5.1-ReleaseWNIC problem
Hi all System: FreeBSD 5.1 Release Arch: 386 laptop (Compaq Presario 1200) WNIC: ZyAir B-100 (from Zyxel) Once my friend had a ZyAir B-100 and I tested it on my FreeBSD laptop. I was able to get a sniffer going and see some traffic. Now I have a ZyAir B-100 myself and I'm trying to get it to work. When I plug it in I get: wi0: PCMCIA 11M WLAN Card v3.0 at port 0x100-0x13f irq 9 function 0 config 1 on pccard0 wi0: 802.11 address: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX wi0: using RF:PRISM3(PCMCIA) wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.1.0), Station (1.4.2) wi0: supported rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps Running ifconfig I get: wi0: flags=8802BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500 ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (none) ssid stationname FreeBSD WaveLAN/IEEE node channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 I can config the WNIC, but when running dstumbler I get a core dump (most of the times). I even got freebsd to panic. When running a sniffer I can't see anything, only my laptop trying to send some packets, so the WNIC is not able to receive anything. I forgot to set pccard_enable=YES in rc.conf, could that be the problem? (It will be some days before I can test it again.) I had one of my friends test the NIC on his windows laptop, it works fine. Any clues? br socketd ps: Please cc to me as I am not on this list ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/entropy
Hi I have just installed 5.1 Release and noticed that there is a new file in / (entropy). Why is it placed there and what is it? Btw please cc to me as I am not on the list. br socketd ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Firebird broken?
Hi all When installing Firebird (1.0.2) on my FreeBSD 4.8 server I get: source/interbase/bin/gbak -c misc/metadata.gbak source/refDatabases/jrd/metadata.gdb can't format message 12:256 -- message system code -4operating system directive semget failed can't format message 12:256 -- message system code -4No such file or directory can't format message 12:256 -- message system code -4can't format message 12:33 -- message system code -4 can't format message 12:169 -- message system code -4can't format message 12:83 -- message system code -4 *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/databases/firebird/work/firebird-1.0.2.908. *** Error code 1 Hope someone can help. Please cc to me as I am not on the list. br socketd ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can't start X
Hi all Just got a new laptop and install FreeBSD 4.8-release (mini) on it. Next I installed gnome2 and then Xfree86-server. I configured x with xf86config and tried running x with startx, but got this error: could not open default font 'fixed' I found out XFree86-FontServer wasn't installed, so I installed it, rebooted but still no luck. What is wrong and did I even have to installed the FontServer? Please cc to me as I am not on the list. br socketd Error message: lab# startx Using authority file /root/.Xauthority Writing authority file /root/.Xauthority xauth: (argv):1: bad display name lab:0 in list command Using authority file /root/.Xauthority xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name lab:0 in add command XFree86 Version 4.3.0 Release Date: 27 February 2003 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.8 i386 [ELF] Build Date: 28 May 2003 Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/ to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log, Time: Wed May 28 18:02:17 2003 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file /var/log/XFree86.0.log. Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). xauth: (argv):1: bad display name lab:0 in remove command ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Network programming
Hi all I'm programming in C++ and want to play with ACE, but I can't find it in the ports. Am I wrong? if no is someone porting it to FreeBSD? Is libpcap and libnet is the base system? I found libnet is the ports, but not libpcap. (Some people tend to only reply to the group, but as I am not on the list, please CC to me.) br socketd ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: UML program
On 2003.03.23 17:07 Mike Meyer wrote: make search in /usr/ports is your friend. Doing make search key=UML there turns up two things, one of which clearly isn't what you want. The other is /usr/ports/devel/umbrello, which is described as a UML diagrame programme for KDE. Mike, Andreas, konrad and Den, thanks for your replies :-) br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
UML program
Hi all In windows they have two programs for making UML class diagrams, Together and Rose, do we have anything like that in FreeBSD? bwt please CC to me as I am _not_ on the list! br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Insecure PHP installation
Hi About 2 weeks ago I wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED] concerning my discovery of mod_php installing files world writable (amoung these atleast one script). They told me to write the maintainer [EMAIL PROTECTED], which I have done twice now and have not received an answer. I have a FreeBSD 4.7-p7 computer with mod_php 4.3.1 installed and several files are world writable, also a script /usr/local/bin/pear, so I hope someone can do something about this or tell me that it is supposed to be like this. Please CC to me as I am NOT on the list. br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Insecure PHP installation
On 2003.03.18 13:39 Bill Moran wrote: I have a FreeBSD 4.7-p7 computer with mod_php 4.3.1 installed and several files are world writable, also a script /usr/local/bin/pear, so I hope someone can do something about this or tell me that it is supposed to be like this. Have you tried installing mod_php from source to see if it uses the same permissions? If it does, then you need to contact the PHP people. I installed from /usr/ports/www/mod_php4 (make install clean). I have verified that I am not the only one with this problem. Before contacting php.net, I wanted to make sure that the problem wasn't only on FreeBSD and therefore I wrote [EMAIL PROTECTED] (and since he haven't written back, now you). br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Insecure PHP installation
On 2003.03.18 14:58 Bill Moran wrote: The way to do that would be to install PHP from downloaded source and see whether or not the permissions were still a problem. If you don't do it, someone else will have to in order to verify. Ok, will do that.. and therefore I wrote [EMAIL PROTECTED] (and since he haven't written back, now you). How long ago did you contact him? Sometimes it takes a few days for people to reply. It has been over a week since the first mail. br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: make installworld problem (4.7 p2 - p7)
Hi again Nobody has answered in the last week, so I will try again. I have installed 4.7 on a i386. I have upgraded to p2 and now want to upgrade p7. All my drives are mounted locally (on the same computer) and I try to upgrade the system as I always have with: make buildworld make buildkernel KERNCONF=SOCKETD make installkernel KERNCONF=SOCKETD reboot make installworld I reboot the system and it is running the p7 kernel. I have mounted all my drives with rw (not using noexec or nosuid) and I have lots of space. When I cd to /usr/src and type make installworld I get: mkdir -p /tmp/install.54110 for prog in [ awk cat chflags chmod chown date echo egrep find grep ln make makewhatis mtree mv perl pwd_mkdb rm sed sh sysctl test true uname wc zic; do cp `which $prog` /tmp/install.54110; done usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-pv] src target cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-pv] src1 ... srcN directory *** Error code 64 Stop in /usr/src. *** Error code 1 I have tried deleting /usr/src/* and /usr/obj/*, getting all the source again and buildworld perfectly. My securelevel is -1. Please cc to me as I am not on the list. br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Gnome login
On 23 Dec 2002, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: So my question is How do I start gnome without that window popping up? All you need in ~/.xinitrc to start GNOME is: exec /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session Like I said, if I delete the login line I get: main# startx Free86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 3 September 2002 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) Build Operating System: FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE i386 [ELF] Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log, Time: Tue Dec 24 00:46:57 2002 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/XF86Config waiting for X server to shut down Gdk-ERROR **: X connection to :0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). xinitrc look like this: main# more .xinitrc #!/bin/sh # $Xorg: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:54:30 cpqbld Exp $ userresources=$HOME/.Xresources usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap # merge in defaults and keymaps if [ -f $sysresources ]; then xrdb -merge $sysresources fi if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then xmodmap $sysmodmap fi if [ -f $userresources ]; then xrdb -merge $userresources fi if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then xmodmap $usermodmap fi # start some nice programs gaim exec gnome-session #xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 #xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 #xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login Hope this helps :-) br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
FTP forwarding
Hi all I know this is not a FreeBSD question, but I hope someone can help me. I have one global IP and a cisco router. On my LAN I have 3 FreeBSD 4.7 servers. On one server I run the standard ftpd, so I have to forward ftp traffic to that server. I should forward: 21 and 49152-65535, right? Also port 20? Btw, I know how to make the router forward one port, but can I just write ip nat inside source static 192.168.1.2 49152-65535 interface dialer0 49152-65535 to forward all those ports? In the future I will also run httpd, smtpd, sshd and pop3d (and maybe imapd) servers, do any of these need some special ports above 1024? br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
File-systems
Hi again :-) Just some filesystem questions. What filesystem does FreeBSD use for disks (1.44mb and 120 mb). In windows they use ms-dos, but my guess is that we don't use FFS for disks? and how do I format a disk to our filesystem? Why is it what we don't have to fragment our hard-disks all the time like I did in windows? I also heard that the filesystem for hard-disk will be updated in FreeBSD 5.0, can you guide my to some info about this? br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Security questions
Original Message On 10/10/02, 4:37:02 AM, Giorgos Keramidas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: Security questions: I've noticed that syslogd run as root, but why? Syslog just need to connect to a port, get messages and write them to some files, so why does I have to be root? I know you have to be root to bind() to a port below 1024, but there should be a syslog user to lower UID to after it have done that?!?!? One reason is to be able to bind to a lower port than 1024. Jep, I also mentioned that. Another reason is obvious if you look at the owner and permissions of the system log files: giorgos@patata[05:33]/home/giorgos$ ls -ld /var/log/messages -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 620908 Oct 10 05:33 /var/log/messages Yes, but they could be changed to user: syslog br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Security questions
Original Message On 10/10/02, 12:28:38 PM, Giorgos Keramidas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: Security questions: Another reason is obvious if you look at the owner and permissions of the system log files: giorgos@patata[05:33]/home/giorgos$ ls -ld /var/log/messages -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 620908 Oct 10 05:33 /var/log/messages Yes, but they could be changed to user: syslog No they couldn't. syslog is not a superuser, but a normal user. The access controls imposed on users attempting to access the files owned by a root user are a bit more strict than those that apply to the rest of the users, right now. I have to admit, it's not a bad idea to have log files owned by a syslog:syslog user, and selectively allow read, write or modification access through access lists. But that's something we ought to reconsider when ACLs are widely available on FreeBSD, imho. I am not the biggest fan of ACL's and I think we can solve this problem with the tools we have now. We have /var and different daemons and the kernel have to write messages to different files in that dir. The interface to /var/ should be syslogd, meaning that all files in that dir should be owned by syslog. I can't see the need for ACL to make syslogd a non-root daemon. Br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Kernel loop when loading snd
Hi all I have FreeBSD 4.6.2 installed on an x86. When I try to kldload snd it says: es1371: wait src ready timeout 0x10 [0x] es1371: wait src ready timeout 0x10 [0x] es1371: wait src ready timeout 0x10 [0x] and on and on and on It keeps writting that and lock the system, so It doesn't freeze the system, but still I have to reboot to get back control (not even ctrl+alt+del is possible). br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Secure FTPd
Original Message On 10/8/02, 7:10:12 AM, Doug Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: Secure FTPd: On Monday, Oct 7, 2002, at 17:18 US/Pacific, Eric Parusel wrote: Hmm, I think you two *may* be doing down the wrong path... There's a (proposed) standard for encrypted FTP, it's called FTP over TLS ... Here's a link: http://www.ford-hutchinson.com/~fh-1-pfh/ftps-ext.html The above link mentions to ssl ftp servers, BSDFTP-server and ProFTP-SSL, but none of them are in the ports? Br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Security questions
Hi all I've noticed that syslogd run as root, but why? Syslog just need to connect to a port, get messages and write them to some files, so why does I have to be root? I know you have to be root to bind() to a port below 1024, but there should be a syslog user to lower UID to after it have done that?!?!? Btw is the BBS, Heap and stack executable in freebsd? If yes, why? And can you guide me to some detailed info about ELF? Br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Secure FTPd
Hi all (again) I have read about adding SSL support to ftpd, but I can't remember where I read it. I am running a ftp server using the ftpd in the base system and now I want to only allow encrypted ftp connections. What should I do? Use /usr/ports/security/stunnel, to make universal SSL support to POP3, IMAP and FTP? Or is there a better way? (I don't want to use ssh's ftpd). Can I also use SSL with SMTP? I read that it was done once, but people don't use it anymore? Br socketd System: FreeBSD 4.6.2 Hardware: x86 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Secure FTPd
Original Message On 10/6/02, 11:52:16 PM, Doug Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: Secure FTPd: The problem with adding SSL to ftpd is the clients. You would have to create an ftp client with SSL added also. ssh's sftp has that capability and there are 2 generally available clients - sftp and scp. I believe there are clients for most computers. Well, all my users use windows and there a some ftp clients that loves SSL (like CuteFTP). qpopper provides SSL for POP3 which works with most of the common mail clients. You may have to provide a popper port for both 110 and 995 in order to pick up both the older and newer clients. I have had to provide both. Ok. Performance-wise all services should run their own SSL support, but it there one for the default ftpd? SSL can be used with sendmail. There is a lot of information available at www.sendmail.org. I have not tried that yet. Its on the list of things to do someday. Ok, but it is not widely used? Br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Secure FTPd
Original Message On 10/7/02, 12:09:14 AM, Doug Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: Secure FTPd: Well, all my users use windows and there a some ftp clients that loves SSL (like CuteFTP). You would have to emulate their SSL interface - which is that provided by ssh's sftpd. It could be done, but would take some research. Eehhh? CuteFtp can use SSL, so when they want to connect, cuteftp first handle the SSL setup and then acts like a normal ftp client. Ok. Performance-wise all services should run their own SSL support, but it there one for the default ftpd? Not that I am aware of. Everyone appears to be using ssh. However, it is lacking chroot support. Jep, sadly! Br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Secure FTPd
Original Message On 10/7/02, 12:32:50 AM, Doug Hardie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: Secure FTPd: Eehhh? CuteFtp can use SSL, so when they want to connect, cuteftp first handle the SSL setup and then acts like a normal ftp client. Could be. I haven't chased through ssh well enough to know how they do it. It would be handy to have a SSL ftpd so if you do it, make it available. You can both connect to a ssh- and a SSL ftp-server with cuteftp, but it is not the same thing. If the only way to get a sftpd is to run stunnel and ftpd, then I will make a SSL-ftpd under the BSD license (when I get the programming knowledge to do so). Br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Missing ports
Hi all I have FreeBSD 4.6.2 and have just updated my ports (ports-all), but I am missing some ports and even some port-dirs like /usr/ports/gnome. Why? Br Socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Missing ports
Original Message On 10/5/02, 1:21:57 AM, Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: Missing ports: I have FreeBSD 4.6.2 and have just updated my ports (ports-all), but I am missing some ports and even some port-dirs like /usr/ports/gnome. /usr/ports/gnome does not exist; gnome is a virtual category whose members are distributed amongst the other categories. Oki What ports do you think are missing from the collection? /usr/ports/net/cvsup-bin is not there. Br socket To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Mounting 120 mb floppy
Hi all This is taken from dmesg: afd0: 120 mb LS-120 VER5 00 UHD Floppy [963/8/32] at ata-slave PI03 But I can't mount it using this in fstab: /dev/afd0 /floppy msdos rw 0 0 What am I doing wrong? Br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Mounting 120 mb floppy
Original Message On 10/3/02, 9:40:51 PM, Socketd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Mounting 120 mb floppy: This is taken from dmesg: afd0: 120 mb LS-120 VER5 00 UHD Floppy [963/8/32] at ata-slave PI03 But I can't mount it using this in fstab: /dev/afd0 /floppy msdos rw 0 0 What am I doing wrong? Argh please ignore this, I got it working now. And please don't ask how!!! (by inserting the disk :-S) br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Installationproblems FreeBSD 4.6-release
Original Message On 10/2/02, 4:08:21 PM, Bengt Frost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Installationproblems FreeBSD 4.6-release: Hey, I tried ok *set hw.ata.ata_dma=1* ok *set hw.ata.atapi_dma=1* ok *boot* from loader prompt ok, but sysinstall still are unable to transfer the bin distribution from acd0c (tried to upgrade bin from sysinstall to) to my disk. My CD-rom is AOpen 50x. No problem with my FreeBSD 4.5-release2 cd's. Does anyone know where I can find the right info? For fun I will now try to upgrade source code instead. Try again with FreeBSD 4.6.2, you really don't want FreeBSD 4.6 (I also had problems with installing it via cdrom and there is a lot of security bugs in that version)! br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
/var/spool/uucppublic
Hi all The above dir is world writeable, so I just want to know if it is installed as part of the base system and that program/process uses that dir? Can I mount it as no-exec and no-suid? Br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Recommend some programs for gnome + sawfish?
Original Message On 9/30/02, 8:10:16 AM, Adam Weinberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: Recommend some programs for gnome + sawfish?: cd /usr/ports/x11/gnome-fifth-toe make install clean keep in mind that most things i list below are actually part of gnome-fifth-toe. OKi X-windows programs can run under gnome right? But what about kde/qt programs? (only some of them or what?) you actually have it backwards. gnome runs under X-windows. kde/qt apps run under X too. independent of gnome, completely. Let's make a layer from top to button: Gnome/KDE GKT/QT Windows manager like Sawfish X windows Right? So qt and kde programs can't run under gnome/gkt?!?! Browser (Netscape?) galeon Ok, you just think it is better or is there another reason? Mail/word/nntp (staroffice?) openoffice/AbiWord I am just asking :-), why not Staroffice? File manager? nautilus. Ok, is this the most used (default) file manager for gnome? IP voice (Speak freely, isn't there a graphical one?) yes, but it doesn't work right under fbsd. Yet. Ok, when will it be ready? (if you know that). Br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Recommend some programs for gnome + sawfish?
HI all I have just begun working seriously with gnome + sawfish, after switching from KDE (I was told gnome + sawfish is going to be the UNIX standard GUI). I would just like some recommendations on some programs, btw all X-windows programs can run under gnome right? But what about kde/qt programs? (only some of them or what?) Mp3 (Xmms?) C++ graphical env (not for graphical programming, just a graphical env) (Anjuta?) Browser (Netscape?) Mail/word/nntp (staroffice?) Playing mpeg, divx, wmv, mov? Cd-player? Icq (gnomeicu?) MSN client? Yahoo client (ymessenger?) MS netmeeting client (gnomemeeting?) For developing web pages, a WYSIWYG editor? File manager? IP voice (Speak freely, isn't there a graphical one?) Kazaa client? Btw I found that edonkey can't find any servers. Can it have something to do with the fact that I am behind a firewall and the server is trying to connect to me? Hope someone can suggest some good programs :-) br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: there must be a better way
Original Message On 9/27/02, 8:42:23 AM, mufassa bendover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding there must be a better way: to the FreeBSD people: I wanted to use your product but i had to back off. Ok Do you know why? No This is because you guys make it so complicated to operate that when an UNIX newbie wants to use your product (which is a good thing)he usually backs away when he sees very complicated stuffs and functions. EXAMPLE: Who in the earth would want to memorize this whole thing just to mount a cdrom in practical life... %mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0c /usr/mnt/cdrom Have you never considered spending a little money on a book? Something like: FreeBSD an Open-source operating system for your personal computer or FreeBSD Unleashed? Maybe, just maybe, it is you there is something wrong with, not the system. Btw, to make mounting easier: Add /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 to /etc/fstab. From now on you can just write mount /cdrom or you can get a daemon to mount everything for you automatically when you need it. So my Question is WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO COME OUT WITH A DIST IN WHICH TOUSANDS OF TEENEGERS WILL ATTRACT...NOT REJECT? Dont you you people should consider the newbies too How much did you pay for FreeBSD? Did you never consider that FreeBSD is a server system? What will FreeBSD gain by getting 1000 teenage users? If you want a user-friendly, grafical, non-server, desktop OS, you may take a look at MS windows or Linux SuSE/red hat. I would really hate it if the FreeBSD maintainers put more in the default kernel and base system, just to make it more userfriendly. I like FreeBSD the way it is, it is powerful, stable, relatively secure and have a great performance, it is a really good server system (just ask Yahoo!). I doesn't sound like you are looking for a server system, so chose a different OS or spend some time getting to know this cool OS. Br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Svsup problems
On 2002.09.22 10:48 Adam Weinberger wrote: instead of tag=RELENG_4_6_2, make it tag=RELENG_4 RELENG_4 is the tag for -STABLE. it'll currently get you 4.7-RC. I know, but I don't want Stable, I want RELENG_4_6_2 br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Svsup problems
On 2002.09.22 11:59 Adam Weinberger wrote: K, what is it exactly that you DO want? you already installed FreeBSD 4.6.2. you've discovered that RELENG_4_6_2 doesn't exist. you don't want -STABLE. do you want 4.6 with security patches? then use tag=RELENG_4_6. I want 4.6.2 + security patches, but what would be RELENG_4_6 then. I didn't know that. Thanks to all who wrote me. br sockets To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Svsup problems
Hi again I have two problems and I hope someone can help. 1. I have installed FreeBSD 4.6.2 and now want to upgrade to RELENG_4_6_2 I ran cvsup stable-supfile: *default host=cvsup.dk.freebsd.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4_6_2 *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress src-all But all it did was delete (almost) all the files in /usr/src. So I tried: cvsup -g -L 2 stable-supfile But still nothing.Why? The second problem is the ports. I have updated the ports, but I can't see all for them. I have tried using /stand/sysinstall and manually browsing /usr/ports, but some are missing...again why? br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: mini iso's
On 2002.09.20 22:54 Joshua Lee wrote: Socketd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have noticed that there isn't a mini iso for 4.6.2, why? It's a bugfix release that requires 4.6 installed, even the regular isos on the ftp server need 4.6 to work. (I think Daemon News offers a specially built complete 4.6.2 set however.) ok Will there be one for 4.7? (I really hope so). 4.7-RC (4.7 release candidate 1) already has a mini-iso, in fact it doesn't offer any other kind of iso yet, though I suspect the release itself will offer all kinds of isos. ups, I also meant 4.7-Release. Thanks for your reply! br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
XMMS missing from ports?
Hi all When I ftp to ftp.freebsd.org to get /audio/xmms I can't find it (only plugins). Why isn't it there? br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: XMMS missing from ports?
On 2002.09.21 00:48 Socketd wrote: When I ftp to ftp.freebsd.org to get /audio/xmms I can't find it (only plugins). Why isn't it there? Ah sorry, found it. I had updated my ports, but not sysinstall. br socketd To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
ASCII problems under gnome
Hi again No one answered my last mail, so I will try again. I have FreeBSD 4.6.2 and installed KDE, where I had no problems with programs like centericq showing xx's and qqq's instead for text-frames (e.g 0xBA and 0xD1). But now I've installed gnome and there it doesn't work. I have also set keymap to danish, but still I can't write øæå in the shell? Anyone how knows what's wrong? br db To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
