Perl updates

2009-09-13 Thread Jos Chrispijn
Can someone explain why we have to run an update batch in order to have all Perl related programs running with this update? Wouldn't it be better to upgrade Perl and have all programs use it as it hadn't been updated at all? Jos Chrispijn ___

Re: Perl updates

2009-09-13 Thread Matthew Seaman
Jos Chrispijn wrote: Can someone explain why we have to run an update batch in order to have all Perl related programs running with this update? Wouldn't it be better to upgrade Perl and have all programs use it as it hadn't been updated at all? You're talking about the update of

Re: linux-pango won't install

2009-09-13 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 02:19:22PM +0400, Boris Samorodov typed: On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:01:23 -0600 Chad Perrin wrote: If you still want to install the port, you could just add this to the /etc/make.conf file: # Pango .if $(.CURDIR:M*/x11-toolkits/linux-pango)

Re: FreeBSD RoadMap

2009-09-13 Thread Ivailo Bonev
- Original Message - From: Wolfgang Zenker wolfg...@lyxys.ka.sub.org To: freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 10:39 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD RoadMap * Masoom Shaikh masoom.sha...@gmail.com [090713 20:26]: On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Andrew Reilly

Re: How to setup mDNSResponder on FreeBSD?

2009-09-13 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 11:14:33PM +0800, Sagara Wijetunga typed: Hi all I have installed the net/mDNSResponder port on a FreeBSD 7.2 i386 computer. Set to launch the mdnsd on start up (in /etc/rc.conf). Changed hosts line in /etc/nsswitch.conf to hosts: files mdns dns. Rebooted.

Re: Perl updates

2009-09-13 Thread Jos Chrispijn
Matthew Seaman wrote: You're talking about the update of lang/perl5.10 from perl-5.10.0 to perl-5.10.1 ? The reason you need to run perl-after-upgrade is because perl library modules are stored in directory trees which encode the perl version number. perl-after-upgrade basically moves

Re: linux-pango won't install

2009-09-13 Thread ajtiM
On Saturday 12 September 2009 05:19:22 Boris Samorodov wrote: On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:01:23 -0600 Chad Perrin wrote: If you still want to install the port, you could just add this to the /etc/make.conf file: # Pango .if $(.CURDIR:M*/x11-toolkits/linux-pango)

Can't install FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE and 8.0-BETA4

2009-09-13 Thread Zbigniew Komarnicki
Hello, I can't install FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE and 8.0-BETA4 on laptop HP Pavilion Entertainment PC dv5 - 1150ew. I got the following message when boot from CD install 8.0-BETA4-amd64-bootonly.iso similarly for 7.2-RELEASE: ... run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for

VLC from ports collection

2009-09-13 Thread Roy Stuivenberg
Hello, My install VLC did stop with remark Port marked as IGNORE: multimedia/vlc: In the makefile i found this line .if ${PERL_LEVEL} 500800 BROKEN= Does not compile with perl ${PERL_VERSION} .endif Can I (and if so who) edit this option? [FreeBSD 7.2 stable - gnome2] Regards, Roy

Question of keyboard input after lanuch vlc

2009-09-13 Thread PstreeM China
hello all : yestoday i install the vlc media player use ports , the question is that : After i lanuch vlc (In a X Env , just test Openbox and xfce ), i can not input any word ,look like keyboard is faile , mouse are normal , then i kill (click the X) it , the keyboard is normal. test

Re: Can't install FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE and 8.0-BETA4

2009-09-13 Thread Uwe Laverenz
Am 13.09.2009 14:11, schrieb Zbigniew Komarnicki: run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for xpt_config run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 120 seconds for xpt_config run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 180 seconds for xpt_config

FreeBSD-8 Release Type?

2009-09-13 Thread Tom Smith
Hey guys, we've googled and searched the FreeBSD website... cannot find the answer. Will FreeBSD-8 be a 'normal' or 'extended' support release? If it's normal, we'll probably just stick with 7.1, but if it is extended, we'll go with 8. Thanks! Tom ___

Re: Can't install FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE and 8.0-BETA4

2009-09-13 Thread FuLLBLaSTstorm
Hi, I am having _exactly_ the same issue with my Fujitsu-Siemens ESPRIMO V6505. And unfortunately for me the workaround listed above is not applicable as there're no option such as firewireIEEE1394 in my BIOS =(. I know it's bad policy to request a feature than to implement it, but anywayz...It

Character Escape sequences and fortune

2009-09-13 Thread Steven Friedrich
I'm wanting to embed escape sequences for colors into my fortune files. It appears that fortune doesn't user the pager specified by PAGER and doesn't support escape sequences. Anyone know how to embed color, bold, or italics into fortune files? ___

[OFF?] Mac OX Driver

2009-09-13 Thread Mario Lobo
Sorry to put a lame question here but I need a little feedback as to keep my hopes up or bury them. I have an old sound board (echo gina20) that I need to keep using (for $$$ reasons), but I also must upgrade my OSes to 64 bits. There are XP 32bit drivers but no XP 64bit ones for it. There are

Re: VLC from ports collection

2009-09-13 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 03:49:49PM +0200, Roy Stuivenberg wrote: Hello, My install VLC did stop with remark Port marked as IGNORE: multimedia/vlc: In the makefile i found this line .if ${PERL_LEVEL} 500800 BROKEN= Does not compile with perl ${PERL_VERSION} .endif Can I (and if

links_don't_work

2009-09-13 Thread edem
http://www.freebsd.org/ru/projects/newbies.html On this page some links don't work .Could you update the page? Thanks in advance. Yours sincerely Jalaalov Edem ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

add own program to ports + help with port / program

2009-09-13 Thread Stefan Miklosovic
hi list, I am about writing shell script which adds system account by tens (even hundreds). Info about added accounts is stored in external file which has syntax like this account-name:comment:email-addres Briefly, account-name is name of account comment field is comment which appears in

Re: add own program to ports + help with port / program

2009-09-13 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:38:00 +0200, Stefan Miklosovic miklosovic.free...@gmail.com wrote: I am about writing shell script which adds system account by tens (even hundreds). Interesting and useful tool. I'm sure many sysadmins have created such tools for their own needs, but it wouldn't be bad

Re: [OFF?] Mac OX Driver

2009-09-13 Thread John Nielsen
On Sep 13, 2009, at 2:53 PM, Mario Lobo ml...@digiart.art.br wrote: Sorry to put a lame question here but I need a little feedback as to keep my hopes up or bury them. I have an old sound board (echo gina20) that I need to keep using (for $$$ reasons), but I also must upgrade my OSes to 64

Smartmontools + Highpoint hptrr?

2009-09-13 Thread Daniel Eriksson
I'm trying to monitor SATA drives connected to a HighPoint RocketRAID 2340 card (hptrr driver) using smartmontools, but it doesn't seem to work. Has anyone managed to get this to work? I'm using RELENG_8 / amd64 if that makes any difference. I've tried both the smartmontools port and a

Re: [OFF?] Mac OX Driver

2009-09-13 Thread Michael David Crawford
Mario Lobo wrote: Is it possible to use a Mac driver on FreeBSD? Has this ever been tried or done? should I bury my hopes? Mac OS X has a unique C++ driver architecture called the I/O Kit. It's quite unlike the driver systems in any other OSes I've seen. If you have the source to the Mac

SVG and dependence on Firefox2.x?

2009-09-13 Thread Kurt Buff
I notice that for both The Gimp and graphviz, and probably for others as well, marking them or their dependencies as able to render SVG invokes installation of FF 2.x. This fails, as the port is marked as forbidden, and then the installation of these graphics programs fails. Not a huge deal, but

Re: SVG and dependence on Firefox2.x?

2009-09-13 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:59:51 -0700, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: I notice that for both The Gimp and graphviz, and probably for others as well, marking them or their dependencies as able to render SVG invokes installation of FF 2.x. This fails, as the port is marked as forbidden, and

Re: configuring X on the Presario with the 8200M driver

2009-09-13 Thread Jules Gilbert
Thanks, guys! I intend to set aside some time late this week to try this. I bought one but have not been able to configure the X environment yet; I notice that PC-BSD comes up fine; I thought of doing that and copying the file, but that's about a half day or more of effort that way... Not

Re: FreeBSD-8 Release Type?

2009-09-13 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 13), Tom Smith said: Hey guys, we've googled and searched the FreeBSD website... cannot find the answer. Will FreeBSD-8 be a 'normal' or 'extended' support release? If it's normal, we'll probably just stick with 7.1, but if it is extended, we'll go with 8. So far,

Re: [OFF?] Mac OX Driver

2009-09-13 Thread Mario Lobo
On Sunday 13 September 2009 17:39:50 John Nielsen wrote: origins. Snow Leopard may be your friend. JN What do you mean by that, John? What help can I get from Snow Leopard? On Sunday 13 September 2009 18:23:33 Michael David Crawford wrote: One doesn't generally port device drivers between

Re: SVG and dependence on Firefox2.x?

2009-09-13 Thread Kurt Buff
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 15:15, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:59:51 -0700, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: I notice that for both The Gimp and graphviz, and probably for others as well, marking them or their dependencies as able to render SVG invokes

Re: [OFF?] Mac OX Driver

2009-09-13 Thread John Nielsen
On Sep 13, 2009, at 8:22 PM, Mario Lobo ml...@digiart.art.br wrote: On Sunday 13 September 2009 17:39:50 John Nielsen wrote: origins. Snow Leopard may be your friend. JN What do you mean by that, John? What help can I get from Snow Leopard? Your only stated OS requirement other than your

wpi0 went away, though a reboot cures it.

2009-09-13 Thread Kurt Buff
Today, after leaving my Lenovo T61 on overnight to do some compiles, I lost my wireless. I tried a few other things that what I've listed below, but none of it worked. This is a dual boot machine - I also run Windows XP, and don't have any issues with wireless on that OS. Any clues would be

Dump/Restore?

2009-09-13 Thread Chris Maness
I level 0 dump of my server. I lost a file that I need back. Is it possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory instead of a pristine partition/mount? Or even better, is it possible to just extract a single file without exploding the whole tape dump? Sorry if the question

8.0-Beta installation problem -- Unable to find /dev/ad0s1b

2009-09-13 Thread Jin Guojun
Tried to install from both 8.0-BETA{3, 4}-i386-dvd1.iso on a Phenom 9600 system and having some disk problems. The system is running 6.x and/or 7.2 FreeBSD (on different drives). Disconnected rest drives and only left 7.2 drive in. ad0: 76319MB Seagate ST3802110A 3.AAJ at ata0-master UDMA100

Re: Dump/Restore?

2009-09-13 Thread Chris Maness
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: I level 0 dump of my server.  I lost a file that I need back.  Is it possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory instead of a pristine partition/mount?  Or even better, is it possible to just

8.0-Beta installation problem -- Unable to find /dev/ad0s1b

2009-09-13 Thread Robert Huff
Jin Guojun writes: Tried to install from both 8.0-BETA{3, 4}-i386-dvd1.iso on a Phenom 9600 system and having some disk problems. After commit, installation says -- Unable to find device node for /dev/ad0s1b in /dev The Creation of file system will abort. OK [Press enter or

ath atheros 5424/2424 on the CQ60 Presario

2009-09-13 Thread Kenneth
Anyone been able to use the ath driver on an atheros 5424/2424? I have a Compaq Presario CQ60 and can not get the wireless light to turn blue? -Original Message- From: Jules Gilbert jules.sto...@gmail.com Sent: Sep 13, 2009 7:14 PM To: Kenneth kennet...@earthlink.net Cc: