Re: ghghg

2011-07-15 Thread Bruce Cran
On 15/07/2011 00:13, Gary Kline wrote: Apologies to everyone. i've ben trying to get mail going between here to -questions fr 11 days and NOTHING seemd to ork i really didnt think this ould work. speciallly after ail to -test bouncedd: not

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 05:08:16PM +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: I would advise you to get TeXLive instead, but that is just me. You can install from TeXLive DVD, or go get a DVD with packages: I would second that. It comes comlete with FreeBSD binaries for i386 and amd64 in the

Re: atheros 9285 wifi

2011-07-15 Thread Vincent Hoffman
On 15/07/2011 03:15, freebsd-questi...@herveybayaustralia.com.au wrote: On Thu 14/07/11 9:28 PM , Maciej Milewski wrote:On czwartek, 14 lipca 2011 04:25:59 Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:02:02 +1000, freebsd- wrote: So are you saying I can't just grab the ath module?

Upgrading very old installation

2011-07-15 Thread Jaime Kikpole
I'm running a FreeBSD 6.x server that hasn't been updated in about 1.5 years. atlas:~uname -mprs FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 i386 What is the recommended way to upgrade it to something current? Should I upgrade it to the most recent 6.x and then to 7.x and then to 8.x? Or should I use a more

Re: Upgrading very old installation

2011-07-15 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 15/07/2011 13:20, Jaime Kikpole wrote: I'm running a FreeBSD 6.x server that hasn't been updated in about 1.5 years. atlas:~uname -mprs FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 i386 What is the recommended way to upgrade it to something current? Should I upgrade it to the most recent 6.x and then

Upgrading very old installation

2011-07-15 Thread Robert Huff
Jaime Kikpole writes: I'm running a FreeBSD 6.x server that hasn't been updated in about 1.5 years. atlas:~uname -mprs FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 i386 What is the recommended way to upgrade it to something current? Should I upgrade it to the most recent 6.x and then to 7.x and

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Antonio Olivares
I hoped for a true native port for TeXLive I can't see that it's really necessary. I remember difficulties with the 2009 release when FreeBSD binaries were not included but now they are the installation is headache-free. What exactly is missing from teTeX? Try this, get the source for

Re: help

2011-07-15 Thread Jerry
On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:25:41 -0300 Mario Lobo articulated: On Thursday 14 July 2011 20:06:06 Erman Zülfükaroğlu wrote: Hi , I try to mount free bsd to Windows sharing folder. mount_smbs -I 10.0.0.x /10.0.0.x/share folder name /mnt/mount folder but i can't. mount_smbfs=unable open

Re: Upgrading very old installation

2011-07-15 Thread Steven Friedrich
On 7/15/2011 9:38 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 15/07/2011 13:20, Jaime Kikpole wrote: I'm running a FreeBSD 6.x server that hasn't been updated in about 1.5 years. atlas:~uname -mprs FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 i386 What is the recommended way to upgrade it to something current? Should I

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 09:33:45AM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: I hoped for a true native port for TeXLive I can't see that it's really necessary. I remember difficulties with the 2009 release when FreeBSD binaries were not included but now they are the installation is

Re: boting straight into firefox

2011-07-15 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 07:38:19AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: But firefox -help doesn't show parameters for positioning, and also by pressing PF11 for interactively entered fullscreen mode, the navigational elements keep being present. But maybe there's something you can do by configuration

Re: boting straight into firefox

2011-07-15 Thread Joshua Isom
On 7/15/2011 10:20 AM, Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 07:38:19AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: But firefox -help doesn't show parameters for positioning, and also by pressing PF11 for interactively entered fullscreen mode, the navigational elements keep being present. But maybe there's

Re: DOSBox: whole screen turns black

2011-07-15 Thread Philipp
On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:33:17 -0700 per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Did the system memory size report near the top of the dmesg change when you changed the VRAM size? (I think it should have, since the VRAM should be off limits to all other uses, but I don't know the area well enough to be

Re: Upgrading very old installation

2011-07-15 Thread krad
On 15 July 2011 16:25, Steven Friedrich free...@insightbb.com wrote: On 7/15/2011 9:38 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 15/07/2011 13:20, Jaime Kikpole wrote: I'm running a FreeBSD 6.x server that hasn't been updated in about 1.5 years. atlas:~uname -mprs FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 i386

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Anton Shterenlikht me...@bristol.ac.uk wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 09:33:45AM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: I hoped for a true native port for TeXLive I can't see that it's really necessary. I remember difficulties with the 2009 release when FreeBSD

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Frank Shute
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 05:54:26PM +, Antonio Olivares wrote: [snip] Anton, This is what I mean. For regular things, TeTeX is fine, but for bigger projects one can't do without texlive. I encountered the same problems with default tetex, but installed TeXLive from DVD and I no

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 09:03:24AM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 05:08:16PM +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: I would advise you to get TeXLive instead, but that is just me. You can install from TeXLive DVD, or go get a DVD with packages: I would second

Re: Upgrading very old installation

2011-07-15 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 08:20:52AM -0400, Jaime Kikpole wrote: I'm running a FreeBSD 6.x server that hasn't been updated in about 1.5 years. atlas:~uname -mprs FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 i386 I've been using the cvsup/make method of upgrades for years and only used freebsd-upgrade once.

Re: Upgrading very old installation

2011-07-15 Thread Balázs Mátéffy
On 15 July 2011 22:46, Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 08:20:52AM -0400, Jaime Kikpole wrote: I'm running a FreeBSD 6.x server that hasn't been updated in about 1.5 years. atlas:~uname -mprs FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE-p8 i386 i386 I've been using the cvsup/make

Progress Report: OpenNMS under FreeBSD

2011-07-15 Thread Dennis Glatting
I have OpenNMS-1812 running under FreeBSD 8.2, specifically within a VirtualBox instance running FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 itself running under FreeBSD 8.2 amd64. There were a lot of issues. By running I mean: * A PostgreSQL database is built, running, and initialized, * OpenNMS starts and

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread perryh
Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 05:54:26PM +, Antonio Olivares wrote: ... For regular things, TeTeX is fine, but for bigger projects one can't do without texlive. I encountered the same problems with default tetex, but installed TeXLive from DVD and I no

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 09:33:45AM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: I hoped for a true native port for TeXLive I can't see that it's really necessary. I remember difficulties with the 2009 release when FreeBSD binaries were not included but now they are the installation is

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:19:13PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 09:03:24AM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 05:08:16PM +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: I would advise you to get TeXLive instead, but that is just me. You can install from

[SOLVED]Re: atheros 9285 wifi

2011-07-15 Thread freebsd-questions
On Fri 15/07/11 7:46 PM , Vincent Hoffman wrote:On 15/07/2011 03:15, wrote: On Thu 14/07/11 9:28 PM , Maciej Milewski wrote:On czwartek, 14 lipca 2011 04:25:59 Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:02:02 +1000, freebsd- wrote: So are you saying I can't just grab the

Problems with sshd

2011-07-15 Thread Paul Schmehl
I manage a small hobby website for some friends. The system has been running fine for quite a while, but suddenly the owners are having problems using WinSCP to transfer files to the server. The only thing that has changed recently is their internet service, and I'm inclined to think that's

Multimedia

2011-07-15 Thread hasanhasanli Hasan
Hello everybody I want to install driver Hauppauge WinTV PVR 250 for FreeBSD. I try for any version FreeBSD 7.4 and 8.2. I can't install it. I have done following: In Kernel I added next lines: device  bktr device  iicbus device  iicbb device  smbus then I have donecd cp hcwPVRP2.sys

Re: Problems with sshd

2011-07-15 Thread Noel
On 7/15/2011 10:12 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: I manage a small hobby website for some friends. The system has been running fine for quite a while, but suddenly the owners are having problems using WinSCP to transfer files to the server. The only thing that has changed recently is their internet

before i ugrade from 7.3 to 8.x....

2011-07-15 Thread Gary Kline
guys, i ant to be as sure as possible that my network stuff and mail Works! how can i test my /etc/namedb/* 'stuff'? pretty sure mail works .. AND finally, i'm glad i stuck with FreeBSD and fer all your help. gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service