While we're on the subject, has anyone gotten the Linux version of the Real Audio
Producer (encoder) to work?
It's a commercial app from RealNetworks that I downloaded and did a core dump when
trying to run.
(Sorry I forget details now.)
Just wondering if anyone's ever successfully done RealAud
If a file is loaded off the hard drive a lot, does FreeBSD keep it in RAM?
For my high-traffic website, Apache+PHP, I have a PHP file that I'm going to be
including a LOT.
The file is 3 megs, though. Takes a few unfortunate seconds to load into memory off
of disk the first time.
So - what wo
> What do people here use to edit HTML documents? I usually use Dreamweaver,
> but I haven't gotten the time to try to get wine working so I can run
> Dreamweaver on FreeBSD.
Quanta is your best bet. It's very similar to Homesite on Windows. (Which I think is
bundled with Dreamweaver these
> I did a make search in the ports collection and didn't see what (I think) I
> need, so I'll ask here.
> Is there a utility (or utilities) in ports for converting .wav files to mp3?
/usr/ports/audio/lame has really become the standard.
SO easy to use from the command-line, just do:
lame YourS
What's the most direct way to cat an audio file into the sound card?
The FreeBSD manual talks about wavplay or mpg123 or xmms, but what
if I just want to send an audio file to the sound card without an
application inbetween?
(Reason why - I want to make a quick shell script to play my flac
aud
I just got my wireless connection working with a new PCMCIA card.
But I'm still naming the wireless network in my rc.conf file. (DHCP connection)
But as I go to join other wireless DHCP networks around the world,
what's the best way to switch to that network without rebooting to do it from rc.con
> >I just got my wireless connection working with a new PCMCIA card.
> >But I'm still naming the wireless network in my rc.conf file. (DHCP
> >connection)
> >But as I go to join other wireless DHCP networks around the world,
> >what's the best way to switch to that network without rebooting to do
Sorry: new to FreeBSD (was an OpenBSD guy before this).
I'm impressed with how fast FreeBSD puts new releases into its ports tree.
Now that PHP 4.3 is out, I'm dying to use its new features, so I'm
wondering if anyone knows a guesstimate on how long it should take for
PHP 4.3 to be in the cvsup'
FreeBSD box A
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FreeBSD box B
Can you copy files from box A to box B?
Box A can SSH into Work Firewall.
Work Firewall can SSH into Box B.
Box B can SSH into Home Firewall.
Home Firewall can SSH into Box A.
So - I can SEE the files I w
> Is a PCI sound blaster card supported?
I've found that FreeBSD 4.7 so far has supported every odd sound card I've thrown its
way.
Even (especially!) those on-board sound things built into motherboards and laptops
these days. FreeBSD supports them all (and Windows usually doesn't without the
> I am looking to buy a laser printer for < $500 but need
> some reccomendations on which one is decent for home/office
> use. I had seen the HP 1200, it looks ok, will it last?
Yes and it works VERY well with FreeBSD.
It handles PostScript files directly. No GhostScript needed.
I did the same
> > I was told by my UNIX instructor that freebsd had hardware recognition
> > trouble. Is this true and if so has it been fixed?
I find the OPPOSITE to be true!
Hell if Windows isn't recognizing some ethernet card, video card, sound card,
I stick it in my FreeBSD machine where it's instantly re
> what do I have to consider when buying a flat bed scanner for a
> FreeBSD-CURRENT box?
I have to piggyback on his question:
Is there any tutorial out there for how to do a USB scan -
how to scan a page on a USB scanner into Gimp or something?
I've got one here I want to try, but don't know ho
> > I have been looking for an easy way to convert music cds to mp3 files.
> > The ports collection hasn't been much help on this subject. Does anyone
> > know of a plug-in for xmms or an easy utililty to acomplish this.
My command line faves:
# INSTALL THESE:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/cdrtools/
Sorry for the newbie Q:
I'd love to start using KDE 3.1 as soon as possible on my FreeBSD 4.7 box.
How will I know when/if it's ready to install from ports?
What's the recommended method? Just 'cvsup' and see if it's there?
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In general I know how to reinstall an updated port, but what about
if I installed KDE from the original FreeBSD 4.7 CD-Rom install at
the same time as I was installing the OS?
In this case, does "make deinstall" work? Or is there a better way?
I want to install the new KDE 3.1 from ports in its
For the best sound-per-size (bang-per-buck) in MP3 files you
HAVE to try the "--r3mix" setting in LAME encoder. It's
wonderful. The audiophile setting, but with a file size
not much bigger than 128bitrate.
Read more at:
http://www.r3mix.net/
(click on 'QUALITY' link at left)
Lame has it b
I agree with everyone else that FreeBSD is a perfectly fine desktop OS.
(I run it on my laptop. So fast and steady.)
Just wanted to add that Opera is the best web browser I've ever used.
It's worth paying them the $35 fee to disable banners & fully register it.
(If, like me, you use a web browse
Yes! I've got a great method I can recommend for mpg123.
My BSD box has no monitor, no XFree, but it has 80 gigs of MP3s
and a great set of speakers hooked up to it.
I ssh into it from whatever room in the house I'm in and use
one of these commands. (Aliased from ~/.bashrc)
# MP3
alias play='
Any advice before I buy a printer for FreeBSD?
I'm finally going to get a printer for my FreeBSD devbox this week.
Are they all pretty much FreeBSD-compatible?
or is there some spec I need to look for?
I assume parallel port is still the way to go
or is USB really ready on FreeBSD?
Main thing I
> And, the most important of all, check the hardware compatibility list of
> printers suitable for FreeBSD.
Ah! That's what I was looking for! Saw no mention of it in the FreeBSD
Handbook or the "hardware compatibility" link from freebsd.org
I did find this: http://www.linuxprinting.org/sugges
THANKS to everyone for all the help.
I got an HP LaserJet 1200 PostScript ready printer for $375 USD.
Installed /usr/ports/print/apsfilter
Answered some basic setup questions - and it works great!
If you use apsfilter, you don't even need to do the basic /etc/printcap
settings from the FreeBSD
(Hey I know it sounds like a stupid question, but I remember asking this same question
on this same list many years ago.)
> What is the difference between FreeBSD and OpenBSD?
OpenBSD is best for simple things that you think many people might try to hack. Also
for anything that has multiple
> Are there any iso images of this? What are the minimal requirements
> (hardware) in your experience? Thank you.
Hardware info here:
http://www.openbsd.org/i386.html
I have a popular mailserver running OpenBSD on a Pentium 166 with 128megs of RAM.
Running mail lists, and about 50 email account
Many popular CD burning programs now can burn an audio CD directly from the MP3 files.
> I know how to rip cd tracks to mp3 format, but what do I do to go the
> other way - .mp3 to cd format so they can be played in my car stereo
> which doesn't play .mp3's? Is this possible?
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I made a change to this file:
/usr/ports/sysutils/cdrtools/work/cdrtools-1.11/cdda2wav/cdda2wav.c
and I want my change to the source file to "stick" when building the port.
Seems if I do a "make clean install" it kills my change to the source file.
Do I need to add my diff change to a patch file
Does the default install of XFree86 4.2 binaries from the
FreeBSD 4.7 CD-Rom lack any drivers? PCI video drivers, maybe?
When I set up a new FreeBSD 4.7 box from CD-Rom I choose the
option to install "all sources + XFree binaries" since I'm
going to be running XFree86/KDE.
Usually it's not a
I install OpenSSH like this:
cd /usr/ports/security/openssh-portable
make -DOPENSSH_OVERWRITE_BASE install
That puts things here:
/usr/bin/ssh
/usr/sbin/sshd
/etc/ssh/sshd_config
BUT... it seems to be IGNORING the sshd_config!
TWO major security holes:
#1 - It won't let me turn off passwords
> > Does the default install of XFree86 4.2 binaries from the
> > FreeBSD 4.7 CD-Rom lack any drivers? PCI video drivers, maybe?
> >
> > When I set up a new FreeBSD 4.7 box from CD-Rom I choose the
> > option to install "all sources + XFree binaries" since I'm
> > going to be running XFree86/KD
in case anyone didn't hear from Slashdot already,
Lindows the linux company is selling a nice small
laptop for $799. And if it'll run Linux I'll bet
it'll run FreeBSD:
http://info.lindows.com/mobilepc/mobilepc.htm
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> I understand ALL IDE CD-RWs are supported under FreeBSD, but has anyone
> actually used a CD-RW by LiteON ( http://liteonit.com ) and had sucess
> with it under burncd?
Yes actually it works GREAT!
Use the -s 40 setting and it really does burn at 40x :
burncd -f /dev/acd0c -s 40 data MYISO.is
You didn't mention your KDE version, but I know that Quanta 3.1
(the one that's in ports now) is meant to be run on KDE 3.1
(also in ports now.)
If you installed KDE from the FreeBSD 4.7 CD-Rom, let's say,
then that's KDE 3.0. You'd have to do a /usr/ports/x11/kde ;
make install clean to do a fr
Browser-based apps are what I do, all day.
And Opera is the best, by far:
http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/?platform=freebsd
FreeBSD native. Fast. Small. Wonderful font-rendering.
Totally HTML/XML standards-compliant, etc.
If you use the web all day, it's worth paying the $39 USD
to these
On a virgin FreeBSD 4.8 system, I've tried to use the FLAC audio compression port:
/usr/ports/audio/flac
Using no special options on a .wav file:
flac mysong.wav
I get "Illegal instruction (core dumped)".
I've tried it on 3 different FreeBSD 4.8 boxes, and many different .wav files.
Has anyone
> > On a virgin FreeBSD 4.8 system, I've tried to use the FLAC audio compression port:
> > /usr/ports/audio/flac
> > Using no special options on a .wav file:
> > flac mysong.wav
> > I get "Illegal instruction (core dumped)".
> > I've tried it on 3 different FreeBSD 4.8 boxes, and many different .wa
> I want to remove my mysql installation and re-install from scratch. Now the
> problem. I have 6 active databases. How can i make sure that i dont loose
> those. And that when i have re-installed, that they work immediatilly ??
The databases are in /var/db/mysql
The smartest thing would be to do
> > I want to remove my mysql installation and re-install from scratch. Now the
> > problem. I have 6 active databases. How can i make sure that i dont loose
> > those. And that when i have re-installed, that they work immediatilly ??
>
> I'd think mysql dump and restore would be the safest way an
> > I am using Evolution as it is now, I have never tried any other
> > mailclients for X.
No matter what anyone says you're going to have to try them for yourself.
KMail, Sylpheed, Mozilla Mail, Mutt, etc.
All of these are VERY good now.
You won't know until you install, try it, and see how it
THANK YOU to whoever recommended ee!
I had never tried that little thing. It's wonderful.
Though vi is good for me, I'm going to tell beginners
to use ee from now on. Easiest one I've ever seen.
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> How do I get my new Win XP box to talk to me FreeBSD Server?
> When I try to map a drive I get :
> "The account is not authorized to log in from this station."
> I think it's the "Plain Text Password" issue. I've dealt with it before
> on Win 98 but can't figure out how to configure Win XP to
hey guys -
If I have 4 PCI slots available on a motherboard,
is there any reason why I couldn't hook up FOUR
3ware IDE RAID cards? (twe driver)
Will FreeBSD (4.8) be able to address them all,
or is there some kind of limit?
Thanks!
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Anyone who's using FreeBSD with a laptop:
I'm having problems with my hard drive spinning down (sleeping) every 30 seconds.
Is that something that's controllable in FreeBSD? I don't see it in BIOS.
Is it a kernel thing?
This thing sleeps and wakes, sleeps and wakes about every 15 seconds.
Ever
Is there an easy built-in way to copy only part of a file?
I want to take a WAV audio file and copy from #__ bytes to
#___ bytes into a new file.
(I'm making 30-second clips of files.)
Though I found a scripting way to do it with PHP, I'm wondering
if there's a more direct way to do it with basi
> I just wondered whether the Centrino CPU was usable in combination with
> FreeBSD.
Yep! I'm typing on my Gateway 450x Centrino laptop in FreeBSD 4.8 now.
I *LOVE* it.Looks and works wonderful.
Note that the Centrino built-in wireless ethernet is not recognized, though.
But everything else
Before I jump into something new, could I get some thoughts from
someone who's done this kinda thing before in FreeBSD?
I need at least 6 terabytes to be available all at once, NOT online
but just as backup file storage. But file storage that needs to
be available internally and easily to anyone
> Do we happen to have a port that can make use of ITunes? Moreover - the files
> you purchase from them. I think the file extension is m4p.
They're locked Digital Rights Management-controlled AAC files.
Unfortunately you can only play them in real Apple iTunes player or transfer them to
an iP
> > LUCKILY : as with ALL of the download services (most of which use Windows
> > Media format), you can just click the "{BURN TO CD}" button, and burn an
> > audio CD, then pop it in your FreeBSD machine and rip it to FLAC or MP3 or
> > OGG or whatever you want.
>
> As true as the above may be,
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