Re: 6.2/i386 X/DRI issues

2007-05-30 Thread Alex R
On Wed, 30 May 2007 11:26:24 -0500, Reid Linnemann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i945 dri is working in 6-STABLE as of some months ago. This does not seem to be the case for me. As an experiment, I booted from a 7-CURRENT CD and installed it (May snapshot) and it was detected! But not in

Re: 6.2/i386 X/DRI issues

2007-05-30 Thread Alex R
On Wed, 30 May 2007 16:38:56 -0400, Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 6.2-what? You are probably running Release; you don't have Stable unless you've updated source and re-compiled everything. Stable is really a few steps ahead of release, with additional features and fixes, believed to be, uhh

Re: 6.2/i386 X/DRI issues

2007-05-30 Thread Alex R
On Thu, 31 May 2007 12:33:35 +1000, Norberto Meijome [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sure, update your src tree and rebuild your kernel and world (and install them :) ). and, just in case, you can find how to do that here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html

Re: 6.2/i386 X/DRI issues

2007-05-31 Thread Alex R
On Thu, 31 May 2007 16:13:48 +1000, Norberto Meijome [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it actually isn't that hard - just issue the commands, let it build and install... anyway, you wont be getting DRI until you do it (or 6.3 comes out, in which case you may be able to use freebsd-update to upgrade)

Re: 6.2/i386 X/DRI issues

2007-05-31 Thread Alex R
On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 13:16:00 +1000, Norberto Meijome [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 13:01:22 +1000 What does /var/log/Xorg.0.log tell you about it? (have chopped out the irrelevant bits as the log is far too long to post here) (II) LoadModule: dri (II) Loading

Re: 6.2/i386 X/DRI issues

2007-05-31 Thread Alex R
On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 13:16:00 +1000, Norberto Meijome [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it's in the archives of the list - you need to install the mesa-demos port. Installed it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ glxinfo Error: unable to open display But thats because I am ssh'd into the box from work, I dare say it

SMP System but only CPU#0 being used?

2007-06-02 Thread Alex R
Hi All, Just wondering about something here. First of all, I am running FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE and the CPU stats (parts of dmesg) CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2992.52-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = GenuineIntel Id = 0xf49 Stepping = 9

Re: SMP System but only CPU#0 being used?

2007-06-02 Thread Alex R
On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:43:52 -0500, JD Bronson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If this is HTT (seems to be) and not 'real' dual processors I just answered this last week? Check /etc/sysctl.conf for this: machdep.hyperthreading_allowed=1 -JD Thanks for the reply, I checked that sysctl

SMP System but only CPU#0 being used?

2007-06-03 Thread Alex R
Hi All, Just wondering about something here. First of all, I am running FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE and the CPU stats (parts of dmesg) CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz (2992.52-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = GenuineIntel Id = 0xf49 Stepping = 9

Re: installworld fails on 7.2-RELEASE/amd64

2009-08-10 Thread Alex R
Alex R wrote: I am in the process of deleting /usr/src and completely csup'ing the source tree from scratch, and will try another rebuild, however I am skeptical this will fix anything. This seems to have fixed it... but why... ___ freebsd

installworld fails on 7.2-RELEASE/amd64

2009-08-10 Thread Alex R
Hi Guys, Have done tonnes of buildworld's before and never ran into the problem I a having on this new machine. Basically I have csup'd my source tree on a freshly installed 7.2-RELEASE/amd64 box (tracking the 7.2-RELEASE branch). make buildworld -- works ok. make buildkernel KERNCONF=custom

Re: installworld fails on 7.2-RELEASE/amd64

2009-08-10 Thread Alex R
Boris Samorodov wrote: On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:30:22 +1000 Alex R wrote: /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/boot/i386/boot2/../btx/btx/btx -l boot2.ldr -o boot2.ld -P 1 boot2.bin btxld:No such file or directory *** Error code 1 This error (not only with btxld but with some random file) often

Re: installworld fails on 7.2-RELEASE/amd64

2009-08-10 Thread Alex R
Boris Samorodov wrote: On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:17:09 +1000 Alex R wrote: Boris Samorodov wrote: On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:30:22 +1000 Alex R wrote: /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/boot/i386/boot2/../btx/btx/btx -l boot2.ldr -o boot2.ld -P 1 boot2.bin btxld:No such file or directory

Userland PPP fails to load via rc.conf (7.2/amd64)

2009-08-14 Thread Alex R
Hi Guys, I ran into the same problem as this person did (see the link below): http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-...@freebsd.org/msg24337.html ppp starts fine if invoked from shell prompt, however the problem above occurs for me when I attempt to start it automatically at boot via

Re: Userland PPP fails to load via rc.conf (7.2/amd64)

2009-08-14 Thread Alex R
14, 2009 at 06:20:00PM +1000, Alex R typed: Hi Guys, I ran into the same problem as this person did (see the link below): http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-...@freebsd.org/msg24337.html ppp starts fine if invoked from shell prompt, however the problem above occurs for me when I attempt

Re: Userland PPP fails to load via rc.conf (7.2/amd64)

2009-08-14 Thread Alex R
There are also some interesting responses in comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc about this (I opened a thread there too). ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: Userland PPP fails to load via rc.conf (7.2/amd64)

2009-08-14 Thread Alex R
Actually I did change the root shell to bash. U think that might cause it? Ruben de Groot wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 09:49:48PM +1000, Alex R typed: Hi Ruben, Output is as follows: /usr/bin/su: libutil.so.7 = /lib/libutil.so.7 (0x800635000) libpam.so.4 = /usr/lib

Re: Userland PPP fails to load via rc.conf (7.2/amd64)

2009-08-14 Thread Alex R
Thank you Ruben :-) :-) I wouldn't have thought in a million years that could be the issue, but what you have said makes perfect sense. Looks like its back to /bin/sh for root. Cheers, Alex. Ruben de Groot wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:08:48PM +1000, Alex R typed: Actually I did

7.2-RELEASE/amd64 - weird stuff in dmesg

2009-09-09 Thread Alex R
Hi everyone, I was wondering whether anyone could shed some light on the following messages I am seeing in dmesg: 33aarrpp:: uunnkknnoowwnn hhaarrddwwaarree aaress format (0x) ress format (0x) arp: unakrnpo:w nu nhkanrodwwna rhea raddwdarrees sa

Re: 7.2-RELEASE/amd64 - weird stuff in dmesg

2009-09-10 Thread Alex R
Any ideas??? Anyone?? Alex R wrote: Hi everyone, I was wondering whether anyone could shed some light on the following messages I am seeing in dmesg: 33aarrpp:: uunnkknnoowwnn hhaarrddwwaarree aaress format (0x) ress format (0x) arp: unakrnpo:w nu

Security vulnerability in 7.x

2009-09-18 Thread Alex R
Hi All, I was sent this by a friend, could someone confirm if this exploit is really existant? http://www.vimeo.com/6580991 (requires flash) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

2009-09-18 Thread Alex R
Mak Kolybabi wrote: On 2009-09-14 12:12, Dan Goodin wrote: We'll be writing a brief article about this. I didn't notice anyone link the finished article yet, so here it is: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/14/freebsd_security_bug/ -- Matthew Anthony Kolybabi (Mak)

binutils

2009-10-09 Thread Alex R
Hi Guys, Is there any news on when the version of binutils that ships as part of the base system will be updated? The version that ships with 7.x etc is about 5 years old now. It creates problems on amd64 when compiling mplayer (assembly language directive errors), and can be resolved by

Re: binutils

2009-10-10 Thread Alex R
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Unfortunately, it's under an unacceptable license. Wow. thats a great way to keep the operating system software up to date, use ancient versions of software to get around a stupid license agreement. What's being done to rectify that issue?

how long till 8.0-RELEASE

2009-10-18 Thread Alex R
Hi Guys, It's obvious the release is behind schedule, RC2 isn't even out yet according to the freebsd site. is there any rough ideas when we can expect 8.0-release? :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: FreeBSD Source Code

2009-11-04 Thread Alex R
Petros Ring wrote: I would like you to send a copy of all the source code of FreeBSD so I may use it for a project that will allow the running of applacations from a different os to run on FreeBSD. Please send a attachment of the full source code in the reply email. Thank you, Petros

8.0-RC3?

2009-11-10 Thread Alex R
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.0/ shows that there is an RC3 ISO image available for download? How many RC's until the final release? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list