Re: Howto umount a cdrom as non-root?

2004-02-06 Thread Edd Barrett
purposes) Will get back to you tomorrow lowell. Thanks - Original Message - From: Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Edd Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 4:41 PM Subject: Re: Howto umount a cdrom as non-root? Edd Barrett [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Howto umount a cdrom as non-root?

2004-02-06 Thread Mark Weinem
Hi Edd! Don't forget to make the user a member of wheel group. Greetings, Mark Weinem ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Mutt, GPG and Maildir HOWTO

2004-01-27 Thread Thomas T. Veldhouse
Can anybody lead me to a HOWTO or simple configuration for using Mutt with GPG and a Maildir setup (via courier-imap)? Thanks in advance, Tom Veldhouse ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Mutt, GPG and Maildir HOWTO

2004-01-27 Thread Gautam Gopalakrishnan
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 12:01:20PM -0600, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote: Can anybody lead me to a HOWTO or simple configuration for using Mutt with GPG and a Maildir setup (via courier-imap)? From the mutt homepage: http://mutt.sourceforge.net/imap/ http://mutt.org/doc/PGP-Notes.txt Gautam

Bug tracking, Howto?

2004-01-15 Thread Micheas Herman
Hi, Problem: There is a bug in FreeBSD 5.2 that is keeping me from migrating to it. Question: Is there a resource like bugzilla so I can track the bug? (My only idea so far is to subscribe to the cvs update list and filter for key words.) Thanks, Micheas -- Micheas Herman

Re: Bug tracking, Howto?

2004-01-15 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 09:40:53AM -0800, Micheas Herman wrote: Is there a resource like bugzilla so I can track the bug? (My only idea so far is to subscribe to the cvs update list and filter for key words.) Yes: FreeBSD uses Gnats for it's PR database. This is the page you need:

logitech usb camera driver and setup howto

2003-12-26 Thread Steve Howard
did you ever find anything to get a logitech webcam working? I have same problem, I'd be grateful for any help. - thank steve ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: howto upgrade 4.8 to 4.9 without cdrom or floppy? ERROR

2003-12-16 Thread Gautam Gopalakrishnan
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 08:44:08AM -0800, hugle wrote: MS # make; make depend; make install at step 4, you should do: make depend make make install Well, why not make depend all install? Gautam ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: howto upgrade 4.8 to 4.9 without cdrom or floppy? ERROR

2003-12-15 Thread paul van den bergen
After all that angst, I couldn't get it to work anyway - on reboot the system reverted to a 4.8 kernel... Not sure why, but gave up at this point... On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 05:25 pm, paul van den bergen wrote: On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 05:17 pm, paul van den bergen wrote: Hi... snip... I stuffed

RE: howto upgrade 4.8 to 4.9 without cdrom or floppy? ERROR

2003-12-15 Thread Minnesota Slinky
Of paul van den bergen Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 6:42 PM To: FreeBSD-questions Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: howto upgrade 4.8 to 4.9 without cdrom or floppy? ERROR After all that angst, I couldn't get it to work anyway - on reboot the system reverted to a 4.8 kernel... Not sure why

Re: howto upgrade 4.8 to 4.9 without cdrom or floppy? ERROR

2003-12-15 Thread paul van den bergen
President AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc (612) 998-3588 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of paul van den bergen Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 6:42 PM To: FreeBSD-questions Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: howto upgrade 4.8

Re[2]: howto upgrade 4.8 to 4.9 without cdrom or floppy? ERROR

2003-12-15 Thread hugle
MS There's actually a very simple process to use to upgrade, providing you MS have a broadband connection: MS 1) cvsup your sources to the newer sources. For more information read MS about cvsup or checkout the handbook! MS 2) once you have new sources, cd to /usr/src and type make world; this

howto upgrade 4.8 to 4.9 without cdrom or floppy?

2003-12-11 Thread paul van den bergen
/boot.flp # mkdir /bootfloppy # mount_mfs /dev/vn1c /bootfloppy/ # cp /bootfloppy/kernel.gz /ikernel.gz # cp /bootfloppy/mfsroot.gz /mfsroot.gz then reboot as described... I am about to try this out... wish me luck! On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 07:18 pm, Alfred Perlstein wrote: I have a mini-HOWTO here

Re: howto upgrade 4.8 to 4.9 without cdrom or floppy? ERROR

2003-12-11 Thread paul van den bergen
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 05:17 pm, paul van den bergen wrote: Hi... snip... I stuffed up... # vnconfig vn1 /path/to/freebsd4.9/floppies/boot.flp # mkdir /bootfloppy # mount_mfs /dev/vn1c /bootfloppy/ ^ does not work... try simply # mount /dev/vn1c /bootfloppy/ -- Dr Paul van

Re: howto upgrade 4.8 to 4.9 without cdrom or floppy?

2003-12-11 Thread Robert Watson
/bootfloppy/mfsroot.gz /mfsroot.gz then reboot as described... I am about to try this out... wish me luck! On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 07:18 pm, Alfred Perlstein wrote: I have a mini-HOWTO here that possibly be automated. Basically we're going to install FreeBSD over FreeBSD without a floppy

Re: Bug in ports howto question

2003-11-25 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-10-28 01:43:19 +0100: On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 04:07:08PM -0800, kosmos wrote: On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 11:36:48PM +0100, Simon Barner wrote: What is the procedure to submit a new port when you don't have access to a dedicated and highly-visible Freebsd machine

need a HOWTO on upgrading 5.0 to 5.1

2003-11-16 Thread Scott Renna
when attempting a clean install of 5.1 it goes fine and I can even boot. Has anyone seen a good HOWTO on how to upgrade 5.0 to 5.1? I've read the handbook and a few articles online but I've had zero luck...it might be due to the fact that I may not have enough space for 5.1 install to save my old

Re: Howto make one of two sound cards default?

2003-11-06 Thread Jean-Baptiste Quenot
* Alexey V. Litvinov: My researches point me to /dev/dsp and i'm tried to make ln -s /dev/dsp1.0 /dev/dsp Just tell your applications that the sound device is /dev/dsp1.0. For example, here is the config of the Enlightenment Sound Daemon: [esd] auto_spawn=1 spawn_options=-terminate

Re: Howto make one of two sound cards default?

2003-11-01 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Alexey V. Litvinov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Problem: I have two sound cards one inserted into PCI slot and one integrated into motherboard, all cards detected and working fine. First is pcm0 and second is pcm1. Since first (external) detected on boot first it is default to sound

Howto make one of two sound cards default?

2003-10-30 Thread Alexey V. Litvinov
Hello All!, Problem: I have two sound cards one inserted into PCI slot and one integrated into motherboard, all cards detected and working fine. First is pcm0 and second is pcm1. Since first (external) detected on boot first it is default to sound output, but i wish to use second

Bug in ports howto question

2003-10-27 Thread Jason Dictos
How does one formally submit a ports bug report? -Jason This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the

Re: Bug in ports howto question

2003-10-27 Thread mpd
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:56:08AM -0800, Jason Dictos wrote: How does one formally submit a ports bug report? -Jason E-mail the maintainer, or use send-pr(1) mike -- ___ NUTS TO YOU AND YOUR BROCCOLI POKEY!! - Little Girl

Re: Bug in ports howto question

2003-10-27 Thread kosmos
What is the procedure to submit a new port when you don't have access to a dedicated and highly-visible Freebsd machine on the internet? If you try to send a PR from a regular-person connection (e.g. DSL or modem - with no verifiable hostname) sendmail , probably to protect itself from spam,

Re: Bug in ports howto question

2003-10-27 Thread Simon Barner
What is the procedure to submit a new port when you don't have access to a dedicated and highly-visible Freebsd machine on the internet? You have to configure sendmail (or any other MTA of your choice) to use a proper mail server (e.g your ISP's) as a smarthost/mailrelay. Perhaps at least a

Re: Bug in ports howto question

2003-10-27 Thread kosmos
Randy, Thanks for the info. I decided to stop using my MS mail client, and replaced sendmail on my unix box with ssmtp, which is a lot simpler. I think there are 3 configuration options to it. I use pop3 so I am also using fetchmail now. I used gtk-send-pr at the last place I worked, and

Re: Bug in ports howto question

2003-10-27 Thread Simon Barner
Or just have sendmail config files for the most common cases, e.g. isps mail server as smart host (with and without asmtp), etc. That would be good idea too. But when you make world and run mergemaster, is always the risk of the sendmail configurations getting wiped out. But I guess it

Re: ssh keys - howto?

2003-10-26 Thread Jan Grant
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Frank Knobbe wrote: On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 17:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, I'm stumped. Just need to get ssh keys working. I have FBSD-5.1 web server with sshd running. I have a workstation running W2K with WinSCP3. I have tried Puttygen to create the keys and

Re: ssh keys - howto?

2003-10-26 Thread Frank Knobbe
On Sun, 2003-10-26 at 05:18, Jan Grant wrote: No, you don't. Use puttygen to create the key (as you've done) and copy the public half of it to your FreeBSD box (as you've done). I was reasonable sure that I created my keys on BSD and converted the public key to Putty using an import function.

Re: ssh keys - howto?

2003-10-25 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 11:28:27PM -0500, Frank Knobbe wrote: On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 17:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, I'm stumped. Just need to get ssh keys working. I have FBSD-5.1 web server with sshd running. I have a workstation running W2K with WinSCP3. I have tried Puttygen to

howto dissallow upgrade for specific port?

2003-10-24 Thread Jesse Guardiani
Howdy list, I have a port that I do NOT want to upgrade: python-2.2.2 If I do upgrade it, some of the software on my system will not work correctly. However, I'd still like to use portupgrade -R on a few ports to upgrade all dependencies EXCEPT python. Is there a way to mark a port as

Re: howto dissallow upgrade for specific port?

2003-10-24 Thread Thomas Spreng
hello, Read the portupgrade manpage. I think the --exclude parameter is what you want. cheers, tom On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 11:23:03AM -0400, Jesse Guardiani wrote: Howdy list, I have a port that I do NOT want to upgrade: python-2.2.2 If I do upgrade it, some of the software on my

Re: howto dissallow upgrade for specific port?

2003-10-24 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 11:23:03AM -0400, Jesse Guardiani typed: Howdy list, I have a port that I do NOT want to upgrade: python-2.2.2 If I do upgrade it, some of the software on my system will not work correctly. However, I'd still like to use portupgrade -R on a few ports to upgrade

Re: howto dissallow upgrade for specific port?

2003-10-24 Thread Jesse Guardiani
Ruben de Groot wrote: On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 11:23:03AM -0400, Jesse Guardiani typed: [...] Is there a way to mark a port as non-upgradable? Yes, see /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf HOLD_PKGS = [ 'bsdpan-*', 'x11*/XFree86*', 'portupgrade', 'python-*', ] Thanks!

ssh keys - howto?

2003-10-24 Thread chip . wiegand
Okay, I'm stumped. Just need to get ssh keys working. I have FBSD-5.1 web server with sshd running. I have a workstation running W2K with WinSCP3. I have tried Puttygen to create the keys and copied the key to .ssh directory on FBSD, renamed it authorized_keys but it don't work. I then ran

Re: ssh keys - howto?

2003-10-24 Thread Frank Knobbe
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 17:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, I'm stumped. Just need to get ssh keys working. I have FBSD-5.1 web server with sshd running. I have a workstation running W2K with WinSCP3. I have tried Puttygen to create the keys and copied the key to .ssh directory on FBSD,

Re: Howto change from RELEASE to STABLE

2003-10-20 Thread Mailing Lists Catcher
On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 15:50, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: I am running 5.1-RELEASE and would like to update to 5.1-STABLE. How can I go about it? I just want to install the software and not the kernel itself. Is that possible? Also, where is the information for pkg_add kept? I mean when I say

Re: Howto find packages

2003-10-18 Thread David Fleck
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003, Simon Rutishauser wrote: But, apt-cache isn't yet finished there. You can also run apt-cache show gnomeicu which presents you lots of details about the one package with this name: [...] is there something like that for FreeBSD, too? pkg_info will provide most, if not

Howto change from RELEASE to STABLE

2003-10-17 Thread Dinesh Nadarajah
I am running 5.1-RELEASE and would like to update to 5.1-STABLE. How can I go about it? I just want to install the software and not the kernel itself. Is that possible? Also, where is the information for pkg_add kept? I mean when I say 'pkg_add -r bash2' how does it know where to go get it? Is

Howto change from RELEASE to stable

2003-10-17 Thread Osmany Guirola Cruz
Me too , i need to know how to change from release to stable ... ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Howto find packages

2003-10-17 Thread Simon Rutishauser
Am Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:03:55 +0100 schrieb Jez Hancock: On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 05:01:21PM +0100, Jez Hancock wrote: /ports/Tools/scripts/portsearch Sorry should have been: /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/portsearch of course :| Sounds quite nice... But, apt-cache isn't yet finished there.

Howto find packages

2003-10-16 Thread Dinesh Nadarajah
Hi: I come form the Debian Linux world and would like to know how I can information about packages for installation. I use prots to install some, but many of them I just want to install binary files. For eample, in Debian, I can use apt-cache search mozilla and this will list all packages with

Re: Howto find packages

2003-10-16 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:59:00AM -0700, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: I come form the Debian Linux world and would like to know how I can information about packages for installation. I use prots to install some, but many of them I just want to install binary files. Debian apt is certainly one of

Re: Howto find packages

2003-10-16 Thread Jez Hancock
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 04:44:06PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:59:00AM -0700, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: For eample, in Debian, I can use apt-cache search mozilla and this will list all packages with mozilla in it and then I can select the package for installation.

Re: Howto find packages

2003-10-16 Thread Jez Hancock
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 05:01:21PM +0100, Jez Hancock wrote: /ports/Tools/scripts/portsearch Sorry should have been: /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/portsearch of course :| -- Jez Hancock - System Administrator / PHP Developer http://munk.nu/ ___ [EMAIL

Re: Howto find packages

2003-10-16 Thread Dinesh Nadarajah
I guess what FreeBSD needs is a good port of the apt system Should not be difficult. It can let pkg_xxx do all the installing etc. Would be cool if one existed :) -D --- Jez Hancock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 05:01:21PM +0100, Jez Hancock wrote:

Re: Howto find packages

2003-10-16 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:55:49AM -0700, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: I guess what FreeBSD needs is a good port of the apt system Should not be difficult. It can let pkg_xxx do all the installing etc. Would be cool if one existed :) I believe that is spelt 'fink' in certain corners of the *BSD

Re: Howto find packages

2003-10-16 Thread Kent Stewart
On Thursday 16 October 2003 09:03 am, Jez Hancock wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 05:01:21PM +0100, Jez Hancock wrote: /ports/Tools/scripts/portsearch Sorry should have been: /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/portsearch of course :| I like this one. I used to use the make search option, which I

Re: Howto find packages

2003-10-16 Thread Shawn Morris
whereis pkgname eg. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ whereis bash2 bash2: /usr/ports/shells/bash2 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:59:00AM -0700, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: Hi: I come form the Debian Linux world and would like to know how I can information about packages for installation.

Re: Howto find packages

2003-10-16 Thread Alex de Kruijff
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:55:49AM -0700, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: I guess what FreeBSD needs is a good port of the apt system Should not be difficult. It can let pkg_xxx do all the installing etc. Would be cool if one existed :) Packages should work normaly, but can give some trouble afther

Re: Howto find packages

2003-10-16 Thread parv
in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote Jez Hancock thusly... On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 04:44:06PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:59:00AM -0700, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: For eample, in Debian, I can use apt-cache search mozilla and this will list all packages with

Re: Howto find packages

2003-10-16 Thread Dinesh Nadarajah
The prblem is that mozilla takes a heck of a long time to compile on my machine and all I want to do is browse the web. :) Oh well. :) -D --- Alex de Kruijff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 09:55:49AM -0700, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: I guess what FreeBSD needs is a good port of

Re: Howto find packages

2003-10-16 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Dinesh Nadarajah [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The prblem is that mozilla takes a heck of a long time to compile on my machine and all I want to do is browse the web. :) Oh well. :) Won't pkg_add -r mozilla do it? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: Howto find packages

2003-10-16 Thread S Ellis
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:59:00AM -0700, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: stating that it could not download package ftp://../mozilla.tgz. Is there a better way to find what ackages are available for installation? I've been getting such good use from these Dru Lavigne articles that I feel

CVSUP howto ???

2003-09-22 Thread Brent Bailey
I was looking aroung trying to find a decent howto on CVSUP...seeing as ive never had good luck with it .. i found this ...does this look like the right procedure ?? this is what ive been doing ...but ive only had it actually work one time ..all other systems ive done this on,,,it has failed

Re: CVSUP howto ???

2003-09-22 Thread Kent Stewart
On Monday 22 September 2003 08:18 am, Brent Bailey wrote: I was looking aroung trying to find a decent howto on CVSUP...seeing as ive never had good luck with it .. i found this ...does this look like the right procedure ?? this is what ive been doing ...but ive only had it actually work one

Re: CVSUP howto ???

2003-09-22 Thread David Fleck
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Brent Bailey wrote: I was looking aroung trying to find a decent howto on CVSUP...seeing as ive never had good luck with it .. i found this ...does this look like the right procedure ?? this is what ive been doing ...but ive only had it actually work one time ..all other

Re: CVSUP howto ???

2003-09-22 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 11:18:12AM -0400, Brent Bailey wrote: I was looking aroung trying to find a decent howto on CVSUP...seeing as ive never had good luck with it .. i found this ...does this look like the right procedure ?? this is what ive been doing ...but ive only had it actually work

php postgresql error - howto?

2003-09-19 Thread Alex Zivenko
Hi people! Can I get some help from you? At once I want to tell sorry for this question. So, I have got the error when I'm trying to insert data from php variable into db table. It gives me error like: You have not permission to increase the index key of db (tablename.fieldname). But I have

Howto install ports collection?

2003-09-10 Thread Nagy Lszl Zsolt
Hi gurus! I have a remote FreeBSD computer (RELEASE 4.7 stable). It is on the other side of Earth. I can access it only with ssh. It is really a base system. The ports collection (/usr/ports) is entirely missing. I'm familiar with installing ports. But I have no idea how to install the ports

Re: Howto install ports collection?

2003-09-10 Thread Nagy Lszl Zsolt
Hi gurus! I have a remote FreeBSD computer (RELEASE 4.7 stable). It is on the other side of Earth. I can access it only with ssh. It is really a base system. The ports collection (/usr/ports) is entirely missing. I'm familiar with installing ports. But I have no idea how to install the ports

Re: Howto install ports collection?

2003-09-10 Thread Alin-Adrian Anton
Nagy László Zsolt wrote: Hi gurus! I have a remote FreeBSD computer (RELEASE 4.7 stable). It is on the other side of Earth. I can access it only with ssh. It is really a base system. The ports collection (/usr/ports) is entirely missing. I'm familiar with installing ports. But I have no idea

Re: Howto install ports collection?

2003-09-10 Thread Rob Lahaye
Nagy L?szl? Zsolt wrote: Hi gurus! I have a remote FreeBSD computer (RELEASE 4.7 stable). It is on the other side of Earth. I can access it only with ssh. It is really a base system. The ports collection (/usr/ports) is entirely missing. I'm familiar with installing ports. But I have

Re: Howto install ports collection?

2003-09-10 Thread Nagy Lszl Zsolt
Hi gurus! I have a remote FreeBSD computer (RELEASE 4.7 stable). It is on the other side of Earth. I can access it only with ssh. It is really a base system. The ports collection (/usr/ports) is entirely missing. I'm familiar with installing ports. But I have no idea how to install the ports

howto calculate free memory from top

2003-09-09 Thread Jesse Guardiani
Howdy list, I've been wondering about this for a while: How do I calculate the amount of free memory my system has at any given point in time? My top usually looks like this: Mem: 72M Active, 668M Inact, 165M Wired, 29M Cache, 112M Buf, 70M Free Swap: 2048M Total, 5448K Used, 2043M Free I

Re: howto calculate free memory from top

2003-09-09 Thread Charles Swiger
On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 08:35 AM, Jesse Guardiani wrote: How do I calculate the amount of free memory my system has at any given point in time? What do you mean by free memory? My top usually looks like this: Mem: 72M Active, 668M Inact, 165M Wired, 29M Cache, 112M Buf, 70M Free Swap:

Re: howto calculate free memory from top

2003-09-09 Thread Jesse Guardiani
Charles Swiger wrote: On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 08:35 AM, Jesse Guardiani wrote: How do I calculate the amount of free memory my system has at any given point in time? What do you mean by free memory? Memory that can be used by other programs before the vm starts using swap.

Re: howto calculate free memory from top

2003-09-09 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 09), Jesse Guardiani said: Charles Swiger wrote: On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 08:35 AM, Jesse Guardiani wrote: How do I calculate the amount of free memory my system has at any given point in time? What do you mean by free memory? Memory that can be

Re: howto calculate free memory from top

2003-09-09 Thread Jesse Guardiani
Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Sep 09), Jesse Guardiani said: Charles Swiger wrote: On Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at 08:35 AM, Jesse Guardiani wrote: How do I calculate the amount of free memory my system has at any given point in time? What do you mean by free memory?

Re: howto calculate free memory from top

2003-09-09 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 09), Jesse Guardiani said: So they _are_ available for use then? And thus are relatively free, correct? All memory except for Wired is free, to varying degrees. OK. Just out of curiosity, what would you say about my example then: -- Mem: 72M Active,

any howto-s on minimal jail installs with ro-nullfs-mounted/bin,/usr?

2003-08-28 Thread Hari Bhaskaran
Hi, I need to create a minimal jail install with as much data shared with the host as possible. So I believe I can read-only (null-fs) mount /bin and /usr into paths that fall in the jail's fs-space. I have tried /usr already (works fine - so long as I use /home for home directories instead of

logitech usb camera driver and setup howto

2003-08-22 Thread jens
Hey folks, New to freebsd and it's architecture, i would like to know if there is any howto ( rtfm) for setting up a logitech webcam. Apparently the device has been recognized as ugen0. I just need a link or a howto. I will the rest. I did not find any clear howto and i suppose i am missing

Re: logitech usb camera driver and setup howto

2003-08-22 Thread Technical Director
architecture, i would like to know if there is any howto ( rtfm) for setting up a logitech webcam. Apparently the device has been recognized as ugen0. I just need a link or a howto. I will the rest. I did not find any clear howto and i suppose i am missing something crucial

Magicpoint HOWTO

2003-08-14 Thread ODHIAMBO Washington
Hello Users, I am faced with a presentation and I have no Winblows, just magicpoint. Does any soul in here know of a good tutorial for mgp? I have googled, perhaps with flaky search strings, but don't see a good one ;) tia -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington [EMAIL PROTECTED] The box said

FreeBSD != Linux, but can I use this howto anyway?

2003-08-14 Thread Matthew Graybosch
the instructions in http://www.hserus.net/pop_smtp.html, or can I use this HOWTO without causing a royal SNAFU? -- Matthew Graybosch http://www.starbreaker.net If you take a stand on a dead empty hand, never let 'em see your cards. --Savatage ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Magicpoint HOWTO

2003-08-14 Thread Toni Schmidbauer
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 06:51:13PM +0300, ODHIAMBO Washington wrote: I am faced with a presentation and I have no Winblows, just magicpoint. Does any soul in here know of a good tutorial for mgp? I have googled, perhaps with flaky search strings, but don't see a good one ;) i did my first

Quick and dirty FreeBSD 5.x and nss_ldap mini-HOWTO

2003-08-08 Thread Clement Laforet
Hi, Here's a really mini HOWTO to get nss_ldap works on FreeBSD 5.x, this is a follow up of a previous discussion on [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cultdeadsheep.org/FreeBSD/docs/Quick_and_dirty_FreeBSD_5_x_and_nss_ldap_mini-HOWTO.html Any feedback, ideas, suggestions, patches, insults

HowTo repair my console fonts/kbd ?

2003-06-15 Thread P. U. Kruppa
Hello List! Since some cvsup three or four weeks ago my text-console on -CURRENT is a complete mess (on previous versions of -CURRENT everything worked fine). Here are some symptoms: - special characters (you need for drawing neat lines in /stand/sysinstall or the midnight-commander) display

Re: HowTo repair my console fonts/kbd ?

2003-06-15 Thread Viktor Lazlo
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003, P. U. Kruppa wrote: Hello List! Since some cvsup three or four weeks ago my text-console on -CURRENT is a complete mess (on previous versions of -CURRENT everything worked fine). Here are some symptoms: - special characters (you need for drawing neat lines in

ramdisk howto???

2003-06-09 Thread romero3000
I want to to know how to create a ram file system for /var and /tmp so that i can boot from flash memory and mount those two file systems on ramfs. I've looked for howto's online but haven't found anything. any suggestions ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ramdisk howto???

2003-06-09 Thread Tobias Roth
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 11:14:21AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to to know how to create a ram file system for /var and /tmp so that i can boot from flash memory and mount those two file systems on ramfs. I've looked for howto's online but haven't found anything. any suggestions

Howto grab/encode an audio cd?

2003-04-01 Thread D. Theunissen
Hi there, I've searched for some docs to grab a cd and convert it to mp3 (like with cdex for windows) but it seems that there is no such program written for freebsd (correct me if I'm wrong). The only thing I can find is to grab it manual, with cdda2wav and lame. Has anyone got any id how to

Re: Howto grab/encode an audio cd?

2003-04-01 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-04-01T19:39:05Z, D. Theunissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has anyone got any id how to automize this? Is there a program that fixes it for me? I like grip (from the audio/grip port). -- Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Howto grab/encode an audio cd?

2003-04-01 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2003-04-01 21:39, D. Theunissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've searched for some docs to grab a cd and convert it to mp3 (like with cdex for windows) but it seems that there is no such program written for freebsd (correct me if I'm wrong). The only thing I can find is to grab it manual,

Re: [ HOWTO ] - XFree86 and 4 buttons touchpad

2003-03-28 Thread ptiJo
On the last episode, Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Wednesday, 26 March 2003 at 10:27:39 +, ptiJo ptiJo wrote: On the last episode, Greg 'groggy' Lehey said: Single line paragraphs. On Wednesday, 19 March 2003 at 16:44:05 +, ptiJo ptiJo wrote: Hi, I have one

Re: [ HOWTO ] - XFree86 and 4 buttons touchpad

2003-03-28 Thread ptiJo
On the last episode, Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Wednesday, 26 March 2003 at 10:27:39 +, ptiJo ptiJo wrote: On the last episode, Greg 'groggy' Lehey said: Single line paragraphs. On Wednesday, 19 March 2003 at 16:44:05 +, ptiJo ptiJo wrote: Hi, I have one

Re: [ HOWTO ] - XFree86 and 4 buttons touchpad

2003-03-26 Thread ptiJo ptiJo
I guess it's just generic, but here're a bit of info about the hardware conf : *** from kernel *** psm0: irq 12 on atkbdc0 psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0 *** moused runs as *** moused -p /dev/psm0 -t auto *** from XFree86.0.log *** [ snip ] (II) LoadModule: mouse (II) Loading

Re: [ HOWTO ] - XFree86 and 4 buttons touchpad

2003-03-26 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Wednesday, 26 March 2003 at 10:27:39 +, ptiJo ptiJo wrote: On the last episode, Greg 'groggy' Lehey said: Single line paragraphs. On Wednesday, 19 March 2003 at 16:44:05 +, ptiJo ptiJo wrote: Hi, I have one of those strange 4buttons touchpad on my laptop and only left/right

[ HOWTO ] - XFree86 and 4 buttons touchpad

2003-03-19 Thread ptiJo ptiJo
Hi, I have one of those strange 4buttons touchpad on my laptop and only left/right buttons working. The buttons look like : 2 1 4 3 I tried several tunings on moused/XF86Configlike -m 4=2 -m 5=4 on moused, and Buttons=4 in XF86Config) but nothing seems to work. Even xev only recognize

Re: HOWTO upgrade a FreeBSD production server

2003-02-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 11:15:25PM -0800, Daxbert wrote: I'm hoping to get a few suggestions on a quick and safe method to upgrade a FreeBSD production server. To date, I've been doing the following: On a like configured staging server, cvsup the src tree. Then perform a full build and

HOWTO upgrade a FreeBSD production server

2003-02-22 Thread Daxbert
I'm hoping to get a few suggestions on a quick and safe method to upgrade a FreeBSD production server. To date, I've been doing the following: On a like configured staging server, cvsup the src tree. Then perform a full build and install as outlined in /usr/src/Makefile. After confirming that

Getting dnscache working, howto?

2003-02-12 Thread Bjarne Wichmann Petersen
Hi! I'm trying to set up a dnscache with the sole purpose to make resolving sites like doubleclick.net lock up my browsers, when FreeBSD is trying to resolve the IP. I've tried following the guidelines in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/dns.html but apparently I've

Re: Getting dnscache working, howto?

2003-02-12 Thread Frank Tegtmeyer
Bjarne Wichmann Petersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1) /etc/resolv.conf should say nameserver 127.0.0.1 and nothing else? Yes. 2) Should my ISP's DNS' be added as forwarders in named.conf. No. If not, where should they be put then? Nowhere. They are simply not needed, except you provider

make fetch, recursive-fetch, package ... etc HOWTO?

2003-01-29 Thread Wiroth Didier
Hey, I've noticed that there are a lot of options with make for example in the /usr/ports/ collections, is there a man, howto or tutorial somewhere about this options? How do you find out about this options, the are not mentionned in the man make pages. So where can I find all the available

Re: make fetch, recursive-fetch, package ... etc HOWTO?

2003-01-29 Thread Alex Huth
Am Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2003 15:04 schrieb Wiroth Didier: Hey, I've noticed that there are a lot of options with make for example in the /usr/ports/ collections, is there a man, howto or tutorial somewhere about this options? How do you find out about this options, the are not mentionned

Re: make fetch, recursive-fetch, package ... etc HOWTO?

2003-01-29 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-01-29 15:04:25 +0100: I've noticed that there are a lot of options with make for example in the /usr/ports/ collections, is there a man, howto or tutorial somewhere about this options? How do you find out about this options, the are not mentionned in the man make

Re: make fetch, recursive-fetch, package ... etc HOWTO?

2003-01-29 Thread Mike Meyer
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Wiroth Didier [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: I've noticed that there are a lot of options with make for example in the /usr/ports/ collections, is there a man, howto or tutorial somewhere about this options? How do you find out about this options, the are not mentionned

Re: make fetch, recursive-fetch, package ... etc HOWTO?

2003-01-29 Thread Toomas Aas
Hi! I've noticed that there are a lot of options with make for example in the /usr/ports/ collections, is there a man, howto or tutorial somewhere about this options? Amazingly enough, nobody on this thread has mentioned... ...tadamm... man ports :-) -- Toomas Aas | [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: make fetch, recursive-fetch, package ... etc HOWTO?

2003-01-29 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-01-29 20:18:55 +0200: I've noticed that there are a lot of options with make for example in the /usr/ports/ collections, is there a man, howto or tutorial somewhere about this options? Amazingly enough, nobody on this thread has mentioned... ..tadamm

Howto on getting out of ld hell

2002-12-29 Thread Brett Gulla
Recently, I have been unable to install 'linux_base' from ports. I read a posting here regarding the 'svr4' module causing problems with the linux port. Previously I built my kernel with 'COMPAT_SVR4', I took it out and rebuilt the kernel. I am now getting an 'ELF Brand' error on startup,

Q on vinum HOWTO org.netbase.org/vinum-mirrored

2002-12-22 Thread Hari Bhaskaran
Hi, I am trying to follow the HOWTO at http://org.netbase.org/vinum-mirrored.html It says under Fresh installation of FreeBSD section, second line, Then install the bootmanager only for the first disk why is that? I am trying to follow Case 2 (explained in the para just above the refered

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