Re: Java plugin with Firefox 3.6
On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 06:08:24AM -0400, Jerry wrote: I just portinstall firefox3, which right now will give you Firefox 3.5.9, and java works ;-) The OP requested help with Firefox-3.6, not with older deprecated I am fully aware of that... The short answer would be not yet possible or just wait, will come later... which in my world not is an answer anyone can use.. I just showed a way of getting java support in Firefox 3 ;-) -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE #3: Compiled at Mon Jun 7 01:54:25 CEST 2010 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Java plugin with Firefox 3.6
On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 12:20:08AM +, Márcio C.G. wrote: As this link (http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=10570) says, JAVA PLUGIN WONT WORK WITH FIREFOX 3.6. I tried to use linux-sun-jdk16 port, but the plugin didn t work too. Is there an workaround or anybody that knows how-to use java plugin within firefox 3.6? I just portinstall firefox3, which right now will give you Firefox 3.5.9, and java works ;-) -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE #3: Compiled at Mon Jun 7 01:54:25 CEST 2010 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: 7.1 and wireless with ural
On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 08:43:18PM -0400, Bobby Walker wrote: Hey list, I've searched and searched for a solution to this problem and I can't find one. I've got the wireless nic setup, its a Linksys WUSB54G v2. I have a Linksys WUSB54GC, and use the rum driver, check out the man page, man rum..., the WUSB54G is mentioned here as well.. ..it works like a dream on my 8.0-STABLE system -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #23: Compiled at Mon Apr 19 18:55:29 CEST 2010 i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
The 'uname' output
I have wondered why my build number in the 'uname' output not is incrementet for each build I make of the system, it shows '#0' all the time. Example output of 'uname -a': FreeBSD mugin-LAN.localhost 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Thu Jun 18 12:41:05 CEST 2009 r...@mugin-lan.localhost:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MUGIN i386 I had same issue on the system when I ran -STABLE. Just a little hint from someone will be appreciatet;-) -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT Compiled at Thu Jun 18 12:41:05 CEST 2009 i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: The 'uname' output
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 03:09:57PM +0200, Ruben de Groot wrote: On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 02:40:47PM +0200, Harry Matthiesen Jensen typed: I have wondered why my build number in the 'uname' output not is incrementet for each build I make of the system, it shows '#0' all the time. Do you remove /usr/obj between builds? Ruben Yes, and going back in time, it match approximately when I started to clean /usr/obj hmmm, so I should stop that part of it when re-building? ..if I want my build number back. -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT Compiled at Thu Jun 18 12:41:05 CEST 2009 i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: The 'uname' output
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 03:31:38PM +0200, Harry Matthiesen Jensen wrote: I have wondered why my build number in the 'uname' output not is incrementet for each build I make of the system, it shows '#0' all the time. Do you remove /usr/obj between builds? Yes, and going back in time, it match approximately when I started to clean /usr/obj hmmm, so I should stop that part of it when Thanks Ruben, now it works ;-) -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #1: Compiled at Fri Jun 19 16:51:37 CEST 2009 i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Where is my STRFILE?
On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 08:03:24PM +0100, herbert langhans wrote: If I try installing the fortunes, the port-makefile complains that there is no strfile available. Do you see following files on your system: /usr/src/games/fortune/strfile /usr/src/games/fortune/strfile/Makefile /usr/src/games/fortune/strfile/strfile.8 /usr/src/games/fortune/strfile/strfile.c /usr/src/games/fortune/strfile/strfile.h Is your system 7.1-RELEASE ? I have had same issue with ealier releases, but at that time all the files in the games section were missing. If you have the above mentioned files available, a quick fix could be to: cd /usr/src/games make install If the files mentioned not are available, you need to download the source, see the Handbook. .. worked for me, but there might be other problems, maybe some of the hardcore hackers here can answer ;-) -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE Compiled at Sun Feb 8 09:18:07 CET 2009 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Which FreeBSD is best for my PC?
Which version and GUI will work best on the internet with my AT Pentium II 350MHz x86-based PC? Some web sites require Flash Player 8 or higher, and some require 128-bit encryption I think, but doesn't 40-bit encryption process data 3 times faster? How many bit encryption is the various versions of FreeBSD? Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Purchase of FreeBSD
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Catch kernel notification in devd.conf
Hi,
I want my laptop to shutdown when the battery is critical low, but the
ACPI Battery info warning only comes on at a battery level of 10, but I
just noticed that the kernel logs:
kernel: battery0: critically low charge!
..this happens at battery life 7. Better point of shutting down, this
will give me at least 10 minutes more ;-)
How can I catch this in the devd.conf?
My current catch of the battery notifications looks like this (and it
works nicely, but in my point of view, too early):
notify 10 {
match system ACPI;
match subsystem CMBAT;
action /usr/local/etc/rc.d/battery;
};
Of course, I could make a loop in the battery shell script to catch it
from the sysctl -n hw.acpi.battery.life ;-), but if I can get the
kernel critically low charge, I think that's better.
Info: Laptop, Toshiba Satellite Pro L40
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Wireless network
Hello there, I just installed FreeBSD on my laptop, a Toshiba Satellite Pro L40. Everything is working nicely, even X with the intel driver. The laptop has a buildin wireless network, presenting itself during boot as: ugen0: vendor 0x0bda RTL8187B_WLAN_Adapter, class 0/0, rev 2.00/2.00,addr 2 on uhub2 For some reason it is registered as an USB item. I have not been able to find a driver for this, and I know that it can be tricky to get it up running. Have any of you guys had any luck with this type of wireless? ..or should I just stick to a new USB wireless adapter, known to be working in FreeBSD? -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT Compiled at Mon May 12 19:58:10 CEST 2008 i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crypto on motherboard
Hi list, After I loaded a driver (ubsec), I saw this line in the log: cryptosoft0: software crypto on motherboard Is it something I can take advantage of? (The reason for loading the driver was only to see if I could get my bluetooth usb stick working, and therefore just tried to load drivers starting with u*) -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT Compiled at Sat May 17 10:03:00 CEST 2008 i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: useradd adduser
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 02:35:19PM +0800, Ruel Luchavez wrote: Hello, I keep on thinking guys what is the difference between useradd adduser command? I think useradd is history now, but I believe it still is present in Linux. It's not in the -CURRENT FreeBSD. -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT Compiled at Sun Apr 13 20:42:10 CEST 2008 i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Having problems burning a DVD
On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 12:45:33PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote: I think you are probably missing permxpt00666 permpass0 0666 Which file are these to be set in? # Misc other devices permcdrom 0666 permdvd 0666 permrdvd0666 permcd0 0666 permacd0 0666 permxpt00666 permpass0 0666 ..and where to set these? Are all to be set in devfs.conf? Thanks in advance -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #16: Nov 17 08:54:39 CET 2007 i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Video chipset hardware list
On Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 06:01:56PM -0400, Bob Johnson wrote: On 10/1/07, Harry Matthiesen Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have tried to lookup a hardware list video chipset supported I have had pretty good results looking at man pages for individual OK, you're right, there is good infomation there, thanks to the FreeBSD doc group ;-) The Xorg -configure command is quite good at selecting the correct ..good hint. The x.org web site is a poor place to look for documentation, so you Strange, but as long they're working on the drivers I shouldn't complain ;-) should probably look at the man pages at freebsd.org if you haven't already installed x.org on your system. I'm looking for a new computer, so just to make sure that the video will work, I wanted to se a support list, but the FreeBSD man's are OK -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD mugin.localhost 7.0-CURRENT #8: i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Video chipset hardware list
Hi, I have tried to lookup a hardware list video chipset supported on x.org, but for some reason I can't find anything. Is there a good hint where to find it? I guess that the FreeBSD hardware.txt file does not show this because it is a x.org issue. Thanks in advance -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD mugin.localhost 7.0-CURRENT #8: i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Viewing jpegs with Mutt
On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 07:45:34PM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: Is it possible to view jpegs inline using the Mutt MUA? If so, I would appreciate being directed to a site that would have that information. To your .mailcap file, add: # This maps all types of images (image/gif, image/jpeg, etc.) # to the viewer 'display'. image/*; display %s I'm using the display command from ImageMagick, so you just have replace that command to your preferable viewer. Also remember you have to select v from within the e-mail in Mutt, and then select the jpeg. See also: http://www.pantz.org/os/linux/programs/muttsetup.shtml -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD mugin.localhost 7.0-CURRENT #8: i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CapsLock light with X.org 7.3
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 01:44:10AM -0800, Beech Rintoul wrote: On Thursday 27 September 2007, Andrea Venturoli said: Since I upgraded X.org from 7.2 to 7.3 all my keyboard lights get stuck in the state they were when X fired up. Any solution? This is a known issue with xorg, stay tuned for a fix. ..and in the meantime use: xkbvleds -watch 3 ..from a xterm commandline, then you have the NumLock and CapsLock indications on the desktop ;-) -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD mugin.localhost 7.0-CURRENT #8: i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Keyboard without Scroll Lock
Hi, I don't know where to post this, except from this list, so maybe someone will add it to a FAQ ;-). just for info, if you happens to buy a keyboard without the Scroll Lock key, as I did (Logitech EX110), and are missing this function in consoles, I found a solution with re-configuring the keymap (I'm probably not the first, but did not find a short solution on the web). As root: Dump the keyboard map to a file kbdcontrol -d mykeys Change the file so Ctrl+NumLock will set Scroll Lock. Find line with scancode base 069, or where nlock fills the entire line. Edit column 3 from nlock to slock The line now looks like: 069 nlock nlock slock nlock nlock nlock nlock nlock O Edit /etc/rc.conf: keymap=/home/xxx/mykeys #where the file is Reboot, and now Ctrl+NumLock will toggle the Scroll Lock bit. Before you reboot it is possible to try if it works. As root, issue the command: kbdcontrol -l mykeys -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD mugin.localhost 7.0-CURRENT #8: i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Keyboard without Scroll Lock
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 11:22:39AM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote: just for info, if you happens to buy a keyboard without the Scroll Lock key, as I did (Logitech EX110), and are missing this function in consoles, I found a solution with re-configuring the keymap (I'm probably not the A far simpler way is to use xoff/xon, ctrl-s stops things, and ctrl-q restarts. Is there a set-up I need to perform before it works, because simply pressing Ctrl+Q/Ctrl+S does not give me anything. -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD mugin.localhost 7.0-CURRENT #8: i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Keyboard without Scroll Lock
On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 02:44:43PM -0400, Rob wrote: just for info, if you happens to buy a keyboard without the Scroll Lock key, as I did (Logitech EX110), and are missing this function in consoles, A far simpler way is to use xoff/xon, ctrl-s stops things, and ctrl-q restarts. another key sequence for that? the normally useless scroll lock will let you page back several screenfulls. ...exactly, and that is what I need it for, when I'm on the text console 8-) -- Mvh/Brgds Harry FreeBSD mugin.localhost 7.0-CURRENT #8: i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cron not working till 28/08/07
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 12:36:07PM -, DSA - JCR wrote: I had several crontab jobs in order to make backups. All worked fine till the 28-Aug-2007 when it seems to be stopped for some reason, I don't know why. Does the command whereis crontab give you any feedback? Performed a buildworld close to the date you mentioned? ..and how does the cron files look like? -- Mvh Harry FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT Sep 15 19:08:08 2007 i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mixer levels on boot
hi guys, i've tried a couple suggestions, but nothing is working for me. here is a few things from the console that might be helpful. no xwindows on this machine, it's just a base freebsd network install with only the necessary packages installed to do the audio stuff it needs to do. radio# mixer Mixer vol is currently set to 100:100 Mixer pcm is currently set to 0:0 Mixer speaker is currently set to 75:75 Mixer mic is currently set to 0:0 Mixer cd is currently set to 75:75 Mixer rec is currently set to 7:7 Recording source: mic radio# uname -a FreeBSD radio 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP i386 when i issue /etc/rc.d/mixer stop then reboot, the mixer shows set to 7:7, but then it still clips like it does on 90. then i set mixer to 7 and it says setting mixer fro 90 to 7. i am thinking that /etc/rc.d/mixer gets invoked before kldload loads the driver because both dmesg and mixer tell me there is no mixer device till the machine is up for around 2 minutes. maybe i will try the hda enable in rc.conf, but it doesn't seem ac97 on unix is as well supported as the windows drivers so i need the particular driver i downloaded (i might be wrong). cheers, harry On 9/18/07, Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 17 September 2007 22:21:54 Rob wrote: Harry Doyle wrote: however whenever i reboot the machine the mixer command always shows the default level of 90 which clips pretty hard. My 6.2 system saves and restores the mixer settings across boots. Apparently in the file /var/db/mixer0-state However, the file is root owned and 644; perhaps if you create the file and chmod it writable, your settings will stick? Nope. These are saved by /etc/rc.d/mixer. Adjust the mixer under root account to your desired values and call `/etc/rc.d/mixer stop'. This will save the state. Reboot to test. If this doesn't work, then somehow, the mixer is set to different values during shutdown and before /etc/rc.d/mixer is called and that's tricky to find out -but a desktop mixer like kmix can be the cause of that if you're running a desktop environment via xdm/kdm/gdm. -- Mel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mixer levels on boot
hello everyone, i am running a freebsd server to stream my local campus station's radio broadcast to the net. i am using the stock ac97 audio, and using a little script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d which uses kldload to load the driver. i have to issue mixer rec -83 to get the audio down to a decent level (very hot coming out of the mixer but i can't change that for other reasons). i have tried to script this mixer command into startup by putting a sleep command and then the mixer command, and also by using the /boot/boot.hints file. however whenever i reboot the machine the mixer command always shows the default level of 90 which clips pretty hard. also, the sound driver doesn't seem to load until around 2 minutes after i can log into a fresh boot (not a problem, just some extra info). how can i script my default rec level on boot? thanks, harry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: http://www.freebsd.org site unreachable
Down here as well, Southeastern US. -- -Harry Maugans http://www.desktopnexus.com Join the wallpaper revolution! On 9/14/07, Manolis Kiagias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am unable to get to freebsd.org is this on my end only ? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nope. Unreachable here in Greece as well. Just checked with 2 major providers. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: http://www.freebsd.org site unreachable
I've confirmed (through a friend) in England it's not accessible either. I'm surprised they wouldn't have redundancies to prevent this from happening. Round robin DNS with collocation at least. I ran an nmap scan and it appears port 80 is open, but when netcat'ing to it and manually passing a request, I get no response. So the servers are up, but something internal broke. -- -Harry Maugans http://www.desktopnexus.com Join the wallpaper revolution! On 9/14/07, Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pablo Mora wrote: On 9/14/07, Caio Figueiredo Abecia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The website isn't working here too. (Brazil) In Chile neither confirmed in chicago as well. cannot reach it ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD 4TB Raid Setup
Hi, I have a problem I've been pulling my hair out over the past few days. I'm building a server that's going to house a very large database. For it, I've build a RAID 5 with 4TB of space (3.5TB usable). It's running on an HighPoint RocketRAID 1820A 8-channel SATA Controller. Since this is for a database, it's most likely going to be a few very large files, so splitting up the partition to multiple mounts isn't an option for me. When FreeBSD boots up, dmesg shows the card detected correctly, and all channels started successfully. However when it actually loads it into the device, it shows: da0: 1241428MB (2542444544 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 158259C) That equates to about 1.1TB, rather than the 3.5TB the controller bios shows as usable space. The motherboard on this server is an Asus P5M2 serverboard, which can easily handle 4TB, if that's even a concern at all. Regardless of this note on boot, I've still gone ahead and configured GPT to see, and when mounted, df -h reports 1.1TB as well. I've heard of FreeBSD servers handling multiple-terabytes without issue, and 1.1 seems to be an odd number to truncate on. I'm very devoted to FreeBSD and would very much like to figure out how to make this work, however as time is important, if I can't resolve this I'll be forced to look into alternative OS choices. As of now, I can't find much information online pertaining to my specific issue, and I'm out of ideas myself. Thank you for your time (and replies). :) -- -Harry Maugans http://www.desktopnexus.com Join the wallpaper revolution! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Canon A620, FreeBSD and gphoto2
On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 09:35:49PM -0700, Erin McNew wrote:
*** Error ***
An error occurred in the io-library ('I/O problem'): Failed to open
'/dev/ugen0' (m).
*** Error (-7: 'I/O problem') ***
I have a Nikon Coolpix 4500, and found following through Google:
--
To have the rights to download files from a digital
camera, add following to the /etc/devfs.rules:
[usb_devices=10]
add path 'ugen*' mode 0660 group operator
add path 'da*s*' mode 0660 group operator
..and restart /etc/rc.d/devfs restart
..add yourself to the operator group.
--
For me it just worked then. Sometimes it will fail during the initial
attempts to download files, but then I just switch off the camera, and
on again, then it works.
It might be better, security wise, to have a group called camera, instead of
operator, but have not tried it.
Brgds Harry
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Re: Canon A620, FreeBSD and gphoto2
On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 11:46:55PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote: Note you might not need to go to PTP mode for your particular camera! Actually, if you just issue gphoto2 --list-cameras, you will see: Canon PowerShot A620 (PTP mode) ..so PTP should work. If that fail then you can use cheap card reader which are well detected by FreeBSD. Yep, last resort ;-) Brgds Harry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Podcast management software?
On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 04:34:29PM +0100, Adam J Richardson wrote: Hey, maybe your recommendation supports the Zen V [or, at a pinch, the Zen Nano Plus]. No clue, but I don't think so.. GoldenPod is only for rss feeds. Brgds Harry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Podcast management software?
On Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 09:00:11PM +, Scott I. Remick wrote: I think I must be the only one using FreeBSD who wants to listen to podcasts. :) Nop, we're two ;-) Take a look into GoldenPod. there is not a port for this one yet, but it should be pretty straight forward to install it. I'm using it on my FreeBSD, but I'm unsure if it will fullfill your demands. When you download new podcasts, Goldenpod downloads into a directery with the name of the date, for example 2007-08-28. At the same time symbolic links are made from the files in this new directery to a directery called 'latest'. ..and for each subscription there is a directory with same name as the subscription. In this directery GoldenPod also will make a symbolic link to the date directory files which belongs to this subscription. GoldenPod has some kind of graphic configuration, but I have never used it. GoldenPod is commandline driven. Check http://goldenpod.nongnu.org/ where you also will find the man page. Brgds Harry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: reconfigure a port after install
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 01:57:46PM -0600, Miguel wrote: Hi, i have installed postfix + sasl2 support, so far so good but now i want to enable mysql auth and sasl2 was not compiled with mysql support, i tried desinstalling it but it claims postfix depends on it, so how do i add mysql support to the installed sasl2 port? Im using portinstall btw, I don't know portinstall, but you can go into the directory /usr/ports/mail/postfix and simply make configure. I had same question one week ago, for another port, but anyway, it just worked. By the way, I'm using portmanager, and some times just make install. Brgds Harry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I make install clean a port in the background
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 01:15:12PM -0700, Sean Murphy wrote: How do I make install clean a port in the background? I used cd /usr/ports/www/apache22 make install clean It is in the background, but if there is output from the process, you will see it. A solution could be make install clean /dev/null , but I'm sure that it not will be very wise, I dont know what happens if a config screen shows up, and next point is if you get a fault, it's gone with /dev/null. Why don't you just use another tty? Brgds Harry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: reconfigure a port after install
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 05:46:43PM -0400, Pablo Mora wrote: On 8/9/07, Harry Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: /usr/ports/mail/postfix and simply make configure. is make config Aaah, yes, sorry ;-) Brgds Harry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to show the options screen again
Hi, I just tried to install the pilot-link with portmanager palm/pilot-link, and with first run I got an options screen, one of the options was libusb, which I selected on. libusb failed, and now I tried a second run, the intention then was to select libusb off, but I did not get the options screen this time. I already tried make clean, but without success. How can I force the options screen to show up again, with portmanager or make? Thank you in advance.. Harry Jensen ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How to show the options screen again
Hi, Thanks to both of you, of coarse, see the FAQ ;-) Cheers, Harry Jensen ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sata: setfeatures settransfermode taskqueue timeout
Steve Check your cables: I had similar sporadic failures which were caused by a SATA cable that didn't seat well into the sockets on the board and drive. When I replaced the cable with a better one with a spring clip the failures stopped. - Harry Steve Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wasn't in front of it right at that moment, thought someone might have a silver-bullet right off the get-go. So, here it is: Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ dmesg Copyright (c) 1992-2007 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Wed Jan 31 21:58:00 MST 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC Timecounter i8254 frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.53GHz (2532.63-MHz K8-class CPU) Origin = GenuineIntel Id = 0xf41 Stepping = 1 Features=0xbfebfbffFPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE Features2=0x651dSSE3,RSVD2,MON,DS_CPL,TM2,CNTX-ID,CX16,b14 AMD Features=0x2800SYSCALL,LM real memory = 1039859712 (991 MB) avail memory = 991551488 (945 MB) [...] ad0: 157066MB Hitachi HDS721616PLAT80 P22OA60A at ata0-master UDMA133 acd0: DVDR NEC DVD RW ND-3500AG/2.16 at ata1-master UDMA33 ad4: 190782MB SAMSUNG SP2004C VM100-49 at ata2-master SATA300 ad6: 157066MB HDT722516DLA380 V43OA9BA at ata3-master SATA150 ad8: 157066MB HDT722516DLA380 V43OA9BA at ata4-master SATA150 Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a WARNING: / was not properly dismounted WARNING: /tmp was not properly dismounted WARNING: /usr was not properly dismounted WARNING: /var was not properly dismounted WARNING: /raincloud was not properly dismounted WARNING: /mnt/rsync/raincloud was not properly dismounted ad6: FAILURE - device detached subdisk6: detached ad6: detached ad8: FAILURE - device detached subdisk8: detached ad8: detached [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ On 7/19/07, Derek Ragona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:58 AM 7/19/2007, Steve Franks wrote: I'm getting this error alot, on shutdown. smartmon reports all my drives are healthy with 0 errors, I've replaced the controller and upgraded to a 500W powersupply. At random one of my 4 sata drives will give a disconnected error in dmesg and dissappear, usually when you acess it for the first time on a given boot, but not always the same drive. Also, I've now started getting a panic after syncing all the drives on shutdown. I'm mystified [...] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
5.5 hardware support
Does 5.5 support my ELSA GLoria Synergy 8 MByte, Driver version 5.36.00.382, OpenGL version 1.1 2.01.14.128 video card? I purchased and installed version 4.8 several years ago, but it didn't seem to like the video card. Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Connecting Garmin GPSMAP60 to the USB
Hello Guys, I'm trying to get my Garmin GPSMAP60 conected to my desktop through the USB port, and then use gpsman. In gpsman is the port reference pointed to /dev/ugen0 (also tried dev/ugen0.1-3, but up to now, without success. The system: FreeBSD mugin.localhost 6.2-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p1 #0: Sun Feb 18 22:38:32 CET 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MUGIN i386 The message in dmesg when ataching/detaching: ugen0: vendor 0x091e product 0x0003, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 3 ugen0: at uhub0 port 2 (addr 3) disconnected All threads purged from ugen0.3 All threads purged from ugen0.2 All threads purged from ugen0.1 All threads purged from ugen0 ugen0: detached For my Palm Tungsten it all works perfectly, dmesg: ucom0: Palm, Inc. Palm Handheld, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 3 ucom0: Palm, Inc. Palm Handheld, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 3 ucom0: at uhub0 port 2 (addr 3) disconnected All threads purged from cuaU0 All threads purged from ttyU0 ucom0: detached The strange part of it is that the Palm Tungsten atachment/detachment had exactly same behavior and messages, until I loaded the ucom driver, so I suspect that the ugen driver might not be the correct one. The question then is, which one to use? Brgds Harry Jensen ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Connecting Garmin GPSMAP60 to the USB
Hello Guys, I'm trying to get my Garmin GPSMAP60 conected to my desktop through the USB port, and then use gpsman. In gpsman is the port reference pointed to /dev/ugen0 (also tried dev/ugen0.1-3, but up to now, without success. The system: FreeBSD mugin.localhost 6.2-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p1 #0: Sun Feb 18 22:38:32 CET 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MUGIN i386 The message in dmesg when ataching/detaching: ugen0: vendor 0x091e product 0x0003, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 3 ugen0: at uhub0 port 2 (addr 3) disconnected All threads purged from ugen0.3 All threads purged from ugen0.2 All threads purged from ugen0.1 All threads purged from ugen0 ugen0: detached For my Palm Tungsten it all works perfectly, dmesg: ucom0: Palm, Inc. Palm Handheld, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 3 ucom0: Palm, Inc. Palm Handheld, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 3 ucom0: at uhub0 port 2 (addr 3) disconnected All threads purged from cuaU0 All threads purged from ttyU0 ucom0: detached The strange part of it is that the Palm Tungsten atachment/detachment had exactly same behavior and messages, until I loaded the ucom driver, so I suspect that the ugen driver might not be the correct one. The question then is, which one to use? Brgds Harry Jensen ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: a question
Am Dienstag, 10. Mai 2005 01:54 schrieb Ricardo: Hi everyone, my name is Ricardo and i'm new to FreeBSD and a novice in the world of Unix-like OS's. My question is: do i have to download the 3 .iso images to install the system(for exemple: do i have to dowload the bootonlydisk iso)? For base system installation you have to download disk1 which now (starting with the 5.4-RELEASE) includes the fixit-CD. If you want to do a very lean installation over the network (ftp, http, NFS or AFS) you can download the boot-only iso. That's just for booting the FreeBSD installation routine, every tarball has to be downloaded vi network (or copied from another filesystem within the installer). Formerly there was a mini-inst.iso which was only the installer with the base system without any packages, I haven't investigated the new layout, so I guess that disc one has the fixit (live filesystem) and some packages in addition to the mini-inst.iso -Mano Thanks for your patience and for reading this. Ricardo, ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
accounting package
I am looking for a client server accounting package for industrial equipment dealers and distributors that will handle serialized whole good inventory, parts inventory and a service shop. Text based Unix or Linux platform is fine. Any recommendations? HR ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Intel Storage Station questions
hi steve smith i also have an intel storage station the 24 gig model... how can i use this unit with XP?? any help would be appreciated. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BSD 4.10 install question
Hi, I am about to install BSD 4.10 and according to The Complete FreeBSD 4th ed, (Lehey) all I need is on the installation CD, (the first disk). He says little about the second CD, Live File System and what needs to be done about it. Any good advice as to just what and how the second CD is used for? Also, I am doing the install on 4GB HD and someone said use 256MB for root, 512MB swap, 256MB for /var and /tmp and the rest of the space for /usr? This is almost the install default as Lehey says use far more for the root so as not to run out of space. Thanks Harry ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[OFFTOPIC] bsdmall
Does anyone know how I can successfully contact BSD Mall ? I've tried: [EMAIL PROTECTED] four times now, from two different email addresses and heard nothing back. Regards, -- Harry Newton LogicaCMG +44 161 438 8114 This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can't get microphone working?!
Hey! I can't get my microphone working. My system is a FreeBSD 5.1-REL. First of - i get some info about my soundcard: # [harry]:[~]$ cat /dev/sndstat # FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) # Installed devices: # pcm0: SiS 7012 at io 0xd400, 0xd800 irq 10 bufsz 16384 (1p/1r/4v channels duplex default) And my vhans: # [harry]:[~]$ sysctl -a | grep vchan # hw.snd.maxautovchans: 4 # hw.snd.pcm0.vchans: 4 My record source: # [harry]:[~]$ mixer recsrc # Recording source: mic And i'd make sure to turn up for 'rec' and 'mic': # [harry]:[~]$ mixer mic 100 rec 100 # Setting the mixer mic from 0:0 to 100:100. # Setting the mixer rec from 0:0 to 100:100. Now everything should be fine. So i try to record something: # [harry]:[~]$ cp /dev/audio test.au # ^C And examines the file: # [harry]:[~]$ du -h test.au # 128Ktest.au Fine. Then i try to play it: # [harry]:[~]$ cp test.au /dev/audio It only takes a few seconds before it ends. And nothing comes out of my speaker. And it takes way shorter to run it than to record it. I also tried just to cat directly to the speaker: # [harry]:[~]$ cat /dev/dsp /dev/dsp No luck. What do i do wrong? How do i get it working? Greetings, Harry = blog: http://harry.linux.dk radiolyd: http://harry.linux.dk/radiolyd Yahoo! Mail (http://dk.mail.yahoo.com) - Gratis: 6 MB lagerplads, spamfilter og virusscan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help with multi linking 2 mode,s
Hello Good Day list, i am not on the list so please CC me. [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ I am looking for a solution, i am trying to multi link 2 modems. Can anyone Refer me somewhere? i have tryed a program in theports, called mtp, the configuration from the example is giving me errors, so no luck, Much appreciated Stephan Weaver! Love you bsd guyz ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Questions about FreeBSD Versions
Hello FreeBSD, My name is Harry Leonard and I'm very interested in using FreeBSD. I work in a small shop, outside of Flagstaff, Arizona for the State of Arizona, in a half Microsoft, half open source environment. I'm the resident programmer and I've used Perl/PHP/MySQL here for almost four years. My boss has set up servers running OpenBSD and I get to use them creating our website and running intranet applications. My problem now is that my boss is in Iraq and we're in need of a new server or two. I've researched the subject and have found myself getting a little squeamish with the thought of installing/tweaking an OpenBSD box. FreeBSD seemed like the next viable option and I did get a thumbs up from my boss. I also saw a segment on TechTv's Screen Savers which gave me the confidence that I could pull this off. I started looking at versions and decided to purchase the latest and greatest. I bought the four disk set of FreeBSD 5.0 w/ the handbook and thought I was on a roll. Surely, I installed it several times before I got it right and then I began to run into problems and loose some confidence. My problems started with the installation of Apache. I'm going back after it today though and I hope that I'll have some success. Yes, I am a newbie but a driven one. I very much want to have two FreeBSD boxes in-house and I am a hard one to quit. I did quit on FreeBSD 5.0 though and I also think this is where my troubles really began. I figured that I would do some more reading and found that 5.0 might not be the best version for newbie's (in cases of trouble). So, I figured that I would go to FreeBSD 5.1. A newer version shouldn't hurt huh? Well, I think something went awry in the download and I never got this version to work correctly for me either. Well, now I'm figuring that I'll just move backwards to FreeBSD 4.8 Stable and this will just alleviate all my problems. This has not worked yet for me either and my confidence is further eroding. But, my tenacity is still in there and I'd rather go down in flames than let my office mate turn this office into a full Microsoft shop and me running Apache/PHP/MySQL on an IIS box. My boss expressed his dismay of this happening and I told him I would not let him down. Newbie I may be but I'm not a quitter. This email is about: Which version of FreeBSD should I be using for production? I need to set up an in-house web server for our website and another box for my few intranet applications. In the near future I might have the opportunity to create a firewall box and I really need to get on top of things. Today, I'll go back to FreeBSD 5.0 (which I've had the most success with) and read the errata over again and make sure there's nothing that I'm missing. I'd appreciate it if you could give me a stamp of approval on which version I can/should use for my small production needs. Sorry, if I've gotten a little windy with my explanation but I wanted to give you some background. I also Thank You for reading this email and for any help that you can provide me in this matter. Please let me know what you think? Sincerely, Harry Leonard Information Technology Specialist III Camp Navajo phone: @ (928) 773-3363 e-mail: @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Installation
After installing FreeBSD 4.8 into an unpartitioned free-space, it states that the installation was successful, but when I start the computer and press F3 to load FreeBSD instead of NT 4, it finally wants me to enter my user name and password. After doing so, it displays a $ sign and a blinking space which waits for me to enter a command, but I have no clue what it wants me to enter. If I enter / is states permission is denied. Installation instructions state always restore the BIOS to natural drive numbering before installing FreeFSD... Will you please tell me how to do that? I can't find a clue in BIOS Setup or in Windows. Could that have anything to do with my problem getting FreeBSD to load? I installed it from a CD-ROM I bought. I've spent two days re-installing it several times and trying different things. I have read part of the FreeBSD Handbook about installation. On a previous installation, it stated WARNING: / was not properly dismounted, but my recent installation gave no such warning or error messages. Installing FreeBSD is very frustrating. I'm trying to find a good, cheap OS as an alternative to buying a new Apple with OS X Jaguar, or upgrading my NT 4 to Windows 2000. I thought FreeBSD might be the solution after reading about it, but it doesn't work. If I have trouble installing an OS, it isn't my fault. I can follow explicit instructions. I have installed Windows NT 4 many times, and it works even though it didn't come with explicit instructions either. I have installed Red Hat Linux 7.2 several times. It installs easy from CD-ROM, but won't run my printer, and won't access the internet without great difficulty, then it won't access any URL. Thanks. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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What are you doing on my home page? Who are you and what does your satanic imagery refer to? Harry Horse To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Bystander shot by a spam filter.
[This is a resend. Ironically, the orignal was blocked by FreeBSD's spam filter, I've had to send this from another account] I am not sure which list is best for this issue, hence the cross posting. I believe spam and anti-spam measures are security issues -- the 'Availability' part of C-I-A. I apologize if I am wrong. A FreeBSD ported package is contributing to an internet service availability problem that has me stumped. I believe that an unknowable quantity of other internet denizens are also affected. I'm a long time fan of FreeBSD -- I run it on my small mail server and I've recommended it for many applications. I even bought a CD once. I write this missive with great reluctance. I've worked with a lot of strange software over the years, But this is a new first -- Software that slanders! Software that publicly called me a spammer!!! And not to my face, but to business associate. And then took action. I recently discovered, and quite by accident, that a FreeBSD ported package -- spambnc (aka Spambouncer or SB) -- was blocking mail from me to an unknown number of businesses and individuals on the internet. I'll probably never have to correspond with most of these people, but I'm a freelancer -- this may have already cost me a job. [Dear reader, don't be surprised if you or your clients are also blocked. I strongly suggest that you check it out.] Anti-spam products have a valuable place in the security arsenal. But, IMHO, this product is dangerous because it includes filters and rules that are overreaching, and inaccurate. Bad firewall rules and bad anti-spam rules may be OK for an individual site. However, spambnc's bad advice is being mass marketed through the good offices of FreeBSD, and it is putting potholes in the net for the rest of us. Until it is fixed, and proven harmless, FreeBSD should stop distributing this product. Basically, the default built-in policies for blocking mail aren't fully described, and there is no mechanism to universally correct the inevitable mistakes in a timely manner. Users (people who install this product) are mislead about the probably of filtering the wrong mail. I am sure that the software was developed with the very best intentions, but in its zeal to block lots and lots of spam, SB is hurting good people. The SB rule blocking my mail host has nothing to do with me. Even though, it can use dynamic anti-spam DNS services, SB hard codes its rules for filtering bad domains by name and by IP address. My nemisis is buried in a 1476 line file, sb-blockdomains.rc, which installs by default, and is not documented outside the code. Along with others, it blocks the entire 66.45.0.0/17 space because spammers might live there. This is sort of like a corporate mail room throwing away all NJ postmarked mail because of the bulk mail distribution centers in Secaucus. My mail host address gets a clean bill of health from every anti-spam site that I can find, such as SPEWS. I've checked at least 30 of them. My tiny x/29 block is sub-allocated from my DSL provider's x/23 block. The DSL provider's block is a sub-allocation from Inflow.com's 66.45.0.0/17 block. Spambouncer doesn't like Inflow. While they have a right to their opinions, they don't have a right to publicly tar me because of my neighbors. If I read sb-blockdomains # comments correctly, it is policy to not only block known spammers, but to ALSO block entire networks based on their handling of spam complaints. This is like as a business receptionist checking callerID and then ignoring incoming calls from Verizon subscribers because Verizon tolerates (and probably invented) telemarketing. I have written to both the Spambouncer contact address [EMAIL PROTECTED] and the FreeBSD maintainer, but without a response. Possibly they are on holiday, or spambouncer is eating my mail. Perhaps I'm just too impatient. I have also contacted my ISP's support. They don't know how to help me. They vouch for Inflow. They don't recommend it, but for a fee, my service could be switched to a different PVC, and I'd get an address from a different carrier. But of course, the new address could be black-listed on a whim. Regardless, I assume that these are reasonable people, and that they will oil the squeaky wheel as soon as it is convenient. But how will I ever know that EVERY copy of spambouncer has been fixed? What about other innocent ISP subscribers who are also black-listed? Harry Tabak QUAD TELECOM, INC. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
What are the SMTP rules for sending mail to FreeBSD
Mail sent from my main server, gatehouse.quadtelecom.com (66.45.116.138) gets rejected. _450_Client_host_rejected:_cannot_find_your_hostname,_[66.45.116.138] What are the rules for sending mail! I'm not a spammer -- I've never sent spam!!! Your rejection is very disconcerting. Harry Tabak [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.
Subject: Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter. Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 09:19:32 -0600 (CST) From: Chuck Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Harry Tabak [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] There's not much you can do but what you already are doing. Complain. You complain to the people using the software, and if they can't configure it, they will probably stop using it if they care. I know only one user, that is how I discovered the problem. I have no way of identifying other users. That frightens me. You complain to the people that actually wrote the software. Usually found in the source code and such. Unfortunately, the author hasn't replied to my complaints yet. Possibly she has taken a holiday. You can try to complain to FreeBSD Ports, but removing this goes against the very nature of Open Source Good or bad, there's not much to convince people not to distribute a piece of software that's free and open. There is a significant difference between this port and the others. My other ports at worst only harm the intended user when things go wrong. This port harms random and anonymous individuals. I don't believe that FreeBSD redistributes spamming software or list managers that don't provide the proper opt-in safeguards by default. I can't really stop the Spambouncer people from shouting fire from their own website -- freedom of speech and all that. But should FreeBSD act as an amplifier. Everyone knows when they install these softwares that you do so at your own risk. If your ISP is spending money to support problems caused by it's use and they have control over it, they will probably stop using it. Most ISP's care about expenses, so you can bet if it's not worth using, they will eventually stop. If you have any capacity, you can attempt to fix the program, and submit it to the author for distribution. This is how Open Source works. I will be happy to fix it, the author may not like my philosophy. I believe in Free Speech and a working internet mail system. I would attempt to minimize false positives, and require testing. But as I said earlier, the author doesn't respond. Even if the software is adjusted, it will be impossible to recall all the older versions. If people would stop sending spam or harden their computers connected to the Internet to keep from sending spam accidentally, there would be no need for this software either. Might as well wish for world peace though. amen. Unfortuately, good people are making a bad situation even worse by hip-shooting. Chuck snip To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: What are the SMTP rules for sending mail to FreeBSD
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 14:50:54 +0100 From: rocky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: rocky [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Harry Tabak wrote: Mail sent from my main server, gatehouse.quadtelecom.com (66.45.116.138) gets rejected. _450_Client_host_rejected:_cannot_find_your_hostname,_[66.45.116.138] What are the rules for sending mail! I'm not a spammer -- I've never sent spam!!! Your rejection is very disconcerting. Harry Tabak [EMAIL PROTECTED] # nslookup 66.45.116.138 Server: ns1.ljusdal.net Address: 80.65.204.5 Name:steelcityhosting.com Address: 66.45.116.138 66.45.116.138 does not resolve to gatehouse.quadtelecom.com, it resolves to steelcityhosting.com. Fix your reverse and it will most likely accept your emails. -- R Easier said than done. I've been assigned 66.45.116.136/29 by the ISP. I control DNS for quadtelecom.com, but I don't control the reverse lookup. I'd like to know the exact algorithm in use, so that I can negotiate with my ISP. For example, how are are hosts with multiple IP adresses handled? Harry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.
Brett Glass wrote: At 09:16 AM 12/28/2002, Harry Tabak wrote: I can't really stop the Spambouncer people from shouting fire from their own website -- freedom of speech and all that. But should FreeBSD act as an amplifier. I personally believe that spam is a serious security issue (see my paper at http://www.brettglass.com/spam/). However, be warned that this list's Supreme Moderator may declare your posting to be off-topic, because it doesn't relate directly to intrusions upon FreeBSD itself. He may also blast you for cross-posting and/or for starting too long or interesting a discussion. :-S Actually I have been privately chided. That said, I can offer you some assistance here. Catherine Hampton's SpamBouncer relies on Procmail, whose filtering recipes are easily tunable. It shouldn't be hard to change the recipes, and you can then encourage the port maintainer to add your changes. Unfortunately, if you want to get the master SpamBouncer recipe file changed, you will have to contact Catherine. My wife knows her personally, so if you cannot get through to her by other means I may be able to reach her for you. I've been in contact with the port maintainer. His position: 1) This problem is out of scope for him, 2) He is away on holiday and can't easily access the FreeBSD cluster, 3) Other pressures will keep him from this problem for several weeks. He advised me to contact me Miss Hampton. I can't fault him. Unfortunately, I have not gotten a response from Miss Hampton via the contact address on her web site [EMAIL PROTECTED]. I'd apprecite it if you could contact her. I've had so much bad luck getting my mail out -- my mail may be pidgeon holed in her spam basket. In the meantime, you may want to use a mail relay (not a fully open one, of course) to get around the block. All you need is one machine on a different subnet that will relay your outbound mail. Actually, that wouldn't work for my fixed address DSL server. I'd have to dial out from my laptop. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-security in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: Bystander shot by a spam filter.
Chuck Swiger wrote: snip If one sends a message that could not be delivered, an error report (called a DSN) is returned, describing the problem. People sending legitimate email know who they've sent mail to, right? And when they get DSN's, as you most probably did, you talk to your ISP, etc, etc. How many bounced messages are you talking about, approximately? Would you be willing to give those individuals a phone call to talk about your message, instead, or ask their postmaster to change their spam-filter to let your mail through? In this case, the package configuration puts 'spam' in a separate folder and doesn't send a bounce message. I may not get feed back until and unless I do a follow-up call. A follow-up call is not always possible. [ Because that's basicly what it all comes down to, all of the advocacy for or against regulation aside. FWIW, I block three /16's under 16.0.0.0/8, but yours wasn't one of them-- I checked. Bah...I'm getting 1000+ dictionary scans from DSL pools in .br a day. ] actually my block is 66.45.116.136/29. Temporarily, I can't post to this list from one of those addresses -- but that is another story and is fixable. -Chuck To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Private Home network
I have small network at home consisting of three machines. These machines are connected through a router to a cable modem where they share the internet. My router assigns by dhcp ip numbers in the range of 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.l00. The router does NAT for my other computers. I do not have an official registered domain. My windows machines boot up and operate on the internet without complication. Is there any way that I can get my FreeBSD machine to due the same? My FreeBSD machine will get a valid ip assignment. It is not be able to get external DNS translations and Sendmail chokes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
