New user questions :)

Hello to all you FreeBSD guys (and girls:) I am new here and have some questions to ask and comments to invite. For the last year or so I have been using SME server (an optimised Linux based server / LAN server that provides in one distro Mail/Webmail/FTP/ HTTP/Samba - all configurable from a

FreeBSD community - best ever !

Have to say this :- I have used alot of online resources and have had help in many forms from far and wide. Sometimes I have received ridicule and criticism and condescending remarks for my inquisitiveness and sometimes stupid questions. But as a new FreeBSD user I am amazed at the first off

SSH / D-Link Router

My problem is that ssh and telnet don't work. I get as far as the Password prompt, I type it in, and then ssh freezes for a couple of minutes until it probably goes in timeout and gives up. I came across this after a new installation. I googled about and on some advice tried adding the

CMS Software

Hi, I was wondering if anyone can comment on the following :- I am looking to install some CMS software and to run my web site long term on FreeBSD. I am thinking something on the lines of phpWebsite, PostNuke/PhpNuke or similar (ie easy for me to install and maintain / update - don't need

FreeBSD Wiki

Hi All, I was just wondering something :- I have used in the past Trustix Linux which has a nice Wiki page http://doc.trustix.org/cgi-bin/trustixdoc.cgi?TrustixWiki It includes some nice step by step configs for that distro and I think its great that peeps can add there own info and

MySQL Advice

Hi All Can any MySQL gurus out there point me in the direction of enlightenment. Just installed MySQL for a Wiki DB and get the following when trying to add the root password as instructed by the installer. freebsd# /usr/local/bin/mysqld_safe [1] 684 freebsd# Starting mysqld daemon with

Postnuke install probs - any advice appreciated.

Hello All, I have 5.2.1 freshly installed and updated / built. I have installed Postnuke (Rogue) using the ports system. I have a running Apache which displays a PHP test page fine. I have a running MySQL server in which I have created a root password for both localhost and the host/domain. I

Re: Postnuke install probs - any advice appreciated.

On the phpinfo(); test page do you see the MySQL Support enabled ?? PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() Andras Kende http://kende.com Only reference to mysql from the output of phptest.info i.e. ?php phpinfo() ? is :- sql.safe_mode Off Off So I _guess_

Compiling XFE

Hello All, I admit, I am a lazy admin and like clicking with a mouse whilst talking on the phone, drinking tea and eating toast. I got used to XFE from using Linux and have enjoyed it in FreeBSD - until I installed it under 5.3 Now it core dumps for no reason whatsoever. At any time. My

Re: Backup of hd using DD. (james.cook@utoronto.ca)

Just a point of conversation, heres what I usually do... Partition the disc into C / D Copy all the files from the Windows CD in Win98 to a folder on D, say win98.src Install Windows from there D:\win98.src\setup.exe Now install the rest of your software and get the install just the way you want

Cheap SCSI Controllers UK

Tekram DC-390U Ultra 40Mbit 50pin SCSI2 (PCI) with BIOS £17.63 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Products.ASP?CatID=35Category=SCSIThumbnails=yes http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/hardware-i386.html#DISK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Best way to limit SSH to LAN IP's only ?

Hi All, Wondered what is the best way to do this ? Do I have to get involved with host.allow / deny or better to use the sshd config ? Thanks guys ! ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Firefox woes

Hi All, I wanted to upgrade my Firebord 0.7 to the latest Firefox (0.9.3?) I tried downloading the .tar.gz files from the Mozilla site but got some odd messages about being unable to execute (other Linux binaries seem to work ok) So, I went to Fresh Ports an it says do the follwing ; pkg_add

What caused this ?

Hi all, I have had a server freeze after about 7 days of uptime. When I got to the terminal the screen was full of this message :- swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: device: ad0s1f, blkno: 663, size 20480 swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: device: ad0s1f, blkno: 4096, size 329 The keyboard

Hardware Recommendations (UK)

Hi Can anyone recommend a good solid mobo for building a little web server ? Is it worth paying the extra for Intel manufactured ? Thanks ! Custom PC North West Open Source Solutions http://www.cpcnw.co.uk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Subject: Re: Web host manager

This might suit your needs: http://www.raqdevil.com/ I do not know how well developed for use with freebsd this is yet. I must say the installation instructions sounded very off putting..do not install on any thing other than a bare system seemed to be the implication. Although I did notice

Tape backup / Bizzare Device Question

Is there a way to create a hdd resore solution with set of boot floppies that will support my tape drive access the tape and restore the entire hard disc in case of disc failure disaster ? ie So I could install a new disc and be up and running without doing any additional admin? I guess like a

Anyone seen this scsi error before ?

Recently swapped out my Sony for a HP DAT and got this first time in dmesg (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): PREVENT ALLOW MEDIUM REMOVAL. CDB: 1e 0 0 0 0 0 (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0): UNIT ATTENTION asc:28,0 (sa0:ahc0:0:6:0):

Remote screen control software - recommendations please

(OK I know this is OT but theres alot of good experience here so please dont flame me :)) What are people using for this ? I have used VNC and TighVNC in the past to good effect although they do seem a bit laggy. I notice that GoToMyPC is gaining in popularity but I suspect you have to trust

Re: Remote screen control software - recommendations please

Thanks for all the suggestions on this. Perhaps I should have worded my question better (well, maybe not on a FreeBSD list ;) I am looking to control Windogs (yuk!) Desktops remotely (and as secure as possible - lol !) Thanks ___

Re: FreeBSD vs Linux

*Some* reasonable and balanced points for a questions list :) My laptop distro www.zenwalk.org My rack server www.trustix.org My webserver www.freebsd.org (of course:) For very boring locked in accounts work W2K Using the appropraite tool for the job seems to be the best advice I have had on

Re: FreeBSD vs Linux

Damn, I just fell into the same old trap. This is a questions list about FreeBSD. I already use it (as well as other OS's) What do I care about the arguments for and against xy and z? Thinking about it now, if I was asking the same question and someone said Why not try out FreeBSD and make

Re: FreeBSD vs Linux

What do you say to the people who want to do some research before putting the time into installing it? Ted http://www.freesbie.org/ ;-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Elegant delete of word ~tmp files in all sub / dirs

Hi All, I once found a very elegant method of recursively removing all the word ~tmp files on our Samba server (many hundereds of subs) It involved find rm xargs and some {} It worked very quickly indeed. I have tried to find this again but cant and have used alternatives that are alot slower.

Kernel Compile Question

Hi All, I have just been testing www.raqdevil.com which is coming along nicely :) I decide to recompile the stock 6.0 kernel and strip out all the stuff I would not be using on my 'web appliance' (LPT, Serial, Firewire, USB) I think I have got my kernel down as small as I can (about 2.8 MB)

Re: A strategic question

http://www.pcbsd.org/ worked out of the box with my NVidia card ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

How to get latest and greatest FAMP

Hi All, I wanted to do a quick test of Apache21, MySQL5 and PHP5 I tried a minimal install of FreeBSD 6.0 then pkg_add -r which worked fine up until PHP5 where I was told that Apache21 conflicted with Apache13 that was to be installed as aPHP5 dependancy. I pkg_delete and went ahead with

Hostname Question

Is there any differnce in the way 6.0 resolves its own hostname compared to 5.2 ? I just noticed in phpsysinfo the hostname is being outputted as the IP address ? # hostname does in fact show the correct hostname.domain name of the machine. I have tried the same version of phpsysinfo (as I had

Re: 6.0 on DVD

Or just use 3 floppies and install via FTP ;-) ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/6.0-RELEASE/floppies You will need boot.flp, kern1.flp, kern2.flp If you choose the developer series and ports you can build a system to your liking :) ___

Help on Tape Backups / Disc Space

Hi All, Can any one comment on the below ; candle# df -H Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad0s1a260M 37M202M15%/ devfs 1.0k1.0k 0B 100%/dev /dev/ar0s1d116G 96G 11G90%/data /dev/ad0s1e260M 29k

Re: Help on Tape Backups / Disc Space

Thanks for the reply Lowell. Are you just guessing here, or do you have a reason to think this is happening? Not sure what you mean? I cut and paste the logs so clearly there is something happening i.e. a reason for those messages? A quick look at flexbackup makes me think that it uses

Anyone interpret this ?

security run output +++ /tmp/security.QSnlQzckFri Feb 17 03:02:01 2006 +Limiting closed port RST response from 216 to 200 packets/sec +Limiting closed port RST response from 241 to 200 packets/sec +Limiting closed port RST response from 261 to 200 packets/sec

Cron Q

Is it OK to list two different tasks on two lines for the exactly the same time ? I did this and the second one didnt run maybe it was a problem with the job ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Making APC 500 Back UPS (basic) work with FreeBSD

Back-UPS CS 350 is the lowest model I got to work on *nix. However, you have to ring / mail APC and ask them to send you out a serial lead. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

KVM Recommendations

Hi All, Can anyone recommend a 4 Port KVM (UK Supplier ) that will work with FreeBSD (and not too expensive :) I have just recently racked my 4 boxes and have a Protec Bytelan VS4. The main problem is moused / XMouse - annoyingly it works with Winblows but not my FreebSD box - keyboard is

SCSI Shock Advice !

Hi All, Need some quick advice on the following. I recently added an Adaptec 29160N card and an IBM SCSI disc to my server box which previously had just an IDE disc. I cloned the disc using G4U http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ and set SCSI as the first boot device in the BIOS (disabled 2nd,3rd,4th

Re: SCSI Shock Advice !

Thanks for replies, however I need advise on cloning the IDE to the SCSI disc. G4U did not finish correctly and once I had made changes to fstab and booted the fs I got some pretty severe errors. /usr was inaccessible and I ended up using Freesbie to re-edit fstab to get a booting system. I

Re: SCSI Shock Advice !

Mark, Yep, mine makes that 2 tone screech noise much more frequently than i woudl like !!! Its an IC35L The site has a nice util called the drive fitness test :- http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm Fits on a floppy and tests your SCSI drive. I did this because my supplier

Official wallpapers

Nice work . . . But we don't want FreeeBSD going all multimedia . . . Do we ? :-) Custom PC North West Open Source Solutions http://www.cpcnw.co.uk ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

GPL vs BSD Licence

Hi List ! Perusing the Internet the other day I came across a short interview with Linus Torvalds from a while back. He was asked about the GPL vs BSD Licence. As I dont fully understand the development process I was wondering if anyone could comment on his reply below? I (mis?)interpret

Flash Drives Sanity Check

Hi List ! I was wondering if anyone had any experience of running FreeBSD out of Compact Flash ? The HDD to Flash adapters are around 15GBP here and 1GB of Flash about 70GBP I know there are some projects around that use Compact Flash (like Openbrick) but I was thinking more in terms of

Re: Linux move to FreeBSD

The devil made me do it ! besastie.4th \ 46 4 print-beastie The power of .. choice ! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL

Re: Linux move to FreeBSD

This is the funniest discussion i have ever read. I saving these messages for future entertainment. I love Tux and Beastie pictures Same here, I also like the look of the default blue colored lilo menu on some linux distros - its looks quite professional.

Friendly Request

Hi All, I am hoping you may be able to help with a little input. I am looking to build a resource of the following ; 1) Step by Step Tutorials on various server / service related topics (for example How to build an FTP server on FreeBSD or How to Build an streaming MP3 JukeBox with Apache etc)

Samba without Cups ?

I just want file sharing, not printing. pkg_add -r samba3 also pulls in cups then my smb log complains ... [2005/07/26 00:31:17, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_cache_reload(85) Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Connection refused (I havent enabled cups daemon) but insists ; Global

Where to put scripts ?

Hi All, I have a short script for Flexbackup ; #!/bin/sh # Backup using Flexbackup /bin/rm -f /data/IT/Backup_Log/data* /usr/local/bin/flexbackup -newtape /usr/local/bin/flexbackup -dir /data /usr/bin/mt -f /dev/sa0 rewind /usr/bin/mt -f /dev/sa0 offline I put this in /usr/bin/ and made exec

Re: 100Mbit network performance - again (Andrew P.)

mistakes must be on the Windows side, but that's not an excuse for FreeBSD/Linux to not be at least 99%-Windows-networking-compatible. Tridge Quote: Samba is Bug for Bug compatible with Windows. (Until M$ changes something ie tries to fix its own bugs and makes some others OR are new

RAID Advice

Hello All, I am setting up FreeBSD 5.4 on a Dell SC1420 server. It has an Adaptec 39320 SCSI Card which will do RAID 1 Hosting. I have Control-A and enterd the SCSI BIOS and created a RAID Pair from the two 73 GB SCSI Discs. When I came to install FreeBSD I only used the first disc it had

Re: RAID Advice

Your RAID system is only reported as one single device to the OS. To see status of your RAID arrays you'll need to use the RAID mgmt software that Adaptec probably provides. I remember that on an IDE RAID card I got another device loaded at install time (md0 I think) as well as the two

Adaptec 39320 Host RADI Card in FreeBSD

Good evening list members, Does anyone have this card setup ? I remember setting up a MegaRADI IDE card and I was offered 3 devices at install time, the two seperate discs as well as a third device md0 I think ? With the card above I only get offered the two SCSI discs ? Whats the best way to

User CD Mount

Hi All, I am trying to get permission to mount CD's when logged in non root Following the handbook advice I have :- As root set the sysctl variable vfs.usermount to 1. # sysctl -w vfs.usermount=1 Added the line vfs.usermount=1 to the file /etc/sysctl.conf Changed group perms on devs # chgrp

GUI CD Burning

Hi Again! Just wondering what to use for CD burning in X on FreebSD 5.3 ? I notice XCDRoast says for SCSI only and seem remember in Linux you had to enable SCSI Emu for IDE Writers. Last time I used 'burncd' it was pretty easy but would like a front end so I can click about whilst eating my

GUI Process Manager

Hi :) Is there any GUI tool like gPS http://www.gps.seul.org/ that will work on FreeBSD+XFCE4 ? Ta! ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Playing DVD movies with Xine

I had to do this before Xine would recognise my DVD's ln -s /dev/acd0 /dev/dvd ln -s /dev/acd0 /dev/rdvd Check these :- http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/video-playback.html http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2002/10/03/FreeBSD_Basics.html Custom PC North West Open

Marked as Broken - where next?

Hi All, I was follwing this tutorial http://www.bsdnews.org/01/vcd.php but was halted abruptly when the build of transcode required mpeg4ip - which is marked as broken (Im running 5.3) So, I thought I would take a look at AcidRIP out of curiosity to see if it could help make a VCD but

Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 81, Issue 24

Hi All, As an experiment (and to gain some expereince) I would like to test out locally various CMS software. I have a 5.3 release disc here and can get a minimal install up and running and on the net quite quickly now. What I am struggling with is the following :- What is the best order

Marvell 88E8052 PCI-E LAN on FreeBSD 7.0

Hi ALl, I have a DFI LanParty Mobo that includes Marvells 88E8052 and 88E8053 LAN IF. Using the module with 7.0 [msk] the network preformance is terrible, Opera / Links stall, or wont page load at all although pings to the router are fine? I then tried using Marvells own driver the website

Re: Seg Fault Action!

For one, make sure your ports are up-to-date with your installed ports tree before installing more ports. Yep, done that :) You can run the program under truss(1), which will help you figure out what kind of bad data is being passed to system calls (assuming that's where the failure is, but

Re: Marvell 88E8052 PCI-E LAN on FreeBSD 7.0

You need to keep something in mind here: Marvell does not give out documentation for their cards publicly, so Yong-Hyeon has to reverse-engineer and tinker with what he already knows. Some hardware feature do not work, others are buggy, others work fine on specific revisions of the chip while

Re: Marvell 88E8052 PCI-E LAN on FreeBSD 7.0 (PYUN Yong-Hyeon)

I'm not sure you suffers from the same problem but there was a Tx checksum offload related bug in msk(4) driver and it was fixed in HEAD. How about applying the diff in CVS rev 1.33 of if_msk? http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/msk/if_msk.c.diff?r1=1.32;r2=1.33;f=h Would love to

Re: Marvell 88E8052 PCI-E LAN on FreeBSD 7.0

select unified diff on the above and save it to a file, then cd /usr patch patchfilewhere patchfile is the saved file, then build as normal. 3bsd# patch if_msk.c.diff Hmm... Looks like a unified diff to me... The text leading up to this was: -- |---

Re: Is KDE4 usable on FreeBSD?

I left KDE after version 2 as it then seemed to go in the wrong direction (more features / bloat?) http://www.kde.org/screenshots/kde2shots.php In fact, if 2.n would compile on 7.0 I'd have another look. Since then I've been quite a fan of XFCE but found myself slowly but surely converting to

Backup Winserver

Hi All, Is there anyone using Rsync on windows to backup to a Linux or FreeBSD server? Are the Windows Rsync implementations reliable? Or, how are people doing this? [ftp etc?] Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Tandberg RDX QuikStor

I installed one of these recently under CentOS and it worked exactly as a SATA disc. Its more convenient than plugging data / power every day and looks more professional when used for customers servers. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: issues in XFCE 4.6 (looking for a working WM)

Got X? You already got one ;-) http://81.174.174.115/twm/twmrc.htm ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: How to diagnose hardware problem?

The first two utils I run if I suspect hardware issues both independant of resident os ; http://www.memtest.org/ http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/technolo/dft/dft.htm ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: CD Burning

/etc/fstab is a File System Table used for mounting filesystems. You are a ways off just yet in having a filesystem on acd0 to mount. You can have a 'live fs' on dvd ram but its a bit laggy ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Marvell Yukon LAN Adapters

http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/questions/2008-10/msg01996.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

It looks very bad for browsing web without flash viewer. I think it looks great - no ads !!! Hurray !!! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: Flash viewer for FBSD

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 23:02:36 -, Graham Bentley ad...@cpcnw.co.uk wrote: It looks very bad for browsing web without flash viewer. I think it looks great - no ads !!! Hurray !!! I may politely add that exactly this is the reason I removed a working Flash support from my system. I

Network laser printcap

Hi All, Could anyone using a network laser printer post their working /etc/printcap entry? Having mixed results getting a Kyocera FS-1010 working consistently on both ascii ps Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Gui CD soft recommend

Which GUI CD writing software can you recommend [less dependencies = better] Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: Gui CD soft recommend

Thanks for your several considered replies 1) If you're already got KDE libs, k3b / k3b-kde4 is pretty light 2) I find that Gnome has pretty good built-in support 3) Polytropon as 1,2 mostly I shoud have been more specific. Im running xorg with vtwm and trying to stay light / minimal as

Re: Need Help Installing and Configuring Xorg (Polytropon)

When it installs it comes with twm (Trivial Window Manager) Tom's Window Manager? A great little wm :) http://www.cpcnw.co.uk/twm/twmrc.htm ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: Alternative windowmanagers

I quite like this http://www.vtwm.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer?

[Sorry Rolf] One of the things I absolutely love about FreeBSD is the 'Minimal Install' option. I can't tell you how fast you can install and boot the base system but its F-A-S-T! Then, I can fetch latest ports and install _what_I_Want_ - not what someone else thinks I *might* want. This gets

7.2 Release kills my XP Dual Boot

Hi All, I downloaded the DVD version of 7.2 Release and did a minimum install as usual before customizing and for the first time in years FreeBSD installer has done something odd to my XP boot loader (whatever is responisble?) I know I'm likely to be told to go to a Windows forum but wondered if

UK Keyboard in 7.2 console and xorg

Hello, I have jsut loaded up 7.2, fetched the ports and installed xorg / fluxbox etc - for first time my kb / mouse didnt work in xorg but now I have that sorted with enabling hald etc However, I have noticed that the GBP symbol does not work? In console I get a beep, in xorg nothing. I have

Re: UK Keyboard in 7.2 console and xorg

sorry if stupid question, but have xorg got radical changes within last months? Xorg -version = 1.6.1 compiled from msot recent ports Initially mouse and keyboard didnt work even with correct xorg settings. Now you need hald_enable=YES and dbus_enable=YES in /etc/rc.conf and the ms / kbd will

Re: UK Keyboard in 7.2 console and xorg

What this means is that to get a UK keyboard layout in xorg you need a file in /usr/local/etc/hal/fdi/policy/ I've named my copy 10-x11-keyboard.fdi and it contains: ?xml version=1.0 encoding=ISO-8859-1? deviceinfo version=0.2 device match key=info.capabilities

Re: 7.2 Release kills my XP Dual Boot

Is there any resolution to this? I had the same problem upgrading from 7.0 - 7.2. I've been running FreeBSD dual-boot for over 10 years w/o this problem in the past. I re-ran my fdisk script from an old 6.x boot disk recovered the XP partitions, but can't boot 7.2. Re-installing 7.2 kills XP.

Re: UK Keyboard in 7.2 console and xorg

The xorg-server port has an option not to use hal. But it is enabled by default. Thanks for the info however that doesnt help me on uk currency key on the console which still eludes me. I suspect in my case, if I could figure out how to fix the console keyboard issue it would actually work in

UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console - A Question actually about FreeBSD

Hello All, Im still struggling with this one and have tried all I could find by Googling lists and forums. @ and keys are fine as are every other key apart from £ symbol. Can anyone suggest ways to track this down. At 'Login:' I can actually get £ but after loging I get a beep? I have tried

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console - A Question actually about FreeBSD

Lars, Thanks for taking the time in your detailed reply and I will look into your suggestions however one thing about this eludes me ; I have never ever had to even think about this until 7.2 [ie in all previous verisons I chose uk.iso and swiss font - I always had £ key?] Thanks in any case

Fw: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console

OK, this is where I am up to. I have plugged my 7.1 Release hard disc back in and I get £ signs no problem. So, I then unplug my KVM and mini keyboard and plug standard ps2 kb / ps2 mouse in. I do a minimal install of 7.2 Release from DVD and make sure I have uk.cp850 in my /etc/rc.conf Guess

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console

Sorry to keep banging on about this but does anyone actually have uk pound signs working in 7.2? What font and keymap are you using? And, what actually is the process for reporting bugs or getting help with problem like this. Any advice appreciated even from Mr Puchar :))

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console

keymap=german.iso keyrate=fast font8x14=iso-8x14 font8x16=iso-8x16 font8x8=iso-8x8 PT ~ I tried your settings above in /etc/rc.conf Still no pound signs Im afraid - just a beep :( ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console

keymap=uk.cp850 Same here! For reporting bugs: send-pr(1). This isn't a bug though, as my UK keyboard works fine on 7.2-RC2 Lets see thats 1 out 3 of us so far that this doesnt work for - so ... thats not a bug? Your problem can probably be fixed by: # vidcontrol -f 8x16

Re: UK Currency Symbol in 7.2 Console

From within which program? No program, just the standard shell CLI installed by doing a minimal install. You probably have to set the LC_CTYPE or LC_ALL environment variable to something suitable to make programs accept such characters. How to do this? Also, I dont understand why? In 7.1 I

Re-create MBR

Hi All, I had to install Linux to participate in a project I was involved with. Now is all finished I have restored the partition but now need a 3bsd boot sector back. Scheme is ; 0 Primary XP 0 Extended FAT32 1 Primary FreeBSD Approx 1/3 disc for each. How can I restore the 3bsd boot sector?

Mailing list recommend

Default Mail SignatureHi All - can anyone recommend an easy / simple mailing list software? All I need is to subscribe/ un-subscribe and a little maintainance of users. MySQL if its worth it, or a just php? Any pointers appreciated! ___

Re: New user questions :)

Graham Bentley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also wondered if there is a project based on FreeBSD that achieves similar goals to SME Server (ie all in one LAN server with Web config) or similar to Trustix (ie minimal config with series of scripts to configure server services. Not that I know

SMBQ

Hi, Any Samba user know how to do the follwing ;- I have an open file share on a Samaba box with the simplest smb.conf I could get away with. When creating a new sub-direstory anyone can use it. Is there a real quick / easy way to make users supply a password ? Thanks [global] workgroup =

Re: SMBQ

Message: 3 Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:38:27 +0200 From: Lis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SMBQ To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=Windows-1252; reply-type=response u must change the security to user the

Site Stats

Hi, Apart from Webalizer, what other solutions can you recommend for basic but functional site stats ? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: what kind of BBS software on freebsd work well

And has more security problems than Carter has liver pills If more people are using a project like phpBB surely there is more chance that bugs / problems will be sorted out i.e. more 'reporters' If you have had problems with phpBB surely its better to submit them to the phpBB team rather

MySQL Server died yesterday !

Hello All ! I made quite a few changes to my system recently but havent touched any MySQL specific stuff. When I came to check my forum it was dead with an unable to connect error :( This is in the logs and is recorded every time I reboot or start manaully with /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh

YASSDQ

Hi I have put together a little experimental FreebSD 9.0 box which comprises of ; http://www.cartft.com/catalog/il/934 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-023-ZA 2GB RAM and a Sandisk SDSA3BD-054G 8GB SSD The idea is a silent system I can tinker on - nothing serious. I

Re: Newbie Experience

One question I often forget to ask myself is ; What is my end goal ? These days, if I want a non Windows desktop that is quick and easy to install / update I use this ; www.zenwalk.org [400MB .iso] For servers, I use FreeBSD :) Of course, you can use FreeBSD as a desktop machine too ... but

Re: Openoffice

Abiword: Otherwise I would be using that and ignoring Openoffice. Ted can do RTF and has few deps. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

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