Re: Newbie install question about disks

2006-06-15 Thread Reko Turja
In sysinstall appears: - ad0 = HD 80GB (for FreeBSD OS at complete) - ad12 = oine of the SATA HD I think - ad8 = The other SATA HD I think - ar0 = ??? (I suppose this is the RAID isnt'it?) What must I do? - Make only for ar0? Is the right alternative - ad8 and ad12 do not

Re: Newbie install question about disks

2006-06-15 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 6/15/06, DSA - JCR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I am installing a new and all Freebsd system (no other OS in it). The goal is to have a NFS for a network that has 2x200Gb in RAID 1 disks for data. It has 3 disks: - 80Gb Seagate IDE for FreeBSD OS alone - 2xSATA Seagate 200Gb disks in

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-16 Thread Frank Steinborn
Maan Jee wrote: Hi Can someone explane that at which filesystem is my /home directory located? Filesystem 1K-blocksUsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a50763055002 412018 12%/ devfs 1 1 0 100%/dev

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-16 Thread Jerry McAllister
Maan Jee wrote: Hi Can someone explane that at which filesystem is my /home directory located? Filesystem 1K-blocksUsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a50763055002 412018 12%/ devfs 1 1 0 100%

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-16 Thread James Long
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 21:38:57 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Newbie File system To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed James Long wrote: Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 17:20:33

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-15 Thread Andy Greenwood
On my system at least, /home is a symlink to /usr/home. I belive this is the default. On 5/15/06, Maan Jee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Can someone explane that at which filesystem is my /home directory located? Filesystem 1K-blocksUsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a507630

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-15 Thread Bill Moran
On Mon, 15 May 2006 17:20:33 +0200 Maan Jee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Can someone explane that at which filesystem is my /home directory located? Filesystem 1K-blocksUsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a50763055002 412018 12%/ devfs

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-15 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-05-15 17:20, Maan Jee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Can someone explane that at which filesystem is my /home directory located? Filesystem 1K-blocksUsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a50763055002 412018 12%/ devfs 1 1

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-15 Thread Fabian Keil
Maan Jee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone explane that at which filesystem is my /home directory located? Filesystem 1K-blocksUsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a50763055002 412018 12%/ devfs 1 1 0 100%

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-15 Thread albi
On Mon, 15 May 2006 17:20:33 +0200 Maan Jee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone explane that at which filesystem is my /home directory located? Filesystem 1K-blocksUsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a50763055002 412018 12%/ devfs 1

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-15 Thread Atom Powers
On 5/15/06, Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 15 May 2006 17:20:33 +0200 Maan Jee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone explane that at which filesystem is my /home directory located? Not reliably. Folks could guess. Post again and include the output of ls -l / this time. It's

RE: Newbie File system

2006-05-15 Thread fbsd
Look in /usr/home -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Maan Jee Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 11:21 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Newbie File system Hi Can someone explane that at which filesystem is my /home directory located?

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-15 Thread Gerard Seibert
Maan Jee wrote: Hi Can someone explane that at which filesystem is my /home directory located? Filesystem 1K-blocksUsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a50763055002 412018 12%/ devfs 1 1 0 100%/dev

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-15 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Hi Can someone explane that at which filesystem is my /home directory located? at / Filesystem 1K-blocksUsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a50763055002 412018 12%/ devfs 1 1 0 100%/dev /dev/ad0s1e

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-15 Thread Andy Greenwood
or even easier... cd pwd On 5/15/06, Atom Powers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/15/06, Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 15 May 2006 17:20:33 +0200 Maan Jee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can someone explane that at which filesystem is my /home directory located? Not reliably.

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-15 Thread Jerry McAllister
Maan Jee wrote: Hi Can someone explane that at which filesystem is my /home directory located? Filesystem 1K-blocksUsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a50763055002 412018 12%/ devfs 1 1 0 100%

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-15 Thread Matthew Seaman
Wojciech Puchar wrote: Hi Can someone explane that at which filesystem is my /home directory located? at / Filesystem 1K-blocksUsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a50763055002 412018 12%/ devfs 1 1 0

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-15 Thread James Long
Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 17:20:33 +0200 From: Maan Jee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Newbie File system To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Can someone explane that at which filesystem is my /home

Re: Newbie File system

2006-05-15 Thread Garrett Cooper
James Long wrote: Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 17:20:33 +0200 From: Maan Jee [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Newbie File system To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Can someone explane that at which filesystem

Re: Newbie Package Questions

2006-05-07 Thread Eric Schuele
Jim Angstadt wrote: Hi All, I'm new to FreeBSD and a first time poster to this list. I have used Linux for several years but would like to see what FreeBSD is like. tiny# uname -a FreeBSD tiny.brc.localnet 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005 [EMAIL

Re: Newbie Package Questions

2006-05-07 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Jim Angstadt wrote: Hi All, I'm new to FreeBSD and a first time poster to this list. I have used Linux for several years but would like to see what FreeBSD is like. Welcome! tiny# uname -a FreeBSD tiny.brc.localnet 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005

Re: newbie wanting to switch to FreeBSD - planning stage question

2006-05-04 Thread Eric Schuele
Barnaby Scott wrote: I am new to FreeBSD (or any other Unix operating system) but am very keen to make the switch. I have read as much as I can over the last couple of years, and am very nearly ready to ditch the various Windows versions on my network - however there is one Windows-only

Re: newbie wanting to switch to FreeBSD - planning stage question

2006-05-04 Thread John Nielsen
On Thursday 04 May 2006 15:55, Barnaby Scott wrote: I am new to FreeBSD (or any other Unix operating system) but am very keen to make the switch. I have read as much as I can over the last couple of years, and am very nearly ready to ditch the various Windows versions on my network - however

Re: newbie wanting to switch to FreeBSD - planning stage question

2006-05-04 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Barnaby Scott wrote: I am new to FreeBSD (or any other Unix operating system) but am very keen to make the switch. I have read as much as I can over the last couple of years, and am very nearly ready to ditch the various Windows versions on my network - however there is one Windows-only

Re: Newbie question - cannot add new disk

2006-04-22 Thread Oliver Iberien
Thanks for your interest in this. A large part of the problem was in fact a bad cable. I went back and forth between the command line and sysinstall. They seem not to do the same things. It did seem to me that the disklabel in sysinstall and the disklabel command-line tool did not necessarily

Re: Newbie question - cannot add new disk

2006-04-20 Thread Alex de Kruijff
On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 01:40:09PM -0700, Oliver Iberien wrote: Hi, I have been trying to add a second IDE hard drive. I can't seem to get it mounted, or to get what I put into sysinstall and what comes out when I use the command line to agree. Are you using the command line interface or

Re: Newbie question -- which files to back up?

2006-04-18 Thread Derek Ragona
The short answer is to backup the files you want to save. As a general rule, I suggest backing up: /etc /usr/local/etc /usr/local/www The last one assumes you have some website(s). If you are also worried about email, if you are using the standard sendmail, also backup: /var/mail I would

Re: Newbie question -- which files to back up?

2006-04-18 Thread Eric Schuele
Oliver Iberien wrote: I'm running FreeBSD 6.0 on a home machine and backing up to a DVD Burner, probably using kdar, the dar archiver that comes with KDE. My question is : which system files to back up, along with my personal stuff? I'm used to using linux distributions that do your system

Re: Newbie question - using sysinstall Upgrade an existing system - easy?

2006-04-17 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Oliver Iberien [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What actually happens when you use Upgrade an existing system in sysinstall? Do you end up with the X-server, etc., all functioning as before, or is there a lot of cleanup to do afterwards? X doesn't get automatically updated by that path; just the

Re: Newbie question -- which files to back up?

2006-04-16 Thread Andy Reitz
Hi Oliver, At a minimum, you will probably want to back up the following directories: /etc /usr/local/etc /home That will get all of the configuration files for FreeBSD and the software thar you installed from ports. The last directory will det all of your user's data.

Re: Newbie question -- which files to back up?

2006-04-16 Thread Glenn Dawson
At 09:58 PM 2/22/2006, Andy Reitz wrote: Hi Oliver, At a minimum, you will probably want to back up the following directories: /etc /usr/local/etc /home That will get all of the configuration files for FreeBSD and the software thar you installed from ports.

Re: Newbie question -- which files to back up?

2006-04-16 Thread Oliver Iberien
On Sunday 16 April 2006 09:00, Glenn Dawson wrote: At 09:58 PM 2/22/2006, Andy Reitz wrote: Hi Oliver, At a minimum, you will probably want to back up the following directories: /etc /usr/local/etc /home That will get all of the configuration files for

Re: Newbie question -- which files to back up?

2006-04-16 Thread Glenn Dawson
At 09:08 AM 4/16/2006, Oliver Iberien wrote: On Sunday 16 April 2006 09:00, Glenn Dawson wrote: At 09:58 PM 2/22/2006, Andy Reitz wrote: Hi Oliver, At a minimum, you will probably want to back up the following directories: /etc /usr/local/etc /home That

Re: newbie question on upgrading GCC

2006-04-11 Thread Chuck Swiger
Jim Stapleton wrote: [ ... ] When it comes to changing the default compiler a good rule of thumb is that if you need to ask how to do it, then you should not do it. That seems to be a general *nix world rule of thumb for just about everything... The UNIX world is willing to give you a loaded

Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-10 Thread offbyone
infernus - Bluelight wrote: Sorry for bothering this mailing list, but I realy need some help.. I find awsome screenshots from FreeBSD on various sites on the net, but on my comp, the only thing I see is a black screen with some white text on it, and: $| What you are

Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-10 Thread Jim Stapleton
I appologize is this stuff is too basic for you, but it sounds as if you need a crash course in Unix basics, not just FreeBSD. This will tell you how to do the basics. My suggestion is to go to the library and pick up some books on Unix use/administration and/or FreeBSD. O'Reily makes some nice

Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-10 Thread Jim Stapleton
rehash? Cool, thanks, that'll be useful if I have to reinstall in the future. At some point does this automatically get run after ports are built? I knotice things get rehashed automatically after my first few port builds, it's only the first few that cause the problem. (I usually do bash,

Re: newbie question on upgrading GCC

2006-04-10 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 10:43:51AM -0400, Jim Stapleton wrote: I did a make install clean in the lang/gcc40/ directory to get a newer version of GCC, and it seems happy, so the next thing I did was I replaced my /usr/bin/gcc, /usr/bin/g++, etc. binaries with hard links to the

Re: newbie question on upgrading GCC

2006-04-10 Thread Jim Stapleton
how do I setup make.conf to automatically use the new compiler? Is there any way to set this new compiler as the default (such as building the OS), without causing issues? Or would that be just a royal pain in the posterior that is not worth the effort? On 4/10/06, Erik Trulsson [EMAIL

Re: newbie question on upgrading GCC

2006-04-10 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 11:01:21AM -0400, Jim Stapleton wrote: how do I setup make.conf to automatically use the new compiler? Don't. But if you insist on doing that you could try putting CC=/usr/local/bin/gcc40 CXX=/usr/local/bin/g++40 into /etc/make.conf. Just be aware that it will

Re: newbie question on upgrading GCC

2006-04-10 Thread Jim Stapleton
When it comes to changing the default compiler a good rule of thumb is that if you need to ask how to do it, then you should not do it. That seems to be a general *nix world rule of thumb for just about everything... ___

Re: newbie question on upgrading GCC

2006-04-10 Thread RW
On Monday 10 April 2006 16:01, Jim Stapleton wrote: how do I setup make.conf to automatically use the new compiler? Is there any way to set this new compiler as the default (such as building the OS), without causing issues? Or would that be just a royal pain in the posterior that is not worth

Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-10 Thread RW
On Sunday 09 April 2006 20:38, infernus - Bluelight wrote: I was thinking about setting up a FTP and Apache server +mail maybe.. But now when I see this black screen and don't have a clue on what to do, or how to do enything.. I feel the hope is dripping into the sink! Several people have

Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-09 Thread Demian
infernus - Bluelight wrote: Sorry for bothering this mailing list, but I realy need some help.. I find awsome screenshots from FreeBSD on various sites on the net, but on my comp, the only thing I see is a black screen with some white text on it, and: $|

Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-09 Thread Dennis Olvany
infernus - Bluelight wrote: How do I enter some kind of interface, or desktop, like on the screenshots? Is there a web-site or enything with tutorials explaining how to do all this.. 1) Install xorg. If you chose an x installation, such as x-user, then you can skip this step. To see what's

Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-09 Thread David Stanford
Ivan, Yes, you are a newbie as many of us are (including myself ;). You have already gotten some pretty good responses pointing you in the right direction to correctly set up a graphical desktop, such as the ones you saw in the screenshots. However, what the responses have not mentioned, and I

Re: Newbie help!

2006-04-09 Thread Duane Whitty
infernus - Bluelight wrote: Sorry for bothering this mailing list, but I realy need some help.. I find awsome screenshots from FreeBSD on various sites on the net, but on my comp, the only thing I see is a black screen with some white text on it, and: $|

Re: Newbie FreeBSD/Linux Question

2006-03-09 Thread hackmiester / Hunter Fuller
On Wednesday 08 March 2006 14:46, Lawrence Petrykanyn wrote: Hi! snip I tried make --with-default-tmpdir=/mnt/ramfs and received a message informing me that this is not correct Make syntax. No, you've got it all wrong! To build an application, you generally do this: ./configure make make

Re: Newbie questions: 2 of a few.

2006-03-08 Thread Pietro Cerutti
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

Re: Newbie FreeBSD/Linux Question

2006-03-08 Thread Glenn Dawson
At 12:46 PM 3/8/2006, Lawrence Petrykanyn wrote: Hi! I am a newbie trying to compile the program JACK that is required for the midi sequencer Rosegarden. This program (JACK) is not available through the ports collection and is intended for a Linux system. I am running FreeBSD 5.4 with

Re: Newbie FreeBSD/Linux Question

2006-03-08 Thread Bob Johnson
On 3/8/06, Lawrence Petrykanyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] directed. What I don't understand is the last instruction of the second option listed below, the line that says, add --with-default-tmpdir=/mnt/ramfs to the JACK configure line when you build it. I tried make

Re: Newbie FreeBSD/Linux Question

2006-03-08 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Lawrence Petrykanyn wrote: Hi! I am a newbie trying to compile the program JACK that is required for the midi sequencer Rosegarden. This program (JACK) is not available through the ports collection and is intended for a Linux system. I am running FreeBSD 5.4 with linux compatibility

Re: Newbie FreeBSD/Linux Question

2006-03-08 Thread Per olof Ljungmark
Lawrence Petrykanyn wrote: Hi! I am a newbie trying to compile the program JACK that is required for the midi sequencer Rosegarden. This program (JACK) is not available through the ports collection and is intended for a Linux system. I am I have jackd(1) installed (from ports) but maybe

Re: Newbie FreeBSD/Linux Question

2006-03-08 Thread wc_fbsd
At 05:30 PM 3/8/2006, you wrote: I am a newbie trying to compile the program JACK that is required for the midi sequencer Rosegarden. This program (JACK) is not available through the ports collection and is intended for a Linux system. I am Perhaps I'm not understanding the whole scenario,

Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-26 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 08:15 -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: On Wednesday 22 February 2006 21:59, Ow Mun Heng wrote: On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:36 -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: On Wednesday 22 February 2006 20:59, Ow Mun Heng wrote: what about the dependency then? Ignore it? What if there

Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-23 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Wednesday 22 February 2006 21:59, Ow Mun Heng wrote: On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:36 -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: On Wednesday 22 February 2006 20:59, Ow Mun Heng wrote: what about the dependency then? Ignore it? What if there are files needed by xorg-clients? eg: libXX.so.Y and which

Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-22 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Wednesday 22 February 2006 19:58, Ow Mun Heng wrote: Hi, I've googled. I've read the handbook, I've read Absolute BSD and still I can't understand FreeBSD Ports/Packages esp when it comes to upgrading via packages. I'm from a Linux (gentoo linux) background so I'm not a rough diamond.

RE: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-22 Thread fbsd_user
do pkg_info look in the output for xterm. it will contain its complete name if its name in the list output is xterm-203 then pkg_delete xterm-203 this will remove it then pkg_add -rv xterm should fetch the package from the ports collection and install it. There is a better explanation of the

Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-22 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 20:32 -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: On Wednesday 22 February 2006 19:58, Ow Mun Heng wrote: Hi, I've googled. I've read the handbook, I've read Absolute BSD and still $pkg_add -vr x11/xterm-206_1 pkg_add: package 'xterm-206_1' or its older version already

Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-22 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Ow Mun Heng wrote: Hi, I've googled. I've read the handbook, I've read Absolute BSD and still I can't understand FreeBSD Ports/Packages esp when it comes to upgrading via packages. I'm from a Linux (gentoo linux) background so I'm not a rough diamond. rough diamond ... I like that idea.

RE: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-22 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:37 -0500, fbsd_user wrote: do pkg_info look in the output for xterm. it will contain its complete name if its name in the list output is xterm-203 then I did that. pkg_delete xterm-203 this will remove it It says dependencies on xorg-clients. Another poster said

Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-22 Thread Donald J. O'Neill
On Wednesday 22 February 2006 20:59, Ow Mun Heng wrote: On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 20:32 -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: On Wednesday 22 February 2006 19:58, Ow Mun Heng wrote: Hi, I've googled. I've read the handbook, I've read Absolute BSD and still $pkg_add -vr x11/xterm-206_1

Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-22 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:02 -0600, Kevin Kinsey wrote: Ow Mun Heng wrote: I'm from a Linux (gentoo linux) background so I'm not a rough diamond. rough diamond ... I like that idea. :D haha.. As mentioned by one other poster, -f will force the deinstall. Not an option for me.

Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-22 Thread Eric Schuele
Ow Mun Heng wrote: Hi, I've googled. I've read the handbook, I've read Absolute BSD and still I can't understand FreeBSD Ports/Packages esp when it comes to upgrading via packages. I'm from a Linux (gentoo linux) background so I'm not a rough diamond. Problem statement. FreeBSD-Release-6

Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-22 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:36 -0600, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: On Wednesday 22 February 2006 20:59, Ow Mun Heng wrote: what about the dependency then? Ignore it? What if there are files needed by xorg-clients? eg: libXX.so.Y and which is not present in the new xterm? Since you want to

Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-22 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:58 -0600, Eric Schuele wrote: Ow Mun Heng wrote: In gentoo, it's a simple emerge xterm and all will be done automatically. (Granted, this is compile from source and not from binary packages, which I know can do cd /usr/ports/x11/xterm make install clean, but

RE: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-22 Thread fbsd_user
by running a single script. I hope this helps you. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ow Mun Heng Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 10:09 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want

Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-22 Thread Ow Mun Heng
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:02 -0600, Kevin Kinsey wrote: Ow Mun Heng wrote: I'm from a Linux (gentoo linux) background so I'm not a rough diamond. rough diamond ... I like that idea. :D haha.. As mentioned by one other poster, -f will force the deinstall. Not an option for me.

Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-22 Thread Eric Schuele
Ow Mun Heng wrote: On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 21:58 -0600, Eric Schuele wrote: Ow Mun Heng wrote: In gentoo, it's a simple emerge xterm and all will be done automatically. (Granted, this is compile from source and not from binary packages, which I know can do cd /usr/ports/x11/xterm make install

Re: Newbie Alert : pkg_add and packages Q (do not want to compile)

2006-02-22 Thread Robert Huff
Eric Schuele writes: The only thing (again) unnerving is this statement. [snip] pkg_delete: package 'gettext-0.14.5' is required by these other packages and may not be deinstalled (but I'll delete it anyway): --- *anyway*?? bash-3.1.10 [/snip] Don't worry. Its

Re: Newbie problems with svscan and arp

2005-12-16 Thread Odhiambo Washington
* On 16/12/05 07:23 -0800, manish jain wrote: Hi, I am trying my hand at FreeBSD administration and would greatly appreciate assistance with some problems I am facing with setting up mail services and the network properly. My system has 2 network cards (rl0 and dc0). rl0 has been

Re: Newbie: Ports upgrade, CVSup, and disk space problems

2005-12-07 Thread Ashley Moran
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 14:43, Charles Haynes wrote: Hi, all. I'm new to FreeBSD. I'm setting up a machine to act as a webserver using: FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE-p12-jc2 (jail18) #0 Tonight I added the package: cvsup-without-gui-16.1h_2 and ran: # cvsup -g -L 2 /root/cvs-supfile

Re: newbie

2005-12-04 Thread arden
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 23:30:25 +0100 Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 03:54:46PM -0600, Douglass, Erik wrote: After being an Windows/Cisco IT professional for the past 7 years, I have decided to make the plunge over to FreeBSD on my own time. I have it installed,

RE: newbie

2005-12-01 Thread Brian E. Conklin
As someone from similar circumstances a few years ago, I found FreeBSD Unleashed by Michael Urban and published by SAMS quite valuable. Brian E. Conklin, MCP+I, MCSE Director of Information Services Mason General Hospital http://www.masongeneral.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: newbie

2005-12-01 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Douglass, Erik [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After being an Windows/Cisco IT professional for the past 7 years, I have decided to make the plunge over to FreeBSD on my own time. I have it installed, and it is quite overwhelming. If anyone has any recommendations/tips or books for acquainting

Re: newbie

2005-12-01 Thread Roland Smith
On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 03:54:46PM -0600, Douglass, Erik wrote: After being an Windows/Cisco IT professional for the past 7 years, I have decided to make the plunge over to FreeBSD on my own time. I have it installed, and it is quite overwhelming. If anyone has any recommendations/tips or

Re: newbie

2005-12-01 Thread Peter Clutton
On 12/2/05, Douglass, Erik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After being an Windows/Cisco IT professional for the past 7 years, I have decided to make the plunge over to FreeBSD on my own time. I have it installed, and it is quite overwhelming. If anyone has any recommendations/tips or books for

Re: newbie

2005-12-01 Thread Bob Johnson
On 12/1/05, Douglass, Erik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After being an Windows/Cisco IT professional for the past 7 years, I have decided to make the plunge over to FreeBSD on my own time. I have it installed, and it is quite overwhelming. If anyone has any recommendations/tips or books for

RE: newbie

2005-12-01 Thread fbsd_user
Check this out its free. http://www.unixguide.net/freebsd/fbsd_installguide/index.php -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Douglass, Erik Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 4:55 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: newbie After being an

Re: newbie

2005-12-01 Thread Beecher Rintoul
On Thursday 01 December 2005 06:55 pm, fbsd_user wrote: Check this out its free. http://www.unixguide.net/freebsd/fbsd_installguide/index.php -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Douglass, Erik Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 4:55 PM To:

Re: OT: unlucky generalizations [was: Re: Newbie Q: freeBSD vs openBSD]

2005-11-28 Thread Sanjay Arora
On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 00:21 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2005-11-27 16:25, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for all that think about security please don't use popular books, learn by yourself, and don't configure and use things like everyone else do!

Re: Newbie Q: freeBSD vs openBSD

2005-11-28 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I have started with OpenBSD. I was coming from Red Hat 6.2 and to my shame, I didn't knew at that time that the BSD did exist. The very same day I discovered that BSD were free, and that I was indeed running one. same with me i wasn't aware of BSD first, then i was teached by linux community

Re: Newbie Q: freeBSD vs openBSD

2005-11-27 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Newbie for freeBSD. One question freeBSD vs openBSD...what's the difference...security...supportdevelopment stage...other pros cons for each. People say that OpenBSD is the most secure. I say i would be as secure as it's system administrator. If we talk about performance, i agree with

Re: Newbie Q: freeBSD vs openBSD

2005-11-27 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-11-27 11:55, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Newbie for freeBSD. One question freeBSD vs openBSD...what's the difference...security...supportdevelopment stage...other pros cons for each. People say that OpenBSD is the most secure. I say i would be as secure as it's

Re: Newbie Q: freeBSD vs openBSD

2005-11-27 Thread J.D. Bronson
At 08:14 AM 11/27/2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2005-11-27 11:55, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Newbie for freeBSD. One question freeBSD vs openBSD...what's the difference...security...supportdevelopment stage...other pros cons for each. People say that OpenBSD is the

Re: Newbie Q: freeBSD vs openBSD

2005-11-27 Thread Wojciech Puchar
it seems the OpenBSD group doesn't actually like questions. You can get flamed for the best worded question. Under FreeBSD, the community is more open to ideas and people trying things. In addition...some parts of the core of OpenBSD cannot easily be upgraded w/o issues. (Like openSSL for

Re: Newbie Q: freeBSD vs openBSD

2005-11-27 Thread Gilbert Fernandes
it seems the OpenBSD group doesn't actually like questions. You can get flamed for the best worded question. Under FreeBSD, the community is more open to ideas and people trying things. But we have to admit they do know how to properly flame someone. I mean, we never heard the rosted ash

OT: unlucky generalizations [was: Re: Newbie Q: freeBSD vs openBSD]

2005-11-27 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-11-27 16:25, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for all that think about security please don't use popular books, learn by yourself, and don't configure and use things like everyone else do! somewhat-far-fetched-comment/ Then you can never build upon the experience of others.

Re: OT: unlucky generalizations [was: Re: Newbie Q: freeBSD vs openBSD]

2005-11-27 Thread Peter Hummers
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2005-11-27 16:25, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: for all that think about security please don't use popular books, learn by yourself, and don't configure and use things like everyone else do! somewhat-far-fetched-comment/ Then you

Re: Newbie Q: freeBSD vs openBSD

2005-11-27 Thread Gerard Seibert
On Sunday, November 27, 2005 10:25:55 AM, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Newbie Q: freeBSD vs openBSD Wrote these words of wisdom: for all that think about security please don't use popular books, learn by yourself, and don't configure and use things like everyone else do

Re: newbie

2005-10-24 Thread Andreas Rudisch
On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 07:51 +0200, Eyad Salah wrote: I'm kinda new to Linux, How can I start FreeBSD GUI (Like windows)? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ -- GnuPG key : 0xD25FCC81 | http://cyb.websimplex.de/pubkey.asc Fingerprint: D182 6F22 7EEC DD4C 0F6E 564C

Re: newbie

2005-10-24 Thread RW
On Monday 24 October 2005 06:51, Eyad Salah wrote: I'm kinda new to Linux, How can I start FreeBSD GUI (Like windows)? FreeBSD is not Linux. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: newbie ports question

2005-10-13 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/13/05, makisupa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to be getting myself in trouble repeatedly...I'm sure someone can help... Fresh install of 6.0 RC1, gnome 2.12 from marcus's tb, freshly cvsupped ports. I need to install some little apps like gaim and pan. when running 'make install

Re: newbie ports question

2005-10-13 Thread Robert Huff
Andrew P. writes: === Installing for glib-2.6.6 === glib-2.6.6 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.7 - found === glib-2.6.6 depends on executable: pkg-config - found === glib-2.6.6 depends on shared library: intl - found === Generating temporary packing list ===

Re: newbie ports question

2005-10-13 Thread Peter Matulis
I'd start with installing portupgrade, and trying to portupgrade -arR. I'm sure there's another solution, though. What is the use of specifying the 'r' switch when using the 'a' switch? # portupgrade -ar Since all installed ports are targeted wouldn't installed ports that depend on another

Re: newbie ports question

2005-10-13 Thread Gregory Nou
Andrew P. wrote: On 10/13/05, makisupa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to be getting myself in trouble repeatedly...I'm sure someone can help... Fresh install of 6.0 RC1, gnome 2.12 from marcus's tb, freshly cvsupped ports. I need to install some little apps like gaim and pan. when running

Re: newbie ports question

2005-10-13 Thread makisupa
On Thu, 2005-10-13 at 14:21 -0400, Robert Huff wrote: Andrew P. writes: === Installing for glib-2.6.6 === glib-2.6.6 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.7 - found === glib-2.6.6 depends on executable: pkg-config -

Re: newbie ports question

2005-10-13 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/14/05, makisupa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What good will portupgrade it do here? Obviously I must not properly understand what its doing...but in the error message I have a newer version of the dependency than the port calls for and the port misidentifies this. If there was a newer port

Re: Newbie Questions

2005-10-09 Thread makisupa
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

Re: Newbie Questions

2005-10-07 Thread Kevin Kinsey
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

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