Re: Not able to install firefox 4 from 8.2 stable packages

2011-05-22 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 22/05/2011 06:35, Xn Nooby wrote: I'm a struggling nooby. I am trying to install firefox 4 on a fresh 8.2 installation. I want to the core system to track the errata branch, and get binary packages from 8-stable (which has firefox 4). I installed FreeBSD 8.2 release. #

Re: Not able to install firefox 4 from 8.2 stable packages

2011-05-22 Thread Antonio Olivares
Xn Nooby, On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 5:35 AM, Xn Nooby xno...@gmail.com wrote: I'm a struggling nooby.  I am trying to install firefox 4 on a fresh 8.2 installation. I want to the core system to track the errata branch, and get binary packages from 8-stable (which has firefox 4). I installed

Re: FreeBSD upgrade from 7.4 Stable to 8.2

2011-05-22 Thread krad
On 22 May 2011 10:30, Jos Chrispijn ker...@webrz.net wrote: Just read that a save upgrade from my current 7.4 version would be easy by performing: # freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.2-RELEASE # freebsd-update install # shutdown -r now # freebsd-update install Are there any pitfalls to this?

Xfce4.8 Trash?

2011-05-22 Thread Patrick Lamaiziere
Hello, Since Xfce 4.8 the trash applet does not work : Can't connect to the trash. I've googled a bit but can't find any solution (Thunar, dbus and hal are running). This is a fresh install and not an update. Any tip? Thunar-1.2.1_1 garcon-0.1.7 gtk-xfce-engine-2.8.1 libexo-0.6.0

Re: FreeBSD upgrade from 7.4 Stable to 8.2

2011-05-22 Thread Michael Powell
Jos Chrispijn wrote: Just read that a save upgrade from my current 7.4 version would be easy by performing: # freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.2-RELEASE # freebsd-update install # shutdown -r now # freebsd-update install Are there any pitfalls to this? I only have done the src methods,

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Re: FreeBSD upgrade from 7.4 Stable to 8.2

2011-05-22 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of May 22, 2011 11:30:57 AM +0200, Jos Chrispijn is alleged to have said: Just read that a save upgrade from my current 7.4 version would be easy by performing: # freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.2-RELEASE # freebsd-update install # shutdown -r now # freebsd-update install Are there any

Re: SATA Host Adapter Recommendation

2011-05-22 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of May 21, 2011 7:26:22 PM -0700, Jason C. Wells is alleged to have said: I am looking to get 2 sata host adapters. The mandatory requirements are good freebsd support and hot swap capability. I plan to use gmirror. I have discovered that my onboard chipsets don't support hot swap.

Re: Xfce4.8 Trash?

2011-05-22 Thread Robert Simmons
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 7:26 AM, Patrick Lamaiziere patf...@davenulle.org wrote: Hello, Since Xfce 4.8 the trash applet does not work : Can't connect to the trash. I've googled a bit but can't find any solution (Thunar, dbus and hal are running). This is a fresh install and not an update.

Filename containing French characters ?

2011-05-22 Thread Frank Bonnet
Hello I'm going mad trying to Open a file which the filename contains one or more French characters ( file not found ) Is there some magical receipe to do so ? Or do I have to forget trying ??? Thanks Envoyé de mon iPhone___

Re: Filename containing French characters ?

2011-05-22 Thread Eitan Adler
I'm going mad trying to Open a file which the filename contains one or more French characters ( file not found ) Is there some magical receipe to do so ? Or do I have to forget trying ??? Open a file using what program? Do you have permission to read/write to the file? What is the file

Re: Filename containing French characters ?

2011-05-22 Thread Mike Jeays
On Sun, 22 May 2011 17:00:48 +0200 Frank Bonnet f.bon...@esiee.fr wrote: Hello I'm going mad trying to Open a file which the filename contains one or more French characters ( file not found ) Is there some magical receipe to do so ? Or do I have to forget trying ??? Thanks Envoyé de

Re: Xfce4.8 Trash?

2011-05-22 Thread Patrick Lamaiziere
Le Sun, 22 May 2011 10:09:37 -0400, Robert Simmons rsimmo...@gmail.com a écrit : Since Xfce 4.8 the trash applet does not work : Can't connect to the trash. I've googled a bit but can't find any solution (Thunar, dbus and hal are running). This is a fresh install and not an update.

Re: Xfce4.8 Trash?

2011-05-22 Thread Robert Simmons
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Patrick Lamaiziere patf...@davenulle.org wrote: Le Sun, 22 May 2011 10:09:37 -0400, Robert Simmons rsimmo...@gmail.com a écrit : Since Xfce 4.8 the trash applet does not work : Can't connect to the trash. I've googled a bit but can't find any solution

Re: Xfce4.8 Trash?

2011-05-22 Thread George Liaskos
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Patrick Lamaiziere patf...@davenulle.org wrote: Le Sun, 22 May 2011 10:09:37 -0400, Robert Simmons rsimmo...@gmail.com a écrit : Since Xfce 4.8 the trash applet does not work : Can't connect to the trash. I've googled a bit but can't find any solution

Re: Xfce4.8 Trash?

2011-05-22 Thread Patrick Lamaiziere
Le Sun, 22 May 2011 18:56:11 +0300, George Liaskos geo.lias...@gmail.com a écrit : Since Xfce 4.8 the trash applet does not work : Can't connect to the trash. I've googled a bit but can't find any solution (Thunar, dbus and hal are running). This is a fresh install and not an

Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread Matthias Apitz
Hello, Now, as M$ bought Skype, we should stop wining for a native Skype client for FreeBSD and should prepare us for the time when M$ will integrate Skype into its desktop and stop deliver binaries for Linux; I have spent some time to get PTlib, Opal and Ekiga compiled directly from its

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread Ivan Klymenko
В Sun, 22 May 2011 19:10:33 +0200 Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de пишет: Hello, Now, as M$ bought Skype, we should stop wining for a native Skype client for FreeBSD and should prepare us for the time when M$ will integrate Skype into its desktop and stop deliver binaries for Linux; I

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
Matthias == Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de writes: Matthias Now, as M$ bought Skype, we should stop wining for a native Matthias Skype client for FreeBSD and should prepare us for the time Matthias when M$ will integrate Skype into its desktop and stop Matthias deliver binaries for Linux;

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread Ivan Klymenko
В Sun, 22 May 2011 10:44:50 -0700 mer...@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) пишет: Matthias == Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de writes: Matthias Now, as M$ bought Skype, we should stop wining for a native Matthias Skype client for FreeBSD and should prepare us for the time Matthias when M$

Install ImageMagick configured with Autotrace switch

2011-05-22 Thread Angelo
Hello, I am trying to install ImageMagick and Autotrace ports but I need to configure Imagemagick to work with Autotrace so it processes raster images to the vector svg format properly. This is what is recommended from the imagemagick website to do, but I don't know the commands to type in

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 22 May 2011 19:10:33 +0200 Matthias Apitz g...@unixarea.de articulated: Now, as M$ bought Skype, we should stop wining for a native Skype client for FreeBSD and should prepare us for the time when M$ will integrate Skype into its desktop and stop deliver binaries for Linux; Honestly,

Re: Not able to install firefox 4 from 8.2 stable packages

2011-05-22 Thread Xn Nooby
  # portsnap fetch update   # cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster   # make install   # portmaster --check-depends   # portmaster www/firefox Thanks!, that worked, though I had to do a 'rehash' after the 'make install'. There is work going on to change this situation -- search the list

The Perfect Desktop: FreebSD 8.2 in Virtualbox 4?

2011-05-22 Thread Xn Nooby
HowtoForge has a lot of good examples of how to install and configure a desktop system using various Linux distributions, but there are none on how to create a FreeBSD desktop. Would someone will be willing to put one together? I envision this more of a how-to than just providing an appliance.

Re: Install ImageMagick configured with Autotrace switch

2011-05-22 Thread Peter Vereshagin
Concrete jungle, oh freebsd-questions, you've got to do your best... 2011/05/22 10:43:52 -0700 Angelo aussie...@gmail.com = To freebsd-questions@freebsd.org : A I am trying to install ImageMagick and Autotrace ports but I need to A configure Imagemagick to work with Autotrace so it processes

Re: The Perfect Desktop: FreebSD 8.2 in Virtualbox 4?

2011-05-22 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 22 May 2011 15:17:50 -0400, Xn Nooby xno...@gmail.com wrote: HowtoForge has a lot of good examples of how to install and configure a desktop system using various Linux distributions, but there are none on how to create a FreeBSD desktop. Would someone will be willing to put one

Re: Other lists exist too - Was Re: Hardware Recovery Company

2011-05-22 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi Robert, Thanks for your repsonse, I mailed postmas...@freebsd.org that this thread exists, invited him to consider list definitions in light of past, present possible future response that may be psoted on this thread. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants

kernel: install: mps.ko.symbols: No such file or directory

2011-05-22 Thread O. Hartmann
Building kernel and modules with CLANG (did not try with gcc) results in corrupted system with following error message. Operating system is most recent svn update of FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT/amd64: URL: svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/head Repository Root: svn://svn.freebsd.org/base Repository UUID:

Re: The Perfect Desktop: FreebSD 8.2 in Virtualbox 4?

2011-05-22 Thread Xn Nooby
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Sun, 22 May 2011 15:17:50 -0400, Xn Nooby xno...@gmail.com wrote: HowtoForge has a lot of good examples of how to install and configure a desktop system using various Linux distributions, but there are none on how to create

Re: kernel: install: mps.ko.symbols: No such file or directory

2011-05-22 Thread Garrett Cooper
On May 22, 2011, at 2:42 PM, O. Hartmann wrote: Building kernel and modules with CLANG (did not try with gcc) results in corrupted system with following error message. Operating system is most recent svn update of FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT/amd64: URL: svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/head Repository

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread ajtiM
On Sunday 22 May 2011 12:44:50 Randal L. Schwartz wrote: paid) PSTN-to-SIP bridges, it can nearly completely replace Skype, at least for point-to-point audio/video. (No SILK though... there's nothing that comes close, sadly.) What about Blink: http://icanblink.com/ IMO Ekiga is not good

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread Robert Simmons
Also, unless my friends all change from Skype or Skype becomes intolerable with SIP, I'm stuck with Skype. Also, we should wait and see what ms does with Skype before we condemn them. On May 22, 2011 7:20 PM, ajtiM lum...@gmail.com wrote: On Sunday 22 May 2011 12:44:50 Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

Re: Not able to install firefox 4 from 8.2 stable packages

2011-05-22 Thread Xn Nooby
On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Xn Nooby xno...@gmail.com wrote:   # portsnap fetch update   # cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster   # make install   # portmaster --check-depends   # portmaster www/firefox Thanks!, that worked, though I had to do a 'rehash' after the 'make install'.

Re: Filename containing French characters ?

2011-05-22 Thread Frank Bonnet
Le 22/05/2011 17:31, Mike Jeays a écrit : On Sun, 22 May 2011 17:00:48 +0200 Frank Bonnetf.bon...@esiee.fr wrote: Hello I'm going mad trying to Open a file which the filename contains one or more French characters ( file not found ) Is there some magical receipe to do so ? Or do I have to

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread Gour-Gadadhara Dasa
On Sun, 22 May 2011 19:36:46 -0400 Robert Simmons rsimmo...@gmail.com wrote: Also, unless my friends all change from Skype or Skype becomes intolerable with SIP, I'm stuck with Skype. You use Skype -- SIP gateway? I use SIP even with my 'landline' phone, but still have the need to talk to

Re: Ekiga FreeBSD (for a future without Skype)

2011-05-22 Thread Frank Shute
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 07:10:06AM +0200, Gour-Gadadhara Dasa wrote: On Sun, 22 May 2011 19:36:46 -0400 Robert Simmons rsimmo...@gmail.com wrote: Also, unless my friends all change from Skype or Skype becomes intolerable with SIP, I'm stuck with Skype. You use Skype -- SIP gateway?