Re: OT: Does a low-cost, reliable switch exist?

2007-07-15 Thread Ask Bjørn Hansen
On Jul 14, 2007, at 7:42 PM, Modulok wrote: I run a small network of under 20 clients. As such we don't have $500+ to drop on a Cisco switch. However the desktop consumer grade stuff is quickly turning me into an insomniac. I'm tired of being woke at 3:00 am to go fix network problems. Do

Re: .snap

2007-07-15 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:59:04 +0200 Peter Boosten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Is it possible to mount a filesystem with it creating a .snap directory? > > I mount a different partition for mysql under /var/db/mysql, but since > there's a .snap directory, mysql thinks there's a .snap

Re: Can cron e-mail HTML?

2007-07-15 Thread Derek Ragona
At 03:03 PM 7/14/2007, Mikhail Teterin wrote: Hello! I have a script launched from cron every morning, that gets certain data over the Internet from a remote computer, compares the new data with that from the previous day, and outputs the difference (if any). I'm relying on the fact, that cron

Re: OT: Does a low-cost, reliable switch exist?

2007-07-15 Thread Andrea Venturoli
Kurt Buff ha scritto: On 7/14/07, Modulok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just need something stable enough that I can catch some sleep without this re-occurring nightmare. Is there hope? Thoughts? Suggestions? -Modulok- Look at eBay for a used 24 port HP switch. They are reliable, and the life

Re: Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter

2007-07-15 Thread Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:14:28 -0400 Lowell Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > My PC box have this Ethernet adapter (Linux kernel description): > > > > Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L1 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter > > (rev

after Xorg upgrade...X crashes unexpectedly and randomly

2007-07-15 Thread Dino Vliet
Dear FreeBSD people, I've upgraded Xorg a while ago and since then I've been experiencing random Xorg crashes all over. My system is a amd 64 CPU running FreeBSD 6.2 where uname -a gives: FreeBSD zouk.tiscali.nl 6.2-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p5 #14: Sun Jun 3 10:40:42 CEST 2007 root@

Integrating Postfix + Amavisd-new + Clamav + DSpam + DBmail

2007-07-15 Thread Tek Bahadur Limbu
Hi All, I was wondering if anybody on this list has successfully implemented the following setup on a FreeBSD machine? Postfix + Amavisd-new + Clamav + DSpam + DBmail (PostgreSQL) Can I use the following diagram for this? Postfix --> Amavisd-new --> Clamav --> Amavisd-new --> DSpam --> Post

upgrade from python 2.4 to 2.5

2007-07-15 Thread vuthecuong
Hi Did anyone already upgrade from python 2.4 to 2.5? How can I upgrade to python 2.5 using portupgrade? Tnx in advanced. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any

Re: .snap

2007-07-15 Thread Peter Boosten
Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:59:04 +0200 > Peter Boosten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Is it possible to mount a filesystem with it creating a .snap directory? >> >> I mount a different partition for mysql under /var/db/mysql, but since >> there's a .snap direct

Re: OT: Does a low-cost, reliable switch exist?

2007-07-15 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:39:55 +0200 Andrea Venturoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got some running 24/7 without a hitch for some years without once > rebooting them; they are under UPS as every switch should be (but > probably they would work fine anyway). indeed...but, again, i remember an

Re: Can cron e-mail HTML?

2007-07-15 Thread Daniel Bye
Mikhail Teterin wrote: > On субота 14 липень 2007, Daniel Bye wrote: > = So it's beginning to look as if your best bet is in fact to make your > = script handle sending the mail. > > Yeah, seems like it... > > = Not the cleanest solution, but one that will get your messages formatted > = exactly

Re: .snap

2007-07-15 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 01:57:57PM +0200, Peter Boosten wrote: > Norberto Meijome wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:59:04 +0200 > > Peter Boosten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Is it possible to mount a filesystem with it creating a .snap directory? > >> > >> I mount a diffe

Re: .snap

2007-07-15 Thread Peter Boosten
Erik Trulsson wrote: > > Mounting a partition does not create a .snap directory. > The .snap directory is created when you create the filesystem (see the -n > option to newfs(8)). > > If you do not want the .snap directory then you can just delete it like any > ordinary directory. Ah, great, tha

Re: OT: Does a low-cost, reliable switch exist?

2007-07-15 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Sunday 15 July 2007 04:39:55 Andrea Venturoli wrote: > I've got some running 24/7 without a hitch for some years without once > rebooting them; they are under UPS as every switch should be (but > probably they would work fine anyway). hehe, if you *dont* put them on UPS, cant you use those brow

Re: after Xorg upgrade...X crashes unexpectedly and randomly

2007-07-15 Thread Dino Vliet
Dino Vliet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear FreeBSD people, I've upgraded Xorg a while ago and since then I've been experiencing random Xorg crashes all over. My system is a amd 64 CPU running FreeBSD 6.2 where uname -a gives: FreeBSD zouk.tiscali.nl 6.2-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p5 #14: Su

Re: .snap

2007-07-15 Thread Norberto Meijome
On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:57:57 +0200 Peter Boosten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Norberto Meijome wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:59:04 +0200 > > Peter Boosten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Is it possible to mount a filesystem with it creating a .snap directory? > >> > >> I

Re: port installation problem

2007-07-15 Thread Lowell Gilbert
pj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When trying to install CUPS and also when installing Gnome-light, I > get the same error messsage, really, the exact same: > > "===> cups-1.2.10_1 depends on executable: espgs - not found > ===>Verifying install for espgs in /usr/ports/print/cups-pstoraster >

Making use of a Windows drive

2007-07-15 Thread Razmig K
Hello, I double-boot Windows XP and FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE, and my disk layout is as follows: Windows drive C in ad1s1, FreeBSD slice in ad1s2 and extended partition containing Windows drive D in ad1s3. I found that I no longer need to use ad1s3 as Windows drive D, so I would like to use that space

Re: Making use of a Windows drive

2007-07-15 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 05:33:52PM +0300, Razmig K wrote: > Hello, > > I double-boot Windows XP and FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE, and my disk layout > is as follows: Windows drive C in ad1s1, FreeBSD slice in ad1s2 and > extended partition containing Windows drive D in ad1s3. > I found that I no longer nee

postfix + spamassassin via milter

2007-07-15 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
I running postfix from ports. I would like to block as much spam as possible during the SMTP session. Currently I am make liberal use of RBLs (direct in postfix configuration) and also using SPF using the spfpolicy daemon. I would like to add spam assassin to the list (and possibly clamav

Re: Can cron e-mail HTML?

2007-07-15 Thread Mikhail Teterin
On неділя 15 липень 2007, Daniel Bye wrote: = Is /usr/share/misc/magic.mime of any use? Apparently it is consulted by = file(1) when called with -i. According to libmagic(3), magic_open() with = the MAGIC_MIME flag should do the same. Yes, indeed -- just the ticket... Thanks. Now, I have not rece

Re: Can cron e-mail HTML?

2007-07-15 Thread Derek Ragona
At 05:02 PM 7/14/2007, Mikhail Teterin wrote: Derek Ragona wrote: = = I'd rather avoid poluting my script with e-mail sending code... = You need to change your script to send the email itself. Thank you, Derek, but -- as I stated already -- I wanted to see, if this can be avoided... Doing so

Re: port installation problem

2007-07-15 Thread pj
Lowell Gilbert wrote: pj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: When trying to install CUPS and also when installing Gnome-light, I get the same error messsage, really, the exact same: "===> cups-1.2.10_1 depends on executable: espgs - not found ===>Verifying install for espgs in /usr/ports/print/c

Re: Garbled text in xterm

2007-07-15 Thread Michael Gass
Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Hmm. I've never heard of any symptoms quite like this. > A few stabs in the dark: > What happened if you used no xorg.conf at all? Did you get the same >xterm problem? > Do you have a locale set? Thanks for the response. 1. If I try to running with no xorg.conf, it

cdrecord on fbsd-6.1-R amd64

2007-07-15 Thread luizbcampos
How to write CDs on amd64? My cd driver is an IDE-ATAPI and needs scsi emulation. cdrecord says it needs some scsi transport emulation like "cam"... $ cdrecord -v dev=cam:1,1,1 speed=4 something.iso its output claims for scsi specifier transp __

Re: cdrecord on fbsd-6.1-R amd64

2007-07-15 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 02:07:17PM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >How to write CDs on amd64? My cd driver is an IDE-ATAPI and needs > scsi emulation. cdrecord says it needs some scsi transport emulation like > "cam"... > > > $ cdrecord -v dev=cam:1,1,1 speed=4 something.iso > > its

Re: Making use of a Windows drive

2007-07-15 Thread Razmig K
On 7/15/07, Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do you need partitions (bsdlabels) on ad1s3? Or to put it another way, do you want to subdevide it in pieces that you can mount on different mount points? Well that certainly is a good idea. From what I understand, I can divide the slice into

Re: Making use of a Windows drive

2007-07-15 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 08:57:52PM +0300, Razmig K wrote: > On 7/15/07, Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Do you need partitions (bsdlabels) on ad1s3? Or to put it another way, >> do you want to subdevide it in pieces that you can mount on different >> mount points? > > Well that certainl

amd

2007-07-15 Thread Michael B Allen
Hello, I'm a C developer. I normally use Linux but I'm trying FreeBSD with limited success. First thing I need to do mount an NFS volume. I was able to mount it manually. Fine. Then I added an entry to amd.map, did 'amd /mnt /etc/amd.map' and tried to access the directory in /mnt and it worked.

Re: amd

2007-07-15 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
"Michael B Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm a C developer. I normally use Linux but I'm trying FreeBSD with > limited success. FreeBSD is quite different from linux. There is a learning curve. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ http://nagual.nl/ + Solaris 11 05/07 ++ _

Re: amd

2007-07-15 Thread Jeff Mohler
Dick: It would have been graceful to say nothing in the sense that you dont KNOW the answer, than point out that there are differences. On 7/15/07, Dick Hoogendijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Michael B Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm a C developer. I normally use Linux but I'm trying

Re: amd

2007-07-15 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
"Jeff Mohler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dick: > > It would have been graceful to say nothing in the sense that you > dont KNOW the answer, than point out that there are differences. Yes, as would it have been graceful _not_ to top quote. It's also premature to think I don't know the answer.

Re: amd

2007-07-15 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 05:25:46PM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a C developer. I normally use Linux but I'm trying FreeBSD with > limited success. > > First thing I need to do mount an NFS volume. I was able to mount it > manually. Fine. Then I added an entry to amd.map, did 'am

Re: amd

2007-07-15 Thread Garrett Cooper
Roland Smith wrote: On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 05:25:46PM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote: Hello, I'm a C developer. I normally use Linux but I'm trying FreeBSD with limited success. First thing I need to do mount an NFS volume. I was able to mount it manually. Fine. Then I added an entry to amd.

Re: amd

2007-07-15 Thread Michael B Allen
On 7/15/07, Roland Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 05:25:46PM -0400, Michael B Allen wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a C developer. I normally use Linux but I'm trying FreeBSD with > limited success. > > First thing I need to do mount an NFS volume. I was able to mount it > manua

Developer Questions (glibc i386 style backtraces)

2007-07-15 Thread Michael B Allen
Hello Again, Is there a good list to ask developer questions about porting code to FreeBSD? I have a good chunk of code to port and no doubt I will have numerous questions about FreeBSD specific features like semaphores, posix compliance, shared memory and so on. Actually my current issue is th

Re: Developer Questions (glibc i386 style backtraces)

2007-07-15 Thread Garrett Cooper
Michael B Allen wrote: Hello Again, Is there a good list to ask developer questions about porting code to FreeBSD? I have a good chunk of code to port and no doubt I will have numerous questions about FreeBSD specific features like semaphores, posix compliance, shared memory and so on. Actua

Re: Garbled text in xterm

2007-07-15 Thread Michael Gass
Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Hmm. I've never heard of any symptoms quite like this. > A few stabs in the dark: > What happened if you used no xorg.conf at all? Did you get the same >xterm problem? > Do you have a locale set? Thanks for the response. 1. If I try to running with no xorg.conf, i

Re: postfix + spamassassin via milter

2007-07-15 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Jul 15, 2007, at 10:59 AM, Bernt Hansson wrote: Have a look at messagewall. That you. I've tried to take a look, but it appears that the projects domain name now belongs to someone else. Furthermore, I also wish to reject mail early which is addressed to invalid usernames, and such

Re: postfix + spamassassin via milter

2007-07-15 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Jul 15, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: I running postfix from ports. I would like to block as much spam as possible during the SMTP session. [...] I see that postfix now does sendmail style milters. Is that the recommended way to go with this? I see that there is a mail/

Re: Garbled text in xterm

2007-07-15 Thread Nikola Lecic
On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:15:03 -0500 Michael Gass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > Hmm. I've never heard of any symptoms quite like this. > > A few stabs in the dark: > > What happened if you used no xorg.conf at all? Did you get the same > >xterm problem? > > > Do y

Re: Garbled text in xterm

2007-07-15 Thread Michael Gass
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 03:06:47AM +0200, Nikola Lecic wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 19:15:03 -0500 > Michael Gass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > > > Hmm. I've never heard of any symptoms quite like this. > > > A few stabs in the dark: > > > What happened if you used

Re: cron job every 5 hours

2007-07-15 Thread Olivier Nicole
> I want to run an updater script, every 5 hours and x minutes. I thought > to use: > > minute 5 * * * root path/to/scriptname > > but that looks like it only works once a day, i want it to go every 5 hours > not justa at 5 in the monrning. You could sechedule you jor at 5, 10, 15 and 20 o

Re: cron job every 5 hours

2007-07-15 Thread Garrett Cooper
Olivier Nicole wrote: I want to run an updater script, every 5 hours and x minutes. I thought to use: minute 5 * * * root path/to/scriptname but that looks like it only works once a day, i want it to go every 5 hours not justa at 5 in the monrning. You could sechedule you jor at 5,

Re: Transparent email proxy

2007-07-15 Thread Olivier Nicole
Hi, > With the firewall, it is easy to make the use of the outgoing mail > hub compulsory. Is there some reason beyond that that you want to do > things transparently? Yes, I should have been a bit more specific. As university department, we receive a number of visitors, when they have been

Re: is is able to setting up DNS server reverse lookup with DynamicIP?

2007-07-15 Thread Olivier Nicole
> >> I'm using dynamicDNS, so I will able to specify the forward *AND* > >> reverse lookups? > > > > Yes. > > No, nobody else is going to see the results your local nameserver > sends since it isn't authoritative for the domains, and the > delegation for the IP block isn't going to point to yo

Re: FreeBSD-6.1 bootup hangs after power failure

2007-07-15 Thread Tek Bahadur Limbu
Nikola Lecic wrote: On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:32:54 +0545 Tek Bahadur Limbu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, Due to a power outage, my FreeBSD-6.1 (i386) machine got rebooted. However, upon reboot right after the initial startup menu, it simply hangs. I tried rebooting the machine several ti

gThumb 2.10.4- no thumbnails for me :(

2007-07-15 Thread Support (Rudy)
My gthumb doesn't show thumbnails. :( Nautilus does. I tried rm -rf ~/.thumbnails and that didn't help. Also, I tried reinstalling gthumb. Finally, I tried updating to 2.10.5 (by editing the port make file to use 2.10.5) and that didn't help either. if I launch gthumb from a terminal w