp-script dials in back immediately (ddial). However, after the redial there is not one route, but 2 routes. How do i force the old route to be deleted? He

Re: Bandwidth shaping

2003-07-03 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> Hello all, > does anyone can tell me how to throttle the network bandwith based on ip > addressses. > > I think it must be something with ipfw but i am not sure ? > > Cheers, > karsten Yea, it is ipfw and dummynet, "man ipfw", "man dummynet" and http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8

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2003-03-12 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Hello, i want to extract a word with a regular expressions from a line of text. Here is what i currently have: grep -c -E 'Interesting ports on [a-zA-Z0-9-.]+ \((.+)\)' This will print lines (from nmap), but i need only the 1st match in parentheses, which is the IP in this case. What pro

Re: bandwidth prioritization

2003-03-06 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Pascal Giannakakis schrieb: Hi there, I read this and I was wondering if anyone has done this with ipfw & dummynet. http://www.benzedrine.cx/ackpri.html Thanks, - Will To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the

Re: bandwidth prioritization

2003-03-06 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> Hi there, > > I read this and I was wondering if anyone has done this with ipfw & > dummynet. > > http://www.benzedrine.cx/ackpri.html > > Thanks, > - Will > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >

Re: Trouble with SMC2602W wireless card

2003-02-20 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
David Brodbeck schrieb: Pascal Giannakakis wrote: ARRGH!!! FFS!!! I ordered 2 of these, based on availability and the list, and now i read i might be unsupported! >:( Could NE1 please confirm this card is running under FreeBSD 5.0? I'm beginning to suspect there are multiple

Re: FreeBSD and DSL CONNECTIVITY ISSUES,

2003-02-13 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> To All, > > We are running a server using FreeBSD and have been > experiencing DSL connectivity issues from our customers. > Our pages are basically all HTML and some Java applets. > Customers are reporting issues such as; > > "Recently I've noticed that your site operates very slowly.

Can not compile KDE / arts (coredump)

2003-02-13 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Lo, did anybody experience the same problem when trying to compile arts-1.1 on FreeBSD-STABLE? gmake[3]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/audio/arts/work/arts-1.1/flow' ../mcopidl/mcopidl -t ../flow/artsflow.idl ../flow/artsflow.idl: warning: Arts::WaveDataHandle::load (method) collides with

Re: Trouble with SMC2602W wireless card

2003-02-12 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 03:32:46PM -0500, David Brodbeck wrote: > > I bought an SMC2602W wireless PCI card, based on it being listed in the > > FreeBSD Handbook as supported. However, I can't get the system to > > recognize it. I get this in dmesg: > > > > pci0: (vendor=0x1317, de

Re: power monitoring API

2003-02-07 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> > Hi, greetings all: > > Is there any way (API or Macros) provided by FreeBSD that can monitor > power consumption? I would like to check how much energy consumed by some > operation (for example, sending a package). > > Any suggestions on this are appreciated. > > Cheers, > Ken

Re: Login failure

2003-02-07 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> Hi, > In order to make the user able to use mtools, access to A: that is, I put > a > line in fstab like: > > /dev/fd0 /floppy msdos rw wheel noauto > > this made it. As user I could use the floppystation with mtools. > But starting the machine today failed. > Here is what it

Re: WLAN D-Link DWL-520+ not recognized

2003-02-04 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> Pascal Giannakakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > none2@pci0:8:0: class=0x028000 card=0x3b011186 chip=0x8400104c rev=0x00 > > hdr=0x00 > > vendor = 'Texas Instruments (TI)' > > device = '802.11b+ 22Mbps Wireless Adapter&#x

WLAN D-Link DWL-520+ not recognized

2003-02-03 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Hi there, i just plugged in my brand new D-Link DWL-520 WLAN PCI-card, but it is not listed in dmesg. What's wrong? It is at least found in the PCI bus (pciconf -l -v): none2@pci0:8:0: class=0x028000 card=0x3b011186 chip=0x8400104c rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Texas Instruments (TI)'

Re: X server for Windows

2003-01-31 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Ben Williams schrieb: Friday, January 31, 2003, 3:55:02 AM, you wrote: AWA> Hi, AWA> I need to connect to my FreeBSD box from a Windows PC using some kind of X AWA> server for Windows. I was wondering if someone could be so kind and give me AWA> a few recommendations? AWA> I only need a simple

Compile for FreeBSD on another Sys?

2003-01-30 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Hey list, Please don't bash me if this sounds stupid to you, but most ideas that rock the world today were subject to public loughter in the past! :P My FreeBSD server is a Cyrix C3 800 MHz / 256 MB which is slooow and my Windows Workstations has a AMD Athlon XP 2400+ / 1 GB. Is there any

Re: mozilla build port hangs at /usr/bin/sed

2003-01-28 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-01-27 13:12:39 +0100: > > Hi, > > > > i can't build mozilla from ports on FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE. It hangs at this > > point: > > > > /usr/bin/sed -e "s|%%PREFIX%%|/usr/X11R6|g" -e "s|%%MOZILLA%%|mozilla|g" > > > /usr/ports/www/mozilla/files/mozilla.sh

mozilla build port hangs at /usr/bin/sed

2003-01-27 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Hi, i can't build mozilla from ports on FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE. It hangs at this point: /usr/bin/sed -e "s|%%PREFIX%%|/usr/X11R6|g" -e "s|%%MOZILLA%%|mozilla|g" /usr/ports/www/mozilla/files/mozilla.sh >/usr/ports/www/mozilla/work/mozilla/mozilla (cd /usr/ports/www/mozilla/work/mozilla/di

IPFW smart networkshaping like in Linux

2003-01-16 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Lo ppl, a few month ago there was an article in the german computer mag "c't" which described how to tune an ADSL connection. One of the tips was to give small IP-packages (64 bytes and less) a high priority. According to the article this will result in an improved behaviour when up- and downstrea

FreeBSD 4.7 +JDK 1.4.x

2003-01-14 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Hi there, did anybody ever get this (FreeBSD 4.7 and JDK 1.4.x) to run? While it works as root, it crashes immediately with any other users. I have tried sun, blackdown and ibm JDKs, none of them worked with "normal" users. IBM freezed even as root. Sticking with 1.3.1 is not an option in this c

Scanner for FreeBSD

2003-01-10 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Hello, what do I have to consider when buying a flat bed scanner for a FreeBSD-CURRENT box? Is there any possibilty to share the scanner in an Network, pretty much like a printer? Thx -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr

Strange FreeBSD / KDE behaviour during network problems

2003-01-10 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Hi there, today our company's inet falled out for a few hours. Only intranet worked. During this time I've booted my FreeBSD-STABLE (which took quite long due to ntpdate and hostname) and tried to start KDE with "startx". It did not work and din't even print messages to the console. So I rebo

Re: Warcraft 3 ipf ipnat question

2002-11-27 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> Hi, > > Please help me with the following problem. I'm not really a FreeBSD guru > yet. > I run FreeBSD 4.7 RELEASE with ipf/ipnat > I made an ipf.rules and a ipnat.rules. > I want to play Warcraft 3 behind my fbsd box. > That is as a matter of fact possible so that's ok. > The only thin

Re: changing directory listing type

2002-11-26 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> alias ls ls -F > > You might consider this as more usefull: > > alias ll ls -alF Sorry, it must be alias ls ls -G and alias ll ls -alG -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen! To Uns

Re: changing directory listing type

2002-11-26 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> Hi, > I'm a new FreeBSD user and using FreBSD 4.6.2. I wonder if it is possible > to > colour directories in blue or symbolic links to another like linux > systems. > Now all them are in the same white colour. Is this simple? Thanks... # man ls The solution is "ls -F". If you want to b

Re: How to make FreeBSD like NetBIOS names?

2002-11-24 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 01:47:54AM +0100, Pascal Giannakakis wrote: > > > But how can i make FreeBSD use NetBIOS-names, so that commans like the one > > below will work? > > > > > ping winmachine > > > > I want my FreeBSD to resolve names this way:

Re: Upgrading FreeBSD

2002-11-23 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> I'm learning how the FreeBSD upgrade process works. I've got cvsup > working and can grabe 4-stable. > > What I don't understand is the ports tree. Does it get updated when I do > make buildworld etc...? Nope. Look for a file "ports-supfile" on your system. You can make a copy e.g. to /root and

How to make FreeBSD like NetBIOS names?

2002-11-23 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Hi list, i have installed the latest Samba here, and can access it from my W2K. I can type \\freebsd\ in Explorer to access the FBSD-machine. But how can i make FreeBSD use NetBIOS-names, so that commans like the one below will work? > ping winmachine I want my FreeBSD to resolve names this way

Re: Find abandoned packages

2002-11-23 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> In the last episode (Nov 21), Pascal Giannakakis said: > > > If you check out /var/db/pkg it lists what ports are installed > > > essentially. I don't know how to tell whether or not it?s a > > > dependency > > > though, so maybe someone else can a

RE: Find abandoned packages

2002-11-21 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> If you check out /var/db/pkg it lists what ports are installed > essentially. I don't know how to tell whether or not it’s a > dependency > though, so maybe someone else can answer that. I'd like to know that > too come to think of it. pkg_info or pkg_version - would be quite the same i

Find abandoned packages

2002-11-21 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Lo folks, how do you find installed ports / packages on your system, that are not required by others? Thanx. -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen! To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: Adding a FAT32 hard disk

2002-10-25 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> I've got this hard disk, with about 40 gig of stuff on it. It's FAT32. > (These things happen.) > > I've plugged it into the system, and the system boots, and appears to > detect a hard disk of the right size on startup. So, er. How do I get > FreeBSD to recognise and use it? mkdir /fat32 moun

Problem with X-fonts

2002-10-25 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Hi, i installed all font-ports in /usr/ports/x11-fonts for XFree86-4. Now all fonts look crippled in KDE. What is the reason, and what ports should i (de)install, to get smooth fonts in all apps and in all sizes? The system should be usable for DTP. TIA To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROT

Re: ftpd.conf

2002-10-25 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> Hello is here anyone who can send me a ftpd.conf that works in real life??? > > thanx. > > Tina Uhhmmm... whats wrong with yours? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: trying to get a fresh install

2002-10-23 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> > I'm trying to make a fresh install on a computer which had > > 4.6 on it (installing 4.7) and for some reason, although the > > NEWFS=Y in every row of the disklabel dialog, I am seeing clear > > signs that sysinstall is reading my old /var/db/pkg info among > > other things. I don't wanna be

Re: Upgrading Computer

2002-10-23 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> I just aquired a pent 300 and was currently using a pent 200. But I used a > GENERIC kernel that came with the FreeBSD because I never new how to > modify > it at the time. Because I never changed the Kernel can't I just switch the > hardrives and network cards? From reading the boot up p

Re: main disk just died

2002-10-23 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> I tried naively to 'mount /dev/ad4s1 /mnt', but got : not > permitted. I also tried to handbook and google my way out of this > paperbag, but that didn't work either :) fsck -y /dev/ad4s1 mount /dev/ad4s1 /mnt fsck -y /mnt/dev/ad4*whatever* mount /mnt/dev/ad4*whatever* /mnt/*wherever*

Re: Uh-oh... fsck can't repair my files-partition!

2002-10-22 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> > LOL > > > > There is no prompt to type y or n, and it is the same with fsck -y. > > Sorry for not mentioning this. Meanwhile i got the tip to try... > > Dismount the volume before running fsck. The (NO WRITE) message means > that the filesystem was in use or otherwise read-only. YES :D Tha

Re: Uh-oh... fsck can't repair my files-partition!

2002-10-22 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> Howabout answering these questions with 'yes' instead of 'no'? That always > works for me. In fact, I have a hard drive on it's last legs, the other day > it apparently crashed, I hard-reset the computer, ran fsck -y on that disk > and finally after running this about 8 times it finally was marke

Uh-oh... fsck can't repair my files-partition!

2002-10-22 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Hello, after a total systemfreeze - probably due to a new installed kernel - i had to do a few resets. That bashed a few partiotions, among them the /files, which is my largest and most valuable with around 30 GB. All could be cleaned except of files, here is the output: -- # fsck /files ** /dev

Bluetooth (BlueZ) or WLAN in FreeBSD

2002-10-16 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Lo ppl, i'd like to link a WinME PC to my FreeBSD via Bluetooth or WLAN, depending on what works and / or is cheaper. The (air-line) distance is around 10 meters through 2 walls. What would you recommend for this scenario (e.g., what drivers will work fine with FreeBSD)? - 2 W

Can i control FreeBSD with my (TV) remote control?

2002-10-06 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Lo, Is it possible to control a FreeBSD-box with a remote control? I just bought a programmable IR-RC for 10 EUR which can control up to 8 devices, and wonder if i can use it to control volume or other apps such as xmms.* However, my PC does not have IR build in. - Is there a list with supporte

How to quickly setup a network printer?

2002-10-01 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Lo ppl, as the handbook doesn't give a quick and dirty answer to it... FreeBSD 4.6.2 WS + Epson EPL-N1600 Laser Printer @ network How do i set 'em up quickly and mostly automated? Thx! -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Günstige

Re: Problem compiling mpg123

2002-09-27 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> I am running 4.6-STABLE on i396 and I cannot compile mpg123 as I get the > following error > any help appreciated > sincerely > Filippo I'm busy, so please excuse the short answer. - Did you update your ports-tree? The handbook has a chapter about updating it. - Did you consider i

RE: Writing a start / stop script (getting pid)

2002-09-24 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
- Barry > > -- > Barry Byrne, IT Manager, > WBT Systems, Block 2, Harcourt Centre > Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland > > > -Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pascal > > Giannakakis &g

Writing a start / stop script (getting pid)

2002-09-24 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Lo ppl, how to i get the pid of a process i start in a shellscript? The Variables $$ / $PID are not really of use. What i would like to have, is some sort of command with has the return value of another startet script. The background: i try to write a rc.d script for ftpd, and i need the

Re: Updating Kernel to newest Version

2002-09-23 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> Hello Pascal, > > Monday, September 23, 2002, 11:54:16 AM, you wrote: > > PG> Lo ppl, > > PG> i updated my WS with the binary update from the 4.6.2 iso (CD 1). It > PG> finished > PG> successfully, but my kernel remains in the old version. How do i get a > PG> kernel of the > PG

Updating Kernel to newest Version

2002-09-23 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Lo ppl, i updated my WS with the binary update from the 4.6.2 iso (CD 1). It finished successfully, but my kernel remains in the old version. How do i get a kernel of the new Version? I couldn't find anything about that in the handbook. thx -- Werden Sie mit uns zum "OnlineStar 2002"! J

Re: [SSH] Session Problem w/ 2 FreeBSDs

2002-09-17 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 03:59:09PM +0200, Pascal Giannakakis wrote: > > > > debug3: Trying to reverse map address 210.104.1.133. > > > > > > Does your box have reverse DNS set up? I suspect your > > > VerifyReverseMapping > > >

Re: [SSH] Session Problem w/ 2 FreeBSDs

2002-09-17 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
> > debug3: Trying to reverse map address 210.104.1.133. > > Does your box have reverse DNS set up? I suspect your > VerifyReverseMapping > is set to "yes". > > So, either set up a reverse lookup for your host, or turn off > VerifyReverseMapping. I changed it, but it seems t

[SSH] Session Problem w/ 2 FreeBSDs

2002-09-17 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Lo ppl, i've set up a FreeBSD server in the Intranet, so that we (my team and i) can use it for testing purposes and hacking. My colleagues use W2K and can connect to the server via their SSH immedeatly, but when i try to connect to it (i'm using FreeBSD as my workstation-OS), it hangs a

Sendmail Problem during boot

2002-07-24 Thread Pascal Giannakakis
Good morning! When i boot my FreeBSD 4.6 WS, it hangs during rc at this point until i hit CRTL+C: sendmail-submit Jul 24 10:16:36 KATWS_PG sm-mta[103]: My unqualified host name (KATWS_PG) unknow n; sleeping for retry While this wouldn't be a problem as i like to hit CRTL+C occasion