Where can I get a nVidia driver for FBSD amd64
Hi folks, FreeBSD 6.2-amd64 I have been searching around for nVidia drvier without result. X window can't work properly on this box. However I'm not alone. Please visit following sites http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=41545page=15 and http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=82203 The problem existed since 11-28-04, needing a nVidia driver for amd64 FreeBSD. If you want to run amd64 FreeBSD please stay away with components running nVidia chipsets. Otherwise you will run into my situation as well as other folks on above sites. B.R. Stephen Liu Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Linux equivalent to freebsd
--- DAve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Patrick Bowen wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Sorry this question is a little off-topic... We've been using Freebsd for many years and all of our servers are running freebsd. The only thing that is a pain with freebsd, is poor commercial support :( We are running in a situation where a customer needs Zend platform 3 (http://www.zend.com/products/zend_platform) which won't be available for freebsd until the end of the year... So I will need to setup a machine with linux. I don't know much about linux distributions, could someone recommend one to me please. We are looking for a platform that will support amd64 extensions, will act as a console only server and that has a good way to install ports and upgrade. We want something secure and stable. We don't wanna go with Redhat or any commercial distribution. I really like the cvsup/make install/portupgrade way of dealing with software installation and updates and I am looking for something equivalent on a linux distribution. Could you recommend a distribution you are using in production, we've check ubuntu, fedora and Debian, but I wonder what freebsd users recommend... Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take a look at Slackware. http://www.slackware.com Patrick Seconded, if I got to run Linux, I run Slackware (and I have in production). If you need it there is a port of Slack to AMD64 called slamd64, http://www.slamd64.com/. FreeBSD users will appreciate it's simplicity and it's stability. slamd64-11.0 has issue on nVidia driver, same as FreeBSD 6.2-amd64. Besides you need to recompile kernel to enable smp technology. Each time after recompiling/upgrading kernel you need to reinstall the driver download on nVidia.com. The situation is better than FBSD. I can't locate driver for FBSD x86_64 on their website, only x_86 available. The onboard NIC fails to work and X can't work properly However smp technology is already enabled on FBSD. I have slamd64-11.0 and FreeBSD 6.2-amd64 running here. I have no knowledge on CentOS. I'm prepared to try it. According to folks on their forum CentOS supports nVidia chipset without problem. B.R. Stephen Liu Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Linux equivalent to freebsd
--- Simon Gao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stephen Liu wrote: Take a look at Slackware. http://www.slackware.com Patrick Seconded, if I got to run Linux, I run Slackware (and I have in production). If you need it there is a port of Slack to AMD64 called slamd64, http://www.slamd64.com/. FreeBSD users will appreciate it's simplicity and it's stability. slamd64-11.0 has issue on nVidia driver, same as FreeBSD 6.2-amd64. Besides you need to recompile kernel to enable smp technology. Each time after recompiling/upgrading kernel you need to reinstall the driver download on nVidia.com. The situation is better than FBSD. I can't locate driver for FBSD x86_64 on their website, only x_86 available. The onboard NIC fails to work and X can't work properly However smp technology is already enabled on FBSD. I have slamd64-11.0 and FreeBSD 6.2-amd64 running here. I have no knowledge on CentOS. I'm prepared to try it. According to folks on their forum CentOS supports nVidia chipset without problem. B.R. Stephen Liu Why not give Gentoo Linux (www.gentoo.org) a try. By using Gentoo Linux, you not only get the similar port system, portage, as with FreeBSD, but also enjoy all the benefits Linux can provide. Gentoo Linux is very flexible and has a very good support community. I have 64 bit Gentoo box here. It also has nVidia driver problem. My 20 Philips LCD display can't display resolution 1024x768. I have to download a driver from nVidia.com. Now it displays correct resolution 1680x1050. I don't know whether I need to reinstall the said driver if after upgrading/recompiling the kernel. Because it is running on a single core AMD Athlon64 PC. I don't need to recompile kernel to enable smp. I'm now searching a rigid OS, either Unix or Linux, to be run as server. For time saving I don't expect building the same myself, HLFS. I need X for running web browser to communicate outside World. Text browser such as elinks etc. won't serve my need. I won't have X started at boot. I only start it at need. That is my purpose to test CentOS. B.R. Stephen Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fail to start KDE and Gnome
Hi Armin,
Tks for your advice.
--- Armin Pirkovitsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stephen Liu wrote:
Hi Jonathan Chen,
Tks for your advice.
If you're going to use startx you will need a ${HOME}/.xinitrc
with
the following contents:
#/bin/sh
startkde
Make sure the file is 755 permissions. This will start up X with
KDE.
I would suggest you configure /etc/ttys to start up KDM instead of
using startx
Your advice worked here starting KDE.
What I'm trying to do is running;
$ startkde
will start K desktop
$ gnome-session
will start Gnome desktop
This won't work since those are just the windowmanagers - you need an
X
server to start them.
However you could solve it with some small scripts:
start-gnome.sh:
#!/bin/sh
rm -f ~/.xinitrc
ln -s ~/.xinitrc_gnome ~/.xinitrc
startx
.xinitrc_gnome:
#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/local/bin/gnome-session
start-kde.sh:
#!/bin/sh
rm -f ~/.xinitrc
ln -s ~/.xinitrc_kde ~/.xinitrc
startx
.xinitrc_gnome:
#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/local/bin/startkde
make sure all of these files are executable (chmod 755 file)
the .xinitrc* files have to be in your home directory -
start-gnome.sh
and start-kde.sh in any directory in your PATH (eg. ~/bin if it's
only
for one user)
Something strange happened here. If copying xorg.conf.new on
/etc/X11/ and renaming it as xorg.conf. I can't start X, the HD only
turning. Now I don't have /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I can start KDE (not
Gnome). I don't know which xorg.conf I am now running.
I can toggle resolution to increase font size on browser witn
[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[+]
B.R.
satimis
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Re: Fail to start KDE and Gnome
--- Armin Pirkovitsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stephen Liu wrote: [...] Something strange happened here. If copying xorg.conf.new on /etc/X11/ and renaming it as xorg.conf. I can't start X, the HD only turning. Now I don't have /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I can start KDE (not Gnome). I don't know which xorg.conf I am now running. just have a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log - it will tell you which config file is used Hi Armin, # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep xorg (**) Option XkbRules xorg (**) default keyboard: XkbRules: xorg # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep conf Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (EE) Unable to locate/open config file Running /usr/X11R6/bin/getconfig -X 6090 -I /etc/X11,/usr/X11R6/etc/X11,/usr/X11R6/lib/modules,/usr/X 11R6/lib/X11/getconfig -v 0x10de -d 0x01df -r 0xa1 -s 0x1043 -b 0x81f3 -c 0x0300 (==) Using default built-in configuration (53 lines) (==) --- Start of built-in configuration --- (==) --- End of built-in configuration --- Using the default mouse configuration. Using the default keyboard configuration. Would it be getconfig? Why I'm not allowed to copy /root/xorg.conf.ne /etc/X11/xorg and run xorg.conf there? Unfortunataely xorg.0.log is a big file. I have no idea where to look at the error message on running xorg.conf. Any suggestion? TIA B.R. satimis Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fail to start KDE and Gnome - further test
--- Stephen Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Armin Pirkovitsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stephen Liu wrote: [...] Something strange happened here. If copying xorg.conf.new on /etc/X11/ and renaming it as xorg.conf. I can't start X, the HD only turning. Now I don't have /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I can start KDE (not Gnome). I don't know which xorg.conf I am now running. just have a look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log - it will tell you which config file is used Hi Armin, # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep xorg (**) Option XkbRules xorg (**) default keyboard: XkbRules: xorg # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep conf Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (EE) Unable to locate/open config file Running /usr/X11R6/bin/getconfig -X 6090 -I /etc/X11,/usr/X11R6/etc/X11,/usr/X11R6/lib/modules,/usr/X 11R6/lib/X11/getconfig -v 0x10de -d 0x01df -r 0xa1 -s 0x1043 -b 0x81f3 -c 0x0300 (==) Using default built-in configuration (53 lines) (==) --- Start of built-in configuration --- (==) --- End of built-in configuration --- Using the default mouse configuration. Using the default keyboard configuration. Would it be getconfig? Why I'm not allowed to copy /root/xorg.conf.ne /etc/X11/xorg and run xorg.conf there? Unfortunataely xorg.0.log is a big file. I have no idea where to look at the error message on running xorg.conf. Any suggestion? TIA B.R. satimis Hi Armin and folks, I made further test as follow; # cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf Hard reboot X = [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Back Space] exited to runlevel 3 Login : satimis Password: xxx $ startx KDE started with color looking strangely and finally PC hung. Hard reboot and removed xorg.conf # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log . FreeFontPath:FPE /usr/XR11R6/lib/X11/Fonts/misc/ refcount is 2. should be 1: fixing * end * Any advice how to fix this problem. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fail to start KDE and Gnome
Hi Armin, Tks for your advice. There are two files that control which windowsmanager shall be used (depending on whether you use a login manager or just startx) One is called .xinitrc the other one .xsession - they are both in your home directory - create them (you can create one of them and symlink the other one) and add the start command to the file (full path) - and make sure they are set executable (chmod 755 filename) eg. for kde: exec /usr/local/bin/startkde eg for gnome: exec /usr/local/bin/gnome-session Done as per your advice. $ cat ~/.xsession exec /usr/local/bin/startkde exec /usr/local/bin/gnome-session $ ls -al ~/.xsession -rwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 62 Feb 27 07:59 /home/satimis/.xsession $ startkde ksplash: cannot connect to X server kdeinit: Aborting, $DISPLAY is not set Warning: Connect() failed: No such file or directory ksmserver: Cannot connect to Xserver ! startkde: shutting down ... Warning: Connect() failed: No such file or directory Error: Can't contact kdeinit ! startkde running shutdown script startkde : Done Still failed. B.R. satimis Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fail to start KDE and Gnome
Hi Jonathan Chen,
Tks for your advice.
If you're going to use startx you will need a ${HOME}/.xinitrc with
the following contents:
#/bin/sh
startkde
Make sure the file is 755 permissions. This will start up X with KDE.
I would suggest you configure /etc/ttys to start up KDM instead of
using startx
Your advice worked here starting KDE.
What I'm trying to do is running;
$ startkde
will start K desktop
$ gnome-session
will start Gnome desktop
Tks.
B.R.
Stephen Liu
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Re: Fail to start KDE and Gnome
Hi Jonathan, I would suggest you configure /etc/ttys to start up KDM instead of using startx I'm prepared running this box building servers for test. I don't expect the box booting straight to login page. X is only for communicating outside World. I'm not used to running elinks, the text broswer. Tks. B.R. satimis Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fail to start KDE and Gnome
Hi folks, FreeBSD-6.2-amd64 This is a test, I insalled aprox 80% of the packages on Disc 2 After installation completed PC rebooted to runlevel 3. Login as user and run; $ startkde warning: Kpersonalizer : Cannot connect to Xserer - repeated- $ gnome-session (gnome-session 1968) gtk-Warning ** cannot open displayed $ startx 3 xterm windows started. On xterm I can start KDE with a lot of warning displayed on xterm windonw. But I can't start Gnome on xterm. I can start firefox on xterm. Now I'm posting on firefox browser. Please advise where I have to check fixing the problems. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dualcore performance-smp technology
Hi folks, FreeBSD-6.2-amd64 Pls advice how to make FreeBSD fully utinize the benefit of dualcore. In Linux I recompiled a smp-kernel then it used dualcore performance. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Command to combine several files as a single file, etc.
Hi Parv, FreeBSD 5.2 Tks for your advice. - snip - Do you want to collect a number of files in various formats in one file to be able to extract any file from the resulting collection? Or, do you want to collect information contained in different files in one single file in only one format? Sorry for not having explained clear in my first posting. I repeat it with following examples; 1) Saving webpages from website as following files Page-1.pdf Page-2.pdf Page-3.pdf Page-4.pdf and so on - how to combine all of them in a SINGLE file in the order of page number still in .pdf format. - how to rearrange them in the SINGLE file changing postition of Page-4 to Page-1 etc. afterwards 2) Printing webpages from website as following files Page-1.ps Page-2.ps Page-3.ps Page-4.ps and so on - how to combine all of them in a SINGLE file in the order of page number still in .ps format. - how to rearrange them in the SINGLE changing postition of Page-4 to Page-1 etc. afterwards 3) Saving webpages from website as following files Page-1.html Page-2.html Page-3.html Page-4.html and so on - how to combine all of them in a SINGLE file in the order of page number still in .html format. - how to rearrange them in the SINGLE changing postition of Page-4 to Page-1 etc. afterwards TIA B.R. satimis I cannot say anything about the second case. For the first case, there are archive creaters like tar, pax, cpio. See manual pages for respective commands, and some of the articles from a larger collection ... Archivers: http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/1710 Tar: http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/2416 Pax: http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/2660 Cpio: http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/2445 - Parv ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Command to combine several files as a single file, etc.
Hi Bill, Tks for your advice. Stephen Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) Saving webpages from website as following files Page-1.pdf Page-2.pdf Page-3.pdf Page-4.pdf and so on There are a couple of different programs out that can do this. I found a perl script not so long ago that did a great job of merging PDF files, but I can't seem to locate it again. A google search provides a lot of links to track down, and a lot of reading to do on the subject. There are lot of solutions on google seach but I expect to find a simple and straightforward way. ghostscipt ps2pdf working on pdf files, converting them to ps files, then combining them and afterwards converting the resultant file to pdf file again. htmldoc iText etc. for html files. htmldoc is alreading running on my OS but I could not get it to work. I suppose it came together on installing FreeBSD 5.2 I will start another thread seeking for advice from folks on the mailing list in this respect. B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problem in running htmldoc
Hi folks, FreeBSD 5.2 I have 'htmldoc' running which I suppose was installed at the time of installing the OS. But I could not start it (GUI) # which htmldoc /usr/local/bin/htmldoc # /usr/local/bin/htmldoc [ENTER] ERROR: No HTML files! HTMLDOC Version 1.8.23 Copyright 1997-2002 Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved. This software is governed by the GNU General Public License, Version 2, and is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group. .. I am not aware whether htmldoc was compiled against libraries of Fast Light Tookit http://www.fltk.org/ # pkg_info | grep -i fast\* no printout # pkg_info | grep -i FLTK no printout I tried using command line to combine html files without result # htmldoc -f /path/to/output.ps --webpage /path/to/*.html ERR014: Image on page 1 too large - truncation or overlapping may occur! ERR014: Table on page 3 too wide - truncation or overlapping may occur! ERR014: Image on page 3 too large - truncation or overlapping may occur! PAGES: 3 ERR012: Unable to open output file - No such file or directory It failed. There is no mailing list/discussion forum on http://www.easysw.com/htmldoc/ Any advice? TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Command to combine several files as a single file, etc.
Hi folks, Frequently I save/print doucument from Website as .html .pdf .ps etc. files. If the document consists of several pages then there will be serveral files. What command line/lines shall I use to combine file of several pages as a single file (not with 'echo' command). Or which application on KDE desktop shall I use to achieve this goal. After a single file created, how can I move pages around inside the file (not with copy/paste command). Additional how to add 'note' to the file/page or bookmark a paragraph inside the file. On the old day when I ran Windows, I used 'PaperPort', 'PageKeeper','Omnipage, etc. to do the abovementioned job. Are there similar applications on Open Source for FreeBSD/Unix/Linux worlds. TIA. B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wisdom of automating upgrades
Hi folks, This is an interesting topic. On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Peter Risdon wrote: The main cost of having computers for most companies lies not in software or hardware, but in support. I have been pondering the wisdom of automating the upgrade process, so that sources are cvsup'ed nightly and make buildworld buildkernel etc and portupgrade happen overnight maybe once a week or month - and perhaps every day a security fix is announced. Windows and Mac users are accustomed to automatic software updates on server products as well as desktops, so there is a competitive issue here. I've persuaded a number of companies to switch to FreeBSD and want to ensure the commercial logic of doing so is as complete as possible. cvsup'ing overnight is routine and fine. The make build/install stuff seems a bit more delicate. I'm happy that I have figured out how to automate this, but not _whether_ I should do so. I am of course only considering tracking RELENG_4 at this stage. Ports are perhaps more likely to be problematic (though less likely to be a blocker to remote fixing than a failure to boot). Having said that, deprecation of versions and ports is fairly rare and keeping track of a small group in common use is feasible. I'd be grateful for any input on this. I can picture waking up to find that every machine I administrate is simultaneously *#!$%ed one morning. On the other hand, I like to provide the best value I can for clients and at the moment I have to charge for my time whenever an upgrade is necessary. You may want to have a look at freebsd-update. Its a binary updater, Client/Server config, the server code and info on what it is, is available from http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-update/ and the client is in ports. Is there a way updating all installed ports automatically wheneven the server/workstation is booted and connected to Internet, similar to ntp synchronizing the clock. B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wisdom of automating upgrades
HI Luke, Thanks for your advice. Is there a way updating all installed ports automatically wheneven the server/workstation is booted and connected to Internet, similar to ntp synchronizing the clock. in theory it should be possible to write a script that runs portupgrade and then run it once at boot time from cron but I have never done it personally. I can see some potential for disaster if it is not done with extreme care. Where can I find some reference in this respect. TIA B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cvsup vs portupgrade
Hi Remko, Tks for your advice. - snip - 2) If having run # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports-supfile # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile Whether I still need to run # portupgrade -aRr Yes you can do this, since cvsup retrieve's the latest sources for the ports and basesystem, while portupgrade actually uses those sources and installs them on your system.. After running # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports-supfile # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile before running # portupgrade -aRr whether I need to run # pkgdb -F # portsdb -Uu B.R. Stephen Thus: You should first update your sources through cvsup, and then install them , or upgrade them via the ports system, or using portupgrade (For the upgrade). Hope this helps, ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cvsup vs portupgrade
Hi Viktor, Tks for your advice. - snip - # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports-supfile # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile Whether I still need to run # portupgrade -aRr 3) If NO to 2) above When shall I need to run # portupgrade -aRr 4) Whether following procedure is correct # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports-supfile then # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile cvsup synchronizes your source tree. This ensures that whatever you build will be using the updated code for the branch you are tracking..(- snip -)...as far as your running system is concerned, no actual update occurs until you do a make buildworld/make installworld, make buildkernel/make installkernel, or install a particular port using the updated source code. - snip - Under which directory shall I run - make buildkernel/make installkernel or - make buildworld/make installworld cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports-supfile and cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile separately update the sources for the FreeBSD version you are tracking and the ports collection--if you are running both every time you can combine them in a single cvsupfile that updates everything in a single pass. Hereinunder are the content of my /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports-supfile *default host=cvsup10.freebsd.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=. *default delete use-rel-suffix #*default compress ports-all and /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile *default host=cvsup10.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_2 *default delete use-rel-suffix #*default compress src-all doc-all www .. Whether you suggest to combine them as /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports+stable-supfile *default host=cvsup10.freebsd.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=. tag=RELENG_5_2 *default delete use-rel-suffix #*default compress ports-all src-all doc-all www .. Or any other filename to be suggested and only run # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports+stable-supfile each time B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cvsup vs portupgrade
Hi folks, I am still not very clear on the function between # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile and # portupgrade -aRr I have following questions; 1) What will be their diffenece in function 2) If having run # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports-supfile # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile Whether I still need to run # portupgrade -aRr 3) If NO to 2) above When shall I need to run # portupgrade -aRr 4) Whether following procedure is correct # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports-supfile then # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile NOT the other way round Kindly advise. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu = Best Regards Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to make a screenshot?
Hi Randy, FreeBSD 5.2 vidcontrol -p /dev/ttyv0 shot.scr with the above command a file 'shot.scr' was created. But I have no program to view it. # pkg_info | grep scr2txt # pkg_info | grep scr2png # pkg_info | grep -w xv all no printout # cd /usr/ports # make search name=scr2txt Port: scr2txt-1.1 Path: /usr/ports/textproc/scr2txt Info: Converts the output of vidcontrol -p to text # make search name=scr2png Port: scr2png-1.1_4 Path: /usr/ports/graphics/scr2png Info: Converts the output of vidcontrol -p to PNG # make search name=xv | grep -w xv Port: xv-3.10a_3 Path: /usr/ports/graphics/xv Kindly advise Whether I have to install either of the above program to read shot.scr? The following command will dump contents of the fourth virtual terminal to the standard output in the human readable format: vidcontrol -P /dev/ttyv3 On KDE desktop Konsole window # vidcontrol -P /dev/ttyv3 no graphic image displayed (tried both -P and -p) Besides I have to 'su' to use 'vidcontrol' B.R. Stephen Liu The .scr images can be manipulated with textproc/scr2txt and graphics/scr2png. The man pages for both describe their usage. These are the tools that are used to produce the screenshots of the console and Sysinstall in the Handbook. For screenshots in XFree86, I find that graphics/xv does the job quite nicely without a lot of fuss. Best regards, Randy ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problem about ports command
Hi folks, After running # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports-supfile # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile then # portupgrade -aRrv0 I encountered problem in executing ports commands such as # portsclean -C portsclean: Command not found. # whereis portsclean portsclean: /usr/local/sbin/portsclean /usr/local/man/man1/portsclean.1.gz It is there. # /usr/local/sbin/portsclean -C /usr/local/sbin/portsclean: Command not found. # portsdb -Uu portsdb: Command not found. # whereis portsdb portsdb: /usr/local/sbin/portsdb /usr/local/man/man1/portsdb.1.gz It is also there. # /usr/local/sbin/portsdb -Uu /usr/local/sbin/portsdb: Command not found. Now I'm trying to run following commands to remove and re-install 'portupgrade' # pkg_delete -f portupgrade* # pkg_delete -f ruby* # cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade # make install clean On running # pkg_delete -f portupgrade* pkg_delete: No match. # pkg_info | grep portupgrade portupgrade-20030723 FreeBSD ports/packages administration and management tool s It is also there. Is there a device locking all ports commands. Kindly advise how to proceed. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to exclude upgrading kde in running 'portupgrade'
Hi folks I am prepared upgrading kde-3.1.4 to kde-3.2.2. Because I am running FreeBSD 5.2 on a slow PC, AMD-k6-350, I will take following route # cd / # pkg_delete kde\* arts\* qt\* quanta\* kdevelop\* # env PACKAGESITE=http://people.fruitsalad.org/lofi/packages/5.2.1-RELEASE/Latest/ pkg_add -r kde However to avoid running into conflict of dependencies which are unknown to me I will run following steps first to upgrade all other packages including dependencies; # cd / # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/ports-supfile # cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/stable-supfile and then # portupgrade -aRrv -x kde I don't know whether the '-x' tag will excluding upgrading kde otherwise the PC will run for several days. Any suggestion? TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to exclude upgrading kde in running 'portupgrade'
Hi Lowell, Tks for your advice. # portupgrade -aRrv -x kde I don't know whether the '-x' tag will excluding upgrading kde otherwise the PC will run for several days. That should work. If you want to see for sure before starting, use the -n option -- that's exactly why it exists. It sounds like this will be a common situation for you, so you might want to use pkgtools.conf to exclude it from future runs too. I read /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf Whether I add disabled_kde.sh will take effect. TIA B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Seeking advice on 'ports-supfile'
Hi Adam,
Tks for your advice.
FreeBSD-5.2
I'm seeking for advice on 'ports-supfile' to run
# cvsup -g /usr/local/etc/cvsup/
ports-supfile
the second time as at the first time there were
some
problems
I don't quite use it this way.
I use the three files located at
http://www.bugman.cx/cvsup/ and I always
put them in my /etc directory (just for easy
access).
Noted
make.conf is empty during a standard FreeBSD
installation, but by putting
(some) of these options in it, you'll be able to
update the ports by cd-ing
to /usr/ports and typing in 'make update'.
It's way better this way.
cat /etc/make.conf
MASTER_SITE_BACKUP?=\
ftp://ftp2.au.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/${DIST_SUBDIR}/
MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE?= ${MASTER_SITE_BACKUP}
MASTER_SORT_REGEX?= ^file:
^ftp://ftp\.FreeBSD\.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/
://[^/]*\.au/ ://[^/]*\.au\.
SUP_UPDATE=yes
SUP=/usr/local/bin/cvsup
SUPFLAGS=-g -L 2 -r 0
SUPHOST=mirror.internode.on.net
SUPFILE=/etc/release-supfile
PORTSSUPFILE=/etc/ports-supfile
WITHOUT_GUI=true
WITHOUT_X11=true
WITHOUT_CUPS=true
1)
Shall I make change to following lines according to
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html
MASTER_SITE_BACKUP?=\
ftp://ftp2.au.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/${DIST_SUBDIR}/
MASTER_SITE_OVERRIDE?= ${MASTER_SITE_BACKUP}
MASTER_SORT_REGEX?= ^file:
^ftp://ftp\.FreeBSD\.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/
://[^/]*\.au/ ://[^/]*\.au\.
and
SUPHOST=mirror.internode.on.net
2)
Shall I make any change to;
/etc/ports-supfile
/etc/release-supfile
Kindly advice. TIA
B.R.
Stephen
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Problem after running portupgrade (continue)
Hi folks, I found following files on # ls -lh /tmp/ srwxrwxrwx 1 wnn wheel 0B Mar 28 23:22 cd_sockV4 srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 25 19:33 file1XG2EX srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 25 22:37 file38j0wR srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 23 23:41 file4Umjgt srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 24 23:03 fileBSC8C0 srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 24 23:41 fileQJVrqc srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 23 20:04 fileZZ7EKb srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 23 00:27 fileZzv73Y srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 27 09:01 filedInBFW srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 25 15:40 filehXKshb srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 26 23:47 filel6qaBo srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 23 00:29 filelVIjRu srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 25 23:37 fileq1kqeJ srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 23 19:57 fileqqmG1v srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 25 13:08 filercSbq1 srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 23 08:15 fileshMHVV srwxr-xr-x 1 satimis wheel 0B May 26 00:09 filewt72dp But they can't be moved to /urs/tmp Any advise? What are they for and how they were created. Can I delete them all TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem after running portupgrade
Hi Chris, Tks for your advice. Look into /var/log for a list of files like this example: cron.0.bz2 maillog.1.bz2 sendmail.st.0 cron.1.bz2 maillog.2.bz2 sendmail.st.1 Note the bz2 extensions and the files that have digits at the end. Chances are you may have many. You can delete these if you wish. ls /var/log/ XFree86.0-1.log messages.0.bz2 XFree86.0-2.log messages.1.bz2 XFree86.0-2.log~messages.2.bz2 XFree86.0-3.log messages.3.bz2 XFree86.0.log messages.4.bz2 XFree86.0.log.old messages.5.bz2 XFree86.0.log~ mount.today XFree86.8-1.log ppp.log XFree86.8.log ppp.log.0.bz2 XFree86.8.log.old ppp.log.1.bz2 XFree86.8.log~ ppp.log.2.bz2 auth.logppp.log.3.bz2 auth.log.0.bz2 ppp.log~ cronppp.yd_040225 cron.0.bz2 scrollkeeper.log cron.1.bz2 security cron.2.bz2 sendmail.st cron.3.bz2 sendmail.st.0 cupssendmail.st.1 debug.log sendmail.st.10 dmesg.today sendmail.st.2 dmesg.yesterday sendmail.st.3 kdm.log sendmail.st.4 lastlog sendmail.st.5 lpd-errssendmail.st.6 maillog sendmail.st.7 maillog.0.bz2 sendmail.st.8 maillog.1.bz2 sendmail.st.9 maillog.2.bz2 setuid.today maillog.3.bz2 setuid.yesterday maillog.4.bz2 slip.log maillog.5.bz2 userlog maillog.6.bz2 wtmp maillog.7.bz2 xdm.log messagesxferlog I am going to delete following files; /var/log/ messages.0.bz2 messages.1.bz2 messages.2.bz2 messages.3.bz2 messages.4.bz2 messages.5.bz2 ppp.log.0.bz2 ppp.log.1.bz2 ppp.log.2.bz2 ppp.log.3.bz2 auth.log.0.bz2 cron.0.bz2 cron.1.bz2 cron.2.bz2 cron.3.bz2 sendmail.st.1 sendmail.st.10 sendmail.st.2 sendmail.st.3 sendmail.st.4 sendmail.st.5 sendmail.st.6 sendmail.st.7 sendmail.st.8 sendmail.st.9 maillog.0.bz2 maillog.1.bz2 maillog.2.bz2 maillog.3.bz2 maillog.4.bz2 maillog.5.bz2 maillog.6.bz2 maillog.7.bz2 Any comment ??? Also, look around the dirs within /var You may have something logging such as a core dump. $ ls /var account db log rwho at empty mailspool backups games msgstmp crash heimdal preserveyp cronlib run $ ls /var/backups aliases.bak master.passwd.bak group.bak master.passwd.bak2 group.bak2 Can I delete all above files ??? $ ls /var/tmp gconfd-root svh3k.tmp gconfd-satimis svh3m.tmp linux_base-7.1_5.tbzsvmhc.tmp mapping-rootsvmhe.tmp mapping-satimis svmhg.tmp orbit-root teTeX-2.0.2_2.tbz orbit-satimis tmp.0.QQlif7 pkgdb.fixme tmp.0.dr0vBP sv603.tmp tmp.0.kDy79T sv605.tmp tmp.0.lu8h4X sv607.tmp tmp.1.Egne6s svd5k.tmp tmp.1.JW15qD svd5m.tmp tmp.1.nNXAdw svd5o.tmp tmp.1.xygGQv svh3i.tmp vi.recover Can I delete above files with .tmp extension and all tmp files ??? # ls /var/cron tabs # ls /var/run cron.pid . core dump could not be found B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem after running portupgrade
Hi Remko, Tks for your advice. It says to you that the var drive is full, the var drive keeps logs etc so pretty crucial that it has some space. Go to /var/log and check which files are a bit big and rotate them. You can do that by entering single user mode, mount the /var, go to /var/log, type `ls -lh' it gives you the filesizes Some file has to be what bigger then the rest, so we need to clean it a bit. Mount the /usr drive and create the directory /usr/tmp (since that drive has a lot of space left), now mv /var/log/$bigfilename /usr/tmp/ and touch /var/log/$bigfilename (So that it does exist). It is not the files on /var/log/ taking up space but following files on /var/tmp/ # ls -lh total 192544 -rw-r--r-- 1 satimis wheel 2.3M May 14 22:26 tmp.0.QQlif7 -rw-r--r-- 1 satimis wheel 2.3M May 14 22:24 tmp.0.dr0vBP -rw-r--r-- 1 satimis wheel 2.3M May 15 15:58 tmp.0.kDy79T -rw-r--r-- 1 satimis wheel 2.3M May 14 22:29 tmp.0.lu8h4X -rw-r--r-- 1 satimis wheel 26M May 14 22:26 tmp.1.Egne6s -rw-r--r-- 1 satimis wheel 72M May 14 22:25 tmp.1.JW15qD -rw-r--r-- 1 satimis wheel 32M May 14 22:29 tmp.1.nNXAdw -rw-r--r-- 1 satimis wheel 48M May 15 15:59 tmp.1.xygGQv . I have no idea what they are and when they were created. # df Filesystem 1K-blocksUsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad4s1a253678 45872 18751220%/ devfs 1 10 100%/dev /dev/ad4s1e2536784672 228712 2%/tmp /dev/ad4s1f 36354884 4807654 2863884014%/usr /dev/ad4s1d253678 57664 17572025%/var If you reboot now the system will come up and i guess that the things are starting to work again. The Failure of gnome is too less space on /var i think, After rebooting the PC, Gnome revived. Still have some minor problems, such as on KDE desktop Konsole window, selected fonts unable to save (saving settings having no function) The portsclean package? What's that? Search the internet 'portsclean' is an utility of 'portupgrade'. Very powerful taking about 5 minute to complete on my slow system. Now it got lost. I think I have to reinstall 'portupgrade' Try changing your settings in Konsole now, perhaps there is enough space now. Still having problem. Please see above. Tks again for your advice. B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problem after running portupgrade
Hi folks, I encountered problems after running # portupgrade -aRrvO At completion following warning popup; . .. Backing up the old version /var: write failed, filesystem is full bzip2: I/O or other error, bailing out. Possible reason follows. bzip2: No space left on device Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout) ** Backup failed. --- Uninstallation of linux_base-7.1_5 ended at: Mon, 24 May 2004 22:20:19 +0800 (consumed 00:00:09) --- Upgrade of emulators/linux_base ended at: Mon, 24 May 2004 22:20:19 +0800 (consumed 00:18:22) [Updating the pkgdb format:dbm_hash in /var/db/pkg ... - 260 packages found (-0 +2) .. /var: write failed, filesystem is full --- Session ended at: Mon, 24 May 2004 22:20:22 +0800 (consumed 20:46:59) /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkgdb.rb:241:in `origin': dbm_store failed: Cannot update the pkgdb!] (PkgDB:BError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/pkginfo.rb:178:in `origin' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:709:in `do_upgrade' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:686:in `main' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:685:in `each' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:685:in `main' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:207:in `initialize' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:207:in `new' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:207:in `main' from /usr/local/sbin/portupgrade:1846 # Reboot PC. Gnome could not be started with a warning something like server configure error. I have no chance to write down the complete warning because it jumped to another empty window after a while. Nor I have an editor to copy the warning down. KDE started properly. Following problems were found. 1) # /usr/src/etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate updatedb Rebuilding locate database: /var: write failed, filesystem is full cat: stdout: No space left on device 2) # df Filesystem 1K-blocksUsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad4s1a253678 45872 18751220%/ devfs 1 10 100%/dev /dev/ad4s1e2536784672 228712 2%/tmp /dev/ad4s1f 36354884 4619692 2882680214%/usr /dev/ad4s1d253678 249478 -16094 107%/var 3) # portsclean -C portsclean: Command not found # cd /usr/ports # make search name=portsclean No printout 4) On KDE desktop Konsole window - Font characters being huge Settings - Font - Custom started 'request font' window. It was possible to select font. But Settings - Save Settings seemed having no function. On starting a new Konsole window fonts were still huge. That were the mistakes having been discovered. Others unknown yet. Kindly advise. 1) How to free space. The HD is of 40 G in size solely for FreeBSD 5.2 2) Where can I find 'portsclean' package 3) How to discover the cause of failure in starting Gnome 4) How to set fonts on Konsole window TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Creating ISO image question
Hi Eddysan, Tks for your advice. I already solve my problem with following command line; $ mkisofs -R -o cdimage.raw -J -graft-points -hide-rr-moved /usr/home/user-A/Document-AAA/=/usr/home/user-A/Document-AAA/ But I like to learn an alternative. Try mkisofs -J -r -l -allow-lowercase -o outputfile.iso -V CD Lavel /dir $ mkisofs -J -r -l -allow-lowercase -o cdimage.iso -V CD Lavel /usr/home/user-A/Document-AAA/ . mkisofs: Joliet tree sort failed. cdimage could not be created. Previously it did happen occasionally on enabling -J flag. Another time it worked without problem with -J flag on. I still could not find out its cause. Removing -J flag then it worked $ mkisofs -r -l -allow-lowercase -o cdimage.iso -V CD Lavel /usr/home/user-A/Document-AAA/ creating a cdimage. However full path of directories still could not be created. B.R. Stephen On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 15:19, arden wrote: im guessing this is what you mean ? mkisofs -r -J -o cd_image.iso dir/ arden On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 12:28, Stephen Liu wrote: HI folks, I tried to solve following questions on creating ISO image with reference to 'man mkisofs' but could not resolve; Tree of diectories e.g. /usr/home/user-A/document-AAA/subdirectories 1) To include the complete tree starting from /user-A/document-AAA/subdirectories 2) To include the complete tree starting from /document-AAA/subdirectories Kindly advise. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Install IPFILTER question
Hi folks, FreeBSD 5.2 === I tried to install and run IPFILTER but met with following problems; # which ipfilter ipfilter: Command not found. # whereis ipfilter ipfilter: /usr/src/contrib/ipfilter # ls /usr/share/examples/ | grep ipfilter ipfilter # pkg_info | grep -i ipfilter No printout # cd /usr/ports/ # make search -i name=ipfilter # make search name=ipfilter Both with no printout # ee /usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES, searchig for 'IPFILTER' and found follows; options MROUTING# Multicast routing options PIM # Protocol Independent Multicast options IPFIREWALL #firewall options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE #enable logging to syslogd(8) options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=100#limit verbosity options IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT#allow everything by default options IPV6FIREWALL#firewall for IPv6 options IPV6FIREWALL_VERBOSE options IPV6FIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=100 options IPV6FIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT options IPDIVERT#divert sockets options IPFILTER#ipfilter support options IPFILTER_LOG#ipfilter logging options IPFILTER_DEFAULT_BLOCK #block all packets by default options IPSTEALTH #support for stealth forwarding options PFIL_HOOKS #required by IPFILTER options TCPDEBUG Kindly advise how to install IPFILTER and/or edit kernel option to enable it. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Long filename question on burning CD
Hi folks, FreeBSD 5.2 Most filenames saved exceed 8 characters. After burning on CD they can be read comfortable on the same OS as well as other Lunux/Unix boxes. The problem comes while reading the same CD on Window Explorer, XP, ME, etc. The filename can't read clearly because all of them changed to 8 character max, such as ~01, ~02, etc. Is there any solution on burning CD allowing the long filename (exceeding 8 characters) can be read clearly on Windows identical to their name read on Linux/Unix Kindly advise. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Correct steps to recompile kernel
Hi all folks, FreeBSD 5.2 === I am trying to learn recompiling kernel. I visited following link; http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.IS...g-building.html But I am still not very clear of the correct steps to be taken. I suppose taking following steps # cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf # cp GENERIC GENERIC.bak # cp GENERIC MYKERNEL # ee MYKERNEL (modifying the kernel) # config MYKERNEL # cd /usr/src/sys/i386/compile/MYKERNEL (Are the above directories correct???) # make depend # make # make install check /etc/rc.conf to have the line: linux_enable=YES reboot PC Any further steps needed to be taken thereafter? If I am wrong please correct me. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Correct steps to recompile kernel
Hi Bill, Tks for your advice. - snip - # cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf # cp GENERIC GENERIC.bak # cp GENERIC MYKERNEL # ee MYKERNEL (modifying the kernel) This is good ... although making a backup of GENERIC is somewhat redundant. Noted with thanks. But in case of trouble where can I get the old kernel back. # config MYKERNEL # cd /usr/src/sys/i386/compile/MYKERNEL (Are the above directories correct???) # make depend # make # make install This is the _old_ way. I believe it still works, but I don't know if it's supported any longer, and besides, it's just more work than needed. The docs describe the newer method, which is cd /usr/src make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL reboot to single-user mode make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL reboot Noted with thanks. check /etc/rc.conf to have the line: linux_enable=YES reboot PC This is a completely different thing than compiling a kernel. If you want the linuxulator installed, definately do this, but it's not really related to building a kernel. Noted. You don't mention if you've updated your source code or not. Just a warning, if you _did_ update your source code, you need to remake world as well as the kernel or you'll have trouble. If you didn't update your source, the steps outlined above should cover everything. No, I am not going to upgrade the kernel, only to activate SCSI support. Sorry for not mentioning it on my first posting. Tks B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Creating ISO image question (PROBLEM SOLVED)
Hi Malcolm, Tks for your advice. You understand my need completely. Problem is now solved as stated at the bottom of this posting. I believe that in case 1) you want to see the directory usr on the final CD containing subdirectory home etc. And in instance 2) you want to see the directory user-A on the final CD containing document-AAA etc. In the command mkisofs -r -J -o cd_image.iso dir/ the directory 'dir' does not actually appear on the CD. At the top level the CD would contain the files and subdirectories appearing in 'dir/'. To get the full sequence 'user-A/document-AAA/subdirectories/..' to appear on the CD you would need mkisofs -r -J -o cd_image.iso /usr/home/ But unfortaunately this will include all under home; not just user-A/document-AAA. The simplest way to achieve what I believe you want in instance 2) is to create a temporary tree of what you want to see on the CD: mkdir tree mkdir tree/user-A cp -Rp /usr/home/user-A/document-AAA tree/user-A mkisofs -r -J -o cd_image.iso tree (The mkisofs options are just an example -- probably not what you want) Now you can remove the temporary tree: rm -R tree I don't expect it would be so complicate on FreeBSD. It is rather simple on Linux. You might be able to avoid this copying using the mkisofs option -graft-points ; but I have no experience with this. SOLUTION; $ mkisofs -U -R -o cdimage.raw -graft-points \ usr/home/user-A/document-AAA/=/usr/home/user-A/document-AAA 2 (two) folders then created; 1) user. Under this folder usr/home/user-A/document-AAA/subdirectories+files (full path) 2) rr_remove This is an empty folder I don't know how to get rid of the empty folder 'rr_remove'. If no solution I will burn a CD to test Lot of thanks for your HINT B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to mount and read cdimage before burning
Hi folks,
Freebsd 5.2
===
Following command works on Linux but not on Freebsd
# mount cd_image.iso -r -t iso9660 -o loop /mnt
(remark: iso9660 changed to cd9660)
Google search brought following link
http://www.freebsddiary.org/iso-mount.php
$ vnconfig /dev/vn0c cd_image.iso
ERROR: vnconfig(8) has been discontinued
Please use mdconfig(8).
$ mdconfig /dev/vn0c cd_image.iso
mdconfig: open(/dev/mdctl): Permission denied
$ su
Password:
# mdconfig /dev/md0c cd_image.iso
usage:
mdconfig -a -t type [-n] [-o [no]option]... [
-f file] [-s size] [-S sectorsize] [-u unit]
mdconfig -d -u unit
mdconfig -l [-n] [-u unit]
type = {malloc, preload, vnode, swap}
option = {cluster, compress, reserve}
size = %d (512 byte blocks), %dk (kB),
%dm (MB) or %dg (GB)
Have no idea how to proceed further. Kindly advise.
TIA
B.R.
Stephen Liu
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Re: How to mount and read cdimage before burning
Hi Christian, Ion-Mihai and others
Tks for your advice which works for me. Problem is
solved now.
B.R.
Stephen
Hi folks,
Freebsd 5.2
===
Following command works on Linux but not on
Freebsd
# mount cd_image.iso -r -t iso9660 -o loop /mnt
(remark: iso9660 changed to cd9660)
Google search brought following link
http://www.freebsddiary.org/iso-mount.php
$ vnconfig /dev/vn0c cd_image.iso
ERROR: vnconfig(8) has been discontinued
Please use mdconfig(8).
$ mdconfig /dev/vn0c cd_image.iso
mdconfig: open(/dev/mdctl): Permission denied
$ su
Password:
# mdconfig /dev/md0c cd_image.iso
usage:
mdconfig -a -t type [-n] [-o
[no]option]... [
-f file] [-s size] [-S sectorsize] [-u unit]
mdconfig -d -u unit
mdconfig -l [-n] [-u unit]
type = {malloc, preload, vnode,
swap}
option = {cluster, compress,
reserve}
size = %d (512 byte blocks), %dk
(kB),
%dm (MB) or %dg (GB)
Have no idea how to proceed further. Kindly
advise.
TIA
B.R.
Stephen Liu
attach md:
# mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /yourpath/your.iso
# mount -t cd9660 /dev/md0 /yourmountpoint
list configured mds:
# mdconfig -l
unmount and detach:
# umount /yourmountpoint
# mdconfig -d -u 0
There are some examples listed in 'man 8 mdconfig'.
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Re: How to mount and read cdimage before burning
Hi Warren, Tks for your advice. Although my problem has been solved with the assistance from folks on this list, I am interested to learn an alternative way, if any. - snip - /usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/creating-cds.html Isn't loop the compressed filesystem? In that case, the /usr/ports/sysutils/cloop-utils port may be helpful. # cd /usr/ports/ # make search name=cloop-utils No printout # ls /usr/ports/sysutils/ | grep cloop-utils No printout B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Creating ISO image question
Hi Joe, Tks for your advice. - snip- mkisofs -o cd_image.iso flags from mkisofs man page dir/ ? Applying following command lines 1) # mkisofs -o cdimage.raw -R /usr/home/user-A/document-AAA 2) # mkisofs -R -o cdimage.raw /usr/home/user-A/document-AAA 3) # mkisofs -o cdimage.raw -R -pathspec /usr/home/user-A/document-AAA all having same result. The path has not been copied to the cdimage, only the subdirectories under 'document-AAA' copied. If adding -J to the command line, cdimage can't be created with warning 'mkisofs: Joliet tree sort failed' - snip - Generally I use: mkisofs -o filename.iso -J -R -P Joe -sysid BACKUP -V meaningful string -l backup/ Almost always, I use the same name for the filename and for the meaningful string. $ mkisofs -o cdimage.raw -J -R -P Stephen -sysid BACKUP -V /Storage-040517/ -l /usr/home/satimis/Storage-040517/ Plug and Process-Has the Era of Utility Computing Finally Arrived.html have the same Joliet name B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Creating ISO image question
HI folks, I tried to solve following questions on creating ISO image with reference to 'man mkisofs' but could not resolve; Tree of diectories e.g. /usr/home/user-A/document-AAA/subdirectories 1) To include the complete tree starting from /user-A/document-AAA/subdirectories 2) To include the complete tree starting from /document-AAA/subdirectories Kindly advise. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to allow 'User-A' to burn CD
Hi Matthew, Tks for your advice. Which file shall I re-configure to authorize 'User-A' using 'burncd' to burn CD and how to edit it. /usr/local/etc/sudoers would be a good file to use to set up that sort of thing. Noted with thanks I only expect to allow 'User-A', not all users, to burn CD. I can # chmod 660 /dev/acd1 then all users can burn CD. User-A is alrady allowed to burn CD with $ su password: (root password) What I expect to change is to allow User-A $ su password : using his own password instead of 'root password' You will have to install the security/sudo port and read up on the sudoers(5) manual page and the visudo(8) application used to edit that file. Noted with thanks. What do these numbers (5) and (8) referring to. Page number? TIA B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Creating ISO image question
Hi arden, Tks for your advice. im guessing this is what you mean ? mkisofs -r -J -o cd_image.iso dir/ I made following test without result; $ mkisofs -r -J -o cd_image.iso /usr/home/user-A/Storage-040517 ... ... mkisofs: Joliet tree sort failed. The result I expect to have is after burning a folder named 'Storage-040517' found on the CD under which are directories and subdirectories. B.R. Stephen On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 12:28, Stephen Liu wrote: HI folks, I tried to solve following questions on creating ISO image with reference to 'man mkisofs' but could not resolve; Tree of diectories e.g. /usr/home/user-A/document-AAA/subdirectories 1) To include the complete tree starting from /user-A/document-AAA/subdirectories 2) To include the complete tree starting from /document-AAA/subdirectories Kindly advise. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Creating ISO image question
Hi Fernando, Tks for your advice. I tried to solve following questions on creating ISO image with reference to 'man mkisofs' but could not resolve; Take a look at /usr/share/examples/worm/makecdfs.sh It's a shell script the FreeBSD team uses for making the FreeBSD ISOs I read the file 'makecdfs.sh' and /usr/share/examples/worm/Readme. The latter explains the use of burncd.sh mybigtestimage dummy But I could not discover the 'Readme' for 'makecdfs.sh' explaining how to use it and where will this file be copied to. B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Creating ISO image question
Hi Fernando, - snip - But I could not discover the 'Readme' for 'makecdfs.sh' explaining how to use it and where will this file be copied to. There isn't a readme for makecdfs.sh Just run makecdfs.sh without arguments and it'll show a help message. # makecdfs.sh makecdfs.sh: Command not found. $ makecdfs.sh makecdfs.sh: Command not found. where shall I copy 'makecdfs.sh' to /bin/ /usr/sbin/ etc. B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to allow 'User-A' to burn CD
Hi folks, Which file shall I re-configure to authorize 'User-A' using 'burncd' to burn CD and how to edit it. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Command to display the complete picture of hard drive
Hi folks, FreeBSD 5.2 What command will be used to display the complete history of the hard drvice (other than fdisk) listing all partitions, their allocated space, used space, available space, date of creation, etc. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Command to display the complete picture of hard drive
Hi Alex, Try using df - it may be what you need. #df And, #man df will give you a list of flags. Tks for your advice. 'df' is the command I'm searching for. $ df -ahi FilesystemSize Used Avail Capacity iused ifree %iused Mounted on /dev/ad4s1a 248M43M 185M19%1791 312315% / devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% 0 0 100% /dev ... Why the denotation of hard drive = /dev/ad4sla, not /dev/hda, etc. B.R. Stephen On Saturday 15 May 2004 03:26 am, Stephen Liu wrote: Hi folks, FreeBSD 5.2 What command will be used to display the complete history of the hard drvice (other than fdisk) listing all partitions, their allocated space, used space, available space, date of creation, etc. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu = Best Regards Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Command to display the complete picture of hard drive
Hi, Tks for your advice. - snip - Why the denotation of hard drive = /dev/ad4sla, not /dev/hda, etc. Because afaik, /dev/hda is a Linuxism. The /dev/ad2s1a convention has been there long before Linux was even conceived of. I suppose '/dev/ad2sla' with the HD connected to the IDE slot of motherboard. For '/dev/ad4sla' the HD is connected to a controller card as in my case. If I am wrong please correct me. TIA B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Files burned on CDRW could not be copied on Liunx box
Hi all folks, FreeBSD 5.2 I used burncd burning data files on a CDRW as root. The files can be copied on the same box. But they can't be copied on Debian box, saying that I have no permission to copy files. However in fact the files are copied to Debian box. On the Debian box I tried to mount the CDRW as root as well as user with the same result. Kindly advise is there any solution? Beside how to authorized 'user-A' to burn CD TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ question
Hi folks, FreeBSD 5.2 Has any folk run 'Kxicq' on FreeBSD before. Can I talk to my friend if he runs MSN on Windows? If NO kindly advise what will be the solution. Google search brought me following links; 1) http://www.kxicq.org/ Ths links there seem died. 2) http://linux.maruhn.com/sec/kxicq.html can the tarballs there works for FreeBSD TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ICQ question
Hi Nelis, Has any folk run 'Kxicq' on FreeBSD before. Can I talk to my friend if he runs MSN on Windows? If NO kindly advise what will be the solution. you may want to try Gaim http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ for MSN support and others. /usr/ports/net/gaim Hi Nelis, FreeBSD 5.2 === Tks for your advice. # cd /usr/ports/ # make search name=gaim Port: gaim-0.73 Path: /usr/ports/net/gaim .. But the lastest version is gaim-0.77.tar.gz which has been downloaded to /usr/home/download/ I expect to install gaim-0.77.tar.gz Can I perform as follow; # cd /usr/home/download/ # pkg_add gaim-0.77.tar.gz Or installing the package starting from its tarball # cd /usr/home/download/ # tar zxvf gaim-0.77.tar.gz # cd /usr/home/download/gaim-0.77 # ./configure # make # make install Kindly advise. TIA B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ICQ question
Hi Phil, FreeBSD 5.2 === Tks for your advice. you may want to try Gaim http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ for MSN support and others. Either install gabber (from ports/net) and find an MSN transport on it, or install ayttm (also from ports/net). # pkg_info | grep gabber # pkg_info | grep ayttm Both without printout # cd /usr/ports/ # make search name=gabber Port: gabber-0.8.8 Path: /usr/ports/net/gabber Info: GNOME Jabber Client # make search name=ayttm No printout # make search name=*ayttm No printout B.R. satimis ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: First time running cvsup
Hi Ion, Tks for your advice. Freebsd5.2 - snip - I use 3 cvsup files: one fot the ports, one for the docs and one for the system (src). This way I can update ports and docs more often and be sure the system had known-to-be-working sources (I'm on -CURRENT). Noted with tks My /etc/ports-supfile is: *default host=cvsup3.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=. *default delete use-rel-suffix ports-all What will be the difference between *default host=cvsup3.FreeBSD.org and *default host=cvsup10.FreeBSD.org (Don't refuse categories in ports, when you'll try to `make index` I will fail from time to time ). Could you please explain above in more detail. Tks In the /etc/current-supfile the line ports-all is replaced by src-all and in /etc/doc-all by doc-all If you don't follow -current you will want to change the dot from tag=. in your branch. Noted with thanks - snip - I could not locate /usr/ports/UPDATING where it is kept??? Well, in /usr/ports :) It is a new thing so it will appear after you cvsup. Noted. B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
First time running cvsup
Hi folks
Freebsd5.2
=
This is my first time running 'cvsup' to upgrade
port-tree after installing the OS which runs on a slow
PC, AMD-K6-350 and under X11.
# cvsup cvs-supfile
I went through 'A.5.3 CVSup Configuration' on
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html
But I haven't had much confidence on myself, not
running the PC to an unstable state after upgrade.
Please provide me some advice on this respect
$ pkg_info | grep cvsup
cvsup-16.1h General network file distribution
system optimized for CVS
# cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/cvs-supfile
/etc/cvs-supfile
# ee /etc/cvs-supfile (as follows)
cvs-all (shall I add 'release=cvs' ???)
...
Can I create one 'supfile' to /etc/supfile and run
followings collectively (instead of to run each
'supfile' separately);
# cat /etc/supfile
src-all
doc-all ('release=cvs' ???)
cvs-all ('release=cvs' ???)
cvsroot-all ('release=cvs' ???)
ports-all ('release=cvs' ???)
.
then
# cvsup supfile
Is it necessary to run following trial test ???
# mkdir /var/tmp/dest
# cvsup supfile /var/tmp/dest
I could not locate
/usr/ports/UPDATING
where it is kept???
TIA
B.R.
Stephen Liu
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Installing linuxpluginwrapper
Hi folks, I encountered following problem in installing 'linuxpluginwrapper' # cd /usr/ports # make search name=linuxpluginwrapper Port: linuxpluginwrapper-20031122 Path: /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper .. # cd /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper/ # make install clean linuxpluginwrapper-20031122.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfi les/. Attempting to fetch from [url]ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfi[/url] les/nork/. fetch: [url]ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/nork/linuxpluginw[/url] rapper-20031122.tar.gz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) Attempting to fetch from [url]ftp://ftp.se.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-dis[/url] tfiles/nork/. fetch: [url]ftp://ftp.se.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/nork/linuxplug[/url] inwrapper-20031122.tar.gz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) Attempting to fetch from [url]ftp://ftp.uk.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-dis[/url] tfiles/nork/. fetch: [url]ftp://ftp.uk.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/nork/linuxplug[/url] inwrapper-20031122.tar.gz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) Attempting to fetch from [url]ftp://ftp.ru.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-dis[/url] tfiles/nork/. fetch: [url]ftp://ftp.ru.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/nork/linuxplug[/url] inwrapper-20031122.tar.gz: Not logged in Attempting to fetch from [url]ftp://ftp.jp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-dis[/url] tfiles/nork/. fetch: [url]ftp://ftp.jp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/nork/linuxplug[/url] inwrapper-20031122.tar.gz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) Attempting to fetch from [url]ftp://ftp.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-dis[/url] tfiles/nork/. fetch: [url]ftp://ftp.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/local-distfiles/nork/linuxplug[/url] inwrapper-20031122.tar.gz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) Attempting to fetch from [url]http://people.FreeBSD.org/~nork/distfiles/.[/url] fetch: [url]http://people.FreeBSD.org/~nork/distfiles/linuxpluginwrapper-20031122.tar[/url] .gz: Not Found Attempting to fetch from [url]ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/.[/url] fetch: [url]ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/linuxpluginwrapper-2003[/url] 1122.tar.gz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/www/linuxpluginwrapper. # cd /usr/ports/distfiles/ # ls -al | grep linuxpluginwrapper No printout. Kindly advise how to proceed. TIA B.R. satimis = Best Regards Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Which package generating libesd.so.2
Hi folks, Starting GNOME on Konsole window, following warning popup $ gnome-session /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libesd.so.2 not found $ find / libesd.so.2 find: libesd.so.2: No such file or directory Kindly advise which package generates 'libesd.so.2' TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which package generating libesd.so.2
Hi Christian, Starting GNOME on Konsole window, following warning popup $ gnome-session /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object libesd.so.2 not found $ find / libesd.so.2 find: libesd.so.2: No such file or directory Kindly advise which package generates 'libesd.so.2' it's esound Tks for your advice. Problem solved with; # cd /usr/ports/audio/esound # make install clean Gnome is now working B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Starting Gnome problem
Hi Uli, $ gnome-session /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Share object libORBit-2.so.0 not found My liORBit-2.so.0 is in /usr/local/lib . You can try to search your directory tree for yours and create a symbolic link to this place: # ln -s /whereIt/reallyIs/libORBit-2.so.0 /usr/local/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 (in one line) It is very strange. The file is already there, plus one symbolic link # locate libORBit-2.so.0 /usr/local/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 # ls -al /usr/local/lib/ | grep -i libORBit-2.so.0 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 15 May 3 10:23 libORBit-2.so - libORBit-2.so.0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 402279 May 3 10:23 libORBit-2.so.0 Shall I remove the symbolic link B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Starting Gnome problem
Hi Joe, - snip - It is very strange. The file is already there, plus one symbolic link # locate libORBit-2.so.0 /usr/local/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 # ls -al /usr/local/lib/ | grep -i libORBit-2.so.0 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 15 May 3 10:23 libORBit-2.so - libORBit-2.so.0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 402279 May 3 10:23 libORBit-2.so.0 Shall I remove the symbolic link What does: ldconfig -r | head ldconfig -r | grep ORBit report? # ldconfig -r | head /var/run/ld-elf.so.hints: search directories: /lib:/usr/lib:/usr/lib/compat:/usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/lib/kde3 0:-lcrypt.2 = /lib/libcrypt.so.2 1:-lkvm.2 = /lib/libkvm.so.2 2:-lm.2 = /lib/libm.so.2 3:-lmd.2 = /lib/libmd.so.2 4:-lncurses.5 = /lib/libncurses.so.5 5:-lsbuf.2 = /lib/libsbuf.so.2 6:-lutil.4 = /lib/libutil.so.4 7:-lalias.4 = /lib/libalias.so.4 # ldconfig -r | grep ORBit 206:-lORBit-imodule-2.0 = /usr/local/lib/libORBit-imodule-2.so.0 269:-lORBit-2.0 = /usr/local/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 270:-lORBitCosNaming-2.0 = /usr/local/lib/libORBitCosNaming-2.so.0 271:-lORBit.2 = /usr/local/lib/libORBit.so.2 354:-lORBitutil.2 = /usr/local/lib/libORBitutil.so.2 392:-lORBitCosNaming.2 = /usr/local/lib/libORBitCosNaming.so.2 B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Starting Gnome problem
Hi Joe, - snip - # ldconfig -r | head /var/run/ld-elf.so.hints: search directories: /lib:/usr/lib:/usr/lib/compat:/usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/lib/kde3 0:-lcrypt.2 = /lib/libcrypt.so.2 1:-lkvm.2 = /lib/libkvm.so.2 2:-lm.2 = /lib/libm.so.2 3:-lmd.2 = /lib/libmd.so.2 4:-lncurses.5 = /lib/libncurses.so.5 5:-lsbuf.2 = /lib/libsbuf.so.2 6:-lutil.4 = /lib/libutil.so.4 7:-lalias.4 = /lib/libalias.so.4 # ldconfig -r | grep ORBit 206:-lORBit-imodule-2.0 = /usr/local/lib/libORBit-imodule-2.so.0 269:-lORBit-2.0 = /usr/local/lib/libORBit-2.so.0 270:-lORBitCosNaming-2.0 = /usr/local/lib/libORBitCosNaming-2.so.0 271:-lORBit.2 = /usr/local/lib/libORBit.so.2 354:-lORBitutil.2 = /usr/local/lib/libORBitutil.so.2 392:-lORBitCosNaming.2 = /usr/local/lib/libORBitCosNaming.so.2 The library exists, and the permissions are good. ldconfig has it in its cache. Perhaps you have a problem with your runtime loader or permissions on your cache files. What happens when you run the above commands as a non-root user? This is a workstation, only root and one user. Whether you meant # useradd What are the permissions on /var/run/ld*? # ls -al /var/run/ld* -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 208 May 4 07:39 /var/run/ld-elf.so.hints -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 5865 May 4 07:39 /var/run/ld.so.hints B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Starting Gnome problem
Hi Uli, Tks for your response. Following warning popup; /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Share object libORBit-2.so.0 not found This one should be present in /usr/local/lib . But, as I have to admit, I am no gnome expert. Try their mailing list. I am quite sure your upgrade didn't work properly. By the way: there also might be error messages on the console from which you started X. 1) There was no other advice. I booted to multi-user mode and started 'gnome-session there. 2) I received a response from 'freebse-gnome' advising; This shared library comes from the devel/ORBit2 port. Install it. # cd /usr/ports/devel/ORBit2 make install clean Rebooted PC $ pkg_info | grep -i orbit2 ORBit2-2.8.2High-performance CORBA ORB with support for the C language $ gnome-session /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Share object libORBit-2.so.0 not found But problem still there. B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Open Office - installation problem
- snip - see what's happening, and install the darned thing. # pkg_add OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz pkg_add: could not find package ORBit-0.5.17_2 ! Now another problem comes on installing RRBit-0.5.17_2 as follow; # cd /usr/ports/ # make clean (first) The PC is now running for more than 8 hrs. coming to biology/platon Cleaning . Shall I close the Kconsole window OR let it to run. You probably wanted # cd /usr/ports/devel/ORBit # make clean What you've done above is to make the entire ports tree clean. The 'make clean' before building the port seems a bit unnecessary, but you're obviously doing it for a reason. Hi Joshua, Yes, you are right. About several days ago I tried to upgrade 'automake-1.4.5_9' to its latest version using following commands which I knew being incorrect later; # cd /usr/ports/automake-1.4.5_9 # make deinstall After starting I saw it removed files which I needed. I closed the Konsole window promptly to stop running it. Today I tried to force remove 'automake-1.4.5_9' with following command # ca /usr/ports/ # pkg_delete automake pkg_delete: no such package 'automake' installed # ls /var/db/pkg automake-1.4.5_9 showing it war there. # pkg_delete -r automake-1.4.5_9 kg_delete: file '/usr/local/share/automake14/COPYING' doesn't really exist pkg_delete: file '/usr/local/share/automake14/INSTALL' doesn't really exist pkg_delete: file '/usr/local/share/automake14/acinstall' doesn't really exist pkg_delete: file '/usr/local/share/automake14/ansi2knr.1' doesn't really exist pkg_delete: file '/usr/local/share/automake14/ansi2knr.c' doesn't really exist pkg_delete: file '/usr/local/share/automake14/clean-hdr.am' doesn't really exist . pkg_delete: file '/usr/local/share/automake14/ylwrap' doesn't really exist pkg_delete: couldn't entirely delete package (perhaps the packing list is incorrectly specified?) I tried again # pkg_delete -r automake-1.4.5_9 pkg_delete: no such package 'automake-1.4.5_9' installed. It was very strange. So I prepared to force-install the latest version of automake. Before doing so I tried to 'make clean' the port trees first to see whether it will help Now can I stop running 'make clean' by closing the Konsole window. In doing so would it cause damage to the OS Kindly advise. TIA Furthermore connection to Internet died. I could not re-connect it. I think I need to reboot the PC. B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Open Office - installation problem
- snip - No. It's a package, and it's *not* a tgz file. Errr... folks -- packages *are* .tgz files. Except under 5.x where they are .tbz files. They could just as well be .zip files, or some sort of compressed cpio format like .rpms or Solaris packages. It's just a mechanism for gathering a bunch of files and directories together into a single container for easy download. And the compression is just so that the maximum number of packages can be fitted into the space available. Hi Matthew, Can I use 'zxvf' to untar the packages and do 'setup' to install OOo, the normal way not FreeBSD way? Is it necessary to remove OOo-1.1 first which I re-setup temperarily to work. TIA B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Open Office - installation problem
Hi Matthew, Tks for your advice. Can I use 'zxvf' to untar the packages and do 'setup' to install OOo, the normal way not FreeBSD way? No -- in this case the files being referred to are in fact FreeBSD pkg's. You can certainly extract the contents using 'tar -zxvf', but it won't do you a great deal of good. This isn't like the OO packages for other OSes, where you unpack a tar-ball and run an included shell script to copy everything into the appropriate locations. The FreeBSD pkg_add(1) program handles all that uncompressing, untarring and copying things completely automatically, as well as doing some additional stuff like registering the package in /var/db/pkgs Noted with thanks. I also want to install OOo 1.1.1 following FreeBSD way. I'm expecting a reply from Joshua or other folks to my posting whether I can stop running 'make clean' the ports trees in the mid-way. In doing so it won't damage the OS. After clarification I shall install 'automake' first. then install/upgrade to 'ORBit-0.5.17_2' and then install OOo 1.1.1 Is it necessary to remove OOo-1.1 first which I re-setup temperarily to work. You might be able to get away with having both OpenOffice-1.1 and OpenOffice-1.1.1 installed simultaneously, as they both install to separate subdirs of /usr/local. However, apart from using up huge amounts of disk space, I don't see that's going to do a great deal for you. The reason for my question is 'I want to have OOo1.1.1 running smoothly first before erasing OOo 1.1.0 OpenOffice-1.1.1 release is available via ports -- but apparently not yet as a precompiled package from http://projects.imp.ch/openoffice/ or the usual FreeBSD FTP sites. You can compile it yourself, but be warned: it's huge, has quite a long dependency list and takes geological ages to compile. Not for the faint hearted or those without a powerful machine. It is really my problem. I am running FreeBSD on a slow machine. I try to avoid installing packages from source code B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Open Office - installation problem
Hi folks, FreeBSD 5.2 I encountered following problem on installing OOo OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz was download to /usr/home/user/Download $ cd /usr/home/user/Download/ checked md5 OK $ ls -al ... -rw-r--r-- 1 user wheel 73105915 Apr 17 18:11 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz $ su - password # pkg_add OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz pkg_add: can't stat package file 'OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz' Kindly advise what mistake I have committed. TIA B.R. satimis ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Open Office - installation problem
FreeBSD 5.2 I encountered following problem on installing OOo OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz was download to /usr/home/user/Download $ cd /usr/home/user/Download/ checked md5 OK $ ls -al ... -rw-r--r-- 1 user wheel 73105915 Apr 17 18:11 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz $ su - password # pkg_add OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz pkg_add: can't stat package file 'OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz' It's not a package, it's a tgz file. Use tar xzvf file.tgz. Go to the OO site and read the install instructions, there are other things you need to do beside untar the file. Hi Terry, Tks for your advice. I have done installing OOo from tarball on Linux many times. I just tried FreeBSD way following the instruction (see attached file) and came to problem. B.R. Stephen = Best Regards Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hkOpenOffice.org 1.1.1 RC3 for FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE Written by NAKATA, Maho [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1) Introduction This document describes how to check the file you've downloaded, and installation procedure. RC3 is exactly same as 1.1.1. so please do not worry about `RC3' no bugs are fixed between 1.1.1RC3 and 1.1.1 2) Environment Please use FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE. I don't check later/earlier version of FreeBSD. Please do it at your own risk. Note, these packages never work for 4.x series. 3) Download Please download your favorite language version. Languagesize md5 filename English(US) 73105915 5d3da3cc1d6ac8629966d9585adf6223 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz Arabic 65963691 6684a040020f380c1491c99676c47dc8 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_ar.tbz Catalan 53575179 1e0a496a2159c94c8accf211c7c3f2a0 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_ca.tbz Czech 66102472 1a62687c443560b74463966f58551f1b OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_cs.tbz German 67465057 8177bae9037ab3455f336050d5a8ff9d OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_de.tbz Danish 66024650 50fb7e8b808181beaab003ac17f33cbc OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_dk.tbz Greek 65948007 4a80e4c31139f41fa04845096e8d9ef8 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_el.tbz Spanish 66492793 d0cf2f1b371be590ebfa80cc624f6337 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_es.tbz Estonian66055002 26ee802289dd3c738393082e066f402b OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_et.tbz Finnish 65976221 156b39fd1dd96959528de29b2fef809d OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_fi.tbz French 66386131 de68d8fd8f8777040672bba3f1f61116 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_fr.tbz Hungarian 65949786 64066b0cbf92cf97b1d130e669ee08d3 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_hu.tbz Italian 66418914 233548012d3f7705907a85218b1d47e5 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_it.tbz Japanese66899835 72cc1334821f4fe864b9dff2ecf2f8f9 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_ja.tbz Korean 66196627 16cadfbb74456e2f145782afffb2def0 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_ko.tbz Dutch 65948149 e637d4b04ac46a5c33dc0f77cd5bcfb3 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_nl.tbz Polish 65648520 ba6c826b2eb271cddce49183e1fa7ef2 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_pl.tbz Brazil(Portuguese) 65923379 ecec3dfd6e5a06eb3ccbb4e0b7f33039 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_pt_BR.tbz Portuguese 65621276 96c90d909fb80284d64f21de85c6ebb2 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_pt.tbz Russian 65621133 031fe6af898b4dd16ab51844b74b2719 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_ru.tbz Swedish 65994861 15f9c633c736133db2386ba495ead20a OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_se.tbz Slovak 65957159 a0eb8bd22df18789334b5cdcb6b38e46 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_sk.tbz Slovenian 66013671 1e7c55cd76f71d6309b6bbd15bbddc93 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_sl-SI.tbz Turkish 65837798 8f008158720045fb804567daf4436f54 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_tr.tbz Chinese(Simplified) 66192301 670be25db96caeaa8eb38f61f297d29e OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_zh-CN.tbz Chinese(traditional)66346780 4902c3c6a0c0d4af2796c0c316076322 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install_zh-TW.tbz ** SDK 29701568 d9f871dbeca3eee27e5b7db9a88ee32d OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_sdk.tar.gz 4) Check your package please check your downloaded package with the command `md5', and `ls -la' if you've downloaded OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz (English version) then please type: % md5 OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz MD5 (OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz) = 5d3da3cc1d6ac8629966d9585adf6223 % ls -la OOo_1.1.1
Re: Open Office - installation problem
--- Nico Meijer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi $ su - password You are in /root now. If you use su instead of su -, you will stay in the current directory. # pkg_add OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz pkg_add: can't stat package file 'OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz' Kindly advise what mistake I have committed. # pkg_add /usr/home/user/Download/OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz ...should do the trick. Hi Nico, Tks for your advice. I have also tried your advice before posting. It hung there for sometimes without proceeding therefore I closed the Konsole window. B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Open Office - installation problem
[2004-04-24 08:32]: On Sat, Apr 24, 2004 at 08:27:28PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: Hi folks, FreeBSD 5.2 I encountered following problem on installing OOo OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz was download to /usr/home/user/Download It's not a package, it's a tgz file. Use tar xzvf file.tgz. Go to the OO site and read the install instructions, there are other things you No. It's a package, and it's *not* a tgz file. But yes, you do need to go do some reading, and there very likely are other things you will need to do. As a previous responder noted, when you 'su -' it simulates a full root login, which puts you in root's home dir. I note that you said when you attempted to correctly add the pkg, it hung. It's big. Use the pkg_add command, perhaps with -v so you can see what's happening, and install the darned thing. Hi Joshua and others, You are correct. I should 'su' without '-/ing' then it worked. But I am running on a slow machine (AMD K-6/350). It took a while with following pop-up # pkg_add OOo_1.1.1.RC3_FreeBSD52Intel_install.tbz pkg_add: could not find package ORBit-0.5.17_2 ! Now another problem comes on installing RRBit-0.5.17_2 as follow; # cd /usr/ports/ # make clean (first) The PC is now running for more than 8 hrs. coming to biology/platon Cleaning . Shall I close the Kconsole window OR let it to run. B.R. Stephen ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to config CDRom to read udf files
Hi folks, FreeBSD 5.2 My CDRom could not read udf files burned with DirectCD on Windows. I made following tests; cat /etc/fstab # DeviceMountpoint FStype Options ... /dev/acd0 /usr/home/user/cdrom cd9660,udf ro,noauto $ mount_udf /dev/acd0 /usr/home/user/cdrom mount_udf: /dev/acd0: Invalid argument $ mount -t udf /dev/acd0 /usr/home/user/cdrom udf: /dev/acd0: Invalid argument cat /etc/fstab # DeviceMountpoint FStype Options ... /dev/acd0 /usr/home/user/cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto $ mount -t udf /dev/acd0 /usr/home/user/cdrom udf: /dev/acd0: Operation not permitted $ mount_udf /dev/acd0 /usr/home/user/cdrom mount_udf: /dev/acd0: Operation not permitted $ mount /dev/acd0 /usr/home/user/cdrom $ ls /usr/home/user/cdrom autorun.inf udfrchk.exe udfrinst.zl cat /etc/fstab # DeviceMountpoint FStype Options ... /dev/acd0 /cdrom udf ro,noauto /dev/acd0 /usr/home/satimis/cdrom udf ro,noauto # mount -t udf /dev/acd0 /cdrom udf: /dev/acd0: Invalid argument # mount_udf /dev/acd0 /cdrom mount_udf: /dev/acd0: Invalid argument # mount /dev/acd0 /cdrom mount: /dev/acd0: Input/output error $ mount_udf /dev/acd0 /usr/home/user/cdrom mount_udf: /dev/acd0: Invalid argument $ mount -t udf /dev/acd0 /usr/home/user/cdrom udf: /dev/acd0: Invalid argument $ mount /dev/acd0 /usr/home/user/cdrom mount: /dev/acd0: Permission denied All failed. $ kldstat -v | grep udf 10 1 0xc43e7000 6000 udf.ko 333 udf $ ls /boot/kernel/ | grep udf udf.ko udf_iconv.ko the module seems there. Kindly advise how to fix it. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help - where to report posting problem
Hi LAFFER1 and folks, Tks for your response and advice. I am in complete perpexity. I am using Kmail to send and to receive mails. It has been working without problem inclduing sending/receiving emails to/from [EMAIL PROTECTED] I signed off about 10 days ago and re-subscribed 3 days later. Then problem happened. I can't send mails to [EMAIL PROTECTED], all of them rejected. I have not made any adjustment to the setup/config of Kmail. I recalled that at the first time I subscribed to this list about one and half months ago. This problme did happen, sending mail to this list being impossible. Finally I contacted the owner of this list. He made adjustment manually then solving my problem. Unfortunately I losed his address and can't contact him. Any advice on contacting the owner. TIA B.R. Stephen --- User LAFFER1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is caused because the freebsd mail server rejects email from servers that have incorrect or missing reverse lookup (DNS). I had the same problem at one point. Have your sys admin name the mail server the same as the reverse lookup record. If you don't have a reverse lookup record (PTR) then have your ISP create one for you. On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, [iso-8859-1] Stephen Liu wrote: Hi folks, I make this second subscription to this list solely seeking advice where to report problem. I am currently subscribing to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with email address :- [EMAIL PROTECTED] But I am only allowed to receive mails, posting being not allowed. All emails posted were rejected. I made report on posting problem to - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (postmaster) - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (postmaster) all emails were either rejected or received no reply. Kindly advise where can I seek assistance. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu Remarks: This problem has happened twice. Previously I also encounterd the same problem. Finally it has to be fixed manually by the owner of this list. ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Backing up my system
Hi Bill, - snip - You can use dump/tar to back up the actual data. I also apply 'tar' command to backup actual data keeping the directory tree simultaneously. Kindly advise what is 'dump/tar' B.R. Stephen - snip - Then, if you needed to restore/rebuild from scratch, you could boot a CD (such as FreeSBIE) partition the new disk based on the disklabel/ fdisk dumps you made prior, then use restore/tar to restore the actual data. ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Backing up my system
- snip - You can use dump/tar to back up the actual data. I also apply 'tar' command to backup actual data keeping the directory tree simultaneously. Kindly advise what is 'dump/tar' I'm pretty sure he meant OR, as in you can use dump or tar for backup, and restore or tar for rebuilding Hi Kevin, Tks for your advice. I seldomly use 'dump' command, mostly 'tar' What will be 'dump vs tar' ?. Their pros and cons. TIA B.R. Stephen = Best Regards Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help - where to report posting problem
Hi folks, I make this second subscription to this list solely seeking advice where to report problem. I am currently subscribing to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with email address :- [EMAIL PROTECTED] But I am only allowed to receive mails, posting being not allowed. All emails posted were rejected. I made report on posting problem to - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (postmaster) - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (postmaster) all emails were either rejected or received no reply. Kindly advise where can I seek assistance. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu Remarks: This problem has happened twice. Previously I also encounterd the same problem. Finally it has to be fixed manually by the owner of this list. ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help - where to report posting problem
Hi Bill, Tks for your response. A sample of the rejected emails is as follow; Your message To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Question on Anti-Virus Firewal Sent:Sat, 17 Apr 2004 20:59:15 +0800 did not reach the following recipient(s): [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sun, 18 Apr 2004 01:08:28 +0800 The e-mail system was unable to deliver the message, but did not report a specific reason. Check the address and try again. If it still fails, contact your system administrator. popimap02.icare.priv #4.0.0 smtp;450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname, [203.78.64.158] B.R. Stephen --- Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stephen Liu wrote: Hi folks, I make this second subscription to this list solely seeking advice where to report problem. I am currently subscribing to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with email address :- [EMAIL PROTECTED] But I am only allowed to receive mails, posting being not allowed. All emails posted were rejected. I made report on posting problem to I hope you included a copy of the bounce message, unlike this request. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (postmaster) - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (postmaster) all emails were either rejected or received no reply. Kindly advise where can I seek assistance. TIA Here, but include the bounce message or we don't know what's wrong. B.R. Stephen Liu Remarks: This problem has happened twice. Previously I also encounterd the same problem. Finally it has to be fixed manually by the owner of this list. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com = Best Regards Stephen Liu ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help - where to report posting problem
Hi Billy, Hereunder is another sample of rejected emails; Your message To: Daniela Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Beginning C++ in FreeBSD Sent:Sat, 17 Apr 2004 20:38:45 +0800 did not reach the following recipient(s): [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sun, 18 Apr 2004 00:48:44 +0800 The e-mail system was unable to deliver the message, but did not report a specific reason. Check the address and try again. If it still fails, contact your system administrator. smtpo01.icare.priv #4.0.0 smtp;450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname, [203.78.64.148] B.R. Stephen --- Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stephen Liu wrote: Hi folks, I make this second subscription to this list solely seeking advice where to report problem. I am currently subscribing to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with email address :- [EMAIL PROTECTED] But I am only allowed to receive mails, posting being not allowed. All emails posted were rejected. I made report on posting problem to I hope you included a copy of the bounce message, unlike this request. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (postmaster) - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (postmaster) all emails were either rejected or received no reply. Kindly advise where can I seek assistance. TIA Here, but include the bounce message or we don't know what's wrong. B.R. Stephen Liu Remarks: This problem has happened twice. Previously I also encounterd the same problem. Finally it has to be fixed manually by the owner of this list. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com ___ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com.hk address at http://mail.english.yahoo.com.hk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The clock is running too fast
Hi Dan, Thanks for your advice. I had a similar problem on one of the machines at work. Here is a memo I made to myself to remind me of how to fix the problem in the future: The ACPI-safe Timecounter does not work (it is way, WAY too fast). To get around this, add the following line to /etc/sysctl.conf: kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 Added above line to /etc/sysctl.conf $ cat /etc/sysctl.conf vfs.usermount=1 kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 Now only 2 lines in this file. I have adjusted the clock thereafter and will check it again later There are multiple pieces of hardware capable of supplying timing information to the OS. dmesg | grep Timecounter should give you a list of all such devices. I think this is an ACPI-related problem, since that is the technology I understand the least at the moment. $ dmesg | grep Timecounter Timecounter i8254 frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 Timecounter ACPI-safe frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 Timecounter TSC frequency 350797051 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec Shall I run 'ntc' to synchronize the clock. B.R. Stephen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen Liu Sent: March 18, 2004 21:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The clock is running too fast Hi folks, AMD CUP FreeBSD 5.2 The clock on KDE desktop is running on double speed compelling me to adjust it periodically. Kindly advise how to fix this problem. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The clock is running too fast
Hi Dan, The system clock has been running correctly more than 16 hours. I'm sorry, I don't know what 'ntc' is. Do you mean 'ntp'? You can use ntp or not ... if your timing hardware is off, ntp will constantly try to slew the time back to where it should be, which will a) mean your systems concept of time is very non-linear and b) fill the log with warning messages. It's actually a good check to see if the timer's good (although an slmost equally good check is to sit there and look at the clock). Oh sorry for my typing mistake. Yes I meant 'ntp'. It synchronyses the system clock. Even if the PC is not running round the clock. Whenvever you turn on the PC, it checkes the time and corrects it. I have it setup on a Debian PC.; I forgot to mention that besides changing /etc/sysctl.conf, you have to reboot. If you don't want to reboot, you will have to do sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 at a prompt. But I'm not sure if that's a value that can be set after the system boots. I have to reboot the PC otherwise the system clock will not be adjusted, still running on double speed. I suggested i8254 because it's the only device that was supplying good time values on my system. If you have trouble with that device, you might also want to try TSC. $ dmesg.Thetimeclock dmesg.Thetimeclock: not found $ dmesg | grep Timecounter Timecounter i8254 frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 Timecounter ACPI-safe frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 Timecounter TSC frequency 350796390 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec What are their difference in function between i8254/ACPI-safe/TSC B.R. Stephen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen Liu Sent: March 19, 2004 01:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: The clock is running too fast Hi Dan, Thanks for your advice. I had a similar problem on one of the machines at work. Here is a memo I made to myself to remind me of how to fix the problem in the future: The ACPI-safe Timecounter does not work (it is way, WAY too fast). To get around this, add the following line to /etc/sysctl.conf: kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 Added above line to /etc/sysctl.conf $ cat /etc/sysctl.conf vfs.usermount=1 kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 Now only 2 lines in this file. I have adjusted the clock thereafter and will check it again later There are multiple pieces of hardware capable of supplying timing information to the OS. dmesg | grep Timecounter should give you a list of all such devices. I think this is an ACPI-related problem, since that is the technology I understand the least at the moment. $ dmesg | grep Timecounter Timecounter i8254 frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 Timecounter ACPI-safe frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 Timecounter TSC frequency 350797051 Hz quality 800 Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec Shall I run 'ntc' to synchronize the clock. B.R. Stephen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stephen Liu Sent: March 18, 2004 21:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The clock is running too fast Hi folks, AMD CUP FreeBSD 5.2 The clock on KDE desktop is running on double speed compelling me to adjust it periodically. Kindly advise how to fix this problem. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The clock is running too fast
Hi folks, AMD CUP FreeBSD 5.2 The clock on KDE desktop is running on double speed compelling me to adjust it periodically. Kindly advise how to fix this problem. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The clock is running too fast
On Friday 19 March 2004 13:04, Chuck McManis wrote: If you're running it on a dual processor then you're taking the clock interrupt on both CPUs and causing time to pass at double time. Hi Chuck, Tks for your response. The PC is running only one CPU but overclock. I don't know what will be the compensation. B.R. Stephen At 08:46 PM 3/18/2004, Stephen Liu wrote: Hi folks, AMD CUP FreeBSD 5.2 The clock on KDE desktop is running on double speed compelling me to adjust it periodically. Kindly advise how to fix this problem. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to avoid booting PC to reconnect broadband
Hi folks, FreeBSD 5.2 ADSL, pppoe Connection: via ADSL modem If broadband connection dies accidentally due to unsecured plug how to re-activate it avoiding rebooting PC. Occasionally re-securing the plug and waiting for a while the broadband connection will reactivate automatically. kindly advise. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to avoid booting PC to reconnect broadband
Hi folks, FreeBSD 5.2 ADSL, pppoe Connection: via ADSL modem If broadband connection dies accidentally due to unsecured plug how to re-activate it avoiding rebooting PC. Occasionally re-securing the plug and waiting for a while the broadband connection will reactivate automatically. kindly advise. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Permission problem
On Tuesday 16 March 2004 17:04, Frank Mueller wrote: The Prob is that your devices are rebuild by devfs at boot time. So set the following in file /etc/devfs.conf (create if necessary): perm fd0 0660 and your permissions will be kept after reboot. Hi Frank, Tks for your advice. Problem solved now. B.R. Stephen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Format floppy problem
Hi folks, FreeBSD 5.2 == Floppies formatted on M$Win can be mounted, copied files to and read, etc. But floppies formatted on FreeBSD with $ fdformat /dev/fd0 Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y Processing done. they could not be mounted $ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Invalid argument I tested 3 floppies with the same result. Kindly advise how to fix this problem. Is there a special format floppy command for FreeBSD. TIA Stephen Liu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Format floppy problem
On Wednesday 17 March 2004 00:40, Terry L. Tyson Jr. wrote: On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 09:21:34AM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote: FreeBSD 5.2 == Floppies formatted on M$Win can be mounted, copied files to and read, etc. But floppies formatted on FreeBSD with $ fdformat /dev/fd0 Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y Processing done. they could not be mounted $ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Invalid argument I tested 3 floppies with the same result. Kindly advise how to fix this problem. Is there a special format floppy command for FreeBSD. Try your mount command again without the -t msdos since it isn't a dos formatted disk. Hi Terry, $ mount /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy mount: /dev/fd0 on /usr/home/user/floppy: incorrect super block $ mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy mount: exec mount_vfat not found in /sbin:/usr/sbin: No such file or directory $ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Invalid argument Stephen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Format floppy problem
- snip - $ fdformat /dev/fd0 Format 1440K floppy `/dev/fd0'? (y/n): y Processing done. they could not be mounted $ mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /usr/home/user/floppy msdosfs: /dev/fd0: Invalid argument I tested 3 floppies with the same result. Kindly advise how to fix this problem. Is there a special format floppy command for FreeBSD. - snip - If you want to format a floppy with the FAT format for use in a Windows system, try: #!/bin/sh # Format a DOS floppy TMJ 1999-05-15 fdformat -f 1440 fd0 newfs_msdos -f 1440 fd0 You can then mount it as mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt The other method is to format it with the UFS filesystem, by: #!/bin/sh # Floppy formats: # # To make a filesystem on a floppy: # fdformat [-f size] fddrive[.size] # disklabel -B -r -w fddrive[.size] fdsize # newfs opts fddrive[.size] fdformat -q fd0.1440 disklabel -B -r -w fd0.1440 fd1440 newfs -c 1 fd0.1440 These can be mounted by mount /dev/fd0 /mnt but cannot be used on a Windows system. Hi Mike, Prodigy and other folks Thanks for your advice. Problem is now solved. B.R. Stephen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problme on installing /usr/ports/sysutils
Hi folks, I encountered problem as follow on installing /usr/ports/sysutils # cd /usr/ports/sysutils make install clean . . [code} checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no checking for glib-config... /usr/local/bin/glib12-config checking for GLIB - version = 1.2.0... yes checking for gtk-config... /usr/X11R6/bin/gtk12-config checking for GTK - version = 1.2.0... yes checking whether make is GNU Make... no checking for gnome-config... no Not building GnomeCanvasPixbuf library checking whether to build gmodulized gdk-pixbuf... yes checking whether dynamic modules work... yes checking for location of rgb.txt database... /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt ./configure: line 10292: syntax error near unexpected token `newline' ./configure: line 10292: ` yes:no' gmake: *** [config.status] Error 2 *** Error code 2 Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/gdk-pixbuf. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils/acidlaunch. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/sysutils.[/code] Kindly advise how to fix the problems. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Permission problem
Hi folks, FreeBSD 5.2 # chmod 660 /dev/fd0 then user can use floppy drive. But rebooting PC will cancel user's permission. Kindly advise how to create a permanent permission TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Two-way Sync of Directories - how? (rsync?)
On Monday 15 March 2004 04:10, Bill Campbell wrote:
I would do this with two rsync runs from one machine
cd $directory
rsync -e ssh -vaurP ./ $remote:$directory
rsync -e ssh -vaurP $remote:$directory/ .
Hi Bill,
Is the option
-P --partial -- progress
means 'incremental'???
What will be difference between
'./ $remote:$directory' and '$remote:$directory/'
TIA
B.R.
Stephen Liu
Better yet, set up the directories in the rsyncd.conf files on
each machine:
cd $directory
rsync -vaurP ./ ${remote}::dir_module/
rsync -vaurP ${remote}::dir_module/ .
Bill
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Re: Two-way Sync of Directories - how? (rsync?)
- snip - Is the option -P --partial -- progress means 'incremental'??? -P is the same as specifying both --partial and --progress. --progress means to show a progress meter. Normally, if you interrupt rsync while it is transferring a file, rsync will delete the partially transferred file. If you give the --partial option, it will not do that. The advantage of specifying --partial is that you can interrupt it in the midst of transferring a 1G file, and then you can resume the transfer later. What will be difference between './ $remote:$directory' and '$remote:$directory/' This question does not make sense. You should ask for the difference between './ $remote:$directory' and '$remote:$directory/ .'; note the trailing period. If you say rsync a b then this means copy from a to b, if you say rsync b a, then this means copy from b to a. In the above case, a was . and b was $remote:$directory ... Explaining the trailing slash is more difficult. I just remember a rule of thumb: if you want to copy directories with rsync, always specify a trailing slash. On both the source and the destination. Of course, man rsync has the full story... Hi Kai and folks, Thanks for your advice. B.R. Stephen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MAKEDEV question
- snip - After reboot # dmesg Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0: ppbus0: HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 690C MLC,PCL,PML plip0: PLIP network interface on ppbus0 lpt0: Printer on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port ppi0: Parallel I/O on ppbus0 # ls -l /dev/lpt0 crw--- 1 root wheel 16, 0 Mar 9 01:17 /dev/lpt0 Repeated step-2 and step-3 above (also no printout) # lptest /dev/lpt0 One line printed on 1st paper as follow; !#$%'()* +,-./0123456789:;=[EMAIL PROTECTED] It seemed OK but feed-in paper continued with 'no_paper' light on (I put only 1 paper in the tray) Hi Malcolm, If you just run the utility lptest without redirecting the output you will see on the screen what you should expect to print. Yes. There are many lines there similar to printer self-testing Do you get one printed line or a full page? Only one line then the page eject. One line implies that 2nd and subsequent lines have disappeared of to the right as BSD does not supply a CR, only LF, at end of line. You may find a you can set up your printer to interpret LF as CR-LF. Where can I config/add 'CR-LF' As for running out of paper -- lptest produces 200 lines -- and even if these have disappeared off the right then they need about 3 pages of A4. No it continued to run until I removed all papers from the printer tray. I gather you have not yet got as far as setting up /etc/printcap or starting the print daemon lpd. /etc/printcap HPDJ690C|cdj670;r=300x300;q=medium;c=full;p=a4;m=auto:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/HPDJ690C:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/HPDJ690C/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/HPDJ690C/acct:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: Following line added to /etc/rc.conf lpd_enable=YES Once you do this you can insert setup codes via an input filter ahead of the data to be printed and most printers including many HP models have a code which switches the interpretation of the LF character. Kindly advise how to make it. TIA B.R. satimis ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A question on installing printer
On Wednesday 10 March 2004 01:21, Lowell Gilbert wrote: - snip - # lptest /dev/lpt0 One line printed on 1st page as follow; !#$%'()* +,-./0123456789:;=[EMAIL PROTECTED] It seemed OK but paper feed-in continued with 'no_paper' light on (I put only 1 paper in the tray) Sounds fine. You have more configuration you'll want to do; see the Handbook chapter for an extensive explanation. Personally, I use apsfilter (from the ports) to configure and run my Deskjet. Hi Lowell, Tks for your response. Later I also used 'apsfilter' to config my printer. The printtest looked perfect, a complete page filled with nice tiger heads, text and grid border. But still I could not print documents. Hereinunder was my tests; /etc/printcap HPDJ690C|cdj670;r=300x300;q=medium;c=full;p=a4;m=auto:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/HPDJ690C:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/HPDJ690C/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/HPDJ690C/acct:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: Following line added to /etc/rc.conf lpd_enable=YES # lpr -P HPDJ690C clean.txt Only strange symbols printed. 'No paper' light was flashing. # lprm -P HPDJ690C dfA006localhost dequeued cfA006localhost dequeued # lpq -P HPDJ690C no entries But 'No paper' light was still flashing. Turned off the printer and turned on again the light gone. (I put only one paper on the tray otherwise the printer will contiue to eject papers) On KDE desktop started a text document Started printing File - Print Print system currently used Generic UNIX LPD Print System (default) Printer Name - HPDJ690C Clicked Print Only strange symbols printed out and 'no paper' light flashing. Remark: also tried Print system currently used LPR/LPRng Print System same result:- strange symbols and light flashing A folk on this list mentioning Once you do this you can insert setup codes via an input filter ahead of the data to be printed and most printers including many HP models have a code which switches the interpretation of the LF character. I have no idea how to make it and am still waiting his advice. I am searching around for solutions but still could not find it. B.R. Stephen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Howto for
Hi folks, Where can I find a Howto for mgetty+sendfax other than follow; http://www.leo.org/~doering/mgetty/mgetty_toc.html TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MAKEDEV question
- snip - I skipped following steps 1) # ./MAKEDEV port and 2) # lptcontrol -i -d /dev/lpt0 (to set interrupt-driven mode for lpt0) and 3) # lptcontrol -p -d /dev/lpt0 (to set polled-mode for lptN) Jumped to; # lptest /dev/lpt0 only strange symbols printed and printing continued without stop until I removed the paper tray. Communication between printer and port seemed working It could be that your printer does not understand plain ascii text. What is the make and model. The other possibility is that there is something wrong in the communications path -- a dud or incorrectly wired cable. Hi Malcolm, FreeBSD 5.2 Printer HP Desktop 690c === Thanks for your response. I missed steps 2) and 3) mentioned above. I performed further test as follows; step-2 # lptcontrol -i -d /dev/lpt0 step-3 # lptcontrol -p -d /dev/lpt0 both without printout rebooted PC because having got printer turned on. The later could not be detected with 'dmesg' ** how can I detect the printer to avoid 'reboot' ?? After reboot # dmesg Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0: ppbus0: HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 690C MLC,PCL,PML plip0: PLIP network interface on ppbus0 lpt0: Printer on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port ppi0: Parallel I/O on ppbus0 # ls -l /dev/lpt0 crw--- 1 root wheel 16, 0 Mar 9 01:17 /dev/lpt0 Repeated step-2 and step-3 above (also no printout) # lptest /dev/lpt0 One line printed on 1st paper as follow; !#$%'()* +,-./0123456789:;=[EMAIL PROTECTED] It seemed OK but feed-in paper continued with 'no_paper' light on (I put only 1 paper in the tray) B.R. satimis ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A question on installing printer
- snip - According to handbook I should run # ./MAKEDEV lpt0 (para port) whether to be replaced with # ./devfs -m lpt0 No, devfs should recognize the device on its own, without your having to do anything. Is there a /dev/lpt0 already? Also, see man devfs. Hi Lowell, Tks for your response. FreeBSD 5.2 HP Deskjet 690C = I performed following test; # dmesg ... Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0: ppbus0: HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 690C MLC,PCL,PML plip0: PLIP network interface on ppbus0 lpt0: Printer on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port ppi0: Parallel I/O on ppbus0 ... # ls -l /dev/lpt0 crw--- 1 root wheel 16, 0 Mar 9 01:17 /dev/lpt0 # lptcontrol -i -d /dev/lpt0 # lptcontrol -p -d /dev/lpt0 both without printout # lptest /dev/lpt0 One line printed on 1st page as follow; !#$%'()* +,-./0123456789:;=[EMAIL PROTECTED] It seemed OK but paper feed-in continued with 'no_paper' light on (I put only 1 paper in the tray) B.R. Stephen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: picture?
On Sunday 07 March 2004 12:22, Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 07:54:32PM -0800, Brian Henning wrote: where can i find a 1024x768 background jpeg of the bsd daemon? A nice one comes with the wdm port. Kris Hi Kris, $ locate wdm | grep port /usr/ports/net/cflowd/files/patch-apps::cflowdmux::CflowdRawFlowClientList.hh /usr/ports/x11/wdm /usr/ports/x11/wdm/Makefile /usr/ports/x11/wdm/README.html /usr/ports/x11/wdm/distinfo /usr/ports/x11/wdm/files /usr/ports/x11/wdm/files/patch-configs::wdm-config.in /usr/ports/x11/wdm/files/patch-src::wdm::loghelpers.c /usr/ports/x11/wdm/files/patch-src::wdm::session.c /usr/ports/x11/wdm/files/wdm.pam /usr/ports/x11/wdm/pkg-descr /usr/ports/x11/wdm/pkg-plist Kindly advise where the picture can be located. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: picture?
- snip - $ locate wdm | grep port /usr/ports/net/cflowd/files/patch-apps::cflowdmux::CflowdRawFlowClientLis t.hh /usr/ports/x11/wdm /usr/ports/x11/wdm/Makefile /usr/ports/x11/wdm/README.html /usr/ports/x11/wdm/distinfo /usr/ports/x11/wdm/files /usr/ports/x11/wdm/files/patch-configs::wdm-config.in /usr/ports/x11/wdm/files/patch-src::wdm::loghelpers.c /usr/ports/x11/wdm/files/patch-src::wdm::session.c /usr/ports/x11/wdm/files/wdm.pam /usr/ports/x11/wdm/pkg-descr /usr/ports/x11/wdm/pkg-plist Kindly advise where the picture can be located. Well, it's not in the port directory any more than the wdm source is there. It's fetched as part of the port build; do a 'make fetch'. Hi Kris and others, Thanks for your advice. I did 'make fetch' but finally I surrended because; 1) I am testing FreeBSD 5.2 on a slow PC 2) When it came to 'OpenOffice' following advice popup To build Openoffice, you should have a lot of free diskspace (~ 4GB) B.R. Stephen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fax software question
- snip - # which acfax # which acfax # which efax # which gfax # which ghfaxview # which hylafx # which tkhylafax # which tkscanfax t# which viewfax all : Command not found. I suppose they have not been installed. Kindly advise which of them is easy to config and suitable to fax text document. I use mgetty+sendfax (that's the port name). It accepts postscript or g3 format. For text input, it looks like pbmtext (from the netpbm port/package) will convert text files to a suitable format (and then you run pbm2g3, which is inclduded in the mgetty+sendfax pacakge). Hi Dan, Tks for your response. I used efax on RH before. I think it is the front-end (GUI) of mgetty+sendfax. # cd /usr/ports # make search name=mgetty Port: mgetty-1.1.30.12.16_3 Path: /usr/ports/comms/mgetty+sendfax Index: comms . # make search name=netpbm Port: netpbm-10.17_1 Path: /usr/ports/graphics/netpbm Index: graphics # make search name=pbm2g3 no printout I think I need to install 'mgetty-1.1.30.12.16_3'. Shall I install 'netpbm-10.17_1' as well. Kindly advise. TIA B.R. Stephen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A question on installing printer
Hi all folks, FreeBSD 5.2 I am now configuring printer and aware that 'MAKEDEV' has been replaced with 'devfs' According to handbook I should run # ./MAKEDEV lpt0 (para port) whether to be replaced with # ./devfs -m lpt0 Kindly advise. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fax software question
On Sunday 07 March 2004 22:08, Dan Pelleg wrote: - snip - I think I need to install 'mgetty-1.1.30.12.16_3'. Shall I install 'netpbm-10.17_1' as well. Yes. Do it in one of the following ways: 1. cd /usr/ports/comms/mgetty+sendfax make install clean cd /usr/ports/graphics/netpbm make install clean 2. portinstall mgetty+sendfax netpbm (assuming you have portupgrade installed). Hi Dan, I have not installed portupgrade yet. I will run /stand/sysinstall later. Tks B.R. Stephen ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MAKEDEV question
Hi folks, FreeBSD 5.2 I am now configuring printer and aware that 'MAKEDEV' has been replaced with 'devfs' According to handbook I should run # ./MAKEDEV lpt0 (para port) whether to be replaced with # ./devfs -m lpt0 Kindly advise. TIA B.R. satimis ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
