snp(4) and incomplete lines

2007-02-19 Thread Tyler Spivey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've wrote a test program for snp(4), yes - watch exists, but I'm more interested in using it with line oriented apps - and noticed that incomplete lines don't seem to be printed. Here is the code: http://tspivey.freeshell.org/snp.tar.gz Is this a bug

Getting tty and keyboard input/output?

2006-12-26 Thread Tyler Spivey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Is there an API or somethying that i can use for getting tty/keyboard input/output so that I can write a screen reader that will reiceive every character from a tty and be able to intercept/override keypresses? Thanks, Tyler -BEGIN PGP

VA Linux FullON 2230

2006-12-15 Thread Tyler Spivey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This may be a bit off-topic, but if someone could please email me and tell me how to get the hds out ofthis thing once the fan assembly is removed, that would be appreciated. Thanks, Tyler -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD)

configuring nis

2006-11-06 Thread Tyler Spivey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I realize there is a nis section in the handbook, and I've read that. I was wondering how you configured the nis master.passwd maps, after you add a user with: pw useradd something - - the something user isn't automatically propegated to the

switching from linux to freebsd

2006-07-31 Thread Tyler Spivey
Hello. I'm interested in moving my server from linux to freeBSD, but have several questions: 1. What is the freebsd equivalent of lvm? I'd like to resize volumes, add/delete volumes, etc. Currently I have my linux root on LVM with ext3 as a filesystem, which I can grow/shrink when I want, if one

install 6.1-release through serial terminal?

2006-07-27 Thread Tyler Spivey
Hello. I'm a blind user, and was wondering how to get 6.1-release to install over serial. I've tried everything - hitting option 6, space, boot -h cr, but nothing happens. unplugging the keyboard, nothing happens. hitting space and typing boot -h - nothing. This is using a cdrom disc1. Any help