Re: 8.2-RELEASE-amd64.iso weirdness (help!)

2011-08-03 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:35:30 -0400, Michael Powell nightre...@hotmail.com wrote: Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: ... Worse still, though, is what I ran across in the partitioning/labeling/boot record section of sysinstall; no more dangerously dedicated mode (unless you go into expert mode, which

Fw: 8.2-RELEASE-amd64.iso weirdness (help!)

2011-08-03 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
Begin forwarded message (earlier I replied to the poster, but thought I'd share this with the list): On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 01:57:49 +0200, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 18:06:06 -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: As another user mentioned elsewhere, the packages

Re: Fw: 8.2-RELEASE-amd64.iso weirdness (help!)

2011-08-03 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 02:06:51 -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: Interesting to see the changes that have taken place in the meantime. I've certainly got some catching up to do here. :-) You learn something new every day using FreeBSD. :-) I much prefer to use ports, myself. I just like to

Re: 8.2-RELEASE-amd64.iso weirdness (help!)

2011-08-03 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 03/08/2011 00:57, Polytropon wrote: The really crucial problem I'm facing right now is that I can't get Linux's damned grub off of my hard drive! This should be easy by dd'ing the beginning of the hard disk with /dev/zero's. Otherwise, overwriting with FreeBSD's standard booting

portupgrades fail because of missing /usr/local/lib/liblzma.la

2011-08-03 Thread Ewald Jenisch
Hi, On my 8.2-System (amd64, kernel system updated two days ago) I run into a nasty problem updating my ports: Ports that depend on liblzma fail to build with the following error: /usr/local/lib/liblzma.la: No such file or directory AFAIK, the xz-libraries are not part of the base system;

Re: Fw: 8.2-RELEASE-amd64.iso weirdness (help!)

2011-08-03 Thread Bas Smeelen
On 08/03/2011 09:06 AM, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: I ran dd and zeroed out the entire first gigabyte of space on the drive, yet grub was still there! I couldn't believe it. I'm on the verge now of just zeroing out the entire drive. Hate to have to resort to such a ridiculously extreme

Re: 8.2-RELEASE-amd64.iso weirdness (help!)

2011-08-03 Thread Bernt Hansson
2011-08-03 01:06, Conrad J. Sabatier skrev: The really crucial problem I'm facing right now is that I can't get Linux's damned grub off of my hard drive! This might help, but I'm not sure. http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/questions/2005-07/1509.html

Re: portupgrades fail because of missing /usr/local/lib/liblzma.la

2011-08-03 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 03/08/2011 11:00, Ewald Jenisch wrote: So here are my questions? o) Why doesn't the build process of ports recognize the xz-libraries in /usr/lib? (BTW, not even make deinstall make clean make install helps) xz(1) and the associated libraries are now part of the base system in stable/8

freebsd ARP problem

2011-08-03 Thread Коньков Евгений
Hi, all. I delete IP address from one server and add it to this one. But connection is not up, because of remote server (77.93.52.9) ask IP and notice MAC in whe-has frame. 15:39:46.540277 ARP, Request who-has 77.93.52.10 (00:1b:21:45:da:b8) tell 77.93.52.9, length 46 0x: 001b 2145

Re: freebsd ARP problem

2011-08-03 Thread Peter Andreev
Eugenie I didn't understand your question, so I ask you for some clarification. 3 августа 2011 г. 17:19 пользователь Коньков Евгений kes-...@yandex.ru написал: Hi, all. I delete IP address from one server and add it to this one. You moved IP address from one server to second one. Right? But

printing to Kyocera FS-1030D

2011-08-03 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Hi, before I use up too many trees experimenting, could some kind soul tell me how I can get OpenOffice to print to this printer. This is the first time I have tried to get anything printed from FreeBSD. I'm following the handbook. I think the basic setup is ok, I can get text printed using

Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D

2011-08-03 Thread Pierre-Luc Drouin
Hi, I would install CUPS and use the PPD file recommended on openprinting.org (http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Kyocera/Kyocera-FS-1030D). Cheers, Pierre-Luc On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Chris Whitehouse cwhi...@onetel.com wrote: Hi, before I use up too many trees experimenting, could

Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D

2011-08-03 Thread Robert Bonomi
From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Wed Aug 3 11:42:44 2011 Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:41:44 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse cwhi...@onetel.com To: User Questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D Hi, before I use up too many trees experimenting, could

Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D

2011-08-03 Thread Gour-Gadadhara Dasa
On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:41:44 +0100 Chris Whitehouse cwhi...@onetel.com wrote: Hi, before I use up too many trees experimenting, could some kind soul tell me how I can get OpenOffice to print to this printer. This is the first time I have tried to get anything printed from FreeBSD. I've

Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D

2011-08-03 Thread Robert Bonomi
Pierre, please do not 'top post' replies -- it makes the 'logic' of the message hard to follow, to wit: A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? See

Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D

2011-08-03 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Wednesday, August 03, 2011 a las 01:08:01PM -0500, Robert Bonomi escribió: Pierre, please do not 'top post' replies -- it makes the 'logic' of the message hard to follow, to wit: Yes, please do not top post; Apparently you missed the mention in the OP's original message that the

Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D

2011-08-03 Thread Ryan Coleman
Screw off. Top posting is actually a default in the mail software community. And I will always do it. More annoying: Extra spaces and not removing the cruff from the bottom of emails. And condescending asshats. On Aug 3, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: Pierre, please do not 'top

Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D

2011-08-03 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Wednesday, August 03, 2011 a las 01:22:51PM -0500, Ryan Coleman escribió: Screw off. Top posting is actually a default in the mail software community. And I will always do it. It is by no way a default. It is just a defect, ignorance and bad taste, and even if the mayority use it, it

RE: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D

2011-08-03 Thread Gary Gatten
Alas, I was wondering when this would pop up again. Seems about every quarter or so... Notice that I posted Top AND Bottom - is that half as bad or doubly bad? And seriously, although it (Top posting) is apparently a violation of the list AUP, does it REALLY matter THAT much? Personally I

top-posting 'condescending asshats' (to use Ryan Coleman's description of himself)

2011-08-03 Thread Robert Bonomi
Subject: Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D From: Ryan Coleman edi...@d3photography.com Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 13:22:51 -0500 Screw off. I'd suggest that you take your own advice', except for the fact that you probably don't know *how*. Top posting is actually a default in the

Installing a more recent version of xorg-server?

2011-08-03 Thread Ismael Farfán
Hello list I just installed FreeBSD 8.2 in this new laptop I got and I must say it's working good enough so far : ) The only thing preventing from actually starting using it is that my video card doesn't work with the version of xorg-server in the port's tree, I tried with i720, i810 and Intel

Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D

2011-08-03 Thread Chris Whitehouse
On 03/08/2011 18:58, Gour-Gadadhara Dasa wrote: On Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:41:44 +0100 Chris Whitehousecwhi...@onetel.com wrote: Hi, before I use up too many trees experimenting, could some kind soul tell me how I can get OpenOffice to print to this printer. This is the first time I have tried

Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D

2011-08-03 Thread Chris Whitehouse
On 03/08/2011 18:59, Robert Bonomi wrote: So either what should I set Device to, or how do I get ghostscript to know about this printer? I don't think there is a 'generic' PCL driver, but one of the 'HP laserjet' drivers _should_ do the job. Pick one thqt corresponds to a

Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D

2011-08-03 Thread Chris Whitehouse
On 03/08/2011 19:18, Matthias Apitz wrote: # catps-file |lpr -Plp To the OP: You won the todays Useless Use of Cat Award :-) The same would do: lpr -Plp ps-file or lpr -Plp ps-file :-) matthias Well I'm not a guru so perhaps I can be excused :-) Still

Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D

2011-08-03 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Chris Whitehouse wrote: # cat ps-file |lpr -Plp I get the whole text of the file not just Is this thing working?. The printer has various emulations, it is set to PCL 6 and I can't change it (not my printer) HP printers can use PJL sequences to set the page description

Re: top-posting 'condescending asshats' (to use Ryan Coleman's description of himself)

2011-08-03 Thread Jon Radel
On 8/3/11 3:01 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: *ANY* situation where the elapsed time between messages is longer than the recipient's ability to retain the 'frame of reference' (i.e., the previous message) in memory, it _is_ harder for the recipient of the message to follow top-posted content than

Re: Installing a more recent version of xorg-server?

2011-08-03 Thread Thomas D. Dean
On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 11:46 -0700, Ismael Farfán wrote: This config works on my HP Envy with Intel GUI Section ServerLayout Identifier X.org Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection

help setup an HP 3300C scanner

2011-08-03 Thread Antonio Olivares
Dear folks, I am sorry to bother you guys, but I need your help. I have a scanner HP 3300C scanner that is connected to one of my freebsd 8.2 amd machines. I have done my homework: read section scanners on FreeBSD Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/scanners.html looked at other

Re: help setup an HP 3300C scanner

2011-08-03 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com wrote: Dear folks, I am sorry to bother you guys, but I need your help.  I have a scanner HP 3300C scanner that is connected to one of my freebsd 8.2 amd machines. I have done my homework: read section scanners on

Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D

2011-08-03 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 20:18:53 +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: So, what? If you can only print PCL, just raster the Postscript file with ghostscript to PCL (using CUPS, this also can be done on the fly); Why the emphasize of CUPS? Even printer filter collections like apsfilter are too fat for that

Re: help setup an HP 3300C scanner

2011-08-03 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com wrote: Dear folks, I am sorry to bother you guys, but I need your help.  I have a scanner HP 3300C scanner that is connected to one of my

Re: Installing a more recent version of xorg-server?

2011-08-03 Thread Ismael Farfán
Hi Thomas I just tried with your xorg.conf, the result is the same as with the one I had: * kdm starts at 800x600 * Keyboard and mouse doesn't work so I can't login (though I can switch back the console with ctrl alt f1) Should I try with current? Which version of xorg-server is in current?

Source Upgrade

2011-08-03 Thread jhall
I am attempting to upgrade my server from 8.0 to 8.2 Release by upgrading the source code and recompiling the kernel. I am using cvs to download the source code. Following are the entries in my cvs-supfile. The system is an HP server. Following is the system information. FreeBSD

Re: Source Upgrade

2011-08-03 Thread Jason Helfman
On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 10:02:28PM -0500, jh...@socket.net thus spake: I am attempting to upgrade my server from 8.0 to 8.2 Release by upgrading the source code and recompiling the kernel. I am using cvs to download the source code. Following are the entries in my cvs-supfile. The system is

Re: portupgrades fail because of missing /usr/local/lib/liblzma.la

2011-08-03 Thread Gurpreet Singh
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk wrote: On 03/08/2011 11:00, Ewald Jenisch wrote: So here are my questions? o) Why doesn't the build process of ports recognize the xz-libraries in /usr/lib? (BTW, not even make deinstall make clean make

Re: help setup an HP 3300C scanner

2011-08-03 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: This as root though, but as simple user cannot do much :(, again xsane tells me that no devices were found :( Suggestions/Advice/comments are welcome and appreciated. To hit some relevant points... The uscanner device is gone, no longer needed

Re: help setup an HP 3300C scanner

2011-08-03 Thread Antonio Olivares
Warren, On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: This as root though, but as simple user cannot do much :(, again xsane tells me that no devices were found :( Suggestions/Advice/comments are welcome and appreciated.

Re: help setup an HP 3300C scanner

2011-08-03 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:16 PM, Antonio Olivares olivares14...@gmail.com wrote: Warren, On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: This as root though, but as simple user cannot do much :(, again xsane tells me that

Re: help setup an HP 3300C scanner

2011-08-03 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: Thank you for your message. I have added the following: # AAO # detect HP ScanJet 3300C attach 20 { device-name ugen[0-9].[0-9]; match vendor 0x03f0; match product 0x0205; action usb_devaddr=`echo $device-name | sed

Re: Installing a more recent version of xorg-server?

2011-08-03 Thread Thomas D. Dean
On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 19:43 -0700, Ismael Farfán wrote: Look at the keyboard section of 'man Xorg' Does ctrl-alt-keypad-plus change the display? tomdean ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: help setup an HP 3300C scanner

2011-08-03 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:09 AM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: On Wed, 3 Aug 2011, Antonio Olivares wrote: Thank you for your message.  I have added the following: # AAO # detect HP ScanJet 3300C attach 20 {      device-name ugen[0-9].[0-9];      match vendor 0x03f0;      match