Re: Origin of hard drive parameters

2006-09-09 Thread stheg olloydson
On 9 Sep 2006 14:54:09 - ihilt wrote: >On Wednesday 06 September 2006 7:54 pm, jdow wrote: > >> >> Ok. Maybe the better question is: in either case, C/H/S or LBA mode, >> >> where are these parameters stored? > >> They flat out are not stored anywhere. There is a standard algorithm >> publish

Re: FreeBSD ftpd & Windows compatibility

2006-01-07 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said by Wojciech Puchar: >or to be exact - Windows incompatibility with standards & FreeBSD >server. > >the problem: > >Windows clients (like total commander) can't fetch or delete files >with >spaces in name - while it can create such file. > >are there any solutions? As this is a FreeBS

Re: Http Trace.

2005-12-23 Thread stheg olloydson
>Hey guys, > >I am running 4.10 and I am wondering if this effect me. > >http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/867593 Payne' Impossible to say, seeing that the issue has nothing to do with which OS one runs. Try the mailing lists of the software reported two years ago as being vulnerable. stheg

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said by stanb: >YUK! > >-- >U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout >Despite Vietcong Terror >- New York Times 9/3/1967 Look on the bright side! Everyone expected this to turn out badly, and they got more than they expected. Way more. shudders, stheg

Re: an Iranian forum & power of BSD

2005-10-23 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: > Dears,I'm discussing on power of BSD family.I told you >bind(),accept() & >socket() is own of BSD.But they saying me GNU write it.write or >Rewrite? >Yours,Mohsen You do not specify which bind(), accept(), and socket() you are talking about, so I will assume you mean the system ca

Re: Remote Console

2005-10-16 Thread stheg olloydson
>Hi all, > >RS-232 Serial Port hubs seem to be a little hard to come by, and >the ones I have found are quite expensive. > >COuld we could achieve the same using USB terminals and a 16 >port USB hub? > >-Grant > >- Original Message - From: "Andrew P." ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Grant Peel"

Re: WinXP administration guide for unix guru

2005-08-21 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >Can anyone recommend a book which explains this confusing beast? I'm talking >about a book which explains where things are put (equiv of /var/mail, >/etc/passwd, /etc/rc.conf), where application data is stored, how printers, >disks, etc are shared, how to book in "fixit disk" mode, h

RE: New Freebsd Install Guide Available

2005-04-04 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I think this is great, but there should be a project leader to >regulate overall structure of the Handbook and other documents as >that is perhaps where the greatest amount of work is needed. Could >we at least have a mailing list for writers? Ask and you shall receive: [EMAIL P

Re: Rebuilding everything

2005-03-31 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: Darksidex wrote: >>How could I re-compile and re-install everything to take into >>account the new directives in make.conf? >>Ciao >>Vittorio >> > > > You can use portupgrade -vaf >I still consider myself very new to most of this, though, so >I'm not certain, but I think

Re: Userland "dig/host" for lookups against /etc/hosts?

2005-03-27 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >It works if I ping 'hostname', but how can I find out the IP of >'hostname' from the command line? Hello, Would not grep 'hostname' /etc/hosts do this? HTH, stheg __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-27 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >But how does it work (/usr/ports/Makefile doesn't have a >SEARCH statement) and is it documented somewhere, like in a MAN >page? > >The handbook, ¶4.3, mentions 'make search' but doesn't explain >how it works. > Hello, It uses /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk. I doubt the options in

Re: Portupgrade (vs. Portmanager) question

2005-03-27 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >>If you updated your soirces/ports "cvsup" then portupgrade did >>what you asked it to do. It Updated all outdated packages/ports >>and there dependencies. > >I'm convinced that you are right. However, why don't I show the >other dependencies? Hello, They are recursive dependenci

Re: FreeBSD Installation

2005-03-27 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >While loading the sysinstall it freezes up when it reaches sio0: >type 8250. Yow! >The book shows type 16550A > >The computer I am trying to install FreeBSD on is an AMD 700 Mhz > maching with 512 K of memory. The 8250 UART has been obsolete for _years_ (pre-386 days). Try di

Re: portupgrade overview

2005-03-25 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I've used portupgrade for a while without really knowing much >about it. I suppose thats a benefit. >However, when it comes to really controlling the portupgrade >processes, I find the man page of minimal use. > >Thats becuase the man pages seem to be written for someone who >alrea

Re: cannot boot 5.3 after power failure - major bug?

2005-03-24 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: > --- stheg olloydson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it was said: > > > > >>>Well you can try to boot manually it may work. > > type the > > >>>following at the boot prompt > > >>> > > >>>0:ad(

Re: Does QEMU support Windows VPN ? (4th try)

2005-03-23 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I have been trying to connect from my FreeBSD box to a Microsoft >VPN. I am running Windows 2000 Pro and also Windows Millennium >inside QEMU. I have also tried using both "-user-net" and >"/dev/tun0" connections. The connections fail while trying to >authenticate my name and pas

Re: boot problems

2005-03-23 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >hello , i have already the sameproblem when i boot with freebsd >5.3 since i have had a power cut .The message of the error is : > >error 16 Iba 191 >No /boot/loader > >FreeBSD/i386 boot >Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel >boot: error 16 Iba 191 >No /kernel > >I have tried boot : /kernel.old

Re: First Time Experience-FreeBSD/i368 login:

2005-03-22 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I am a trainee for a corporate company and I really need your >assistance. My boss as left for an emergency leave. > >The server, I understand is a proxy mail server running on >FreeBSD/i386. I am new and the management wants me to add a new >email account user on the server. I am re

problem burning 5.3-RELEASE Disc 2 from iso

2005-03-22 Thread stheg olloydson
Hello, I have have downloaded the 5.3-RELEASE four iso set from four different ftp sites including ftp.freebsd.org. Disc 2 does not burn, but the others do. The process hangs immediately when trying. I have tried this on both FreeBSD using burncd on an Acer CD-RW and Windows 2000 using Nero on a B

Re: cannot boot 5.3 after power failure - major bug?

2005-03-22 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >>>Well you can try to boot manually it may work. type the >>>following at the boot prompt >>> >>>0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader >>>OR >>>0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel >> >>Ooops I guess the last one is 0:ad(0,a)/boot/kernel >>Sorry >> > >Oh man I hat keyboard shortcuts. just pasted the wrong one >a

cannot boot 5.3 after power failure - major bug?

2005-03-22 Thread stheg olloydson
Hello, While testing 5.3, I deliberately cut power to the box and powered up. Much to my surprise, I receive the following error: error 16 lba invalid format FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: No /kernel FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel boot: The disk is/was formatte

Re: NIC nVidia nForce MCP Network Adapter based on Realtek 8201BL PHY

2005-03-21 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >How install in FreeBSD NIC card nVidia nForce MCP Network Adapter >based on Realtek 8201BL PHY ? Hello, If you are using 5.3, try the nv driver in ports/net/. After building it, load it as a kernel module. I know it works for MCP2. This may be available in earlier versions, too; I

Re: wine can't read a cd

2005-03-20 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >Data File Error: >Starcraft is unable to read a required file. Your cd may not be in the >drive. > > >I can not get any cracks to work. I can use winefile to browse ^^ Can you get any software you haven't stolen to work? stheg _

Re: no patch whats going on

2005-03-17 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >>On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 08:52:30AM +1000, Timothy Smith wrote: >> http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12825/info/ > >That URL doesn't seem to have any details. > >> openbsd and netbsd have taken action on this, but i see no >>movment in >> the freebsd camp > >Well, you wouldn't, o

Re: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE error creating jail

2005-03-14 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I am following the directions in man jail to set up a jail on my >system: > >D=/here/is/the/jail >cd /usr/src >mkdir -p $D >make world DESTDIR=$D ^ Try changing this line to "env DESTDIR=$D && make world" >cd etc >make distribution DESTDIR=$D >mount_devfs devfs

Re: 5.3 & jail

2005-03-06 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: I need help. I try to make jail: make world DESTDIR= but got message, which description I found in /usr/src/UPDATING 20010919: Hello, I do not think the problem is the one from 3 and a half years ago. Much more recently the make world DESTDIR= function was broken. It did not w

Re: Are quotas possbile on md filesystems?

2005-03-05 Thread stheg olloydson
--- Bob Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 04 March 2005 11:39 pm, you wrote: > > it was said: > Argh! I ought to quit posting things until I've had at least two > good > nights of sleep. bin/57641 does appear to me to address the same > issue as my > patch: > > >http://www.fr

Re: Are quotas possbile on md filesystems?

2005-03-04 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >So after all that, NOW I notice that there is already a published >patch for this: > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/74105 > >Oh, well. It was an amusing exercise. > >- Bob Eh? Maybe _I_ am the one missing something. The link you provided goes to a patch for IPX.

Re: areca RAID (6) Controller knwon?

2005-03-02 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: Hello, I have no personal experience with the board, but you may find this review interesting: http://www6.tomshardware.com/storage/20041227/ HTH, stheg __ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 M

Re: tab completion

2005-03-01 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I used vipw to set my regular user's shell to tcsh. /etc/passwd shows it correct now but I still appear to be getting sh as my shell. If I run tcsh, I then get the tab completion. But how do I get the terminal to put me in tcsh automatically? > >Ben Hello, When you say "my shell,"

Re: Install Free BSD without floppy and bootable CD-ROM-drive

2005-02-24 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: > Hello stheg, > > > Hardvare configuration: > > Intel Pentium 120MHz > 80Mb RAM (!) > 4,3 Gb HDD Hitachi > CD-ROM -8x Panasonic (I CAN NOT boot from it) > > NO LAN, NO FDD, 2,5"-HDD - I can't connect this HDD > to desktop and install FreeBSD on it. > > BUT I read in file /tools

Re: Install Free BSD without floppy and bootable CD-ROM-drive

2005-02-24 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said by Kevin Kinsey: > Anthony Atkielski wrote: > > >stheg olloydson writes: > > > > > >>Because you don't have a floppy drive, Mr. Atkielski's suggestion > will > >>not work. The link he gave you is a good one. Skip section 2.2.7

Re: Install Free BSD without floppy and bootable CD-ROM-drive

2005-02-24 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said by Anthony Atkielski > >ygb writes: > >> I have notebook IP-120MHz, without FDD >> He is not boot from CD. It is very old. >> >> How can i install FreeBSD on in? > >Create a boot floppy. You can then boot from the floppy and install >from the CD. > >A fully procedure for doing this may

Re: Redistribution of FreeBSD 5.3

2005-02-23 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said" >Hi, > >My name is Bryan and I am wondering if I can freely distribute FreeBSD >5.3. If I can redistribute it, is there anything I need to include with >the ISO images when I distribute them? I read that I need to include >the copyright notice. Do I need to include a seperate document

Re: Belkin wireless card issue

2005-02-13 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >However, my other card, a PCI Belkin Wireless F5D7000 is not being >recognized. This is a problem because the integrated NIC has no >connection, I'm on a wireless network. Any clue on how to make FreeBSD >pickup this interface correctly? Right now it's showing it as "unknown >netwo

Re: Concealing short disconnects

2005-02-13 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >Hello guys! > >I have a few machines behind my FreeBSD box. The box connects >to ISP via ppp (PPPoE protocol). It's all working very nicely, >but the ISP is a pain - it disconnects every 24 hours. I can >reconnect in just a moment - so the diconnect is usually less >than a second lon

Re: Power-down problem on 5.3

2005-02-12 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I have just installed fbsd 5.3 release on a Medion P4 notebook. >Everything seems to work OK, except the power down function. > >If I run "shutdown -p now" the system reboots instead of shutting down. >Best regards, > >Mikkel C. Simonsen Hello, I just tested it on a 5.3_p5 box

Re: Setting up own domain and mailserver

2005-02-12 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >1. I have adelphia cable internet. I would like to get a dyndns or >no-ip.com account to have a static IP for my new godaddy domain. Having such accounts doesn't give you a static IP. A static IP is one that never changes. Only your ISP (Adelphia, in your case) can supply that. >S

The only worthwhile logo-related comments so far....

2005-02-12 Thread stheg olloydson
it was cried into the wilderness of rancor by Dag-Erling Smørgrav on Fri Feb 11 09:30:50 2005: >Likewise, Beastie is a mascot, not a logo. In fact, it fails the >primary and most important test of logoness: it is not exclusive to >the FreeBSD project, but is shared by all BSD projects. It also

Re: FreeBSD logo design competition

2005-02-10 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >As a non-Christian, all I have to say to David is "right on." Sounds like you're another person who, for reasons that you know better than I, you seem to have taken my remarks as a personal attack. >I also like Beastie, and would be greatly annoyed if FreeBSD got >rid of it. P

RE: SPAM: Score 2.5: Re: FreeBSD logo design competition

2005-02-10 Thread stheg olloydson
--- Johnson David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: stheg olloydson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Now as to the "need" to change the logo, to quote the announcement, > > "This character sometimes treated with misinterpreted in the > > reli

Re: FreeBSD logo design competition

2005-02-09 Thread stheg olloydson
t French) and, if at all possible, a first name that sounds American. I realize that at first many will find my last point to be offensive, but I think it is just as important as changing the logo and should be given the same consideration. Best Regards,

Re: Samba - microsoft-ds connection?

2005-01-22 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: > Ahah, then maybe there is something to worry about. > >Marty Hello, Yes, this is a well-known attack vector in the Windows world. Regardless of a gateway's OS, one should be running as good as possible firewall checking all incoming and outgoing packets. Windows machines in part

Re: FreeBSD 5.3 I/O Performance / Linux 2.6.10 | More Info

2005-01-22 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >All, > This post is not about BSD VS. Linux and should not be taken that >way. I think that "Flame Wars/Engineer Wars" are waste of time and >energy. I was surprised by my test results and didn't want to take >FBSD out of the loop just yet. There may be flaws in my testing that >

Re: Samba - microsoft-ds connection?

2005-01-22 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >What is microsoft-ds? Couldn't find anything about it in MS' >knowledgebase. > >Marty Hello, It MS's Directory Service, what is usually called SMB. As long as it's between systems on your network, it's nothing to worry about. HTH, stheg ___

Re: FreeBSD 5.3 I/O Performance / Linux 2.6.10

2005-01-21 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >However, after performing a number of I/O and Postgresql tests on >different equipment, the performance proved to be considerably faster >when using Fedora. Fedora with XFS was the clear performance winner >in every test, followed by Fedora with EXT3, then FreeBSD. I was >surpri

Re: Which Way to Partition.

2005-01-21 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I am new to FreeBSD, and have only used Linux for less than >a year. >I have read the "Handbook", also "FreeBSD An open-source >system for your personal computer", they both suggest that I >do a standard >installation, whereas in "The Complete >FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey, his sugges

Re: Which Way to Partition.

2005-01-21 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I am new to FreeBSD, and have only used Linux for less than >a year. >I have read the "Handbook", also "FreeBSD An open-source >system for your personal computer", they both suggest that I >do a standard >installation, whereas in "The Complete >FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey, his sugges

Re: Thread Scheduling

2005-01-20 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >My question is, will I notice any performance improvement by using the >new scheduler opposed to the 4.4BSD scheduler on an SMP system and can >the new scheduler be utilized on a single processor system? The >intended use of the SMP system is for MySQL databases only. Hello, I

Re: Bridge with PF

2005-01-20 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >Hello, > >after doing kldload -v bridge, I can see that I have it: >Where is the mention of bridge with pf ? Or am I misunderstanding who >bridge is supposed to work with pf ? > >I do have PF compiled into the kernel, it currently is doing NAT >with packet filtering. Running 5.3.

Re: different behaviour between 4.x and 5.x (ping response/disk io) [was Re: ]

2005-01-19 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said > Just a few day ago i installed NetBSD 2.0 to make a final stroke to > my decision as i got this computer on the 16. of november. Main > advantage in my opinion is that raidframe performs better than vinum (at least > with my setup and with the tests i performed). There are some othe

Re: Unable to install FreeBSD 5.3 on a SMP box

2005-01-16 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >>Hi there >>I'm trying to install FreeBSD 5.3 on a dual p3 box: >>asus cuv4x-d mobo >>adaptec AHA-2940 uw and 29160 > >/boot/kernel/acpi.ko text=0x3fbfc data=0x1c04+0x112c >syms=[0x4+0x72f0+0x4+0x97c7] > >int=000d err= efl=00030246 eip= >eax=8000f000 ebx=00

Re: different behaviour between 4.x and 5.x (ping response/disk io) [was Re: ]

2005-01-16 Thread stheg olloydson
(Sorry about the multiple posts. I somehow sent this without a subject line before.) it was said: >Now i am really puzzled because i cannot understand why 4.x behaves >relatively good compared to 5.x on this specific issue. Is there a >good explanation or does one have to investigate this furth

Re:

2005-01-16 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >Now i am really puzzled because i cannot understand why 4.x behaves >relatively good compared to 5.x on this specific issue. Is there a good >explanation or does one have to investigate this further? Hello, First, I do not speak for anyone but myself. Therefore, any information t

Re:

2005-01-16 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >Now i am really puzzled because i cannot understand why 4.x behaves >relatively good compared to 5.x on this specific issue. Is there a good >explanation or does one have to investigate this further? Hello, First, I do not speak for anyone but myself. Therefore, any information t

Re: Blacklisting IPs

2005-01-11 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >These types of attacks don't seem directed -- it's more like fishing >for unprotected systems. > >FWIW, changing the ssh port dropped the illegal user attempts to 0 >instantly... > >- ben > >On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:29:10 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If I'm

re: smtp pull

2005-01-11 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: Hi, Looking for some thoughts on the following scenario. firewall smtp2 | | smtp1 smtp1 is on the DMZ. So smtp1 is the first point of call for incoming mail. Mail ultimately has to end up on smtp2 however I do not want smtp1 to simply forward the mail to smtp2 as I'll have to

re: A7N question

2004-12-10 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >Has there been any work on the driver for the A7N's nforce MCP built in >network chipset? Hello, What you're looking for is the nvnet driver. It's in /usr/ports/net/nvnet. >From pkg-descr: "This should work on all nForce and nForce2 based motherboards that have the MCP MAC enable

re: How to configure gcc in FreeBSD 5.3

2004-12-10 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said (in one very long line): >Is there a way to configure gcc post installation of the 5.3 release? >I am thinking to leverage the -cputype flag used by the compiler. BTW, >is there any noticeable performance gain by using the cputype flag with >gcc? My processor is athlon-xp. Hello, C

re: Reasonable Hyperterminal alternative?

2004-12-10 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: > I'm seeking a reasonable alternative to WinXP/2000 Hyperterminal as a > console application (for serial port access to a no-graphics card box). Hello, I use SecureCRT from www.vandyke.com, but it pricey. Check TUCOWS listing at http://www.tucows.com/networkadministration_termina

Re: "Designed for FreeBSD" stickers

2004-12-08 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I'd put those badges on all the servers I configured if they weren't >2 bucks a pop! I'd be willing to pay a quarter, or at most 50 cents, >but $2 seems excessive. > >--Brett Wonder what they do with that "execessive" profit from their merchandise? http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-b

Re: "Bad Host Name" Error Message

2004-12-07 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I continually receive an error message about a bad host name. This is the >error message: > >Starting cron >Local package initialization: printerDec 7 21:20:44 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >lpd[438]: Get_local_host: hostname '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' bad >2004-12-07-21:20:44.236 Get_local_host: hostn

Re: fsck inadequacies

2004-11-26 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >But, unlike the other windows systems that run up there, the FreeBSD >system seems incredibly >prone to disk corruption. Often the system will not reboot, and hangs >while it asks for a file check. >I can't do that remotely - it has to be a person. > I frequently need to run fsck,

Re: 4 part domain names

2004-11-24 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >* stheg olloydson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [1157 00:57]: > >> .. Generally, however, >> the tertiary domain level is the system's function: www, ftp, mail, >> etc. if the system is public. > > >the function is often the leftmost component

Re: not all files in a NTFS-directory are visible in FreeBSD

2004-11-23 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >it seems that the FreeBSD-NTFS-filesystem doesn't show all files that >are in a directory. My mp3 Directory is located on a Win XP >NTFS-Partition. > >I hope there is a solution. I saw this exact phenomenon once with graphics files. It turned out that the files were partially corru

Re: CVSup questions

2004-11-23 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I have a system that right now I'm using to learn FreeBSD. I want to go >through the update process that I assume I'll have to follow regularly >once the computer is up and running as a web and mail server. Right >now I'm not concerned about backups; that's my next project. > >I'

Re: 4 part domain names

2004-11-23 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >On Wed, Nov 24, 2004 at 12:48:49AM +0100, Hexren wrote: >: Now add to that picture that every subdomain could be an alias for another >: domain or point to an IP address, which incase of the IP address is >: meaning a real machine. > >So that means that the right-most portion of the

Re: hello.

2004-11-22 Thread stheg olloydson
- Original Message - From: "mase progamer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 00:36 Subject: hello. > hello, > I own a small computer & gaming store. i was wondering if you could send me some freebsd posters & pamphlets & other such materials for

Re: FW: FreeBSD donation (sponsorship)

2004-11-17 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >Hi FreeBSD, >My name is Crystal Chiang, I sent this e-mail to donation at FreeBSD about a >week ago, but no one has got in contact with me, so I am not sure who's in >charge of the PR or marketing over there. Could you please forward this >e-mail to the appropriate person / people, a

Re: release 5.3 'Configure' missing 'XFree86' option

2004-11-09 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: hi: i downloaded the new 5.3 release (i386 iso disks 1, 2). i have installed freebsd many times. this release does not have 'XFree86' as a 'Configure' option. is this me or is there a problem? thanks, efs Hello, It's you :). From the Release Notes: FreeBSD now uses Xorg inste

Re: OT: Upgrade feasibility, to AMD64/5.x.x or to stay i386/4.9 on AMD64 hardware?

2004-10-18 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >>>Here's what we're proposing for the new hardware: >>> >>>AMD Athlon64 - 3200+ (Socket 754 - I know, but it's cheap) >>>MSI K8T-FSR (VIA Chipset) >>>2048MB DDR400 Non-ECC RAM >> >> >>In my experience trying to put more than 1GB RAM in a socket-754 >>mainboard >>is asking for troub

Re: feasible w/ samba?

2004-10-18 Thread stheg olloydson
--- Bart [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Actually, it would be connectivity + bandwidth + geography. > >Some of the buildings are close together...close enough that you can >lean on the wall of one and throw a softball to hit the other. > >Others are over 20 miles apart, and it's not really 3 build

Re: feasible w/ samba?

2004-10-18 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >What this would essentially be attempting to achieve is to have a way >for a geographically spread out network allow people to easily access >their home directories and shares no matter where they logged using >local servers acting as time-delayed proxies...all the user login >in

Re: Duplex printing with HP DeskJet 6122

2004-10-17 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >Having problems with getting my hp deskjet 6122 to print. Got as far as >downlaoding the software but when it got to set up nothing happened. Can >you help? Hello, Sure! Check your configuration. You have something wrong. See http://www.lemis.com/questions.html for details. HTH

Re: Development Resources

2004-10-16 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I am a software developer for Windows, and moving to FreeBSD has been >very >nice, especially since the tools to make software are completly free! >My >question is: Where can I find information on programming for FreeBSD? >Things >like how it differs from Windows, what it can and

Re: Country Restrions

2004-10-14 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >Is there any restriction to use FreeBSD in Cuba and other countries >where US have comercial restrictions? >I work for a British company with branches in Cuba and Syria. So I want >to know if there is a limitation or if I can think about deploying >FreeBSD globally for my company

Re: Troubleshoting with nat

2004-10-04 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said (with broken MS formatting): >I have two network on two different switch. My pc have two lan cards >among which 1st is connected to 1st switch and 2nd is connected to >second switch. Both the switch are not cascaded. One pc from 1st >network >can ping to 1st card and not to 2nd card an

Re: When Unix Stops Being Fun (pushing the thread even more OT)

2004-10-03 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >As a purely theoretical question - is it possible to be guilty of an >offence by being in possession of a digital image of a currency bill? >At what resolution does it become an offence? Hello, This exactly answers your questions: http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/banknotes/legisla

Re: question reguarding Evolution...

2004-09-30 Thread stheg olloydson
It was said (with broken MS formatting): X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 >Im running 4.10 right now and even since 4.9 and lower i have had this >= >problem. >Im running 1.4.6 right now... the latest as of last night form ports. = >(9/29/2004) > >Basicly what is happening is it

Re: Is there a reverse Network Address Translation???

2004-09-30 Thread stheg olloydson
It was said: >> Obviously, if you can ssh in, so can anyone else. Be sure you use a >>_very_ good password. > >Would using a public/private key not be better? Any password would still >be guessable. > >Jim Mozley Hello, Most certainly! I was taking into account the OP's relative newness to the u

Re: Is there a reverse Network Address Translation???

2004-09-30 Thread stheg olloydson
It was said: > I wan't to access my pc at work from home through >freebsd's sshd. Is it possible?, knowing that it >doesn't have a public ip address? That workstation of >mine is only gaining internet access through LAN >servers and routers. Will it help if I know the >gateway ip where my worksta

Re: question

2004-09-26 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: > % man 1 chmo > > whaT does (%) sign means here? root ,user or something else? > > Note ! [greypixel.gif] > Alternatively please send me mails on [i.p.emphone.gif] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and also please add me in your messenger > [greypixel.gif] Hello, The % is the "shell prompt.

Re: UNIX

2004-09-26 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I was told that I could learn UNIX for free on this site. If so please = >let me know how. My email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, Welcome to FreeBSD! You certainly can learn about unix type OSs here. The best place to start is with the Handbook. the URL is http://www.freebsd.

Re: Installing Free BSD 5.21

2004-09-26 Thread stheg olloydson
It was said: >I have had a crash on my computer I try to install McAfee Internet = >Security 6.0 I keep getting this error message. The Wizard was >interrupted before 6.o could be completely installed. It say new >program = >when I check McAfee it says it is empty. Will installing this=20 >help th

Re: Star Office for Mac OS10

2004-09-25 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: > A friend of mine recommended I download Star Office for my Mac, to >take the place of MSW, which I cannot afford. I don't understand how >your website works; ergo, how to access information on this software >and instructions as to downloading it. > >Please help! Hello, You ar

Re: Device polling performance

2004-09-25 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said by [EMAIL PROTECTED] : >The EVIDENCE is to the contrary, since it seems that a 2.4Ghz system >will be saturated when bridging ~250Kpps with device-polling enabled, >based on polling stats and userland benchmarking, even though the >system claims to be 100% idle. Interestingly, its abou

Re: Question

2004-09-18 Thread stheg olloydson
It was said: >Hi, > > I Bought from you FreeBSD 4.10 v, my main concern after I installed it >in my laptop I have trouble defining my network wireless card "Linksys >wireless -B" and the network, How can I do that?. Also Do I need the >device wi0?, and how can I find it? > > Sincerely, > > Ramez

Re: Please explain.

2004-09-18 Thread stheg olloydson
workstations that all run unix. I am a server manager and I do > consulting work for freebsd/linux. Windows came free so why not? I > don't do > business on it. > > I've been a really huge FreeBSD supporter.. but I am really concerned > about > this issue which has

Re: Please explain.

2004-09-18 Thread stheg olloydson
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600. >X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ns0.secureanonymous.com >X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org >X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller

freebsd "goes linux" and gets a distro

2004-09-09 Thread stheg olloydson
Hello, I haven't seen this mentioned and thought it might be of interest to the community. Distrowatch.com mentions a company, Trianceware, that is offering what appears to be a FBSD/KDE bundle they named TrianceOS. Their main aim looks to be making a *nix desktop OS for the typical Windows user,

Re: ISDN Jack Installation

2004-09-04 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >My new house is currently being built, and I am wondering if I should >install an ISDN jack now so that the SBC people don't have to do it >once the walls are up and I actually want an ISDN connection. What do >the people who install it have to do to get is upstairs when they >i

questions about gcc options

2004-09-04 Thread stheg olloydson
Hello, I decided to repost this with a less ambiguous subject. I have a few questions concerning optimization. I just setup 5.2.1p9 on an athlon-xp box. I used "-fmemoize-lookups" and "-fsave-memoized" options but I got this when doing a make buildworld: >cc1plus: error: unrecognized command

Re: Errata Branch

2004-09-03 Thread stheg olloydson
It was said: > Just so I have this correct: > > After I install 4.10-RELEASE, before I complete the first_cvsup my > config file should look as follows: > > *default host=cvsup12.freebsd.org > *default base=/usr > *default prefix=/usr > *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_4_10_0_RELEASE list=cvs:RE

make.conf optimzations [was ports vs source]

2004-09-03 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said by Vulpes Velox: >The ability to squeze the absolute max out using /etc/make.conf is >what I love about ports. > >CPUTYPE?=athlon-xp >CFLAGS= -O -m3dnow -msse -mmmx -pipe >CXXFLAGS+= -fmemoize-lookups -fsave-memoized -m3dnow -msse -mmmx Hello, This post raises a couple of questions

Re: Errata Branch

2004-09-03 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I'm looking for some information on the Errata Branch for 4.10. I just >re-installed my FreeBSD system and am now running 4.10-RELEASE. I want >to make sure that I am running with the most-up-to-date security >patches applied. > >I would like to know the steps necessary for appling

Re: Max # of Files in a Directory?

2004-09-02 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: > ... I started seeing all kinds of errors when > trying to copy more than 16383 messages into one > of my folders there. I'm retrieving mail from a > pop3 server using Outlook then copying them into > my imap folder, also using Outlook. Hello, 16383 was a limit in OL before versio

Re: setup firewall/router/proxy

2004-09-01 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: > Hi, > What are the best firewall - routing and proxy packages for FreeBSD ? Hello, Firewall: pf (/usr/ports/security/pf) Routing: routed (man 8 routed) Proxy: squid (/usr/ports/www/squid) just my 2% of your preferred currency's base unit, Stheg __

Re: OT: Nachos - simulated OS

2004-08-31 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >I suppose i am feeling lazy to compile gas, binutils, & gcc (which >would make the 3d instance) from source to be cross-compile-able due >to lack of a port. Speaking of which ... Nachos has been reported to >be ported to FreeBSD, btw. (Hint, Hint.) Hello, Did you read the entire

Re: 3Com Etherlink III ISA support [was Question]

2004-08-30 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: by: A W >Sorry im a total Newb to this Freebsd thingy. But if i were to do wat >u told me to do and get Version 2.2.2 of FreeBsd, Which files do i >need to start the installation? by: stheg olloydson >>I used that card in 2.2.2. (My first FBSD install!) As I remem

Re: Question on ATM w/ FreeBSD

2004-08-30 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said: >Can I plug in an ATM DS3 into something like a Cisco Lightstream LS1010 >with a DS3 card, then plug a PC running FreeBSD and Quagga, with a >Marconi Forerunner HE155 using the fatm() driver, into a OC3 card on >the LS1010, then define a VC, switch it through the switch, >and run data

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