Thanks to all for your detailed and informative replies to my questions. I
have many new things to try out.
I can't speak for anyone else, but long posts don't bother me. I hope
we've clarified things for you. Welcome to FreeBSD!
Thanks. Its good to be here!
-Richard
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:13 AM, Richard Mace mac...@telkomsa.net wrote:
I recently installed FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE on my home desktop and am
considering
making the switch from Debian GNU/Linux.
I have a few questions which I am hoping the list can clarify for me.
1.) Keeping installed
On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Richard Mace wrote:
I recently installed FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE on my home desktop and am considering
making the switch from Debian GNU/Linux.
I have a few questions which I am hoping the list can clarify for me.
1.) Keeping installed ports/packages up to date.
As far as I
2009/12/3 Richard Mace mac...@telkomsa.net:
1.) Keeping installed ports/packages up to date.
As far as I can tell from the docs, perhaps the most convenient method is to
use something like:
# portsnap fetch update
# pkgdb -F
# portupgrade --batch -aP (do I need an R here?)
I don't
S4mmael wrote:
2009/12/3 Richard Mace mac...@telkomsa.net:
1.) Keeping installed ports/packages up to date.
As far as I can tell from the docs, perhaps the most convenient method is to
use something like:
# portsnap fetch update
# pkgdb -F
# portupgrade --batch -aP (do I need an R
On Thu 03 Dec 2009 at 01:13:39 PST Richard Mace wrote:
I recently installed FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE on my home desktop and am considering
making the switch from Debian GNU/Linux.
I have a few questions which I am hoping the list can clarify for me.
1.) Keeping installed ports/packages up to date.
On Thu 03 Dec 2009 at 07:32:33 PST Warren Block wrote:
As far as batch or even -a, I update the ports tree often and prefer
to manually upgrade ports as needed, usually with portupgrade -r. A
lot of people seem to like -R; maybe I have the dependencies backwards.
Since this is a newbie
Hi,
let me give some very basic answers.
cothrige wrote:
ports system is completely separate from the OS itself, and that these
Applications have nothing to do with the operating system. In theory at
least.
Practically it is more limited.
can be upgraded or updated separately. From
On Friday 07 September 2007, Lars Eighner wrote:
2. Install cvsup from a package or the ports, but do not install any other
ports.
Isn't csup, a functional and faster equivalent to cvsup part of the base
system now?
--
Dave
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Predrag Punosevac wrote:
I am not sure. I know that portsnap is the part of base package.
dgmm wrote:
On Friday 07 September 2007, Lars Eighner wrote:
2. Install cvsup from a package or the ports, but do not install
any other
ports.
Isn't csup, a functional and faster
Lars Eighner writes:
assumption that one must run two cvsup operations with two separate
supfiles to update both the core OS and the ports. Am I understanding
this correctly?
[deletia]
Many people do it it two operations because they really are two
different things.
Hi,
I can't answer all your questions, but will take a shot at a couple.
You should check out the handbook at:
http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html
and
http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/
For more complete information.
On Fri,
On 9/7/07, Lars Eighner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, cothrige wrote:
assumption that one must run two cvsup operations with two separate
supfiles to update both the core OS and the ports. Am I understanding
this correctly?
No. It is not must. You can update your source
That is the correct but I prefer to use portsnap for ports and keep
cvsup just for core OS!
Robert Huff wrote:
Lars Eighner writes:
assumption that one must run two cvsup operations with two separate
supfiles to update both the core OS and the ports. Am I understanding
this
cothrige [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sorry. What I really had in mind was the ports tree itself, which I
had an option during install to add. BTW, I answered yes to this and
so had that which was on the 6.2 install disc. Based on the other
responses, it is looking like perhaps that is not
On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 12:16:32 -0400
Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In general, the OS versions are managed so that anything that will
run in one version of a main branch will run in another. eg, if
it will run in 6.1, it should run in 6.2 and 6.3. But it may well
not work in 7.xx
I am not sure. I know that portsnap is the part of base package.
dgmm wrote:
On Friday 07 September 2007, Lars Eighner wrote:
2. Install cvsup from a package or the ports, but do not install any other
ports.
Isn't csup, a functional and faster equivalent to cvsup part of the
On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, cothrige wrote:
assumption that one must run two cvsup operations with two separate
supfiles to update both the core OS and the ports. Am I understanding
this correctly?
No. It is not must. You can update your source and your ports tree
with one supfile. You can add
On 9/7/07, Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 10:53:09AM -0500, cothrige wrote:
Sorry. What I really had in mind was the ports tree itself, which I
had an option during install to add. BTW, I answered yes to this and
so had that which was on the 6.2 install
On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 10:53:09AM -0500, cothrige wrote:
On 9/7/07, Erich Dollansky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Howdy, and thanks for the help.
[snip]
I have downloaded the FreeBSD 6.2 install discs and have finished the
Just stick with 6.2 for the moment.
Wait, you do
On 9/7/07, Erich Dollansky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Howdy, and thanks for the help.
[snip]
I have downloaded the FreeBSD 6.2 install discs and have finished the
Just stick with 6.2 for the moment.
I had thought this might be the best method, and so figured I would
for some time
On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 12:26:40PM -0500, cothrige wrote:
On 9/7/07, Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 10:53:09AM -0500, cothrige wrote:
Sorry. What I really had in mind was the ports tree itself, which I
had an option during install to add. BTW, I
On Wednesday 23 August 2006 12:37 am, E. Gad wrote:
Hello
First I was directed to post the here because I posted to the stable
mailing list before re-reading what it's purpose is- I apologise-.
I am playing with freebsd 6 on a testing box. I Upgraded l from 6.0 to
6.1 because it looked
Hello,
Welcome to the world of FreeBSD. First of all, why are you trying to
install binaries? I would say it is wiser to use the port system
yourself. However remember to cvsup your ports tree before you start
using it to get the required software. Refer to the handbook for
understanding how
Subhro wrote:
yourself. However remember to cvsup your ports tree before you start
using it to get the required software. Refer to the handbook for
understanding how ports work.
For most people portsnap would be a better way of updating one's ports
tree. Firstly, it's in the base system and
On 3/8/06, Bruce M. Axtens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been trying to get FreeBSD 5.4 going on a friend's Celeron and
have been doing okay ... until now.
Question 1: How do I get automounting of cdroms working? Is it possible
in KDE or GNOME, when you put in a cd that the icon just appears
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 20:00 -0500, Kevin Kinsey wrote:
makisupa wrote:
Been using Linux awhile...recently migrated a laptop to FreeBSD. Its a
bit old and BSD runs nicely on the deprecated hardware. I am using
6.0-BETA 5 despite warning to the contrary because my atheros based wifi
card
makisupa wrote:
Been using Linux awhile...recently migrated a laptop to FreeBSD. Its a
bit old and BSD runs nicely on the deprecated hardware. I am using
6.0-BETA 5 despite warning to the contrary because my atheros based wifi
card works well -- i had all kinds of trouble in 5.4. Running
Added inetd_enable=YES to rc.conf and made sure the rest of the steps
from the pkg-message where followed. 'killall -HUP inetd' does not give
an error. the output of 'ps -aux | grep inetd' (as user, no output as
root):
makisupa 3330 0.0 0.1 512 392 p0 R+8:45PM 0:00.00 grep
inetd
Joseph Borg wrote:
Hi,
I've got a couple of questions I was hoping someone could help me with:
[snip]
- Finally, I've just installed gnome and when it starts up, I get the
following error: No volume control elements and/or devices found. The A8V
Motherboard on which the system is installed has an
On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 09:58:51PM +0200, Joseph Borg wrote:
Hi,
I've got a couple of questions I was hoping someone could help me with:
- I've got an (extremely old) HP Scanjet 4c Scanner hooked up via an Adaptec
SCSI card to my system. Freebsd seems to recognize this scanner at boot:
May
Hi Ron,
Thanks for your tips. The sound card and mixer look ok now. I've also
installed xsane and I'm now figuring out how to use it.
As for the DVD, I've search my ports for growisofs however, I cannot find
it. Can I download it off anywhere?
Thanks,
Joe
On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 12:01:23AM +0200, Joseph Borg wrote:
As for the DVD, I've search my ports for growisofs however, I cannot find
it. Can I download it off anywhere?
The program is called growisofs, but it's packaged as dvd+rw-tools (in
/usr/ports/sysutils).
Roland
--
R.F.Smith
On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 11:18:34 +0300 (EEST)
Radu MOLNAR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I hope this is the right place to post this.Sorry if it isn't
Just some stupid newbie questions:
1) I have an alias made in my .profile alias vi='/usr/local/bin/vim' but
the alias is not made when i log in X. If a
On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 10:20:12AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Question # 1:
When I type 'su' and subsequently type in my password, I am taken to the
root. However, certain programs; i.e., 'portupgrade' will not run. If I then
subsequently type 'su' I a, presented with a new prompt
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On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:39 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hello again,
first, i can't seem to get my modem to do anything, i think it's an
irq conflict, but don't really want to mess around with the config
files too much if i don't have
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On Wednesday 20 August 2003 11:22 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:39 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
hello again,
first, i can't seem to get my modem to do anything, i think it's
an irq conflict, but don't really
2 problems
1 cable modem needed 10baset connection. changed rc.conf=
ifconfig_dc0=inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx mask 255.255.255.0 media 10baseT/UTP
fixed that problem
2 didn't need pppoe after all! after changing media, was able to ping
external router
btw, this is charter pipeline (vermont) service
ok here is what i get
www# /usr/sbin/ppp
Working in interactive mode
Using interface: tun0
tun0: Command: default: add default HISADDR
tun0: Command: default: enable DNS
tun0: Command: default: set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.0/2 255.255.255
0.0.0.0
tun0: Command: default: set authname **
attempting to run pppoe on freebsd 4.7 over cable/dsl connection.
manual says kernel recompilation unnecessary for this release in
order to run pppoe. however, netgraph does not seem to be loading at boot
time. additionally, pppoe seems unable to get past lcp when connecting.
how can i tell
What does your ppp.conf look like? For PPPoE, it you should have a line
like this:
[ dang email client ]
set device PPPoE:ed1
where ed1 is the network card that is hooked up to your DSL modem.
--
Matt
www# /usr/sbin/ppp
Working in interactive mode
Using interface: tun0
tun0:
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