Problem with ral wifi driver

You're here, great! I am new to this, so please bear with me ... I've been trying to set up this Ralink Technology RT2500, identifying as ral0 on my server so that my laptop can connect to it and the internet. My gateway and firewall (pf) settings are all OK, so we can skip those, because my

Weird database error

Hello! I have a serious problem. I am running a regular FreeBSD 4.11 jail, under which I've installed mysql-client-5.0.16 and mysql-server-5.0.16 plus the PHP modules and extensions. I've created a database like this: CREATE DATABASE msc; GRANT USAGE ON msc.* TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] IDENTIFIED

Going from bind9 to djbdns

setup I posted above). Thank you all, and happy new year! Kristian Vaaf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

The hardships of ownerships

for your time. Kristian Vaaf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The hardships of ownerships

:Kohler:/home/mats:/usr/local/bin/zsh cole:*:1013:1013::0:0:Cole:/home/cole:/usr/local/bin/zsh edgar:*:1014:1014::0:0:Otero:/home/edgar:/usr/local/bin/zsh holy5:*:1015:1015::0:0:Khanira:/home/holy5:/usr/local/bin/zsh I guess I'm a sucker for correctness ... All the best, Kristian Vaaf

The hardships of ownerships (part 3)

I cannot RE: my own e-mails? Strange ... Anyway, I had to correct these: -- daemon:*:1: operator:*:2:root kmem:*:3: bin:*:4: tty:*:5: news:*:6: man:*:7: -- daemon:*:1:1::0:0:System Processes:/root:/usr/sbin/nologin operator:*:2:2::0:0:Operator:/:/usr/sbin/nologin

Re: script(1) Why does it output in CR/LF?

At 16:05 28.02.2006, James Bailie wrote: Glenn Dawson wrote: At 02:30 AM 2/28/2006, Kristian Vaaf wrote: Hello. I am just curious why the files I generate with script(1) output in CR/LF forcing me to run dos2unix on them everytime? Script just captures the output of your shell

Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year

At 17:21 28.02.2006, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: On Tuesday 28 February 2006 05:15, Kristian Vaaf wrote: Hello Don! Thank you for some good help. My make.conf only had some use.perl stuff. I added your flags. Also I've revised my sequence: cvsup -g -L 2 /etc/cvsupfile \ cd /usr/obj

Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year

Sorry sorry sorry, I am so very sorry. http://www.home.no/hedhnta/result.txt is indeed online now. Also, strangely, my other FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE box (I have two) also errors out on build world. Different error though. Please also see http://www.home.no/hedhnta/result_2.txt The file was

Re: We want tu use your company name and logo

At 08:52 03.03.2006, Kris Kennaway wrote: On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 11:16:58PM -0500, Kevin Brunelle wrote: On Thursday 02 March 2006 15:56, Ercan Pamuk wrote: In our company we want to sell T-shirts,glasses,caps that are products of FreeBSD Linux which we give them system supporting in our

Users and groups properly organized?

Hello. Have you all ever had a look at your /etc/master.passwd and /etc/group? Stupid question. But notice the user and group identifications being thrown about as if they didn't matter. To me they do, and I would like some order in my system. Starting with my user and group identifications.

SVIDEO with Intel 915

Hello. I got this laptop (AOpen 1559) running FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE. It uses the Intel 915 chipset for visuals. There seems to be an SVIDEO out on the laptop also. My question is then: Can I display my screen on my TV somehow? I do have an SVIDEO cable. I tried installing NVTV when I thought I

Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year

At 16:36 03.03.2006, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-03-03 15:08, Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry sorry sorry, I am so very sorry. http://www.home.no/hedhnta/result.txt is indeed online now. This doesn't look right. Are you sure your source tree is clean and up to date

Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year

At 22:08 04.03.2006, Stijn Hoop wrote: On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 05:45:29PM +0100, Kristian Vaaf wrote: At 12:05 03.03.2006, Stijn Hoop wrote: On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 11:58:37AM +0100, Kristian Vaaf wrote: I run the script to save time. Basically I'd run the exact same chain of commands

Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year

At 16:36 03.03.2006, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-03-03 15:08, Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry sorry sorry, I am so very sorry. http://www.home.no/hedhnta/result.txt is indeed online now. This doesn't look right. Are you sure your source tree is clean and up to date

Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year

At 15:53 05.03.2006, Björn König wrote: Hello Kristian, the thread becomes larger and more complex for me. I'd like to see an updated output of the build on your Pentium 120 machine with the following prerequisites: * /etc/make.conf is empty (except comments and two lines for perl) *

Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year

At 15:57 05.03.2006, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-03-05 14:38, Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 16:36 03.03.2006, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-03-03 15:08, Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry sorry sorry, I am so very sorry. http://www.home.no/hedhnta/result.txt

Trying to patch a beautiful desktop

Hello! I've done some research on how to make ones desktop look the best, without being too bloated in terms of looks and functionality but still classify as good design and give users a smooth experience. I've found that if done correctly, Openbox together with Gnome can look pretty darn nice.

Re: Trying to patch a beautiful desktop

At 10:22 08.03.2006, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-03-08 05:34, Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! I've done some research on how to make ones desktop look the best, without being too bloated in terms of looks and functionality but still classify as good design and give

Open Source and 3rd world countries

Hey! I'm writing this thesis on the benefits of integrating open source software into third world countries to boost their economies and the knowledge of their people. I will also write about a detailed scenario, where, ofcourse, FreeBSD plays the lead role. However I can't find all that much

Let's make a FreeBSD ports blog! CCCCOOOL =)

Hey! There are about 10.000 ports, am I right? Not all FreeBSD users have the time to go through all of the package descriptions. But definitely all FreeBSD users have their share of favorite ports, and are interested in finding new ports that may compliment their lives. Not is the ports

Won't build. 5.4 to 6.0 ...

/tcsh/sh.decls.h:221: warning: data definition has no type or storage class *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/bin/csh. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src. Thanks, Kristian Vaaf

How to convert BIND to TinyDNS?

Hello! I am trying to provide the administrator of my upcoming NS2 with my zonefiles in the TinyDNS format. But I am having some trouble comprehending its format. Perhaps the simplicity got to me. Here is my BIND setup: http://www.home.no/hedhnta/namedb Here is my imagined TinyDNS equivalent,

Re: RE: How to convert BIND to TinyDNS?

it for years. In fact I strongly recommend against editing the zone files by hand, since formatting errors can makenamed act very funny. Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kristian Vaaf Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:10 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: RE: How to convert BIND to TinyDNS?

- Original Message - From: James Long [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, January 1, 2006 6:14 am Subject: Re: RE: How to convert BIND to TinyDNS? Message: 9 Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 15:42:50 +0100 From: Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: How to convert BIND to TinyDNS

Need to simplify a script that makes cool trees

Hello! This script produces a real sweet file and directory tree. I am trying to simplify this -- it is too big for its own good. I must remove all the bullshit but the -a switch. And I'm sure the same thing could be accomplished in just a few lines. Here is what it does: # fs-tree #

Re: good blogging port?

www.textpattern.com -- by far the best CMS. - Original Message - From: Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, January 7, 2006 7:31 pm Subject: Re: good blogging port? On 1/7/06, Jeff D. Hamann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I need to start a blog. does anyone have any

Re: Need to simplify a script that makes cool trees

- Original Message - From: Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, January 7, 2006 7:14 pm Subject: Need to simplify a script that makes cool trees Hello! This script produces a real sweet file and directory tree. I am trying to simplify this -- it is too big for its own good. I

My script to replace strings in ASCII files

Hello! Just curious, what do I need to do to be able to execute this script like: $ text-replace old_string new_string I find it a bit inconvenient having to edit the script for every thing I need to replace. Thanks, Kristian #!/usr/local/bin/bash # # Replace old with new inside all text

Re: My script to replace strings in ASCII files

You have been very helpful! I am glad people like you exist to educate those who cannot afford education. All the best in the future, Kristian Vaaf - Original Message - From: Giorgos Keramidas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:01 pm Subject: Re: My script to replace

Script to lock the state of my MP3 files

Hello! I use this script to generate simple verification files (SFV) and MP3 playlist files (M3U) based on the info file (NFO) that I create for every album that I digitalize. If this is an album: ./dj_antoine-arabian_adventure-sessp010-vinyl-2005:

Re: Script to lock the state of my MP3 files

- Original Message - From: pete wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, January 13, 2006 10:37 pm Subject: Re: Script to lock the state of my MP3 files On 1/13/06, Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! I use this script to generate simple verification files (SFV

Script to generate names

Hello. I'm looking for pointers on how to make a simple shell script that will generate new names based on words (one word per line) from two different files, and output these to a third file. This would be nice to come up with new cool names, either for business or pleasure. The first file

Re: Script to generate names

I forgot to say; The script should mix the first word in the first list, front and back, with all the words in the second list before it continues to the second word in the first list. I hope that made sense ;) Thanks again ... At 11:08 03.02.2006, you wrote: Hello. I'm looking for

ftpd: Passive mode isn't working

Hello! Somehow my passive mode isn't working. # cat /etc/inetd.conf ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/ftpd ftpd -l ftp stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/libexec/ftpd ftpd -l ftp-proxy stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/ftp-proxy ftp-proxy auth stream tcp nowait root internal auth -r -f -n

Re: Building Identical Configurations

Hello Steve! I wanted the exact same thing back in the days. Tried looking at CVS and some other shit, but nobody out there seems to think like we do. So I ended up with the simplest way of doing it which I'll never regret. Simply mirror your configuration files into your home directory,

Re: Script to generate names

:04AM +0100, Kristian Vaaf wrote: I'm looking for pointers on how to make a simple shell script that will generate new names based on words (one word per line) from two different files, and output these to a third file. How bout this? Works on OpenBSD's sh; I assume it works on Free's sh

Re: Script to generate names

At 17:13 04.02.2006, Adam Nealis wrote: That's going to ba a large file of mixed words! Would be faster in perl than in the shell. Put the below in a file, and run it like this: perl myfile.pl myListOfMixedWords #!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my @custw; my @dictw; my $cw; my

RE: ftpd: Passive mode isn't working

At 22:20 04.02.2006, fbsd_user wrote: Saying ftp is not working, is not enough of a description. Give details of how you are testing ftp to say its not working. In /etc/inetd.conf the tcp6 is for a experimental protocol, if you are not using it on purpose then those statements should be

FreeBSD and quantum computing

Hello. I do not know much about quantum computing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_computing But does anybody know what plans FreeBSD has for it? Does it intend to put any research into it? Thanks, Vaaf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: sshd possible breakin attempt messages

At 18:03 06.02.2006, Kevin Kinsey wrote: Brad Gilmer wrote: Hello all, I guess one of the banes of our existance as Sys Admins is that people are always pounding away at our systems trying to break in. Lately, I have been getting hit with several hundred of the messages below per dayin my

PureFTPD: Bad daemon

The PureFTPD website is dead. I was hoping someone here might be able to help me. I am fed up with PureFTPD. It never wants to respect my need to add more virtual users! pure-ftpd-1.0.20 # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/pure-ftpd.sh stop # pure-pw useradd haha -u www -d /usr/local/www/haha -f

A script for poets

Hello! Again with my script requests, this time I'm wondering if anybody has ever felt like writing a shell script that makes it easy to write rhymes, poems or just make up funny lines. http://www.rhymer.com is a great place, but unfortunately it requires a browser. Or maybe this is a

Re: A script for poets

Thank you all for your interesting replies! Though I did not mean to ask for advice on a script that would generate texts for you. I mean, that's impossible. However, using http://www.rhymer.com, it would do something like this. 1 is for End rhymes 2 is for Last syllable rhymes 3 is for

File verification script

Hello! I need a simple script that uses CFV to report on broken MP3 albums. All my MP3 albums contain an .sfv file that list MP3 tracks with their CRC values. I just need something simple like: ([EMAIL PROTECTED])(16:23:02/10/06) (%:~) verify curtis_mayfield-superfly_ost-1972: Corrupt

Script to clean text files

Hello. Among other things, this script is suppose to add an empty line at the bottom of a file. But somehow it always removes the first line in a text file, how do I stop this? #!/usr/local/bin/bash # # Remove CRLF, trailing whitespace and double lines. # $ARBA: clean.sh,v 1.0 2007/11/11

Re: Script to clean text files

At 22:45 11.02.2006, Parv wrote: in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote Kristian Vaaf thusly... Among other things, this script is suppose to add an empty line at the bottom of a file. But somehow it always removes the first line in a text file, how do I stop this? Can you provide a small

Re: File verification script

At 15:40 12.02.2006, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I need a simple script that uses CFV to report on broken MP3 albums. All my MP3 albums contain an .sfv file that list MP3 tracks with their CRC values. There are a bunch of them in ports, under the security

How to ensure one blank line on top of ASCII files?

Hello! I need to make sure all my ASCII files start with one blank line. I just need to know what command to use, I've written the rest of the script to do this for me: -- for file in `find -s . -type f -not -name .*`; do if file -b $file | grep -q 'text'; then What

Re: How to ensure one blank line on top of ASCII files?

At 12:42 13.02.2006, Norberto Meijome wrote: Kristian Vaaf wrote: Hello! I need to make sure all my ASCII files start with one blank line. I just need to know what command to use, I've written the rest of the script to do this for me: -- echo MY_BLANK_LINE.txt for file in `find -s

Re: File verification script

At 16:24 13.02.2006, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just want a simple script that uses cfv to verify MP3 albums, the same way I showed you my other script that uses cfv to seal my MP3 albums. Well, cksfv seems to be appropriate for that application. I

How would you improve FreeBSD?

Hello. Yes, how would you improve FreeBSD? I am trying to paint a gloomy picture of where FreeBSD is headed. Therefore I am asking all of you to share your thoughts and ideas of how you would like to see FreeBSD improve. Chances are that's where our operating system is headed. 1. Would you

RE: How would you improve FreeBSD?

At 13:11 17.02.2006, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kristian Vaaf Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 2:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How would you improve FreeBSD? Hello. Yes, how would you improve FreeBSD

Haven't been able to make world in about a year

Hello! I don't know what's wrong. But all my makes error out. I've tried over and over again. And sent about a dozen e-mails to this list. http://www.home.no/hedhnta/result.txt When doing: cvsup -g -L 2 /etc/cvsupfile And then running: cd /usr/src \ make buildworld \ make buildkernel

Cool listing script (needs a fix)

What's up everybody? When running this: -- #!/usr/local/bin/bash # # Print a structured file and folder list. # $ARBA: tree.sh,v 1.0 2007/11/11 15:05:09 vaaf Exp $ # # Include files: -a, --all # argument=-type d case $1 in -a | --all) argument= ;; esac tree='s,^.$,, /^$/d

Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year

At 12:39 21.02.2006, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: Kristian Vaaf wrote: I don't know what's wrong. But all my makes error out. I've tried over and over again. And sent about a dozen e-mails to this list. http://www.home.no/hedhnta/result.txt This is my supposition. There have been many messages

Re: Cool listing script (needs a fix)

At 15:51 21.02.2006, Fabian Keil wrote: Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When running this: -- #!/usr/local/bin/bash # # Print a structured file and folder list. # $ARBA: tree.sh,v 1.0 2007/11/11 15:05:09 vaaf Exp $ # # Include files: -a, --all # argument=-type d case

Re: Cool listing script (needs a fix)

At 21:57 21.02.2006, Parv wrote: in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote Kristian Vaaf thusly... What's up everybody? When running this: -- #!/usr/local/bin/bash Would you please include anything non-signature before the '-- '? - Parv -- Pardon me Parv

Re: Cool listing script (needs a fix)

At 21:57 21.02.2006, Parv wrote: in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote Kristian Vaaf thusly... What's up everybody? When running this: -- #!/usr/local/bin/bash Would you please include anything non-signature before the '-- '? - Parv -- It's just a way for me to keep things clearly

Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year

At 19:47 21.02.2006, Kris Anderson wrote: --- Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! I don't know what's wrong. But all my makes error out. I've tried over and over again. And sent about a dozen e-mails to this list. http://www.home.no/hedhnta/result.txt When doing: cvsup

Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year

At 16:59 24.02.2006, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-02-24 16:45, Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 19:47 21.02.2006, Kris Anderson wrote: --- Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! I don't know what's wrong. But all my makes error out. I've tried over and over again

Re: How to ensure one blank line on top of ASCII files?

At 01:51 14.02.2006, Randy Pratt wrote: Hi, I'm replying offlist since this isn't particularly a FreeBSD question. Something like this may work for you: addline.sh: == #!/bin/sh #Check if file begins with blank line, if not, insert a blank line

script(1) Why does it output in CR/LF?

Hello. I am just curious why the files I generate with script(1) output in CR/LF forcing me to run dos2unix on them everytime? Isn't this a bit stupid? Thanks, Vaaf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year

At 18:26 24.02.2006, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: Kristian Vaaf wrote: The point is I've been having this problem for so long, and none of the developers are willing to help me. This is one of the reason I think, why most people these days seem to go (back) to DragonflyBSD. I certainly am going

Re: regarding new logo...

://youworkforthem.com/product.php?sku=P0370 Anyway Don Poynter, his e-mail is gak at tomsksoft dot com. Kristian Vaaf, RD | http://www.designcouncil.org.uk ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year

Hello Kristian, Have you ever been able to do a buildworld sequence? What version of FreeBSD are you trying to work with? What does your make.conf look like? How about your /conf/ARBA (your custom kernel config)? What do you have in your /etc/cvsupfile? In my make.conf I use: CFLAGS=

Re: Haven't been able to make world in about a year

Sorry about that, http://www.home.no/hedhnta/result.txt is back up. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]