pkg_add is driving me NUTS!

2006-06-21 Thread Remington L
I have two servers, exact same hardware, exact same version of FreeBSD, in this case 4.10. When I run pkg_add blah.tbz on one machine, it takes between 2-8 hours, on the other 8-10 minutes. These machines are quad-Intel 2.8Xeons, with 4GB of memory. Ive done everything from running make world, to

Re: nvidia-driver weirdness

2005-11-30 Thread Remington L
Spoke to soon, it still crashing... On 11/29/05, Remington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NvAGP 0 is running solid, dont know what it is... has to be the nvidia > driver > > On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 08:26 +0100, Christopher Illies wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 02:01

Re: nvidia-driver weirdness

2005-11-28 Thread Remington L
This is a fresh install as of three days ago. I can try NvAGP 0 but what point would that do if it disables AGP? On 11/28/05, Louis LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/27/05 10:37 PM, Remington sat at the `puter and typed: > > FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #1: Sat Nov 26 23:19:14

Remote Desktop Connection Woes

2005-10-12 Thread Remington L
All: I am looking for a way to VNC or to connect to my FreeBSD laptop, running Xorg and GNOME. I can ssh into, but I do not have access to GNOME. My question is, I know I cannot use VNC because I use Xorg. Does anyone have any suggestions? ___ freebsd-qu

Re: List all make targets?

2005-07-04 Thread Remington L
On 7/4/05, Michael Dexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > I am sure I saw this somewhere and even added it to my notes but > neither I nor Google can find it for the life of us... or I dreamt > it... > > Is there a 'make' flag to list all make targets for any given > directory c

News Article: FreeBSD Security

2005-07-04 Thread Remington L
We might want to update the "FreeBSD Press" section. This is a recent article from SecurityFocus which discusses FreeBSD security vs Linux http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11230 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mai

Re: applying the vesa patch to stable for high console resolution

2005-06-16 Thread Remington L
Yet another thing to ask. I have a wide screen laptop where the VBIOS does not report correct resolutions, has the system taken steps to correct this? ~Its an Intel i915GM, 15.4", native windows of 1200x800 On 6/16/05, Igor Pokrovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 10:4

Xen status

2005-06-14 Thread Remington L
Google search finds nothing I am interested in knowing the present state of Xen on FreeBSD. Is it supported in 5.4 or just -CURRENT? Are there any setup guides avaliable? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/li

Re: Analyzing SNORT logs stored in mysql

2005-06-10 Thread Remington L
I am very pleased with ACID On 6/10/05, Alec Berryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brent Wiese on 2005-06-10 10:21:03 -0700: > > > Anyone know of any good packages that can create reports (preferably > > HTML) for snort logs stored in mysql? > > Acidlab produces nice graphs. > > > _

Re: 1280x800 display, i810, 915, etc etc etc

2005-06-10 Thread Remington L
n Thursday 09 June 2005 23:09, Remington L wrote: > > > Correction, sorry for the previously post(I'm at work). The problem > > > lies with the Intel VBIOS not reporting the correct resolution to > > > Xorg. As a workaround you need to modify the VBIOS and use an >

Re: 1280x800 display, i810, 915, etc etc etc

2005-06-09 Thread Remington L
l To modify the VBIOS please install and run sysutils/915resolution. Thank'll fix it! On 6/9/05, Remington L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a common issue. Ben please contact me off the list. I ran into > this EXACT same problem. A quick fix is a port of 810resoluti

Re: 1280x800 display, i810, 915, etc etc etc

2005-06-09 Thread Remington L
This is a common issue. Ben please contact me off the list. I ran into this EXACT same problem. A quick fix is a port of 810resolution. I submitted it for commit into ports a month ago but still not in the tree. Again contact me off the list and ill give you everything you need( Sorry if you don

Re: Need Help

2005-06-08 Thread Remington L
The iPOD does not work with USB due to a bug in the Apple programming. I have gotten it to work it with firewire, what does your kernel conf file look like? On 6/8/05, Igor V. Ruzanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello! > I work under FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE. Everything goes OK, i can attach any

Re: Editing the boot menu

2005-06-08 Thread Remington L
Just use grub, much easier and more flexible On 6/8/05, Paul Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --On Wednesday, June 08, 2005 17:42:44 -0300 José de Paula Rodrigues > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> From what I gather, these labels come straight from /boot/boot0, not > > from boot0cfg. Lo

Re: re-setting root password for MYSQL win 2003

2005-06-08 Thread Remington L
On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 03:48 -0500, Nikolas Britton wrote: > On 6/6/05, John Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > in order to access the MYSQL control centre and MYSQL administrator I > > need to be able to re-set the root userpassword, can someone please > > advise on how this is done in win2003

Re: Problem w/ simple Hello World compiled w/ g++

2005-06-07 Thread Remington L
On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 22:12 +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 12:01:41PM -0700, Keyser wrote: > > > I know quite a bit about programming, but not a lot about FreeBSD. > > I've been pulling my hair out all morning just trying to get an > > unbelievably simple c++ "Hello World" pr

RE: Re: Approved (KMM6926068V21962L0KM)

2003-08-19 Thread Remington L.
Haha -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Compaq Consumer Support Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 12:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: Approved (KMM6926068V21962L0KM) Dear Compaq Customer, Thank you for choosing HP Americas Consumer

RE: Rebuilding the system....

2003-07-20 Thread Remington L.
Haha, such a smart ass ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kris Kennaway Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 2:16 AM To: Denis Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Rebuilding the system On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 10:08:52AM +0400, Denis wrote: > I t

Changing pkg-plist

2003-07-14 Thread Remington L.
Hello, I am currently working on creating my first port. The port installs a library to ${HOME/.blah/something.so When I write the pkg-plist it only looks at the /usr directorys. How can I get this changed, documentation on this subject is hard to find. And oppologies if this is the wrong list, pe

Newbie proxy question

2003-07-09 Thread Remington L.
I am interested in installing an FTP proxy server on my default gateway. I understand caching and all that, my question goes along the lines of security. Lets say I leave ports 21, 20 open on the server(default gateway) and I have another machine which is the actually FTP server. I read somewhere a

Sysctl uptime

2003-06-29 Thread Remington L.
Is there a sysctl string that can tell me my uptime? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Bootloader WOES

2003-06-25 Thread Remington L.
Part 1 I have an old HP NetServer LH Pro that had NetBSD 1.6.1 on it. The NetServer is a P166, 64MB RAM 2GB SCSI drive(comes up on da0) Last night I attempted to install FreeBSD 5.1-R. Everything ran smoothly until I reboot. At the boot loader screen F1: FreeBSD, I hit F1 and it went to the NetB

HorizSync detection

2003-06-10 Thread Remington L.
I'm trying to configure X Windows and I need to know the HorizSync and VertRefresh for my laptop LCD. Sony documentation wont tell me and as I understand if I set them wrong I'll turn my laptop into a huge paperweight. Is there some sort of probe utility I can use? ___

RE: Potentially **DANGEROUS** bug in 5.0 - 5.1

2003-06-10 Thread Remington L.
ration enabled (==) RADEON(0): Backing store disabled (==) RADEON(0): Silken mouse enabled (II) RADEON(0): Using hardware cursor (scanline 1202) (II) RADEON(0): Largest offscreen area available: 1600 x 4037 (II) RADEON(0): X context handle = 0x0001 (II) RADEON(0): [drm] installed DRM signal

Potentially **DANGEROUS** bug in 5.0 - 5.1

2003-06-10 Thread Remington L.
I have a Sony VAIO GRX-570 laptop. When 5.0-R came out I noticed VERY unusual symptoms on startx. This is very hard to describe(I'm gonna get a picture and post). When I launch startx the screen goes blank, and imagine this ocean wave type thing sweep across my screen. Its not like just some a scre

"Safely" removing USB hard drive

2003-06-09 Thread Remington L.
I have a USB keychain storage device. I can get it working fine but I cant figure out how to properly disconnect it. In windows I can detach the drive and the LED on the USB keychain goes off. Can this be accomplished in FBSD 5.1? Or is unmounting and simply removing it safe?

Ghost images?

2003-06-08 Thread Remington L.
I am looking for software that has the capabilities of Norton Ghost for FreeBSD. I am having problems finding such an application. Does one exist? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscr

Misplaced audio CD question

2003-03-29 Thread Remington L.
Right now I'm want to make an audio CD with burncd. I understand the burncd part but the mp3 to audio CD format I dont understand. How do I do it? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubsc

ltconfig? and E17

2003-03-29 Thread Remington L.
FreeBSD TheGateWay.com 5.0-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE-p4 #0: Thu Mar 20 22:56:30 PST 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TheGateWay i386 I'm attempting to install E17 from CVS into my FBSD machine. When i do ./autogen.sh I get a weird error message: checking for ld used by GCC

VMware under 5.0

2003-03-13 Thread Remington L.
I;m attempting to get Vmware2 working under 5.0-R-p4 but I'm having problems with my /dev/vmnetX. As anyone successfully gotten it working? Is there any way to get VMware 3.[1-2] working under FreeBSD? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the bod

Configuring a proxy

2003-03-12 Thread Remington L.
I need to figure out how to set up a proxy server. My school just implemented one and I'm having problems with getting it setup in make fetch cituations. Can someone please point me in the right direction To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the

libstdc++.so.5 and linux compat

2003-03-08 Thread Remington L.
I have a linux binary I wish to run on my FreeBSD 4.7 box. It has linux_base 7.1 installed. When I try to run the linux binary it says libstdc++.so.5 not found, but it is installed in the linux base. My question is how do I get it to see the so.5 file? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECT

RE: DHCPD on statup?

2003-03-02 Thread Remington L.
Haha thanks for the reply. I got it working mysterially. Apparently it pulled startup from /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ Thanks anyways -Original Message- From: Per olof Ljungmark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 2:51 AM To: Remington L. Cc: Freebsd-Questions Subject: Re

Blackholes?

2003-03-02 Thread Remington L.
I noticed that all values 1+ in sysctl net.inet.tcp(udp).blackhole= are valid. If 0 is off and 1 is on, what is 2+. What purpose does this server, I cant find documentation of this anywhwere To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the me

DHCPD on statup?

2003-03-02 Thread Remington L.
I've been trying very hard to get dhcpd to load on boot. I've done extensive hacking of /etc/rc to add a rc.user to the mix. This was a simple addition of: If [ -r /etc/user ]; then . /etc/user fi then in my rc.user is this: #!/bin/sh - echo -n 'Loading third party server stuff:' case $

defaultrouter in userland

2003-02-27 Thread Remington L.
How do I change the defaultrouter in userland To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Minimize downtime(kernel loading)

2003-02-25 Thread Remington L.
Is there any way to load a new kernel without having to reboot? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

5.0 still freeze status?

2003-02-10 Thread Remington L.
I subscribe to the CVS mailing list. I'm noticing all these changes in /usr/src. Is this to 5.0? How can I tell? And if it is in a frereze when will it unfreeze. If it is unfrozen I must have my cvsupfile tags wrong, is this correct? "*default tag=RELENG_5_0" To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL

Mouse not working in 5.0

2003-02-09 Thread Remington L.
First off I apologize for all the emails, in the last one I included the wrong dmesg. I have a Sony VAIO GRX-570 running FBSD 5.0-RELEASE. Under 4.7 my mouse was PS/2(psm0, irq 12) and everything worked fine. Not in 5.0, I have no idea why it doesn't work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. In

[no subject]

2003-02-08 Thread Remington L.
i have a Sony VAIO GRX570 running FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE and my mouse doesnt work I'm in a complete daze as to why it's not working. The only information i can provide is i DO have "device psm" in my kernel, and default device.hints. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I have included a copy of dme

**CHHROOTKIT INFECTED**

2003-02-06 Thread Remington L.
I'm using 5.0 release OK I was just going through and I found that chkrootkit found that chfn, chsh, date, and ls are infected. I'm not sure if it's lying or not. I attempted to fix ls by recompiling from /usr/src/bin/ls and redoing but chkrootkit still says infected. That's all the information I

[no subject]

2003-02-01 Thread Remington L.
I have a Sony VAIO GRX-570 running 5.0-RELEASE. Like many others I do not have a mouse either and I have no idea how to get it back. I did anticipate this so when I had 4.7 I documented this: Psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0 Psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0 I doubt that helps but can anyone gi

USB Printer setup

2003-01-25 Thread Remington L.
FreeBSD bathory.aria 4.7-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p3 #1: Thu Jan 23 11:12:16 PST 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TheGateV1 i386 For the past few days ive been attempting to set up my printer and i've had no luck. I have a HP Deskjet 3420, "ulpt0: hp deskjet 3420, rev 2.0

Prep for 5.0-R

2002-11-17 Thread Remington L.
I want to know if there's any major reason I might want to reformat and do a fresh install of 5.0 on Wednesday? At the moment I'm running 4.7, and i'm just curious if anyone thinks it would be wise to just start off fresh rather than just an upgrade. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

vidcontrol -h?

2002-07-13 Thread Remington L.
How do I define vidcontrol -h 1000 in my /etc/rc.conf. Thanx -Remi To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

fstab entries??

2002-07-13 Thread Remington L.
Im curious to know what this means DumpPass# 0 0 1 1 Will someone please explain this To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message