what is needed for realplayer

2007-11-24 Thread David Banning
I have been using realplayer for years and it has worked fine. All of a sudden I get a Segmentation fault: 11 error and core dump. I did a portupgrade on both realplayer and linux_base with no improvement. Presently using 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD. I wondered about even just a simple test to see if li

Linux problem? - realplay and acroread die

2007-11-25 Thread David Banning
All of a sudden I have both linux-realplayer -and- acroread7 die. realplayer ends with a "Segmentation fault: 11 (core dumped)" and acroread just dies without a message. I have done redone my ports using portsnap, and used portupgrade to reinstall both programs. I have also reinstalled linux_b

Re: Linux problem? - realplay and acroread die

2007-11-25 Thread David Banning
It appears the problem was not Linux but X. I simply ran portupgrade on -all- my installed ports and as it turns out once the font ports were reinstalled all worked fine. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/l

looking for online text editor

2007-12-04 Thread David Banning
Often I have to maintain my fbsd box from outside locations. I have tried using webmin but sometimes outside computers stop me from running the java filemanager - same goes for attempting to run mindterm-ssh. Is there some plain text editor program out there that will allow me to simply login and e

Re: looking for online text editor

2007-12-04 Thread David Banning
> > mindterm-ssh. Is there some plain text editor program > > out there that will allow me to simply login and edit my files in > > plain text - (not a gui html editor) ? > > > > ...You can't just SSH into your box and use vim? Let's say I'm in a library in some remote town. The only SSH I know

Re: looking for online text editor

2007-12-04 Thread David Banning
> running the java filemanager - same goes for attempting to run > mindterm-ssh. Is there some plain text editor program > out there that will allow me to simply login and edit my files in > plain text - (not a gui html editor) ? > >I use putty to ssh to remote servers and

speed test in ports?

2010-01-11 Thread David Banning
I wonder if there is something in the ports that tests my DSL speed. I am guessing that if I installed firefox3 and then installed flash or Java then I could go to speedtest.net, but I wonder if there is a simpler solution. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd

Re: speed test in ports?

2010-01-11 Thread David Banning
You don't need ports for thatJust use fetch(1) and grab an ISO of a DVD (or even a CD) from somewhere. Eg, a debian DVD image or freebsd image or whatever. A lot of ISPs boost the first x MB of a transfer to give the illusion that you can download faster when doing speed tests (since speed t

email pop3 question

2008-03-12 Thread David Banning
I am using dovecot email on my server - Users can connect via IMAP or POP3. I have a user who is using pop3 but not removing the email from the server - so the email stays on the server, -and- it is collecting on their computer - as the emails build up, will there be a problem with this? For IMA

suggestion on a backup utility

2008-05-06 Thread David Banning
I wonder if anyone can recommend a good backup utility for FreeBSD. If it's in the ports, great. I would like to just specify which directories I would like to backup, how often and have it tar or zip the files into a directory - if it has off-site ftp, fine, but I can do that part myself via cro

Re: suggestion on a backup utility

2008-05-07 Thread David Banning
> For backing up purposes, I use a number of tools. Thanks Frank for your input. I have chosen for now use Chuck's suggestion, that being cvsup. The only thing I would like to do is omit certain files that I don't want backed up - large unimportant files - some cache and log files. I'll look at yo

cvsup executed from crontab

2008-05-20 Thread David Banning
I am using cvsup for backup, so I control both the client and the server. Works fine everytime stand-alone, but when I execute via crontab it appears to stall - then restart. Eventually there is so many copies of cvsup running at the same time it starts to bog down the client. I noticed in the m

error: libm.so.4 needed by libspeex may conflict w libm.so.5

2012-05-08 Thread David Banning
while attempting to build and install mplayer under FreeBSD Release 8.2 I get the error; /usr/local/bin/ld: warning: libm.so.4, needed by /usr/local/lib/libspeex.so, may conflict with libm.so.5 /usr/local/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so: undefined reference to `XRRGetScreenResourcesCurrent' /usr/local/li

problems with networking and route command

2012-05-16 Thread David Banning
I am having a problem getting users who get their dhcp from my system to be able to connect to the internet. On one network interface my server can connect to the internet no problem - that's device vr0. On another, rl0 - I have a connection to the local network - no problem connecting to local m

Re: problems with networking and route command

2012-05-18 Thread David Banning
> > It is machines that connect and receive via DHCP 192.168.1.2 and above that > > can't connect to the internet though the server. I don't know a whole > > lot about route - I have been attempting a variation of route commands > > without success. > > You need to implement NAT on this box, sinc

ppp connection goes down - requires reboot

2012-07-12 Thread David Banning
Lately I have a problem where the ppp connection goes down. Watching the log I see the following; Jul 12 09:54:58 3s1 ppp[30841]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Connected! Jul 12 09:54:58 3s1 ppp[30841]: tun0: Phase: deflink: opening -> dial Jul 12 09:54:58 3s1 ppp[30841]: tun0: Phase: deflink: dial -> ca

ports problem in an old system ver 4.9

2011-05-26 Thread David Banning
I have an old FreeBSD 4.9 installation that I cannot upgrade. I wanted to install something from the ports, but I am getting this error on almost every port; # make ===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found ===> License check disabled, port has not defined LICENSE ===> Extracting f

installing rpm wavemaker

2011-06-01 Thread David Banning
I have installed wavemaker but while attempting to run wavemaker it is asking for libjli.so It appears that library may be installed from the port java - I'm wondering if this bsd native port can be used or if I must install a Linux version of java. ___

copying hard drives

2011-06-10 Thread David Banning
I am interested in copying hard drives and would like some feedback. 1. I would like a way to take peoples windows -or- unix systems and store each on portable hard drive as a single file - so that in the end I have a large, say 2TB drive with a number of peoples operating system backed up - that

mounting a hard drive via usb

2011-06-18 Thread David Banning
I am attempting to clone a drive by connecting the prospective "copy" drive via usb. I've just recently upgraded to FBSD 8.2 Here is what I get when I insert the drive; Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: da0: < > Fixed Direct Acc

Re: mounting a hard drive via usb - solved

2011-06-18 Thread David Banning
As it turns out - my usb adapter was defective. Once I used an operational adapter all the devices appeared and the disk works like a charm! Thanks for your input. On 6/18/2011 3:48 PM, Bernt Hansson wrote: 2011-06-18 20:53, David Banning skrev: I am attempting to clone a drive by

Spamcop listed - need help to diagnose why

2006-01-06 Thread David Banning
My server just was listed with Spamcop. Before I exercise my -one time- option to de-list it I need to verify that indeed my server is not sending spam. I have 3 win boxes routing through my FreeBSD box. Also there are a few windows computers in the outside world that send mail through my server

Re: Spamcop listed - need help to diagnose why

2006-01-09 Thread David Banning
Thanks for the response, Robert. I know tmda and such services anger some people. I also find other people who ask me how they can get such a service, only because spam is so difficult to block. I guess it depends on how important email is to you. I would never ask a question on this board and ex

Your gs version doesn't have driver "hpdj"

2006-01-24 Thread David Banning
I recently upgrade apsfilter and all support packages. On install, while attempting to configure for an older HP deskjet printer I get the apsfilter configuration error; Your gs version doesn't have driver "hpdj" While installing ghostscript-gnu, I noticed that -all- print drivers are selected f

spamassassin problem and question

2006-01-26 Thread David Banning
While spamassassin is executing I am getting this error; Can't locate Razor2/Client/Agent.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 ../lib /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.7/BSDPAN /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/mach /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/local/lib/perl5/

Re: spamassassin problem and question

2006-01-28 Thread David Banning
> Having said that, I don't think that's what you want to do. It sounds like > you > upgraded Spamassassin without upgrading Razor2. I don't think Razor2 gets > upgraded automatically when you upgrade Spamassassin because it's optional. I > would try upgrading the Razor2 port to the latest vers

formatting text from within vi

2006-02-11 Thread David Banning
I am familiar with the !}fmt used in vi to reformat a paragraph, but I wondered how, or if it is possible to do more complex formatting. I am thinking specifically of numbering, or creating points. I am familiar with the .AL .LI point 1 .LI point 2 .LE that can be run with "nroff -mm", but I n

mail port 8025 conundrum

2006-02-17 Thread David Banning
I have a strange problem where port 8025 is blocked on my server. Trying to connect with telnet, here is the response; david$ telnet banning.ca 8025 Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused telnet: Unable to connect to remote host Yet I host 6 other domains on

Re: mail port 8025 conundrum

2006-02-17 Thread David Banning
> It looks like nothing is bound to port 8025 on 127.0.0.1 (localhost). > > You can do a sockstat and verify. root# sockstat -l | grep 8025 tofmipd python 2385 tcp4 209.161.205.12:8025 *:* root# sockstat verifies that I have 8025 open on port 209.161.205.12 which i

Re: mail port 8025 conundrum

2006-02-17 Thread David Banning
> It works from the outside world: Well that is good news. OK, so why would my server be looking internally for the banning.ca IP address? Any ideas? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-

Re: mail port 8025 conundrum

2006-02-17 Thread David Banning
> That depends, of course, on what your nsswitch.conf or hosts.conf file > has been set up for :) Nothing to speak of there; root# locate nsswitch.conf /usr/compat/linux/etc/nsswitch.conf /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base/work/linux_base-rh-7.3/etc/nsswitch.conf /usr/ports/emulators/svr4_base/file

Re: mail port 8025 conundrum

2006-02-17 Thread David Banning
>I think you want to look for /etc/hosts ..:) >Gable That was my first guess, but I couldn't see anything in there; root# grep -i banning /etc/hosts root# ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/f

Re: mail port 8025 conundrum

2006-02-17 Thread David Banning
> Look under /etc for hosts.conf or nsswitch.conf: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/keramida$ ls -l /etc/hosts* > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel - 655 Feb 15 15:00 /etc/hosts > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel - 1484 Feb 15 15:00 /etc/hosts.allow > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel - 111 Feb 15 14:45

What about this solution

2006-02-17 Thread David Banning
I just put 209.161.205.12banning.ca in my /etc/hosts and it solved the problem. Can I have multiple lines, each line with the same IP number in /etc/hosts, with different virtual hosts on the right? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing l

Re: mail port 8025 conundrum

2006-02-17 Thread David Banning
> What version of FreeBSD is this? You may have to create hosts.conf or > nsswitch.conf yourself to change the default order of lookup for host > names (from "files dns" to "dns files" if that works better for your > setup). root# uname -a FreeBSD 3s1.com 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #6: Tue M

Re: mail port 8025 conundrum

2006-02-17 Thread David Banning
> Do you have an entry in /etc/hosts for banning.ca ? I put it in, and it cured the problem. I just don't know if I can have more than one entry in /etc/hosts representing all virtual hosts, each one with the same IP. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org m

Re: mail port 8025 conundrum

2006-02-17 Thread David Banning
> Er, I'm pretty sure it's /etc/host.conf (no "s"). > > But if your /etc/hosts doesn't contain the hostname you are after, that > only leaves DNS, NIS and LDAP (I think) for the host.conf file to > order. For DNS, what does "host whatever.your.hostname.was" show from > the machine where you s

Re: What about this solution

2006-02-17 Thread David Banning
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 08:09:07PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2006-02-17 11:59, David Banning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just put > > > > 209.161.205.12banning.ca > > > > in my /etc/hosts and it solved the problem. > > > >

Re: mail port 8025 conundrum

2006-02-17 Thread David Banning
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 08:11:35PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2006-02-17 12:04, David Banning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Do you have an entry in /etc/hosts for banning.ca ? > > > > I put it in, and it cured the problem. I just don't know if I

suggestions for an ecomomy laser printer

2006-03-07 Thread David Banning
I have been looking at economy laser printers in the stores, only to discover that many will not print on FreeBSD. I have looked at some printers that -do- print on FreeBSD, but many are not made any more. Then there is the issue of dependability. I am looking for an economy laser printer; under $

how is port number mapped to a directory

2004-06-26 Thread David Banning
I am just working with hylafax and notice that the reference to the fax is something like; recvq/fax01386.tif (ftp://3s1.com:4559/recvq/fax01386.tif): in my case, but it does not work. Somehow the port 4559 is not taking the user to the proper directory. I know because I have usermin and webmin

gateway_enable question

2004-12-09 Thread David Banning
I have a few win boxes which use my FreeBSD box as a gateway to the net. I am wondering how I can keep a network connection between all the computers, allowing the FreeBSD box to still be connected to the net, but disallow all win boxes from connecting to the net? My thought was to disable th

Re: gateway_enable question

2004-12-10 Thread David Banning
> If you use nat, killing natd might be an option. You could also put up > a firewall that blocks those computers ip addresses. Maybe have 2 > firewall configs. You could simply run a flush and then load the new > ones on the command line. (ipfw) Thanks Lucas. I have tried killing the ppp n

Re: gateway_enable question

2004-12-10 Thread David Banning
> #>ipfw add deny ip from any to any via http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: gateway_enable question

2004-12-10 Thread David Banning
> Lots of guys have suggested the firewall. On ipfw, that'd be > something like (put your rule number for N and sub your network > in for 192.168.0): > > add <> deny ip from any 192.168.0/24 to any out via tun0 > > (I'm assuming your PPP uses the first tunnel device?) Not sure what the -first-

Re: gateway_enable question

2004-12-10 Thread David Banning
> >My thought was to disable the gateway configuration set in rc.conf. > >How do I disable the gateway option without rebooting? > > I have gateway enabled, but natd disabled, which blocks the > traffic from inside to outside, I believe. I have my nat running in ppp, and when I disable it, all th

traffic volume monitoring - what program

2004-12-17 Thread David Banning
I am looking at a new ISP that charges for a certain number gigabites of traffic. I have -no- idea what my traffic volume is. Can anyone recommend a good traffic volume checker in the ports? -- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.or

how to auto connect to freebsd

2005-03-25 Thread David Banning
My win boxes are using freebsd as a gateway to the internet through a hub. I have to set the ip address for each machine and setup the gateway address in each winbox. They do not find the gateway address automatically. I have been doing it this way for years. I am just wondering if it is possible

too many procmail processes running

2005-02-11 Thread David Banning
My machine is running too many procmail processes. I believe that they are taking too long to run. Eventually it shuts down my machine. Any idea what could be causing this? -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mai

logging proftpd question

2005-02-21 Thread David Banning
Presently all my proftpd logging goes to /var/log/messages but it is clogging that file because I have an ftp login every couple of minutes. I want to redirect proftpd logging. I tried putting proftpd:* /var/log/proftpd.log in my /etc/syslog.conf but syslogd compla

Re: logging proftpd question

2005-02-22 Thread David Banning
> I believe the syntax you want is > > ftp.* /var/log/proftpd.log > > Make sure the logfile exists (and is writable), > otherwise I think syslog will complain. Thanks, fellow Torontonian, for your reply. I tried your suggestion previous to my posting, with no result. Now, coul

using a separate drive for swap

2004-02-04 Thread David Banning
I have been running out of swap space on my box. I had an old 6.4 drive around which I thought would be useful to add - just for swap - even if it's overkill. The installation wants a root mount point. Is that necessary? I even tried to put a limited / root of 61 meg just to make it happy but it

MAIL FOLDER - DON'T DELETE THIS MESSAGE

2003-09-11 Thread David Banning
I get the following message in my mailbox from time to time. Is it really necessary to keep it there? Where does it come from, and why is it produced? -- From: Mail System Internal Data <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: DON'T DELETE THIS MESSAGE -- FOLDER INTERNAL DATA This text is

setting up a second ppp connection

2003-09-13 Thread David Banning
Sometimes my pppoe connection goes down, and since I want to find out about it right away, I was thinking it would be helpful to have my freebsd box connect to the net via a dialup line, and then email my cell phone that the connection is down. I don 't want to disable the pppoe connection which

adduser will not add user

2003-09-17 Thread David Banning
I have run into a problem here where adduser seems to behave normally to interact with, but will not add the user. There are no messages in the log file. I wonder where to go to track this down. -- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebs

Re: CUPS vs. apsfilter--newbie setup problems

2003-09-19 Thread David Banning
On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 11:39:58AM -0400, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > I'm trying to get my 4.8-running laptop hooked up to > some printers, and I'm having trouble getting it configured > with either CUPS or apsfilter (as someone here had recommended). > I've tried to look over the docs, and search

Re: Resizing /var

2005-06-11 Thread David Banning
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 03:43:07PM +0200, ptitoliv wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I have a big problem on a FreeBSD 5.3 Box. It is an hosted server > installed by an hosting service. But I didn't know what they smoke when > they have installed the system but they sized the /var filesystem only > to

httpd and memory usage

2005-06-11 Thread David Banning
I seem to have a lot of memory being eaten by httpd (part output of top); 62310 nobody 18 0 26792K 21516K lockf0:04 0.00% 0.00% httpd 162 root 2 0 4328K 2244K select 0:04 0.00% 0.00% sendmail 63909 nobody 18 0 26824K 21528K lockf0:03 0.00% 0.

Re: httpd and memory usage

2005-06-11 Thread David Banning
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 02:40:01PM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote: > David Banning wrote: > >I seem to have a lot of memory being eaten by httpd (part output of top); > > > >62310 nobody 18 0 26792K 21516K lockf0:04 0.00% 0.00% > >httpd > [ ... ] &g

Re: httpd and memory usage

2005-06-14 Thread David Banning
> Moving things like mod_php and mod_perl stuff to FastCGI avoids each > httpd having a copy of the interpreter and its various data structures > each, and segments the memory of the interpreters outside httpd so it's > easier to see what's using the memory; you'll have fewer copies running > too,

getting DNS from DHCP IP address

2005-06-16 Thread David Banning
My problem is that the server I use for DNS keeps going dead. My ISP is most familiar with windows users who get their DNS automatically from their connection. When my ISP gives me a good DNS server number, it seems to go dead six months later, and I have to call them again. Is there a way

Re: getting DNS from DHCP IP address

2005-06-16 Thread David Banning
> >Is there a way to get DNS automatically, say from the DHCP connection IP > >address given to me? or, is there some great free DNS server that will > >stay in business for some time that I can plug into my resolv.conf? > > DHCP will normally obtain DNS servers automaticly. It's likely that you

running lighttpd with FastCGI

2005-08-02 Thread David Banning
I am attempting to run lighttpd with FastCGI. I understand I must first get FastCGI support into php4. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I have tried all types of switches while compiling php4. I have been looking for any switches I can set by scanning through the Makefile of php4 in the

Re: running lighttpd with FastCGI

2005-08-03 Thread David Banning
> PHP has a meta-port for cgi: www/php4-cgi. Use that to start. There are a > few options you have to define, in the Makefile of lang/php4, you will find: Yes, I just found that reference on the lighttpd website. I actually did try it, but ran into access problems. I -did- achieve success by compi

question on hosting and memory

2005-08-03 Thread David Banning
I am running apache 1.3 with php and I find when that for each person who visits the site, an additional 29 meg is consumed of my measly 512M. Searching around, it seems like this is relatively normal. So here is my question. How do big-time servers handle these type of memory requirements? Pres

question about compile options

2005-08-09 Thread David Banning
I am wondering how to know what compile options are available for a given ports package. For instance I want to compile /usr/ports/www/php4-cgi with support for mysql and fastcgi, but looking in the port, all there exists is a Makefile containing little information. There are no subdirectories. Sub

ipfw - denying all - what port for OE

2004-10-12 Thread David Banning
I am attempting to block everything except ports 80, 110, 25 and a few others, but I can't seem to get Outlook Express mail clients to collect mail on the network. Does anyone happen to know what ports they use? I have tried 110, 25, 443 and about 20 others. I tried using tcpdump to track the acti

Re: ipfw - denying all - what port for OE

2004-10-12 Thread David Banning
My server is my desktop. My ipfw rules follow. Whenever I take out line 12000 is runs fine. When I put it back in I can't run OE. 01000 allow tcp from any to any 10060 01040 allow tcp from any to any 22 10100 allow tcp from any to any 80 10200 allow tcp from any to any 10080 10300 allow tcp from

configuring php to work with mysql

2004-10-14 Thread David Banning
I am having to reinstall my php and apache 1.3. I installed apache13 straight from the ports with no options, and then I installed php4_mysql from the ports also. php is running but it does not connect to mysql. In looking at phpinfo() I notice the configuration options; './configure' '--enable

apache - how to redirect page not found

2004-10-02 Thread David Banning
I notice on some web sites when you try to load a page that does not exist, it directs the users browser to another page. How do I set that up in apache? -- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

mod_rewrite problem with tilde

2012-07-13 Thread David Banning
I am migrating to a new server location which right now has no domain name, so the ip address is being used. The ISP gives an address for the apache directory like so; http://184.154.230.2/~smartst2/ A simple redirect works, such as this one which directs to another site; Options +FollowSymLinks

error compiling mplayer

2012-07-21 Thread David Banning
getting this error on compile of mplayer; /usr/local/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so: undefined reference to `XRRGetScreenResourcesCurrent' /usr/local/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so: undefined reference to `XRRGetOutputPrimary' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status gmake: *** [mplayer] Error 1 *** Error code 1 Stop

Re: error compiling mplayer

2012-07-22 Thread David Banning
> That doesn't look like a problem with mplayer per se, rather with your > GTK or XRANDR install. I wonder if these two versions of gtk could represent a problem; [root@3s1 ~]# cd /var/db/pkg [root@3s1 /var/db/pkg]# ls -tld *gtk* drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jul 12 17:40 gtk-2.22.1_1 drwxr-xr-

perl question about @INC

2003-01-19 Thread David Banning
I got the error running a perl script; Can't locate Getopt/Simple.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-freebsd /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 . /usr/libdata/perl/5.00503/mach /usr/libdata/perl/5.00503) at ./adddir.pl line 28. BEGIN failed--compilation aborte

xhost command problem

2003-01-25 Thread David Banning
I am trying to run an xterm remotely (over the web). I understand the IP address must be entered using the xhost command. My problem is that the xhost command wants X running on the main terminal, but main terminal is using an ascii screen only. The xhost command gives an error stating that the

how to fix a botched directory

2003-01-27 Thread David Banning
I was linking the directory /C to my windows box C drive using shlight, but now, for an unknown reason the directory is still there, but is not viewable with ls. I can not re-create it, as the system states that it exists. Here is the result of some of my commands; su-2.03# cd / su-2.03# ls -ld C

Re: xhost command problem

2003-01-27 Thread David Banning
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 11:16:52AM -0800, Nathan Kinkade wrote: > On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 01:05:45PM -0500, David Banning wrote: > > > > I am trying to run an xterm remotely (over the web). > > > > I understand the IP address must be entered using the xhost command.

Re: Problem Installing Mosaic

2002-07-23 Thread David Banning
Hi Parker. On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 11:09:01AM -0700, Parker Brown wrote: > OK, here's the logfile, replete with error messages. > > Pb > > > Script started on Tue Jul 23 11:02:38 2002 > ===> Extracting for mosaic-2.7b5 > >> Checksum OK for Mosaic-src-2.7b5.tar.gz. > ===> mosaic-2.7b5 depen

Serving via a non-ppp network connection.

2002-07-23 Thread David Banning
I have just changed the configuration of my connection to my ISP. Now my -modem- has my password and login info and does the pppoe login into the ISP. I guess you could say the modem is doing the gateway function. But now I am lost as to how to connect my unix box and host my web sites. I have o

Re: Problem Installing Mosaic

2002-07-24 Thread David Banning
On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 11:07:21AM -0700, Parker Brown wrote: > OK, that worked, and Mosaic did seem to install porperly. A final question: what did > that change do? I haven't written a line of code since the 70's and I feel that I >can > more-or-less read C, but I've never coded C. It *looks

straight network connection - how?

2002-07-24 Thread David Banning
I would like to have my freebsd machine access a hub to get internet connection in the same way that my windows machines are attached. Just access an already existing and up and running hub. I am only familiar with connecting with my FreeBSD directly to the ISP via ppp. To Unsubscribe: send mail

OLE in ports?

2002-09-22 Thread David Banning
I am running a perl application and it is asking for OLE.pm; Can't locate Win32/OLE.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/libdata/perl/5.00503/mach /usr/libdata/perl/5.00503 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-freebsd /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 .) at ./lecxe.pl line 12. BEGIN failed--

program to create partial invisable gifs

2002-09-30 Thread David Banning
Is there anything in the ports to create a gif image with invisable edges? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

disappearing job

2002-10-10 Thread David Banning
I was editing a job in vi, then my hand slipped and I was back at the shell. When I went to edit the file again, it said the file was locked. A "ps ax | grep vi" showed that the application was still running. Where did it go? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe free

Re: disappearing job

2002-10-10 Thread David Banning
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 05:22:36PM +0100, Barry Byrne wrote: > Did you do Alt + Fn perhaps? On a console this generally lets you switch to > another virtual console. > > Try Alt + F1 to bring you back? I believe now, that I hit ctrl-Z, which has the exact effect I described. As it turns out "f

dsp busy error

2002-10-11 Thread David Banning
When I try and use the sound port, I get this error; /dev/dsp: Device busy audio: Device busy I could restart the machine, but I wondered how I would go about fixing this without restarting the machine. ~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" i

Re: server reboot's on it's own.

2002-10-23 Thread David Banning
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 08:10:38PM -0400, JoeB wrote: > Replace the power supply. I'd second this. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: Jukebox Port for FreeBSD?

2002-10-23 Thread David Banning
On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 09:33:17AM -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote: > I've been searching the web for software that might allow me to build > a mp3 jukebox that is controllable remotely via a web interface. In > other words, I want to put the jukebox behind my entertainment center > and control it wit

how to config usb port for sony clie

2002-10-25 Thread David Banning
I thought that usb support for palm devices has been around now for some time, but I was not able to find much info for fbsd. Has anyone had success with this? It seems several different devices have been used; ugen0, usb0 and some others. usb is configured in my kernel. I am using; pilot-link-

Re: Jukebox Port for FreeBSD?

2002-10-25 Thread David Banning
> > I run a unix xterm window on my PC's. On any box I can run > > mp3blaster which I use to select and play my > > selections. You don't need a graphical term emulator since > > mp3blaster is ascii. > > Thanks for your suggestion. However, I'm looking for something that > anyone can use, even i

mergemaster question

2002-10-26 Thread David Banning
I am just in the process of upgrading from 4.5S to 4.7 and I will be running mergemaster. One thing I notice using mergemaster is that it seems to take such a long time. Is there a quicker way? It wants to replace alot of files, and that's OK for me 95% of the time. Only a few I want to keep or me

linux_base-7.1_1 fails

2002-10-28 Thread David Banning
On install, I get the following error on a port; glibc-2.2.4-29.i386.rpm execution of glibc-2.2.4-29 script failed, exit status 0 *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base. *** Error code 1 I have done a "make clean", and deleted the rpm in the distfile and restarted the install w

question on su use

2002-10-30 Thread David Banning
I am attempting to create a simple user shell executable which will execute a root command. Executing; su root killall squid requests root's password, and then issues a; killall: /usr/bin/killall: cannot execute binary file while killall executes by root no problem. Any idea what's going on he

usb recognition problem

2002-11-06 Thread David Banning
I am attempting to compile coldsync. During the configure process it attempts to verify whether there is USB support or not on the FreeBSD machine. It does this by attempting to compile a simple program. I get this error in the config log; configure:3713: checking for library containing gethostb

fail on glibc install

2002-11-07 Thread David Banning
===> Installing for linux_base-7.1_1 kern.fallback_elf_brand: -1 -> 3 glibc-common-2.2.4-29.i386.rpm glibc-2.2.4-29.i386.rpm execution of glibc-2.2.4-29 script failed, exit status 0 *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/www/netscape48-navig

ucom - kernel, module or both?

2002-11-14 Thread David Banning
I am attempting to setup ucom and uvisor to sync a palm device via usb port. If I compile the kernel with uvisor and ucom in, are the ucom and uvisor modules still supposed to be loaded? To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messa

does ucom0 work?

2002-11-20 Thread David Banning
I have been getting the error; Oct 28 11:51:53 ada /kernel: ucom0: Palm, Inc. Palm Handheld, rev 1.00/1.00, +addr 2 Oct 28 11:51:53 ada /kernel: ucom0: Palm, Inc. Palm Handheld, rev 1.00/1.00, +addr 2 Oct 28 11:51:53 ada /kernel: ucom0: init failed, STALLED Oct 28 11:51:53 ada /kernel: device_prob

No USB host controllers found

2002-11-26 Thread David Banning
I was compiling my kernel with different usb options, trying to get a usb option working and I not get this error whenever I try to run usbd; No USB host controllers found I have restored my previous kernel settings, even tried to build a kernel with GENERIC. I have cvsuped stable-supfile and ev

Re: No USB host controllers found

2002-11-26 Thread David Banning
On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 02:04:30PM -0500, David Banning wrote: > I was compiling my kernel with different usb options, trying > to get a usb option working and I not get this error whenever I > try to run usbd; > > No USB host controllers found I found the problem. I delete

glibc-2.2.4-29 script failed, exit status 0

2002-11-27 Thread David Banning
while trying to install netscape for linux I got this error from the port; ===> Installing for linux_base-7.1_1 kern.fallback_elf_brand: -1 -> 3 glibc-common-2.2.4-29.i386.rpm glibc-2.2.4-29.i386.rpm execution of glibc-2.2.4-29 script failed, exit status 0 *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/emu

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