Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 08:38:59PM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote: On Apr 2, 2011, at 8:30 PM, Gary Kline wrote: On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 07:29:23PM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote: Get a Gmail account. i tried about a year ago: gdk98188; now i cannot get in. something is hosed

Re: Port dependencies

2011-04-03 Thread Gary Kline
On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 08:07:25PM -0700, Chris Telting wrote: seriously, this is why i want that debian+freebsd that was discussed recently. the kernel is ours and number one in the world. and the ports stuff is basically packages that more/less just-work. you can get

Re: Unable to update dirmngr

2011-04-03 Thread Joseph Mingrone
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 15:41, Jerry freebsd.u...@seibercom.net wrote: FreeBSD-8.2 Several attempts to update the dirmngr port have failed. Did you see the 20110328 entry in /usr/ports/UPDATING for net/openldap24-client? Try reconfiguring net/openldap24-client without the fetch option

Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 03/04/2011 02:43, Polytropon wrote: I can only speak for myself regarding this suggestion, and I may also admit that I'm not fully happy with it. I would like to run my own mail server, but corrently I'm using the one for POP of the provider of my domain. I avoid SMTP as sending mail from

Re: Unable to update dirmngr

2011-04-03 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 03/04/2011 07:24, Joseph Mingrone wrote: On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 15:41, Jerry freebsd.u...@seibercom.net wrote: FreeBSD-8.2 Several attempts to update the dirmngr port have failed. Did you see the 20110328 entry in /usr/ports/UPDATING for net/openldap24-client? Try reconfiguring

Re: Port dependencies

2011-04-03 Thread Romain Garbage
2011/4/3 Chris Telting christopher...@telting.org:        seriously, this is why i want that debian+freebsd that was        discussed recently.  the kernel is ours and number one in the        world.  and the ports stuff is basically packages that more/less        just-work.  you can get the

Re: graphical representation of `du`

2011-04-03 Thread David Demelier
On 02/04/2011 19:30, Chris Rees wrote: On 2 April 2011 18:22, Chris Reesutis...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 April 2011 18:07, Mike Jeaysmike.je...@rogers.com wrote: On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 17:15:04 +0100 Chris Reesutis...@gmail.com wrote: du -h . | awk '{a[i++]=$0} END {for (j=i-1; j=0;) print

Could not find /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk

2011-04-03 Thread Paul Chany
Hi, I have just installed FreeBSD release 8.2 using FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso and want to install sudo. I did the following: # whereis sudo # cd /usr/ports/security/sudo # make install clean but get error messages: .. Could not find /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk What can I do to solve

Re: Could not find /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk

2011-04-03 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 03/04/2011 11:05, Paul Chany wrote: I have just installed FreeBSD release 8.2 using FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso and want to install sudo. I did the following: # whereis sudo # cd /usr/ports/security/sudo # make install clean but get error messages: .. Could not find

Re: Port dependencies

2011-04-03 Thread Christer Solskogen
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 5:07 AM, Chris Telting christopher...@telting.org wrote: How does debian get around all the make config options that we deal with?  Such as does such and such package pull in samba...  Or does debian just compile with every option more or less enabled? Yes, and no.

Can't fetch portsnap because of network problem

2011-04-03 Thread Paul Chany
Hi, I'm trying to fetch portsnap but can't because probably of network problem. Whenever I try to run command # portsnap fetch extract the process stall and never reach 20%. It is sad. :( The computer on wich I try to run this command is on my home LAN that has a gateway/router. What can I

Re: Port dependencies

2011-04-03 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
Op 2-4-2011 19:03, Randal L. Schwartz schreef: That's one of the first things I do with a fresh system that will be only a server: echo WITHOUT_X11=yes /etc/make.conf And then *never* use packages. Only ports Are the quotes neccessary? ___

console based sound control

2011-04-03 Thread Alokat
Hi, I'm looking for a sound control tool (like alsamixer) but for oss. Does someone know one? Regards, alokat ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: Can't fetch portsnap because of network problem

2011-04-03 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 03/04/2011 14:45, Paul Chany wrote: I'm trying to fetch portsnap but can't because probably of network problem. Whenever I try to run command # portsnap fetch extract the process stall and never reach 20%. It is sad. :( The computer on wich I try to run this command is on my home LAN

Re: console based sound control

2011-04-03 Thread Bill Tillman
I use audacity but that is a sound editor and may not be what you're looking for. From: Alokat mail...@alokat.org To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Sun, April 3, 2011 9:59:57 AM Subject: console based sound control Hi, I'm looking for a sound control

Re: console based sound control

2011-04-03 Thread Bruce Cran
On 03/04/2011 14:59, Alokat wrote: I'm looking for a sound control tool (like alsamixer) but for oss. Does someone know one? Have you tried mixer(8)? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mixerapropos=0sektion=0manpath=FreeBSD+8.2-RELEASEformat=html -- Bruce Cran

Re: console based sound control

2011-04-03 Thread Alokat
On 04/03/11 16:31, Bruce Cran wrote: On 03/04/2011 14:59, Alokat wrote: I'm looking for a sound control tool (like alsamixer) but for oss. Does someone know one? Have you tried mixer(8)? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mixerapropos=0sektion=0manpath=FreeBSD+8.2-RELEASEformat=html

Re: Port dependencies

2011-04-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sat, Apr 02, 2011 at 05:07:54PM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Chris Rees utis...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 April 2011 00:58, Chris Telting christopher...@telting.org wrote: One of my biggest gripes with the ports system is dependency hell. I think you've misunderstood the term

Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:43:59AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: For example, you could install an IMAP interface for mail stored on the server, so you can access it by any IMAP capable client you want, and you could even install a web mail client (e. g. roundcube) to bind to that IMAP inter-

DNS Administrator - Kenya

2011-04-03 Thread Kenneth Parit
Hello, I look forward to becoming the DNS Administrator for my country Kenya. It is impossible to download FreeBSD 8.2 from any of the mirror sites due to disconnections. Since I am contactable any day/time of the year and skilled in DNS setup, kindly email me the latest stable FreeBSD to be

Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Bruce Cran
On 02/04/2011 21:54, David Chanters wrote: You could have just sent yourself an email. But yes, here you are. I was going to suggest Gary should have used the freebsd-test mailing list but then I realised it's been broken since May last year. -- Bruce Cran

Re: Can't fetch portsnap because of network problem

2011-04-03 Thread Paul Chany
2011-04-03 16:19 keltezéssel, Matthew Seaman írta: On 03/04/2011 14:45, Paul Chany wrote: I'm trying to fetch portsnap but can't because probably of network problem. Whenever I try to run command # portsnap fetch extract the process stall and never reach 20%. It is sad. :( The computer

Re: Can't fetch portsnap because of network problem

2011-04-03 Thread Paul Chany
2011-04-03 18:35 keltezéssel, Paul Chany írta: 2011-04-03 16:19 keltezéssel, Matthew Seaman írta: On 03/04/2011 14:45, Paul Chany wrote: I'm trying to fetch portsnap but can't because probably of network problem. Whenever I try to run command # portsnap fetch extract the process stall and

Re: DNS Administrator - Kenya

2011-04-03 Thread Jamie Paul Griffin
On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 06:57:27PM +0300, Kenneth Parit wrote: Hello, I look forward to becoming the DNS Administrator for my country Kenya. It is impossible to download FreeBSD 8.2 from any of the mirror sites due to disconnections. Since I am contactable any day/time of the year and

Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Chris Rees
On 3 Apr 2011 17:32, Bruce Cran br...@cran.org.uk wrote: On 02/04/2011 21:54, David Chanters wrote: You could have just sent yourself an email. But yes, here you are. I was going to suggest Gary should have used the freebsd-test mailing list but then I realised it's been broken since May

Re: Can't fetch portsnap because of network problem

2011-04-03 Thread Paul Chany
2011-04-03 16:19 keltezéssel, Matthew Seaman írta: On 03/04/2011 14:45, Paul Chany wrote: I'm trying to fetch portsnap but can't because probably of network problem. Whenever I try to run command # portsnap fetch extract the process stall and never reach 20%. It is sad. :( The computer

Re: console based sound control

2011-04-03 Thread David Demelier
On 03/04/2011 15:59, Alokat wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a sound control tool (like alsamixer) but for oss. Does someone know one? Regards, alokat ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: DNS Administrator - Kenya

2011-04-03 Thread Odhiambo Washington
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 18:57, Kenneth Parit kennethpa...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I look forward to becoming the DNS Administrator for my country Kenya. It is impossible to download FreeBSD 8.2 from any of the mirror sites due to disconnections. Since I am contactable any day/time of the

Re: Can't fetch portsnap because of network problem

2011-04-03 Thread Paul Chany
2011-04-03 16:19 keltezéssel, Matthew Seaman írta: On 03/04/2011 14:45, Paul Chany wrote: I'm trying to fetch portsnap but can't because probably of network problem. Whenever I try to run command # portsnap fetch extract the process stall and never reach 20%. It is sad. :( The computer

Kaffeine anomaly

2011-04-03 Thread Steven Friedrich
I like kaffeine's playlist, but how do the Artist, Album, and track fields get populated or edited? I'm asking on FreeBSD because it may be via File Manager and extended attributes. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re[2]: graphical representation of `du`

2011-04-03 Thread Австин Ким
Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:01:24 +0200 письмо от David Demelier demelier.da...@gmail.com: On 02/04/2011 19:30, Chris Rees wrote: On 2 April 2011 18:22, Chris Reesutis...@gmail.com wrote: On 2 April 2011 18:07, Mike Jeaysmike.je...@rogers.com wrote: On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 17:15:04 +0100 Chris

Re: Re[2]: graphical representation of `du`

2011-04-03 Thread Chris Rees
On 3 April 2011 20:26, Австин Ким avs...@mail.ru wrote: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:01:24 +0200 письмо от David Demelier demelier.da...@gmail.com: On 02/04/2011 19:30, Chris Rees wrote: On 2 April 2011 18:22, Chris Reesutis...@gmail.com  wrote: On 2 April 2011 18:07, Mike

Re: DNS Administrator - Kenya

2011-04-03 Thread krad
On 3 April 2011 18:10, Odhiambo Washington odhia...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 18:57, Kenneth Parit kennethpa...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I look forward to becoming the DNS Administrator for my country Kenya. It is impossible to download FreeBSD 8.2 from any of the mirror

Last Stacker patent expires May 14th

2011-04-03 Thread Brett Glass
Everyone: The last of the Stac data compression patents, granted in 1991, expires on May 14th of this year. For a long time, all implementations of PPP for FreeBSD have had stubs for the Stac compression methods (in particular, MPPC; see, for example, /sys/netgraph/mppc.c) and there's now

Re: Port dependencies

2011-04-03 Thread Gary Kline
On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 10:35:08AM +0200, Romain Garbage wrote: 2011/4/3 Chris Telting christopher...@telting.org:        seriously, this is why i want that debian+freebsd that was        discussed recently.  the kernel is ours and number one in the        world.  and the ports stuff is

Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Al Plant
Bruce Cran wrote: On 02/04/2011 21:54, David Chanters wrote: You could have just sent yourself an email. But yes, here you are. I was going to suggest Gary should have used the freebsd-test mailing list but then I realised it's been broken since May last year. ##3 Aloha Bruce,

Re: console based sound control

2011-04-03 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:59:57 +0200, Alokat mail...@alokat.org wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a sound control tool (like alsamixer) but for oss. With sound control, you mean a mixer program, correct? FreeBSD brings its own system program for that - see man mixer for details. There's also a port

Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 09:46:26 -0600, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:43:59AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: For example, you could install an IMAP interface for mail stored on the server, so you can access it by any IMAP capable client you want, and you could

Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 01:37:50AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 09:46:26 -0600, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:43:59AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: For example, you could install an IMAP interface for mail stored on the server, so you can

Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 18:15:48 -0600, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: I've seen Roundcube do this crap. It does *not* make me happy when trying to skim through emails quickly -- and it can be bad when reading more closely, too. You're fully correct, it may not be the best solution for

Re: am i back up....???

2011-04-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 02:33:53AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 18:15:48 -0600, Chad Perrin per...@apotheon.com wrote: I've seen Roundcube do this crap. It does *not* make me happy when trying to skim through emails quickly -- and it can be bad when reading more closely,

Re: DNS Administrator - Kenya

2011-04-03 Thread Nerius Landys
alternatively try one of the torrents, it should survive disconnections far better than ftp etc Yes, try the torrents. I don't seed them for nothing. This is probably one of the best ways to get FreeBSD. Here they are: http://torrents.freebsd.org:8080/

Re: nfs error: No route to host when starting apache ...

2011-04-03 Thread Rick Macklem
On Fri, 1 Apr 2011, Rick Macklem wrote: Since rpc.lockd and rpc.statd expect to be able to do IP broadcast (same goes for rpcbind), I suspect that might be a problem w.r.t. jails, although I know nothing about how jails work? Oh, and you can use the nolock mount option to avoid use of

Re: tuning a system for a single user

2011-04-03 Thread Peter Ulrich Kruppa
On Fri, 1 Apr 2011, Eitan Adler wrote: When I look for tuning guides online, or reading tuning(7) I find a lot of guides for tuning a system for multiple users or for specific purposes (web servers, file servers, etc) I am looking for specific tunables that might make the experience of using

Re: Port dependencies

2011-04-03 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Dick == Dick Hoogendijk d...@nagual.nl writes: Dick Are the quotes neccessary? No. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 mer...@stonehenge.com URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/ Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc.

Hitting kern.openfile ~= kern.maxfiles

2011-04-03 Thread Murray Taylor
Hi all, I am getting sporadic Xorg / KDE lockups or process crashes. It seems to be related to hitting the kern.maxfiles value. What I am seeing looks like a lot of unclosed file descriptors that are clogging the system badly. FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:48:17 UTC 2009 Xorg 7.5